So, Teddy was right about the mean time thingy. Merlin, her twin brother was genius. No wonder why he's in Ravenclaw. And now... it's time to go! The young lioness couldn't help but very excited about this. To be honest, this was gonna be her first time travelling with portkey. Mostly she and her family traveled with floo powder. Ava decided to join the portkey with Zander and touched the funny-shaped lamp that looks like somebody's hand. Okay, she's ready now!

Answers, answers and more answers. Janelle paid attention, but she was quickly losing patience. Finally, Admiral Flamsteed gave the word that it was time to go. Janelle shot out of her seat, her excitement getting the best of her. Taking a moment to get herself in control, she pondered her portkey choices.

Her decision made, Janelle went over and stood by Professor Myers. She reached out, grabbed the ginormous sunglasses and held on tightly. This would be her first time traveling by portkey. As anxious as Janelle was to get the field trip started, she was a little apprehensive about the portkey thing. She'd heard things and most of them were not positive. Oh well, no pain no, no gain. "Let's do this", she said to no one in particular.

They were going. Finally.

As well as doing the reading that had been assigned, Daxton had taken it upon himself to read up on portkeys, having never used one before. They were fascinating, and he had been interested to experience that particular mode of transport, but now that Airey Flamsteed had handed the portkey items out, Daxton hesitated. Five portkeys, a room full of people, each having to touch one of them, huddled around them, brushing their shoulders up against each other, everyone so close to each other...

The Ravenclaw looped the strap of his bum bag over his head and shoulder, so it was strapped across his chest with the bag part down by his hip, and kept his shoes tucked under his arm. He immediately discounted the options of travelling with the Head Girl, or the Head Baby, and after a moment's consideration, he decided against Myers as well, on account of the time the man had grabbed him by the shoulders. Too risky. He lingered between Dakest and Airey Flamsteed, looking uncertainly between the two portkeys and trying to make his decision based on the nature of the items and just how full the groups around the portkeys were.

Too close. He would have to be too close to people, hear and feel their breathing and touch shoulders with them and just be too close. Was it worth it? He dithered a few moments longer, looking back and forth and back and forth, torn between a yearning to visit the Royal Observatory and the self-preservation of not wanting to be near anyone. What did he do? What did he do?

Aha, his suspicions were correct! Or at least his answer had been, but Davie was counting that as his suspicions about whom Flamsteed had been named. And now it was time to leave. Only problem was... since Davie was not speaking to Blaise, and he was awkward and only had one hand, he couldn't put his bum bag on. He had selected a neon one which was relatively less girly than all the other ones, but he couldn't wear it now. Not knowing a thing about fashion other than the clothes his mum picked out for him was proving to be a problem.

But oh well. Davie resorted to digging everything out of the bum bag and stuffing it into the pockets of his cargo pants instead. Problem solved, and plus he'd be much more comfortable this way. Once he was ready, Davie decided that he and Blaise were NOT going to be traveling with a professor, especially not the professor who had handcuffed them together. He dragged his unwilling companion over to someone from his house, Miss Sophie Brown, and stood by her shoulder to await more instructions.

FORGET THE FACT THEY WERE GOING ON A TRIP.

Rooney RAN towards Miss Sophie Brown (Head Girl of Hogwarts), not even humouring the idea of travelling with someone else and stood RIGHT beside her. He didn't mind if the entire class chose to come over here and use this portkey, because he only had eyes for the Head Girl right now. Eyes, time and attention. Everything that her Head Buttbrain boyfriend should have been giving her but couldn't because he had his own group to deal with. SORRY MRS. ZANDER ADAIR.

Hello Miss Sophie Brown. Wanna hold hands, too? Hehehehe.

...Snail!girl wasn't here, right? He didn't want her to think that Miss Sophie Brown was his girlfriend, because he knew that she didn't want him to get one of those.

Blah blah blah... Greenwich whatever. Zeke really wasn't interested. What he was interested in, was getting out of the classroom. Like, now.

So when the time came to form groups to portkey to their location, Zeke didn't waste any time deciding who to travel with. Flamsteed was out of the question, things have been weird on that front, and speaking of weird... Mr PlantsPantsMan wasn't someone he wanted to rub shoulders with either. Zander and Sophie were alright, but no, his choice was clear.

Sabel, we choose you.

Bum bag clipped and zipped up, Zeke pulled it onto his arm and had it sit snuggly under his armpit. He wasn't ready to wear it properly just yet. Perhaps later when things called for practicality. Perhaps. But for now he would just slip in with Sabel's group.

Hi.

Blaise tried thinking of several ways to fit this thing around his waist when there was a whole nother body causing an obstruction but the only thing he could finally come up with was throwing it over his shoulder on the side his arm was taken and letting it slink over the other arm that he still had full control of.

Nice going Professor. Never thought how much in the way these would be? One thing was for certain; they weren't riding with Airey. Not even. The boy was about to suggest they got with Professor Dakest or even Professor Myers but APPARENTLY someone had other plans and was PULLING him along.

"Oi! Cut it out!" But it was no use, he was being dragged over to the Head Girl and he was sulking the whole way. Who said HE got to choose without asking first?

HMMMMMMM?????

Benny was listening to the class talk about the question posed to them as he sat waiting for the actual trip. The prime meridian...okay. He had though Adi's had sounded right, but the others had sounded like they could fit as well, the truth thankfully clarified by Professor Flamsteed as they were brought around to what he himself had to say.

Soon enough, they had to be prepared to be ready to go, the portkey's dispursed to the five that would be responsible for the items in hand. The plan sounded to be a cross between the space museum field trip a couple of years back and the Scotland trip the next to last summer. Benny nodded in understanding of what they needed to know, attaching the bum bag securely around his waste. Yet before he could move further, his upper arm was grabbed and pulled towards the Herbology professor.

Yep...he was stuck with Adi just as his bestie had said. "I get it," Benny remarked with a chuckle, taking hold of the extra large sunglasses alongside the badger. One lion ready and roaring to go.

...He was giving her an armadillo bag.

How... kind of him.

Her nose scrunched in distate, Soph made a grumpy noise in response to his thanking her. Yeah, yeah, whatever, just crush her hopes and dreams. He was lucky she loved him so much and liked her place as his favorite in his heart, otherwise she'd have whined and complained that she wanted to go with Zander AND Dakest.

But, fine. Responsibility. He wasn't going to send her like... somewhere else, was he? All of the portkeys were for sure going to the same place? He didn't give her the armadillo bag because he knew no one would want to go with her and wanted to send her off on her own, right? Riiiiight???

Well, even if that WAS his plan, Davie, Blaise, Rooney were joining her, the former two's predicament causing her to raise a curious eyebrow at them, but Soph smiled at Rooney after that and gave him a happy side-hug. "Hi, Roo. Thanks for joinin' me." Davie and Roo were the only two who loved her, clearly, as Blaise looked VERY unhappy to be joining them and clearly had no choice in the matter. But Soph adored her Ravenclaw babies. They were good kids.

Her hand on the portkey, Soph gripped it nice and tightly, stealing a sad glance over at Zander and Dakest and giving them a FACE that clearly said, We're all still hanging out. They can't separate us for long.

Unless Flammy really WAS trying to get rid of her.

Put. On. The. Bag? Nope. Dot slung the bag over her shoulder and wondered if she would be allowed to reshape it into an actual for-real purse. Would Flamsteed notice? Would he take points? Yell at her in front of people?

She wanted Sophie, but all the baby ickles were crowding Sophie, so Dot sauntered to Professor Dakest instead. Super cool fifth year here, not at all bothered by the dumb bad or by the fact that they were going on a field trip with NO magic allowed. That was sort of harrowing. What if her life was in danger?

"Hi, Professor," she spoke quietly and offered him a thin smile before reaching for the portkey.

Oh. That wasn't how one wore it? Sabel's smile turned into a bit of a smirk as he unhooked the bag from around his fingers and moved to stand off at the side of the classroom.

He returned the greetings with a nod of his head or some sort of salute-wave, as he leaned against the wall. Brown got a curious look for all her pointing and finger wiggling, but the smile stayed in place. Kids. Kids on a field trip. Would be interesting. Very interesting. Hopefully Flamsteed knew exactly what he was doing.

As the lesson got underway, Sabel worked at lenghtening the fanny pack strap. It took a few adjustments and tries, but by the time the portkeys were being handed out he'd found the right length. The bag was strapped across his back, with the strap coming diagonally across his chest from shoulder to hip and then back up again. It was like a glaringly bright mini pack, which went perfectly with his absolutely adorable and squishy portkey.

"Don't suppose I can give this to my daughter when we're done?" Probably not. Portkeys and all, but really, who ever made a portkey out of something soooo cute!

Ahem. Serious, mean fighting machine defense professor over here. And he put on the face for it too as students started coming around and choosing keys.



Lynch was the first to join, and the first to break the rather serious expression off his face. He just couldn't keep it there, especially not when he was actually worried he might scare the Snake off. "Well chosen Miss Lynch."

If he didn't say so himself. "Always go for the s'more." Even if it was a cushioned, smiling s'more.



And look! There was the other Browne.

The kid got a nod and a grin. "Mr. Browne. Shuffle on in." And well, because he had one student at each side and they were about the right height, Sabel propped his elbows on Browne's and Lynch's heads, both of his hands on the portkey.



As Sabel watched the students go to respective portkeys, he noticed a certain one hanging back. No real big surprise there. Forgetting momentarily that he had his elbows atop two students heads, Sabel caught Prince's eyes and nodded at the empty standing spots around his portkey.

"Plenty of room still, Mr. Prince."



Oh, and there was another one joining their circle? Good good!

"Miss Wojack-Gusey. Good pick." She got a return grin from him. He was slightly surprised she didn't go for the big sunglasses, but hey. S'mores.

"Now, in case you get a bit nauseous, it seems that the bum-baggies have been kindly supplied as a sick bag. Mind throwing pastries all over one another's hands and feet please. And most importantly, hang on tight. And laugh." Seriously though, laughing helped.

And just when he thought things couldn't get any weirder... He was being handed a hand. Well an arm. Well... a lamp? And he was being thanked for it? Sweet Merlin what was this thing and why was it so heavy??? Zander gave the man a confused head nod at the thank you, and otherwise went on to stare at the arm lamp contraption... Errr?

Wait. Did this mean what he thought it meant?

He got to lead his very own portkey group? WAIT. Did this also mean that Sophie Brown couldn't drag him along with Dakest? Awh. What a bummer, right? Heh. Luckily that awkward situation was avoided. So he HAPPILY took the portkey in hand and stood up to stand in an isolated area. People were planning on joining his group... Right? Like he wasn't going to end up alone... Was he? With the other contending choices, it was quite a possibility.

Which is why he beamed EXTRA HUGE at Yoogni when the Gryffindor started walking towards him. AND Norah too! "Heeeey Yoongi! Norah!" He gave her a smile as well, though he saw that weird turn things she did over there. It had looked like she was going to Sophi before... Huh. Yoongi and Norah? Interesting.

But only two? They were only gonna have-- "HEY Ava! Glad to see you joined the best group," HEH. No offense Sophie Brown. Heh. They had a good bunch. Zander was a happy camper. Though if other people wanted to grab a piece of the lamp, they still had plenty of room. Mhm.

CHOOSE WISLEY, HOGWARTS.

Checking his sundial watch one last time, the professor quickly reached over and snatched Pebbles from the desk. "Alright everyone, hold on tight!" he instructed his group as well as the class as a whole. "In 10...9...8...7..."

He clutched Pebbles a little more tightly under his arm. It was her first time traveling by portkey and would obviously be a little scared. Not to mention that there was quite the risk of her wiggling free from his grasp before they reached their destination. But the choice was leaving her behind or taking that risk and Hogwarts had NOT been kind to her when left on her own, so there really was no choice.

"3...2...1..."

SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

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Paul took the glasses and smiled. Could he KEEP THEM? GIANT heart-shaped glasses! They were so cute and precious and GAH! He was going to snag them after this trip was done. Sorry, Airey.

"Hello hello HELLO--are you all ready? I know I am!" he wiggled in excitement as he held out the sunglasses for Janelle, Benny, and Adi to touch. He was just SO EXCITED. And his suit was not the most comfortable--he'd rather wear a poncho--but no matter! He felt as fancy as Airey! So there! "Don't let go, now!"

O O O O OOHHHHHHH!

IT WAS TIME TO DEPART!

As Airey counted down, Paul shut his eyes and just......UGH. THEY WERE GOING----

And he was jerked away by the sunglasses.

When the question of who to travel with came up, there was no doubt in Paulina's mind where she was heading.

No offense to Professors Flamsteed and Dakest because they were awesome, but she found herself immediately by Professor Myers. He and Professor York were her favourite teachers and he shared her love of plants (obviously because why else would he teach the subject).

Smiling at the people around her, Paulina waited for the right moment and then grabbed the sunglasses at the end of the countdown.

They were off.

Goody! The bestie had no objections to head fro Myers. They had a small group but who cared? The less crowded, the better hold they had on their portkey. "Yeah! Let's do this!'' the happy badger echoed Janelle's words. Yay! He was glad she and Polly were hitching a ride from this Portkey too. "Professor Myers, we were born ready!'' Hehe. At least Adi was.

And then Flamsteed was counting down! Had everyone in his group gotten a hold of these epic glasses? The Hufflepuff did a quick check. Yep! WHEEEE! Here they went! He instinctively, at the moment, tried to stand close to Janelle. Hey, portkey journeys could get a little bumpy at the landings, okay? Didn't want her to have any landings in mud like a certain fifth year Hufflepuff dude.

Henric didn't care who he was going with, he just went over to whomever he was standing close to. "Hey Sophie! I'll be going with you!" he grinned. Oh merlin, this was incredibly exciting! It seemed like the handcuffed boys were picking Sophie's group too. Brilliant! He waited for the rest of the students to come and joined their little group. With a count of three, he grabbed the portkey and before he knew it, they were sucked into the swirling vortex! He prayed he wouldn't be falling into the mud again!

They have to pick between the Professors and the Head Couple? Candice went toward where the Head Boy was standing. Well, he was closer than the others.

Apparently she wasn't the only Gryffindor who choose the Head Boy. Ava and Yoongi were already standing close to Zander. This is an interesting bunch! And looked there's a Hufflepuff Prefect too. Each of them got a nod from her. She quickly grabbed the arm!lamp thingy. And then the counting down started.

HERE WE GO!

The bright smile he got from Zander as he started walking towards him made him think he had made the right choice to go with the Head Boy. Actually, he picked him first because he was the leader of Gryffindors and they should stick together right? But also because he had looked kind of …miserable? Standing on his own. Like he was afraid no one would use his portkey.

“Hey Leader” he greeted and turned his head to see Norah standing next to him. Huh? He could have sworn he had seen her walking to Sophie a second ago when he had been choosing between them. “Hey Norah, You look good” he smiled, meaning that she looked way more confident than before. It was nice. Not as good as him though, he was fabulous.

Oooh there was oh TALL Ava! The sixth year gave the little lion a nod of his head as well as Candice who walked towards them at the last moment before turning his attention to Flamsteed as he began to count. As he already had hold of the portkey, he braced himself for the unpleasant feeling he knew was going to come.

Davie hadn't been 100% sure if the armadillo bag was Sophie Brown's own bag or if it was the portkey provided by Flamsteed. But then he remembered seeing it on the astronomer's desk when they came in, and so he scooted closer to her to put a finger on the bag. He was pretty confident he'd be fine in their travels, since he was CHAINED TO SOMEONE ELSE and all, and soon enough, the familiar yanking behind his belly button was signaling depature.

Here we go!

Hearing Professor Myers ask if everyone was ready, Janelle responded with a resounding, "Oh yeah!". She smiled when Adi echoed her sentiments and gave him a nudge with her elbow. Then Admiral Flamsteed began the countdown. It was T minus 10 seconds and Janelle was holding the sunglass so tightly, it was a wonder they didn't snap in two. Can you say anxious? Not knowing what to expect, she squeezed her eyes shut and unknowingly held her breath. And.....they.......were......off.

"Gotta have the s'mores Professor," she replied with a light laugh. Professor Dakest was a cool Professor and she silently reminded herself to visit his office one of these days and ask him to assistance with prefecting casting her patronus. Now wasn't the time though and she cast a grin towards the others joining them, mainly Zeke.

Hady's gripped tightened slightly around the plushie as the countdown began. She was more then ready to go. There would be no getting sick from her either. The moment they were off she actually laughed this time as recommended when she felt that pull in her stomach taking her away to their destination.

So it was him, Adi, Janelle and Paulina with Professor Myers. Fine by him. "Yeah...I'm ready," Benny assured the man just as the countdown was begun. The Gryffindor instinctly gripped tighter onto the sunglasses as if unsure his first hold wasn't enough. Flamsteed's counting off in the back of his mind as he prepared himself for what was to come in the long run. Soon enough, he felt the familiar tug at his navel and the next moment the classroom was nowhere to be seen...

So it was her, Norah, Flower boy who joined the Head Boy. Why other people didn't want to travel with him? He's nice and helpful and... not to mention that he had the coolest portkey ever. Okay, stop thinking about Zander Adair, Burton. "Well it's uh... nice to join you, Zander." She grinned sheepishly.

But then the younger lioness spotted Candice joined them too and she returned her nod with a smile. Like the Professor had instructed, Ava gripped the portkey tightly and..... POOF!

He hadn't missed Hady's grin, and so he returned it briefly before they got settled. Sabel's elbow on his head was NOT appreciated, and he had half a mind to tell the man to sod off... only, he knew that would come back to bite him in the butt, so he refrained from doing so, instead he prepared himself for the journey, getting in on the whole s'more action.

Travelling by portkey was second nature to him now, so he wasn't at all concerned with the usefulness of his bum bag, nor the laughing technique. He was confident in his ability not to throw up, pass out, or otherwise lose his balance and collapse in front of others. He had this.

So when the countdown began, and he closed his eyes, Zeke anticipated and welcomed the pulling sensation.... they were off.