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AliceKnight 
"Sigh," Alice smiled sweetly, "well as I said before, I only know of this place based on the things I've heard about it and since it was empty at this time, I thought I'd pay it a visit."
Alice tickled her sides in attempts to get her sketch book back.
"As far as giant squids go, I haven't seen one. I'd lend you Shadow, but he's being a bit... difficult. He really isn't taking to the climate too well."
Alice immediately stopped her tickling, looking back at the castle. A look of worry suddenly washed over her face.
"I hope he's ok. I mean, though he's just a physically apparition based on my dreams, he's still just a puppy," she sighed yet again, "I just hope he doesn't get caught, it's hard enough having his shape-shift to fool teachers as it is."
Though in truth, Alice never did actually 'lie' about what kind of pet Shadow was when she first made the request for him to follow her at the beginning of the school year. Shadow was essentially anything she willed him to be, a 'cat', 'rat', 'owl', anything really. Shadow just preferred to be a wolf was all, maybe because Alice herself could relate to wolves. They only associated themselves with their tight family pack and were disgustingly independent and lonely, like herself.
"Well, I guess I could help you myself," slowly rose from the ground, patting the imaginary dust from her skirt, "I have no work to be done for any time soon and my drawing skills was wavering anyways."
Lex wiggled around a bit when the girl tried a tickle attack.
"Stop, you know that tickles." She knocked her hands away but kept the sketchbook quite secure. Alice might as well had given up. There was no way she was handing it over when they still hadn't gotten much time to talk. The Hufflepuff Common Room wasn't exactly open for all to visit and she didn't think that Alice was worth getting dosed in vinegar. Nothing was--okay maybe chocolate frogs were...and her Mama Vivi too...ahem.
She scooted a little out of her range of tickling so she could focus on what she was saying.
"You haven't? That's too bad. I wanna see him soooooo badly but no matter how loud I call he never shows up." She gave a little sigh. Melanie said he might just not be able to hear them because he's so far down. This obviously meant he wasn't ignoring her but that didn't make her feel any better. It wasn't fair that others got to talk with him.
She lowered the sketchbook and gave the girl a curious look.
"Oh? Well have you tried taking him to the CoCM Professor? She's really good with creatures so she's probably good with whatever that thing is too." Juuuuust a suggestion.
"Or you could leave him be and hope he adapts but I know for sure I wouldn't take any chances with Felix. He's much too precious."
Her eyes widened just a bit.
"You will?? Great! I was thinking we could send him a message...got any ideas??" She hopped up too but didn't bother brushing away at her robes and such. They were going to get dirty one way or another.