Originally Posted by Grey Lady

The Grey Lady made a funny face and stuck her tongue out at the little poltergeist with his clown comment...she wasn't even going to waste her anger on the little entity....afterall she was the one on this side of the barrel and free...unlike him. This thought made a huge smile appear on her face and then she focused back in on the Barron's words while floated closely to him and gazed at him fondly for a few seconds.

"And tell us how to unlock the rooms so our lovelies can sleep in their beds and not on the floor of the Great Hall!" she said the last part in distaste...she was sooo worried about her sweet Eagles and their safety.

Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦

Uh oh, the Baron was mad. Peeves had made him maaaad. In his defense, though, he hadn't known Sir Bloodiness was present in the room, or else he wouldn't have insulted his special ugly lady friend right in front of him. No, he would have waited for the Baron to leave to insult her. As it was, though, Peeves didn't want to make one more peep. And he certainly didn't want to tell them who was behind the lockout.

"Meep!" the barrel made a tiny peeping sound akin to a chick hatching. Okay just one more peep. Peeves curled up in the very bottom of the barrel, where there was an itsy bitsy little crack where the side met the floor of the barrel, and peeked through it to see the Grey Lady tryin' to get all up in his grill.


"I don't know howwwwww to unlock the common rooms," Peeves moaned in his best Myrtle impression, "because I didn't lock them in the first place." He made a loud sniffling sound. "Sorry, Sir Bloodiness and Miss Lady of Greyness, but I did not lock those common rooms."


Didn't they know him by now? Didn't they know he would have been shouting from the Astronomy tower to the kitchens, bragging about this wonderful prank? Just because he knew who had locked everyone out didn't mean he had to reveal the culprit. The little brats and especially their ghosts DESERVED to be locked out, as far as he was concerned!


"All I can say is, somebody's got a REAL problem with you four, and I ain't talkin' about meself." For once. "Lemmmmmme outtttttttt nowwwwww!"

Originally Posted by Grey Lady

She waited as patiently as she could for his answer and she shook her head left and right in disgust...how had they ever expected the thing in the barrel to tell the truth...but then she did figure he would come clean and brag about this little feat as he usually did....no not when he saw how angry they were with him...and whom in the castle could have a problem with the four of them...they were usually pretty harmless.

"Well the only way to prove that you are innocent is to give us some information about who you are blaming for this little incident..." she said trying to negotiate whatever information the entity felt he had...she doubted it was of importance...he was probably going to try to blame the Headmistress or some random inanimate object.

Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦

"But I'm not blaming anyone!!!!!" Peeves went back to shouting, which was just his usual vocal tone. "I'M TELLING THE TRUTH for once! I DIDN'T DO IT AND I CAN'T SAY WHO DID."

He actually had fears other than the Bloody Baron, after all.

Originally Posted by Nearly Headless Nick

Sir Nicholas hovered mutely as the Baron and the Grey Lady questioned Peeves. The lion ghost listened intently as the poltergiest continued to proclaim his innocence. What Peeves said how much he disliked it sounded truthful and genuine.

'Some who has a REAL problem with you four'

Picking his ear's to see if he had any earwax Sir Nicholas said in a calm tone to his friends. "Listen to what Peeves is saying. For once I think he is telling us the truth. If Peeves was responsible for the lockout he'd have bragged from the top of the Astronomy Tower."

Rounding the Baron, Sir Nicholas eyed the barrel and asked. "Peeves, good man can you tell us something about who has got a problem with us that is not you? Please if not for us then for the sake of the students."

Originally Posted by Bloody Baron

"Yes... I believe Peeves, M'Lady. He would not lie to me. He knows there are consequenses for that." The Baron said... "That is a good question Sir Nicholas... I can't think of anyone or anything..." The Baron narrowed his eyes, thinking...

... no

... it just couldn't be.

Originally Posted by ♦ Peeves ♦

And now all of a sudden they believed him. It figured. It just figured that it would take the Bloody Baron and St. Nicholas speaking up for him for the others to believe him. Sniff. Poor Peevsie, trapped in a salt barrel, doomed to die again in a barrel of salt...

...it wasn't even flavoured salt, like sea salt...

...just plain, ugly, blood-pressure-raising sodium chloride....

The Grey Lady was SO heartless!

"You KNOW who he is," Peeves' voice rang out in a dull, recitation-like tone. "He was here before my time, Sain--- Sir Nicholas, Mister Bloody Baron Your Bloodiness." He cleared his throat. "Shan't say nothing if you don't let me out...."

Originally Posted by Grey Lady

The Grey Lady tried hard to keep from rolling her eyes...she just wasn't sure how innocent Peeves was...he still deserved to be left in the barrel to keep him from all of the nonsense he usually caused. She smiled at the Bloody Baron and then looked back at the barrel trying to keep the irritation out of her voice and failing miserably, "Well, Peeves...we will only let you out if you promise to tell us some more information about this mysterious character...." she paused and then added, "Remember I still have salt and wherever I sprinkle the dust you are locked in, so don't try to run away..." she said as she walked a little circle around the ghosts and Peeves to insure he didn't try to escape before spilling the beans.

Finally she came back to her original spot, "Okay, we're going to let you out now..who wants the honor of this?" she said glancing at the little elf that helped lure him in the first place.

Originally Posted by Nearly Headless Nick

Sir Nicholas thought hard. Somebody who had been at the school before Peeves time. No names rang a bell.. Unless, no it couldn't be.

They needed more information.

It seemed that the Grey Lady although very reluctantly was a similiar mind and asked an elf to let Peeves out of the barrel. It was unfortunatley the only way they'd get more information about the mysterious character with a bone in their side.

The Gryffindor ghost had a feeling. He hoped it was wrong.

Originally Posted by Grey Lady

The ghost waited patiently as the lid was removed....she braced for impact thinking that Peeves would come shooting out of the barrel attacking them all...she was ready for anything the little thing could throw at them...or atleast she thought she was....