Cyrus was dripping wet in water from head to toe, that evil Head Girl had destroyed his integrity. He’d get her back, mark his words. The Aussie saw the that one girl he was talked to earlier as he jogged in, some older girl running off in the direction he’d just came from.

“I don’t see what the whole bloody deal is. So there’s a little watah? Talk abou’ makin’ a mountin outta a molehill. Geez.” The sopping wet Hufflepuff crossed his arms and looked to Lauren, then to her friend. “Who’s she?” He asked his brow crossed, teeth chattering.

The boy in question was doing fine. And he was all wet , then again, so was she. Everyone who's been in the Dungeons was coming out wet. Kaika was still unaware of the fact that only her head had managed to save itself from water.

Still, the hair was up in a ponytail, so it was no big deal if it got wet.

"Cy! There you are" she exclaimed, as soon as she was closer to the boy, "A little water? Are you kidding me? Kazimeriz's office is down there" she haven't consider that in quite a while, but did Kazi made it out of the Dungeons, maybe not. Not if students were still in there.

"Hey, at least you are safe" for now, wait until Quidditch starts, "So, we can still see Cy conquer the world" and she chuckled, which was probably the biggest mistake she'll ever make with Cy around. He clearly didn't respond well to this kind of response, or did he?

She didn't know, and couldn't care less, because so far...Kazimeriz's well-being wasn't confirmed, and she wasn't going down there again. She was not stupid.

Cy’s shaggy, dripping wet brown hair whipped to the right as he heard someone yell his name. Oh no, it was her. “Yes Captain Obvious. Here I am. And I’m in just a rippah of a mood.” His voice was dripping with sarcasm, he was still teeming about being thrown out of the dungeons like a rag doll by the Head Girl. An eyebrow shot up on the little guy, “The Professah is gonna be fine mate, he’s a bloody beast, that guy is. Tough as nails I say. Maybe toughah’.” He was old, by Cy knew a scary lookin’ bloke when he saw one.

Looking up to ‘captain’, Cy shot her his trademark smirk that oozed confidence and cockiness. “’Course I’m ah’right. What else didya’ expect?” He nodded resolutely, “DUH! It’s gonna take a lot more to do away with me. You just wait Captain, you’ll be underground soon enough.” He wagged an expectant finger at her, in reference to all idiotic females to be stored underground.

Captain Obvious. That sounded familiar somehow but she couldn't remember where she's heard that before. Either way. Cy was right, even if Kaika wasn't going to say that out loud. Kazimeriz will be fiiiiiine, he'll probably even placed her in detention if he found out she was worried about his fate.

What else did she expect? Maybe Cy not wandering in the Dungeons? Or maybe him drowning? But then there will be less Huffies to earn points, so, better to keep him alive, no?

"Yeah, nothing" she never expected much, no?, "Underground? But that's where I came from..." she started to say, completely oblivious to whatever Cy was meaning with that. Not so obvious anymore.

"Actually, you should change your robes..." what was she thinking? She could dry them out with her wand. But not yet. Let's wait a bit more. Someone should check their Common Room, though, to make sure it's not starting to get flooded too. Evil grin. "Why don't you head to the Common Room and change?" she suggested, her eyes unfocused and her arms crossed.

An eyebrow shot up, where she came from? “Came from the ground… what ah’ you, some kind of plant?” Cy laughed and shook his head. He ALWAYS knew there was something rather odd about this broad.

Cyrus shivered as she mentioned that he should change his robes. Well, he probably should. But he was tough enough to withstand it. “Thanks for yah’ good oil but I’m fine. Maybe I’ll go steal some grub from those elves.” He was starving, “Then, I’ll go to the common room and change as thah’ gracious Captain tells me to.” He grinned wryly and saluted her like shes was an important Military official.

Kaika laughed, now she was starting to like this kid. His imagination was beyond anything she could imagine, clearly. "What? A plant? Did you hurt your head, Mr. Andrus?" wait, isn't his father referred to that way? Uh-Oh, surely a response about that will be heading towards her soon enough.

"Silly boy, no, I meant that I came from the Dungeons, which are underground, by the way" she didn't need to explain anything to the boy, but she wanted to anyway, plus, she had a feeling he'd done that on purpose. How on earth was she actually meaning she's come from the ground? Maybe Bunbury will find the thought hilarious, not to mention a bit alarming. She was now envious of her, because there was no way her greenhouses will get flooded, right?

Yet, her eyes narrowed, this one was up to something, "Yes, right...there's no need for you to salute, Cy" she said, no one truly behaved like that in Hogwarts. He looked kind of cute, but he didn't have to do that. Now that he mentioned the House-elves, the girl remembered she was a bit hungry herself, maybe she'll stop by the Great Hall soon enough.

Never was Evangeline as glad to see the Entrance Hall as now.

Finally letting go of Nancy's waist, Evangeline dragged herself and her heavy, soaked robes further onto the hall, resting one hand on the wall and finding some mild support there. "We ... made it. Yay!" The Prefect weakly chuckled, glad to at last be able to see her feet and legs once more.

And to be out of that slimmy water!! Even if it was still dripping from her hair.

Turning to look at Nancy, Evangeline decided she'd have to let the tiredness for later and examined the girl. "Are you alright? Nothing broken or anything?"

Lyra finally made it up the stairs. Her blonde hair was dripping wet and was plastered to her face, her neck, her back and her arms. Her robes were shiny from the water and stuck to various parts of her hands, feet and clothes were little green slimmy things that if the girl knew it was there, she would FREAK OUT!

Her smile was gone, her attitude was stinky. SHE.WAS.NOT.HAPPY. If you were to pick on someone, she was not your choosen candidate unless you were looking for trouble. "Excuse me," she said in a gloomy voice as she tried to get around the students that were in her way.

Constantine tore through the entrance hall, dodging around various students who were coming up from the Dungeons. His shoes squeaked as he ran; he needed a place to ditch them. He needed a place to hide...but the grounds, they'd be too obvious.

Making a split second decision, Constantine started to sprint up the main stairwell, two steps at a time.

Cari grinned. Foolish man. Up was just fine with her. Up was good. She was a good climber and she didn't preferred to put as much distance between her and the water as humanly possible.

Leaping in her bare feet onto the staircase, Cari stowed her wand and the potion in the same hand so she could launch herself up the steps with her left hand on the banister.

"You're being childish, Mr Masterson," she called, closing some of the distance, "And setting a horrible example!"

Kaika was about to greet Mr. Masterson, but...he seemed to be in a hurry?

Well, obvious, considering the situation. But thank Merlin he didn't stop by, because...OMG! HIS BOOKS! Kaika looked down, she was all wet, her bag was all wet, and the books had been in her bag!

Ummm, yeah, better to get those to dry, no?

And, there was some woman running after him? Well, this got weirder and weirder by the second. Why was it that Mr. Masterson managed to find himself in such situations? Like the past year when he...became a niffler...yeah, right.

"I beg to differ," he called back once he got to the top. "I'm merely standing for what I believe in. And I believe that you will NOT make me drink that potion." Silently, he cast a spell to make the top step slippery, hoping that maybe she fall and buy him some time to find a place to ditch the shoes. With that, he took off for the next staircase.

"Do I have to treat you for delusions now too- Eeep!" Only holding on to the railing kept Cari from falling down the stairs. All the stairs, because it only seemed to be the top step that was slippery.

Wiley Coyote...

She jumped the last step and decided to be sneaky her self. "Accio!" she summoned the rug right out from under his feet. Well maybe not sneaky, more like... cruel?

And the Hufflepuff Captain gasped. Who was this woman?! And why was she being mean to Mr. Masterson?!

No, actually, why was Mr. Masterson running away like a child? Yes, that was the best question, obviously, but then again...why the cruelty, huh? And, it was only a potion...nothing more.

Kaika was well aware that those questions weren't going to get answers, but those weren't really important question, now, were they? Still, mean woman. How dare she?! Poor Mr. Masterson. No. Poor Kazi, because she had not seen him yet, which could mean he was in some trouble or helping a student out. Neither option was good.

Just as Laura was about to leave the Entrance Hall, the Hufflepuff boy whom she had seen in the Dungeon corridor had appeared beside her. She laughed when he talked about there being 'a little watah', for it had been a lot more than just a little. The corridor had almost been full, and it it wasn't for his abnormal courage, and the fact that the head girl had practically forced him to get out (by pulling him onto her back and swimming him out!) he could have drowned!

When he asked who Jule was, she turned. "Oh, this is Jule, she wasn't down there, but she helped me get out of the water." Laura said. "So, were you enjoying your swim?!"

Rachel was tired exhausted. And filthy. And cold freezing. And slimy. And annoyed. AND, in DESPERATE need of some hot chocolate and new shoes, since her current ones were definitely goners. Climbing the last few steps, she stepped into the Entrance Hall, eyelids really heavy and lips so blue they matched her tie.

"Laura? Didn't I tell you to go get some rest, or at least visit the Hospital Wing?" Rachel asked the girl as she walked over to the three people present in the room. Her voice came out croaked but stern and she hoped that the girl wouldn't think her mean; after all, it was for Miss Flamel's own good.

Actually, I don't really care...

Ooh perfect, Kaika Lockhart! Relieved, she walked towards the Hufflepuff prefect she had met in the Prefect's Bathroom. "Kaika, do you happen to know where Professors Truebridge and Kazimeriz went? I'm the last person out of the flooded dungeon and I have no idea where they all went, since I'm assuming there's a gathering of some sort?" she asked her, feeling the energy seep away from her and she was having trouble holding herself up.

The fact that she couldn't hear the ruckus coming from the Great Hall and connecting it to her 'gathering' theory was proof that Rachel was currently not herself. The adrenaline that had coursed through her while she had been down in the dungeons, on top of the physical exertions from the swimming and the climbing, had left her completely knackered. Well, at least my next letter to Jake won't be as dull as the previous ones had been...

Oh, awesome! Someone else from the dungeons. And...no Kazi yet (yes, the confusion between Mr. Masterson and that other woman made her not realize that Kazi was all healthy now).

"Hey, Rachel" could she refer to the girl as 'Rach', yeah, not yet, she'd only seen her once, and under weird circumstances, so, better to do so later on. "Ummm, no, I haven't" OMG! WHERE'S KAZI?! IS HE ALRIGHT?! Forget about Truebridge, but where was Kazi?!

A gathering of some sort. Well, she'd seen people walking down to the Great Hall....And, her eyes were following Mr. Masterson before...what if--? "Oh, maybe we should go check in the Great Hall, make sure they got out okay?" by 'we' she meant, 'not go together, but I'm heading there now', and by 'they' she meant 'Kazi'.

Is Cy still around here somewhere? WHO CARES?! He's a big boy who knows his way around, and even if he doesn't...he won't be too stupid to head down the flooded dungeons, now, would he? "Well, I'm going" she said, and then she was gone. Go. Go. Great Hall.

The fifth year felt horrible, like she was about to pass out. Her hands were shaking uncontrollably, her eyes were severely bloodshot and all her muscles were sore and rusty. Bloody hell... Please, please, please - next time there's a flood, let me be very very far from it. PLEASE! Overcome by a coughing fit, she turned away from the Hufflepuff Captain until it passed. Ugh, I'm sooo going to be sick now. Bugger.

"The Great Hall?" Rachel blinked as she tried to remember where the heck the Great Hall was, or rather what it was, since she was coming up blank. Great Hall... Great Hall... Ah! Five tables, teachers, students, eating... Right. Nodding at Kaika, she turned to follow her into the Great Hall, not feeling the need to add more words.

Dragging her feet, she shuffled along behind the Hufflepuff prefect and literally felt herself get more and more exhausted each step. Her eyes stung unbearably and she was having trouble with keeping her lips together since her teeth had begun chattering insanely. Get to the Great Hall, sit down, eat, go to sleep.

Laura was startled to hear a voice behind her, calling her name. Turning, she didn't recognise who it was, at first, the person was so muddy, and wet. But wasn't that how she'd looked before Rachel had cast the spell on her to dry her up.

Ah...Rachel. That was who it was, barely recognisable through all the sludge. Laura ducked her head so the she wasn't looking directly at Rachel, but at the floor instead. Oooops...
"Erm..,yeah, you did." Laura hadn't intended her voice to come out so meek, she'd wanted at least a hint of dignity the first time she was reprimanded. Well, it looked like that plan had failed. On with plan two: try not to get into trouble again...

"I'll go now then..." she muttered. Waving her hand behind her dejectedly, half-heartedly, to Rachel and Cy, Laura once more began to walk up the stairs, her head still bowed, until she was out of sight.

Upon entering the castle, Caitlin realized how cold it actually was outside and she shivered as she walked futher into the Entrance Hall.

Now that she was finally sheltered from the evening autumn crisp air, she had to decide where she was going to go. She could head up to the Common Room, but after a short amount of time she'd most likely end up with a bad ase of cabin fever.

The library was always promising. The books kept her company, but she'd inevitably search out books that spoke of ... certain creatures. And that would just drive her mad.

A cup of tea and a muffin sounded really good, but the Hufflepuff didn't really feel like venturing off to the Great Hall. She could easily conjure it up herself. She could take care of a lot of things herself ...

Most things.

After lingering just inside the Entrance Hall, she finally decided on trudging through the castle up to the Astronomy tower. Twilight was coming and the first few stars of the night sky will be coming out.

Theodore was heading back to the common room, which was now all the way up the stairs. That was miles away. What stupid person moved it there. He kicked the dust from the floor and looked at the hourglass. They were winning which was good.

She wasn't moping about her and Steven's breaking up but it still hurt a little bit. She knew it was for the best. They had a wonderful time together but both of them were thinking about other people. She saw Theo hurrying across the entrance hall and she realized that she hadn't talked to him since the train ride. "Hey Theo," she called over to him.

Theo heard his name, by a voice he recognised. But she wasn't talking to him. She was just giving him evils. She hated him for what he had said. But Nia had taught him some things. "Hello Paris," he turned around. "How are you?"

She looked at him, he didn't seem himself or maybe he still wasn't talking to her. "I was just coming in from a walk," she told him. "Just had some thinking to do." She didn't want to tell him that she was down in the dumps about Steven.

"Oh. So was I. I talked to my sister, about lots of things," Theo said. "I did some thinking too. Lots of thinking. My sister helped too." Which was true. Maybe he should ask about the Hogsmeade trip.