Doomed, dooooooomed. The Headmaster was gone, and the other Professors were listening to the Potions Masters every word, because they had to. But didn't they know something wasn't right? Or maybe they did, and they were playing along too. To be in the imagination of an eleven year old..

Katie wiped her eyes on her sleeves, snifling softly while she attempted to listen to the announcement at the Staff table, though she refused to look that way. Her attention shifted onto Lyra, the older girl was trying to make her feel better, and funnily enough it did help a tiny bit. She had no idea how the older Hufflepuff would do that, since the Headmaster himself couldn't, but she wasn't going to argue. "Okay," she mumbled, nodding her curly haired head slightly. Yes, it would be okay.. just do as the Professor says and be around him as little as possible. She could do that, right? "I'm Katie, by the way." Katie added, introducing herself upon realizing she hadn't done that and it would probably be good for the nice blonde to know her name.

What was so wrong with the water? It was just a flood, wasn't it? Places flooded sometimes, because of storms or pipes bursting, how come this was such a big deal? Katie didn't like it too much, she was growing more worried by the moment. "I wasn't there, I didn't get wet with the water." She stated as Anna instructed them to do as the SCARY Professor said, pulling her legs in close without putting her feet on the bench.

Lyra pulled her wand from her robes. "Accio wet, green, slimy clothes," she mumbled as her clothing came zooming from where she laid them and next to her. That was her first thing, and it was nice to be practicing magic again.

"It's nice to meet you, Katy," she spoke softly as now all the staff members began to figure out where and what they were doing. "I'm Lyra, seventh year." There was no need in telling her she was a Hufflepuff with the yellow and black crest on her chest. "I met your friend here on the train." She nodded her head towards Cyrus the little Australian boy.

Roberts eyes widened as he heard Krazi Kazi speak. Looking at Lyra he leaned toward her and whispered, "Okay...this is just a bit too odd." He looked at the first years and worked his jaw. Hearing the next words and seeing Anna come up. They wanted them to what?! "Wait a minute i never even go to the dungeons why should I do that?" He was starting to get irritated and simply because no one seemed to be having a good explanation. "What does he mean he's taking the headmasters position?" Geez the joke had been good but now its just scary. He even found himself questioning his own sanity just a bit. This was getting weirder and weirder.

Kaika grinned. Yes, poor Headmaster Bontecou, he's always been so nice, but is currently unavailable. The reason she grinned was particularly clear, Kazimeriz was taking his place, for now.

And what could be more awesome than Kazi taking his place? Aha. Winning the Quidditch Cup. She could also enjoy winning the House Cup, but with all the Huffies losing points she couldn't see that happening anytime soon. True, they were just starting, but that was the point, they were just starting and look at those points. Sigh.

Well, now was not the time to be worrying about points, though. She frowned, however, when the other instructions were given. Kaika had managed to get those dry, sort of, but took them out anyway, no need to stop following orders now, no?

Miranda swallowed the piece of apple. All this commotion and excitement made her eat more as she turned around to look at everyone in the Great Hall.
As Kaika mouthed that she'd tell her later what was going on, Miranda nodded vigurously and focused her attention to Professor Kazimeriz again. And where was the Headmaster?

Uh oh. Why did everyone have to remove their clothes? Were they in danger? Was it CONTAGIOUS!?

Get a hold of yerselF! If she could she'd slap herself on the cheek.
Miranda turned to look at Kaika as she began to remove her now dry clothes.

Anna started to strike up conversation with those at the Hufflepuff table, but then Healer Avalon's booming voice echoed loudly throughout the Great Hall. Well, that must be her cue to exit the Great Hall and head for the Hospital Wing, then. Even though she was sure Healer Avalon couldn't see her from where she was seated, Anna nodded once then stood up. "Well, I suppose that's my call to leave, then," she said, addressing a few of the nearby students. She dropped her wet robes, shoes, and socks on the ground, remembering a message that a professor would be by to collect them soon. "Lyra, dear, would you make sure the professor who comes along gets these, please?"

Seeing the healer make her leave, Anna shot a 'thank you, I knew you'd come through for me' look to Lyra, then turned to make her own leave, as well. Hopefully there wouldn't be too many ill or injured people in the Hospital Wing. Anna hated to think about her schoolmates not feeling well. "Goodbye now," she called out over her shoulder, waving to the Hufflepuffs behind her.

Lyra was on the same page as Rob as she couldn't believe their luck. It seemed as though their little joke turned out to be somewhat real. She leaned into him and whispered back. "I believe it means that...we are partially right about what we just joked about." She leaned back as her eyes stared forward as she couldn't believe it.

The old man was taking over Hogwarts!

Lyra jumped from her running imagination when she heard Banana lay wet clothing next to her. She moved her leg so the bad, nasty water and wet clothes touched her. Kaziman seemed to make it out like the water was bad, no one needed to touch it which made it worse that she was in that water.

"You don't have to do anything, Rob," she said shaking her head. "If you weren't in the water, you don't have to remove your clothing. I've already taken a bath, received my potion and now here I sit, listening to that old man ruining my life." Like she needed to say that out loud.

Alright. Now she could speak.

Kaika noticed the look on Miranda's face, yes, the girl must have thought that Kazi was crazy for making such an announcement, "Oh, you don;t have to do it, it's only for those of us who were in the dungeons, that's all" she said, with a nod and a comforting smile.

And then started to dry all the books, because Mr. Masterson wouldn't appreciate it if his books were wet. That's for sure.

What?! Pepperup Potion?! She knew it was probably for the best, but she didn't want to take it.

"So, I guess you know, now...about the dungeons" considering Kazi already explained, and she must have heard. "I'm sure they'll figure something out, though...but, just in case, I think it's better if we keep any pet away from our Common Room" because those were the ones that usually never escaped.

George sat down at the table quickly and quietly. At least he remembered how to get here. He put his head on the table and breathed a sigh of relief. Now, to wait for someone to come along to take him out of here and show him where things were.. or at least to talk to him.

Walking into the Great Hall, Steven looked around and noticed his brother. He quickly changed the direction he was walking in and walked towards the Hufflepuff table instead of the Slytherin one. He moved to sit beside George. "Hey." He said softly, he didn't want to scare him.

George looked up "S!" he exclaimed and hugged hiim "How's Slytherin? Have you been in trouble yet? Have you done your homework?" George asked a load of questions quickly. Then he bit his nail and waited for an answer quietly, looking slightly ashamed at his outburst

Sarah walked into the great hall she was a bit upset, she hadn't seen anyone for ages, she hadn't even seen her boyfriend Brant for what seemed like ages, She hadn't seen Steven for what felt like yeas. She had seen George in Professor Dumonts office but he seemed scared of her for some reason.

Steven smiled and hugged his brother tightly. He was glad that George looked like he was still in one piece. "Slytherin is currently fully drowned." He laughed a little. "We're in the Astronomy Tower now." He said with a shrug. "Although, I don't know what happened to most of my stuff..." He shook his head happily. "No, I'm not in trouble yet." He laughed softly and nodded. "Yes, I've been doing my homework."

He gave his brother another hug as his cousin came into the Hall. "Hi Sarah. How are you doing?" He asked her with a smile.

George smiled at Sarah and waved her over, patting the empty bit of bench right next to him for her to sit on.

"Drowned?" George asked, looking blank. "Astronomy tower!? But.. what if you fall out of the window?!" George gasped. "And your stuff... do you need books? Cause I got us both some spares in case something happened to them, so we wouldn't get into trouble..." George looked down at the table and went red. Okay, so maybe he was a little too careful. "Good, I'm glad, I don't want you to be in trouble" George smiled, he hugged S back and smiled at Sarah again.

"Yeah, something weird happened and all of the Dungeon's are filled with water." Steven smiled at his brother, geez he was so cute. "Don't worry, I will be incredibly careful. I won't go anywhere near windows." He said gently with a smile. He tilted his head to the side, how come he hadn't known about that. "Amazing... I actually could use my second copy. Your so helpful." He said with a smile. "How are you getting on? Do you like it here?"

"You weren't down there when it happened, were you?" he asked "Yeah, stay away from the windows, don;t underestimate them" George nodded "Okay, I've got them in my trunk, I'll bring them to you later" he nodded again "Thanks" he looked at the table, smiling. "Umm.. it's okay, but I prefer home, it's not got all these people and shadows and stuff" George shrugged.

Sarah Smiled as he saw Steven and went over and hugged him. "Hi Steven." He smiled as he looked at him. "How are you? Are you okay?" She asked looking at him. "I heard about the accident from my boyfriend Brant." She said the realised what she had said. "I mean friend." She giggled as she blushed.

Sarah then went and sat next to George and just looked around the room, then at George. "How Are you?" She asked, she had no idea what to say to someone who she thought was scared of her.

Katie watched as the sopping wet clothes came, as if they were a dog being called by it's master.. except they weren't, not only was the fabric not a living breathing creature but it was just magic. A magical spell to summon them. Even if it weren't alive and 'obeying', that was still pretty cool. As she tore her gaze and thoughts from the pile of green gooed outer robes, the small girl looked back up to Lyra, absently rubbing one of her eyes. Crying always had made her tired, "Nice to meet you too, Lyra." Seventh year, that seemed right to her. And obviously she was also a Hufflepuff. Katie considered mentioning her year, though she had been sorted at the opening feast infront of the entire great hall like all the other firsties, and well.. she was a tiny bit smaller than most of the other kids her age here, mainly her friends - no surprise, they were all boys. Katie shrugged to herself, adding obviously, "I'm in my first year. And he's a seventh year too, right?" she asked, motioning with her free hand up at the Ravenclaw boy that told her about the poor, poor third year Gryffindor girl.

Glancing over at Cyrus for a mere second, Kaitlynnh decided that made alot of sense, she hadn't seem him for more than a glimpse on the train. None of the boys, actually. She had sat with Anna for the most part of the ride. "Where you surprised he was sorted into Hufflepuff, after meeting him?"

Steven sighed softly. "I was. I was in the common room. I got out though... It's okay. I wasn't hurt... Neither was Paris and Nancy." He smiled gently at his brother, showing him that he was still perfectly healthy. He nodded, he was so glad that his brother had the common sense to think that something would go wrong. It was Hogwarts. There was something every year. Always was.

He nodded. "Home is always better." He smiled gently. "You know that I'm always here for you. Have you made friends?" He asked as he returned Sarah's hug. He smiled at her as he sat down with them. "Have you both made friends?"

"Wow... Boyfriend?" Steven asked, raising an eyebrow. "When did that happen?" He asked, looking at his younger cousin, slightly shocked. How come he hadn't known about that? Well... maybe it had something to do with his being in a different House... Or something to do with Paris and Nancy. Hmmm. He really needed to be around more for them.

"The dungeons?" Miranda straightened up in her seat. What had happened in the dungeons? She had come here for some delicious food and all off a sudden a massive throng of students came in and then all the teachers started to shout and now everyone was...was...stripping!

"Uh, no..." Miranda gulped down a bite of apple. "I mean yes there was a flood?" that was what she had heard from that Kazi professor. "But why do you have to remove your clothes? And what is up with the pepperup poition...Are-are you sick?" Miranda's eyes widened at the last words.

"Got it, no pets!" Miranda nodded with a determined frown.

George smiled as Sarah came over, he watched her hug Steven and then yelped when she said she had a boyfriend "You've got a boyfriend?!? Is he nice? What house is he in? Does he go to lessons with you? Do you do your homework together?" George asked quickly. He might not have always liked Sarah, but she was still his cousin. "I'm okay, how are you?" he asked a little quietly as he got over his outburst.

George instantly moved closer to Steven and held onto his arm "They all got out?" he asked relievedly. "Yeah, I know" George leant on Steven's arm and sighed "I've made one friend... Theo, he got sorted into Ravenclaw" George mumbled.

With her head resting against her arms folded on the table, Katie stifled a yawn. She was trying to listen to the many, many voices around her, some whispers and some chatting with their friends, but she was waiting for anymore announcements and or news from the Professors on whatever was going on. Even if they had said something, Katie probably wouldn't have noticed. She was listening, but not intentively. The brunette caught bits and parts of conversations, but none of it made any sense to her, as not all of it was from the same chattering group.

Sleep was sweeping over her, making her drowsy. She hadn't ate, and she didn't want to. Getting back to the Common Room and away from all the noise that filled the Great Hall sounded perfect right about now, she could only hope the water hadn't reached their side of the castle, preventing the badgers from going to their rooms too. "I'm going to head back to the common room," She informed the older Hufflepuff, Lyra, as she stood and began walking towards the big oak doors, calling behind her "Thanks for talking to me, see you later." before slipping out of the room.

He'd put her down before he came up the stairs, but as they made their way to their house table, he still held onto her hand.

What was going on he thought, and why was the common room flooding. Shock crossed his face as he realized that the recent newspapers that he had been looking through were up in his dormitory. Uh oh. He took a seat, and waited to see what was going on.

Turning to Sarah while they waited he said, "sorry about just picking you up like that." He really didn't know what had come over him, but he really just wanted to get her out of there.

Rhea walked into the great hall and made her way to the huffle puff table. She sat on the bench and put her head on the table, soaking wet and dejected.

She let out a heavy sigh and felt more hot tears on her cheeks. The tears just kept coming. Man was she a wreck. She always thought she was so in control of her feelings until now that is. Until he whole world started crushing in about her...until her common room flooded and added to her mounting problems.

Holding Ryder's hand somehow made her feel safe,but she didn't know why.Walking into the Great Hall,wet robes slapping against her legs,she followed him to their table and sat down.There didn't appear to be as much ho ha as there was when the Slytherin's got flooded out of their common room.Does no-one care about us poor Huffies?!
Bending down Sarah removed her shoes and socks and moved them to one side.They were completely soaked through and her feet felt like blocks of ice,luckily Ryder had stepped in and helped her before the water got too high.A veritable knight in shining armour.
She turned to face him when he apologised. "Oh don't be sorry,I'm grateful that you did," she replied,before looking down to hide the blush in her cheeks. "I'm not a great fan of water and would probably have panicked,the water got high fast in the dungeons after all...." She looked back up and smiled at him.
She looked around to see if any of the Professor's were there to speak to.When she had talked to Dumont a few days earlier he'd said they had it under control,and she wanted to know what had gone wrong. "I hope they tell us something soon," she continued,swinging her legs under the table in an effort to get the feeling back in them, "I want to know where we're supposed to sleep!"