Loosing. Loosing. LOST HER TEMPER!

"PARIS! WHAT PART OF 'GET AWAY' DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!?" Cari yelled.

Clearly she was under some stress...

Lyra walked in just in time to hear some type of gibberish coming from Banana. Was she trying to make sense or was she just...still chatting about her man...whatever their status was at the moment. Poor thing! At least Lyra knew she was in love with Christian.

Dani was wandering around, searching for her wand. She had no idea where it could have flown to. She slid her feet along the floor, hoping to find it unbroken. The girl was oblivious at the moment. What would she do without her wand? She wanted to sit down and cry, so thats what she did, only she didn't sit because the water was too high.

William finally had the nerve to head up to the gargoyle entrance, knowing that's where he would be needed. He had to do something; those merwomen who were in the second floor corridor were now here, attempting to break into the headmasters domain. not going to happen. with the bubble head charm off now he walked into the room, his eyes searching out the closest danger. For right now he needed to be safe, but he also needed to protect the gargoyle.

Stopping in front of the gargoyle, his breath coming out in gasps he eyed the merpeople, their tridents and spears looking menacing. Well he could look menacing too.

Cam reached for his wand from his holster and stayed in a stance. Go to the doooor?! BUT WHAT IF HE WAS GONNA DROOOOWN? "Prof--," he squeaked in horror when THAT thing stabbed him. Lawson. SHOOOOOT. Cam pointed his wand at a random direction, one towards a grindylow. "Stupefy!" That was probably one of the only defending-spells he knew, for dark creatures. Blood. EWWWW HE SAW BLOOD. On one little student and the professor.

And what was he to dooo?! He was basically useless throughout the whole situation! Well, he was a good translator but did heeee know how to speak it? Err... well he had to try speaking mm? He glanced at Anna, oh, she was a pretty good screecher. Made his ears hurt she did.

Worth a try to speak some RIGHT? He knew... one phrase. Just... one phrase, one he was PREPARED to do.



SCREECH SCREECHITY SCREEECCCHHH.

EUGUGUH. His throat hurt ALREAADY. Was that the BEST choice of mermish words though? RUNAWAAAYRUNAWAAY. MEEEP. Water. Getting higher. He needed to GET AWAAY fast. Where was Reese? She could swim him out, RIGHT?

Paris glared up at the nurse. "Why are you shouting at me!" this just wasn't the time for her to mark her territory. She let go of Lawson. Fine the nurse could deal with him if she thought she could just handle everything on her own.

Paris reached out to grab Chris' hand she didn't want to lose him in the fray of misfiring spells. She ducked behind another suit of armor as Anna tried to talk down the merpeople. She leaned against the wall to catch her breathe, the scratch on her leg bleeding harder than she thought it was at first. "This is crazy," she panted.

The Merman tightened his grip around the kid's throat, taking great satisfaction watching him flail around. He squeezed a little more, so that the air would slowly leave his body.

He bared his ugly teeth at the pretty girl in what he thought was a charming smile. The Merman had decided that she would make a lovely Merwoman. When he was done with the kid, he would take her away and make her his wife. Mwhahaha.

WHAAAAAAAAAT?? The girl was speaking in Mermish and what did she just say? Long live Hogwarts?? NO! NO! NO! The King would not like this at all. The Merman let the kid go and swum towards the girl, with his spear pointing straight at her. He was going to poke her so hard for saying that.

"Alright then, Clifford. If...if you need for anything, just let me know," she said, watching as he swam away. She and Clifford hadn't always seen eye to eye, and they hadn't always necessarily gotten along, but...he really wasn't so bad after all. She certainly didn't want him to get into any sort of trouble or get hurt. Once he'd drawn his wand and aimed it at a merperson, Anna swam away, her back aching a little from carrying Clifford so far.

Not free of having a boy slung across her back, Anna grabbed her wand and held it out in front of her, as well. She, her friends, and her professors weren't about to let the school go down without a fight! Her heart was racing, though, and she briefly thought about what would happen if a merperson came after her. Would she really be able to fight it off? She swallowed and nervously glanced around.

Uh oh. Apparently her little mermish phrase had been heard...and apparently she'd actually said what she'd intended to, for a merman was now heading straight towards her...with a spear! For a moment, she wished Clifford would have stuck around, but he was off doing his part in threatening a grindylow. "Uhh....Uhh...erm, repello!" she called out, her wand aimed right at the creature.

Rave Stone skidded around the corner, on her way to help defend against the merpeople. 'Here one day and already I'm helping defend the school. Dang I missed it here.' the transfer student thought to herself, she hadnt been to Hogwarts since the end of her first year.

Thrusting her wand at the nearest merperson, the fourth year Slytherin yelled, "Stupefy!"

That was it. Nathaniel thought he was gonna DIE. And then Anna spoke Mermish. Which that creeper holding on to Nathaniel did NOT like. Score one for Hogwarts. Nathaniel was let go? He slumped to the floor and gathered his breath."Good Job Anna!" Nate yelled at her. After a few seconds of recollecting himself Nathaniel JUMPED on the Mermans back. He was not gonna mess with a fellow Gryffie..let alone Hogwarts. While on the Mermans back Nathaniel punched the him in the back of the head a few times.

O____O

Clifford.. was... GLAD he'd gotten off Anna's back. In the nick of time too. He watched horrified as one of the merman headed for her, spear pointing dangerously.

GRRR!

"DIFFINDO!" He roared, wand pointing straight at his head. "Oi! You great ugly fish! Why don't you bully someone your own ... " size? No. "..species, huh!?"

Oh he didn't like to hear her scream like that. He was fine, just in a lot of pain right now. "Immokay" he mumbled a little incoherently. Marcus, wanted to tell themto stop shouting at each other and work together but he was really quite weak at the moment.


"Ahh...don't worry about me, just make sure they don't get through the door to the Headmaster's office" Lawson panted as he tried to reach around with his hand and stop the flow of blood. "Go! Just go! I'll be alright."

She peeked out just in time to see one of the merpeople head toward Anna. "Oh no you don't" No one charged her Head Girl!

From her hiding place. "Stupfy!" she shouted aiming at the merperson's back.

Pointing his wand at a merman, who's pointy spears looked even more dangerous close up he shouted "Stupefy! Diffindo!" watching as his spells moved towards their mark. He had to at least try and help, right? well he thought he had too; he may be a second year but he was tougher than he looked.

Lyra gasped in a shocking fright. "Don't you harm my BAANANA!" She reached into her robes and pulled out her wand. She was ready for a fight...so she thought. Her feet moved apart as she heard the splashing of water. GRRRRRRRRR! There was that NASTY water again!

Chris joined in the others attacking the merperson approaching Anna!

"Rictesempra!!" he shouted at the great fish!

Aislynn also wrote them a note asking for peace. She didn't know if it would work but she had to try. "Here," she said as she tossed the note to them in their direction.

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That was it. Nathaniel thought he was gonna DIE. And then Anna spoke Mermish. Which that creeper holding on to Nathaniel did NOT like. Score one for Hogwarts. Nathaniel was let go? He slumped to the floor and gathered his breath."Good Job Anna!" Nate yelled at her. After a few seconds of recollecting himself Nathaniel JUMPED on the Mermans back. He was not gonna mess with a fellow Gryffie..let alone Hogwarts. While on the Mermans back Nathaniel punched the him in the back of the head a few times.

Oh no oh no, this was going badly. Marcus was bleeding, her shoes were soaked, she was wet through to her skin and students were still in danger. She could have cried.

"WHAT DO you THINK you're DOING???!!!!!" Bunbunz hollered, dashing through the water to get a good view of the Gryffindor attached to a merman. Oh joy, it was the boy from detention last year. "GET OFF HIM, YOU IDIOT! DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH?!!!"

And without waiting for a response, Anastasia took action and forcefully ripped Nathaniel off the Merman's back with the use of magic and a lovely mobilicorpus. The boy was now dangling upside down above the corridor but at least he wasn't on the offense anymore.

The Merman was so close to his target, his spear was only inches from her face when he was struck from different angles, by many different spells. As tough as he was even he could not overcome this onslaught.

One after the other hit him and he froze just before striking the girl with his spear and fell back into the water unconscious.

GREAT. BunButt to the "rescue". Why oh WHY did this lady have to get involved with Nathaniel. He was now upside down and had so much to say to her. "Well, AT LEAST I was doing something and NOT freaking out. I know how you just HATE to get dirty.. Professor".

Now what was he gonna do? Hang upside down while the Merpeople took over?"PUT ME DOWN!"

OOC: Guys, Nurse Avalon is not going treat ANYONE who ATTACKS a Merperson, because you're NOT SUPPOSED TO. She'll let you sit there and bleed. Remember the difference between a spell that stops or deters and one that hurts or annoys? Please try and keep that in mind.

"I'll be the judge of that," Caroline insisted. There IS no water. There IS no water.... That was actually easier to believe when she was in a Healer mindframe. "If I seal the wound, it'll just open, it's too deep. I'm going to make do if you don't mind. And it's going to hurt."

Conjuring several bandages and gauze, Caroline packed the wound as best she could, and then rigged a pressure dressing with the bandages, using her wand to coil them just tight enough around his shoulder, and knot themselves firmly.

"Best I can do right now," she told him. "Don't suppose I could convince you to sit the rest of this out?"

Yeah right.

Caroline didn't even WANT to be here, and she wasn't about to leave. Marcus didn't (likely) have any such phobias. And no concept of his own mortality.

He'd stay.

Rave let a quiet "Yes!" after watching the nasty merman topple, thank goodness they'd hit him before he struck the other girl. She turned back to the fight, ready to take on the next threat.

WOOOOOOOOOT!!!!

One merman DOWN. HAH! That deserved the ugly beast right! Stupid fish. HMPF. If the situation wasn't quite so - well, SCARY - Clifford might've had himself a little victory dance. Now didn't seem like the best time though. Nuh uh.

Rolling up his sleeves, Clifford waded a little toward the adults. "Professors, shouldn't we get some of the younger students away?" He asked, slightly breathless. By younger students he meant the ones that kept THROWING themselves at the merpeople like little psychos.

Reese intentionally stepped back when the merperson bared his ugly ugly teeth at her. What was he trying to do? Smile at her? No, way! That was not a smile. She sighed when the creature turned away from here, but...ANNA! It was heading towards Anna. She would have ran after the thing, but she highly doubted Jack would let her. He would probably grab her hand before she had a chance to run after him.

So, sadly, she had to sit back and watch the creature head towards Anna with his spear. She couldn't watch this! She turned her head until she heard Clifford's voice. Looking back at Anna and Clifford, a smile formed on her face. Clifford knocked the creature at!

Go Clifford! Go Clifford!

Aislynn decoded the last message the merpeople made and new they would be heading for the Headmaster's office. She brought some bandages and a few healing potions she had stashed, because she had a feeling a fight make break out. She rushed over to Nurse Avalon, and unloaded her satchel of all her healing items, "These might help. Is there anyway I can be of assistance?" She looked at her sincerely, she just wanted to help in anyway she could without resulting to violence.