Lex grumbled all the way to the Trophy Room. She couldn't understand WHY she had to receive a detention at such an odd hour but apparently around here the Headmistress' word was law so there was nothing she could do about it!

Her eyes narrowed as she approached the room...it didn't look very fun in there from what she could see. "Felix...remind me to never listen to another grown woman who decides to sniff me." She said with a sigh and a glance down at the kneazle that was curled up in her arms. YES he had to come too because she grabbed him and smothered him in her arms he had been all persistent and want to come. The creature looked up at her, yawned then headed off to sleep. Great company, this one.

Entering the room she stood staring in awe at all the shiny trophies and plaques. "Oooo..." She drifted over to some especially shiny looking ones and began rubbing her finger along one of them. Though it probably wasn't possible, it felt shiny too.

Did all the others feel shiny too? There was only one way to find out. Lex went down the line touching just about every trophy that her hand could reach; the names weren't all that important so they were skipped over.

"You do realize that by touching all of those trophies, you've only just made more work for yourself?" the intimidating and smug voice of Anastasia Bunbury Truebridge came floating out from the row of shiny trophies just behind Alexa. The redhead's normal high heels were missing from her feet, for this evening she was simply wearing a pair of flats; all the better to sneak around the castle in, after all.

She carried a red bucket of cleaning supplies in one hand and her wand in the other. Once she was even with the first year, she offered it to her to hold instead.

"Your tools, Ms. Cambridge. I'll take your wand for the evening, thank you. Make certain every plaque, trophy, cup, medal, and whatever else you may find in here SHINES. I want to be able to see my reflection in them when you are done. Are we clear?"

"AHHHHHHHH!!"

Lex gripped Felix a little too tightly in her fright and the poor creature screeched before struggling out of her hold. Her breath caught in her throat for a minute when a voice came out of nowhere but she managed to compose herself when she realized it was only the Headmistress. Was scaring her really all that necessary?

And just what did she mean by making more work for herself. All she did was touch the trophies--such nice, shiny trophies. Turning at the presence of the woman she saw something very unwelcoming in her hands.

O___O

What would she do with those...? Her tools...? Alright, the 11 year old was officially not liking where this was going. She blinked up at the woman when she gave what might have been the most ridiculous instruction ever. Was she looking into the same room as Lex? There had to be like a million trophies in here! Merlin she didn't even know any cleaning spells that might have been able to help. No no, this wouldn't work. She opened her mouth to speak when the woman said she would take her...her--WHAAAAAT!!!!

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" She shrieked, throwing herself on her knees and gripping the woman's legs tightly. "Please--Please don't take my baby, we haven't been together all that long..he'll miss me..." She could feel her eyes tearing up and she took a moment to dry them with her sleeve. "Anything but the wand, anything--take Felix, he's not that good a company anyway." The kid was desperate.