Tessa noticed the room near the astronomy room. A large piano laid inside. Tessa hesitantly stepped inside at to the piano, it was too tempting. She sat down and began to play a soft tune.

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Tessa noticed the room near the astronomy room. A large piano laid inside. Tessa hesitantly stepped inside at to the piano, it was too tempting. She sat down and began to play a soft tune.

After spending several hours prepping for lessons, Airey was in desperate need of a break and decided to head to the Innovation Lounge to tickle the ivories...or maybe just disappear for a nap for a few hours. He also really needed to get back to some of his reach for the Astronomer's Association, but pushing numbers and figures right now after the hours of prep theory didn't seem too appealing.

Even the greatest minds needed a break, you know?

When he noticed someone else was in the room, however, the notion of a nap went right out the window.

"Good day to you," he greeted the first year with a small salute. "Quite a beautiful melody you're playing. Hope you don't mind my listening." Because he was already on his way to sit down on one of the comfy chairs.

Hugo decided it was time to explore the castle. And so, he did.

The first year walked all the way up to the seventh floor to see what he could find there. It was like a mystery. He liked to think it was. He noticed the Astronomy classroom, where soon he was going to be learning about stars, planets and all that jazz. He also noticed another room nearby and obviously he couldn't resist to look inside. Hugo heard a melody coming from it and hesitated whether to enter or not. He peeked and saw a man and a girl. The girl was playing the piano and the placed looked comfy.

The little boy entered the room "Hello..." pause "What is this room for?" or was this the professor's office? In that case he had to apologize for not knocking first.

Tessa stopped abruptly. She turned to look at the man. Someone was in here, she wasn't used to others listening. Her mouth was slightly open and she gulped. "good day," she said quietly, before biting her lip, "thank you sir." She nodded at his request before turning back to the piano, continuing the piece. She felt very nervous playing for the strange man.

Airey relaxed into his seat a little bit and listened contently as the little Ravenclaw continued to play. He suddenly had a craving for a nice hot cup of tea to sip on while he listened, but that would require either walking to the laboratory or back to his office and neither of those sounded very appealing.

"Oh, good day to you as well," he said while looking over his shoulder as another student entered. Curious first years the pair of them, judging by their appearance that is, and he was certainly a man that could appreciate curiosity. "This room is what I like to call the Innovation Lounge. It is where I come to unwind or stew over ideas. Sort of a thinking and relaxation room, if you will." He pushed himself up out of his seat and walked over towards one of the bookshelves. "Was just my little secret until last term. You both are welcome to come utilize it anytime you please."

Oooooooooooooooooh how simply DIVINE!

Marion had been floating around the large telescope in the Observatory trying to take a peek through it for old time's sake when she had heard the HEAVENLY sound of the piano. GOOOOOOOOOOODNESS GRACIOUS HEAAAAAAAAAVENS ABOVE! When had studmuffin Airey Flamsteed put a piano in the Astronomy Tower?!

Gliding elegantly through one of the walls, the ghost GASPED when she say it was a daaaaaaaaarling young one playing the piano.

"GOODNESS GRACIOUS HEEEEEAVENS ABOVE! Aren't you just the sweetest thing!" she chirped as she floated over to the Ravenclaw and "sat" down beside her. "Oh, hellooooooooo Airey, dear. I mean, ohohohoh, Professor Flamsteed. You as well, dear."

Annaleecia walked in and gently rubbed her arms, she'd heard someone playing the piano and she'd always loved the instrument... Didn't play it herself, but it was still wonderful to hear. She glanced in the room seeing that it was slightly filled already with a few people talking. She grew slightly nervous... She didn't really like talking to new people, and a professor was with them. She was fairly certain she was still getting stern glares for missing so many classes the previous year.

She still just stood there, not sure if she should go in or not, trying to decide if their conversation was something she should bother trying to join in or not. She was kind of terrified of the idea. She again looked at her professor and slowly stepped in, "Hello, Professor." She gave a weak smile and gave a small nod to the others in the room.

Ceorlic entered the lounge not caring to check if anyone was inside or not. Lucky him of course no one was currently inside to be bothersome. He walked around the Grand Piano occasionally placing his hand on it inspecting it's craftsmanship......hopefully it'll stay intact once he moves it outside from this lounge here and Dropped it from the Observitory.....Gabe should be finished with the cushioning charm just below the tower and be back here soon. Really he should be, the Lion promised his friend free access to his Brother's pumpkin patch for life. Do you know how many Pasties that is!?!? Ceorlic didn't!!

The Lion gave The Eagle time of course so Ceorlic browsed the bookshelves. While focusing on how heavy the piano was going to be. Maybe with Gabe two levitation charms was all they needed.... What was a Mecha??

No matter. He turned around back to the Piano, and sat at the stool before it. He lifted the lid that covered it's Keys then pressed down the furthest key to his right. The piano made a light sound along with it. Yeah, the accustics will be much better outdoors, and he'll be able to jam with Phoenix too. Plus LESS DUST for it to gather!!

Gabriel....who'd been sent on a mission, carefully made his way back up stairs, down corridors....finding his way to the Innovation Lounge once more. Usually, he wasn't into this sort of questionable activity...but was there physically a rule starting against what they were doing? Gabe didn't think so...So, clearly that meant it was okay...and if it came to getting in trouble, there was a possibility of arguing one's self out of it...

Obviously, HE wouldn't be the one arguing anything....because at the slightest hint of trouble, he was going to have a massive heart attack...but he trusted Ceorlic...and the pumpkins. Besides...in the name of science, Gabe was curious.....as far as an experiment went. For science.

"Done and done." Things had been charmed...and oh! This bookcase had some intriguing books. While waiting for Ceo to make his move, Gabe moved towards it, running his finger along the spines, eyes wide.

Isla had heard a rumor going around that Ceo was going to get Professor Flamsteed's piano out of the lounge and then outside to go play with Phe, so she was making her way up to check it all out. Not to stop him or anything, she wasn't even sure if it was against the rules. Though she was a little nervous about it all. Taking a Professor's piano?

The brunette walked up the stairs and into the innovation lounge, looking around to see Ceo and some other cute guy looking at books. Why were they looking at books? She walked over to the sofa without a word and took out her muggle magazine, looking over the recent tabloids and peering over at the two boys once in a while to see what they were doing.

This exploring thing was going well in her opinion.

She'd covered pretty much all of the grounds and now she was searching different towers. In the hopes of finding what? ... She didn't know, but she'd been told that before she could decide that adventures were less fun than reading, she'd have to explore everywhere and discount the possibility. So that was what she was going to do.

Once Clara reached the Astronomy tower, she looked around most of the rooms carefully. No fun adventures to be had in any of them. Finally she reached a room that seemed to hold promise ..... and people .... two people in fact. One who looked extremely familiar .... "Gabe?" The redhead squinted at him ... "What are you doing up here?" Why she asked that, she didn't know. It wasn't as if he wasn't allowed to be up here, she just .... he just ... kept popping up. It was strange.

OOOOOH, BOOKS, she thought, getting distracted from her previous thought.

SPOILER!!: Gabe and the Bonnies

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Gabriel....who'd been sent on a mission, carefully made his way back up stairs, down corridors....finding his way to the Innovation Lounge once more. Usually, he wasn't into this sort of questionable activity...but was there physically a rule starting against what they were doing? Gabe didn't think so...So, clearly that meant it was okay...and if it came to getting in trouble, there was a possibility of arguing one's self out of it...

Obviously, HE wouldn't be the one arguing anything....because at the slightest hint of trouble, he was going to have a massive heart attack...but he trusted Ceorlic...and the pumpkins. Besides...in the name of science, Gabe was curious.....as far as an experiment went. For science.

"Done and done." Things had been charmed...and oh! This bookcase had some intriguing books. While waiting for Ceo to make his move, Gabe moved towards it, running his finger along the spines, eyes wide.

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SPOILER!!: Boys

Isla had heard a rumor going around that Ceo was going to get Professor Flamsteed's piano out of the lounge and then outside to go play with Phe, so she was making her way up to check it all out. Not to stop him or anything, she wanted to see him get in trouble since she was a little mad at him at the moment. She wasn't necessarily mean, but when it came to boys she could be a little rude at times due to past experiences hence the future pranks she was planning.

The brunette walked up the stairs and into the innovation lounge, looking around to see Ceo and some other cute guy looking at books. Why were they looking at books? She walked over to the sofa without a word and took out her muggle magazine, looking over the recent tabloids and peering over at the two boys once in a while to see what they were doing.

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SPOILER!!: Hey booooys!

This exploring thing was going well in her opinion.

She'd covered pretty much all of the grounds and now she was searching different towers. In the hopes of finding what? ... She didn't know, but she'd been told that before she could decide that adventures were less fun than reading, she'd have to explore everywhere and discount the possibility. So that was what she was going to do.

Once Clara reached the Astronomy tower, she looked around most of the rooms carefully. No fun adventures to be had in any of them. Finally she reached a room that seemed to hold promise ..... and people .... two people in fact. One who looked extremely familiar .... "Gabe?" The redhead squinted at him ... "What are you doing up here?" Why she asked that, she didn't know. It wasn't as if he wasn't allowed to be up here, she just .... he just ... kept popping up. It was strange.

OOOOOH, BOOKS, she thought, getting distracted from her previous thought.

Ceorlic kept his eye on the entrance. If anyone else entered besides Gabe mission was off. Repeat MISSION WAS OFF.
Oh good it was Gabe..."Magic!" The 5th year exclaimed excitedly. Ceo stood up from the stool and pushed it out of the way. "Ye come aroond tae th' ither side. We kin huv a go 'n' floatin` it th'gither then oot th' door." Ceorlic took out his wand to get ready for this epic move. His eyes kept to the entrance still.
That was when he saw Isla come in. Isla!! Of all the Bonny's...why her? He weighed his options here. Should they continue? He blushed at her then looked back to Gabe. They could keep going, he trusted Bonny Isla. "Dae ye wantae help Isla?" Ceo asked the Bonny Lion sitting on the Couch. "We mae set o' een" he pointed his wand at the entrance, just as another Bonny walked in.
MERLIN!! ABORT ABOR...oh...she knew Gabe? Again he looked back to his friend. Can she be trusted? He raised a questionable eyebrow to the Ravenclaw Jimmy.

Gabriel was seconds from selecting one of the texts when Ceorlic shouted MAGIC!...or maybe it hadn't been shouted, exactly...but it DID startle him. So much so that Gabe whirled around, blinking....only to spot some unknown girl and........

Clara?!

........Of COURSE, it'd be Clara.

Yes, he'd tuned words out as he'd been appraising the books on the shelf. So, yes, he'd missed them speaking to one another...if they had. But Gabriel was hyper aware now...because not only was Clara looking at him with...uh, concern?...but there was another GIRL that he didn't even know. Ceorlic seemed to be familiar...but what? What?!

Cue racing heart...and mild jitters.

Gabe glanced at Ceo...and then glanced again. They, technically, weren't breaking any rules...that were written down....

Shrug. SHAKY shrug, at that! He didn't know if he could...uh.....uh, perform under this stress, though...

Isla was continuing to read her magazine, all content with herself, when Ceo had acknowledged her. Did she want to help them? "Do you really need my help?" She asked, looking at the piano and then back at Ceo. She was feeling nervous about it all. Something didn't seem right about taking the piano outside, but there were no specific rules so. "Alright, fine, I'll help. The mud king needs his mud queen." She laughed, putting her magazine back into her bag and walking over to where the piano is.

She heard a higher voice talk and she lifted her eyes to see a girl talking to the boy who was...shaking? Could he not handle girls either? No wonder him and Ceo were friends.

So was the girl here to help Ceo too? How many people were going to come to help him?

"Thank you sir," Tessa called over her shoulder as she continued to play, she loved the piano, "hope you don't mind me asking, but who are you?"

Hugo scanned the room. It really was a good place to come and relax. And probably to fall asleep.

"It's very nice" said "I like it" the boy nodded. But who was the man? The girl playing the piano asked him first but he had something else to say. "I'm Hugo" the little boy smiled "You are a professor, right?" and most importantly "Is your class fun?" asked and took a seat on the couch.

Then, a ghost appeared. That was really not expected. Hugo jumped a bit from his seat. He said nothing and watched as the ghost sat down beside the girl.

SPOILER!!: all of you guys ^_^

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Oooooooooooooooooh how simply DIVINE!

Marion had been floating around the large telescope in the Observatory trying to take a peek through it for old time's sake when she had heard the HEAVENLY sound of the piano. GOOOOOOOOOOODNESS GRACIOUS HEAAAAAAAAAVENS ABOVE! When had studmuffin Airey Flamsteed put a piano in the Astronomy Tower?!

Gliding elegantly through one of the walls, the ghost GASPED when she say it was a daaaaaaaaarling young one playing the piano.

"GOODNESS GRACIOUS HEEEEEAVENS ABOVE! Aren't you just the sweetest thing!" she chirped as she floated over to the Ravenclaw and "sat" down beside her. "Oh, hellooooooooo Airey, dear. I mean, ohohohoh, Professor Flamsteed. You as well, dear."

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Annaleecia walked in and gently rubbed her arms, she'd heard someone playing the piano and she'd always loved the instrument... Didn't play it herself, but it was still wonderful to hear. She glanced in the room seeing that it was slightly filled already with a few people talking. She grew slightly nervous... She didn't really like talking to new people, and a professor was with them. She was fairly certain she was still getting stern glares for missing so many classes the previous year.

She still just stood there, not sure if she should go in or not, trying to decide if their conversation was something she should bother trying to join in or not. She was kind of terrified of the idea. She again looked at her professor and slowly stepped in, "Hello, Professor." She gave a weak smile and gave a small nod to the others in the room.

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"Thank you sir," Tessa called over her shoulder as she continued to play, she loved the piano, "hope you don't mind me asking, but who are you?"

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Hugo scanned the room. It really was a good place to come and relax. And probably to fall asleep.

"It's very nice" said "I like it" the boy nodded. But who was the man? The girl playing the piano asked him first but he had something else to say. "I'm Hugo" the little boy smiled "You are a professor, right?" and most importantly "Is your class fun?" asked and took a seat on the couch.

Then, a ghost appeared. That was really not expected. Hugo jumped a bit from his seat. He said nothing and watched as the ghost sat down beside the girl.

The astronomer continued to watch the Ravenclaw - whose name escaped him at the moment - and swayed his head back and forth slowly to the rhythm of the piano. He threw the Slytherin and appreciative grin before the questions came flying in.

"I am indeed a professor," he confirmed. "Professor Flamsteed, although you may also call me Professor Airey if you wish." Which also answered the piano playing first year's question as well. "I teach Astronomy here at Hogwarts and I certainly hope that my lessons are fun. It is one of my personal goals each time I enter the classroom - make it fun. I would suggest you ask your house prefects for their opinion. Afraid that mine would be incredibly biased."

Soon a Hufflepuff entered the room as well and Airey offered her an enthusiastic salute in return. "Good day to you, Miss Roman."

And then Marion Burbage happened. "Good day, Marion," Airey greeted the ghost with a small chuckle. "I didn't know that you were a music fan as well."

Clara ran her fingers over the spines of several books, grinning. She was definitely going to have to crack a few of these open to read, but for now, she was slightly more curious about what Gabe and .... his friend? were doing up here. She doubted that they'd come up here just to look at books, as she hadn't even realised that these were up here until she'd reached them.

She was just about to turn back to Gabe and question him again when another person walked into the room - a girl - and looked at the books, too. Funny that she didn't address anyone else in the room. Not at first, at least ... apparently Gabe's friend? knew her and ... asked whether she wanted to help? "Help with what?" Clara piped up. She was curious ... so of course she was going to ask about it.

Whatever it was ..... Also, Gabe seemed to now be shaking because of her presence? Or the other girl's? Or both, probably ...

Definitely curious, she was.

Professor Airey. She liked that better than the other name, it seemed to fit him more. "Airey. I like it," she replied, it reminded her of astrology. She liked how he said that he wanted to make the classes fun, "Cool. Everything here just seems to amaze me." Being a muggle-born, she had never experienced anything like this before. She noticed a woman sit down next to her and it scared her a bit. She wasn't used to seeing ghosts. She never saw them in the muggle-world so it frightened her a bit. Her playing slowed as she looked at her. "Hello," she responded before turning to play more music, switching from Bach to Tchaikovsky. She really liked this piece, Tchaikovsky's Concerto, it was the first movement. It was an extremely old piece, but her teacher loved the classics. "Do you two play?" she asked out of curiosity. She had slowed the piece down a lot, so she was able to play it but it sounded alright.

"Oh daaaaaarling. Don't just stand there like a quivering leaf over there by yourself," Marion chirped at the young Hufflepuff girl. "Come come. Over here by the piano, dear. Do you sing?"

Oooooh what a MARVELOUS idea that would be! They could have a little sing-a-long right here in the...what room was this again? It had not been here during her brief time as Astronomy professor.

"Oh HO HO HO HO HO, ALWAYS the kidder, aren't you Airey daaarling," the ghost hooted as she flapped her arms about. Quite the pleasantry for the living that she was, in fact, decease and thus her old lady skin did not wiggle about while her arms flapped like a bird's wings. Her transparent self turned back towards the piano playing darling and her smile widened for kilometers. "I've aaaaaaaalways loved the piano. I was meant to attend one of my granddaughter's recitals before, well, before circumstances changed." Her ghostly featured flickered for a moment. "Oh but hearing you play dear just makes me feel alive."

Marion floated upwards a bit and moved away from the seat. The young Hufflepuff Miss should take a seat. Mmhmm.

"Tell me, dear. Can you play anything that we can all sing along to?"

This whole plan was falling apart fast with the presence of the other Bonny. Ceorlic turned his attention to Isla and shrugged quickly to her. Blushing from her 'Mud King' Comment. "Gimme yin moment, Bonny Ilsa?" He nodded to her briefly and moved over to Gabe. He half considered Slapping him across the face to snap him out of this state, then thought of something better.
He looked at the Ravenclaw Girl, and blushed further...yeah he can see why Gabe was all freaking out over her. "We're aff tae tak' th' piano ootdoors. Kin ye be an mae set o' een fur us?" He pointed to the entry way. Hoping she got the jist of it. "Ye can help her tae, Isla. Or ye can help us move th' Piano." Having a third Levitator would make moving it easier.

Now back to poor Jimmy Gabe. He leaned in and whispered quietly to his mate. "Tak' aff yer glasses Gabe. If ye cannae see th' Bonnies tha'r nae thare." He nodded. His plan could not, cannot fail!

She blinked slightly, no scolding? Of course she wasn't complaining but she would figure the teachers would be more than happy to bite her head off with her missing everything last years because of her own issues. Anna gave a small smile and took a seat, "How was your summer sir?" She looked at him and then at the ghost with a small smile and also gave a small wave to the other two students with them.

The lady seemed very nice, light-hearted and extremely nice. Tessa frowned at what she had said, setting a small sadness in her heart but smiled again at her comment. She typically played for herself, her mom was often away on travel and her father was often working, and being the only child often made Tessa very lonely.
"I know some Christmas songs, but not to many. Is there any that you could think of that you guys would like to sing? If anything, if I don't know it. I always can always get the music and come back and play it with you guys," she suggested.

Gabriel's flourishing panic attack happened to be momentarily put on hold...as he sized up the girl dubbing herself a 'mud queen'. What......and why was she looking at Ceorlic like that? He felt some anxiety for his friend; wondering if Ceo was....erm, okay?...with this girl and her evil ways. Nope, Gabe knew ZERO about her...but that didn't matter. All girls were evil...

Except for Dot. Dot was okay.

...and Clara.....Well, Clara only added to his panic. What was...she doing here, again? What....was Ceorlic doing?! Gabe shot him a SOUR LOOK....at him inviting her to help. In fact, he took a small step back, the crushing sense of being overwhelmed threatening to swallow him whole. At least....uh, there were just two?.....That...was something....Just two....Not like...when walking to class....Just two...

..........."Then....I won't be able...to see at...all." Gabe's words were forced and strained...and he WAS trembling still. "...How...am I going to levitate....uh.....uh....uh, blind?" The poor piano would be smashed against a wall, for sure...

...AND NO SLAPPING, CEO. DON'T!