"I assure you that I'll look into it," said Andi curtly, pausing in her doorway. "In the meantime, I have to get to the staff room meeting - hopefully more productive than the last one," she muttered sarcastically to herself. "Good day to you, Ms. Hale, Ms. Wilson, Ms. Warbeck."

The sound of the heels of her boots hitting the stone floor as she strode away sounded like bullets slowly, and methodically fired.

Andi's hands twitched a little on the paperweight as if she really was preventing herself from throwing something. "No, I haven't given grades," she said curtly. "And don't worry, so long as you've been working hard and keeping your nose to the grindstone yadda yadda, all that jazz." She regarded the paperweight sourly. "Though I must say, it's a pleasant surprised to see someone who doesn't seem intent on chasing boys all the blessed time. Anything else?"

"No Ma'am. That's it." Tasha smiled pleasantly. "By the way... Thanks for not throwing that." Tasha flashed a quick wink toward the paper weight. "My reflexes aren't that great today."
Tasha quickly jerked her head out of the room and shut the door before she pushed her luck with her run away mouth.

Walking up to Professor Mao-Macdougals office Thump hesitated to knock. OMG why am i doing this,shes going to kill me......pfft o well i have nothing to loose,with students and pets disapearing left and right i might be next so i might as well get this over with So with a silver platter hidden behind his back and his wand in his pocket instead of his hand for once, he knocked on her door hoping to get invited inside.

Andi looked up at the knock on her door. She had been about to prepare a pot of Chinese tea, and the pause allowed the hot metal to burn against her hand. She set down the small kettle with a curse, holding the reddened finger against her mouth to sooth it down. "Come in," she snapped.

"Come in," she snapped. O darn shes already in a bad mood thought Thump. Whatever when is she not in a bad mood "Hello Professor" said Thump as he walked in with the plate behind him "I was hoping you werent busy so that we could have a...........talk. Do you have time?"

Andi looked past Thump to the younger boy. Her eyes widened at the sight of the owlets. Or was that eglets? No, that was those little plastic things at the end of shoe-laces. "Good heavens," she said, hurrying over to open the door properly. "How on earth did you get-- no. Nevermind. I don't think I want to know."

The biggest of the three chicks, which was sitting on Tabby's head at the time, noticed his daddy and fell flew over to the table, only just making it and landing on the very edge. Some small hoots could be heard from Tabby's shoes as the owl was in mid flight, cheering on their sibling.

"They're Anya's and Gondor's!" Tabby exclaimed excitedly. "We havn't given them names yet and we can't keep all of them so I wondered..." Tabby stopped short as he felt something drip down his forhead. He put his hand up to wipe it away and saw that it was off white and smelly. "Ewwwwww! Don't do that!" he said to the owl that had just flown away. "I'm not your nest!"

Gondor hoped towards the edge of the table hooting happily as one of the chicks made it to the table. Upon reaching the edge he didnt have enough time to stop and slid right of the edge, barley catching himself before he hit the floor. Landing on the table again he walked over to stand next to the little owl and he puffed up proudly and nuzzled the tiny owls neck.

Noticing the new student Thump resigned for a second wearily. It takes enough confidence just to come here and then they barge in like this, how rude he thought angrily but stood and listened to the students story.

Andi watched as the owl managed to reach the edge of the table and smiled slightly. She took a tissue paper and picked it up lightly, feeling it's feathers and light bones under her hand. The owlet (not eglet) watched her solemnly. The other, larger owl watched her warily, but the little one didn't seem to mind. "Quite adorable," she said, turning to Tabby. "Do a cleaning charm on your hair. It's good practice at any rate. What are you going to do with all of them?"

Tabby took out his wand and pointed it at his hair nervously. He used the only cleaning spell he knew, Scourgify, which made the mess dissappear immediately. Unfortunantly his head now looked like he was in the middle of washing it.

"We can't keep them," He replied, ignoring his super squeeky clean hair (plus bubbles) "So we want to give them to people who will look after them."

Anya watched AMMZ just as much as Gondor but she was more concerned about the woman not dropping her baby than what the woman was like herself. She lept off of Tabby's shoulder, landed gracefully next to Gondor and snuggled upto him.

"Am I on that list?" asked Andi, raising her eyebrows. She hoped she was. The owl studied her, and she studied it back, noting the fluffy little feathers, the bright, a little savage cold eyes. The weest widdle beak, oh oosa goo' boy den?

Delicately, she ran one finger gently over the feathery head, noting the feel of the skull underneath. The owl was yin-and-yang, strong and vulnerable at the same time. Cute too.

Tabby's face split into a massive grin as the professor seemed to catch on. "I think he likes you." he told her as he heard little noises coming from his head. "Ummm, Professor. Why's my hair popping?"

"Bubbles," said Andi witheringly, clearing the mess away with a wave of her hand, leaving Tabby's hair shining wet. "Well, thank you very much, Tabby. Do you want payment, or anything? If you ask me to raise your grade, I will, of course, say no."

Gondor gave a small squeak at Tabby's words. Give one of his children to this woman?? Was Tabby mad? Just as he was about tp panic, Anya landed next to him. He hooted contently as she snuggled up next to him and he nuzzled her head with his. Gondor wished Rave was here, she'd never let this woman have one of his babies, she was almost insane as Rave's sister Lua, and that was saying something.

Niky knocked on the professor's door before entering. There was an owl there, which seemed quite pretty in her opnion. She smiled at the professor behind the desk. "Good afternoon Professor Macdougal" she greeted politely. "I was wondering if you needed any help in anything. I wish to get Hufflepuff a few more points" she stated, and smiled at the teacher waiting to see what she could do for her.

"No I don't want anything," Tabby replied quickly, brushing the damp hair off of his face. "There is something actually," he said a few seconds later. "I want him to be looked after and you need to give him a name."

Anya watched sadly as the first of her babies was being given away. Unlike Gondor, she wasn't worried about the woman. She trusted Tabby to find them good homes. It didn't make it any easier though. She let out a slow, low hoot which sounded like she was crying and tried to snuggle into Gondor even more.

"Try doing some homework and less flirting about," snapped the Professor, with reflex venom. The student didn't really register with her, not while she was contemplating the little owlet in her hand.

"Well, obviously I'll look after him," said Andi curtly, studying the owl who regarded her with the same steady, not exactly hostile look as the woman herself. "Hm. He looks like a Bartimaeus to me."

Niky bit her lip to keep from answering back. She turned on her heels and stepped out of the office. She always did her homework and she wasn't the type to go around flirting with any guy; not even Hyde. She sighed frustrated, she knew she shouldn't have gone to that office.