What.

How had this happened? One minute Bruce is KING OF SNOW MOUNTAIN, ready to sign some autographs maybe, definitely peg a Slytherin or two with a snowball - and NOW HE HAD MARITAL PROBLEMS, A YETI BABY, AND 99 PROBLEMS!

AND THE SLYTHERIN WAS ONE.

BRUCE BIT THAT HAND. RAWR. STUPID ZELDA PUTTING HER HAND IN A YETI'S MOUTH? In fact, Bruce bit (and Zahra held on! RAWRRR!). MOUTH KARATE INITIATED!

She shook his hand, like a dog with a bone, before letting it go to TELL HER WHAT BRUCE THOUGHT!

"GO HOME TO YOUR MOMMA, UGLY YETI. YOU'RE CRAMPING MY YETI STYLE!" And even though Bruce AND Zahra were fairly fond of Professor Snaps-A-Lot? NO ROOM FOR BABY YETI's EITHER. "BRUCE EATS BABY YETI'S FOR BREAKFAST. GO AWAY. SHOO. SHOO. YOU SMELL LIKE A MOOSE. EW. SHOO. BYE. BRUCE SAYS BYE."

"Nope, you should give it your best shot." He had better come with his A game too if he wanted results. She was really excited to get going on his makeover. Different thoughts on how she could make this work were zooming around in her brain.

Did Angel fall asleep on them? Earth to Angel. AJ rummaged in the stuff that she brought with her and an idea hit her. "Angel, can you sort out these feathers? We should cover Adi all over with him, except for his face." AJ was going to handle that part.

What? No way Adi was going to get out of this. "You could never embarrass us." He was cool with the singing, but he needed convincing on the dancing front. "Please will you dance too, Adi?" Pretty please, with a cherry on top!

As she waited for his response, AJ decided to get started on his face. He needed to look convincing. Putting down the black marker, she replaced it with a silver one. "Okay, hold still." She held his face steady by placing her thumb on his cheek, and the rest of her fingers underneath his chin. She moved in close and with a determined look on her face she started to color in his forehead nose and chin. She had to make him look wicked, and she paused for a moment, still holding his cheek, to see what else she needed to do.

Kace heard the professor explaining the history of the yeti and was intrigued and was glad he could offer some details about it. As he was copying notes from the lecture, he heard they were going onto the activity portion! That was awesome! He loved the idea of doing something hands on. He wasn't much of a note taker. But they needed to join a group? Now that seemed daunting. He looked around to see which group he could join in?

He…or rather Zelda was being a good momma to their child, and what about Bruce? He’s being a baaaaaad daddy-o. Hmm. Maybe that’s how male yetis are? They leave their partners and children behind, then continue to be loners? What a sad, ugly life yetis have.

Then…BITING HAPPENED.

“GRRRRRRRYeeeooowwwccccchhhhahahahahaha…ouchouchouchahahahaha!” Ethan shook his hand as Bruce…or Zahra, (he can’t tell anymore) let go of his hand. It’s still intact, but there are bite marks right there. Moving on, as if the bites were nothing. “GRAARRRRRRRRR!!! WHO YE CALLING UGLY?! GRRRRRR. At least I got curls and braids and ribbons!” ZELDA called out angrily. How dare BRUCE call HER ugly? Though he got those curling services for free from a fellow female yeti, SHE still looked FANTABULOUS.

And yes, bad daddy yeti right there. “GRRRRAARRRRRRRR…YOU’RE TOO CRANKY. YOU NEED TO RELAX! Grrrrrr……………you want me to braid your whiskers?”

Feathers? He was going to look like a chicken, wasn't he? Or maybe a it's better to think of himself being a Hippogriff. A Hippogriff sounded better. Adi pretended to sulk about the dancing. "Exactly what would this dance be like?'' he asked.

Hold still? How could he hold still when she was that close to him? and then her fingers were on his cheek and under his chin. Adi shifted his face a bit to the left. He also found himself glancing down at her preetily shaped lips. Uh oh. What was going on with him?! AJ hadn't seen him look, right? RIGHT?! Hastily the third year shifted his gaze away to...anywhere but her. Which was kind of difficult seeing as she was inches from his face.

Just as he had unwillingly agreed to be Sophie's "boyfriend" for the day, Simon had stepped in and volunteered too? O__O What was going on with the world?! He was beyond confused. Mostly because he was still freaking out about what he said to focus too much on what Simon was saying. Or on what Sophie started to go on about. Wait a minute. So who was the boyfriend?? Because Sophie hadn't exactly confirmed and he was not going to fight with his bestest mate anytime soon. Brocode and stuff. Right?

Anyways... If he was playing the role of a boyfriend he'd need to cool it. Breathe Zander, breathe. But wait, if the three of them were unsuspecting hikers then...."Uh, who's gonna be the yeti?" And as for the scripting bit.. That seemed like SO much work. And it looked like Ethan and the devil child Zahra were jumping straight in, so they could too right? Shouldn't be that bad. "I say we just, uh, improve it... You know? It'd be lots more fun."

Jasmine was glad to working with Lux and her enthusiasm made it seem like the activity could actually be fun. "Of course you can be the Yeti and I can be the mean Yeti part hunter", she said to Lux.

Oh this was going to be funny. Jasmine could see it already. "So you are the nice friendly Yeti who goes berserk when the greedy human threatens her and her family. Since the Yeti is supposed to be very tall, maybe I should be on my knees. We have to make you look scary though. Do you think we should check out the craft box?" They definitely had to make it clear that the Yeti was pretty calm and nice until provoked.

She was in mid snap, MID SNAP, when she felt someone take her arm. Children? Dada? Cassie looked up at Ethan and then started to have a fit of giggles. Was she to be the baby? Oh this was fun. "OHMYGOSH!!!" she squealed with excitement and clapped before snapping. "I mean" She had to get into character, right? RIGHT?

In a squeakier voice than she already carried Cassie tried to sound babish, "Bad Dada, bad. Rawr" Baby Rawr sounds were super fun! Her green eyes widened when she saw Zhara put Ethan's hand in her mouth and she gasped dramatically. "Whaaaa Rawr Whaa Rawr, No bite mamma"

Taking her hands and putting them up like she was clawing at Bruce to stop hurting Zelda. "Eat baby? Rawr rawr no rawr rawr dada love baby Yeti"

This was soooo super fun!

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This would be another one of those acting classes. Lex was starting to see the trend. Going through the list she already mentally crossed off anything that simply would NOT work, dance being among those things. Of course she'd need a group or just a partner to get this all done with....that was it, wasn't it? The most important part of the planning--unless she could find a way of working on her own but that would have been more trouble than it was worth so....

"I need a people!" Lex declared, scribbling down various ideas from the board. A few of them weren't half bad and didn't require that much to make magic with them.

Now then, where were any people? Just because working along was more appealing didn't necessarily mean she WANTED to in this instant and would she need props? That would depend. Was this even a skit. She didn't know yet.

The Gryffindor began scanning the class for anyone that hadn't already been snagged. Quite a limited bunch.

AH! Someone needed a partner! Caleb looked for the owner of the voice and saw Prefect Lex looking around nearby. Fantastic, she was smart and creative, they could totally make an awesome final project skit thing whatever.

"Lex! Over here!" he called with a grin. Alright, they had a group of two now!

Wow. Zander had volunteered. Simon patted him on the back as he was thankful that his mate had done such a thing. "Alright, Zander's the boyfriend," said Simon with a smirk as he stepped out of the role into the cool friend who secretly had a crush on the girl but didn't want to break the bro-code. Hehe. Success! Now Grayson wouldn't kill him in his sleep.

"We could pretend that we were geo-caching. It's basically hunting for treasure," suggested Simon, providing a reason for their adventures. There always HAD to be a reason, right? Who was going to be the Yeti? Simon smirked as an idea popped into his head. "Well there are three yetis over there so why don't we go pay them a visit?" he said, jerking his thumb towards crazy Gryffindor girl, Ethan, and Professor Morgan. Then he nodded in agreement with both of them. "Let's just make up stuff as we go?

Improv time.

He too a breath and got into character. He pretended to hold a little device in his hands, reading the direction. A smile broke across his face. Social Simon who loved to be outside. Yeah, that was the EXACT opposite to him at the moment. "Hey lovebirds! Keep moving. We're almost at the site. It says we have to keep on going for six hundred metres or so and then we'll find the treasure!" he exclaimed as he waved for Zander and Sophie to join him. Oof. This mountain was steep. He really bent his knees as if he was climbing through deep snow to get up it.

Oh, wonderful! All her creative little minds got right to work, Nessa knew she wouldn't be disappointed. She was rather excited to see and hear all the ideas being tossed out and she started walking around through the room to see if anyone needed any assistance or had any questions. And also to catch a glimpse of what they would be presenting.. though she did want them to be something of a surprise as well.

She first happened upon a crafting scene being worked on by a pair of inventive Ravenclaws. She marveled at their work for a moment, hanging back as to not disrupt them too much. "Ohhh, is that a baby Yeti? How precious!" That was sure to be a touching scene, but she backed away so as to not give too much of it away for her just yet. She wanted the full impact of their presentation.

She wandered around some more, mhming and nodding approvingly as she heard wonderfully imaginative ideas. Oh this was going to be so exciting at the end of the class! She looked over to Cassie to see how she was enjoying herself so far, when she caught sight of two students rather loudly getting into character. Zahra and Ethan, she thought, behind a pair of masks.. wait.

Oh my Merlin. The loud, oppositional shouting of the male Yeti, the flipping of the braided beard by the female.. were they preparing to perform the traditional Yeti mating dance? One of her favorite stories from the book.. she would just die if they did. Nessa watched, fascinated, for a moment.. until.. OH. Her eyes got kind of wide.

"Remember to only pretend to bite," she called over to the Yeti pair with a bright smile. Oh she knew how easy to get carried away once you were in character, but she didn't want anyone hurt. Aww, and look! Cassie was their baby Yeti, how sweet! Nessa beamed at her friend for jumping right in and she wandered through the room some more to see what else was going on.

Okay, so it sounded like Zander was going to be her new boyfriend for the time-being, which Sophie guessed was actually a good thing. Gryffindors were supposedly the brave ones, so Sophie bet she had better luck getting away from a Yeti with a Gryffindor boyfriend. A fellow Slytherin would probably just ditch her and run.

"Geo-caching sounds cool," she said to Simon. She'd actually always wanted to do that, so cool. She looked toward the three pretend Yetis with masks taped on their faces. "Okay, so we're heading in that direction. That's the mountain we have to climb." She pointed to the pathway leading from where they were standing to where Zahra, Ethan, and the professor stood.

She laughed at Simon's lovebird comment. It didn't embarrass her, because this was just a skit. She should get in character now. She bent her knees, too, and began making her way across the room to the three Yetis.

The whole feather thing wasn't the greatest, but they didn't have much to work with, and they were a whitest/silvery color so it should get the point across anyway. They were acting, so Adi would just have to be a convincing yeti with feathers.

Was Adi coming around on the dancing front? "You don't have to do much. Just kind of mope around while singing your song. Then once me and Angel get done with our song, you can bust out some happy moves." It was easy enough, she thought.

She bit her lower lip as she contemplated his face make-up. She had contrasted the silver nicely to his skin, but he needed to look cool. He couldn't be a wimpy yeti. She noticed the shift. "Everything okay? I'm not hurting you, am I?Maybe she was pushing too hard with the marker. AJ was completely oblivious as to what was really going on. "Angel, what do you think about the facial features?" Maybe, AJ should let her take over from here?

Then it hit her. She picked up a brown marker and once again put it to his face. She didn't have to situation her left hand because it had never left his cheek. She went over his eyebrows and curved them into a shape that made him look tough. AJ extended his lips in a way that if he snarled he would look wicked. Her hand dropped, and she stared at her creation. "You look great." Angel had a mirror, she was sure of it. Oh, there was one more thing. "Here ya go." AJ handed him a pair of sunglasses. "Now you ar officially the coolest yeti ever." Once they put the feathers on him.

Cinna must have dozed off or day dreaming or something. People were moving around now. Which meant that class was over or they were doing some kind of activity. They were up and looking for partners or groups. The Gryffindor's Brown eyes looked up at the board to catch her self up. These History of Magic lessons were getting pretty interesting loads better then reading from the text book and memorizing dates and people.

Well it was crazy how fast people could buddy up, wasn't it? The third year looked around for someone... Anyone? She spotted lex the lion perfect. And Caleb? She only knew that he was one of the snake twins. They seem okay enough. She didn't really know many people outside of her group of friends. So this was a big step for her. "Mind if I join you guys?"

Just say No, just say no Adi repeated in his head. He opened his mouth. "Sounds cool then.'' Ugh! What just happened? Those were the wrong words! Sigh. He only agreed because AJ asked. "Only since you asked so nicely, AJ.'' Yeah right. If she'd even lost her temper and shouted at him, he'd still do it.

Thank Merlin AJ didn't seem to have noticed where he was looking. "Uh...everything's fine.'' He tried to keep still, shifting only his eyes. Yes, Angel. How did he look? She was the fashionesta.

Adi remained very conscious of the fact that AJ's hand remained on his cheek all the time. Her touch felt warm and comforting. Uhhh. He hurriedly focused his attention to what the marker was doing to his face. How did he look? AJ said he looked great so he must be. And then she handed him something she hadn't noticed that she had. Sunglasses! Cool! He donned them. He was indeed the officially coolest yeti.

"Okay, so let's get these feathers on and then get the show on the road.'' And get the dancing out of the way.

"Crafting makes it sound like... we're knitting bonnets or something," Mo retrieved some brown and white paint and began to bring their mountain to life. This wasn't crafting. Was it? "But I do like to make stuff. Sometimes you can make really interesting projects out of paper mache. Like this one time, I made a fake beehive and scared the pants off my sisters with it."

The bottom of the mountain was brown and stony, although maybe he'd add some greeny lichen patches or something. And then there was snow. Lots of snow, since the yeti was a cold weather creature. And the inside of the cave was black as night.

He peeked over at Maddie as he worked. "I like that big yeti. I'd like to really meet one, even though I know it isn't perfectly safe. I'm going to Tibet this summer, actually."

WOOOOOO! She got to be the Yeti.

Nodding, she was glad that Jasmine was on the same page as her. "Sounds like a good idea to me!" Holding her hands out so that it seemed she had claws, Lux gave a menacing RWAR and started stomping around. Did Yetis stomp? She had no idea, but this one did.

Staying in character, she stomped over to the craft box so that they could scrounge around and make her look more Yeti-ish.

Wait O__O So he was the boyfriend?? Okay. That was fine. He could do it. Just had to remember it was an act that was all. Yep. Now at the suggestion of this geo-caching business, Zander raised his eyebrows, but nodded at the idea nonetheless. Wasn't completely sure about what a geo-cache was, but he had definitely heard about them before. And if Sophie agreed to it, then it must be a good idea right? "Okay, geocaching it is!" ... Three yetis over there? Oh no. Was he talking about....

Zahra.

O_______O First he was officially a boyfriend. And now. Zahra. Alright. Composure. Keep composure. He was a strong manly Gryffindor. This wouldn't be that hard, would it? Besides, he was supposed to act grossed out and terrified from the yetis anyways so with Zahra being said yeti, it'd make his job easier. Right. That was the way to look at it .

Just as he was mentally preparing himself for the dramas ahead, he heard Simon call out. Love birds. Had he not remembered that they were only pretending, he may have even blushed a deeper shade of red. But for now, a slight tinge of pink in the cheeks wouldn't look so out of place right. Now uh... What would a O__O boyfriend do in this situation. He bent his knees, following Simon and Sophie, and walked right up next to the two. He even- major gulp- held out his hand for Sophie to hold because... uh... Isn't that what O__O boyfriends do? Someone please give this kid an oscar for trying.

Maybe it was Dima's fault he felt so LOST all the time, but it was really hard to pay attention. For one, his book was really interesting. And his shoe. And that one hair that was sticking up on Kyroh's head. And those paper snowflakes. And this book! Yetis got THAT TALL? Merlin, Lockhart was-

Why were people moving?

Oh. An activity. How long had he been zoning out for? Maddie and Kyroh were already GONE and whisked away by some people who CLEARLY didn't know he needed a group. And Miss Dora and Nigel and Grayson and Marcus Orion and Lex were ALL occupied. And Dima was partnerless.

"Anyone need a partner?" Please?

He didn't want to FAIL.

West supposed he did. Need one. A partner thing.

Right then.

"I'll be your partner if you want." He offered casually to the small Ravenclaw from not so far away. Aaaaand needed to work out what exactly he wanted to do for the activity... maybe write a song? About... Yetis. And he was so amused about how quivery eager!puppy Mo was about this whole topic. Yep. Right up his alley and all.

"You got any particular ideas?"

Oh. It was HIM. That guy who wouldn't high-five him in Professor Top Hat's class.

Why yes, Dima DID remember.

"Okay." Normally, the first year would have jumped over and been excited about having a partner, but how was he supposed to work with someone who didn't like high-fiving? It was impossible. Still, he headed to a desk close to the tall kid. "I like the first option. About trying to UNDERSTAND the yeti." ... and then, eyeing the guy from the side, he held his hand up. He had to hit it, okay? Or Dima couldn't do anything with him.

Pause. "You're supposed to smack it. My hand." Did he know?

Asjddka. There were lots of notes to be written down. Marigold's hand was getting tired, so she set her hand down for a moment, but that break had caused her to finish scrawling her notes later than everyone else. When she looked up, most everyone had found a group or partner. She looked around for someone she knew. Actually, just anyone at all, so that she wouldn't fail. She spotted Lex, that slightly scary girl who liked chocolate. And Cinnamon and Snake!Sophie's brother. She made her way over to them. Groups up to four, right?

A bit nervously because she didn't really know these people, she asked, "Would you mind if I joined your group?" Fingers crossed.

One by one they started making their way over to her. Now this was what she was talking about, prompt people!! They'd be able to get this show on the road in no time. Lex grinned at Caleb who'd been the first to join. When he wasn't trying to give compliments for smooches, he was good people, definitely. She did make her way to him and it was only moments later that Cinnamon (hi housemate) then the Marigold Puffer asked to join their ranks too. Right then, this was four.

"You're all welcome to join. Lots of fun to be had and we best get cracking or we'll lose the Yeti tracks we've been following." Did they see how she slipped into character already? Obviously they were powerful wizards looking to harvest yeti parts. Either that or really confused people wondering around in a tundra in which case they best watch for Cold Ones.

Alexa walked to the prop box then tossed them all thick coats. She gave a nod toward the arguing Yeti family (Zahra, Ethan, Cassie), kinda showing them what the target was.

She shrugged into her own coat. "Right then, wands at the ready--but no firing 'cause....yeah...--ahem, wands at ready and follow me. The tracks lead this way and if this goes well we'll be dining on gold plates tonight!"

Then quite deliberately, she took the longer route that led to that yeti family. Apart of her wanted to see if they'd follow after her or stand there confused but she liked having faith in people so instead she said. "D'you lot see these tracks?"

West was FINE with high fives, for the record, tiny child. West DID smack it, not TOO violently either. See? He was awesome with little kids apparently. Or not. Or who knew?

"Alright sounds good to me. Wanna write a song or something?" Well music was his thing, maybe Dima would find it fun too?

Hey, look! The guy DID know how to use his hand! Maybe he had a broken arm during the Astronomy lesson or something? Sprained wrist? Pulled an arm muscle while lifting something heavy? Any of those things were reason enough not to high-five, he supposed. Wouldn't wanna HURT somebody.

But each one also meant the Slytherin dude didn't know simple levitation charms, OR he couldn't find his way to the infirmary. Plus the healer was even his head of house! Merlin. Dima was gonna have to do ALL the work here, wasn't he? Brains of the operation. Sigh.

"Okay!" A song, huh? "I can DANCE! Or act out lyrics if you wanna sing. Or play the piano." Paaause. "Do you have a piano?"