Laura walked into the corridor with an almighty splash. The bottom of her robe were imediately drenched, and as she looked around she saw water. But that wasn't all. Memen were there, brandishing forks and other waterly weapons towards a group of people. As she splashed over, she noticed one of them was the Headmaster, one was a Ravenclaw she recognised vaguely, though didn't know, and the others were, well, she didn't know them either.

Stopping behind them, Laura heard one of the Mermen shout something. He seemed incredibly angry, and she flinched at the sound of his voice. She didn't have a clue what it was saying, but one of the other students obviously did, as he was translating for the headmaster. "Erm, Sir?" she asked, when he mentioned a key and some guy called Aornos, or something. "Whats going on?"