It was a warm spring lunch hour, Olivia carried the owl out of the castle in a brown bag, she diddn't want to be seem walking through the halls carrying a dead bird. She was planning to build him a grave, without magic!

She neared the edge of the forbidden forrest and picked some trees to did behind. "Accio shovel" well, I guess a little magic won't hurt.

Olivia wasnt that upset, after all she did have a pygme puff now! But she had to dispose of the remains somewhere. She was going to ask if she could keep the pygme puff but looked like she diddn't even half to ask!
So she just kept right on digging a hole in the forbidden forrest.

Jez couldn't remember a time that the Forbidden Forest had been so ... active. How many creatures had come out of there in the past year? She'd lost count. And then there was the orb. Despite not having it any longer, she was still interested in it, and the Hufflepuff Nate's theory that it had come form the Forest was intriguing. So she had come to investigate.
Jez made her way cautiously to the tree line, not inside the forest's boundaries, but close enough to see a distance into it. She didn't know what she was expecting - that a beast would come out and answer all her questions? - so she sat down on the grass, watching the forest and occasionally looking up at the sky, which was slowly darkening into twilight.

Jordan wasn't quite over the recent quidditch loss, he and the whole team had played brilliantly but to no avail. He stomped around in the darkening night, hoping that all of his frustrations would be released somehow. He was mostly annoyed with himself, he hadn't seen any of his friends for ages! Not one!
He himself hadn't heard anything from Team Wolf, but Jez, Nate or Pam could've and he didn't know! The Forbidden Forest seemed like an attracting destination for Jordan now, but as he approached the outskirts of the forest he noticed a familiar figure sat on the ground.
"You shouldn't be out here, not at this time of night" Jordan smiled as he sat down next to Jez.

Jez looked up as she heard someone coming towards her, fearing it might be a teacher or prefect. Instead she saw Jordan, and her face broke into a smile. "Right back at you," she said, shifting slightly as Jordan sat down, stretching her arms out behind her. "Long time no see. How've you been? Sorry about the Quidditch loss." She made an effort to keep the smirk off her face. Just because Ravenclaw had won didn't mean she could gloat about it. Leave that for a talk with Nate. "I saw you, you played great."

"PEETA! Get back here!" Logan yelled, running after the kitten who was heading towards the Forbidden Forest, chasing a little mouse. Ugh. Peeta needed to stop this whole obsession with hunting mice, it was driving Logan crazy! And now he had lost Peeta, somewhere in the forest. Logan growled, and walked along the outskirts of the forest, wondering if he should go in or not.

After a while, Logan finally decided he'd go in. He took a deep breath, and after pulling his sweatshirt more tightly around him for warmth, walked in. It was already getting spooky. And he wasn't even that far in. "Peeta!" he called quietly. He heard a little meow, and turned to see Peeta at his feet, a mouse in his mouth. "Ick! Peeta, get...get rid of that!" Logan hissed. Peeta dropped it and sat, staring at Logan. "You need to stop hunting mice, okay?" Logan said. Peeta just meowed. "Come on." Logan said, scooping him up and holding him close. "We have to get back to the castle. But let's go slowly and quietly, I don't want any creatures seeing us." Logan said, shuddering at the thought of that giant spider coming along.

Having his hut right on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest came in handy sometimes. Waylon could make sure that all the creatures of the forest stayed in the forest, and he could make sure all the students of Hogwarts stayed out of it. Honestly, there should be absolutely no reason, none at all as to why someone would want or need to go in there.

So, on his nightly walk around the edge of the forest, his puppy Biscuit had to go to the bathroom somewhere, he was very, VERY surprised when he saw a student waltz right inside of it. What did he think he was doing!? Honestly!

Giving Biscuit's leash a little tug in the forest's direction, Waylon pulled out his wand as he entered and lit the tip. Thankfully, he didn't have to go too far inside to find the boy. "There better be a very, very good reason why you are in here." And even then, Waylon may still take points away.

Jordan grinned at Jez, "Yes its been a while hasn't it?" he said, "I've thrown myself into my studies a bit, and then the quidditch and stuff." he smirked uneasily at the mention of the loss, noticing the slight grin on Jez's face but he smiled at the compliment, "Thanks, it was annoying we lost but oh well, life goes on... what have you been up to recently then?" he asked.

Logan froze, thinking some giant spider had found him, and was going to eat him. He turned around and threw his hands up, about to scream when he saw it was only...Waylon, was it? He didn't exactly know...but...oh well. Logan held Peeta a little tighter. "I-I-uh.." he stuttered, his face red. He cleared his throat. "Sorry. My kitten here," he said, nodding his head down to the kitten in his arms, "was chasing a m-mouse and he ended up running into th-the forest." Logan said, looking around and then back at Waylon. "I-I didn't want to go in after him...b-but I didn't want him getting hurt...so I...went in and got him..." Logan said, looking at the ground.

Jez was about to reply to Jordan when she noticed a commotion a little way away from them, in the forest. The caretaker guy and a Gryffindor first-year. Jez moved closer, able to catch the gist of the exchange. Kid, that's not how you get out of a tight corner. She straightened up and joined the group. "Logan!"she called, hoping she'd gotten the first-year's name right. She'd only heard it a few times in class, after all. "Where in Merlin's beard have you been?! I looked everywhere!" She turned to the groundskeeper. "Sorry," she said, her purple eyes managing to dim apologetically. "My" she sneaked a glance at Logan, realising that they didn't look at all alike by any stretch of the imagination, "cousin is a bit ... unusual." She leaned towards the man to whisper conspirotorially if a bit loudly. "He gets a bit confused," she said. "Loses time, gets places without really knowing how he got there. It's a darn shame really." Jez staightened, smiling at the groundskeeper. "So he can't really be held accountable for being here. Not if he had one of his episodes." She turned to Logan. "Do you think that's what happened?" Please, please play along ...

As Logan spoke with Waylon, he heard someone call his name. He turned his head to see a girl he didn't know quite well, but he had seen her around the school many times before. What was she talking about? Was she...oh! Logan got it now! She was trying to help him out of his little...situation or whatever. That was nice of her. Logan was about to smile, but chose that wouldn't be right.

Logan nodded. "Y-yes...that's probably what happened." he said, feeling Peeta start squirming in his arms impatiently. Logan set him down, making sure he was in his sight so that he didn't run off again.

Ah, so he had scared him, eh?

Waylon couldn't help but grin to himself. It served the kid right. Walking right into the Forbidden Forest, at nighttime no less! Surely the students of Hogwarts heard stories about what happened inside the forest at nighttime. Perhaps this particular one just needed a little reminder.

Lowering his lit wand just a little, he didn't want to blind the boy!, Waylon raised his eyebrows as he went on to explain why he was in the forest. His cat. His cat was chasing a mouse? And ended up in the forest. "What was your cat doing out of your dorm anyway?" Wasn't there a rule about pets staying in the dorms? Waylon would have to find out.

"And you do realize that my hut it right there, don't you? You could have come and got me."



Shaking his head, debating whether or not to take points away from the Gryffindor or not, Waylon's train of thought suddenly disappeared at the sight of, not one, but TWO other students. The one was not in the forest per se, but the girl.. What did she think she was doing!? Eyebrows raising even higher, the Groundskeeper glanced between the two kids and.. were they really trying to get over on him? Did they really think he was going to believe that excuse?

"First of all." he turned to the girl, "If it is true that he really is.. unusual as you say, losing time, getting to places without knowing, I would have known about it." So things like walking into the Forbidden Forest at nighttime didn't happen. "And second, he just told me what had happened. So really, you're not helping him out here." He turned to the boy and gave him a look. He was actually going along with the girl's story! Unbelievable.

"Now, if you don't want to be in detention for the rest of the school year," which really wasn't that long, but still.. "I suggest you three all get back into the castle. And I will know if you don't go." Now go, scram, kiddies.

Logan looked nervously around before back at Waylon. "Well...I don't know how he does it, but he keeps escaping out of the dorm and chasing mice!" he said. "He's been doing it for a long time now, and I want him to stop." he said, glancing at Peeta and then back at Waylon. He then nodded. "I'm sorry. You're right, I-I should of got you." He said, looking at the ground and then back up.

Logan frowned, feeling slightly stupid for telling two stories. Of course, Waylon wouldn't believe what...what she said. He nodded slowly. "Yes...sir.." he said, turning and holding Peeta a little closer as he walked back to the castle. "Stupid cat." he muttered under his breath.

Err.. right.

Scratching the back of his head with the tip of his wand, Waylon listened to the boy rattle on about how he didn't know how his cat escaped from the dorms. Of course, there were plenty of ways to stop that from happening. But he didn't think he really wanted to hear all about cat harnesses. It would probably upset him even more. For some odd reason. "If it's really that big of a problem, you should take him to Professor Williamson. He might know what to know." And Waylon would let him explain the cat harness option.

But, all that would have to wait until the morning. Hopefully his cat didn't escape again. Or if it did, hopefully the boy wouldn't go looking for him again. Lowering his wand, and putting out the tip's light, Waylon watched as all three kids made their way to the castle before making his way to his hut.