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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

Eddie was about to make an attempt to stand up and sit down on the bench next to the horrified senior ladies when he heard a sharp voice not far from him. Seeing his hat he exclaimed unnaturally loud "That’s my hat…Where did you find it?" The boy looked dressed for the train so Eddie took him for a student bound for Hogwarts but he didn’t recognize him.

Turning his attention to Aurora he nodded "Yes that might be a good idea. I feel a little dazed and wobbly." It wasn’t hard to tell why since Eddie’s head had connected with the stone covered pavement just a few moments ago. If he tried to stand up was he going to topple over again? "So you’re almost an owl student then?" He asked as the fog in his cleared slightly.

Taking Althea’s offered hand he pulled himself to his feet. Wobbling sideways for a bit he found his footing and skidded over to sit down on the bench. No chance that he was standing up the way he was feeling. Covering his face with his hands he mumbled more to Althea than the kids. "Sorry to spoil your morning. I feel lousy. My head aches and the world can’t stop spinning." Edvard apologized to confirm what Aurora had just told his colleague.

Yep. Eddie's hat. She wasn't surprised. She listened a bit as he tried to politely carry on a conversation despite his head injury.

"Well goodness, Eddie. Don't scare the girl." She commented. Aurora had a WHOLE year to go before she had to worry about her OWLs.

As soon as he was seated, Althea actually clucked at him like a mother hen and then rooted around in her bag, extracting a headache potion, which she offered.

"Drink this, it will help with the head ache and the vertigo at least." She ordered him, ignoring the comment about spoiling her morning. He hadn't. He'd spoiled his own though, clearly.

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Originally Posted by AuroraQuinn

Aurora placed the kneazle carrier on the floor next to the bench and held out a hand to help Professor Roslund up to the bench. "Yeah, it's kinda scary." she said, making sure not to knock the carrier over as she helped him up - didn't want poor Luna being thrown all over the place again. Thinking about OWLs was scary... she was never any good at studying. And revision and dyslexia did not mix well... Anyway, even this year would be full of extra work - she had her grade eight magical music theory coming up at Christmas and she was not looking forward to it.

"Don't be scared of your OWLs now, Miss Stewart-Quinn." Really. She'd make herself constipated or something.

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Originally Posted by sevensnared

As the lady looked at the man, Hades too shifted his head towards the man. Boy, he looked a lot clumsier than Hades. Not to mention he had lost his trunk, hat... What else? Since he was new to Hogwarts, he should mind his manner. Therefore, fooling around was a big no for the time being.

None the less, the boy almost leapt to hear the unexpected exclamation from the man claiming that the hat was his. "Here you go, sir. Found it in the dust bin over there," he handed over the hat before pointing to the dust bin where his trolley was next to. Hades expected the red hair girl to be a Hogwarts student, but who were these two adults? Her parents? Didn't resemble her at all.

In the DUST BIN? She eyed the boy and then turned to look at the Astronomy Professor.

"Eddie you had better CLEAN that before you put it on." She would not sit with a man wearing a dustbin hat. Simple as that.

Feeling eyes on her, the blonde woman looked at the boy again. HAD HE CLEANED HIS HANDS? OR THAT HAT? "Are you heading to Hogwarts? What is your name?" Because she was sure now that she didn't know this kid.

She wouldn't shake his hand.

Dustbin hat, you understand.