Selina...sounding bitter?? This was something she hadn't heard in a while. Elektra smirked to herself and she looked at her hand and then back up into the mirror. "Better than that face of yours was doing I'm sure. Shame I'm going to have a scar, but then again...It'll be a nice reminder of the time I personally finally got you back from the time at the ghost ship and everything else that you caused to ruin my life with, but I digress." She said coldly back to Selina finally glaring over at her and then raised her eyebrow. She honestly didn't know if Selina was going to have some payback coming to Elektra right about now, but Elektra was ready. She could take a hit or two from the little red-headed midget.

Selina rolled her eyes at Elektra's comment. There was no way that the Slytherin did not see Selina's bruise for the two weeks that it had been on her face, everyone had seen Selina's bruise when the entire school congregated in the Great Hall. The brunette had hit Selina hard enough to make sure she really bruised evenly as well. But when Elektra spoke about her hand Selina chuckled, "You were the idiot who hit the mirror. That scar is a reminder of the time you were stupid enough to punch glass... not hit me."

And there she went off again talking about Selina ruining her life. The redhead still had NO IDEA what she did to make Elektra so upset with her. How did she ruin her life? Elektra wasn't even around for Selina to ruin her life. Elektra left the school and left Selina to her own devices in the time she was gone, "I ruined your life....? Tell me, how did I do that being that I was here and you were Merlin knows where. I couldn't do anything to ruin your life if I didn't even see you."

Elektra just sighed and then looked down and then back up. "Listen...you really have no idea what I went through the last year so I think it would be a little wise...SELINA...that you don't tick me off anymore than you already did. We don't want a repeat of the bathroom a couple of weeks ago...do we? Merlin knows I don't, but still...if you want I won't hold back." she said coldly leaning towards Selina only inches away from her ear. "Oh, and I am curious..." She paused and then leaned up right against her ear whispering coldly to her. "Does it still bother you that you are my sloppy seconds to Gideon?"

The redhead rolled her eyes when Elektra freaked about Selina not knowing anything about her.. Selina was so sick of that comment. It seemed that everyone she knew was some troubled soul that couldn't ever be pushed or they would have a meltdown. She understood that everyone had troubles but Selina had troubles too... She never let it consume her. She was stronger than to wallow in self pity.

"Oh shove it Elektra.". Selina said, "I'm not going to fight with you to satisfy some sick need you have to convince yourself that I'm the bad guy. You hit me.". But when Elektra whispered in her ear aboit Selina being Gideon's sloppy seconds the redhead very nearly screamed. She stepped away from Elektra so she would not hurt her, "Shut up Elektra. I'm not his sloppy seconds. You kissed him and he kissed me. Grow up."

Elektra chuckles. "Not only has fire in her hair, but has fire in her heart. Well this is definately a Selina I have not seen in a while." She said with confidence. "Listen sweetheart...you can act all tough, but deep down you know bloody well that between you and me...Gideon still thinks about me even when he is around you. I bet that when he holds you he is thinking about me in his arms looking at my devilish emerald green eyes." she said taunting her now. Elektra wasn't going to hold back. She was not going to be weak anymore. "You don't scare me...little one."

Selina crossed her arms as Elektra continued to attempt to taunt Selina. The redhead was nothing short of uninterested in what Elektra had to say. The brunette was obviously trying her hardest to jab at Selina's insides and hurt her feelings. But to be honest, after Elektra hit Selina, the fourth year did not really care much for any of Elektra's purposefully hurtful words. She could make fun of her being "fire" or whatever she pleased all she wanted.

But when Elektra brought Gideon into the situation and his affections toward Selina the redhead froze up. That was a subject that really affected Selina. Although Selina knew that Gideon cared about her and she him, there was a part of Selina that was afraid that he preferred Elektra. After all she was his first kiss and honestly the pair of them had never really talked about Elektra besides the one time he let it slip that he and Elektra had kissed. Selina was not an insecure person per say, but she cared a lot about Gideon and the thought of him thinking about someone else while he was with her made her insides hurt, but she could not let Elektra see her hurt. So she gave a stiff upper lip and tried to retort back to Elektra, "That's not true. You don't know anything about him. You took off before you even got the chance to know him."

She was getting right under her skin. Perfect. Her plan was all coming together. "You and I both know deep down that if I didn't leave, Gideon probably would have chosen me, but since I left...he referred..." Elektra picked up a strand of Selina's hair and then let it drop down and she tilts her head. "to miss Selina Arden Skylar." Elektra just smirks. "Look at you trying to act like this isn't bothering you. Selina, you may be a tough Quidditch player with a hard exterior, but underneath that- once you peel away all those rough, hard layers- you are nothing but a scared little girl."

Elektra was trying to get under Selina's skin and to an extent she was succeeding. It was not that Selina cared what Elektra thought or said, but more that Elektra's words verbalized a thought she never liked to think about, that she was second best. That had always been Selina's fear in everything she did, that was why she stuck to Quidditch because she loved it and because she knew that she was decent at. Everything else in her life, though, she was second best. Violet was the prettier than her, Kurumi was smarter than her, Elektra was stronger than her, Gideon was a better flier than her, Christopher was more well- read than her, the list went on and on. It was not a secret that Selina was second best in everything she did and she was usually okay with that, it was just the way things were, but the thought of being second best in Gideon's mind really upset her.

So when Elektra touched Selina's hair the redhead pulled her face away from Elektra. She would not be chastised for Elektra's own amusement. "You know what Elektra. I'm not a scared little girl under all of these layers or whatever you want to say. You can say whatever you want, but it was never my intention to hurt you, the only one who keeps doing all of the hurting, physical or otherwise, is you."

She smiles softly and then scoffs. "You keep telling yourself that. Just know this: I think it would be best to watch your back....little lion cub. You never know when the snake might make her move." Elektra chuckles and backs away from Selina and starts backing out of the bathroom then gives Selina a wink before she stepped out into the hallway.

As she walked along the second floor corridor, Gwendolyn looked down at her cat. This was probably one of the most stupid ideas she ever had, but she wouldn’t realize it until… in a few minutes, actually. After opening the bathroom door, she looked over her shoulder to see if Jinx was around. Eeeep- where is he?, the Ravenclaw asked herself and then heard a ‘meyow’ coming from the bathroom. Realizing that Jinx was already inside, Gwendolyn stepped in and scaned the place. So her bestie hadn’t arrived yet.

She then took her wand out and started taking a few steps towards the mirror. This is so totally a good idea! NOOOT Hmm. She was going to wait a few more minutes until Ari would arrive. She promised her bestie to cast the spell when she would be around too. Ha! I’ll show her that I won’t screw it up! Psh. Why would she even think that?!

Ari tried to convince herself that the reason why she was tagging along was purely to make sure that her bestie didn't do anything stupid. Like some kind of voice of reason. Tried in vain, that is. Even she herself couldn't hide the fact that she was in on Gwen's plan out of excitement and most of all curiosity.

Entering the girls' bathroom located on the second floor, the young Gryffindor immediately spotted her friend and the girl's cat. 'Here I am, sorry to have kept you waiting.' Ariadne announced, with tremor in her voice both due to enthusiasm and fear if something went wrong. 'So...um...what should I do, exactly?'

Tsk.Tsk.Tsk. Calm down… you’ll manage to do the spell, Gwen tried to convince herself as she walked slowly towards the mirror with the cat by her side. Kneeling, the third took the cat in her arms and hugged him. Awww. Jinx was so cute and fluffy. AND CUTE! As she heard the door swing open, the girl turned her head and saw her bestie entering. ‘I… was expecting you’ she said on a very serious tone.

‘Well… you can… observe?’, Gwen said and clapped her hands together. But- ‘Actually. Hold Jinx for a second’, the girl went on talking, passing the fluffy hairball to Ariadne. Then she took out her wand and pointed it at the cat. ‘Calm down. I won’t hit you’ Actually… ‘Errr… you know what? Better put him down’ What? Just in case…

Right. The incantation-Multicorfors… Multicorfors, she repeated a fe times in her head. Well, perhaps Lewis was right. The incantation seemed to be fine. ‘Ready?’ Now watch and learn.

Observe. Right. She could do that. Ari could sense some nervousness on Gwen's part but decided not to comment on that, trying to avoid Gwen snapping at her. 'Hold him? Suuure.' the Gryffindor said, a bit too eager to please. Jinx wrestled in her arms for a while, but eventually gave up and nestled himself against her. He surely had no clue what was about to happen.

When Gwen pointed her wand towards them, it dawned on Ari that the spell might hit her too. What if she turned into a cat?!? That wasn't very likely to happen, but nothing compares to the vivid imagination of a child. Mercifully, Gwen suggested she put the cat down. Ari let out a deep breath she didn't know she had been holding.

Her throat constricted when Gwen asked if she (or the cat, who could tell?) was ready. 'Go on then.' Ariadne said bravely, very unlike the way she actually felt. Fighting the urge to cover her eyes with her hands, Ari watched her friend.

*ehem-hem*, Gwendolyn cleared her throat and tried to avoid letting Ari see how her hands were shaking. And her voice would probably be trembling too. Truth be told she was a bit unsure about this. It would be to late to back off.. soooo ‘Right. Here goes’, she said, more like she was trying to encourage herself. While pointing the wand at Jinx, Gwen cleared her throat once more and took a deep breath. ‘Multicorfors!!’, the young Ravenclaw said loud and clear. She only felt something like a soft wind in her hair. It was probably the effect of the spell which she cast nearby… maybe her friend felt it too.

*blink-blink*

What? I don’t get it…, she thought as she looked at Jinx. ‘Nothing’ FAAAIL. Oh well, maybe Lewis was wrong. The spell was wrong. It didn’t do anything… Hmph. As she kneeled to check if the tail of her cat didn’t even started looking blueish, she was able to spot a part of her own hair which was now…. BLUE!?! Touching the blue stripe of hair, Gwendolyn’s hands started shaking.

She immediately started running towards the mirror. ‘It’s blue! A-ari…. It’s blue!’, the girl squeaked.

Ari had to admit, Gwen had mustered an impressive amount of courage before saying the incantation. Which is why she was baffled when she stared at the cat and nothing happened. The delivery of the spell had been flawless, Ari thought, so maybe the incantation wasn't right. Who knows what dodgy place Gwen had found it in? 'Where did you find the spell anyway?' Ari asked, still staring at Jinx, waiting for him to turn blue any minute.

'It's blue? What are you talking about? Jinx is no more blue than I am.' Ariadne replied, puzzled, only after that actually looking straight at Gwen. 'Oh, you meant...that.' Ooops. Gwen's hair was blue. Well, not totally, just a streak of it.


'Err-there should be a counter spell, I'm sure we'll find it in some book.' The Gryffindor considered taking her friend to the Hospital Wing, but quickly realized that made no sense, since she wasn't hurt in any way. 'I'm sure we'll fix this. But I must say, it looks really becoming on you.' The girl was being dead serious.

Still looking puzzled at her cat, Gwendolyn had no idea what she should do. ‘Hmm?’, the Ravenclaw mused, not raising her eyes to look at her bestie. ‘Lewis gave it to me’ Uhum. That should remind her of ‘thanking’ him for the good advice as soon as possible. There was no way she did something incorrect. Either the incantation or the wand movement was wrong. Better yet- HE was wrong. Totally.

‘What am I going to do?!!!’ Merlin’s beard! It was blue and it was all her fault. Hmph. Think, Gwendolyn! Think!, she told herself while twirling the wand in her hands. ‘Got it!’, she said out loud and then cleared her throat. ‘Finite’, the girl said loud and clear, pointing the wand at the terrible blue colored streak, but this didn’t work either. ‘I don’t get it’ At least this spell was good. And she knew she was able to cast it with no problem. Maybe she should have pointed it at Jinx, just like she did when casting the color changing charm? The third year thought for a moment and then tried it again. Fail. Twice.

After looking once more at her reflection in the mirror, Gwen tried thinking of what she could do. There were no other options. Finite or Finite Incantatem wouldn’t work… she couldn’t go to the Hospital Wing because the Healer would probably kill her for keeping her from getting to other patients in time ,when she wasn’t even injured… the color changing potion was too hard to brew and it only lasted for a couple of hours… and that was it.

As she eard Ariadne’s remark, Gwen acted totally unlike her. She didn’t give her bestie a cold look and didn’t reply anything rude. She just… laughed. There. Because it was funny. And stupid. But mostly funny.

*MEE SQUEEEAAAK SQUEEE MEEEEP!!

"If you are going to insist on soaking in my pumpkin soup at dinner each night, then there is no other way around it," Kurumi sighed as she fussed with the pygmy puff on her way to the girls' bathroom. One thing was for sure, Momotaro II was just like Walnut when it came to bathing, only the pygmy puff didn't foam at the mouth. Walnut did, and it frightened her to bits when it had first happened. Hair on end and hissing and foam. Kurumi had thought that the feline had gone rabid at the mere thought of water. “Honestly, this is the third time this week already.” And she had only had the pygmy puff for somewhere around 36 hours. This was going to be a long week.

Entering the girls’ bathroom, Kurumi was pleased to find it empty and immediately headed over towards one of the sinks. She turned the handle on the hot water and plugged the drain, sticking her hand in the basin to test that the water wasn’t too hot an mixing in cold water now and again whenever it felt like it was. “Now, bathing really isn’t all THAT bad,” she said with a heavy sigh, pygmy puff on her shoulder as she reached into her bag for the flea shampoo she used on Walnut. “A bath teaches you to take time, meditate and be mindful of your body.” Because, you know, pygmy puffs needed to be mindful too. Just because they were small balls of fluff did not excuse them from this. Nope.

Once the sink was filled, Kurumi ever so slowly lowered Momotaro II into the warm water.

*MEEP MEEEEEEEE SQUEEE ME ME MEEP*

“Stop stop stop,” Kurumi said as the little guy began splashing water all over the place and, in the process, mixed the shampoo with the water, causing the entire sink to turn into a lavender scented bubble bath. When the flailing stopped, Kurumi’s shoulders relaxed. “There, you see? This isn’t so ba---“ But her hands were holding onto nothing.

O__________o

WHERE DID HE GO?!

Bubbles floating all over the place and the front of her robes soaking wet, Kurumi’s wrinkly hands searched the contents of the sink for the pygmy puff only to find that he really was…gone?!?! FUDGESICLE! Professor Williamson was going to FAIL her.

*MEEP MEEP MEEP MEEP*

The sound was coming skyward and Kurumi wibbled slightly. He was squeaking at her lovingly from the Great Beyond…wait a second… Her head snapped upwards and saw that the pygmy puff had managed to get stuck inside one of the bubbles made from the shampoo and was currently floating around in the air squeaking and looking rather pleased with himself. “Sorry to burst your bubble, Momotaro II,” Kurumi sighed, mentally slapping herself for the horrible pun she had just made, as she poked his bubble and caught the tiny creature in her hands.

Returning to the sink now, Kurumi proceeded to finish shampooing the pygmy puff, taking extra time to massage the solution into his fur and hopefully relieving any tension that his round frame may have, Kurumi turned on the water again and carefully rinsed him off until not more suds came off his fur and then used a Hot Air Charm to dry him.

“Done,” she said in an exhausted tone. “How about tomorrow you decide not to swim in my pumpkin soup, okay?”

Presley skipped into the restroom and stopped dead at the sight. Kurumi Holligberry was....bathing a pygmy puff? Presley stepped past her to wash her hands at the sink, almost not daring to speak. But she obeyed etiquette and nodded her head at the other girl. "Something happen?" she asked in confusion. Pygmy puffs were usually pretty good about keeping themselves clean, this one must have not.

Pres scrubbed her hands with her favorite peppermint soap, and hoped the Kurumi wouldn't look at her like she was a stupid little kid. To be honest, Presley envied the fifth year more than she could ever remember wanting anything in her life. It seemed to her like Kurumi had everything just handed to her. She was in gryffindor, which meant brave, the smartest person with always top scores, prefect in her fourth year, a good baker, and everybody liked her. the same could not be said for little Presley, who couldn't convince the headmaster to skip her up a year even though she was in Ravenclaw. She was dying to ask Kurumi how she managed it all, but with the intense fear of being ridiculed, she kept her mouth shut.

Drying herself off now, and glancing sideways at Momotaro II just in case he decided to get himself into even more trouble somehow, Kurumi's head turned when she heard someone else enter the bathroom. Did something happen? More like what didn't happen! Thankfully, Kurumi had cleaned up the mild disaster to a certain extent and the only real issue right now was a very slippery floor.

"Just...giving this guy a bath," she said, stating the obvious. "He likes to, um, bathe in pumpkin soup." Something about it being good for his fur perhaps? Kurumi really had no idea. She would have to look up the benefits of pumpkin later in the library. "Be...careful, the floor in here is still a little wet." As in, do not slip and fall, please.

Her hands were covered in dirt, and who knows else what, she gave them a double wash for good measure
Olivia left Flippert on the side of the sink while she washed her hands. His fur was dirty too, from when she was carrying him, and he probably rolled around mud when they were outside. "Awwwww, that's the cutest", Flippert was lapping up water comming out of the fosett, Pygmys need to drink too, not just eat!
Then, Flippert jumped into the sink, landing ontop of the plug so he could have a bath. Gee this was an independant Pygme puff. He floated and cleaned his fur in the water, she diddn't even half to scrub. After that, Flippert jumped back up to the edge of the sink and shook the water off, getting it all over Olivia.

Pyxie had been a good girl during dinner... until she had decided that she wanted to try swimming in Amelia's Pumpkin Juice. "Honestly, I don't know what came into you, bouncing into my drink and splashing it all over the table." Pixie seemed rather pleased by the look of it. In fact, she was enjoying it so much, she didn't want to come out of the glass. This was why Amelia had to walk into the girl's bathroom carrying a glass of Pumpkin Juice and Pygmy Puff.

"Naughty Pixie. You need to have a bath now!" Not that the Puff even knew what a bath was. She'd learn soon enough, and she might dislike it so much that she will never try Pumpkin Juice swimming again. "Though I can't help but notice you like drinking the stuff you're floating in." So she could add Pumpkin Juice to the things that Pixie liked ingesting.

*SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK*

Yes, Pixie was agreeing that she rather did like bathing in Pumpkin Juice as well as drinking it.

"I'm actually sorry I have to bathe you in the water because I know you'll hate it... but I brought some really nice shampoo with me and you might like it." Okay, maybe not, but it was worth a shot.

Heading over to a sink, she placed Pixie's glass down and then reached into her pocket extracting the shampoo and placing it beside the glass. "I'll try to make this as pleasant as possible, naughty Pixie." She stoppered the drain and then started filling the sink with water making sure that it was neither too hot or too cold. "Okay, bathtime!" YAAAY! :/

Reaching into the glass, she carefully picked up Pixie --which was no easy feat -- and added her to the water in the sink. Bad idea, since as soon as she was immersed, she Puff started freaking out. She shrieked and swam around trying to get out of the water.

*SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEEEEEEAAK*

Amazed that she didn't even need to cover her ears, Amelia immediately went to try to sooth her poor Puff. "It's okay, Pixie. The water won't hurt you. It's good for you." UGH her poor Puff. She started to try to pet the shaking Puff, though it didn't really work that well. "Seems it's best to just get this over with then, isn't it Pixie?

Picking up the shampoo bottle, she poured some into her hand while making a note that she needed to get more pet shampoo soon. The one she was using might not be so good for a Pygmy Puff.

Lathering it onto her hands, she then started to gently clean Pixie with it. She made sure to stay away from her eyes, ears, and mouth, but get into anywhere that was covered in Pumpkin Juice.

*SQUEAK SQUEAK*

"See? This isn't so bad. Even if you don't like it much." More soothing of the Puff as Amelia started rinsing the shampoo off of her. "And now you smell of strawberries!"

When all the shampoo was rinsed off, she was taken out of the sink and carefully dried with a washcloth. "I'm sorry I scared you, Pixie. You're shaking so much." But at least bathtime was over. She snuggled her Puff in hopes of calming her down some and took the stopper out of the sink so that the water would drain. Picking up the glass and shampoo, she left the bathroom.

So Pixie's first bath was... an interesting experience.

Ella walked into the girl's bathroom after having a major sneezing attack. She didn't know what in the world had caused it to happen but as she was wandering the halls she started to sneeze and couldn't stop. It was all very strange and she figured she'd better go blow her nose or something to prevent it from happening again. Perhaps she was allergic to something or someone at the school?

She walked up to the mirror, frowning at her reflection. Her nose was very red, and itchy. She turned and went into the stall, coming back out with some toilet paper and began to blow rather loudly. Good thing the bathroom wasn't too crowded because she sounded like a trumpet or something at the moment.

Cardigan walked into the Girls Bathroom to clean up the teary mess known as her face.She splashed some sink water on her face,hoping it would help.She trudged on over to the mirror to check her tear stained face,hoping the water had wiped away the tears and calmed down the redness.Sadly,it didn't help one bit.As she turned around to exit,she noticed the person she least wanted to see was present:Ella Bishop.With a scowl,Cardigan walked over to her,not really looking at Ella so she wouldn't see her red face.Besides,Logan would never listen to her,since he hated her so much now.They weren't really best friends anymore.Well,at least in his eyes.With a deep breath,trying not to burst out in tears,she asked her 'friend',"Ella...I need to...ask you something."She figured that he would for sure listen to Ella,seeing they were in a relationship...

Ella felt an uneasy feeling come over her as she saw Cardigan. Okay, oh no. She's going to hex me... Ella thought, remembering how Logan had told her about their fight. She turned to face her, noting the red puffy eyes, and tried not to fling herself at the girl to hug her. No, that was probably the last thing Cardigan wanted. She bravely looked her in the eyes, wondering how this conversation was going to go. "Erm-Hey Cardigan. Of course, ask me anything." Ella said nervously. She knew she needed to apologize but figured she would see what Cardigan had to say first.

"I need you to..to..tell Logan something for me.I don't think I can risk doing it myself.I just want you to tell him that I never hated him and I never will.He`s my best friend and always will be.Even if he doesn't want to be my friend anymore,I`ll always be his.Also,that I hope he doesn't despise me anymore.Oh,and that I'm still looking forward to the Mustaches,'Cardigan finished with a very much so fake grin,not that anyone could tell or something like that.She felt like crying,right there and then.It was so obvious:her best friend,erm,ex-best friend hated her and didnt want to be associated with her.He never wanted to tell her about him and Ella when he told a bunch of other people.She felt like a part of her had died....