Befelda felt the sincerity and concern of Belle to her the moment Annabelle wiped away the forming tears in her eyes. She felt a big sister in her. "Really? It's ok? I'm scared I might be punished for that. Thanks.", she firmly said, wiping the remaining tears on her eyes.

She remembered Belle talking about the Forbidden Forest and the Whomping Willow and showing her scarsWhoa, surely that Whomping Willow's a little clever huh? Perhaps I will keep distance from it if ever I pass by. but I want to explore the Forbidden Forest, and hunt some spiders! Haha! Does Forbidden forest have wolves too? Are they really scary? How about Unicorns? How big are they? I'd love to see one!", she said excitedly.

"Sorry, I ask too many questions at the same time. But talking about the classes, I'm looking forward to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. I always wanted to learn to cast spells and learning how to fly a broom! I'll ask my Dad to buy me one! I'm also looking forward to the Muggle Studies. As a pure-blood, I always wanted to know how muggles live their life without magic. Seemed interesting." , she said straightly without halt.

"I also love to learn how to brew potions. By the way, does potions smell bad? What's the most interesting potion of all that you have brewed so far?", she asked Annabelle.

Laura came flying down the stair and bumped into Professor Hadley. "Professor I was just coming to get you." Laura cried, she was really scared now, why was Alyssa so sad and what was she doing outside the window. "Professor. Alyssa....is....welll...she." Laura was really upset now. "Professor Alyssa...outside...window...climb..." Laura was really worried now. "Professor quick... follow me." Laura really was upset now, hopefully the Professor would follow her as she legged it back up the stairs.

Minerva was just sitting talking to Damon glad to be back and getting caught up on what had been going on when she saw Alyssa come running into the common room. She noticed she was crying, she hadn't gotten to speak to Alyssa yet since she had come back, but she didn't want to see any of her puff friends cry. "Alyssa are you okay, what's..." but before she could even get out the last word Alyssa was gone up to the dorm. Hmmm that was odd Minerva thought, but figured she would go check on her if she hadn't come back down by the time Minerva was done talking with Damon

After a few minutes she heard someone else coming into the common room and was shocked to see her head of house mother come into the common room. It wasn't often Hadley showed up in here. Sitting up a little straighter when she made eye contact with her Minerva gave her a small smile. She heard her calling for Alyssa and then got really worried, maybe Minerva should have went right up to see what was going on. Was she being a bad friend already. Then Professor Hadley spoke to them, "Oh thanks professor I'm really glad to be back. Ummm.... Yes Alyssa came through here just moments ago. She looked very upset and ran up to the dorm. I was actually going to go check on her once I was finished speaking with Damon." She hoped her friend was alright and not hurt or anything.

Before she could ask anymore questions things started getting a little more crazy when Laura came rushing from the girls dorm and went on about Alyssa. Minerva froze in her seat. What was Laura saying, Alyssa was outside on the window. Minerva couldn't help but get to her feet with worry at that moment, "Professor can I do anything to help?" she was now very very worried about her friend and was regretting not going after her sooner.

Belle answered one question at a time. She answered Befelda's question about the Forbidden forest. "Hmm well the forest does have unicorns. I have heard they are rarely seen in the day time but i have seen some in care of magical creatures class. You might take that class one day this year. I have seen a unicorn once, even a female and they are gorgeous." she assured her that her COM teacher might show her unicorns one lesson.
"Now about wolves, i do not know about that one. I never heard there were wolves in the forest. Maybe people have seen them and i do not know about them." she shrugged. "We can explore the forest and see spiders, i mean i am not that afraid of spiders." Belle smiled.
"Oh about classes, i already took the flying basics lesson with Professor Vector and it was amazing. It teaches you a lot. I highly recommend you take the class. I love DADA too, it is an nice class to learn how to defend yourself. I like learning new spells. Muggle studies is so much fun because the professor does fun muggle related activities like last semester, we watched muggle fairytale movies and one time we had a campfire." Belle said reminiscing the class days. "But i will help you out in the class if you need a friend." Belle assured her with a friendly smile.
When she mentioned potions, she had to remember which ones she brewed last year. "Hm i can not think of the name of the potions i brewed off the top of my head but i would advise to be cool around the professor. Do not make her angry and just follow the directions very carefully." Belle advised. "If you do follow the directions perfectly you can avoid your potion smelling bad. Trust me i did a mess up and i had to re do it all over again. It wasn't fun. I wish i had someone telling me this advice in my first year. So you are lucky to hear is first hand."

"Mine as well, as long as she doesn't turn on me and my friends," Damon chuckled, "And you make a good point, I don't think there's anyone out there like Puck." He sighed, "Nadea's not herself lately... It's like she's a completely different person. According to Chelle she's gone back to her old ways of thinking. And honestly it doesn't surprise me they want one... I mean, Dad always wanted a little girl, and Mom said she was fine with just me, and Chelle's actually the one who brought it up again." He shook his head, his family always was doing something new... Never a dull moment for any of them, "Growing up with them? That's something new to me... Seeing how Dad hasn't seen my grandmother since he was nineteen."

"I can see if I can scare him down here... or if anything," Damon stood for a second, accioing one of Grimalkin's favorite treats. No shocker the cat came running down the steps the moment Damon threw him one peice, "So take your pick of the two... Because Grim still has a thing about looking at puffs like their a snack." He smiled sitting back down, Grimalkin jumping onto his lap and digging his claws into Damon's leg, "Evil thing," Damon shook his head and handed Grimalkin the rest of the treat, "And I've actually started to like someone... Besides Taylor." He sighed, thinking about Ariana, "Someone who's actually surprised me with how nice she's been to me lately."

Pop!

Tinka appeared suddenly in the Hufflepuff Common Room, left hand holding a bottle of cleaner and right hand holding a rag. "Oh, Tinka like cleaning here. Tinka think these studentsies nice and clean." Fumbling for the rag, she set to work removing debris from the tables before beginning to polish them. "Studentsies need extra shiny tables. Studentsies have lotsa work to do here!"

Belle saw the house-elf and she thought she was adorable. "Hi Tinka! I am Annabelle, you are doing an amazing job cleaning." Belle said kindly.

It didn't take long before she discovered that Alyssa was indeed in the Dormitory. Nodding at Laura, she took a moment to offer a smile of gratitude to Minerva. "Just, don't panic. Right now, I think it's better if we don't crowd," Fina said, when Minerva offered to help.

With that, the Puff Head of House headed toward the Girl's Dormitory, in stride after Laura.


But not before she heard the pop of a house elf. Smiling at sight of the sweet elf, she took a moment to look over her shoulder and murmur "thank you," before turning back and heading up to the dormitory.

seeing the elf pop in and start to clean his books on the table Mikey lunges for his notebook " Hey it is cool i got this .If you are looking for somthing to clean, Can you give this a once over" tossing very small and worn golden cauldren onto the table top

Emmaleigh finished the last part of the journey to the common room by herself. Each and every step she took on her own practically killed her. Sure, she probably should’ve gone to see the healer, she knew the woman would be able to well, heal, it nearly instantly, but she was also fairly confident it would heal on its own. It would just take a little longer. The girl limped over to her usual seat, and lifted her right foot up on the ottoman in front of it. She knew she needed wrap her ankle in something better than her house tie, but she just couldn’t make it to the dorm room.

Minerva had waited for Professor Hadley's response and looked towards the girls dorm worried that something was very wrong. What was going, she wondered. Well at least they were low in the castle that out the window might not be a horrible thing, right? she tried to calm herself and not feel as guilty about not going straight after Alyssa when she saw her upset. THen Hadley said to not crowd and Minerva shook her head in agreement. "Okay professor I will stay here, but please if you need me yell or have someone come get and I'll be right there."

Minerva sat down and looked a few more seconds toward the dorm door before turning back to Damon and listening to him as he went on. She smiled as she saw the cat and laughed a bit as he jumped on Damon's lap. "Well I can just take turns with them is all. I love animals." placing the puff on one side of her to protect it from Grim she reached over and pet Grim's head. "Hey Grim you remember me? You will have to visit me when Damon is not being nice." she teased her friend.

Then her eyes got a little wide when Damon said about liking someone else. She never thought she would hear those words come out of his mouth. Her mind tried to search on who it could be. She didn't know him to know many people and then a person hit her mind, but he wouldn't like her would he. She tried to remember the name, oh that weird neighbor girl, Harmony was it. Could it be her. "Well then if it shocked you, I have to hear who it is... If you want to tell me." she smiled not wanting to push her friend into spilling if he didn't want to.

Seeing Em flop down in the spot he had seen her in thousands of times,Mikey pulls out his wand and with a slight flick a pillow drifts over to her and try's to ever so gently wedge it self under her foot, " What is it with you and gravity," looking to his wand then to her leg ,He takes in a small breath and start to move his wand as if he in conducting an orchestra during a very delicate violin solo, The sound barely slipping past his lips " Mobiliarbus" Watching her flying boots slowly unlace and remove them selves he whispers "Artico" As the tip of his wand goes icy blue,and her sock begins to frost. Biting his lip he flips flicks the wand and a slight pop from her ankle as the tendon resettles itself and the pain subsides he whispers " Ferula" as the bandages wrap her ankle " that should sort you out"

Befelda was agitated as she listens to the Prefect's stories.

"Wow! I'd love to see a Unicorn now! I wish we could make them as our pet. Hmm...I wonder if that's allowed. I wish I could care for one aside from my kitten Fluffy. Oh, which reminds me, I haven't seen my kitten since I walked into the Common Room. I've been looking all over for her. Have you seen her? Her color's brown, like a tiger. Her name's Fluffy, cause she's so fluffy.", she added, still wandering her eyes inside the Common Room searching for the kitten.

"Oh well, I think she's got a little excited too exploring the school grounds. Perhaps, she's met new friends as well.", she added smiling.

"Sorry, where are we now?". forgetting what the topics they were discussing the whole time. "Oh, muggles! Right! You know I have a muggle friend before. He died due to some sort of illness. He was so kind and thoughtful. If ever he's still alive, maybe he'll be here at Hogwarts too."

"Anyways, may I ask what was that you are sketching? Very nice indeed."

Befelda was surprised when suddenly a house elf just appeared in front of her, holding cleaning materials and started cleaning the tables.

"Hey! A cleaning house elf! What's your name? I'm Befelda. You're doing a great job by the way.", she said to the house-elf.

Em looked up as a pillow tried to force its way under her foot. Lifting her foot just a little, it and it slid underneath. "Hey, this one wasn't my fault." Had he not seen that fool scare her off her broom, when she was having a hard enough time staying on it to begin with. Watching as Michael magically removed her makeshift wrap, and even the boot from her uninjured foot. The frosty sock caused her to shiver, but she was glad she didn't have to worry about getting ice any more. She settled back into her chair, and was just going to let it rest when suddenly there was a pop, and a jolt of pain. Not even realizing the pain had ceased, she turned angrily to the boy. "Thanks for the warning." she said sharply. She was angry with him for performing a spell on her with out asking, but she was also frustrated and worn out from the events of the day. Flying had been stressful enough without her getting hurt.

When Befeleda mentioned her cat, Belle can't recall seeing her. "Oh no i am sorry i haven't seen a cat but i will keep my eye for your cat." she said. "I am sure she is having fun exploring the grounds, i mean i have a pet owl Charlene you can meet sometime but she is sending a letter to my mom right now, so maybe in a few days you can come to the Owlery with me." Belle suggested. When Befeleda mentioned the sketch, Belle was surprised she was finished with it. "Oh this sketch, well i am sketching the common room to show my mom what it looks like, being i am the first hufflepuff of my family. My mom was a gryffindor when she went to school."

Seeing her temper flair " If I told you what I was gunna do you would have tensed up and it would been out of alignment by at least 2 cm" Putting his wand away and tossing her a lemon drop " Read a paper done by an old Headmaster that swore by these things .Said they were a cure all. fix any thing from boils to jelly spine I think it helps the healer keep the injured guys mouth busy so they don't snap at you" Wrinkling his nose and thinking to him self he should have given Em the candy first,Nodding toward her foot " How is it feeling now... And why didnt you use Impedimenta ,,,Are you getting slow in your old age? " Giving her one of his smirks .

Moving his hand quickly to the left side of his face then pretending to spike his hair back up.He moves with a slight limp in his right leg to sit next to her on the arm of the over stuffed chair,Leaning in to give her a light kiss on top of her head he whispers " I am sorry should have warned you bought the spell"

Damon faked a scoff, "Me? Not nice?" He still shook his head, Grimalkin purring the minute Min pet him, "The cat is demented! He just isn't when you and Taylor are around it seems."

"I have no problem telling you... Why would I bring it up if I did?" He smiled at her, "And you..." He fought a chuckle, "Let's just say it's someone I never thought I'd be able to stand being in the same room as... She started out a bit of a brat... but that all changed when Taylor and I broke up, she actually was there. Trying to help cheer me up, get my mind off of her and you being gone..." He shook his head, "It's Ariana," He looked at her, his look showing that he was being completely serious.

Minerva laughed and rolled her eyes a bit, "Oh Grimalkin you are not evil and you are just the sweetest kitty there ever was." Minerva talked to the cat smiling as she pet him. Then looking at Damon she laughed, "Oh I just can't believe that. He is to nice to be demented." she brushed off his comments laughing.

Minerva then waited to hear who it was that Damon liked. She had put Harmony in her head. That neighbor of his finally got to him it seemed, but then Damon said she was there for the break up. The break up wasn't until they got back here, right? Then it couldn't be his neighbor she didn't go to Hogwarts. Well maybe it was someone knew that she didn't meet yet. Which that was odd since he didn't talk to many people. Then Minerva had the shock of her life, her mouth flew open and she just looked at him. He had to be kiddnig, Ariana. No not Ariana, they never liked each other. "Ariana, as in my friend Ariana, as in slytherin Ariana, Maxwell's best friend?"

"Min, he's the reason there are scratches down the side of my arms and legs!" Damon shook his head as the cat just purred even more, "You need to stop being an actor you little devil," Damon shook his head.

Damon nodded, "Yes, Ariana Quinn Logan," Damon looked at her and couldn't fight a laugh at her surprise, "She was there when Taylor and I ended things and she's actually started to be... nice. She's been there to help or everytime Taylor put me back into a new low she was there to pick me back up again... She doesn't know obviously, because we just started talking and being friendly and I don't want to ruin it by seeming like a love sick puppy or something like that."

Minerva just looked at him still in shock, but then couldn't help the laugh that came from her mouth. "I'm sorry, but the picture of you two being nice to each other in my head is just a bit on the funny side." she felt bad for laughing, but all those times they were mean to each other. Last term didn't Ariana make his teeth grow? She was so confused, but at the same time amused and curious to say the least. "Man you and Maxwell just like to keep switching girls don't you." she joked hoping he wouldn't get mad at her.

Then she tried to get serious, "Well Damon, if you like her then I think it's great. It will be so weird and awkward, but I think you should go for it if you think it might work out, but I don't know how Taylor is going to feel over all of this. She might feel really hurt. We got to start learning to date outside of our group of friends.. All of us." It seemed like they all had dated the other since the end of second term. Enough was enough, and Minerva decided right then she wasn't going through that again. Plus she was going to focus on more important things for the time being.

Damon laughed, "Believe me I didn't think it was possible either, and I've asked her multiple times why she's being nice to me, and now she just says 'I've learned that I need to appreciate the small things in life' and I guess that includes being nicer to everyone." He smiled until her last sentence, he wasn't so much mad as he was just a little annoyed, "You know, he said the same thing when I told him and Taylor about it," He sighed, "'It's strange how our taste seem so similar'..." Damon rolled his eyes, "He annoyed the crap out of me with that one,"

"I know she doesn't feel the same way, Min... I mean, Ariana and I dating... That sounds crazy, even to me." He couldn't manage a smile though as he continued, "And my group of friends begins and ends with you four, so that's not very likely."

“That still doesn’t mean you can go around doing magic on me without asking me first.” Yeah, she knew he was studying a lot of healing spells, and she trusted him, but Em wasn’t entirely comfortable being his guinea pig. “You didn’t even examine it. It could have been broken and you could have made it worse.” She caught the lemon drop, and stashed it in her cheek like a hamster, and listened to what he said about them. Though, with is comment about snapping, she wished she hadn’t already put it in her mouth. She would have thrown it at his head if it wasn’t all sticky now.

She wiggled her toes a bit, and even moved her ankle around some. “Much better.” She said before hearing his next comment. “Sorry, I was trying stay on that stupid broom. Why didn’t you do anything?” she asked angrily. She had put herself out of her comfort zone, and had ended up getting hurt because of some idiot. Em leaned her head back against the chair and closed her eyes. She just wanted to rest, and to forget about all the stress and worry she had felt out on the pitch. If she tried flying again she would make sure no reckless kids were around first.

Feeling someone on arm of the chair, looked up, and was unsurprised to see Michael sitting there. When the boy kissed her forehead, she dug her fingernails into the arm of the chair. She always felt a bit uncomfortable when he did that. “I, uh, Sorry for yelling.” She said softly whipping at her eye.

Reaching up and popping the contact out of his left eye ,He shows her the swirling black and white pattern on it " It is called Zorskies magical medical eye .You use it by rotating it .If I was to turn it to the right I can see if you are bleeding any place .Further to the right I can see infection ,Back to the left it shows me bones and tendons" Replacing it and giving her a half smirk " I don't take chances any more Em, As for saving you ,I thought you just said I should not do spells on you with out asking" Rasing his eyebrows just a bit he barley sticks his tounge out at her

Seeing that his close proximity to her was causing her to go a light shade of pink. Pulling out a handkerchief stands up hands it to her and moves to a chair across from her,popping a lemon drop in his mouth he looks around to see if any others are listening in, " Hey I not sorry bout the kiss,You are still very dear to me and I know I am to you " pointing to charms that He, Britt, and Em had exchanged their first yr ,Lifting his robe so she could see his lil charm tugging at its chain trying to move further up his boot. " Em we will be best friends for ever ,I will kiss you on your wedding day and any day that I get a notion too, You think you would be use to it by now, your the sister I never had ," Giving her a smile and placing his right foot gently on the pillow next to hers

"Yeah, maybe Fluffy got carried away and overwhelmed with the whole school.", she said quickly. "I'd love to meet Charlene one of these days. I'll introduce her to Fluffy." , she said.

When Belle mentioned that the sketch was the Common Room, Befelda took a second glimpse of it, and smiled, "Oh yeah! It's the common room. Fantastic! You must put that in a frame and give it to your Mom!", she quipped. "Really?! You're the first Hufflepuff in your family? We have something in common! My Dad was a Gryffindor too and I'm the first Hufflepuff. Hmm...what a co-incidence. Well, I guess all of us have different personalities and interests that all houses are searching for.", Befelda said. She thinks that each student has a personality that can be found by all houses at the same time.

"Oh, well. I hope I'm not giving you any hard time with your work. I'm not wasting anymore of your time. I've been so loquacious.", Befelda said, with a little smile.

Red flushed the elf's cheeks. "Oh, thank you Misus Annabelle! Tinka love cleaning here, Tinka love friendly studentsies!" She stood a bit straighter in proud. "Can Tinka do anything for miss?"



Tinka's smile broadened. "Professor Hadley! Tinka surprised to see you here, Missus!" Tinka love her, she always so nice, so fair! A single tear leaked from the elf's right eye. "Oh, Miss is most welcome! Professor should let Tinka know if she need anything!"



Ears perking up, Tinka turned to face this new studentsie. "Tinka! Tinka not cleaning elf, Tinka like to whisk things! Tinka like working in kitchen!" But her ears perked up and she grinned. "Oh, Missus Befelda is so great, so kind!"



Tinka clean the study tables, yes Tinka clean them shiny and clean. Tinka think-- "Ahh! Tinka attacked, Tinka attacked!" She sprawled on the floor. "Tinka no take your notes, sir. Tinka just clean around them!" she nodded fervently. But her panic vanished almost immediately. "Sir needs something cleaned? Tinka good at cleaning cauldrons!"