"'Kay then," Jake mumbled, twiddling his finger about, not necessarily looking forward to going to see the man, but having the stress eased nevertheless. He had never understood quite why anyone hated the man like he had heard. Kazimeriz really seemed like an okay guy, to Jake anyway. Just need to get that stupid encounter with him over soon...

Listening to Kayla's next words, Jake knew that would be damn well impossible for him. There would have to be sacrifices for him to make, for that to work, in any case. "Move on," he repeated, then went on to misinterpret slightly. "No crying..." Jake thought for a moment after thinking about what Kayla had said in his own frame of mind. He was probably wrong, but it worked for him. And it would be relatively easier than... talking... "Sure."

Eyeing Professor Morgan disbelievingly, as he was pretty sure he'd heard a shout of pain in the hospital wing, Jake shrugged the shoulder he had previously dubbed his 'good shoulder'. "Whatever," he mumbled, staying away from that subject if he could. "I just have... well, I'm alot stronger than I usually try to be, especially when I'm angry," Jake explained, vaguely. "I'm just glad I didn't lose my temper all that badly," he added, noting to himself that as long as he could help it, that wouldn't happen here. Oh no, never again, hopefully. He'd been surprised his mum hadn't gone and kicked him out that day, regardless of him being ten.

Jake cleared his throat, a little confused as to why exactly she ducked his question like that, and a tad frustrated with all the vague answers. It didn't matter, though, because Jake had a feeling after all the trouble he'd been that Professor Morgan wouldn't speak to him again. Sigh.

Watching the woman out of the corner of his eye as she took his wand out of her pocket, Jake had to exercise the self restraint not to grab it straight out of her hand. He was still pretty miffed at the audacity she'd had to take it from him, as that like piece of wood with a sticker on the bottom to tell him which way round to hold it was his only method of safety. "Thanks," he muttered, glancing up at her long enough to see her wink, and quickly staring away from the two females, at the closest wall on the side Professor Morgan was not on. "Thank you," he nodded, in response to the fact that he no longer had detention. Shrugging one shoulder again, and lifting his hand to absent-mindedly prod the bad one, Jake replied, "Bit sore, bit stiff..."

And then she was talking to Kayla, which gave Jake time enough to think. All this trouble, the long day and stuff, and from what I'm hearing, I made too much trouble for Professor Morgan, and Kayla had to help her... Bad person, much?

"And I'm sure you want me gone, now," Jake said, abruptly standing up and staring at the opposite wall, wand in his hand. "So I'll go."

Feeling Professor Morgan's hand take her own and hearing her words, Kayla blushed slightly. "Oh really it was not problems at all Professor, I'm just glad everything seems to have been sorted out." She looked up and met the Professor's eyes and she smiled, "Thank you Professor, although I didn't do it for any sort of recognition...but hey I won't knock back twenty points" she added with a chuckle and then gave the Professor's hand a squeeze, "You're welcome" Kayla said quietly.


Kayla looked at Jake, she hadn't meant that he couldn't cry or that he couldn't show any emotion at all but maybe that just might work for him. It did for her after all, she had closed herself off from all the horrible things she had seen and it had made her all the more stronger.

"No Jake, we don't want you to go. Actually I was hoping you might help Professor Morgan and myself do something about Charlotte here." Kayla reached up and pulled her pet tarantula out from underneath her hair and held her in the palm of her hand. "She's being rather moody lately and I don't know how to snap her out of it."

It was plain to see that no matter how hard she tried to explain, Jake was going to continue to misinterpret her words. Sadly, even her compliments seemed to miss him completely. But it was really no wonder after the day that he'd had. Poor Jake. So, instead of arguing her point and keeping him there any longer, she decided to instead to just smile sweetly and let him go.

"Jake, you're more than welcomed to stay…. but that's up to you. Only if you want to." She clarified. She had kept him there against his will long enough. "I wonder... would you care for a Calming draught before you go?" She asked, getting up from the chair. Releasing Vincent to roam free, Iliana ever so slowly made her way over to her large, mahogany desk. "I have some here in my top desk drawer." She said, pulling it open and holding up a small vial.

Iliana looked over a Jake with a hopeful expression. A big, furry spider might actually work wonders in cheering him up. She propped herself up on the corner of the desk and leaned her head down to speak to the tarantula directly. "Oh, what's wrong pretty girl?" She asked, petting her gently before lifting her eyes to meet Kayla's. "May I?" She asked, laying her hand out in front of her.

Herminny ran from the fourth floor corridor all the way to the COMC teacher's hut and knocked on the door. She knew the measage she had for her was urgent cause from what she could see the older boy was not able to handle the crazy creature that had been destroying the tapestry now destroying the boys face. Herminny was so scared for the boy and the creature and knew the COMC teacher would be best suited to help in a situation like this.

Hearing words that totally contradicted what he had thought, Jake looked between the two again for a few moments, before kneeling on the sofa with the leg that was closest to it, making sure his foot didn't touch it. "Who's Ch-" he began to ask but that was soon answered when Kayla pulled out a tarantula. "Woooww..." he whispered, eyes going bright, staring at the animal. He was itching to get closer, get a good view of the brilliant spider.

Shifting his weight from foot to foot, Jake started a rocking-swaying motion from side to side, his hand pressed against the back of the sofa, whiched gave him a slight push-off. Presently, he stopped the bizarre moving and drummed his fingers frantically on the back of the sofa.

Only if you want to... only if YOU want to...

Saying nothing but not moving from where he was half kneeling, Jake's eyes darted around the room, following the snidget, Vincent. He could amuse himself like this for hours... keeping track of the thing, losing it, then going through the motions of trying to find it. The whole thing was quite fun. Maybe Vincent wasn't so evil after all.

"Erm..." Jake dragged his eyes away from the bird reluctantly. "What will it do?" he asked suspiciously. "It won't... hurt or anything... will it?" Jake was now very wary of anything he was offered these days. Taking another look at Charlotte the tarantula, Jake let his gaze drift upwards again, looking for Vincent. There was a knock at the door, and Jake wondered vaguely who it was, but that was none of his business. Though he did wonder again whether they would, indeed, be turfed out.

Kayla looked up to watch Jake's reaction and was relieved to see that he wasn't afraid of Charlotte, actually he looked rather eager which was good. She placed Charlotte in Professor Morgan's hand, "Of course Professor, she's been this way ever since I got Webster." She placed her hand down the front of her robes and pulled out a second tarantula, although this one wasn't as big as the first.

"This is Webster" she announced. "He and Charlotte, were great friends when I first introduced them, now Charlotte can't seem to stand the sight of him." Kayla held Webster out to Jake, "Would you like to hold him? He won't bite or anything...he's just a little overzealous so he may want to run all over you." She turned back to Professor Morgan, with a worried expression, "Do you know what's wrong with Charlotte?"

At Jake's question, Iliana looked over at him and fought hard not to frown. After all of this he still did not trust her. Smiling instead, she shook her head slowly. "Jake, I would never give you anything that might hurt you." She said, tossing him the vial. "It will just help you to relax." She explained further, once again determined to let him make his own decision for a change.
Professor Morgan listened carefully as Kayla began to explain her spider's recent behavioral changes. When she pulled out another, somewhat larger spider from her hair, several thoughts went through her head. Firstly she couldn't help but wonder, just how many creatures were living in the young prefect's hair. Next she thought, what an interesting girl Kayla was to not act foolishly queasy around her uncommon pets. She certainly reminded her of herself growing up as a child. How funny her brother had thought she was for her lack of fear among the creepy crawly things.

Of course the biggest thought, the one that rang out in her head, caused her to lift Charlotte up close to her face so that she could get a better look at her small patient. After a few short moments, Iliana lowered her hand and gave Kayla a comforting smile. "Kayla, I'm pretty sure that Charlotte is going to be just fine." She said seriously. "Though I do hope you're prepared to be a grandmother. Honey, Charlotte is going to have some babies."

Barry had the sheet it hand and wand in pocket as he approached the hut, the professer seemed kind enough. Perhaps she would allow him to do charms homework on her property. It was worth a try and if it didn`t work out he`d just put it on the whoping willow or something. He lifted a hand and knocked on the door

Immediately, Jake moved over from where he was half knelt at the sofa to go see this Webster dude. "Wow," he said again, holding out his hand for the tarantula to scuttle onto, which he did. Jake smiled as he held his hand up to look at the creature, which promptly ran up his arm towards his head.

"Huh?" Jake spoke, slightly distracted by keeping track of the arachnid's movements and not paying much attention to anything else. As the creature crawled onto his face, Jake looked up to see the professor throw something. Out of pure instinct his hand shot out and he caught the vial, despite having a face full of tarantula. He raised his hand for Webster to climb onto, gazing suspiciously at the vial as he did so. "You... erm... haven't got any water I could have, do ya?" he asked, for not only did he want to be ready, but he had a real splitting headache. "Sorry..."

Moving his hand around to prevent Webster getting much further, Jake gazed at the apparently pregnant tarantula. How the hell does she know that?

Kayla waited anxiously as Professor Morgan inspected Charlotte, she'd only had her for just over a year and she had grown rather attached to her which was why Kayla had kept her and not given her to Celandine like she had originally planned.

Her face broke into a smile when the Professor announced thatshe was going to be fine and then immediately followed up with one of complete shock. "She's what?" Kayla squeaked, her baby was going to have babies!! Kayla sat there stunned for a couple of minutes letting this piece of news sink in and then finally she let out a squeal. "Oh my god, oh my god, she's going to be...I'm going to be...oh my god" she repeated again.

"Well this changes everything I'll have to order a tank from Diagon Alley, so that I can set up the nursery for the babies that are coming. I can't have her wandering around anymore and it might be a good idea not to carry her under my hair either, in case you know she goes into labour or whatever tarantula's do. I haven't read that far into it" Kayla threw herself back against the chair and let out an excited giggle. "This is so amazing. How many do you think she will have?" Oh she hadn't actually thought about that, what was she going to do with numerous tarantula's running around?

Kayla watched as Webster crawled all over Jake's head and arms and she chuckled softly. "I think he likes you." She was impressed that Jake didn't shy away from Webster and in fact he seemed to enjoy having him crawl all over him and then it came to her. "Oh Jake, would you like one of the babies when they're born? I see you've got a real knack with Webster there, might be nice to have on of your own?" She hoped Jake, would like to take one there was nothing more satisfying than having a pet to look after and it just might keep Jake busy enough to forget about his other problems...for a while at least.

Wandering down towards Professor Morgan's hut, Vanessa sighed almost happily. A lot had happened since she'd had her chat with the Professor, and she was feeling better. Not 100 percent better but she was at least a little bit happier. And she wanted to thank Professor Morgan, but she really hadn't gotten the time till now. She also wanted to ask her about sticking that Poster up. Surely students would see it in an Professor's office.
When she got to the door, she knocked it twice, before taking a few steps back and waiting.

"Of course I do. Let me get it for you." She said, handing Charlotte back to Kayla. Then she walked around her desk and poured Jake a glass of cold water from the pitcher nearby. When she returned, she handed it over, giggling at how adorable he was with Kayla's spider.
Iliana held up one finger and said, "Hold that thought." Then she walked over to her bookcase and pulled a medium-sized glass aquarium down. "Will this do for a nursery?" She asked, setting the tank on her desk. "You are more than welcomed to it; I'm not using it right now."

The walking around was starting to be too much, so Ili pulled out her desk chair and took a seat. Smiling faintly at Kayla so that would understand why, she swiveled the chair to face her and said, "As far as her babies are concerned, brace yourself, dear." She said. "A female tarantula can deposit from 50 to 2000 eggs, depending on the species. She will lay them in a silken egg sac and guard it for about 6 to 7 weeks. During this time, she will want to stay very close to the eggsac and is likely to become more aggressive. So be careful not to excite her too much." She said. "Also Kayla, the young spiderlings will need to remain in the nest for some time after hatching so that they live off the remains of their yolk sac before dispersing." She explained. "If its easier for you, they can stay here with me. That way, we can both keep an eye on them and you won't have to worry about your dorm mates disturbing anything."
Hearing the knocking at her door, Professor Morgan called out, "Come in, the door's open."

Barry huried into the hut and took a seat "Thank you professer" he said before turning to the issue at hand "So yeah, first of all, I was wondering professer what do Nifflers eat?" ok so that wasn`t what he had wanted to say " And uh could you help me with my homework by letting me stick something in your office?"

Kayla took Charlotte back off Professor Morgan and held her gently in the palm of her hand and softly stroking her hairy body. This was the most amazing thing, she had never actually gotten the chance to see baby animals being born before.

She looked up as Professor Morgan took a seat at her desk and nodded not before giving her another concerned look. The woman really needed to have that leg looked at but she didn't want to say anything in front of Jake, seeing he had been the cause. Kayla listened as Professor Morgan spoke and the colour drained from her face, "Two thousand eggs" she whispered, what was she going to do with two thousand tarantula's?

But then the Professor saved the day by offering them a place here in the hut and Kayla breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh I would appreciate that Professor, thank you. And I can come down and visit them often?" she asked. That would be cool because she really liked this Professor.

Nodding slowly, Jake watched Webster as he decided to go on another wander around Jake's arm before. He stared as the tarantula stopped and he gazed at its... face? Then his head shot up. "Serious?" he asked Kayla, tilting his head to one side. "Like... really?" Awesome! he thought to himself gleefully, hoping she wasn't messing with him. "Because I'd love that," he murmured, looking back at Webster.

"Cheers, mate," Jake muttered without really thinking about the London accent he'd started talking with again, holding up the glass and looking through it towards the light. He had, by this time, distracted himself from Kayla and Professor Morgan without really realising. After assuring himself that the glass was indeed free from... wels, he didn't really know what he was looking for, Jake brought it to his lips and downed half of the glass. The headache he had appeared to ease, and so he held up the vial and regarded it.

Biting his lip, Jake decided it couldn't hurt, and opened the thing and drank it. Shuddering, he buried his face in the crook of his elbow, feeling very aware of the sudden calming effect it had. The change was immense, and Jake kept his face hidden, screwing up his eyes until he had gotten used to it. Then, feeling something on the side of his face (Webster), Jake looked back up, eyes glazed a little, and drank down the rest of the water.

"Thank you," he said quietly, setting the glass back on Professor Morgan's desk before looking in the general direction of Kayla. "You want this guy back?" he asked, pointing to the Tarantula on the side of his face.

"Well hello, Barry. How have you been?" She asked, gesturing him to have a seat. "Nifflers are pretty easy actually. They have a diet similar to that of a mole or vole. They prefer bugs, roots, fruits, and vegetables. Mostly I have been feeding yours a little fruit and vegetable mixture. She seems to love it. But I bet if you found some beetles on your way to the Nursery, she'd really enjoy the special treat." She said. "Now about your poster…" She continued. "If it will help you with your school work, then by all means. Hang it anywhere you'd like."
Seeing Kayla's concern again gave Iliana mixed feelings. Part of her couldn't help but feel guilty for causing her to worry. Being a prefect, she had enough to worry about already. But somewhere inside it also felt strangely comforting. She looked around the room at the students gathered in her office and a smile spread across her face. There hadn't been many times lately that she had felt truly blessed but today was one of those days.

"Kayla, don't worry yourself. When the babies are big enough to leave the nest, I know someone in the Ministry that will gladly take any spiders that you don't wish to keep. Besides, Charlotte looks more like a Chilean rose hair tarantula. She should only produce an egg sac containing maybe 500 babies. I'm sure we can manage that."
"You're welcome!" She said, secretly smiling inside. It seemed like finally he was starting to trust her. Nothing could make her happier. "So, are you feeling better now? It usually works wonders for me." She admitted.

"Good , a little busy but yes good, need to visit my pet more often though" he said , it wasn`t like he was going to tell the professer his life story. "And thanks, for both things" he said.

Hurrying to well the wall he quickly put the poster on a cabnit door and muttered "Advexis" with his wand out and the poster stuck to it.


Returning to the table he sat down and admired his handi work "Perfect" he muttered to himself and then looking at Kayla he asked "Is that a spider? In your hands?" Kayla of all people.

"Of course Jake, I couldn't think of anyone better to have one of her babies and by the sounds of it you're going to have your pick" Kayla chuckled softly. "I'll even help you set up a home for it and show you what they like to eat and how to catch their food."

Kayla looked at Jake and let out a small laugh, he looked so funny with Webster sitting on his cheek. "Only if you're sick of him crawling all over you" she got up and placed Charlotte into the glass tank that Professor Morgan had placed on the desk.

Kayla gave Professor Morgan, an appreciative smile. "That sounds like a good idea. Who knew that being a grandmother would be so stressful" she joked. And then leaned over the desk so that she could speak to Professor Morgan without the others hearing. "You really need to do something about that leg" she whispered, "I don't want to see anything happen to one of my favourite Professor's" Kayla straightened back up and gave her a faint smile. "Maybe I should think about heading back up to the castle." She turned towards Jake and gave him a smile as well. "And so should you Jake, we have to go and see Professor Kazimeriz."

Kayla looked up at Barry, "Why yes it is Barry. You seem so surprised that I would like something like this." She cocked her head to the side and regarded him for a moment. "Why is that?"

After entering Professor Morgan's hut Vanessa smiled at the few other students in their before looking at the Professor. "Hey Professor Morgan," She spoke with a smile. "I was wondering if I could have a talk with you."

Screwing up his face, Jake nodded a little. "Yeah," he muttered, flashing a quick smile. "Better..."

Why don't I feel like running around in circles anymore? Siiiiiiiiigh...

"I feel..." Scrambling around in his head, Jake tried to find the right word. "Slow... tired... lethargic... I'm not used to it is all," he explained, nodding to himself. "Yeah..."

He turned back to Kayla. "Oh, that sounds so cool..." Reaching up, Jake held out a hand for Webster to climb onto and held him out to Kayla. He smiled. "Thank you."

Scrunching his nose up again at the next suggestion, Jake shrugged one shoulder. "I dunno... I'll go back up to the castle... but I don't feel like talking to him 'til later," Jake looked back towards the door. "We gonna go now?"

Kayla took Webster off Jake and placed him onto her shoulder, in which he immediately crawled around and hid underneath her hair. "Wow jump in her grave, why don't you Webster" she chuckled, that had been Charlotte's favourite spot. "Anytime Jake" Kayla returned his smile.

"Okay that's no problems, you probably need a rest after the day you've had" she nodded. "Sure we can go now if you like." Turning to Professor Morgan, Kayla raised an eyebrow. "That is if you don't need us for anything else?"

"You're most welcome." She said with a smile. After the poster was hung, Iliana gave it a curious look and started to laugh. Then she turned towards Barry again and said, "Will that be all?
Professor Morgan stood back up and walked over to her supply closet for some things to add to the tank. She wanted to make sure that Charlotte was warm, as well as comfortable. She looked about ready to lay her egg sac soon. She piled the items in her arms and hobbled back to her desk to arrange everything. When she was finished she looked over her work and smiled. Then she gently put Charlotte back inside.

"Oh Kayla, really!? Thank you so much for saying that." She whispered, genuinely touched. No one had ever said that she was their favorite before. "And don't worry, as soon as Jake goes back to the castle. I just don't want to upset him if I can avoid it." He had been through enough.
"Absolutely Vanessa, come have a seat." She said. She looked down at the poster that Vanessa was holding and grinned. "Would you like to hang yours on the wall too?" She asked. A couple more students and they could paper the whole office with that ridiculous looking picture. Oh joy.
"It might take a moment for that sluggish feeling to subside. That usually doesn't happen to me, but its possible for your reaction to be a bit different." She said. "Though it might make your visit with Professor Kazimeriz a little easier." She continued. "At least that's what I was hoping."
"Nothing at all dear. There are some things I should take care of around here at any rate." She said, giving her a knowing look. She wanted to tell her that she planned to splint her leg the moment they walked out the door, but Kayla was smart… She'd figure it out.

Vanessa smiled at Professor Morgan as she sat down. "Erm...if you don't mind?" She asked with a grin, noticing that there was already a poster up on the wall. It seemed someone else had already thought of her idea. But it also seemed that Professor Morgan was more than happy to have more than one up. Awesome.
"How are you Professor?" She asked politely, not really knowing what else to say.

Kayla watched as Professor Morgan, got some supplies out for Charlotte and she looked down at her tarantula and smiled fondly. It was going to feel weird not having her close by anymore. She placed her hand inside the tank and stroked Charlotte gently, "I'll be back as soon as I can" she murmured.

She straightened back up and looked at Professor Morgan, "Well it's true and thank you for looking after Charlotte for me." She nodded in understanding at the Professor's meaning and walked back over to Jake, "Okay Mr Upstead, let's get you back to the castle and into your nice warm bed." Actually she could do with an early night herself, today had been one hell of a day. "See you soon Professor." Kayla gave her a small wave and headed towards the door and opened it waiting for Jake.

Jake's ears perked a little as he heard his name being mentioned, and his eyes narrowed at the whispering females. Sneaky people... Unfortunately, Jake didn't hear the rest of what they were talking about, but he cursed his stupid hearing for letting him hear his own name, and tried to convince himself it was the wind.

The wind was calling him.

"I'm sure it will," Jake nodded to Professor Morgan, starting to feel better already, but scrunching his face up when she mentioned going to see Kazimeriz. "Yeahhh... sure..."

Turning back to Kayla, Jake nodded. He was extremely tired at that moment and for once sleep seemed very inviting. In fact... now that Kayla mentioned his bed, Jake's eyelids seemed to put on a few pounds (= soooo heavy). "'Kay," he said before turning back to Professor Morgan. "See ya later, Professor... and..." Jake took a deep breath, trying not to think about the earlier scenes. "I am sorry..."

And with that Jake followed Kayla to the door and straight out, his mind preoccupied with his distracted thoughts.