On both the inside and the outside, Mr. Constantine Masterson’s hut is clean and very professional looking. There’s a small flower off to the side of his little set of stairs and neatly cut grass on the other side. Inside, the hut is simple looking, containing all the necessities. His favourite photos of Madison and Jadyn are lined up nicely on the mantle above the fireplace. The only thing out of norm is the unusual litter of children’s toys on the floor. Constantine’s little, two year old baby girl has come to stay with him for a term!

Come on up and knock on the door a few times. If there’s no answer, just leave a note. He’s probably inside, but too enchanted by being with Jadyn than to care about you. No offence.

Dani skipped to Mr. Masterson's hut and knocked. She couldn't start the term without stopping to say hi. Tapping her foot impatiently with excess energy, she wondered if he'd let her take Roma for a walk.

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Dani skipped to Mr. Masterson's hut and knocked. She couldn't start the term without stopping to say hi. Tapping her foot impatiently with excess energy, she wondered if he'd let her take Roma for a walk.

Another term. More kids. Here we go again.

Constantine opened up to the door to find Dani standing outside. "Err, hello. Can I help you with something?"

"Hiiiii Mr. Masterson!!!" Dani said excitedly and then threw her little arms around him in a hug. "How's the term going for you so far?" She grinned. The term was going great for her already.

Grumbling all the way down to the grounds about having to go to the Gamekeeper's hut everytime he needed to speak to his head of house (which would be often), Jake was all set to knock on the door and sit on the steps for a little while. But the man was already on the doorstep, talking to...

Ruh-roh.

Standing back, Jake waited for Masterson to notice him and for Dani to... well... not.

Constantine froze up and stood awkwardly as Dani hugged him. Yeahhh, this was uncomfortable. "Uhm, I believe this question would be better suited for when the turn is actually underway and...things have been accomplished. "Err, you?"

Trixie was going around the school introducing herself to all the staff that worked at the school. She had been taught by the proffessors at Beauxbatons to have manners and the most polite thing to do was introduce herself. Seeing as she was walking around the grounds of Hogwarts, Trixie decided to knock on the groundskeepers door next. Walking up to the front door, she tapped reasonably hard, but not too loudly as to cause disturbance, on his door and waited patiently for an answer. Another thing taught to her at Beauxbatons. Patience. She flipped back her Veela hailed hair and sighed.

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Grumbling all the way down to the grounds about having to go to the Gamekeeper's hut everytime he needed to speak to his head of house (which would be often), Jake was all set to knock on the door and sit on the steps for a little while. But the man was already on the doorstep, talking to...

Ruh-roh.

Standing back, Jake waited for Masterson to notice him and for Dani to... well... not.

Slightly weirded out by Dani's sudden silence, Constantine looked away from her and noticed Jake. Ahhh, yes, he had promised the boy he would talk to him. "Mr. Upstead," he nodded. "Good to see you roaming out and about. Anything I can help you with?"

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Trixie was going around the school introducing herself to all the staff that worked at the school. She had been taught by the proffessors at Beauxbatons to have manners and the most polite thing to do was introduce herself. Seeing as she was walking around the grounds of Hogwarts, Trixie decided to knock on the groundskeepers door next. Walking up to the front door, she tapped reasonably hard, but not too loudly as to cause disturbance, on his door and waited patiently for an answer. Another thing taught to her at Beauxbatons. Patience. She flipped back her Veela hailed hair and sighed.

His nose itched.

So he scratched it quickly and then looked at the next student at his hut. "Hello there. Something I can do for you?"

Trixie shook her head and smiled. "No Sir. I Just wanted the opportunity to introduce myself to you" she smiled sweetly. "I'm Trixie Malfoy" she smiled. "Fifth year Slytherin. I was on my rounds see introducing myself to al the professors like my Beauxbatons teachers taught me to and I decided to drop you a line" she grinned her quarter veela smile, "If there's anything I can do to help you out please let me know" she sighed.

Constantine smiled and nodded his head. Introductions. Righttt, it was still that time of year for those. Hmmm. "That's very kind of you, Miss Malfoy," he replied, "however, I operate on the notion of if YOU ever want to help me out, then let me know." He scratched his chin gently. "It's pointless to try to earn a reward, if you have to be asked to do it...instead of stepping up on your own."

Breathe in, aaaand out. In, ... out. Don't you dare cry Katie thought, mentally warning herself against the urge to release the tears that swelled in her dark brown eyes as she burried her face in Nova's fur, clinging to the rabbit. She finally looked up, noticing the path veer off to Mr. Masterson's hut and began toward it. She had thought about going to the Headmaster, because he was probably the person who could help her - if willing, but she didn't know him. At least with her new Head of House, Katie had spoken to him before on more than one occasion.

Deep breaths. Sighing heavily, the young Hufflepuff unwound one arm from Nova and knocked on the door.

Cadence ran and ran as quickly as she could, not wanting to leave Torin alone for very long. As she approached the hut, she began yelling for her Head of House. "Mr. Masterson! Mr. Masterson!" she shouted. When she got near enough to see the door, she saw that the man was already in the doorway, and she slowed down, not noticing there were about 4 other students standing there. That didn't matter right now. Her best friend needed help. "Mr. Masterson! Torin... he's hurt. On the pathway. He can't move. I think it's his back," she stammered quickly, tears welling up in her eyes again. "You were closer," she said simply, meaning this to be her explanation for why she didn't just run for the Healer.

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Breathe in, aaaand out. In, ... out. Don't you dare cry Katie thought, mentally warning herself against the urge to release the tears that swelled in her dark brown eyes as she burried her face in Nova's fur, clinging to the rabbit. She finally looked up, noticing the path veer off to Mr. Masterson's hut and began toward it. She had thought about going to the Headmaster, because he was probably the person who could help her - if willing, but she didn't know him. At least with her new Head of House, Katie had spoken to him before on more than one occasion.

Deep breaths. Sighing heavily, the young Hufflepuff unwound one arm from Nova and knocked on the door.

Getting up from his sofa, Constantine walked over to door and opened it up. Oooh, a hufflepuff...and a bunny. Aww. Masterson fought the urge to reach out and scratch the little fluff.

"Hello," he greeted and then paused to study her a little more. "Are you okay, Miss Mae?"

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Cadence ran and ran as quickly as she could, not wanting to leave Torin alone for very long. As she approached the hut, she began yelling for her Head of House. "Mr. Masterson! Mr. Masterson!" she shouted. When she got near enough to see the door, she saw that the man was already in the doorway, and she slowed down, not noticing there were about 4 other students standing there. That didn't matter right now. Her best friend needed help. "Mr. Masterson! Torin... he's hurt. On the pathway. He can't move. I think it's his back," she stammered quickly, tears welling up in her eyes again. "You were closer," she said simply, meaning this to be her explanation for why she didn't just run for the Healer.

He looked round from his small formation of students to the sound of his name being called. Torin? That was his prefect, yes? He quickly slipped back into his hut and grabbed his cloak. "Lead the way," he said, closing his hut door and going towards the Pathways.

Cadence gave Mr. Masterson a tearful look and a nod before turning and sprinting back toward the pathway, forgetting that she was a 15-year-old gymnast and probably capable of running a lot faster for a lot longer than Mr. Masterson, but she didn't slow down. She needed to get back to Torin. He was just laying there alone. Hopefully, Mr. Masterson would be close enough behind to see where she was headed.

Forgetting to be polite and say hello back, Katie shook her head at his question and exhaled slowly, "Can I talk to you for a minute, Prof- Mr. Masterson?" She asked quietly, glancing up from Nova's furry body to meet his gaze. She bit her lip, blinking back tears that stung irritatingly.

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Cadence gave Mr. Masterson a tearful look and a nod before turning and sprinting back toward the pathway, forgetting that she was a 15-year-old gymnast and probably capable of running a lot faster for a lot longer than Mr. Masterson, but she didn't slow down. She needed to get back to Torin. He was just laying there alone. Hopefully, Mr. Masterson would be close enough behind to see where she was headed.

Having longer legs, Constantine had an easy time keeping up with the girl, following her to the pathways.

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Forgetting to be polite and say hello back, Katie shook her head at his question and exhaled slowly, "Can I talk to you for a minute, Prof- Mr. Masterson?" She asked quietly, glancing up from Nova's furry body to meet his gaze. She bit her lip, blinking back tears that stung irritatingly.

"Certainly," he nodded, moving out of the way of the door. "Come on in and take a seat on the sofa?"

The girl's head nodded once, her chin coming to rest gently against the little rabbit she held close and stepped inside. Because her gaze was already back to staring at the floor in front of her, it wasn't hard to avoid stepping on or tripping over the toys here and there. "Mr. Masterson," Katie started to say in the same quiet tone, partially because she was aware there was probably a small child around, possibly napping, and partially because she couldn't speak any louder without her voice becoming uneven with emotion, she lowered herself into the couch corner. Katie's voice quivered slightly as she continued, "Is it at all possible to be transfered to another house? Or at least consult the sorting hat, maybe he- it was wrong when it placed me in Hufflepuff?" She paused, and looked back up at him. Her voice dropped to a whisper, "And would you be very mad at me, if I did?" Because that mattered to her, too. Mr. Masterson was now her Head of House, she didn't want to offend him.

Closing the door after her, Constantine followed her to his seating area, taking a seat down in a chair. "Sorry about the mess..." he shoved some toys and bears out of the way with a foot.

Wait. Transfer? He eyed Kaitlynnh carefully, wondering what this was about. "I'm afraid transferring is out of the question. And, no...I wouldn't be upset for you wishing to transfer. Well...maybe a little. But you obviously have reason enough to wish for one." He paused for a second. "Why do you wish to transfer?"

Simon knocked on the Professor's door, loads of things where going through his mind, he had had a bad few days and he really needed someone to talk to, and he had heard that Mr. Masterson's was his head of house so he had decided that he had best speak to the head of house about things.

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Closing the door after her, Constantine followed her to his seating area, taking a seat down in a chair. "Sorry about the mess..." he shoved some toys and bears out of the way with a foot.

Wait. Transfer? He eyed Kaitlynnh carefully, wondering what this was about. "I'm afraid transferring is out of the question. And, no...I wouldn't be upset for you wishing to transfer. Well...maybe a little. But you obviously have reason enough to wish for one." He paused for a second. "Why do you wish to transfer?"

If it was possible, Katie's face fell more. "Are you absolutely sure? What if the sorting hat was wrong, and I shoudn't be in Hufflepuff? Even Legend has been saying since first year I should have been a Slytherin." She said, not stopping to think he might not recognize which student - if any, - she was talking about. At least when the Slytherins are mean, they're up front and do it to your face rather then pretending they didn't do anything wrong.

"It's not because of you or any Head of House thing." Katie felt the need to assure him, her nose scrunching up for a second when he asked why she wanted to change houses. Did she haaaave to get into that? She didn't want to think about it, having just left it behind her moments before wandering out of the castle and around the grounds, long enough to come up with this - that she wanted out of Hufflepuff. "Because I'm not proud to be a Hufflepuff anymore," the young girl said in the utmost serious voice, quiet but beginning to talk a bit quicker and probably seemed to be rambling at points. "Because they are hypocritical. They talk about loyalty and proving how great we are, and when it comes to a first year being completely attacked by a couple older students for acting like a first year not one person in the Common Room, including the Prefect, did or said anything! The Prefect said he would handle it after the meeting. After! It should have been stopped when he had his book taken from him in the first place. Instead he was asked if he really belonged to our house, he was called lazy, he threatened about potentially losing house points and was told our housemates won't like him if he does lose any points. I was the only one out of everyone in that room to defend the little boy, and they want to talk about loyalty. If that's how Hufflepuffs are now, then everything some Slytherins think of us must be true; we are the lesser house if we're going to act that way, and I want no part in it. I don't want to be around mean-spirited people who care more about winning a stupid competition then they do about how one of our own is being treated."

Constantine smiled gently. "Yes well, Mr. Chosen is a young male, therefore his rational thinking is still being developed and right now, any opinion out of his mouth shouldn't be trusted. I assure you, Miss Mae, Hufflepuff is right where you belong."

He leaned back in his seat and listened to her speak about what was wrong. Maybe he shouldn't have asked though, he found himself getting slightly angered. There was one thing that was really nagging at him though...

"There was a meeting? About what? Who called it?"

Okay, so Dani was kinda... acting weird, as usual, meaning that Masterson was, for the moment, free for conversation.

"Ermm..." Jake felt himself blush only a little, and looked around at the others present. This was embarrassing him to talk about sometimes. "I nuhh-need to t-t-talk to you abbbout my OWLs... llllike... yeah..."

He paused, sliding his glasses up his nose and shifting his feet.

"And... ssstuff."

Torin was rather nervous. Yes, he needed to talk to Masterson, and since he had injured his back this was a bit delayed.

He took a deep breath as he knocked on the door and waited for the man to answer.

Katie knew there was a reason she liked Mr. Masterson! He was good, oh yes he was. His words brought a small smile to her own face, at first somewhat amused, but then she realized she was starting to feel a little bit better. "I will try to keep that in mind about Legend and other boys, it makes sense." It really did. She nodded. "I use to hope so. I still kind of do, I guess. Kind of."

He didn't know about the meeting? .. well, her first clue should have been the fact he wasn't there, and he probably should have been. "Yes, in the Common Room. The behavior in classes and house points is what I was told," Katie frowned slightly, "The Prefects did? It didn't seem very official, they just came in and asked everyone for our attention.." She trailed off, shrugging her shoulders.

He raised an eyebrow. Hmmm, he was going to have to smack those two over the head with a teddy bear or something.

"I assure you, Miss Mae, that I will deal with them. But please, do not think poorly of the hufflepuff house based on a few people's actions. You are an exemplary Hufflepuff. Remember that."