Cela made a face and stood up, "Well you can all argue all you like, But I'm gonna go to the staircases! And go all the way down and maybe come back up later." She took a few steps, "Talking isn't doing! I know because I did it last term and got 7 people detention!"

WHY. WAS. SHE. SHARING. THIS?

Cela opened another chocolate frog and bit into it, almost like she was making a challenge.

She nodded as Anna laid out the plan. She backed away slowly so no one would see her leave and she turned and took off like a arrow down the corridor heading to the common rooms. She didn't need to go the kitchen the horde of candy and goodies the Slytherins kept in the common room was enough sugar to power New York City for a year. OR enough for Clifford snack at 2 in the morning.

"CHOCOLATEEE!" Anatasia screamed, all high-pitched like. "WHY ARE WE YELLING? I LIKE YELLING!"

She skipped in circles over to Less, "You haz chocklit?" She sniffed around the other girl, who clearly smelled like dogs and not chocolate or candy, and then skipped over to Cela, tucking Niffley into her pocket so he'd be safe from the prefect and Paris.

"Nobody's not taking me nowheres until we gets more chocolates." Anastasia stomped her foot and crossed her arms, then remembered the niffler in her pocket. "Oh, and Niffley's sorry for biting you, Eddy," Annie mumbled, pulling the lil critter out and nuzzling him against her face. "Say sorry, Mr. Niffley!"

"AHHH!!!!!" Less covered her ears and ran into Maxie's arms. "Why is Bunny yelling!!??" she said "I don't like too much yelling."

"She'd better be getting chocolate for Eddie and Lessa and Bunny," Max said with his lower lip sticking out. "And don't say that scary man's name to me. He gave me a detention for skipping in the corridor outside his office." He leaned in towards Anna and started whispering. "He smells funny, too." But then he started talking in a normal voice when Lessa sat on his other side. "Bunny is excited about that fleabag, so plug your ears."

Anna made a show of watching Paris as she left the corridor and headed to get the snacks. "Ohhh, look. I bet she's headed off to get your food, sir! I'd keep an eye out for that girl, if I were you! I bet she comes back bearing all kinds of food...cake, candy, chocolate frogs...I bet she has it all when she returns." Anna giggled when the professor claimed that Professor Kazimeriz smelled funny. "Okay, I agree then. No more saying Professor Kazimeriz's name. So, erm...you're a Ravenclaw," Anna stated, trying to make conversation and pass time while she waited on Paris. " Ermmm, your team was really awesome today! You must be really proud!"

Alessia covered her ears and then said loudly. "OK BUNNY, YOU CAN YELL NOW..." and then burrowed her head into Maxie's armpit... "Ewww Stinky!" she said giggling.

Eddie's eyes narrowed. That sounded like a challenge. He never backed down. But this still smelled like a trap. "I wouldn't have gotten anyone in detention," he sniffed, "I could have convinced the professor that it was for a class. I'm going nowhere without chocolate first."

He eyed one of his fellow Slytherins wandering off. He almost followed her, he could trust her, except she followed orders from a GRYFFINDOR. That was inexcusable.

He gave Mr. Niffley a scratch behind the ears in forgiveness.

....and yet she ran to the one who started the yelling. Girls were funny.


He nodded in solidarity.

"Yeah, we Ravenclaws are SMART," Max grinned. "My daddy said that I can try out for the team next year. Did you know he's the coach of the Vratsa Vultures? My mummy said that he's the best coach in the world. She wrote me a letter and said that my auntie is visiting her with my baby cousin Macadrian."

"My daddy said that's the smell of an athalete," he giggled. "I smell like a professional athalete."

Less could no longer stand the smell of sweaty quidditch boy... so she pulled away and turned to Eddie and went to snuggle in his armpit until she saw IT!!!!

"EWWWWWW RAT!!!" she said and smacked the niffler in his hand. "Ewwww Ewww!!!"

"So, I can tell," Anna said, glancing around behind her to see if Paris had made it back yet. She hoped the Slytherin girl would hurry. Anna wasn't kidding when she said this snack run was an emergency! "Oh, really?" Anna asked, turning back around and replying to Professor Vindictus' comment about trying out for the house team. "Well, that's amazing! I bet you make the team! I play for Gryffindor, but I'll come watch you play if we're not up against you, okay?" Once again, Anna turned around to search for Paris, but the girl still hadn't returned. Anna fidgeted a bit, getting nervous about the entire situation. "Sooo, what else do you like to in your spare time?" she asked.

Annie turned her head back to Cela, wanting to slide down the banister SOOOOOo badly, but then....

SMACK!DOWN!

"OH NO YOU DIDN!" the fiesty redhead screeched, her blue eyes widening. "NOBODY touches MY NIFFLEY!"

She hugged the poor, abused niffler tight, gave him a lil kiss on the top of his whiskery head, and then whispered, "Aim for the ankles."

And with that, Anatasia launched herself at Alessia Lupa. "DONCHOO GO AROUND HURTIN ANIMALS! WHADDHE DO TO YOU?! HUNUHUH?!" She dived and tackled the blonde to the floor and then grabbed her hand, with all intents and purposes on biting the woman.

Suddenly, Max grabbed hold of Anna's robes and pulled her in front of him. "RAT! SQUISH IT. YOU'RE A PREFECT! USE YOUR POWER!"

So much for not liking yelling......Eddie jumped up, stepped on Less' foot, tripped and fell back on his butt. "I thought you didn't like yelling?" he accused her as the ringing in his ears started to subside.

Cela nodded, "It was worth it, Sir. Because I got three Slytherins in detention and they didn't even do anything. One of them was my brother." She smiled sweetly, "But I bet you are right that you wouldn't have gotten anyone detention." She lifted her chin, "Would you get anyone in detention now?" Did he still have it? Could he still do it? Cela wondered if Professor Forrester was all talk. Sure sounded like it.

She held up another chocolate frog and slowly unwrapped it, watching the chaos.

Neo felt something smack him and there was the shrill voice of a female. OKAY. That's IT. He'd had it with these darn humans pushing him around. It was time to bite them where it would HURT. Neo hissed at the girl and then wiggled out of whatever hands were holding him before she launched herself at the mean person who smacked him.

While the were down, Neo went for a nip at one of the girl's ankles and had success! Now to only avoid the flying feet and what not...

Copernicus followed Cela out of the common room to make sure she wasn't behaving like a sugared up mess, but he was shocked to discover a crazy number of professors being all... crazy. "Erm...?" And why were Cela and Anna playing with them and treating them like this was normal?

Less hid behind Eddie... Bunny was scary!!! She must have been an evil Slytherin. "EDDIE SAVE ME!" She said holding his waist. She began kicking blindly, there was no way that rat would do for her ankles!

Paris ran back up the stairs taking them two at a time. She was holding stitch at her side and her blue hair was sticking to her face from sweating. She had a bag stuffed full of candies and cakes and other treats. Clifford was going to have a heart attack when he saw how much she had taken. She waved her arms to get Anna's attention.

"Pfft. You think I wouldn't have put YOU in detention? I was saying that I would have been smart enough to keep everyone out of it. In fact, I would have been smart enough to Not. Get. Caught."

Weak Ravenclaw.

He snatched the chocolate frog out of her hand and shoved it into his mouth. HE can take away points. He just might.

Before Anna could blink an eye, the situation became, if possible, even more chaotic. "Wait! Wait!" Anna said, calling out to the professors from her spot in front of Professor Vindictus. Wow. This little boy man has a death grip on her robes! "It's a niffler! It's just a niffler! It's going to be okay! They're just little...tiny...creatures thatapparentlybite!" Thinking fast, Anna unlatched her necklace from around her neck---the pretty one Cale had given to her on their second anniversary---and dangled it in front of the niffler. "Come on, little guy... I think he's just nervous..."

Suddenly, Anna saw the sight she'd been waiting for! Yeah! Paris had returned with the snacks! "Professor Vindictus! Look! That Slytherin girl has an armful of cake and candy! Show us what you're made of, sir! Go and capture the cake and candy for us all!"

"Run to the Mirror of Erised...quickly!" Anna mouthed, hoping Paris could understand what she was saying.

Her eyes grew wide as saucers as Anna told Professor Vindictus to chase her. She looked at the huge professor and her survival instincts kicked in and she turned tail and took off. "Bet you can't catch me!" She called over her shoulder,

"No sir, I am sure you would have." Cela answered earnestly, "What I want to know is would you get caught now? Or could you keep everyone out of trouble? Kazimeriz is looking for you by the sounds of it. He likes to take points and he made me all electrocutey before." Cela looked at Anna and her nose twitched as she smelled the goodies Paris was carrying.

She grinned when she saw Copernicus and waved at him. Did he have any candy? She only had one chocolate frog left now. This was great! Either she'd get to have fun sliding down the staircase again, and not crashing this time, or she could sneak off while everyone was worried about the Professors and saddle up the whomping Willow.

What the.....THERE WAS A GIRL CLINGING TO HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A GIRL! EW! GIRLS! YUCK! EWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEW

But....wait! HE COULD BE A HERO! YEAH!!!! He turned and held his hand on her flailing leg, "Don't kick me!!!" He removed the niffler from her ankle and put him on BunBun's shoulder.

"Heeeey," Copernicus slid around, back to the wall. "What is going on up here? Shouldn't someone... um...." What? Call a professor? Clearly that was out of the question. "What's the plan?"