They were creating a ruckus. Yes, they were and Adi did not care right now. Lives depended on how fast him and Beverly were. And of course, how fast Truebridge got there. "Gingersnapple, I think,'' the Hufflepuff corrected his fellow prefect.

SLAP, SLAP, SLAP went his hand against every free space he could find. "Professor Headmistress!'' Oh, there she was! Thank the Hippogriffs! "Professors Culloden and Thompson went into the Forest looking for the Groundskeeper and Henry the Hippogriff after something scared the other Hippogriffs and Henry ran off,'' he rattled, trying to explain it all to the Headmistress in a nutshell as he went, went, went as she wanted them to do. "We heard this cry or shriek or something in the Forest but we're not sure what caused it. Toby and Sophie were with us but they went to get Professor Dakest since there was a barrier that wouldn't allow the students to go into the Forest.'' WHY? They were ALL seventeen! And was he leaving out anything? Bev could fill it in if he had.