Anna turned back around. Dani didn't see it coming. So that left her, alone, zooming toward Aornos. Not good. Not good at all. She eyed the closter of merpeople. Oh geez. She was too close to turn around. Great. She pulled out her wand and sent stunning spells flying at the merpeople, hoping to hit them where it would be effective.

"You're an advanced flyer who can perform advanced charms plus you're smaller than us adults, except for the ladies," Vindictus thought aloud and it was obvious that he was thinking the same thing - Anna should risk it. "Can you remained focused on the task, Anna?"

"Good point. Underwater explosions might help. Does anyone have any Peruvian Darkness powder?" he asked and looked at those who were still hovering above the water on their brooms.

He smiled as Vindictus seemed to like his idea. then he reached inside his pockets. "I have some," he said as he pulled it out. He was sorta surprised that he had it, but he wasn't complaining. He always had random thing like that on him.

Gulp.

Anna had been all for taking on the big guy moments earlier, but now that the idea seemed more of a reality, she was starting to get a little nervous. She could do this, though. This was Hogwarts---her home. She couldn't just back down and do nothing while a bunch of merpeople tried to take it over!

She closed her eyes for a brief second and took in a deep breath, letting it out slowly while nodding her head. "I can do this, sir," she said, her eyes slowly opening. She looked him eye-to-eye, indicating that she was indeed serious about what she was agreeing to. "I can remain focused..."

waitwut?

Cam, from all the madness and chaoticness heard something about a plan to get the key. PFFT he was always up for this type of adventure, that is, if flying grindylows wouldn't hit him at the back of the head anymore. "Cyyyyyyy, stopstopSTOP," he told the first year, hands still holding on to the back of the broom. Getting the key. Seemed FUN. He was OBVIOUSLY not going to miss a chance like this.

WAITWUT?! ANNA, did she--she was NOT going in that room. Nope siireee, not on his watch. What if she died? NUDEATHS. But... sigh. "Whhhhhy not cast some sort of a Bedazzling Hex on yourseeeeelf?" he shouted towards the direction of the plaaanning people.

Eh? Peruvian Darkness powder? Bleh. Cam was about to ask Cy if he had some--he was a WITNESS. S'right. Seen that boy spill prank tools from his own bag. But... er... bleh, seemed someone already had some. Now wasn't that just down right odd?

Lynny whispered to Torin. "Can I throw some? It's safe right?" Lynny was a bit confused as to what was going on, but she knew that the mermaids were bad and every person there was protecting this castle from them.

"Er, we'll see," he said to her slightly unsure. He had no idea how this would go or what Vindictus would say. He wouldn't do anything if the Professor didn't directly instruct him to.

William flew off towards the other who seemed to be huddled around one another. If there was a plan he wanted to hear about it. At the mention of powder William's eye darkened and he stopped close to the flying professor. "I had some in my bag, until the great hall flooded and I lost everything." he said, which didn't really help or anything but hey at least he was attempting to help, right? "The only thing I have on me are chocolate frogs and my wand." he added shrugging before stopping at the stitch of pain.

Vindictus nodded at Anna and looked at the other students. "Before we start, I need to know what kind of explosive spells some of you are going to use as well as which defensive spells you'll use," he asked because he wanted to make sure the students had some sort of plan. All he was going to do was stun and disarm the stupid fish, and if needed, attack the king so that Anna could get the key.

Angela nodded once as the Headmaster explained what needed to be done. Simple to say but not simple to do, or so she thought. A quick glance was shot towards the Head Girl as she volunteered to be the one to retrieve the key. Was that wise? To let a student undergo such a task? Not that she didn't believe that Anna was capable of doing such, but it could be a bit dangerous...

She steered her broom closer to Max, listening in as he addressed the other students.

"Probably the stunning spell would be good, along with 'Expelliarmus, Impedmentia, Confundo might work also." Marcus moved over to Vindictus and the librarian. "Not sure if the younger students can pull those off however, so maybe anything they can think off might be a good distraction."

Lynny was making a mental note of all the notes people were saying and the over all plan. She was extremely nervous her heart was pounding. "That Anna girl must be really important," Lynny whisped to Torin. "Do I know her?"

Max pointed to the Gryffindor girl who was clearly disobeying his orders. "Did any of the prefects give this girl demerits before I severely punish her House and assign her a record-breaking detention? Also, can someone please get her to the hospital wing - she's clearly suffering from a severe case of wrackspurt and has a bleeding ankle."

"Professor Vidictus, I'm perfectly fine, I went to see the Nurse, and I'm back to tip-top shape!" She said smiling. "I remember getting hit with a Mermaid trident. Everything's back to normal. I'm ready to fight these Mermaids! And help Anna get that key! Ask Torin, he took me there on this flying broom. The nurse fixed me right up, and as you can see the blood is dry, so I am perfectly capable of helping out." She held up her wand. "This is my wand, here, and I'm going to use the 'Stupefy' and 'Relashio' spells on them!" She felt completely confident with what she said. "The more help the better I should think!"

As she waited for the signal that she should enter the office and take on Aornos, Anna comtinued to hover just a few feet above the grindylows and merpeople. She glared at them, angry that they'd upset the school so much. Professor Vindictus was calling for a prefect, though, and, well...that'd be her. She focused her attention on him, then began searching the waters for the student he was referring to.

Her eyes fell on Aislynn, who was apparently about to receive a record-breaking detention if a demerit wasn't issued. Anna zoomed closer to the girl, hovering just above her. "That's one demerit for you, Aislynn, but hey...better than a record-breaking detention, eh?" she said. "You should get to the hospital wing, though. The nurse can fix you up and have you better than ever in no time!" Apparently Aislynn was all fixed up now, though. Anna had been so busy zooming around the area that she'd missed half of what went on.

He sighed at Lynny and shook his head. He then turned to Vindictus and said, "I took her to the hospital ward. She said she is fine now, Professor. She's doing a lot better on her own now. But I can take her back again." Though he didn't really see much point in it seeing as the Nurse wasn't even around. That and everyone was slightly injured.

"I-I object!" Lynny exclaimed. "I went to the hospital wing. My leg has been already bandaged and my head fixed. We flew back so we could contribute to helping win the good fight!" She swung her wand around rather childlike, but quickly acted stern and "normal" again. "I want to help!" She gave this Anna girl a sympathetic look, a look as if they were the dearest friends. "Please Anna, I feel fine."

Wow, she was starting to sound more like her old self again. A little. She was getting back her strength and determination. And for once he was glad of that. He tried not to smile as he waited to hear what Amma would have to say.

Cyrus was blasting around on his broom fearlessly when the two boys behind him to STOP! "Don't be a sissy-la-la mate!" He said manically, "Throw caution to thah' WIIIIND!" His accent boomed through the entrance area.

But wait, they were saying something about a key. A KEY.

Sounded exciting.

Slamming the broom to a halt, the first year eyed the two kids he was flying. "Should be land?" Brown eyes were beaming with adventure.

Anna gave Aislynn an apologetic glance, as she was currently stuck between a rock and a hard place. She glanced back and forth between Aislynn and Professor Vindictus, unsure of what to do now. On one hand, she couldn't disobey the professor and tell Aislynn that she could stay, but on the other hand, the girl was insisting that she was okay. "I'm sorry, Aislynn. When I heard demerit or detention, I thought you might prefer the lesser of two evils. If you're sure you're alright, you should hurry and try to discuss it with Professor Vindictus," she replied.

Speaking of Professor Vindictus, Anna wondered if he was all set and ready for her to head towards Aornos. "Professor, are we ready, or are we still trying to consider what spells to use?" she asked. "Oh, and has anyone seen Dani? I was going to thank her for bravely going with me to try and get the key from Aornos earlier, but...she seems to have disappeared."

So maybe he was a BIT toooo distracted with Anna actually going into that death pit--but he wasn't that blind to not notice that girl ZOOMING into the office. NUUUU. WHAT IF SHE DIED?! Cam, with wide eyes, pointed at the office and wondered what the evil merpeople could have done to her already! He flailed one arm, the other still holding on to the sloowing-down broom.

"ZOMG. KID. KID GOING INTO DEATH PIT."

YAYFORSTOPPING.

Yet the slam almost pushed him a bit--"WHOAH"--EEEP, he basically shoved the kid in front of him. "Whooopsss--MAH BAD." Hopefully ... he wouldn't barf moaar because of that? HM? "Yup Cy, go dooowwwn where Anna and the rest are," he said in a panic-ish way, STILL looking at the direction where the crazy Ravenclaw girl went to.

Weren't Ravenclaws smart?

Chris was nervous about Anna going to retrieve the key. "Anna be careful." he looked at his co-prefect and friend.

He then turned to the rest of the group he was ready to make a distraction.

"Very well," Lynny said with a pout. "I will take this demerit with dignity, but it's completely under false pretenses." She forced a smile. She actually didn't know what a demerit was, but if it was coming from the orders of the yelling professor on the broom, then it couldn't be good. "But, thank you," short pause, "Anna. I'm glad you had my better interest at heart and give me the lesser of two evils." She gave her a kind smile. "Good luck out there! You're going to need it!" Lynny thought Anna really would. She remember the BIG angry fish man was...well, BIG and angry, not pleasant at all. Lynny tried to act as bubbly and happy as before and stuck her wand in the air. "I'm ready to kick some fish butt! Let's save our...our school! Who's with me?!"

Vindictus pointed to the delusional girl. "You're injured and not in the right mindset to fight. Plus, you're having tea with Professor Kazimeriz and myself when this is all over," he said loud enough so that everyone heard him. But he needed to lead the group into the office.

"Okay. Here's the plan. I'll lead everyone into the office. When I say 'SUSHI', whoever has the Peruvian Darkness powder needs to throw it into the air while we use spells to keep the evil fish away so that Anna can get the key." He looked at the students and adults. "Any questions before I open the can of worms?"

Reese needed her OWN broom. She couldn't stay on the same broom as Jack if they are going to be distracting the merpeople. Stretching her wand arm out, she said, "Accio Broom!" She glanced at Jack, hoping he wouldn't mind that she was getting her own broom.

As she waited for her broom, she heard Anna say she was going to try and get the key from Aornos. She glanced over at her best friend, not knowing what to say about that. What if something went wrong and she got hurt? Well, there was no stopping her now since she already agreed to it. "Be careful, Anna," she told her.

Still waiting on her broom, she listened closely as Professor Vindictus asked them what explosive spells they were going to use. She didn't know! She looked around at the others, hoping one of them knew a spell to use. Expelliarmus, Impedmentia, Confundo... She kept those in mind as Professor Lawson said those spells might work.

After waiting for what seemed like FOREVER, a broom finally came flying through the air over to her. When the broom got close enough to her, she went from Jack's broom to her new broom. There. That was much better. She looked back over at Professor Vindictus when he told them the plan. Sushi? She could remember that! She shook her head when he asked if there were any questions.