They were splitting in half? Olly considered going opposite Noelle, but the situation looked too much like a competition to him. Like dodgeball. Were they playing dodgeball? Whatever it was there was no way he was going to be on the opposite team as Noelle because she would crush him, especially if he had to use the shield charm. So he followed her over to the left side of the room. She could protect him, yeah? Whatever they were doing.

And they were finally going to get to see what was on those tables. Olly thought it a little unfair that Hirsch didn't get shocked, but he reminded himself that the professor had probably been the one to cast the spell, and therefore uncast it to let himself through. That did make sense. The lumps under the cloth did not look like dodgeballs so that's probably not what they were doing. The actual activity was even more interesting than that. Food fight? Olly was fine with that. He could throw food. Shield himself? Debatable. But hey, that's why he was on Noelle's side.

Olly ran to the table to arm himself with some food. There was certainly a lot of it and, to be honest, it was kind of making him hungry. Would Hirsch mind if they samples some of the weapons? Not that Olly was going to at the moment, but he might in a bit. For now he grabbed a handful of pasta noodles and flung them to the opposite side of the room. He had no real target, he just hoped they hit somebody. Eventually he was going to have to defend himself...and that might not be as easy as throwing noodles.

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She could do this ALL day. Well, not all day. Probably not even for another hour, but she was still running for now and that's what mattered. So she kept running in place. Eyes on the prize: The end of the class period OR the moment where they got to punch stuff. Whichever came first to be honest.

But instead, she was whispered at.

Oh.

DERF!

"Hiiiiii!" she waved at him, still moving her feet up and down lots. "Okay! 'Cept I mostly forgot what we have to do," she shrugged as her feet came to an abrupt stop. Oh wait. Her plan was to not practice. Dang it. Derf had somehow managed to lure her out of her plan. She really needed to work on that. Oops.

Oh, well! Maybe practice could be fun too.

Thankfully for both of them HE had not forgotten, but continued to jog in place along side Zoryn anyway. "We haff to manage a S-Shield Charm," he nodded. Step one anyway. He had not yet noticed that his friend had stopped jogging, thus he continued while pondering their practice over a bit. The incantation was not a difficult one so he ought to be able to manage it without any REAL difficulties. "Maybe I can try cas-s-sting on you and you on me?" he suggested with a small shrug of the shoulder. Something about using the spell on another person made this particular charm easier to manage.

Stopping only because fishing his wand from his pocket was harder while moving - mostly because Scamander had taken a liking to curling himself around the holster - the Hufflepuff pointed his wand directly at Zoryn's nose. "Me firs-st!" he chirped, giving his wand a humble flourish before giving the incantation a go. "PROTEGO!"

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A weapon? Hm. "So you're saying that it's almost like a form of attack?" Because that was an interesting thought process.

Oh, how Hirsch was glad that someone had brought up the shield charm he'd put up earlier. The wide smile on his face said it all. "I cast another spell that makes an object zap, or in some cases burn, you when you touch it. Excellent observation!"

Turning his attention away from his own spell being cast - oops? Yay? Nay? - the blonde looked towards the professor and gave a firm nod of affirmation. "Kind of...a really really NEAT illustration of defens-s-se being your best offens-s-se!" Literally.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH. Tricksy professor. Derf was just about to ask a follow up to that - because naturally now he was curious as to WHAT the other spell was - but it seemed it was time for things to move along...

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"So I'd like everyone to form two lines along two sides of the room and face the people in the other line. Make sure there's a large gap between the two lines. That's important." Leaving them to it, Hirsch moved away towards the part of the classroom where the tables had been. Upon his approach, he cast away the shield charm - didn't want to be zapped, that would be embarrassing - and levitated the tables towards the students. Some came to a rest before one line of the students and the others directly opposite and in front of the other. Perfect.

Approaching the two sides and [S]stupidly[/I] standing right in he very middle, Hirsch called for everyone's attention again. "Okay, so the task is simple:" There was a short pause while he flicked his wand at the various tables. At once, the cloth covering the objects lifted away, revealing lots and lots of food. Enough to feed everyone in the room five times over, in fact.

"Food fight!" Was he proud of himself? He was.

"Some rules, though: you have to use Fianto Duri and a shield charm to defend yourself. Otherwise you'll be covered in food which is not the best of fashion choices." Was that a good joke?

No?

Carry on.

"Three....... two........ one......." Let him move away quickly. "Let the battle commence!"

FOOD FIGHT?!

HOLY FLAMING SALAMANDERS!

While the purpose of this exercise was to protect oneself first and attack after, the Hufflepuff made a beeline for the food on the RIGHT SIDE of the room and grabbed a few fists full of food - some spaghetti and a few dinner rolls. HE WAS READY FOR ACTION! And not at all concerned about getting a bit messy.

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With her shield charm still firmly in place, Katy was free to move on to the new spell. It wasn't even very hard, at least incantation-wise, but she still mouthed the charm a few times to familiarize herself with how it felt in her mouth. Drag on the eeee sound, percussive sounds to follow. Fianto Duri. Almost like poetry.

"Fianto Duri," she cast the spell on her shield charm and jumped up and down when it did that neat-o blue-white flash. That was cool. Hirsch... this was cool. Credit where it was due.

"Someone throw something at me!!"

"I WILL I WILL!" he chirped eagerly, jumping up and down in place and waving his arms so she was sure to know that her request had not fallen on deaf ears.

Here, have a dinner roll. Or two. And some spaghetti!

Leon was just about to nod at the Head boy and say that he did indeed need a partner when the main activity was announced!

Food fight! Heck yes!

He followed Colt over the right side of the room and smiled at the rest of his fellow battlers.. this was going to be super fun. He had never really been in a food fight before, not to mention a fully supervised one?

Professor Hirsch was awesome!

"Protego!" The seventh year cast as he held his wand up in front of him, followed by "Fianto Duri! " Thr seventh year noticed the color and smiled, well it looked like he had done it right, but only time would tell if he did.

If not, he might be washing pumpkin juice out of his hair!

Not today!

He looked around and grabbed some mashed potatoes with his bare hands and lobbed them over to the left side of the room..

Incoming!

Heh.

"Good job." James rarely complimented someone but he gave the girl a thumbs up. Too bad, he didn't have time to practice on his own when Professor Hersheys moved the class along to the main activity. Food fight? Really? Oh man. This going to be epic. James nodded in reply to the third year. What was her name again? They never quite introduced to each other first, hadn't they? Oh well.

"Protego! Fianto Duri!" he pointed his wand towards their direction. The charm didn't work instantly as soon as he cast it because he didn't concentrate enough. Damn, he was for sure going to get hit. James ran for cover behind some kid.

Harriet smirked a little as her jam hit Daisy. Good shot Paton, Dad would be impressed. It was actually quite amusing. She just smirked at her friend a little more. Could she get some more direct hits on Daisy? She hoped so because the Paton's had to win over the Carden's. It was just law. Or well law in Hattie's little world anyway.

"Don't think so...." She murmured with a little laugh, jumping away even though she was still pretty sure that her shield was still going to work. Daisy's was the first bit of food to go through it. So she still had good for it it to work. She was proud

"Better luck next time" She teased, before grabbing a handful of potatoes an throwing them back at Daisy

Just when she had grabbed a handful of a few raw eggs she heard somebody calling and... That person sounded really close! Seconds later a large amount of pasta flew toward her shield and... It disappeared seconds later after making contact! Good to know that her shield was working! But sadly, now she only could keep it used for two more turns before she needed to cast it again! With a twinkle in her eyes and a absolute happy laugh she jumped toward the older looking girl who had attacked her and threw one of her raw eggs toward the other girl, shouting really loud; "Egg BOMP!!!"

If Hirsch really just wanted to practice using the shields, he could have used bean bags or something. Or even if he had to be "fun"- because based on everyone else's faces, that was the point of this lesson- he could have used slightly less messy foods. But no, instead there was a large globule of mashed potato flying towards Sinead's face and nothing she could do but cringe away from it and hope that her shield was effective.

Which it was- for the most part. She thought she felt a slight splattering of moisture land on her front, but she couldn't see any actual potato beyond a tiny splattering that had come around the edges of her admittedly rather small shield, so that would have to count as a success.

With her protection in place and confirmed effective, Sinead turned her attention to the attack- it would be no good in a fight if she had to stand there and watch her shield the whole time, would it? Delicately, she tore one of her bread rolls into chunks and began to flick them across the classroom, aiming for her classmates' shields and ignoring anyone who hadn't managed to conjure one. After all- it wasn't going to teach anyone anything to get pelted with bread because they weren't good enough at magic to protect themselves.

Olly didn't even see if his spaghetti had hit its mark. He grabbed a handful of food and ran back to his own side of the room. He mostly tried to stay behind others so he could use their bodies as a shield if necessary. He wasn't really using this activity as it should be used, to practice the spell, but he was having fun so that was what mattered right? Probably not actually. He would practice the spell...eventually. First he needed free hands, which meant he had to do something with all the food he was holding.

Olly spotted a familiar face on the other side of the room. It was his dormmate, James. He grinned before launching the food he was holding at the other boy. A bit of scrambled eggs and a few full size eggs. Those would not be fun to get all over your body and clothes. Fearing retribution, Olly looked around for something or someone to use as a personal shield. Oh right, shield charm. He took out his wand and readied himself. "Protego." That looked...alright, yeah? The question was if it would hold up against incoming food.

Without warning, he got pelted by eggs on his clothes. Yo! Not cool but since this was a food fight, it didn't matter. Everyone going to get drenched in all kinds of food. Urgh he could already smell the stench. Now who threw that? James looked around for the culprit. Oh it was none other than his dormmate Oliver. "I'm going to get you back man!" James pointed at Olly. He concentrated again using both of the defense charms protego and fianto duri. Finally, he managed to form a force field in front of him. Hopefully it stayed there. James grinned as he grabbed a handful of mash potatoes and blueberry pie too. "You hungry bro?" He threw back with all his might.

She noticed the Slytherin looking at her funny once she had stood up from ducking. Did she think Nat would retaliate on her? It was an option, but one Nat wasn't caring to do. She just gave the girl a smile before being distracted by someone.... hiding?

"Katy what are you doing?" WAS SHE HOLDING SPAGHETTI OVER HER HEAD? "I swear to Merlin Katy you get that in my hair and you won't be walking out of here with regular feet." She would give the girl duck feet or something. No way did she want more food in her hair. Custard from Ace was enough!

Looking for a new target she grinned, "Oh James" She wiggled her fingers and even blew him a kiss. She knew the boy could be distracted by pretty girls. Right after the little flirt she did the potatoes she had in her hand went flying towards him.

Well, of course the pumpkin juice wasn't going to go through the shield. That was okay, however, Daisy was in it for the long game. She just needed two more hits and then she had to be fast enough to get Hattie before she cast another shield.

The Slytherin had it all planned.

Now that the Head Girl had smiled at her - yes, she wasn't going to get detention!! - Daisy could fully concentrate on her spell. It was strong and glowy in front of her and she grinned happily when she saw the potatoes Hattie had thrown at her disintegrate through her shield. That was good because potatoes? Potatoes HURT. They were solid and round and she did not need anymore bruises, thank you very much.

Now, for retaliation.

The fifteen year old reached for the table and grabbed some nice looking cupcakes. Oh, this was a waste. With a deep sigh of regret - oh, the things she did to honour her family name - the Carden girl threw two cupcakes at Hattie's shield.

C'mon, Carden.

Junia grinned as she saw her shield before her, looking rather strong. She'd be using this spell combo in the future, no doubt in her mind. She'd also be looking for a target now that she was ready to rumble. Picking up some mashed potatoes that she worked into a mushy ball, the third year looked for the older boy she'd been practicing with earlier. She smiled when she spotted him and wound up before tossing those potatoes as hard as she could. Thing was-Junia didn't have the best arm. Her aim hadn't been the best, either, and so the mashed potatoes went rogue, headed at another classmate entirely. OOPS! Oh well, still counted as a strike against the right side of the room!

"Take that!" AHEM. This was fun!

Colt was glad he shield protected him for the time being. He was trying to pick his next target and he saw that Dora noticed that he threw his spaghetti at her. Darn it got disintegrated in her shield. He stuck his tongue at her playfully of course and he noticed she had something in her hand. Uh oh....he eyed it and say it was peas. Well not the worst thing in the world right? Yup. He saw her throw them and it missed his shield but he got water all over him. He went over his head and he felt them pelt him. "Arrrghh.." he said and tried to get the peas out of his hair. He saw it landed near Hirsch though.

He laughed to himself and went to find another target. He scanned the room and saw some of the extra bits of food were disintegrated from his shield. He saw some mashed potatoes and maybe some sauce he had no idea. He looked around and saw a cake piece. He got some chocolate cake piece. He got it into his hand all gooey like and aimed it at Noelle. You are fair game lion prefect.

Teehheeee

Etta didn't understand wasting FOOD. What was the point? And what if she got food all over her? She wasn't sure she wanted to join in, to be honest. But, she had to give it a go, right? "Protego. Fianto Duri." She said, quickly snapping a shield into place. What was the professor thinking?!

.. and with her luck, and the lack of of concentration thanks to all the chaos around her, the shield disappeared soon enough. "Whoa." She swiftly moved to the side when a pie ( ?? Was that a pie? ) almost hit her in the face. Okay, that's enough. "If you don't mind, Brent..." She moved to stand a little behind him since he was way bigger. He could protect her from all the food, yes?

This was very upsetting. So much wastage. Food was meant to be eaten.

Rawr or whatever noise a angry badger made, as a victory call. She had no idea but that didn't matter. It had hit the other girls shield Haha Kat had damaged the girls defense shields. Throwing the pasta was actually very stress relieving. But this time she grabbed a glass of pumpkin juice and threw the entire glass at the younger girl.

The younger girl (Leesha) tossed one of the eggs in her hands at her shield. She egg exploded against her shield. "How do you like your egg eggs cooked?" She asked with a laugh. Woooo saved by the shield. Minus the shattered egg yolk pieces. Turning back around she was face to face... well not all close up too like that but she was in front of her. She grabbed to more handful of pasta.

Next victim please.

Who was in the dark left side. She needed a new victim to give them a new pasta hair do. To her surprise but not really she spotted Katy with the same pasta in her hands. Best friends think alike right? "Oh. Katy. Look at what I got." She held her hands full of pasta in the air and shook them like maracas. Come at me bestie.

Maybe that would distract her from giving Nat the past hair do she wanted to do herself.

Now it wasn't left of right side of the room. It was all for one and one for all. Right?

Kat spotted James on side her and Hattie on the other. So with her pasta filled hands shake the pasta maracas. She threw one toward James and the other toward Hattie in a very Katerina warrior princess move. Inserts bad badger war chant here.

This was going to be awesome! Henry didn't see if his handful of chocolate pudding hit anyone because he was focused on his shield, wanting to know if it would work. He glanced up as he heard his name, grinning at Nat as her mashed potatoes disintegrated as they hit his shield. "Nice try, Head Girl! Maybe you should try some broccoli though!" He picked up two handfuls of some very limp, overcooked broccoli and chucked them at her.

Food was flying everywhere, really, and he kind of loved the chaos. His eyes followed the peas thrown by Noelle and he glanced at his shield, noticing that the blue was getting lighter. It still made the peas disintegrate, but he wondered how much longer it would hold up. But he wasn't worried about it now because he was throwing handfuls of meatballs dripping with sauce at Noelle. Just a little payback.

More food to throw? Absolutely! This was the best kind of fun. Noticing Katy on that side too, he grabbed the nearest thing on the table closest to him. Cupcakes? The idea of throwing them kind of hurt, but it was a part of the game and he didn't have much time to think anyway. "How's your shield, Katy?" he asked as he threw one from each hand. She wouldn't mind, would she? All in good fun.

Talk about an extremely delayed reaction? This little sprog took it to a whole new level... they were actually playing a game now, did he know? And he'd just struck her amazing shield charm, and it had decimated the carb load he'd thrown her way.

Did he even have a proper team? "Thanks, Derfius Maximus. Now you need to throw that spaghetti at the other side and know their respective blocks off, okay?"

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"Katy what are you doing?" WAS SHE HOLDING SPAGHETTI OVER HER HEAD? "I swear to Merlin Katy you get that in my hair and you won't be walking out of here with regular feet." She would give the girl duck feet or something. No way did she want more food in her hair. Custard from Ace was enough!

"Strategy, Miss Nat. I don't have to keep my shield up as often if you're blocking the bulk off the food being thrown at me," Katy grinned broadly. "And I'm not going to get that in your hair. I'm on your team. We're throwing THAT way," she pointed her noodle-hands at the other side of the room. The side about to see her PASTA WRATH. Rawr.

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Who was in the dark left side. She needed a new victim to give them a new pasta hair do. To her surprise but not really she spotted Katy with the same pasta in her hands. Best friends think alike right? "Oh. Katy. Look at what I got." She held her hands full of pasta in the air and shook them like maracas. Come at me bestie.

Her best mate was on the other team? That definitely tested her loyalty, since she wanted to throw food at Kat desperately but also understood that friendship was sacred. Only, like... Kat was asking for it, right?

"Come get me, bestie!" Katy threw her spaghetti hard in the direction of Kat's shield. And face. Same thing, really.

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More food to throw? Absolutely! This was the best kind of fun. Noticing Katy on that side too, he grabbed the nearest thing on the table closest to him. Cupcakes? The idea of throwing them kind of hurt, but it was a part of the game and he didn't have much time to think anyway. "How's your shield, Katy?" he asked as he threw one from each hand. She wouldn't mind, would she? All in good fun.

Cupcakes? In her hair? Katy gnawed her lip and carefully put her hands at her sides. She was going to trust her charms abilities and NOT be an absolute girl about icing to her tresses. And smile at Henry like she meant it, which she always did because he was her Henry friend. "My shield is perfect, Puff, and I dare you to test it."

SPOILER!!: Rooney!

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Rooney had reached across and wiped the ink from Liv's nose with a soft smile before she got up to practice the spell in coalition with the shield charm. He was a little caught off guard when she started asking Professor Hirsch a few more questions, his confusion heightening as he looked between her and his Head of House. Why was she asking this in front of people? Had she forgotten that there were other students around? And why was...was she caught up in thinking that she could change what had happened just by knowing this stupid spell that kept your stupid shield up without you needing to look after it? Huh?

He left her to it, deciding to practice by himself for a bit because he was still a little annoyed after earlier things and needed to calm himself. By casting.

Wand out, Rooney shot up a shield charm without properly thinking about it too much -- it had surprisingly become second nature around the castle and especially in circumstances out on the grounds. However, he had very little time to swap out that spell for the next when he stopped in his tracks to watch his girlfriend try and try again and then just...sit down. Roo wanted to immediately go over and crouch at her feet and ask her all about how she was feeling and hold her hand and everything that he would do at any other time.

He moved to where she was once she had gotten up again and stood immediately beside her. "Tell me what I can do to help? Do you want to practice after class? Do you want me to ask Hirsch if we can leave? Areyougoingtocry?" He wasn't ready for the last one of that. "I haven't done it yet, either.." Only because he had been too confused by things going on with his girlfriend, but he couldn't TELL her that.

And for extra help for when she next tried, Rooney leant in close and whispered that he loved her. Because he did. Even if people thought he was silly and they were stupid. "Try again." He had even pocketed his wand to focus on helping her out first.

Olivia hadn't expected Rooney to suddenly materialize beside her, offering his assistance...but in response, she could only make a face. Yes, she was struggling, but that didn't mean he needed to be. "It's okay, Rooney. I'm....I'm going to be okay." What a lie, but seriously, Liv didn't want him stressed out on her behalf. She was doing that well enough all by her lonesome. So, to assure him of her words, the blonde Gryffindor forced a smile. The best one she could muster. "I just need to do better with focusing. Practice.... It'll be fine." It wasn't that she was being ungrateful or anything, but Olivia Phillips also knew how seriously her boyfriend took his grades. The devastation of not sweeping his OWLs wasn't something she could easily forget, amidst her own drama. Rooney had been so disappointed and upset....

"Come on. Let's try together." Reaching down to grab his hand, she gave it a gentle squeeze before refocusing on her task. Protego, again, came easily....but before Liv could cast the second one, Professor Hirsch was calling time on their mini practice session. They were apparently moving on to whatever the main activity of the day would be.... Which had her wanting to throw up immediately. All the food that had just been revealed from beneath the table covers.... The smell along was enough to make her dry heave. Oh no. Oh no...... Proper motivation, though?

A moment later, she was raising her wand, tapping herself in the forehead. "Impervius." Technically, it wasn't considered cheating, as this spell didn't shield in the way that they were practicing. However, if things did get through....and she were to be hit, Olivia didn't want to deal with stains on her clothing. Depressed or not, the blonde one still continued to care about her outward appearance. Messy on the inside, put together on the outside. Kinda...

Merlin, her classmates were enthusiastic about throwing food, but then again........ It took her back to the beginning of her First Year, when she'd helped Blaise and Bentley start that food fight at the Welcome Feast. That had been a fun time. Lots of laughs and smiles... She'd met Rooney, unofficially, that day. They'd been shout!singing Disney tunes across the Great Hall at one another. Well, she had. Her's had been from Bambi...His had been Singing In the Rain...which wasn't Disney, but...... Appropriately hit with nostalgia, Liv leaned up to kiss his cheek before she tugged him into battle. Maybe this was exactly what she needed. To lighten up and just..... be carefree for a few moments. Carefree and decidedly ruthless. With her shield. And the food. Ugh... Touching the food.

Liv bit back more dry heaving.

Back to the idea of proper motivation, though..... Seeing a glob of custard sailing for Rooney's face, the Gryffindor didn't give herself too much time to overthink it as her wand whipped to the side, the Protego spell slamming up at once.... as well as, "Fiano Duri!"...hoping to stop the assault on his person immediately. Herself, she couldn't protect, apparently, but him.....? Well, that was different. So very different. The shield had worked!

Take. That.

Using her wand, she levitated at plate of spaghetti slinging it across the room towards a cluster of Slytherins. Sorry, Professor. She wasn't interested in touching the food. Nope.

Ohh, this was a fun idea!

Although Rula wasn't super thrilled at the thought of being covered in food. But all the more reason to focus even harder at making this Fianto Duri spell work. She hadn't had a lot of success during the practice time, but hopefully she'd make it work somehow.

So first. "Protego." That one she could do easy enough. But now...

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She smiled when she spotted him and wound up before tossing those potatoes as hard as she could. Thing was-Junia didn't have the best arm. Her aim hadn't been the best, either, and so the mashed potatoes went rogue, headed at another classmate entirely. OOPS! Oh well, still counted as a strike against the right side of the room!

"Take that!" AHEM. This was fun!

SPLAT! Potatoes right in her face.

Merlin's beard, whyyyy? She wasn't even READY.

The familiar voice shouting right after made her look in that direction.

"Junia!" Rula was grinning though, 'cause it was all in good fun.

And because she was totally going to get her back.

She grabbed a big handful of spaghetti and threw it right at her. Then for good measure, she also grabbed a handful of peas and threw it in another direction.

Now to try and get a shield up while she watched to see if either of her throws would hit.

Apparently, James was the girls favorite target because he saw them trying to throw food at him. First, it was Nat who was totally trying to reel him in with her flirting tactics. Yes, he had to admit that was kind of hot. For a second, he thought the head girl was totally into him. But then he saw the flying potato flying across the room and aiming towards him. He covered his head in self-reflex. Fortunately, the potato disintegrated in front of him as it landed into his shield. "Nice try Nat! Try harder," he laughed. He threw back a couple of strawberries at her.

Next was Junia, but her aim was a little off so it didn't land onto his shield but instead towards another kid. It was kind of funny really. James didn't spare her, though, only because she was on the other side of the room. He grabbed a handful of spaghetti and threw it back at her.

Lastly Kat, who happened to spot him in the mist of the food battle field. He got to say, her battle cry was hilarious! Again, his shield managed to disintegrate her food that was thrown at him. He winked back, "You're not going to get me, Kat." He grinned. James threw back a couple of soft pastries that were not too hard. He didn't want to have her hurt now. Merlin, the floor was getting more slippery by the second.

IT IS UTTER BEDLAM! AND HE LOVES IT!

Tenacius took his gaze off his targets just long enough to see who his compatriots were--oh wow lookit dat. Team Right side HUZZAH! <3

But although he was able to conjure the upgraded shield charm correctly, it didn’t last very long and soon his curls were filled with peas and tomatoes and potatoes. Hmm, he could pull these together and make a meal now yknow….

Ok here he goes thinking with his stomach again. Shield charm naaowww.

"Protego Fianto Duri" he cast again, while trying to feel the table for food… oh-- this is bangers and mash. Nom nom nom…. bleh why does this have no taste? Well that only means its ammo!

"Have some bangers and mash people!!" the Messy Curly Top cackled as he threw handfuls over to the other side.

Rooney was disappointed with Liv's reaction to him coming over, but tried not to show it. She was very good at reading him, but he hated to admit to that. With a nod, he shut up and said nothing more to her, but let her take his hand and take him into the midst of the drama from the class. He was never going to get away from people complaining about having food in their hair, was he? And he couldn't even say it would be the girls, because Rooney KNEW there were guys who were more in love with their hair than girls.

Including him

He had very little time to adjust to what was happening when Liv had him hauled behind a shield charm and...went straight ahead and did what she had been struggling to minutes before. W h a t ? Honestly, Rooney had no clue what was happening and that showed on his face when he was just staring at the Gryffindor by his side. But she had moved on to using magic to throw food, something which he did not stand for. He was going to grab and lob. In a moment....

He wasn't sure if Liv's shield would hold up, and so he threw up his own beside it..soon joining it with "Fianto Duri" It didn't work the first time, so he threw up yet another of the two and eased into feeling prepared for what might happen now. Probably not very prepared, but he could pretend. "PEAS. 2 O'CLOCK." Now that, he wasn't prepared for, but his shield was. Their shields were. Thank goodness.

And just to retaliate, Rooney launched a dollop of mashed potato into the air and towards Rula.

Just for fun.

While everyone else were throwing food at each other in the action packed battle of the year, Kitty was drifting to the back of the room on the left side. Then, while watching the battle unfold to see who seemed to be winning, she carefully put aside her bags and combed her hair bangs away from her forehead. Professor Hirsch was absolutely spot on when he had said that the food look was not the best fashion choice, but she had a very suspicious feeling she would end up wearing it before the battle was over.

Let's see...who to hit? On the other side she saw Tenacius looking very happy throwing bangers over towards the left side. Kitty ducked her head low and ran towards the table where she grabbed a pile of grapes. "Have some grapes Tenacius!" she shouted, throwing three of them in his general direction.

Cassie stopped practicing when Professor Hirsch called time for that little activity, the Ravenclaw only able to wonder just what they would be doing now in connection to what they had learned. She didn’t have to wait all that long as she obeyed the instruction to line up, picking the left side of the long room and looking over at the students lining up on the opposite side. There was plenty of room between the two which were soon filled with the covered tables that the man levitated between them, one for each. And then there was the final reveal of both the tables’ contents…and the activity.

FOOD FIGHT!!

Oh joy…

This Ravenclaw was certainly going to be trying her best to keep that shield up and working. Otherwise, who knew what she’d wind up covered with. Not the best fashion choice indeed. She had wound up on the side with the head girl and Olivia, facing off the head boy, Kat and several of her housemates including Prefect Kitty. Alright, she could do this. First things first…throwing some food. The mac and cheese caught her attention and she went for it, taking aim for the other side and wondering who she’d hit…if anyone.

Take that!

What in the name of Merlin was Kitty doing?!

Hirsch, who'd been paying too much attention on watching the food fight take place - and not get hit by any food himself - couldn't help but notice the Prefect wander off on her own. He half expected people to react in the same way that some of the others had done: become too excited and decided to throw some mashed potatoes at people before he could even finish.

Looking at you, Mr Sala-

SPLAT!

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What was that about constant vigilance?

Hirsch looked down at the left side of his chest, an area that had once been clean and was now covered in mushy green stuff that he hoped was going to assume was leftover peas. The man pulled a very disgusted face as he wiped some small specks of the mashed goodness off of his chin and jaw. Ergh! And to think he couldn't even take away points for this because this was the activity.

Well played, student (Dora), very well played.

"You have five minutes left! Just the five. Make it last!" Meaning, try not to get hit by any more mashed peas, okay?


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