Oh great, the grounds keeper was coming. Agie groaned to herself.

Agie shrugged and went up to his desk to collect the locks. Maybe she'd get to lock him up too. "You sure about this, Professor?" She said with a shifty look. Agie knew he could do it.

"Arms out please, Professor." Freya said as she fit the jackets arms over the mans, then proceeded with the straps and buckles, and allowing another student to help.

I think the professor's gone crazy. He wished that he'd gotten more practice with the spell. Then the professor asked if any of them would help him with his trick but all Cam could do was shake his head in fear. Professor Ashby was awesome and he didn't want to... be the one of the people that helped murder him. Students actually volunteered for this and there was one that gladly wanted to do it. NUUUU.

The Sticker Merchant must not die. I will stick up for this and stick with everyone to the end. OOH, he made joke! Mr. Masterson? Oh he had to trust him! It was the guy who humiliated that BunBun in front of everyone.

All Cam could do was give another thumbs up with a frown.

Set went up. It was fun. He made sure to lock the locks extra tight, and tie the knots extra tight! When he was done, he stepped back and waited for the show. He was thinking about conjuring popcorn.

Anna quickly lowered her hand and put it back down by her side. Realization dawned on her face, and she made her way to the front of the room to assist the professor. Well, this would be a first---helping one of her professors into a straight jacket and then locking chains around him. Anna grabbed a few of the chains and began to help her fellow students get the professor into the straight jacket. She couldn't wait to tell her mother and father about this lesson!

At that moment, Constantine pushed open the door of the Charms classroom, holding one of the Bamboo Forest's red pandas in his arms. The panda was having a fun time trying to stick his nose in Neo's ear while Neo himself couldn't believe that he was actually going to entrust students to unlock chains in time. Well...his uncle had never really been all there...I mean, the man DID ask him to get a red panda.

"Glad to assist," he smiled, petting the panda's fur and stepping more into the room. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out an acorn, handing it to Ian. "For good luck," he chuckled and shrugged.

Okay, that was waaaay too much fun for Freya to be having in a class. She finished tightening one of the last straps and stood back. "I think you are ready to go, Sir." Freya said, giving him a salute and a wide grin.

Ian stepped up onto his chair, and subsequently his desk, preparing to submerge. "Thank you for your assistance, students," he announced to the crowd. "And thank you for supervising, Neo." He winked at the man, who appeared to have brought a gift!

"Wands at the ready, kids," Ian said.

"Three......two......one....GO!" Just before he jumped in with a huge splash, he cast a small bubble-head charm over his nose and mouth.

In the water he went! Now all that was left was for the students to unlock him.

Nikita watched with worry as the Professor was tied up, but it was so comical and absurd an idea that she giggled a little, her worry turning to amusement.

A man she recognized as the groundskeeper arrived in the classroom, holding a reddish, racoon like creature that was simply adorable. The name escaped her mind, but the animal looked fairly familiar.

Just then, Professor Ashby jumped into the tank. Nikita had her wand out in an instant, and quickly cast the Alohamora charm. Nothing happened.

Cadence gasped at the red panda the Groundskeeper had brought into the rooms. Where was Melanie? Cadence wanted to give her a well earned, "I told you so!"

She heard the professor call for wands at the ready and hurriedly whipped hers out, tearing her eyes away from the panda. She pointed it at the tank as the professor plunged in. She aimed it at one of the locks and said, Alohamora! and the lock clicked open.

NUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

"Alohomora!!!!! ALOHOMORA!!!!!" Jake yelled. Ohnoohnoohnoohnoohno!!!!! They were gonna kill him!

Red panda?

FOCUS!

"Alohomora!" Jake recited, trying to keep calm and totally failing miserably.

The cruel and evil sitcker merchant... Jake couldn't tell if his spell had worked...

He didn't try to hard. (Just kidding). "Alohamora!" set screamed. He yelled it three times. He saw other students do the same. "Alohamora!" he screamed over and over til the proffessor emerged.

Agie watched him jump into the tank, it looked like funnn. "Alohamora!" Agie easily said, waving her wand. She had used the spell many time. "Alohamora! Alohamora" Agie said, pointing to all the different locks.

Freya readied her wand, and waited for the professor to get in. The moment she heard the splash, Freya moved forward to the tank, holding her trusy wand against the glass. She thought her spells rather than say them aloud, she found it worked better that way. One had to stay calm after all and not get all in a tiff.
Keeping track of how many locks there were, she cast the charm on a few and watched as they loosened. 'Good thing...' There were so many students around the tank now that Freya had to move back a bit so that everyone was able to have a chance. The professor wasn't going to drown, he wasn't stupid after all.

Oh, if there was ever a time I needed to not foul this up, it's when I'm pointing my wand in the general direction of a teacher!

Tobi took a deep breath and hoped against hope that he would have better luck this time. "Alohomora!" he cast.

Well this time he wasn't thrown backwards, but he didn't seem to do anything either.

Maybe it was for the best.

AHMAHGAWSH! The professor jumped into the water and Cam didn't really know what to do. What if his spell failed and only made it worse? There was the groundskeeper in the room but he wasn't so sure about him anymore. But then again all he had to do was just throw an acorn in the pool... Taking out his wand he did a pose and more poses. He continued doing poses since he waited until someone did it. And eventually someone did so he did the same. "Alohomora!"

Did anything happen? "Alohomora!" His ears were starting to hurt by this student who continued screaming and screaming the spell. But it would have been useless to ask.

"Alohomoraaa!"

This time, Nikita took more careful aim. Trying as hard as she could, Nikita drowned out the screaming Huffies by listening to the sound of opening locks. She took a deep breath, holding her wand steady and aimed at a specific lock.

"Alohamora!"

Among the sound of clicks, Nikita was rewarded to see her lock click open. She took aim of another to repeat the process, but noticed the panda behind the desk. That's what it was...a panda. And it was adorable.

The panda in Neo's arms turned his head and watched all the excitement from around the water tank. Constantine merely chuckled as he took a seat in Ian's chair, clutching the panda protectively to his chest still. He cringed a little though, at the sound of a Hufflepuff practically screaming his lungs out. I thought hufflepuffs were supposed to be humble?... he sighed, moving to scratch the little red panda's head.

Ian continued floating in the tank and beamed to the students as he saw 4 or 5 of the locks unlock and sink to the bottom. They were all doing so well! Had he not been restrained, he would have given them the thumbs up.

It would only be a matter of time before they would be done. What fast learners they all were.

'Panda! Awwwwwww....No! No time for that!' Freya turned back to the tank and unlocked a couple more. Had this charm been difficult for her when she was first learning it? She couldn't quite remember now...

Cadence continued taking careful aim and unlocking every lock that she could.

Lyra began with her wand towards lock number one in the tank. "Alohamora," she said but then jumped back as a Hufflepuff began to scream out the charm. Why was it her House mates that had to be...different. Maybe there was something wrong with him and that was his only way to speak. But then he did it again. Crazy Huffie!

She went back to what she was doing with another "Alohamora," as another lock clicked and then another "Alohamora". This was too much fun, but she stood back giving the other students a chance as well. That's when she noticed Mr. Groundskeeper with...GASP! "Red panda," she whispered as her hands covered her mouth. She wrinkled her nose, of course not at Mr. Groundskeeper but the cute little animal that was in his arms.

"Alahamora!" Tobi fired another charm. It went wide of the tank, and Tobi suspected it was a good thing, because when it hit the wall behind, there was a sharp BANG and a large black char mark where it had hit.

"Ooops! Sorry professor!"

This is not good. Participation is one thing, but getting your professor killed is bad for, well it's bad for a lot of things, for him, for you, for your house points...

Tobi took one more shot at the charm, "A-loh-hoh-MOH-Ra!" He said very clearly.

Miracle of miracles, he hit the tank and a lock came open. It couldn't be a coincidence!

"Hey, look what I did."

As she worked with the chains and the straight jacket, Anna glanced around to notice Mr. Masterson enter the room accompanied by a---panda? Oh, how cute. Anna smiled and nodded a hello to the groundskeeper then quickly got back to work. In no time, the students had finished wrapping the jacket and chains around the professor. Now all that was left to do was stand back and hope to Merlin that Professor Ashby didn't end up harming himself during this daredevil stunt.

Anna gulped once again and stepped back a few steps. She pulled her wand out of her robes and pointed it in the direction of the tank the professor would soon submerge himself in. She took a deep breath and braced herself for the stunt to begin. Would they be able to get him out of the tank in time? If not, Mr. Masterson would be able to help, wouldn't he? On cue, Anna raised her wand a bit higher, and exclaimed, "Alohomora!" She studied the tank and, seeing that her spell hadn't quite down the trick, casted it once again. "Alohomora!"

Daphne was a little startled by this whole situation. It all seemed so rash and irresponsible, even if Ashby was protected with a bubble-head charm. Nevertheless, she felt confident that she could get a few of those locks off. "Alohomora!" she said strongly with passion. She couldn't see if the spell had actually worked, she did cast it in Ashby's general direction. She repeated this a few more times, but her wrist was starting to both her, so she decided it was best to allow the others to carry on without her.