One of her favorite places... Kye sometimes liked being surrounded by others. She sat here now to read a bit of her Charms textbook. She wanted to see what all the spells were that she would be learning in there, and hadn't been able to finish yet. She practiced the movements, and making sure she was saying them correctly.

As she practiced, pumpkin juice appeared in a goblet before her. Mmmmm...

SPOILER!!: Valkyrie! <3

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One of her favorite places... Kye sometimes liked being surrounded by others. She sat here now to read a bit of her Charms textbook. She wanted to see what all the spells were that she would be learning in there, and hadn't been able to finish yet. She practiced the movements, and making sure she was saying them correctly.

As she practiced, pumpkin juice appeared in a goblet before her. Mmmmm...

Kay decided that she as not going to sit at the Staff table right now because she wanted to mingle some more with the students. She already knew quite a bit of Ravenclaws so she would be switching things up- interacting with students from another House. She randomly chose the Slytherin table and with a glass of fruit juice already in hand, she slid into a seat beside a first year.

"Good morning, Ms Atwater!'' Atwater was her name, Kay hoped. She sometimes had difficulty remembering names of her students since she was still newish and Hogwarts accommodated a lot of kiddos. "If I'm disturbing you, I can stop but is there anything I can help you with?'' The woman did notice the Charms book.

She was mid motion of a charm, when one of the professors say beside Kye and she wasn't quite sure how to respond. "Erm, hello Professor..." she said a little above a murmur. To be honest, Kye wondered how the teachers could remember all of their students names. They must see so many over the years! She wasn't sure if there was anything to be done in the Great Hall about it, but she figured she may as well confide in the teacher. Kye cleared her throat and spoke up.

"Well, I'm just going over the spells we're supposed to be learning this year. I think my movements are a bit lazy when the motion is an 'S' so I'm trying to master those main figures. I need to memorize these."

There were so many spells that used an 'S' at different angles, and sometimes she just plain forgot which one it was!

Kay sipped her juice. She wasn't sure if fruit juice had been around a lot at Hogwarts before but it certainly was now. It was a possibility that the House Elves know just how much she liked the beverage. She set down her glass, eyes still fixed on the student. Kay could tell she had been caught of guard with her presence. Woops, the professor hadn't meant to do that.

She listened to the girl's predicament, hoping to offer some tips. "I'm all too familiar with that," was her reply and with a nod of her head. "There are movements you're really good at then there are those..." She trailed off as Valkyrie tried the S shaped wand movement. "Practice is key as I'm sure you know already. You should have one of your friends practice with you. I found it a lot of fun to have my friends do that with me and plus I rememebered the movements a lot faster." It was how she survived DADA and the other subjects.

Food.

That was the best and probably only reason why Hady ever stepped foot in here. Without even bothering to cast a glance anywhere else as she used to do she promptly went straight for the green and silver table. Slipping down onto the bench near the middle the brunette reached for a goblet filling it with some pumpkin juice this morning.

Taking a long sip of the cold refreshing drink she set the goblet down and then went about selecting some food to put on her plate. Some eggs, a slice of very lightly buttered toast, a few grapes and a bit of bacon. She was never one to pass up bacon...not ever. Nibbling at a slice of bacon she let her hazel eyes finally run over the length of the snakes table to see who was around. Not many that was for sure. This was probably a good thing, it meant peace and quiet for her while she ate before her first lesson. Just one of many for the day.

Yes yes, he was a man on a mission. It was clear there was a problem and even more clear that the girls around the castle had no idea about it. Just take a look at Hady over there about to eat the foo--WAIT WHAT???

"Hady no!!!"

Blaise abandoned the wall he was about to plaster the flier onto in favour of meandering his way over to the Slytherin table. It figured the girl would sit smack dab in the middle. Always had to make it harder, didn't they? "Wait wait wait." The boy skidded to a stop by her, plopping a flier onto her plate (she could thank him later) before finally catching his breath.

"You...you gotta be more careful. There's been THINGS happening inside the castle." Wide brown eyes stared at her, imploring her to believe the truth that was written on the parchment right there. He was a hero you know.

Piece of bacon held between her fingers and being quietly nibbled at was dropped down onto her plate at a very loud shout of 'Hady no!'

Her hazel eyes quickly scanned her plate including the bacon she had just dropped and her drink. Everything seemed fine. What was going on?

Before she could even register anything really a parchment was set right in front of her along with a skidding to a stop Blaise. The boy was totally out of breath but that wasn't the point.

There. Was. A. Parchment. On. Her. Plate.

ON. HER. PLATE!

HER. BACON!!!!

Hadleigh stared down at the parchment scanning it's writing before shifting onto the boy. "I'm quite aware of the happenings at Herbology I was there but what other 'happenings' are you speaking about?" She hadn't heard about anything going on around the castle. Nothing more odd then usual anyhow. So what was this all about and why was he upsetting her first decent meal in days?

The lack of urgency in her next actions were a cause for concern. Did she NOT just see the way he practically sprinted and--hold on--passionately threw himself head first into the dangerous business of uncovering the diabolical plans of the superiors of this sinister institution? (quills words, not his bro).

"Merlin's beard Hady, they're poisoning us." Pay attention. "It's all a trap. Professor Myers' class was just that, a class but it shows just how capable they are of giving us things without our knowledge. They've been doing it forever, you know, and we've never thought to question it but that's the problem--their secret weapon is our blind faith."

The boy flopped into the seat next to her, wondering if he was talking to Hady or crazy!spiked by castle food!Hady. Hopefully it was the first, otherwise this would be a lost cause.

"Haven't you noticed anything....strange happening?" Anything at all?

Poisoning them? The Professors. Seriously? Sure the Potions professor had issues with the potions lesson which made everyone sick last term. And yes Professor Myers had shrunk them all but really, poisoning them all? Hady pushed her plate away from her and turned sideways on the bench to look fully at the younger boy.

"Alright, alright calm down. I'm listening. Tell me...why are they poisoning us?" If he felt this strongly about it then he had to have some sort of theory. It couldn't hurt none to see what he had to say on the matter.

Was she supposed to have noticed anything happening? She hadn't. Nothing other then the normal strange things that happened around her. Plus she was busy, she was ALWAYS busy. Most of the time to busy to even make it to the Great Hall for meals. Which reminded her of her bacon that she had wanted to eat and now couldn't.

So lets hear it Blaise. Why was everyone being poisoned?

Phew, she was finally taking him seriously; more importantly, she'd stopped trying to eat the food, if only temporarily. This was a step in the right direction and he had to make it work.

"They probably don't mean it to be a poison and maybe they're just trying stuff out to see what works but it's definitely wide scale and it's definitely affecting more and more people." He began after a few breaths to steady himself. "Who knows what really goes through the minds of Professors these days? Always trying to figure out how to control large amounts of children in any given time, it's the only way Hogwarts won't become even more of a madhouse."

No doubt this could have been the work of Professor Primeaux. "Remember how the Charms Professor was harping on about how we lack discipline? If words don't work, what's the next best thing? Spiking food with behaviour modifiers."

It all added up if you thought about it.

This kid really thought this out. At least it seemed that way as he went on to actually answer her question. Some of what was being said made her want to laugh but she didn't. She was being a nice sixth year and listening to what Blaise thought was taking place. "Who all has already been affected by this?" If he was so sure then he could answer her questions.

The Charms professor. What did this have to do with Professor Primeaux? "You honestly think that because a professor didn't approve of our behavior that everyone of us is being poisoned? Why not just give those with the less desirable behaviors something?" Not everyone was uncontrolable. Thank you very much.

Kye nodded slightly, taking in the professor's words. Yes yes, she supposed one couldn't be good at everything... ut she could darn well try! "Perhaps I can still perfect them though," Kye piped up. "All hope isn't lost quite..."

It was then that she heard a ruckus nearby and she turned her head, wide eyed. A boy had just ran, almost into a girl at this very table. Kye had seen the girl around the common room, and knew her as Hady but she couldn't tell who the boy was.

Wait, wasn't he usually around when things were getting a bit out of hand? Kye stared, wide eyed, unsure what the professor may or may not do with the mayhem unfolding.

Who? That was a good question, it meant Hady was finally taking him seriously and was perhaps trying to compare the effects of the infected to those she herself came into contact with. "Right now, there's been a couple but I wouldn't doubt that there's even more. Like....Chloe and Char and Liv--and Katherine too sorta." He didn't really know what was going on with Katherine but it fit the bill. "And that Ravenclaw girl, Hadley." Sure she'd explained why she was angry all the time but not why she was so quick to deny things and overall otherwise...insane. He had his quill to prove it.

"And you say that like anything at Hogwarts ever makes sense." Seriously. When did the Professors at Hogwarts ever do anything the normal way? Everything was always one spectacle or the other. Hady had been here longer than him, she would know this better. "Why not just tell us we'll be shrinking for the lesson? Why not greet us at the beginning of the first class ever and ask what we know instead of making us go through locked door after locked door and making us learn nothing? Why hire a children eating Hag then leave her alone with us to get eaten?"

NOTHING made sense...which made THIS perfect sense. Perfectly in line with everything else that had been going on around here.

When she had asked who she hadn't honestly expected the boy to give her a list. The boy was seriously taking names and had no trouble listing of the t- Whoa whoa! Back up there a little bit. Had he said Haddie? What was wrong with Haddie? "Haddie? What's happened with her?" Sorry other girls but she personally knew this younger one and tended to keep an eye open for her. And why was this list all girls? Young ones... twelve and thirteenish possibly? This had the girl shifting in her seat and fully turning sideways now to face Blaise. "What about the boys, haven't any of them eaten or drank anything lately?" Surely it can't just be the girls if there was truly something going on around here.

And there he went again. Another little mini rant of an explanation as to why Hogwarts Professors did things in a 'strange' manner. "As for the whole tea thing I don't know but I will say you do have a point on that." It was fair enough. Warn the class beforehand and avoid problems. As for the locked doors in charms class well she had her own theory on that one and it was fairly simple. "I believe that was just to see what we all knew and how we handled different situations. It was also to see which of us would be willing to help a younger student or two or even someone our own age or older who was having trouble." Some of them passed this test while others didn't. She for one never had a problem stopping and working with someone that needed her or even didn't need her for that matter.

SPOILER!!: Kye! <3

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Kye nodded slightly, taking in the professor's words. Yes yes, she supposed one couldn't be good at everything... ut she could darn well try! "Perhaps I can still perfect them though," Kye piped up. "All hope isn't lost quite..."

It was then that she heard a ruckus nearby and she turned her head, wide eyed. A boy had just ran, almost into a girl at this very table. Kye had seen the girl around the common room, and knew her as Hady but she couldn't tell who the boy was.

Wait, wasn't he usually around when things were getting a bit out of hand? Kye stared, wide eyed, unsure what the professor may or may not do with the mayhem unfolding.

Kay sipped her juice, eyes surveying the table. Ever since the Start of Term Feast, she had made it a habit to be on the lookout for troublemakers. So far, all seemed at peace, even with Blaise there. He and Hady seemed engrossed in their conversation so Kay left them to be though she had her eyes on the Gryffindor.

"You can do it, Ms Atwater. I'm also available if you would ever like someone to practice with. I believe Professor Primeaux has set up a room so that the students can do so.'' Kay's eyes travelled along the table again. "Tell me, what spells are you having trouble with the most?"

Time to get some lunch.

This slytherin was quite hungry for some glorious food. As he made his way to the lunch table he saw it was empty. He grinned and sighed with relief and sat down and was not gonna be bothered. He scooped himself some mashed potatoes and stabbed some meat with his fork and put it on his plate. He saw some mac and cheese and kept it coming. He looked at his backpack and thought he should do some homework but decided against it. At times like these he wish he had a house elf to do his homework.

Echo just had to eat, with the OWL's this year shes been noticing that shes been eating a lot and she didnt like it but its stress eating so shes not going to stop while in the moment.

Spotting Colt, she made her way over to him. He was kind of nice to her over the weekend so why not go sit with him. "Hey Colt, save some mash taters for me!" she laughed while starting to load up her own plate, mashed potatoes, corn, some turkey, gravy of course and some bread.

Echo also filled up her goblet with pumkpin juice and gave Colt a look. "what---- girls allowed to eat right" she smirked and put a spoon full of mashed potatoes in her mouth. once she finished with her bite she continued to talk. "so, hows studying for OWL's." they were in the same year so hopefully he felt her pain.

Colt snorted when he heard Echo's voice. Out of all places and he met her here. He wasn't surprised. He laughed at her little joke and replied with, "Didn't you hear the house elves made a platter just for me. They told me to not share with girls named Echo.." he smirked and was just teasing of course. He saw her filling up her plate and he was eyeing her choices. They seemed pretty legit. He was impressed.

He raised his hands in resentment and replied, "Hey I never said they couldn't. Girls do have appetites believe me especially in my family dinners." She should see them trying to be polite and not be hungry but when in reality they are starving and try not to take seconds until his little cousin does. Then they have an excuse. Studying for Owls... he grinned and gave a little chuckle. "Yeah that is not going well so far. I am usually the one to cram things in one night into my tiny brain and remember it all.." he tapped on his head. "How about you?"

"yeah yeah, im sure they did" laughing she tossed her hair over her shoulder.

"those house elves love me" she always gave them sweets and were nice to them and, because of this they always dropped off cookies off at her dorm and made her fire extra warm because they knew she was always cold.

Laughing some more she continued to eat her lovely food. "you cant cram a night before, wow Colt! that's crazy!, if you want you can always study with me?" she started to study as soon as she got to Hogwarts.. actually on the train.

Colt was puzzled and was wondering why Echo was tossing her hair over her shoulder? Was she trying to flirt with him. If so it was sort of working. She did grow up a little bit since the first time he met her. He rolled his eyes and muttered, "Sure they do. They are willing to serve anyone they can get their tiny hands on." He shrugged when she commented on studying the night before. "Oh please like you haven't done it before. You will be lying if you denied it." He knew at least every student has done it. He did it at his old school.

He heard her offer and he raised a brow. He didn't know if she was playing a game with him. Was that a pick up line for something else. Was he reading too much into it. He probably was. Stay cool Slytherin. He shrugged and said, "Sure we can study." Long as there is not a lot of flirting involved then he couldn't concentrate. "What will we be studying first?"

Just enough there Colt, geez. he was taking it so seriously. Deciding not to answer that part of his question she fell to the last part. "actually i havent" which was true she was always studying, sometimes it was crazy because she studied so much but today she was going to let her hair down, eat as much food as possible and not let Colt ruin her good mood.

Shocked when Colt agreed to them studying.. she kind of just stared at him. *blink blink* "ermm, we can start tomorrow if you like..... subject of your choosing..." she sipped her drink "todays my relaxing day.. so no studying for me"

Oliver rushed over to the great hall after his workout, hoping no one else could hear the very loud and angry grumbling coming from his stomach. He was normally pretty good about eating something before going to work out but for whatever reason, he had forgotten to today and regretted it almost immediately.

Sitting down at the snake table, he smiled at the people around him quickly and began filling his plate up with as much food as he could. No one ever really meant not to eat with your eyes, right?

This brunette was in absolutely no rush whatsoever today. Her lessons were out of the way and homework finished. There was no band practice either therefore this was free time. Which to her right now meant it was time for FOOD!

Meals had become a more true thing lately. Now that she had the time she was actually eating at the table with her house rather then rushing about and eating whenever. Slipping down onto the bench at the table of green and gold she spotted Oliver right away. "A little hungry?" She questioned glancing at his plate with a soft laugh, at the same time she was selecting a half of turkey and cheese sandwich and a few carrot sticks.

The fifth year hardly even noticed someone sitting next to him until she spoke. He jumped a little and dropped the spoon of mashed potatoes onto the table. Oops. Looking up at her, he realized it was Hady, whom he hadn't seen since the whole zombie-like!Mason thing. Thankfully, this time it was just Hady in a normal setting. Oliver laughed a little and worked at cleaning up his mess. "Heeeey, sorry for...being scared." He had no idea why he was apologizing but he felt like he was supposed to? "But...uh, yeah. I went to workout earlier and I forgot to eat before that so my stomach kind of hates me right now. Gotta make it happy again." He shrugged and smiled.

OOC: Just gonna say he knows her name by now!