Breakfast!! The most important meal of the day. Noelle was super excited as she headed down to breakfast. She was still tired and yawning of course, but she got to wear her casual clothes and was all gung ho about it.

She noticed lots of students there already. Smiling, she gave a wave to anyone who saw her and headed to the breakfast bar. Noelle needed food.

Bacon. Oh yes bacon.

Noelle grabbed a load of bacon... and that was it. She was a bacon fanatic. Hmmm. The stuff smelled ammmazzzzing.taking her plate, she sat down by the tree and enjoyed the breeze as she ate. Oh yes. This was the start off to a good day.

Austin walked down the picnic, yawning the whole way. He was definetly more of a Night owl than an morning bird. But even still professors, and now even the headmaster was planning things in the morning. It was too early for anything, especially everyone getting together. Even still, he wanted to look his best. This year, along with wanting to make friends, he wanted to up his style a bit. He chose a grey sweater, knowing it was going to be a bit chilly in the morning air, and jeans.

"Morning Headmaster." It was weird seeing some of the professors and headmaster cooking. "Morning Mr. Kittridge, Professor Cosgrach." He was happy to see his Head of House here. At least there was someone he knew. Even one of his favorite professors was here. It was nice to see everyone happy and eating. Speaking of eating, he was ready to chow down. He grabbed a plate and piled it high with pancakes and bacon. A few sandwiches too. For being 14 years old, he really did eat a lot.

With some extra spring to his step - despite it not being spring and deciding against his blue suede shoes - the Astronomy professor made his way down towards the Black Lake for second breakfast. An early riser, especially this morning with certain planets and astronomical objects in view, the man had had himself a little something to eat in the waking hours of the day and was on his fifth or sixth cup of coffee now.

Needless to say, the man was just a smidgen giddy.

Especially with the goodies he had in his possession - not including Pebbles on her pink leash being dragged behind him.

SPOILER!!: Noelle & Austin

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Breakfast!! The most important meal of the day. Noelle was super excited as she headed down to breakfast. She was still tired and yawning of course, but she got to wear her casual clothes and was all gung ho about it.

She noticed lots of students there already. Smiling, she gave a wave to anyone who saw her and headed to the breakfast bar. Noelle needed food.

Bacon. Oh yes bacon.

Noelle grabbed a load of bacon... and that was it. She was a bacon fanatic. Hmmm. The stuff smelled ammmazzzzing.taking her plate, she sat down by the tree and enjoyed the breeze as she ate. Oh yes. This was the start off to a good day.

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Austin walked down the picnic, yawning the whole way. He was definetly more of a Night owl than an morning bird. But even still professors, and now even the headmaster was planning things in the morning. It was too early for anything, especially everyone getting together. Even still, he wanted to look his best. This year, along with wanting to make friends, he wanted to up his style a bit. He chose a grey sweater, knowing it was going to be a bit chilly in the morning air, and jeans.

"Morning Headmaster." It was weird seeing some of the professors and headmaster cooking. "Morning Mr. Kittridge, Professor Cosgrach." He was happy to see his Head of House here. At least there was someone he knew. Even one of his favorite professors was here. It was nice to see everyone happy and eating. Speaking of eating, he was ready to chow down. He grabbed a plate and piled it high with pancakes and bacon. A few sandwiches too. For being 14 years old, he really did eat a lot.

"Miss Summers! Mr. Moore," the astronomer greeted as he wiggled the cardboard box in his possession. "Have I got an opportunity for you!"

It's the weekend, it's early, and it's the weekend. What more reason not to want to get up and climb down with your housemates and Head of House to the Black Lake where this year's very first outdoor breakfast gathering is set up. Sorry, Zander wasn't all that chipper in the morning. Ahem. He was used to sleeping in on the weekend. Because no classes meant no early morning Potions. Why would a boy ever wake up early when it wasn't mandatory? Oh yeah, because although these new Hufflepuff Fun Camps weren't mandatory, he was wearing a very heavy badge on his robes. The kind of badge that meant you had to go to nonmandatory events unless you were looking for some sideeye in the Great Hall later that day. Which Zander wasn't looking for, thank you very much.

So he was here. A few minutes late, but he was gonna pretend he stayed behind to help some confused first years get sent off or something. Yeah. That's what he was doing. Also, his hair wasn't quite brushed and his eyes weren't quite open, and actually... Who the heck thought early morning breakfast would make a good idea for a "fun" camp. IT WAS TEN AM. Much too early for a weekend. Zander was a growing boy. He'd know.

So as he made his way towards the loud activity (which firstly, who had the energy to be LOUD in the MORNING???), he went straight to find some coffee. And nodded towards the Hufflepuff Prefect (Norah) as he stood near her because he couldn't talk yet. Much too early. No caffeine. No one talk to him until he got coffee... Uh, where did they keep the coffee?

Zander was on a search, okay?

Excuse him PARDON COMING THROUGH! He wasn't cutting the queue or anything... Just trying to find some COFFEE.


Ah, thank Merlin. A house elf. He'd surely know where they kept the caffeine. "Oi, you wouldn't happen to know where they hide the coffee around here, would ya?" he said with morning voice and all. Still rubbing his eyes just a bit too. Oh wait. HE KNEW THIS ONE.

"Heeeeeeey, Toddles" Welp. It could've been said with much more enthusiasm... But he didn't have his coffee yet. At least he was trying? "I didn't know it was you," aheeeeeeem. Sorry, his eyes weren't properly working yet either. Side effect of BEING UP SO EARLY ON A WEEKEND.

YES.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, a thousand times YES.

When she had first heard about this idea for a breakfast picnic, she had been all-in on board. For a sports-minded individual, the first meal of the day was also the most important meal of the day. So Tiara happened to be all about this day. Or eggstravaganza, as Abraham dubbed it, I believe, she thought, a smile tugging at her lips.

So now that the day had finally arrived, she was super excited. In fact, the very first thing she did was walk over to the spread and inspect the food. Greetings could wait. Someone needed to make sure the food was alright!

Kaycee was excited. A picnic AND mandatory no homework. It was perfect really. They should do this every day. And were those grills. Sweet. She glanced around the tables taking in the options when something caught her attention. She looked around when she heard someone asking about coffee. It wasn't who she was looking for, but she couldn't help looking anyway.

"Ohhh. Is that what you run on?" she asked circling the Head Boy. It all made sense now. He was coffee!happy. The caffeine induced his excited puppy-ness.

She smirked a bit. This could be fun. Boys that haven't had their coffee yet were funnnn. Hehehe. She grabbed a stick of bacon and continued to smirk. "Not used to the sun on the weekends, are ya?"

Okay...this sounded COOL!

Kate tok the long walk down to the grounds to the location of the Breakfast Eggstravaganza. She'd never heard of a Breakfast Eggstravaganza before, so she had to admit curiosity had the best of her. Plus, what better opportunity to see all her professors at once, and Kate was a HUGE brown-noser. This was going to be AWESOME!

Reaching the area, Kate took a look around to see that a lot of people had already arrived. Cool. Only...who was she going to talk to first? Friends were everywhere--some just waiting to be found! Or so, that's how Kate saw things. ... ... Oh, hey! It was TANNER! Kate had always thought Professor Tanner was pretty cool. She appreciated the work the professor did for Ravenclaw house, too.

"Hey, Professor Tanner!" she said. "This sounds really awesome! Thanks for helping put this together for us." She eyed the food the professor was also looking at. Merlin, this school really loved to feed its occupants, didn't it? Also...where was Colt?

Austin had a mouth full of pancakes when Professor Flamsteed acknowledged him. It wasn't strange to be called out by a teacher, but after that last lesson, he was certain it couldn't be good. Actually, the fourth year had loved the last lesson. It was a strange class, yes but it was interesting, which made it fun. He had never had a class in the air before, and it really was something else. Almost peaceful. It reminded him that he needed to send an owl to his father, asking if he could do that to his room. It would be cool to go back to his little house above his father's shop, and find a bed close to the ceiling.

"Hello Professor Flamsteed!" He said after swallowing. The 14 year old eyed the box. "Are they pet rocks, professor?" He was kind of hoping it was full of them. It would be really cool to have one.

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Austin had a mouth full of pancakes when Professor Flamsteed acknowledged him. It wasn't strange to be called out by a teacher, but after that last lesson, he was certain it couldn't be good. Actually, the fourth year had loved the last lesson. It was a strange class, yes but it was interesting, which made it fun. He had never had a class in the air before, and it really was something else. Almost peaceful. It reminded him that he needed to send an owl to his father, asking if he could do that to his room. It would be cool to go back to his little house above his father's shop, and find a bed close to the ceiling.

"Hello Professor Flamsteed!" He said after swallowing. The 14 year old eyed the box. "Are they pet rocks, professor?" He was kind of hoping it was full of them. It would be really cool to have one.

STELLAR! He could tell this Ravenclaw was interested. There was a certain glimmer in the young man's eyes that the astronomer had come to appreciate about inquisitive Ravenclaws. He could almost always count on them to be curious about the more unique and quirky things life had to offer.

"Indeed," he nodded, glancing over his shoulder just quickly enough to throw Pebbles a wink. "The same rocks that volunteered to help with my lesson a bit ago, actually. They are each still looking for their forever home. Already house trained and everything."

Soooooooooo what do you say, Mr. Moore?

Hmm. Yes, those biscuits would pass muster. And those eggs as well. She wasn't entirely sure about those pancakes, though. She's definitely have to do a personal taste inspection to make sure they were up to par...

Her personal musings were interrupted by a familiar voice. She didn't bother turning around before she said, "Good morning, Miss Addison!" Then she turned and gave the girl a smile. "You are certainly most welcome, though I personally cannot take much credit for the idea. After all, the house elves did the majority of the hard work," she said, winking. Suddenly businesslike, Tiara said, "Are you a fan of breakfast foods, Miss Addison?"

It was a very important question. This was need-to-know.

Austin's eyes widened. This was it. The moment he was waiting for since their lesson. "Professor, I would love to be the forever home of one of these pets." Okay, so maybe it was a little weird that the boy was so into this. They were only rocks. But it was more than that to him. Athena, his screech owl, flew out a lot sending his letters. There were times when she was gone for weeks at a time. So he was by himself a lot, especially since he didn't have many friends. He thought it would be nice to have a little friend to keep him company. Maybe bring him/her to class? They could help if he forgot any notes.

"Do they eat anything specific? Also, I have a pet owl. Do they get along well with owls?" These were very iportant questions that he wanted to know the answer to. Hopefully he didn't think the blue eyed boy was making fun of him. This was something he really wanted.

Okay, he had only been kidding about the 'hiding' bit, but now he was CONVINCED that the Professors were hiding the coffee. Granted, it probably wouldn't have been great to keep in front of the firsties, but Zander NEEDED this stuff. How else did they expect him to live through this morning? It was the only way.

Merlin.

Remember that part about not being able to talk before coffee? Yeah. If only other people had gotten the memo. He should've put up a sign on the Gryffindor pasteboard or something. Though... He wasn't so sure that this girl would be one to read over it. "Uh...? What? The coffee? "Mostly," Coffee and Sophie Brown. That was 100% what he ran on. But if a Professor was asking, he ran on the pure satisfaction of receiving a fantastic education. LOL nah. He was too tired to pretend.

But oi! Was she mocking him? "I do get sun on the weekends!" he was defensive. Ahem. Never too tired to get defensive. "Just not this early, it's like they want me to be a zombie." And at the moment, he did have the hair for it. "How come you've got so much energy, anyways?" Speaking of which, he was wasting the little he had talking. WHERE WAS THE COFFEE??? Sweet merlin.

GASP!! The Astronomy Professor was talking to her.... HER! Outside of class. The bacon that she had brought to her mouth was just sticking out. What? And he had a box! And there was another person! Mr Moore apparently.

Noelle looked between the too and realized the bacon was just sticking out of her mouth. She should probably fix that. Nomming her bacon, she peeked inside the box and smiles at the dog that was following behind the professor.

Then he was asking them to take them to their forever home. Holy Merlin. This day. Was. Amazing.

"I GET TO KEEP A ROCK?!? Can I have Dwayne??" Because purposes. Noelle glanced at Mr Moore. "If you don't mind? Please???"

Breakfast picnic? Pancakes and eggs and everything on the lawn? It was such a very fun idea that Dot was floored that the professors had come up with it themselves. They were creative, sure, but they were also old and new ideas were hard to find.

It was a lot of food, though, and Dot just filled her plate with fruit and one piece of bacon before settling by herself near the table. People watching. Professor watching.

Quirly is here to help Headmaster with breakfast. She's glad to help. Quirly brings food for the studentses and serves them. She is happy to be here to do her job as a good house elf. Quirly takes her job very seriously. Quirly sees Toddles and goes over to help him with the foods.

SPOILER!!: Austin!

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Austin's eyes widened. This was it. The moment he was waiting for since their lesson. "Professor, I would love to be the forever home of one of these pets." Okay, so maybe it was a little weird that the boy was so into this. They were only rocks. But it was more than that to him. Athena, his screech owl, flew out a lot sending his letters. There were times when she was gone for weeks at a time. So he was by himself a lot, especially since he didn't have many friends. He thought it would be nice to have a little friend to keep him company. Maybe bring him/her to class? They could help if he forgot any notes.

"Do they eat anything specific? Also, I have a pet owl. Do they get along well with owls?" These were very iportant questions that he wanted to know the answer to. Hopefully he didn't think the blue eyed boy was making fun of him. This was something he really wanted.

"STELLAR!" the man exclaimed, properly setting the box down and plopping it down on the grass to open it up. He gave each of the rocks a quick wave before tugging Pebbles a bit closer. She was an EXCELLENT judge of character and would be able sniff out the perfect companion for the Ravenclaw.

"They mostly just enjoy watching you eat," he explained, as he shuffled the rocks about inside the box so they were all facing up. "No need to make them anything specific and they get along well with every creature. Don't even mind so much when crups relieve themselves on them."

Their owners, on the other hand, did. Very much.

SPOILER!!: Noelle!

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GASP!! The Astronomy Professor was talking to her.... HER! Outside of class. The bacon that she had brought to her mouth was just sticking out. What? And he had a box! And there was another person! Mr Moore apparently.

Noelle looked between the too and realized the bacon was just sticking out of her mouth. She should probably fix that. Nomming her bacon, she peeked inside the box and smiles at the dog that was following behind the professor.

Then he was asking them to take them to their forever home. Holy Merlin. This day. Was. Amazing.

"I GET TO KEEP A ROCK?!? Can I have Dwayne??" Because purposes. Noelle glanced at Mr Moore. "If you don't mind? Please???"

"You certainly can," he chirped. "How about we have you hold him and see how it feels?" Dwayne was rather large, about double the size of Pebbles...give or take...and Miss Summers was quite petite. The astronomer scooped the rock up and offered it to the Gryffindor. "Here you are..."

Two out of six down on his first try? This truly was a good day.

Kaycee had no idea how this guy got to be head boy. He was a little slow on the uptake. Maybe it was based on the pep? If that was the case, she understood why he had so much of the intake.

She smirked. "Noted." Now she new Head Boy's weakness. That could come in handy.

She rolled her eyes. "You look like you don't get any sun." That's right. Miami girl went there. "You look pale enough to be a zombie." She gave him a little poke in the arm.

"It's because I'm not a coffee zombie. It's normal to have this amount of energy." She nodded for effect. "You should look into it."

FOOD. Brian was very much into this whole picknicking thing since it was all about FREE FOOD and whatnot. He liked free food very much. In fact, Brian was all about the food. It was almost bad enough that his best friend though he'd ditch her and leave her to die for food, even though everyone knew that he would NEVER ever do such a heinous act. Friends were more important than food. He'd probably save her first, and THEN go get food. See? Best of both worlds!

But this thing was even better because there were absolutely no lives in danger and there was a lot of food around. Definitely the best case scenario. Mmhmm. YUM YUM.

Was that bacon he smelled? Potential bacon pancakes, maybe?

What a MARVELLOUS day for a breakfast picnic, Beatrice thought as she made her way down to the Lake for the breakfast picnic. She could smell the delicious scents of bacon, eggs and pancakes, and could already see the crowds gathering around. Having dealt with a clingy kitten all morning, Beatrice had finally got Beamer to settle down to sleep so she could come to the picnic without having to worry about her.

And look, there were her fellow co-workers, and some of her students. "Hello everyone, what a beautiful morning" she said loud enough for those around her to hear. And WHAT a beauty the morning was, with the crisp coolness that she just loved so much.

Take some blueberries? In instinct reaction , Yoongi held out his hands cupped them so that he could hold the blueberries. He wasn’t at all pleased with this though. Mainly because he did not like blueberries and it was shown on the expression on his face as his upper lip curled up a bit. But he couldn’t say no to the Headmaster right?! That would be rude and disrespectful. He had made all of this happen, with the help of the house elves he guessed.

“ah, thank you” he said with a smile that he hoped didn’t look too fake. He would just find someone who did like blueberries. And before he could look around he saw heard the voice of Ava. Oh no, anyone but her. He hadn’t heard her speak about his tree house fear to anyone yet but what if things got too fun and she decides to tell the story? Yeah, he needed to keep her happy. “Ava!” he said cheerfully. He had wanted to wave but , blueberries you know? “Want some blueberries?” he asked , holding out his arms.

Sharing was caring~

The Gryffindor looked around and then turned his attention to Adi and Merlin’s Beard was he hyper. “Hey Adi! Blueberry?” he needed to get rid of them T____T

More and more students arrived as well as the staff. He made sure that the Potions master did not see him, not that he would care but he felt so stupid for being a loser at potions. Then he spotted the excited Hufflepuff Head of House. Yoongi liked her, she and her classes were fun. And then another staff member he wanted to avoid. He hadn’t even seen his own Gryffindor Head of House but rather HEARD him. Was he selling pet rocks again? He wasn’t going to check now because he was scared the man would get the brilliant NOT idea to have breakfast IN THE AIR.

He still had not forgotten that lesson.

Time to find some food for himself.

Hady was just about to go and get herself some food but she stopped mid-step when she heard Professor Airey speaking with two others. Turning her head she couldn't help but smirk at what she saw. He had Pebbles on her lease and a box of more Pet Rocks with him! Now she had to go over and say hello!

Turning away from the food... SIGH...the snakette headed over to Professor Airey and Austin and Noelle. "Good morning Professor, are you adopting out more Pet Rocks," she asked happily tucking her hands into the pocket of her hoodie where Elvis just so happening to be sleeping. Just because he wasn't always visible didn't mean she didn't have him with her.

Glancing at Austin and Noelle she gave the two of them small nods and a slight grin. "Are you both going to adopt one?" They were really easy to care for and made awesome starter pets and such.

"I don't mind at all." He didn't have much of a preference, he would love any one of them. He watched as... Miss Summers was it?... held the large rock. It was rather large, and she was rather small. But she was probably a first or second year, so she still had time to grow. He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked down at Pebbles. It was cute how she was on her little leash, being pulled along behind the professor. The boy waved to her.

While the exchange was going down, Austin looked around at the gathering. There were a few house elves, and almost every professor. There were students as well, all eating and talking. Hopefully not at the same time. His stomach growled, asking for more food. So he obliged, and grabbed a piece of bacon off his plate. He was never this excited to eat breakfast. Maybe because it was outside.



When he had finished his piece of bacon, a girl, about her age, came up to them. She seemed to also know about the pet rocks. Did she have one? Or was she here to adopt one too? "That's my plan." He grabbed another piece of bacon, dragged it through the syrup that had dripped from the pancakes, and took a bite. This both satisfied his hunger, and gave him an excuse not to talk much. He wasn't exactly a social butterfly, although he was trying.

Buttermilk biscuits. That's what Adi wanted. He loved anything buttermilk, you know. He was about to point out that he would like of have a few of those to one of the awesome House elves when Candice happened. Awwh, he got a hair flip. He knew it was meant to be sarcasm to him (or something like that) but he didn't care. As long as she didn't go around spraying water in his face, he wouldn't go prefect mode again on her. "Hey, Candice! What's up?''

Back to the biscuits! Or not! "Heya, Benny! Let's get those biscuits,'' Adi said enthusiastically. "I bet they're the best thing here.'' Hehe. Well, that would be hard to decide on. Everything here smelt GREAT! "Hey, Toddles! Hey, Quirly!'' Grins for the House elves. Oh? Someone was offering him blueberries? Yes, please! "Yoongi, dude! Don't you like blueberries? But sure! If you're being generous with them, I'll take them.'' No refusing food from this Puffer.

Adi caught sight of two more familiar faces. "Good morning, Professor York! Hi, Brian!'' His fellow Hufflepuffs! HIIIIIII! And there was the honourary Hufflepuff! "Hi, Professor Canary. I mean Culloden.'' Heheeee.

"I'll just grab those biscuits now,'' he told no one in particular. You know, before someone else caught his sight and he stopped to talk to them. Adi grabbed three of the things. Yummmm!

Blueberries? "Sure," Ava grabbed some blueberries from Yoongi and put them on her mouth. Nomnomnom... Sweet and sour taste from the fresh blueberries. Such a good start on her breakfast. "Thanks, flower boy." Hehehe. She's still gonna call him that. "So, what's your favorite breakfast menu?" She curiously asked.

Her brown eyes spotted another familiar face. "Hey, Adiiiii!!!!!" She waved frantically at the Hufflepuff prefect. And also Candice come down here. "Hello, Candice!" Ava greeted the older lioness. There's a Ravenclaw boy (Sabbath) that looked at her. She just smiled at him because she didn't know exactly who he was.

She grabbed some pancakes, bacon, eggs, more bacon, more eggs... Hey, don't judge her. She's still on growing process. Also, who could resist all the good breakfast food? Hmmm... "I'm gonna take the butter. Thanks, grandpa!" ............... WHATDIDSHEJUSTCALLHIM??? Stupid, stupid, stupid! Even with the food, her brain and her mouth couldn't sync properly. "I mean... thank you, Professor. Sorry about.... that."

SPOILER!!: Austin

When he had finished his piece of bacon, a girl, about her age, came up to them. She seemed to also know about the pet rocks. Did she have one? Or was she here to adopt one too? "That's my plan." He grabbed another piece of bacon, dragged it through the syrup that had dripped from the pancakes, and took a bite. This both satisfied his hunger, and gave him an excuse not to talk much. He wasn't exactly a social butterfly, although he was trying.

When Austin said it was his plan to adopt a Pet Rock Hady gave him a small smile. "That's good. They make great pets, really rather simple to care for." Especially if one wasn't good with animals or never had one before. They were also nice to talk to if you just needed someone to listen to what you had to say and not say anything back. It might sound strange but she did that A LOT.

Glancing towards the food Hady decided it was okay to take a quick moment to go get herself something to eat. "Be right back..." she said to no one in particular before she slipped away and grabbed herself a plate which on it went some eggs, a biscuit and of course BACON! She also remembered to grab herself a fork and napkin. And well since Adi was right there she slid up beside him and lightly bumped him arm (not so he'd drop anything) and smirked up at him. "Hiya Adi!"

She also gave a bright smile and a wave towards both Toddles and Quirly. She adored those little effsies. A few more waves and nods of the head went to other Professors, the HeadMaster and her fellow mates.