Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me! Rachel groaned, and felt her stomach make a similar noise, as she froze in place on the stairs leading down towards the Entrance Hall. Glancing longingly at the doors that lead to the Great Hall and the FOOD, she sighed and turned her attention to the situation at hand.

Stupid water... Mumbling in coherently, the fifth year ignored her rumbling stomach and descended the last few steps until she reached the edge of the water - the dark, murky, COLD water. She wasn't even submerged yet and she was already shivering.

"PROFESSORS!" she called out over the paniced voices of all the students in the room. It appeared that they were either going to all leave the castle as swiftly as possible OR get trapped in the only two common rooms that were not waterlogged already. Well, they could use brooms to transport themselves out of the castle and onto the grounds...

"Up or out?" she called out again, this time with a little less volume. After all, no one was in any immediate danger. Except short first years, but they seemed to be doing just fine... Or running up the stairs she had just come down. Either way, there was NO reason to panic just yet - BLOODY WATER!