Diggy nodded and petted the thing. It really was soft. "She feels like cotton candy." He chuckled as the puff started snoring. Was it possible? "My sister uses this muggle petshop for Prada her pet monkey. I could ask her to send you a collar or something," he offered. Diggy just looked at Lucy as her head just bobbled like she couldn't control it. Girls were just....weird. He had to stifle a giggle as her head stopped bobbing. She was funny. "Are you alright?" He couldn't help the question.

His mouth hung open as Delanie up and almost ran away from them. "BYE!" he shouted after her. He had no idea how girls walked in those medieval torture devices. Let alone ran in them. Paris had been wearing heels since she was years old. And it was still a mystery to him how they did it.

Georgiana turned to look at Barry as flailing started, "alright, maybe on 2nd thought we should go. Whatever it is has to wear off eventually right?" She wasn't even noticing Raiden's little panic attack, not that she had even put together who it was yet.

"Do you think we should go?" Cause she was a little torn, she wanted to help, but she felt like a horrible girlfriend, she was pretty much ruining their date single handedly. Sad day.

Lucy smiled as Delanie ran off back to the castle, waving to her. "Bye! And thanks again! Yeah, Tweet me!" She yelled back, even though Delanie was probably in the castle by now. Sighing, she turned back to Diggy.

"It does, doesn't it?!" She replied to him, stuffing the Puffball in her robes again. Waiit--that was a bad idea because that was how it got lost in the first place. Quickly, she reached in again and took her back out.

"Oh my gosh, really? Cause that would be awesome!!" Lucy said excitedly. And then she giggled. "Your sister named her monkey Prada? Boy, don't I feel bad for you. Say, how many sisters do you have, anyway?" She suddenly asked him.
She had stopped nodding and now she was seeing dots everywhere. "Yeah, I'm 'kay," She told him, plopping down on a bench, gesturing next to her so he could sit down, too.

He smiled. "Yeah its nothing really," he blushed it wasn't a big deal. Diggy would have offered the same to anyone, but he was happy that she was so happy. He shrugged. "Paris is posh like that, but I like that name," he told her simply.

He walked over and sat down on the bench next to her. "I just have two sisters, Paris is the oldest and then Willow. Then my big brother Lucas. Then me and then my twin JoJo. And last is Ben and Devon." he explained. "Do you have any siblings?" he asked making sure her head wasn't going to start bobbing again. He might have to restrain her if it did. The bobbing scared him a little bit.

Lucy nodded head at him, making sure to nod only once this time. "I like the name, too. 'Cept I dunno if I would want a monkey as a pet," She said thoughtfully.

She listened as he tlaked about his family, immediately getting confused. "Wait--what? So you have..." She silently counted in her head, using her fingers a bit, "2 sisters, and 4 brothers?" She finally said, her face a bit shocked. "I'm an only child!" Sheesh, so many siblings!

He shook his head, "No Prada isn't her pet. She's Paris' familiar." He explained. Paris and Lucas were the only ones in the family to have familiars. Diggy didn't want to say but he was jealous. "She found Paris when we were at the World Cup in Brazil." He told her. He pointed to Bubbles, "Is she a familiar or just a pet?" Dillon would give anything to have a familiar they were better than pets. More like really close friends. Like him and JoJo.

He smiled, people were always surprised when they found out how big his family was. "7 of us in all and I don't think my parents are done having kids to be honest. They seem to like it, my mom has 11 sisters so I guess she wants a really big family like that." It was beyond him why someone would want so many children, but he loved his brothers and sisters and wouldn't want to change it. "Well you can come by my house and hang out with my family if you want. Dad makes bacon cheeseburgers and we go in the backyard and splash around in the pool. Its always a lot of fun." There was always a huge party at their house on the weekend. Diggy loved it.

With a grunt, Constantine finally made it into the student garden area with a heavy bag of soil in his arms. Why the heck did they have to make this school so big? And yes, he knew he could have just levitated the bag, but he has a figure to keep, people.

With a slight readjustment of the bag in his arms, he headed right for the shed. He could have sworn he heard screaming, but decided that it was probably just some kids playing tag and one of them had run into a group of thorns. No big.

Neptune was getting NO where with her biting and fighting and very much trying to hurt Lina for what she'd DONE and SAID. She was just TOO little!


And farrrrrrrrrrr too frustrated.


She fell back on her butt, which wasn't all that far to fall, and let out one.... last.... glass-shattering SHRIEEEEEEEEEEEK. Mothers ALL over the world were probably stopping to listen at the sound of a toddler in SERIOUS DISTRESS.

At the shriek, Constantine dropped the bag of soil and clasped his hands over his ears. Not even a year with Jadyn always by his side could have prepared him for a shriek like that. He could have sworn an eardrum burst as well.

Slightly worried though, as it did not sound like a happy shriek and the fact of weird things going on lately, he quickly headed off in the direction it came from. "What's going," he called, running. He could see children. Little children. ....Really. Little. What?

Lina's blood ran cold at Raiden's reaction. That's right, he was in the hospital a lot when he was little. What for? She cast something over him, not even knowing what she was casting as she went. His... Oh no! "Shh... It's okay, Raiden..." She glanced back at Neptune, not even noticing the adult there. "Will you shut up?! You're going to panic Raiden more! He can't take this!" She scooped Raiden into her arms, cradling and rocking him, thinking back to what Kaydy might do. She closed her eyes and just sang softly to him, using the only song that came to mind. Altered a little, of course.

"Oh my brother, my beloved,/How I want to see your smile/Your shine leads the way/Like night into day/It's as though a fading dream..."

Please... Please calm down, Raiden. I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...

Neptune was wailing again. Raiden could hear it, even with his hands clamped down over his ears. The little body shuddered as Lina grabbed him again, but he didn't bother to try and get away from her again.

It took him a few minutes, and a lot of breathing exercises that he hadn't had to use in years, but his stilted breaths finally slowed down and evened out a bit.

"Leggo," he mumbled weakly, eyes finally opening as he gave a slight squirm. "'m okay."

Only barely, but it could be sorted once they got to the nurse. The shaking five year old looked first at Neptune, then at the approaching form of the Groundskeeper. How did... every time he'd seen Mr. Masterson this term, something embarrassing was happening.

"We need the nurse..." he whispered to Lina. Well, he more than Neptune, but really it would be good for both of them.

OH! The nice man that worked around outside!!


OH OH OH OH SAVIOR!!!!!!!!!


Neptune, deciding AGAINST trying to successfully maneuver in her dress that was at least a MILLION times too big, CRAWLED towards him. The three year old Neptune was looking sooo so so so pitiful, having cried and screamed for last little while. Sad scene. Very, very sad scene.


She tried to convey that she'd been POISONED and was DYING to the Groundskeeper as she crawled towards him, but mostly she just cried and failed to make any sort of intelligible words.

He came to a stop. This was strange. Why was there a five year old looking kid, resembling Raiden? And why was there a girl with a dress that was muchhh too large for her? And WHY was she crawling towards him, saying heavens knows what along the way. "Okayyy...what the heck is going on?"

She nodded and stood, offering him a hand up. "I'm sorry, Raiden... If I'd known, we could have gotten up to the hospital wing faster." Well, or she would have tried something else to make Neptune suffer. But she certainly would have stunned the girl and just dragged her along.

And oh, couldn't Neptune even act her age at three and a half years old?! She was acting more like a toddler than a preschooler! She'd seen infants more mature than that girl! She eyed the girl with disdain and looked up at the adult, finally acknowleding him.

"They were apparently given a de-aging potion, I would assume by about 11 years, considering their apparent ages." And because she made it that way. "Neptune is being more of a baby about it than an infant, and she's upsetting Raiden who apparently had a condition at this age which makes him prone to upsets, and I really really need to get him to the nurse. So I'm sorry if I'm sounding rude, but could you please handle her while I help him to the hospital wing?"

That would be two people she's almost killed now...

Declining the hand Lina was holding out, Raiden stood by himself, one hand automatically grabbing the waist of his still too-large pants to keep them up. The other was busy with the front of his shirt, an engrained habit he'd long since given up.

"Neptune's got to come with too," he managed, looking up at Mr. Masterson and attempting some kind of little smile. "At least I'm not stuck in a tree this time, ne?"

The little boy looked at Neptune worriedly; she seemed to be about losing her mind over this, much worse than he was. He wasn't about to try picking her up again, not now. He'd already gotten punched in the side, and she'd fallen on top of him, and he couldn't handle another little panic attack in this state. She'd probably bring one on.

"Neptune..." Either she'd have to walk, or... well Mr. Masterson would have to carry her, as she'd probably try to kill Lina again.

Neptune made it to Mr. Masterson's leg, then she LATCHED on to it for dear life. She rubbed her tear-stained face all over his pants. Raiden could rest assured that this man was going *NO WHERE* without her. Possibly ever again...

Constantine looked down to stare at the little girl that was attached to his leg. THAT was Neptune? The girl that had made him do allll the planting of the little garden at the beginning of the year? Wow. Interesting.

"Yes, we are progressing, Mr. Kururugi," he grinned back, shaking his leg a little to see if Neptune would let go. Yeah. No, not happening, it seemed. "Both feet are on the ground, which is rather excellent."

He shook his leg again, trying to see if she would let go. My, she was rather clingy. "I'm going to assume that I have no choice but to help, mmm? I could...carry..her? Yes?"

Lina shrunk his clothes a little more so that he didn't have to mess with them as much. "Raiden, don't worry. She's coming. We'll all get to the hospital wing, okay? So come on..."

She nodded to Masterson. "I think that would probably be a good idea. Heck, she would probably love it."

"And I don't have paws this time, either." Raiden stopped fiddling with the waist of his pants when Lina shrank them, and gave the girl a grateful look. At least he could walk without tripping now. The prefect stared down at his small, bare toes for a moment before realising that his shoes had been abandoned several feet away. He'd... probably need those later, so he quickly picked them up and held them under his arm.

"Merlin... my feet are huge, aren't they." The boy looked at Mr. Masterson, then at Neptune, who had latched to the man's leg. "I hope she doesn't bite you as well..." Or punch. Or kick. Or react violently in any other way. Then again, Neptune seemed to like Mr. Masterson, so that would work in his favour. Rubbing his chest absently, Raiden bit his lip and nodded. "I don't think she'll be up for walking, really."

He wasn't moving until he was sure Neptune was coming with them, however.

"I'm LITTLE, not DEAF," Neptune informed EVERYONE who was talking about her like she wasn't there. She tried to climb Mr. Masterson's leg though, because yeah - she wasn't walking in her CONDITION.

"She speaks!" Lina gasped.

Thank god, he had decided to wear a belt today. He really did not need the world to see his German Shepard printed boxes. He would have to quit, for sure, out of embarrassment.

"Easy there," he frowned gently, before bending over and picking up Neptune into his arms. Well. This was awkward. He coughed. "Shall we go?"

Surprisingly. That was what Raiden wanted to say in response to Neptune's declaration. He should've been surprised that her screams hadn't shattered her own eardrums. However, the kid was tired, and he didn't want to fight with Neptune, and he just really needed a nap and his gigantic feet back, please.

"Mmm." Raiden's head bobbed up and down slowly. "We can go now."

"Familiar?" She said, her eyes wide, her mouth hanging open. Clearly, she had no idea what that was. "What is that?" She asked him, trying to close her mouth, but her eyes were still bulging out. When he pointed to Bubbles, Lucy looked on either side of her, and then answered. "Uhhh...a pet?" She said, unsure of herself now.

"Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun! But I'm inviting my boyfriend and my best friend to my house this summer, so that should keep things interesting," She said, adn then smiled. She always wondered what it would be like to ahve a big family. Well, she had gotten a taste of it when she went to NYC with Tyler--it was chaotic indeed. But she loved it.
"But hey, you're welcome to come over my house, too! And I'll see if I can make my way over to the Greenwood's sometime," She added, pinching his cheek a bit.

Having walked alllll the way from the castle with her sore feet, one could safely say that Evelyn was irritated and well, just plain tired. Pushing through the bushes, she finally found the spot where she had planted her flitterbloom. It still lay there, gently swaying as if a breeze was blowing even though there wasn't, but bigger than when she first got it. Way bigger. She was afraid that Sly would sniff it out since he enjoyed Destiny's flitterbloom on the train at the beginning of the year...

Speaking of Destiny, she was SUPPOSED to be there with her. But pfft, she was doing something or...something...so Evelyn had started to walk down by herself and now, she was waiting. Impatient, and waiting. Not a good combination.

Although, the reason she wanted her friend down here did make her snicker slightly. Oh this was perfect. No, it really wasn't, but it should work. Hopefully...she even went through the whole painful process of capturing a spider that was now sitting in the smallest container ever, which was sitting in her sweater pocket. OBVIOUSLY sitting in her pocket, along with another little container, but she was more worried and creeped out about the first one.

Yea...she was trying her hardest not to think about THAT at the moment...