It would be the little but fierce Celandine that chose Tobi. Ofcourse it's always his sister figures that torment him so. His very first instinct was to dive behind Anna. Tobi's Lion Pride wasn't the kind of pride that made him too good to use a girl for a human shield apparently.

Tobi's Shield Charm was actually pretty good, but his flight instinct had gotten the better of him, so he lost valuable time in casting it, "Prot-Argh!"

The blast from Cela's wand hit him square in the left knee.

"So Cela, I was thinking, I don't know if I'm all up with this-you-having-a-boyfriend-thing. I mean, you're 13. That's pretty young, and I don't know this Plymouth kid except for he talks a lot. And you're driving Barry around the bend. I mean seriously he's freaking out. You're caus-" Tobi's wand clattered to the floor as he clapped both hands over his mouth, his eyes wide as saucers. "I didn't meant to say that! I don't talk that much! I don't talk as much as Plymouth! I'm sure he's great but he just doesn't shut his Pie Hole -Eeep!" Tobi shoved his fist in his mouth.

Jake brought his wand up straight away. "Proteg-" he started, before realising his was was the wrong way round within a split second of begininning the spell. The last syllable of the spell was said in both by means of finishing the spell and exclaiming it in realisation. "-o."

A sheild shot up and immediately made Jake lose hold of his wand. As it flew away towards the other half of the room, as though repelled by a magnetic field, the sheild disappeared. "ACK!" Jake exclaimed again, as he was hit with the spell, knocking him back in slow motion.

Greeeeaaat... he'd have to wait before grabbing his wand, and it was either on the other team's territory or in no-man's land. Terrific. Not.

Copernicus grinned as she dogdged, although from this distance she had plenty of time to dodge or otherwise shield a spell. This was fun, but awfully controlled. How were they supposed to really duel... ah, that was it. It wasn't a duel. It was a practical session to the class.

He glanced at Cela, hiding behind Plymouth, and grinned at her words. "And Ravenclaw thanks you, Cel." He didn't have more time to spare to Plymouth and Cel before raising his wand and flicking a Jelly-fingers Curse at Anna.

Lyra's eyes shifted back and forth. She just wanted to yell PROTEGO and keep the shield up until the end of class. She was not in the mood to have hair growing out of her ears and whoever did that to her, she would turn them into Cousin IT! She dared them!

"Uh! Excuse me! How rude is that???" Plymouth turned to look Cela over his shoulder. "I don't talk that much, do I? I..." Plymouth was failing at this whole "curse your peers" things. Sure, Jake deserved it. Sure. But.... Plymouth just didn't hex people for the heck of it. So he stood around and talked and watched everyone, still trying to pick out someone he COULD hex and not feel guilty about for forever. "I don't think your friend likes me much."

Maybe Plymouth could hex HIM. After he recovered, maybe.

Daphne wanted to slap her palm to her forehead but that would mean lowering her defenses and at the moment she couldn't risk it. Instead she swept Tobias Avalon with a warning glare. He was tarnishing their Gryffindor reputation with his cowardly antics.

"Avalon!" hissed Daphne out of the corner of her mouth, her own wand out. "If you don't come out from behind there right now--" I'll hex you! "I'll pull you out myself!" Just as she was looking over at Anna and Tobias, she saw Copernicus send a hex at her female prefect.

Biting her lip, Miss Hopton decided not to watch. Just in case it got ugly.

"Ravenclaw is welcome!" Cela decided.

Tugging on her pink hair ribbon with her free hand, Cela peered out from behind Plymouth and decided upon sending a leg-locker at the popcorn girl... Lyra? Celandine pointed her wand and firmly spoke the incantation,"Locomotor Mortis!" following it up with, "Raaaaaavenclaw thanks you, Lyra whatever-your-last-name-is!"

"I talk alot too, Plym," Celandine snuggled her face into his back comfortingly before jumping out from behind him and pointing her wand again, this time...

... Cela grinned at Daphne, looking the tiniest bit feral, "Petrificus Totalus... Daffy!" Celandine's wand drew a design in the air and she half skipped and half slid, this time taking refuge behind Copernicus.

... It was possible that sugar was kicking her into high gear.

William watched as his spell hit. Ouch, that had to hurt he mused, watching Jake's slow movements. So he had learned something. Scream the spell out and it works. Right. Easy. Simple. Yeah right not gonna happen there buddy boy.

He put his wand hand down and looked around, watching as other cursed and blocked - or tried too. He just knew Jake was going to get him back.

Tobi remained firmly behind Anna, particularly now that he'd insulted Plymouth and Daphne had seen fit to tell him what's what. "When making a Soufflé," he told her, not really sure why, "you want to fold your egg whites in, not stir, they lose all their air when you do that. My sisters are rubbish in the kitchen you know. I'm Mum's only hope. To make the BEST pie crust, baste the top with a mixture of warm milk and brown sug- WHY AM I GIVING AWAY MY SECRETS? How long does this curse take to wear off?"

The fun girl just had to announce her name which was the only reason she was ready for her. "Protego," she yelled rather excitedly with a jump and a stance. Her eyes were wide and a smile from ear to ear...until the giggles started. Why were Ravies thanking her?

"Don't say my name, Cela! You are supposed to surprise me." She placed her hands on her hips trying not to notice the PINK bow in her hair and giggled once again.

Anna continued to stare at the opposing side, her eyes resting on Copernicus more than anyone else. He was the one who'd targeted her first, and from the looks of it, he was aiming straight for her once again! She prepared herself, and sure enough, Copernicus casted Jelly Fingers right at her! She felt the effects of the curse before she allowed herself to look down and see the damage done to her hand. Slowly, she allowed her hands to wander down to her left hand, which looked normal, but certainly did not feel normal. Curious, Anna switched her wand from her right hand to her left. The feeling was odd...almost like she'd tried to jab her wand through a plate of gelatin. With a soft thud, her wand hit the floor, and she scrambled to pick it up in her right hand. Jaw dropped, she looked up at Copernicus, a slight horrified look on her face.

He didn't think the curse had totally worn off, but it was a little like the road between his brain and his mouth was lengthening again, where as before there was none at all, in fact he's said things he couldn't remember thinking before.

"Gee I'm sorry Anna, did I distract you? Is your hand okay? I hope we didn't lose points because I was a babbling prat." Only about half of it was stuff he wouldn't have said anyway. Tobi babbled when he was flustered so it was hard to tell what was curse related and what wasn't.

Betrayal!

"Protego!" chanted Daphne, arm flying, wrist snapping purposely with the last syllable. The shield bounced off the spell at the last minute. Oh, that was too close! She should know better than to let her guard down around Celandine. The girl's wand work was eerily spectacular. Making a mental note not to distract herself with Avalon anymore, Daphne shook her head.

It was difficult to do when he just wouldn't shut up. "Too long!" protested Daphne slipping behind him, using him as a shield to fix her misplaced pink ribbon, threatening to unfold itself onto the ground.

"Sorry!" Copernicus called across the room, his face sheepish. "Professor, can we cast a finite on someone if we've managed to curse them?"

"Ooooh... you are right I'm ... Petrificus Totalus!... sorry" Cela cast leaning out from behind Copernicus and flicking her wand at Lyra and dancing around in excitement.

"Locomotor Mortis!" Cela sent the curse at Anna, wanting to see what the combined effects of two curses would look like. Giggling, she jumped into the open and did a little look-at-me-can't-get-me dance before dodging behind Plymouth.

"Tobi! Finite!" Celandine cast the spell on him with the intent to cast another curse. Oh this was soooo fun!

She sent the sponge knees curse at him, attempting to make it strong but it wasn't one she'd practiced before.

"You should use a fixing charm for that ribbon Daphne!" Cela hollered, pausing to pop a piece of candy in her mouth. Darn... that was the last of it. "Fix it so I can curse you again!" Celandine demanded cheerfully.

William didn't know who to curse next, or what curse he could do. It was obvious to him the slow down curse was too easy, especially for him. He needed to try something a bit more difficult. But he didn't want to hurt Jake, so far he was the only one who had even decided to speak to him and if he hurt him he'd never forgive himself.

Looking around he knew he needed to know the wand movement for his next curse. So he took a deep breath and said "Lumos!" in a confident voice. Thankfully his wand tip lit up and he held his wand out, hand shaking slightly.

Ana joined the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs ready to help.

She looked for someone that wasn't been attacked already when she saw a young Slytherin. Ana grabbed her wand "Protego!" and was ready to cast a curse when the boy raised his wand so she looked again try to find someone else.

Oh thank Merlin! If it didn't end soon Tobi was going to have to invest in his own personal Muzzle. He picked up his wand from the ground with extreme relief.

I'm going to have to give Plymouth and Cela a formal -Argh!

"Protego!" He pointed it in the direction of Celandine with not a second to spare. He more or less was on the ground holding his wand with two hands, as the shield held, the curse bounced off and hit the ceiling. Tobi whimpered.

"I don't like this game either."

Plymouth - human shield - was too busy being a human shield to cast hexes at his peers. He melted into a little puddle when Cela nuzzled him in between her surprise attacks. Boy. Did he like that.


"I think you're going to make that boy cry, girlfriend." Plymouth - despite feeling sorry for the kid that had told him he talked too much - laughed. Cela seemed to be enjoying herself... so... hehe Cry, Gryffindor, cry!

Oh what the heck. He'd show the Gryffindor kid WHO had a big mouth... Plymouth raised his wand and cast the booger hex at Tobi. HEHE.

Despite Cela being her enemy at the moment, her words were good advice. Holding bits of the gold embroidered ribbon with her fingers, Daphne aimed at the ribbon, uttering a temporary sticking charm. It'll have to do until this 'war' was over. "Okay!" called out Daphne from behind Tobias and whipping out her wand as she jumped out from behind him. "Don't try any sneaky attacks, Toussaint or I shan't forgive you!"

Patting Tobias on the head, Daphne tutted. "Don't be like that Tobias. Your negativity is giving me a bad hair day." Uh-Oh! "INCOMING!" shouted Daphne raising her wand just in time. "Protego!"

The shield protected herself and hopefully, Tobias head. The rest of his body would have to fend for itself.

Qaz didn't like this one bit. She was a very passive person, so she just stood there looking stupid with her shield in front of her, protecting her from whatever might come her way.

Oh enough of this, he'd just use spells he knew. Putting his wand hand down he looked over to the Gryffindors, and a boy who was still under the babbling curse, or he appeared to be anyway. He turned his attention back to Jake, a grin slowly spreading over his face. "Hey Jake, ready for some fun?" He called over to the Huffie, his eye twinkling with glee.

Before he had a chance to answer he flicked his wand shouting "Petrificus Totalus!" as strong as he could. He had never attempted the spell before.

Anna turned and smiled at Tobi, who'd remained firmly planted behind her for the past few minutes. She knew he didn't intentionally mean any harm. She did, however, move slightly to the right, leaving him in open view once again. He needed to be able to see if any surprise spells were coming his way. That, and she didn't want any of the curses intended for her to hit him, as well.

Anna smiled and gave Cope a thumbs-up sign---with her right her hand, of course. Her left hand was still a mess of what felt like pure gelatin. She couldn't wait to be able to retaliate and cast some spells on the Claws and Slytherins, as well. She stared down at the damage Copernicus' spell had done, briefly worried that her hand would remain in this condition forever. It would be back to normal again soon...right?

She should have known better than to focus on her hand for too long of a period of time. Cela's leg locker unexpectedly hit her, locking her legs immediately. Startled, Anna swayed in place for a moment, her eyes widened out of fear of falling over. She glared at her legs and hand in horror---she'd never be able to cast a spell in this condition!

Oh, boy, this is some bad Karma, Qaz thought as she looked around. She wanted to help those who had been struck, but she knew that would get her in trouble.

Tobi groaned, he wanted to get up from the floor now please, but Daphne was busy patting him on the head, and it wouldn't do to knock her over. Then he'd be facing off against her, and the Slytherclaws. No, bad idea.

"Yes Daphn-Eep!" Tobi whirled his head around and felt his neck crack OW! Oh I don't want Boogies! No boogies please!!!

"Protego!"

Between Daphne's sheild and his own, they did okay. It bounced off and hit a poor defenseless desk.

"Look dude, I didn't mean it!" Tobi pleaded jumping to his feet. Bellowing across the classroom, completely forgetting that somewhere, Kazimeriz lurked. "You don't talk too much. And I'm total- well sorta cool with the whole Cela dating thing. Of course, if you upset her in really any way and you're going to have to watch out for bludgers, but I assume you were aware of that from the get go."