Merlin's BEARD, it was cold!

Maddie slipped into the arena and shivered slightly, surprised to see she was the first one here. There was something eerie about being in the space all alone and the first year couldn't help but look over her shoulder, debating on whether or not she should wait in the hall for some others to arrive. But no, what would the others think of her if she waited out THERE? They'd probably say she was a baby or that she was AFRAID which she WASN'T! NOPE. So INSTEAD of going back into the hall, she casually took her wand out of its holster and wandered over to a purple mat in the center of the room. After dropping her bag to the floor, she took a seat and looked anxiously at the Professor's empty mat. Where WAS she, anyway?

...NOT that Maddie was afraid. She WASN'T. Except now all she could think about was Cold Ones and she didn't have any flaming arrows on her at the moment, see? So yeah.


...Yeah.

Shivering, Lux made her way into the arena. Defence Against the Dark Arts always excited her, but the freezing temperatures did not make her happy. Her teeth were always chattering these days, and the spell that Professor Bentley had taught them was now among her favourites.

Smiling, she looked for Professor Romanos. Where was she? That was a little sad but hopefully the wait wouldn't be very long. Dropping her bag on the floor, Lux took a seat. Time to wait for her friends and boyfriend to arrive. Wand in hand she said, "Ventus." Aaah, that was much better.

Chattering is all Mackenzie could hear and the sound was coming from her own teeth. This cold was ridiculous, she had two pairs of gloves, socks, and her thickest cloak. She entered the arena and looked around the place was still pretty empty and she quickly found somewhere to sit.

Pulling her knees into her chest, she cuddled and tried hardest to get warm, enough to stop the chattering at least.

She blinked slowly as she waited on everyone else.

It was never a nice and warm year at Hogwarts. It was always something mysterious going on and it being cold. Either from Dementors or something else. Nigel hated the cold. He wished he lived somewhere warm year around and never had to worry about it going below 21 degrees Celsius. That would be perfect.

Well Romanos was not here yet. So Nigel just walked in a flopped on a purple mat.

Maybe some starfishing was in order. It has been a while.

Deciding not to wear one of Adi's jackets was kind of a mistake considering that hers wasn't quite as warm, but she had reasons. She was not going to let that enter her train of thoughts... nope.

As she walked into the classroom she noticed that she was one of the first ones there, and this NEVER happened. She was just about to open her mouth to say hello to the professor when she realized that she wasn't even there. Hmmm...

She plopped down at the nearest purple mat and wondered if they would be learning some cool spells today. AJ would like to have some more spells under her belt.

Kyroh liked winter. He even thought of it as his favourite season. With that being said, this winter was QUICKLY changing his opinion. It was too cold for the first year. Far too cold. It wasn't always this cold right? He wasn't just imagining things was he?

Kyroh stepped into the arena and instantly regretted leaving his cloak back in the dorm. It was as if on cue his teeth started chattering. Sure he had on two pairs of shirts, and his school uniform sweater on top of it, but it felt like the air was just blowing through the layers. Looking around the classroom he gave wave to Nigel before plopping down beside Maddie. "H-H-hi B-b-b-b-b-b." Was just hi good enough? "Hi!" Eyes falling on the mat in front of him Kyroh grabbed it and wrapped it around his shoulders like a blanket. BETTER.

It seemed like even when you were inside, you couldn't entirely escape this cold. It was kinda annoying having to wear a lot of layers even indoors. Warming spells didn't always seem to help either, though maybe that was just her. She needed to make them last longer.

Yet another thing to study later. Meh.

But now it was time for a lesson, so Penelope headed to the arena as usual for DADA, and apparently she was sorta early-ish. Only a few other students were there, and the professor wasn't. Merlin. She could've taken her time getting here after all.

Well...a little extra time to study? Meh. MEH again. But it would be better than sitting in silence like the others seemed to, so the Gryffindor took a seat on one of the mats and pulled out her textbook to look through.

She would be so glad when NEWTs were over.

Cris made his way into the Dueling Arena and looked around wondering where Professor Romanos was. He pulled his cloaks...yes two of them...around him, trying to keep the cold out. Don't get him wrong. He liked the cold but seriously, this biting cold was getting old really fast.

He made his way over to one of the purple mats and sat down. He hoped that there would be some practical practices today. That should hopefully keep him warm.

Simon shivered as he entered the room and gazed at the ice covered windows. Yikes, soon the whole school would be enveloped in a nice layer of ice at this rate. Seriously. What was up with almost every room in this school being chilly? He was not enjoying the winter one bit. Sure, the seeing the snow fall and playing in the snow had been fun at first, but after playing outside for a long time, the cold became annoying.

He glanced about the room, looking for the Professor, but the Professor was not in sight. Huh, okay. She was probably running late or something. Or perhaps she was alreayd in the room. He eyed his surroundings carefully. He wasn't the first person in the class- thank Merlin.

Pulling out his wand, he quietly cast the Hot Air Charm, "Ventus," he whispered and then made his way over to the seating area. Glancing around, he looked for anyone he knew. He saw a couple familiar faces, but no one that he knew really well so he took a seat in one of the chairs and unpacked his books.

As Kace made his way into the classroom, he noticed how cold it was. He snuggled his scarf closer to his neck. He was glad he brought his gloves because his fingers did get cold. Maybe it was he had poor blood circulation? Yeah could be that. As he walked in the front of the room, he noticed the professor was not here. He shrugged and saw Lux. He smiled and waved at his fellow puff. "Hey Lux, are the others here yet?"

It was cold. Adi knew that but he was way lost in his own thoughts to notice the extreme to which the temperature was. A million stuff was going through his head. Frustrated, he impatiently ran his hand through his hair making it more messy than usual. At least he had a lesson that would keep him distracted. Hopefully.

"Hello, Pro-'' he started automatically the moment he stepped into the Arena But Romanos wasn't there. Shrugging, he turned to go find a mat noting only a few students had turned up so far. "Hey, Lux, Cris, Kace!'' Adi called and waved to his fellow Puffers.

And there was AJ. Adi gave her a smile but decided to sit not so close to her. Nope. He didn't want to deal with awkward right now. So, he selected a mat at a safe distance.

Noel was all wrapped up and taking no chances. He hated the cold. So yeah.

Stuffed inside a thick cloak, the twelve year old made his way into the arena and found himself a spot to sit. Pulling the cloak tighter around himself, the boy yawned. The place was still empty, the professor wasn't even there - he could most probably take a nap. Yeah.

Freezing cold temperatures outside in the snowy winter scenes were somewhat expected. Even the dungeons were known to have a nip in the air, especially during this time of year. And the stone walls of the castle didn't help the cold everywhere else. But a first floor classroom...with the windows closed tightly and fires blazing...making you want to be bundled up like a session in the greenhouses in winter? Now that was a new one.

"Brrr..." Benny said with a shiver as he entered the DADA classroom. Maybe he wouldn't be minding whatever activity they had today. At least it would make him warmer...hopefully. "Hey..." he greeted as he plopped down on the mat beside Adi.

He was annoyed. Why?

The cold. The COLD.

Grayson tried his hardest not to scowl as he wrapped his robes tighter to his body and walked along the first floor corridor. It was so freaking annoying, that's what it was. Stupid cold and snow. He didn't WANT to go around bundled up in so many layers that he started waddling around like a penguin. No thank you. And it wasn't as if he could suddenly escape the thing even with all these layers on. It was practically impossible. He could FEEL it, especially whenever he took deep breaths that made his insides feel cold as well.

Besides, how was he meant to participate in Defence, his potentially tied favourite subject, if he was going to turn into an icicle? HMMMMM?

Entering the arena, the fourteen year old mustered up some energy to talk to the Professor who..................

............... wasn't there. Brilliant. No really. This meant that he could talk to no one. Save the energy or whatever.

Heading towards a purple mat near the front of the room, the Slytheon sat down, letting his bag fall to the side. It was only as he was sitting down and had the chance to look around the arena that he noticed the icy looking windows. And the braziers too. Good that they were there, really. And looking at the windows was only making him feel colder sooooo, he turned his attention back to the front. AND took out his supplies. Uh huh. Important, those were.

And where was Romanos?

Why was it still so cold? Cutty didn't recall it being quite this cold last year. Maybe his bored mind, brought on by the lack of mischief he'd been experiencing, was focusing all it's energy on the temperature. Or maybe it was just one of those odd years that happened to experience a greater chill than before. That happened sometimes, didn't it? Professor Flamsteed would probably know. Which reminded the boy that he had a delivery for the stardust wizard. For now, though Romanos would have his attention. The small snake gravitated toward one of the floating flaming objects and stood near to it shivering and rubbing the side of his arms in an attempt to warm up.

He didn't seem to care who noticed.

The cold was getting to the Gryffindor. How was it still so cold when they were looking to head into February? Sure the cold was still sorta expected but being this cold at all was ridiculous. It wasn't getting warmer compared to earlier months, it was getting WORSE. Who was in charge of climate control around here and how much longer were they planning to let them suffer through this?

"G'morning Profe--"

No Professor then? Weeeeeird. Lex could only hope she'd be late allowing them to stumble upon some illusion!Cold Ones. She was ready for this, totally. Last class had been informative enough and they had those floating firepits in case they couldn't proper remember to cast incendio.

For a prolonged moment, Lex let herself believe this was the case, because taking her usually seat on the rug with the small to wait for whatever would actually happen.

It was cold. Like seriously seriously cold, even indoors and in a room that was heated. And... that was kind of weird, wasn't it? Even for January weather. Mo dropped his bag on a mat behind Maddie and Kyroh and took a seat.

Brrr, though. It was really way too cold for sitting on the ground and waiting for the professor to show up. Could he cast a heating charm on his bum, since it was only a thin mat away from the cold stone floor?

Zander walked into the room... shivering? WHY. Why is it so cold? W-H-Y??? If this is some sort of way to prepare for another outdoor lesson, then this is not going to happen. He'll walk out right now. Hear that Romanos? Outdoor lessons are not okay. No matter what the other Hogwart's Professors seem to think. THEY HAVE ALL GONE NUTSO, OKAY?! Do not. Do not, be one of them.

Ugh. Speaking of Romanos? Where was she....? Zander looked around for a bit, but then decided that he'd just go sit down. The Gryffindor spotted floating lit iron thingies going on in the corners. AHA! Perfect! So instead of grabbing a seat, Zander walked over to one of those things! And it looked like he wasn't the only one with that idea because one of the other Slytherin's-- Simon's friend who he had briefly met during the fire pit building thing... Cutty was it?-- had the same thought. Zander walked up right next to the Slytherin and held his hands out in front of the floating thingy. "So c-c-cold," but the iron floating thingies where kind of helping now...?

Had Hogwarts never heard of a little thing that Americans liked to call INSULATION?! Or heating systems, for that matter? Layla was even ready to risk asbestos exposure from idiot wizards doing it wrong if it meant that she'd finally be able to run around without a coat indoors again.

Alas, this wasn't the case right now, so all she could do was wrap her coat tighter around her as she stepped into DADA. A greeting was on the tip of her tongue, but the professor wasn't in the room. So, she just picked a spot, cast a warming charm on the mat and sat, glaring at the ice on the windows.

Stupid, ridiculous winter.

It was cold!!! Arista had to admit it normally she was fine with the cold but the way it had been for the past couple days, weeks even she felt as if she was going to turn into an ice cube. She stopped when she reached the room, wait the Professor wasn't even here? Could she go back to bed now!?

IT WAS WAY TO COLD TO BE SITTING ON THE GROUND!!! But she would do it anyways sitting down she felt a chill run up her spine she should have brought a blanket she grabbed the purple mat from underneath her bottom and wrapped it around her yes that was better...

It was freezing cold. Leah walked into the arena, wearing her cloak. The freezing temperatures were confusing her now. It was not as cold in the past years, why now? She looked around the arena. Fortunately class had not started yet but students were already gathered.

Smiling at people she knew and waving at them with her numb fingers, she looked for the professor. She was not here yet. Leah put down her bag on the floor and sat down next to Adi. "Hi Adi." she said, rubbing her hands together to keep warm.

Damian had had enough of this excruciatingly cold weather; he wouldn't think about it, talk about it, or even acknowledge how very cold he was even under several layers of clothing. Coupled with the lonesome — his list of friends was still empty! — the cold was almost unbearable. Cold, sick, sad, and lonely, Damian half-heartedly dragged his feet to the Arena for a lesson in Defence Against the Dark Arts.

The last class was a giant blur, and he suspected it wouldn't be any different today either. Shoulders slumped, the strap of his bag in his hand as he hauled it behind him, a new burst of cold hit him in the face upon entering. So warm, so warm, He mumbled under his breath, keeping his gaze low; the last thing he wanted was his potential friends to witness his red-rimmed eyes from crying.

Mat or stool? Eh. The slytherin made his way over to an empty purple mat and collapsed on it, and curled into a ball. I wanna go home! He screamed in his head, sneezing loudly, and the echo enveloped the whole classroom. Great!

Kevin had debated not going to class today. He hadn't been feeling really well lately as he was coughing and sneezing loudly all over the school. But being in bed all day wasn't the Gryffindor's style either. Being sick wasn't going to let him down. So this was why the second year with a red nose, red cheeks and sweating a little bit had sneezed his way in to the class. Yes sneezed for the moment he had entered the room, Kevin had sneezed loudly as a form of greeting.

He shivered at the cold and looked at the setting of the classroom. Mats and stools... The Gryffindor made his way over to one of the free stools and sat down. Coughing in his tissue he held in his hand. Maybe he could get the Professor sick as well and they could have some free time? Heh

The old was starting to get irritating. Lily had been tempted to see if she could use a heating charm to write on the icy windows of her dorm, she was so bored with it all. The only thing that had stopped her was knowing that if she’d done the charm wrong or wasn’t careful, she could inadvertently break the window and then be even colder. That wouldn’t be good either, so she’d restricted her use of the charm to only using it on herself, along with remembering to wear sweaters and lots of layers. Otherwise, she would have probably just stayed in bed all day long, considering she could still study in bed. She could even still play her guitar in bed. Instead, however, she’d convinced herself to head to class, and slipped inside hoping that the arena was somehow warmer. Unfortunately, it wasn’t, even given the brightly lit braziers in the corners of the room and the tightly shut windows. Even the windows here were looking icy, and she’d thought about asking Professor Romanos if they could duplicate the braziers to warm things up more until she’d glanced toward where the woman was usually seated waiting for everyone to arrive and greet her to find an empty mat.

Okay then, she thought, making her way to an open mat near Lux and sitting down, giving her little Puff friend a smile. No professor was always curious, but she also knew it usually meant something. She just hoped that whatever that something was didn’t turn out to be that the professor had found some actual Cold Ones for them to battle. Things were already cold enough inside the castle. They didn’t need to add even more to the mix. At this point, she would have traded lessons for being back in Peru, even with the trolls and zombies. They would have been warm.