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Kaos.Doodles 
"Most of your answers have to do with...creatures not blending well in classrooms...which, I can't deny. Though, that isn't exactly why we are outside today."
"Today we aren't studying one specific creature or one moment in history. Our focus today is on-" Scabior jabbed his thumb behind him. "The Hogwarts lake." Yes. The lake. "Obviously we are all familiar with the lake, and if you are not, well, it's right there get familiar with it- perhaps even introduce yourself to it." But not NOW because then you would be talking over him. "The lake has been a part of Hogwarts since the castle was created 1,000 years ago. Now why do you think, the founders included a lake within Hogwarts? And how do you guys think it has been used in the past?"
Oh.
The lake. Hmm. Well, who in the name of Merlin would have thought to suggest
that?! Scabior, Apparently. Williamson, too.
"Well, the Slytherin Common Room," she pointed out, raising her hand,
"is partway under the lake. So maybe they were thinking about concealment when they positioned the castle by the Black Lake." I mean, they were Slytherins--cunning and ambitious. They weren't just going to leave themselves wide open for intruders.
See, that was why the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws were way up high in the towers--so they could be spotted easily, attacked first, and used as a means of giving the Slytherins time to get away. Or, at least, that was what Sierra had thought up. Anyway...
"That lake can also be used for many different things--we can come and go, others can come and go...and we can learn about things like water plants and creatures," she said. It was also used to ship the first years to the castle, holding them up, so that the older kids could get in first and snag all the good seats.
"So, I think it's been used for all those reasons in the past." Maybe a lot more, too. That was why they were here, though--to learn those reasons.