He frowned. "She was acting like she owns the place? How?" He wasn't saying that he didn't believe Tammy. He wasn't saying that he did. He just was trying to figure out exactly what had happened. And he definitely wouldn't be taking sides.

Tammy frowned once more, and edged closer to Chris. He was being NICE! "She just WUZ. Dont make me thinkkkk Princess... It hurttsss." She whined, frowning again, picking up the bags he had left on the floor when regaining her balance after hitting her head. "This isn't fair. Why me? Why not HER?"

Frown.

He sighed as she told him that he was taking sides. Which he wasn't. "I'm asking you 'cause Brody's being silent here. And I never said I'm taking her side. I'm not taking sides on this." Maybe she would lighten up a bit if she knew that he wasn't against her on this. "I'm not saying anything bad, Tammy. I just am trying to figure out what was going on.

"Hows about we just forget it and me and Brody become 'BEST BUDDDSSS'. " Fake voice. It was obvious, but anything to get rid of teh awquardness. Staying close to Chris, Tammy chuckled nervously. "Yeh hungry Chris?"

Noticing that she was obviously not serious, he decided that it was probably best if he left then. "It's okay, I really should be going anyway. I'll see you later." Hopefully next time would be more pleasant. He hated the awkwardness.

And with that he turned away from them and started heading off in the direction of the Common Room.

"Baiiiii PRINCESSSS, brody..." Tammy called, waving her best friend off. "SOOOOO, food Chris? I'm hungry..." She grinned, she wasn't that hungry. It seemed she needed to get away from BRRRRROOODY.

Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou! Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou!

Ugh. Stupid annoying song. LouAnn hated when silly songs got stuck in her heads for hours on end. Who is Lou anyway...and why would a person want to skip to him? Tee hee...and this was the silliness she thought about on days like this. She'd been bored out of her mind for hours and had finally decided to leave the Common Room and wander the corridors of Hogwarts. This was a magical school, surely something or someone would be out and about.

Lucy was happily walking around the fourth floor coridor when she almost bumped into someone--a girl.

"OOOPS!!! Sorry!!" Lucy said, as she stopped in her tracks.
She looked up and saw that it was a Gryffie--was she in her Astronomy class?

Fia was on her way down to the library. She was feeling smart. She was feeling brave. She was ROCKIN' with three points on the board from Professor Perry's Astronomy class. WOOT! And then on top of that, she and Miles were just...really happy. In fact, she was so happy that she had to write something for the next Quill article that was going to come out but, she needed to find someone that might could help her a bit.

As she finally began to pay attention to who was in the hallway, her quest was met. "LouAnn?" Sure she had only met the girl once before but she was fairly nice, especially when no one else talked to her.

"Yesssssssssssssss?" LouAnn playfully asked, still not over her little silly mood from a few seconds ago. She laughed a little then straightened up her act. She didn't want anyone to really think her to be insane, after all. "Oh, hey there!" Do I know you? Oh, wait! The Quill...this girl was...ummm. "FIA!" she yelled out, not intending to be so loud. When realization struck, though, she got a little excited.

*ahem*

"How's it going?" she asked, trying really hard this time to make sure she sounded sane and not like she was seven jelly beans short of an every-flavored box. "Fia from the paper, right? The Quill?"

Fia jumped back slightly as LouAnn yelled her name, but then turned to giggling slightly. So the girl was excited! They could be excited together! Right? At least she still remembered her name. They both remembered each other from meeting once. YAY!

"Yeah...yeah," she began with a nod of her head, letting LouAnn know that she was correct in remembering her from the Quill. "It's going pretty good actually. How are you?" She paused as she looked the Gryffindor over and smiled. "You seem pretty happy at the moment." And she giggled once more.

"Sorry, sorry...," LouAnn mumbled, cringing as the girl jumped back a little. "I'm just a little on the hyper side, and I really should learn to control that a little more." LouAnn normally wasn't this hyper, but she was just in an unusually happy mood at the moment. She assumed it had something to do with things with the "Werewolf Cause" getting good and underway. It made her happy to think she was involved in such an act.

"I'm cool," she answered, replying to Fia's question about how she was doing. "It's nice to meet up with you again, you know. For some reason, most of my friends have turned out to be boys, which is, honestly, unusual for me. I mean, I've had boyfriends before...that's not what I meant. I just...usually have more friends who are girls, too, you know. I know you...and Cela...and...I think that might be all. Well, there was a Dani in Hufflepuff that looked oddly just like me." Come to think of it, maybe she did know a few more girls than she thought. "So, what's up?"

Fia began shaking her head trying to keep up as LouAnn was speaking. What was up with the girls in the school chatting up a storm? Her eyes widened and she smiled. "Oh yeah! I've met Cela! She's pretty nice and she likes to climb trees like me." Okay! So that was the one thing she remembered about Cela, she was a cool girl.

"Actually I was...needing some help and...it's just amazing how...I saw you on my way to the library." She scratched the back of her head as if she were trying to make out how her wish came true at that very moment. "See, I wanted to write something for the Quill and...well...I know some things that are going on this school year but, I wanted to catch some more information. Maybe something I don't know." So the girl was not really into everything unless Miles was a part of it.

Feeling bored Katlyn decided to explore the castle. She somehow ended up on the fourth Floor. She kept walkin as she found someone to talk to.

Oh...erm, this girl wanted LouAnn's help with knowing what was going on around the school? LouAnn---the girl who was pretty much lost no matter where she was or what she was doing. Surely she could think of something to tell the girl, though. Oh, oh! Werewolves! That was always a good way to tell who around here still had their senses about them.

"Werewolves," she said, finally speaking up and answering Fia's question. "You know, Fia, we have a werewolf as a headmaster...and another as a professor. Others fully support them, regardless of the cost. Tell me, Fia. Where do you stand on this issue? Surely an intelligent girl such as yourself has an opinion." I mean, the girl had earned three points in Astronomy. Certainly she knew werewolves were no good, hmm?

There was that word again! What was up with everyone and the werewolf thing. "Yeah. I was here last term in the background not paying attention. I know about Professor Lupa and the headmaster." She paused as she remembered her conversation with Theo in Hogsmeade and LouAnn called her...intelligent. Yeah! Those three points were well deserved.

"You know, there are some people who are just...against the whole thing of having werewolves in the school. Do you know Theo...the fourth year Slytherin?" LouAnn was new...or at least she said that at one time. "He was talking to me about werewolves as well." She readjusted her book bag on her shoulder as she was thankful that LouAnn was helping her with some information. So this is what students are really talking about.

"Actually, I'm here at the school. I mean, as long as I am not in harms way and Lupa and the headmaster know...what to do and will save students..." Well, let's think about this for a moment. The headmaster did save a bunch of students last term. That was just...scary.

"You know, I don't think either one of them wanted to be a werewolf and they are doing their best to keep things under control. I think Professor Lupa was really sorry for what happened last year and well...I'm not afraid. I'm okay with them being here."

"Good, good. So I see you're aware of the general background story," LouAnn said, pacing the corridor for a few seconds before deciding to slide against the wall and take a seat on the floor. If Fia wanted to be updated on the happenings at Hogwarts, LouAnn may as well get comfortable. This might take a while.

She narrowed her eyes when Fia mentioned people in the school who are against the entire idea of werewolves. LouAnn, of course, knew that all too well. "Mmhmm," she said, keeping her words short so she could listen to what else Fia had to say. She nodded in reply to knowing who Theo was. Of course she knew him. He was that Slytherin boy who'd talked to her about werewolves back in Diagon Alley. Hadn't he been with the group in Classroom Eleven, too, though?

"So let me ask you thisssss, Fia. What would happen if they were unable to stop themselves? I mean, the headmaster is a werewolf now, too, so it's doubtful he'd actually save us the next go round," she pointed out. "Have you thought that far ahead, hmm?"

Fia noticed LouAnn slide down and sit against the wall in the hallway. So they were going to chat here, which was a good spot. No one else was around. She walked over and took a seat next to the Gryffindor girl, but wasn't as lady-like in sliding down. She plopped herself down and crossed her legs in an Indian style, then rummaged through her bag for parchment, quill and ink. Oh yeah! She was going to take notes.

She jotted down a few things but stopped suddenly when LouAnn asked her an important question. "Well, I...er...really haven't thought that far," she began as she tapped her quill to her forehead. "I guess...I'm just thinking that with all the Professors here and the staff, they will keep the students safe. I mean, that's why our parents allow us to come here right?" Guess she hadn't thought that far.

LouAnn started to say something else to Fia when she was bumped into by a fellow Gryffindor, one she actually had yet to meet. Now that was odd. LouAnn thought she had made her way around to introducing herself to everyone in her house, but she supposed it was fairly easy to miss one or two. After all, Gryffindor house was fairly large!

"Oh, it's no problem," she politely said. "Really...I'm alright. Are you?" She gave the girl a once over, checking to make sure she, too, wasn't hurt. "I'm sorry, but I don't think I've introdued myself yet. I'm LouAnn Purple."

Today must be the lucky day for anyone wanting to meet some cool new Gryffindors, hmm? "Oh, and why don't you look there? Another Gryffindor I have yet to meet. This must just be my lucky day, huh?" she said, pushing herself up off the floor to properly greet the girls. "As I just said, I'm LouAnn Purple," she told the second girl. "So...what's your name?"

"Well, miss Fia. I'd get to thinking about that little topic if I were you. It could happen any day at any time, you know. Today...tomorrow...a week from now. I'm just not so sure we're as safe as we once thought we were," she admitted. "Like I said, Bontecou was there to save us the last time, but can he do such a good job now that he, too, is a werewolf?" LouAnn gave Fia a look that said, "Hmm?"

She shrugged when Fia mentioned parents allowing their students to attend school here. "Do they even know we have an extra werewolf now? I know my parents just thought there was only one," she explained. Fia was going to leave here today anti-wolf if it took everything LouAnn had in her.

Would the Ministry place the students in such high danger? Fia had to keep asking that and...to be alone with Professor Lupa or...or...Headmaster Bontecou...Miles? Where's Miles?

As LouAnn spoke to the girls passing in the hallway, Fia raised her fingers to wave, but then went on to jotting down a few more things. She really needed to speak to someone...anyone. What was she thinking? She could just write this very subject in the quill.

"You know, LouAnn, ummm, I just...assumed that when Professor Lupa attacked the headmaster...it was a done deal then." Of course, no one really knew at that point but it had to of happened. "Well, you can't count on Healer Melita." She began to giggle slightly and shook her head.

"She is just as sweet as she can be and she makes the best cookies but...when Theo was hurt the other day, she had the nerve to say that she lost her wand." Poor thing seemed as though she was more worried about the cookies than her own wand. "Course, I'm sure she has found it by now but, of all the times for it to happen...what if that was...the one moment we needed help?" OH.MY.STARS. Fia lowered her head and began writing once again. "LouAnn you are a genius."

Strolling, Jule wandered from floor to floor. She had lost count of what floor she was on, so she kept with the flow. She would casually look up, to see if anything interesting would pop out of nowhere. Lucky enough, there was her cousin. "Lovely," she mumbled and tried to hide from her. Ever since she kepy asking Jule for money to buy some pranks, she wouldn't leave her alone. But Jule had disappeared for a few days, in order to keep her money.

Kat turned to the girl that was getting up from the floor. "Hey i'm Katlyn Way" she smiled at LouAnn.

Helena was sitting on the windowsill, watching the sun come up over the mountains; she had finally found the perfect spot. The January morning was revealing fresh snow upon the grounds, but this didn't bother her much. She liked the snow.... heh heh. And nothing could possible spoil that morning. Even going to class in just under two hours. She just smiled and leaned her head back, savoring being one of the only ones up at that time.

"You know what's interesting, Fia? A lot of the professors are losing their wands," she reported. LouAnn had lost count of the number of teachers she'd seen fumbling about for the wands in the last week or so. "I've seen quite a few searching for their wand, you know. More than just one or two..." She leaned in closer and whispered in the girl's ear. "If you ask me, I think someone is trying to steal them..."

She blinked when Fia referred to her as a genius. LouAnn? A genius? Then again, it didn't take a Potions Master to spot the dangers that lied within having werewolves lead an entire school. "What if it wasn't a done deal, Fia? What if this happens again---at the next full moon?" she wondered. "What's Melita going to do then? Give us all a cookie?"

She gave Fia a "hmm?" look, then turned back towards the Gryffindor girl who'd approached them. "Hi, Katyn. It's nice to meet you," she greeted. "Is this your first year at Hogwarts, or have you always gone here? It's my first year, so I wouldn't have really known you from before."

"I'm a first year." Katlyn said to LouAnn. "so are you like a transfer student because u don't look like a first year."