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MeredithRodneyMckay 
Having finally got her breath back, Isabelle steeled herself to mutter the password quietly to the gargoyle, but she became distracted. The Herbology professor had arrived - and she seemed to have a pile of burnt something in her hands.
"Seren," she replied, smiling at the woman, and eyeing what she was holding. "Uhh..." Issy started to speak, about to ask what it was, when she was asked a question herself. "Oh, yes. Well not yet. I'm bringing it as evidence. Something came into my office and did this!" she said, gripping it tighter so her knuckles went white. "And stole some of my stationary. Then went and messed up my practice room, can you believe it? I've got a very helpful Hufflepuff tidying for me while I'm here," she sighed.
But yes, back to what Seren was holding. Considering the fact she had bought it with her to see Tate, it was unlikely she'd done it herself. Wasn't it? "Have you been burning things....?" Isabelle asked, quirking an eyebrow.
Seeing Isabelle holding a damaged photograph and frame was strange, but as she listened to her colleague explain what had happened, it didn't surprise her.
"That's terrible, I'm so sorry," she said understanding what that felt like. First having to restore greenhouse three and now all this fire business... it was just ridiculous.
"Did anyone see what did it?"
It hadn't been a student... surely.
Looking down at the bundle of barely toegther parchment, Seren heaved a sigh.
"I haven't... but something did."
Again she didn't think it was a student, they didn't have access to her shed, it
had wards on it, and for good reason.
"Something burned my research shed down," she said with just a little venom in her tone.
"A whole years worth of research... gone!" she added indicating to the blackened parchement.
"The shed, my tools, the seeds... can all be replaced. But this, this will take time."