More students began to trickle by. Esme! Sassy Saffy! Max(Paul wasn't even sure if the boy liked being called Max, but come on, Maximillian was SO LONG), Remy(who looked extremely out of shape, and Paul couldn't help but chuckle), Benton, ADI (oldie but goodie) and his old colleague Beatrice.

It was indeed a PARTAY and Paul was very excited.

"Well hello everyone! It is lovely to see you all today! As you can see, I asked Beatrice if she would like to come because I MISS her..." duh. "And Adi, of course." King of Hufflepuff, obvi. Paul wasn't even a TRUE Hufflepuff so he sort of felt like a sham a lot of the time, but he also felt like maybe over the years he had evolved INTO a Hufflepuff? Who knew. Maybe he'd have to give the hat another go.

"The portkey should be leaving any moment now--" and getting portkeys from that terrible lady in Transportation had been awfully scary. He made Milton ask and stuff. Ugh. The portkey was a horseshoe, old and rusty. It was like the woman had gone out of her way to give Paul the worst portkey ever (and let's be honest, Lynley probably had).

Ahem.

"So if everyone will put their hand on this--it'll pull us off in a moment. I am going to leave Mark behind with some floo powder to arrive in ten minutes...for any stragglers. Got it, Mark?" he asked with a smile in his friend's direction. Mark nodded, and Paul cleared his throat. "OKAY--" he glanced at his watch. "Now in three.......two....." And before Paul had gotten to one (he was a second off, oops?) the portkey jerked them all forward and a second later...

TWISTED PAPER MUSIC.

Paul let go of the used portkey, letting it fall to the ground, and was surprised to see the room filled with...

BALLOONS.

Pearl, the very old lady, looked shocked to see them so soon. She had been in the middle of blowing up a balloon and quickly let it deflate with a loud...fart noise. "PAUL I DON'T HAVE MY TEETH IN--" she cried, and for a very old woman, she scurried into the other room quickly.

Paul flushed and...turned to look at his badgers. You couldn't stop anywhere without touch a balloon...and knowing Pearl....."Er, Pearl? Did you put surprises in the balloons again?"

Pearl's cry sent a PANIC through Paul. "YES!"

Well. "Welcome to..Twisted Paper Music everyone...I'm sorry...Pearl--" he lowered his voice. "Is a little--" and he made the crazy sign beside his ear.



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