Spare Office

[BanaBatGirl]

If you happen to try one of the doors near the end of the sixth floor corridor, you might just find yourself in a handsome (if not dusty and aged) office of a large size. The faint smell of crystallized pineapple seems to linger in the air of the room, which contains numerous side doors and nooks and crannies... all of which remain firmly locked.

Although the room is devoid of any office-like furniture, or any furniture at all, there is still an impressive, but faded, rug before the large fireplace and long mirror hanging over that to boot. The spare office is still a cool place to hang out, practice some wandwork, or do some light reading. Just don't linger too long; the office's famous owner was only fond of certain guests... and only as long as they didn't ask prying questions.

[Cassirin]

Mo was looking for forgotten spots, empty places that echoed with loneliness so he could try to take a picture that captured that emotion. Not just a picture of an empty spot, but a picture of 'lonely'. This office did the trick exactly, and Mo entered cautiously.

Quietly. Hoping to capture the feeling for as long as possible.

He seated himself in the middle of the threadbare rug, put his camera to his eye, and started roving the room through the viewfinder. It was a little TOO quiet, wasn't it?

[Colley]

Caterina was wandering when she came past a door that wasn't usually open. Peeking inside she spotted a boy with a camera and she smiled. It wasn't for a picture, though. It was because even though she was feeling bad still, Mo always made her smile. "What are you doing in here, hmm?" Trying to take pictures.

Was she throwing off his concentration? Should she leave? Cat hung out around the door, just in case.

[Cedric]

Oh, look. Here was that spare office place where she went with Aidan last term. A smile graced her lips when she remembered how he had transformed it into a 'dance.' With food and a banner and speakers and everything. It was very thoughtful. And Aidan was a good, good guy.

But really, she had never actually seen it as a regular office. A regular spare office. It was also totally probably a snogging location that she and Olly would most likely be hitting up soon. Any sort of spare room was kind of an automatic hub for couples. Right? Anyway.

The Gryffindor turned the doorknob and opened up the door.

[feeheeheeny]

Sophie was exploring. As she had told one of the new kids on the train - Bart, maybe? - she hadn't gotten to explore the sixth floor as much as the other floors last term, so she was setting off to make up for that in case she might find a cool new place to bring Bart or Hope on their forthcoming adventures.

What she hadn't expected in her explorations was to find a Gryffindor girl with Cat hanging in the doorway of a room she'd never been in. Cuuuurious. Who was in there? Sophie moseyed over to Cat, stood on her tiptoes in an attempt to see over Cat's shoulder, and greeted a bit hesitantly upon seeing Mo there, too, "Hi guys. What are we doing?"

[sarahlooo]

Pierson was just, you know, minding his own business. Eatin' a cupcake. Wandering the halls. Sure, he was supposed to be planning lessons and productive stuff, but professors needed 500 breaks sometimes, come on. Sheesh, guys. Lay off.

Ahem. So there he was, wandering down the hall, when he noticed a Ravenclaw pop into an old spare office that no one used. Perhaps he just needed some alone time. Ravenclaws were all meditation-y like that anyway. But then he saw a girl go in there and his professor!senses started tingling. That was NEVER a good sign. But wait -- there were two more girls going in there! Good golly, Marcus Branxton really had things going for him, didn't he?

Tip toe-ing towards the door, Piers licked the frosting off his fingers before cracking open the door and sloooowly peeked his head inside to see sheeeenanigans these hooligans were up to.

[Cassirin]

Mo felt that tingling in his fingertips that meant a very good picture was about to happen, and he scooted around in a circle, following the tingle and taking the carpet with him as he moved, until he stopped on the cracked doorway.

Click.

Three sets of peeping eyes. He grinned as he lowered his camera. It wasn't lonely at all, but it was a picture that made him happy. "Do I smell? Come in. I was just thinking about how great this fireplace would be for s'mores."

ALSO. WE SEE YOU GIRLFRIEND-STEALING PROFESSOR. YOU ARE NO SILVER PANTHER.

[Colley]

So what Cat thought was a Mo being Mo!photographer moment turned into something else entirely when Schuyler and Sophie showed up. "Hi Schuyler." She smiled and Schuyler, "Hey Soph." and gave Sophie a one armed squeeze before walking ahead of them all into the room and sitting beside Mo. "Hi boyfriend."

OH LOOK. PROFESSOR FACIAL HAIR WAS PEEKING AT THEM. Cat waved her good hand at him, "Hello, professor." They were being good kids, why was he SPYING.

[sarahlooo]

Oh. "Oh." He was caught. He supposed he wasn't being very sneaky in the first place, though.

Piers cleared his throat and entered the classroom. "Hello, children," he said casually, stroooollin' on through, being all professor-y and what not. The charms professor glanced around the unused and slightly dark and dusty room. "Well, it sure is a lovely day to... sit on the floor of an abandoned office. Wow. I should do this more often." Sarcasm. What were these kiddos even doing in here, hmm?

He was just observing. Teenagers were weird and fascinating.

[feeheeheeny]

Even though Mo probably did smell, Sophie ignored his question to give him the benefit of the doubt and followed Cat inside, happily plopping down next to her and proceeding to lay down with her back across the Slytherin's lap. Making herself comfortable and at home. No biggie.

...Professor? What? Sophie perked up at that and drew her gaze toward the door. Oh. Fuller was watching them. Had he followed one of them there?

And why had they all just found the room by coincidence around the same time...????

"You should come in, sir. Clearly there's something funky about this room that drew us all here. Or maybe it's fate or something." She wiggled once, getting comfier across Cat's lap before the guy did come in. And... he didn't seem to trust any of them, judging by his tone of voice.

That was probably smart of him.

"You should. Why retreat to your office every day when you could explore and sit somewhere else sometimes and experience new things with your super cool students? Isn't this fun?" Hmm?

[Cedric]

Mo &
Cat &
'Soph' &
Professor Fuller.

Okay, cool. This was totally random. "I'd take a s'more s'more for sure sure." Was that an offer, Mo? Did he have marshmallows? She smiled at Cat, also at the Ravenclaw girl she didn't know, and strolled on in a little further. She chose not to sit for now; she'd done enough sitting in class.

Now that Professor Fuller had blown his cover and all, Schuyler looked his way. "Do you write for the Aparecium, Professor? It looked almost as if you were spying on us." She smiled. Really, though. Never knew.

[nanyjj]

A door at the end of the sixth floor corridor. What would this lead to? Leah the first year girl had some experience with this school by now, and a lot of mysterious door and tapestries led to unexpected places. Her heart full of anticipation, Leah pushed open the door to find a weird sight in front of her.

There were three teenagers she did not know, Sophie and an adult she guessed was the Charms Professor. "Er... hi." The girl said nervously, smiling slightly at Sophie. Was this a secret meeting or something? "Well, I'm sorry if I interrupted you guys. I'll just leave, shall I?" She said, turning around to walk out.

[Weasley174]

Laura walked into the spare office, so this was her punishment for doing a dare, why was it that only the Transfiguration Professor couldn't take a small joke, it wasn't like the beard had hurt anyone and she thought it was funny and it was so worth tidying this office.

Laura looked at the office, this was going to be easy right well maybe she should ask Tess what they were going to do first to clean it when she arrived which hopefully wouldn't be long, Laura had told her where it was all taking place.

[UnicornDragonPatronus]

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura walked into the spare office, so this was her punishment for doing a dare, why was it that only the Transfiguration Professor couldn't take a small joke, it wasn't like the beard had hurt anyone and she thought it was funny and it was so worth tidying this office.

Laura looked at the office, this was going to be easy right well maybe she should ask Tess what they were going to do first to clean it when she arrived which hopefully wouldn't be long, Laura had told her where it was all taking place.

Tessa sighed before she walked into the office they were supposed to clean. She loved dares and pranks, however this was the sour side to it- repercussions. However, one had to take the good with the bad...

"Hey Laura," she said as she walked in. "Well this is nice, should be an easy enough job," she said, walking around the office and giving everything a look over. She didn't touch though- she was sure that she would be tired of picking the things up by the end of their cleaning session.

"Where would you like to start?" she asked, looking around the room.

[Weasley174]

Laura smiled as she saw Tess come in. "So apparently we have to clean this office." Laura rolled her eyes this was going to be boring........... boring with a capital B. She could be out doing something fun and awesome with her time instead she was cleaning. "I don't know." Laura said truthfully. "Where do you want to start?"

[UnicornDragonPatronus]

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura smiled as she saw Tess come in. "So apparently we have to clean this office." Laura rolled her eyes this was going to be boring........... boring with a capital B. She could be out doing something fun and awesome with her time instead she was cleaning. "I don't know." Laura said truthfully. "Where do you want to start?"

Tessa heaved a heavy sigh. "Alright, where do we start?" she asked, going over to where the cleaning supplies were waiting for them. She slipped on a pair of gloves and looked at the other supplies there. Unfortunately, this wasn't her first wandless cleaning duty.

"We should probably start at the top- that way any dirt and dust that falls won't go onto an already clean surface. No sense in making this harder than it needs to be," she said. Or doing it twice- she learned that the hard way. "Ready?" she asked Laura with a grin.

[Weasley174]

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Originally Posted by UnicornDragonPatronus

Tessa heaved a heavy sigh. "Alright, where do we start?" she asked, going over to where the cleaning supplies were waiting for them. She slipped on a pair of gloves and looked at the other supplies there. Unfortunately, this wasn't her first wandless cleaning duty.

"We should probably start at the top- that way any dirt and dust that falls won't go onto an already clean surface. No sense in making this harder than it needs to be," she said. Or doing it twice- she learned that the hard way. "Ready?" she asked Laura with a grin.

Laura looked at Tess with an evil grin on her face, why would she want to get mud all over her new outfit like EWWWWWWWWWWWWW! "The Professor said we couldn't use our wands right?" Laura thought about this. "Do you know any wandless magic?" It was a long shot and not many people did but well maybe Tess would.

[UnicornDragonPatronus]

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at Tess with an evil grin on her face, why would she want to get mud all over her new outfit like EWWWWWWWWWWWWW! "The Professor said we couldn't use our wands right?" Laura thought about this. "Do you know any wandless magic?" It was a long shot and not many people did but well maybe Tess would.

Tessa raised an eyebrow at Laura's expression. Glancing at the girl, she saw that she had worn a pretty nice outfit... a bad decision for a chore like this.

"Unfortunately, I don't," she said, moving over to one of the shelves and beginning to dust it from the top, carefully moving anything that appeared breakable. "And I think the point of her words was no magic at all... now come on, the sooner we start, the sooner we'll finish," she pointed out. "We can pass the time by asking one another silly questions," she suggested with a grin.

[Weasley174]

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Originally Posted by UnicornDragonPatronus

Tessa raised an eyebrow at Laura's expression. Glancing at the girl, she saw that she had worn a pretty nice outfit... a bad decision for a chore like this.

"Unfortunately, I don't," she said, moving over to one of the shelves and beginning to dust it from the top, carefully moving anything that appeared breakable. "And I think the point of her words was no magic at all... now come on, the sooner we start, the sooner we'll finish," she pointed out. "We can pass the time by asking one another silly questions," she suggested with a grin.

Laura looked at Tessa and sighed. "Well okay then, I guess we should start." Laura really didn't like this and she was sure the Professor was a meanie for making her do this, she was so going to get even with the Professor for this but she wasn't going to tell Tessa that. "Well then Tess, I think that is a great idea." Laura smiled as she started to clean something she had picked up. "You can go first since it was your idea."

[UnicornDragonPatronus]

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at Tessa and sighed. "Well okay then, I guess we should start." Laura really didn't like this and she was sure the Professor was a meanie for making her do this, she was so going to get even with the Professor for this but she wasn't going to tell Tessa that. "Well then Tess, I think that is a great idea." Laura smiled as she started to clean something she had picked up. "You can go first since it was your idea."

Finished with the top most shelf, Tessa dusted the things that went onto the shelf before carefully placing them back into their spot. She moved to the next level down and began, smiling as she heard Laura's reply.

"Okay then," she said, cleaning the shelf. "What color makes you laugh?" she asked. It was a silly question- but that was the point!

[TakemetotheBurrow]

Ella wandered around, Charms book under her arm and wand in hand. She'd decided that doing the extra credit assignment was easy enough and really, she could use all the practice she could get what with NEWTs fast approaching. Not...that she was stressing or anything. Of course she wasn't. Yeah.

The blonde eventually found herself at the spare office on the sixth floor. She was out of breath by the time she'd opened the door and her feet were aching, begging her to give them a rest. So she quietly slipped inside, shutting the door after her.

The quiet was kind of eerie to her, y'know? And the room had a very strong presence even though no one else was in here with her. It was all quite strange but Ella didn't let it deter her from doing her work here. She needed a quiet space if she wanted to master this particular charm so this place was sort of perfect.

The Patronus Charm was one she'd hear about a million times. They'd talked about it in Defense Against the Dark Arts and when the Dementors came to Hogwarts, a memory she wished she could forget, she'd even practiced it and managed a non-corporeal one. She wanted her corporeal partronus, though. She wanted to have mastered it before she left Hogwarts for good and this extra credit homework was the perfect opportunity to try, yeah? Yeah.

And so the blonde carefully and with some pain, set her textbook down on the old carpet and then straightened up again. Then it was time to clear her mind completely of all the stress and worrying about NEWTs and uni and Gran from her mind. She squeezed her eyes shut and took a deep breath in, holding it for a bit before letting it out again slowly. She repeated this act several times until she felt that she was calm and relaxed. Then it was time to pick a memory.

One memory that came to mind was when she got her letter to Hogwarts. There had been some confusion on everyone's part because her parents and Gran had never heard of such a place but Ella remembered feeling hopeful, like maybe everything was about to change for the better. It was the start of a pretty amazing life here and she let that memory fill her up as she circled her wand to build the power of the spell. And then, as she pointed her wand, she said, "Expecto Patronum!"

There was a quick burst of smoke-like substance that came from the tip of her wand, shooting out in the direction that she'd been pointing it. The stream was thick and seemed powerful but it wasn't a defined shape and this caused the blonde to frown slightly, knowing she didn't manage it quite yet.

C'mon, Ella, you can do this.

She just needed a happier memory. Maybe one from a more recent time. Something she remembered more vividly, perhaps. Yeah...

The happiest recent memory she could think of. Well, Ella was lucky in that she'd had plenty happy memories to choose from. There was a particular day that came to mind, though. It was the day they had won the Quidditch cup a few terms back. She'd gotten a bit bruised and battered during the match but she didn't even feel it as she celebrated with her team on the pitch. There was a feeling of triumph and she felt accomplished because she'd done pretty well during the game. And then there was the ceremony after in the tent and Ella had arrived and had some delicious food and even Max was there which had been awesome! She remembered getting a big hug from him and having interrupted his conversation with the Headmistress, of all people, to jump on him. The thought made her smile but that wasn't the best part. At a certain point, Alec had arrived and pulled her aside, having her sit down at one of the tables. He'd looked nervous and he held her hand as he told her a story about Superman and how he'd come to love Louis Lane. And he'd slipped up during the story, saying how Louis Lane was blonde, which she wasn't, and that's when Ella knew. And then he said that he loved her. He, Alec Summers, loved her. Just thinking about it filled Ella's stomach with butterflies and she savored the feeling, concentrating on it and letting it fill her up. And then she circled her want to build the power of the spell before pointing it straight out in front of her.

"Expecto Patronum!"

O___________O

From the tip of her wand, a shape began to form. It wasn't the smoke that had previously burst from her wand but something much more defined. First a head, big ears tusks and a trunk. Then a large body with stumpy legs and a thin tail. AKHDJHJKHDLJKHDLKJHLHK! ANELEPHANT! And because she was in shock and overwhelmed with emotion and just JAHJHJLSH, Ella felt herself getting dizzy and then she fainted.

...

....

.....

She couldn't be sure how long she was out or why of all things, her head had landed on her text book, but Ella did know one thing as she sat up very slowly and rubbed her throbbing head. She, Ella Bishop, had done a corporeal Patronus.

GRIN! GRIN! GRIN!

[SlytherinSistah]

Cutty was heading back down to the dungeons when he stopped in front of a closed door and turned the handle. Immediately, the smell of dust became apparent and something else. Something, like sweets. He recognized that scent anywhere after years of selling the stuff.

Shutting the door after himself, Cutty took a seat at the desk and removed the cuff of hardened clay from around his wrist and sat it upon the desk. His wand had been in his hand the entire walk from the boys' loo, which was were he felt it belonged at all times. He'd never gotten around to buying a holster or a case, but he box it came in for it always felt most natural with it's hilt in his often dirty little palm.

"Intaglio Copper...Copper...Copper, copper, copper, copper, copper!" The last bit coming on like a quick little barrage of what was almost a single word. Almost, but not quite as he boy meant to be articulate in the incantation. A single 'X' with a few lines and bulbs crossing and he'd formed the alchemical symbol for copper upon the surface of the clay cuff. He held it up above the surface of the desk and batted it around to rid the final product of any particles caused by the etching. He inspected it for detail then slipped it back onto his wrist before departing for his common room.