Who Invited the Fairies?
(OOC: 1910-1911 school year.)
-[ Hogwarts - Great Hall ]---------------------------------------------------.
Bertrum Wooster rushes in with a gaggle of other Gryff's and leaps to a chair, the sound of the dinner bell only just recently passed.
Food appears on the Hogwarts House Table and the Staff Table, having been delicately prepared.
Jason Simmons chants.
Jason Simmons a large grin crosses Jason Simmons face.
Melissa Talison slides into the room, carefully holding the edge of her robe an inch or so off the ground. The hat she usually wears has been removed, and her hair might almost seem to ripple as she moves toward Slytherin's table and climbs into a seat, eyes already scanning the dinner selections.
Creaking as doors so often tend to do, the doors of the magnificent Great Hall seem to have not been oiled in quite some time. Poise and grace in her step, Violet Nyholm is seen into the Great Hall; her petite stomach awaiting food, although just a small amount. Waving hair, adding to the lass' elegance, the young professor brushes away stray strands away from her brows as she makes her way toward the Staff Table.
Jana O'Conner clasps her hands together and rests them on the edge of the table as she sees the food. Head bowed, the girl closes her eyes, and quietly says grace to herself. Just like how her parents taught her how to. When she finishes she looks up and a waits for others to start first, feeling impolite if she started before others.
Hog, pig, and food-a-holic may are surely not the first three things you'd think when you see Violet Nyholm. Of course, people do get a certain monstrosity of a craving here and there, and sadly, this was one of her times. Nonetheless, unaware of how much she had piled onto her plate (five sausages, three slices of toast, a side of pealed tomatoes, and two pouched eggs).
Mandy Brocklehurst slips into the room, certainly not looking like most Hufflepuffs, which are usually full of cheer and good humour. Mandy is certainly not either of these today, as her glum expression might indicate. The reason behind the foul mood isn't obvious, though her gloom may possibly be caused by the books she holds underneath her arm - though a hard worker, Mandy never really did like homework. Stalking over towards her house table, Mandy plops herself clumsily onto a bench and scowls around the room.
One of Bertie's companions point out Professor Nyholm as he's just starting into a large potion of yorkshire pudding. Bertrum Wooster raises his eyebrows and smiles happily. "That's the charms teacher? What's she like? I can't wait for charms classes to start."
All the events in the room are ignored in favour of the book that rests before Kieran MacNessa. His emerald eyes follow the words very carefully.
From afar, a slight buzzing sound seems to be heard; very quiet, almost like the hum of a bee just within the hearing distance.
Hearing something, Jason Simmons raises his head from where he is at the Ravenclaw table.
Mandy Brocklehurst is rather in too foul of a mood to pay attention to any buzzing noise, and she dismisses it as just another sound of the Hogwarts castle.
Jason Simmons continues looking around the room.
Melissa Talison pulls one of the many dishes closer to her and begins to scoop a portion of the meat onto her plate, pausing to grin at one of the students across the table from her. Once she has that helping, the dish is shoved toward the other student and Melissa reaches for one a bit further away. It's at that point that the sound reaches her consciousness, but she dismisses it quickly as she starts to form a small pile of vegetables on her plate.
Isaiah Chum creeps through the Great Hall's entrance several minutes late. He gives a few greetings to people, if they catch his eye, but otherwise, he heads straight for the line where he gets himself a sparse (but nutritious meal) and, oddly enough, and extra little dish of fruit salad. His food on platter, in hand, he heads over to the Slytherin table where he seats himself quietly with an apologetic look on his face and begins to eat his supper.
The buzzing noise does seem to awaken Kieran MacNessa from his revelrie looking around as if trying to track down the noise.
Seeming as though something were growing closer to the Great Hall, the buzzing increases lightly. But it's a small buzzing; whatever it is seems to be small.
Jana O'Conner frowns at the noise and curiously glances about the room. Seeing Kieran she gives him a puzzled look and shrugs, showing that she had no clue as to the noise. Wondering whether or not to ignore it she looks at the other students to see if this is new to them as well.
The buzzing noise had already begun when Isaiah Chum entered the Great Hall and although it caught his attention immediately , it didn't register as something strange. As it grows in intensity, a quizzical look falls upon his face and he looks around to the other Slytherins. "Do any of you hear that?" he asks, afraid perhaps that the answer will be a unanimous 'no'.
Jason Simmons stands up from the RAvenclaw table and mutters something which sounds like 'pixies."
Jason Simmons looks at Isaiah. "You hear it too?" he asks.
Bertrum Wooster leans over to nab a golden gravy boat and pull it closer before lifting it to drizzle over his yorkshire pudding, roast beef, potatoes, and other items of food which he quickly grabbed upon sitting to dinner. The buzzing in the distance causes him to twitch up, his head jerking about like a bird. Finally he leans over nearer Kieran, "I say, bees? I wouldn't think they'd let /bees/ in here. Nasty blighters. Got stung once on my bottom."
Mandy Brocklehurst scowls as she looks around the hallway, now deciding perhaps it's worth listening to this strange buzzing noise. Didn't something like this happen before at school? A buzzing sound? Talk about deja vu.. Mandy listens carefully, but doesn't stand from her seat. Looking over at Isaiah, she gives a slight nod of her head.
Jason Simmons's brows knit worriedly. "Maybe it's pixies." he says sounding like this is a definite possiblity.
Growing louder exponentially, something bursts through the door leading to the Great Hall from the north... What looks like rather large fire flies (several inches tall) come loudly into the Great Hall. The 'large fire flies' appear to be fairies.
Melissa Talison pushes her second dish away and closes her hand around an eating utensil, ready to dig in. She's stopped with the food halfway to her mouth though, and raises her eyes to smile at Isaiah. "Suppose I do. Didn't realize this place was infested with bugs, now, did you? Wonder where that reporter went, I'm sure she'd do a story about the living conditions.." Her words come to a quick halt, of course, at the entrance of the fairies.
Val Goldrian sees, sadly, a potato falling away from his fork to the ground. He was gesturing speaking to Erick. He looks at the potato rolling under the Slytherin table. "Oh no" he murmurs.
Rowdy and glad to be free, the fairies, and there are probably a dozen of them, go wild at the sight of all the people and the food. Splitting up, they start to dive at the table. A couple of fairies fall into the mashed potatoes, while others swim in the goblets. Still, a few more begin to swarm around the Hufflepuff table, buzzing aruond the heads of those seated there.
Spotting the fairies, Kieran MacNessa's eyes go wide and and he nearly jumps out of his seat,"Umm... We may need to hide.. Some Faeries are /mean/..." His light treble voice quivers just slightly as he speaks his thick brogue lilting and fast.
Jason Simmons stares at the fairies for a moment. "I don't think those are pixies. At least they don't look like the ones in Defense against the dark arts class...."
Jason Simmons looks at Kieran. "Pixies are mean...and Hinkypunks sometimes...but I don't think they'll hurt us."
Poor Jason, little does he know that some unsuspecting student was playing around in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and let the fairies free...
Val Goldrian , who was half turned towards the Slytherin table, falls to the ground surprised. He rolls following the same path of his little potato. "WHAT'S THAT?" he exclaims aloud.
Jason Simmons looks at Val. "Shhh..." he says putting a finger to his lips and lowering his voice, "You'll frighten them away!"
Bertrum Wooster slips down from his chair and kneels on the ground, his eyes at table level, watching the fairies fly about and cause mischief with the dinner. "W-What should we do?" he calls out looking between Kieran and Jason.
One of the intruders dives towards the first years at at the Hufflepuff table, pulling at ears. Most are not bothering the wizards, but are they're into a party mood.
Jana O'Conner is a bit startled and quickly moves away as if bitten by something. Her books are forgotten and her face pales even more (If that is even possible) She frightened but tries to hide it by moving in a calmer way. Turning to Jason she asks "Is there some way to be ride of them? I'd like to eat if I could..." Her voice wavers a little, but it still keeps her calm tone.
Isaiah Chum peers around at the pixies enjoying themselves in the food. He's startled by the fairies,b ut even more startling (to him at least), is the sudden struggle that ensues inthe hood of his cloak as his bat, excited by the commotion, tries to get out into the open to fly around. He gasps and claps a hand down on the little critter so she can't get away. "Oh, no Ruby! Those pixies could be dangerous. You can't play with them. No! Bad bat!"
Melissa Talison scoots toward the edge of her seat, eyes widening a bit as she watches the little beings move around. "Hey, lookit /that/," she murmurs to those near her, pointing at one as it dives. Quickly, she grabs a random filled goblet and holds it up. "Here, little.. thing. You can come swim in this if you like! C'mon, c'mere.." Just like calling a pet.
Well, the intruders are either fairies or pixies, whichever are more eeeevil. ;)
Val Goldrian doesn't stop watching the fairies over his house table. Without looking at Jason he murmurs to him: "What?.. I could scare then? THEY are scaring me.. What are they? What are they doin gwith my food?"
Obviously fascinated by the presence of magical creatures in a non-learning enviroment, Jason Simmons goes over and peers into the gravy boat where the fairies are swimming.
Val Goldrian is still seated on the ground near the Slytherin table. Now he doesn't seem to be scared, but curious and surprised. From his position he watches what older students are trying to do with those creatures.
Three fairies jump out of the gravy near Jason, lift it with all of their might and start to fly off with it. Unfortunately, they drop it. The gravy douses Jason and the dish lands on the ground, shattering.
Jason Simmons looks slightly shocked. "Oh dear...." he mutters in a dazed sounding voice as if he wasn't expecting something quite that dramatic to happen.
Melissa Talison eventually stands up and takes a step back from the table, goblet still held high. She spins at the sound of the breaking dish, and gives the whole scene an amused look before gesturing toward a group of faries with the glass. "If you don't want to swim in it, you can break it?" she calls hopefully, having so far failed to attract one. Of course, she wasn't making it quite so obvious before, either.
April Katzowski comes in from Entrance Hall; Northern Section, her auburn curls bouncing behind her back.
Jana O'Conner is more frightened than curious and looks around for some safe place to be. She's heard many terible stories about pixies and fair folk that she'd rather not be in the same room with them. So long as they don't get mad...it should be safe? Maybe not.
Isaiah Chum gulps. "Golly," he murmers. "They're sure causing a lot of trouble. Maybe we'd better fetch a teacher or something so they can put a stop to this." He yelps and draws his hand to his mouth and sucks upon a little cut on his finger where Ruby just bit him. Triumphantly, the bat escapes from the confinement of Isaiah's hood and takes wing, gleefully flying among the pixies, several of whom seem delighted by this new playmate.
Similar to what just happened, desperately trying to lift the mashed potatoes, they drop them... Mashed potatoes go all over the Hufflepuff table. Meanwhile, at the Ravenclaw table, the two who accidently dropped the gravy go back to the table to find more, but knock over goblets...
Bertrum Wooster slowly retakes his seat and chuckles nervously, holding his hands over his meal to protect it. "Seems those things must be Gryffindor house" he jokes. "We're gettin' off pretty well here."
Seeming unconcerned about the fact that he is drenched from head to foot in gravy, Jason Simmons goes and collects the pieces of the broken gravy boat. He leaves the room with them, headed dtward the kitchen.
Melissa Talison lowers her goblet to peer at it, then jams it back onto the table, splashing out a bit of the liquid inside. She turns toward Isaiah at the yelp and moves toward him, trying to grab the boy by the sleeve. "Let's catch one, maybe they'd let us keep it. Be better then a trained daisy!"
April Katzowski meanders slowly into the Great Hall, pausing by the doorway to peer inside. Her eyes widen at the sight of the fairies. Not in fear, but more in fascination; she's never seen a fairy before. She stays in the doorway for a few moments, however, just watching the chaos in the hall. An amused smile lights her face as she observes.
Val Goldrian observes a fairy passing near him. He slowly stands up, trying not to be noticed too much. Then he looks hopefully at the Ravenclaw boy who went out and back: "Is someone coming?" he asks.
What seems to be a food fight amongst ... fairies -- yes, fairies -- is wrecking the Great Hall. Laughing fairies are now throwing food about playfully, disregarding the humans below them who are now getting pelted with sausages and pie.
Jason Simmons comes back into great hall and looks around at the fairies.
Jason Simmons says, "Oh my..."
Jason Simmons looks completely at a loss for words. He thought only piexies were evil....
Val Goldrian is suddenly lightened by an idea. " My old ghost Lippo always says: give them what they are looking for. Are they looking for food? So let's see..". He runs to Hufflepuffs table and catches a couple of goblets. Then he looks for a near fairy and throws a goblet aiming to it.
These fairies aren't evil, they're just having fun. Too much fun. Wheeing, they continue to throw food at each other. Well, unfortunately, basket of strawberries pelts Val Goldrian.
Jana O'Conner ducks as food is thrown her way. She whimpers a little as she longingly looks at her books. Praying that they don't get messed by food or drink she stands fixed in her spot. She's taken a few steps forward, but seeing that it was no use, and that she was unable to get to her books without getting food on her, she stops and looks around the room for help.
Jason Simmons goes and takes some sweet honeyrolls from a platter at one of the four tables and holds it up to the firies in offering.
Isaiah Chum claps a hand over his mouth at ZMelissa's suggestion. "Oh, we can't do that!" he says. "These fairies belong somewhere, I'm sure, and we'd get in so much trouble if we tried to hide on from the teachers...and they don't look at all tame. I think we'd be best off just leaving them to do what they want and going to find a teacher who can take care of this." Pause, Inhale. "And what are we going to do about Ruby? I'm sure they're going to play too rough with her and she's going to get hurt and then I don't know what I'd do...She's so little and fragile..Oooooh!"
Val Goldrian exclaims: "OhO!" being hit by a basket. Then he sadly looks at the remains of his wonderful meal and got angry. "Go out! Go out!" he yells, throwing all the potatoes he can take towards the fairies.
The fairies seem to like strawberries, and get a great kick out of throwing them at one another like baseballs. Strawberries begin hitting the students in random places.
April Katzowski finally allows herself to move from the doorway, strolling into the room to take a seat at the edge of the Gryffindor table. She stares up at the fairies in interest, not seeming to care as a bit of gooey pie crust lands in her hair. Or perhaps she doesn't notice. "Where'd those /come/ from?" she asks, not directing her query to any one in particular.
Melissa Talison shakes her head, shrugging. "It'd be fine. We'd get permission, and everything..." She leaves Isaiah, though, to head toward the middle of the room. Arching her neck to look up at the fairies, she quietly slips her cloak off her shoulders and grips one corner of it loosely. Focusing on one above her, a grin on her face, she tosses the other end of the cloak up into the air, attempting to loop it around the little creature.
Val Goldrian isn't so good in aiming. One potato is flying directly towards Marie Drache's face and another one is falling on Isaiah Chum.
A potato that Val Goldrian throws hits one of the fairies directly... It falls to the floor, out cold. Perhaps dead.
Isaiah Chum is too busy trying to find Ruby amidst the myriad flying creatures to notice the potato coming at him. The spud beans him right in the forehead, and, surprised as all get out, Isaiah falls backwards off of his stool and lands with a thunk on the ground, groaning. "Those fairies sure pack a wallop," he manages. "That thing was like an artillery shell."
Bertrum Wooster lets out a cry of surprise and general all around astonishment as strawberries start to fly this way and that. Reaching for a plate on the table yet to be used, he holds it up as a shield, strawberries occasionally bonking off of it. One strawberry flips off towards a bowl of soup near a few other Gryffindors and splashes the beef broth up and possibly onto them. A particularly boisterous little girl calls out with a laugh, pointing at the soup, "I think I had a Bertie Bott's bean that tasted like strawberry-beef broth on-" and she's promptly bopped on the forehead with another strawberry.
Still obviously concerned to for the safety of the creatures, Jason Simmons rushes over like a daft idiot.
Val Goldrian takes quickly a goblet from his house table and run towards the fallen fairy, to trap it under the goblet.
Marie Drache lets out a slight scream as she comes in and hides behind the door as the potato hits it. She looks around in amazement "Nothing happened to me like this last year. Good thing it's happening now!" she says grinning and stepping into the room, watching the faries.
The fallen fairie recovers quickly, however, and swarms up to Val angrily, chomping at his nose. Hurt, she scurries out of the Great Hall. One down, eleven to go.
Melissa Talison watches her cloak float back down, the end not in her hand landing on the food-covered floor. Not stopped for long, she steps back toward the Slytherin table and climbs up onto the seat, cloak dragged after her. Again she tosses the loose end up, when one of the fairies comes near.
Jason Simmons says, "Oh my..."
Just as the chaos ensues Kieran MacNessa decides it is probably better to be under the table and away from the flying food and wacked out faeries. Ok. Hiding is a good thing. His emerald eyes are wide as can be seeming to take up his small face. However, when he sees what Val is doing he's coming out from under the table and running at the other first year,"Stop! We should get the teacher for magical creatures!"
Two fairies grab the end of Melissa's cloak and pull sternly, glaring at her. Attempting to fly out, it's like they're walking on ice. Shrieking, they summon more of their friends over to help pull on the cloak which is threatening them. They'll teach her.
Val Goldrian trying to hit the fairy who swarmed upon him hit himself with the goblet. Some blood flows from his nose. He let the goblet fall to the ground and puts his hands quickly on his nose, looking angrily at the fairy that leaves the Great Hall. Then, when something flies near his right ear, he turns looking for another target.
April Katzowski continues to watch the fairies with interest, even as food is flying all about her. A few more pieces of pie land on her shoulders, arms, and hair, but she simply brushes them aside. She turns towards Kieran at his exclaimation. "Who /is/ the care for magical creatures teacher?" She's not in the class, and hasn't even a clue who teaches it. "It probably /would/ be good to get them here, if anyone knows who it is."
Still brandishing a plate as a makeshift shield, Bertrum Wooster tries to scramble towards the staff table, too busy with fending off flying food and fairies to see if anyone's there or not. "Kieran! I'll check for one...t-try and...oh, I don't know. D-Do something?"
Isaiah Chum rolls over and, being on the ground already, does as Kieran has done and scampers underneath the Slytherin table, seeking shelter from the bombardment of strawberries and potatoes. He rubs his forhead, where a potato-shaped bruise is forming, but for the moment ignores it otherwise. He peers out cautiously to see what the rest of the fairies are doing.
Melissa Talison hurriedly raises her second hand to the cloak, gripping the cloth as tightly as possible. "Stop that! I only wanted to catch you.." As more come, she twists her head to look at the students closest to her. "Help me! I've almost got 'im."
Jason Simmons suddenly seems to trealize that these faires are obviously not friendly. He drops his platter and runs for the stairs to avoid being pelted. "I'm going to go find a teacher!" he yells frantically.
Jason Simmons dashes up the stairs in a mad frienzy. I wonder what made him realize that they weren't friendly.
Yes, she does almost have them... But, the fairies constant pulling causes the cloak to rip in half--the fairies go flying out and land on a table, dazed.
Jana O'Conner bites her lip as she gathers herself up. She wraps her courage around her like some cloak that might help her not get hurt and starts to stride over to her table, dodging food left and right. Reaching her books, she quickly picks them up and was about to move out of the way once more, but a bit of mashed potatoes gets flung at her and hits her, smearing her dress. "Mon Dieu!" She yells as she wipes the food off and starts to run over to a safe place with her books.
Flying back up, the fairies, who conveniently landed near strawberries, look angrily towards the students who are attempting to capture them. They begin to fling strawberries at them... Having little regard for the difference between student and faculty. They merely feel threatened, now.
Melissa Talison, after pulling so hard, doesn't fare much better then the faries when the cloak rips. From her perch on the seat, she ends up sprawled on the Slytherin table, half of the cloak still in her hand. "Oh no, Mother's not going to be happy.. Hey, where'd they go?" She sits up, on top of the table, and looks around the room.. only to be hit with a strawberry.
Alex Wylde wanders in from the hall and blinks in astonishment at the rather odd sight, remaining still near the door. "What on earth...?"
Val Goldrian has still an unrevealed skill against this flying annoying things. He takes a fork, ignoring his bleeding nose, and some potatoes. Then put one of them on the top of the fork. He pushes the top of the fork near his face. "Fight my catapult!" he yells and let the fork free to throw the potato with a surprising speed.
April Katzowski moves her eyes temporarily from the fairies to look about the Hall, noticing the immense mess that the creatures have made. Her smile turns into a half-smirk as she realizes the reality of the situation. "This mess will take /forever/ to clean." She notes, her eyes continuing to move about. Eyes falling on Melissa, she half winces as her cloak is torn in half. /That/ idea won't work. Eyes moving to Val, she frowns a bit deeper. She stands from the table, moving towards him, but is stopped short as a strawberry hits her in the back of the head. "Yeowch!" She yelps, her hands moving to the spot, now splattered with strawberry juice. She crouches to the floor, hiding beside the Gryffindor table, using perhaps as a sort of barricade, though it protects her very little. "Stop trying to /hurt/ them," she moans, "You're only making them upset at us."
When the professor comes in, Bertrum Wooster makes a shout of relief and dashes towards her, plate held behind him, spattered with food. He's not all that clean himself as mashed potatoes and various drink drips down his robe. "Professor Leysee!" he calls out, hoping to get her attention, not that the fairies wouldn't.
Erick Hartwall tries to settle everyone down, "Guys stop! This looks more fun then anything but what if David Porter or someone important comes?
Erick Hartwall defends himself with a plate and heads for the door.
Melissa Talison half stands, half slides back to the floor, placing her arms in front of her face to protect herself from any incoming berries. The ripped cloth still hangs from one hand as she heads toward the faries once more, peeking out between her forearms to see where she is going.
Isaiah Chum watches as Melissa falls back onto the table under which he is hiding and he reaches up to indicate he's down there, quite safe. "Get down here!" he says. "It seems a terrible mess up there and it'd just be easier to sit tight down here until those fairies get bored or the teachers fix this.
As I 'ave said, zis teacher, I am not feeling 'er qualified..." Florymond LeFay prattles on to her little cloud of Ravenclaw girls, indulging in fantastic gesticulations as she does so. She shuts up immediately, however, as she catches sight of the great hall beyond the stairwell. "C'est quoi, ca?" The little girl barely has time to duck a renegade pudding.
"Cuir Uait!" Kieran MacNessa cries out rather loudly at everyone currently in the room, emerald eyes sweeping the room angrily,"Don't try to catch them! All you are doing is making them angry?" He's cut short by a bit of strawberry hitting him in the mouth.
Val Goldrian doesn't look at Erick but answers to him: "Erick, come here, they will not stop messing up!" then stops for a while the fighting just to see that noone else is protecting the tables. He doesn't have the time to think about this, however, since a strawberry basket hit him on the neck, knoking him to the ground.
Quickly having run out of strawberries, the fairies seem to have claimed the end of the Ravenclaw table for themselves, and are ready to defend should any more students try to catch them. Irritated, they use a spoon to flick a portion of a casserole towards the head of the Ravenclaw table.
Melissa Talison mostly ignores Isaiah as she heads off, except for a stubborn, "I want one!" which may be directed at either him or Kieran. Either way, when she nears the fairies she climbs up onto one of the vacated seats at the Ravenclaw table, ignoring any protests, and reaches toward the fiesty beings. She only half turns toward them, not wishing any more food in her face, but her hands remain extended at arms length to try and reach them.
Naiya Blackheart steps in glancing about rather annoyed..or..yes. The second year pushing her way through the crowds of first years while trying to feed an owl. Not the best combination. Her eyes darting towards Florymond, gahd..yes, that rather annoying child..that..oh fine. Lips pursed a bit to continue pushing her way through before settling down at the Ravenclaw table, nearly dropping her bag on the fairies, eeps! She chuckled a bit before settling down with her COMC book.
Florymond LeFay's head shoots up once more, her eyes wide. The girls behind her disband with much shrieking, though Flo remains, thwarted by her unbuckled school bonds and the books that it summarily released. As if engaging in chemical warfare, Miss LeFay attempts to roll beneath the onslaught of the fairies, rescuing her things as she goes.
Becoming frightened at Melissa's approach, they are able to tilt a pot of tea so that it pours on her hand. Mind you, this tea was boiling when it was brought out. Thankfully, it's had a short time to go from boiling to scalding. Another fairie launches a French desert towards Florymond.
Jana O'Conner whimpers a bit, this was just too much for her. Clutching her books as if they were her life (though that is partialy true ^-^;) she hides under a table. Let braver folk fight the fay. She eyes the door out of the great hall longingly and wonders if it's possible to excape that way without getting food on her, or worse, getting hurt.
Val Goldrian raises his head to look over the Ravenclaws table, apparently looking for a new tactics. He moves slowly towards the professors table, looing for something useful in trapping fairies.
Isaiah Chum sighs as Melissa ignores his advice, but doesn't say anything more about her stubbornness. . o O (She's adventurous. I'll keep her in mind, should I need someone to help me in my mischief.) "Oh!" he commiserates as the tea is poured on Melissa's hand. "Maybe now you'll listen to me!" he calls. "I'm sure they're capable of much worse than that!"
April Katzowski glances up as she notices a sudden cease in the strawberries that had been raining upon the Great Hall. Hands gripping the chair which she hides behind, she glances about the ceiling, unable to find any sign of the fairies. She stands up, slowly, whipping strawberry juice from her arms, still looking around. "Are they gone?" She asks slowly, then locates the group of creatures on the Ravenclaw table. "Oh," she adds, watching the fairies. Holding her elbows in either hand, she begins to chew on her lip. "Oh, what are we going to do? What are we going to do?"
Melissa Talison shrieks as the liquid hits her hands, and hastily pulls both back. However she tries, she can't seem to fit both in her mouth, though she does make a rather good attempt as she tries to nurse her poor fingers. "I just wanted a new pet," she murmurs, sniffling a bit. "My hands /hurt/."
Oh non, you don't," Florymond LeFay mutters, compressing herself into a tight ball and rolling away as the blancmange nears her, splattering against the floor. She ends up with a few dollops of whipped cream in her hair, and rather dizzy, but it's a glorious manuever to behold, and she knows as much. Grinning, Flo pulls back her book binding, dragging everything along with her. She then rushes towards the Ravenclaw table, wondering if this is some sort of game.
Emerald eyes flash angrily at Melissa,"Cuir Uait! Leave them be!" Kieran MacNessa says hotly,"Faeries are not pets!" There is no kindness in the young boy's eyes. He wipes a bit of strawberry mush from his cheeks and drops it down on the ground.
Naiya Blackheart glances at the younger ones whimpering about wanting a pet. Oh pity! Her books now sprawd all about the Ravenclaw table..trying the avoid the fairies about the table. A curious brow is raised, hmm.. as she leafed through her COMC textbook and coming across the several pages about fairies. /At least/ they weren't pixies. Glaring at the first years, "/Who/ brought them in?" Demandingly she stood up, eyes narrowing towards Kieran and then towards Florymond seeming those two were incharge of this so-called-brillant-activity.
The fairie that left earlier, having been hurt and having to leave, flies back in and rushes towards the other fairies. Communicating with each other, in what sounds like jibberish, they excited buzz up and flies towards the exit. The larger fairies fly behind to protect them, and hurt grapes at the students from the exit doors to give the other time to get away. After about three or four minutes of peltering the hall with grapes, they, too, fly off, hurridly to catch up with their friends...
Mitchell Freeman wanders toward the hall... the common room was getting a bit stuffy, and besides, there was no one there to pester. He halts just outside, however, surveying the carnage within. Raising his voice, he shouts, "What exactly is going on here?" Typical prefect mannerisms; step in and take charge.
Melissa Talison pulls her hands down from her mouth long enough to shout at Kieran, "I'll do as I like. 'E's a pet if I want him to be.. you're upset /you/ didn't think of it." Hands go back toward her mouth, clutched there as if it will somehow make them feel better. Still standing on a seat at the Ravie table,she watches her quarry leave, head tilted.
Alex Wylde, having no desire to be pelted, nor, particularly, to try to capture one of the little beasts, ducks quickly to the side as the faeries begin their approach.
Florymond LeFay pants as she rests her books at the Ravenclaw table, catching the brunt of Naiya's pejorative. "I just came down, ask Angela and Zelma...I 'ave not been 'ere...what 'appened?" She seems generally ignorant of the events, especially as the little creatures now buzz away, leaving the hall in ruins.
Val Goldrian looks at the fairy leaving, surprised. He was taking up a book under the Ravenclaw table and he was ready to throw it. Suddenly he remembers his own condition: a bleeding nose and his robe covered with strawberries. He stands there, confused.
Naiya Blackheart glances at Florymond..no..staring her down, "Oiye, so it is? Weren't ye' the one just rolling 'bout, eh?" A brow is arched, "You must've known something, eh?" Snorting some to flicker an index finger at Florymond..trying to direct her to begin picking up the grapes. "Start cleaning up. Now." Sneering a bit she wasn't in the mood, today. Naiya's attention then turning towards Melissa, "Don't act like a brat, one would /never/ be able to tame a fairie. Stubborn."
In ruins, indeed. The hall is littered with broken pieces of glass about the tables and floor surrounding them. Mashed potatoes, casseroles, and creamy deserts have ended up splattered everywhere--on people, on the floors, on the walls... Mangled strawberries and grapes lie everywhere, having been the primary defense that the little creatures used to keep the students away. And of course, spilled goblets are making a sticky mess all over the tables and no the floor.
The fairies gone, Isaiah Chum leaps out from beneath the slytherin table and begins to look around frantically. "Where's Ruby?" he wails. "She's not flying around so she must be on the ground somewhere. Everybody watch where you step! Ohhh! I just knew that she'd get hurt, trying to play with those evil fairies."
Jana O'Conner is cowering under a table, shaking and curled up in a fetal position. She just wants her grandmother. She'd know what to do...maybe...Still shaking the pale girl looks up cautiously, blue eyes still showing the hint of terror. Hoping that they are gone she looks about, trying to gather her wits together...it was just a foodfight after all, no need to be so scared...or so she tries to convince herself.
I tell you," the French girl reiterates, "I 'ave just come down! I was rolling to get away from ze...zat fairy zing tried to throw a desert at my 'ead, I did not want to be 'it! I will not clean up. It is not my fault, so...so keep your tongue to yourself, you 'orrid girl." Florymond LeFay curls her arms before her chest, and turns her nose to the ceiling, mouth held in a thin, obdurate line.
Moving into the Great Hall, apparantly in a relatively good mood this evening, David Porter's calm and welcoming experssion fades--immediately--when he sees the sight of the Great Hall. As though a wave washed over him, a promiment frown, and an expression of confusion goes upon his face. Naturally, with all the standing students, it seems to him that ickle students have begun a food fight. "What the devil happenened in--" he begins to say, as he trips on a despoit of strawberries, ending up landing on his back side with a thud.
Melissa Talison, of all thing she could possibly do, turns away from watching the door to stick her tongue out at Naiya. "Don't you, then. Dolt." She holds her hands out in front of her, to anyone who might care. "Someone find the nurse, they're all burned up and they might fall off if she doesn't fix 'em." If she notices the Headmaster come in, it's not until after her pained plea.
Alex Wylde just continues to stare from his position by the door, subconsciously shaking his head... what a mess. It slowly occurs to him that perhaps the scene of the disaster is not the best place to be... oops, too late. He cringes as the headmaster walks in.
Naiya Blackheart chuckles a bit at Florymond, "Oiye../please/. If that is /so/, dear child. Would you be so /kind/ and begin cleaning up." Eyes narrowing at the first year..yes..another brat, just like Thomas had suggested. "Me? Horrid? Nuh! You /must/ be mistaken." Eyes rolling a bit in which she added a ting of sarcasim into her tone. Only to glance at David..and then back to Florymond, "Be a good child and clean." Lashes fluttering before glancing at Melissa..and she moved off..flipping her wavy hair at the first year Slytherin. Oh yes words really hurt her.
April Katzowski turns quickly at the voice of the Headmaster, her face immediately brightening. Someone to get rid of these fairies! Her smile quickly turns to a frown, however, as he falls to his back. She begins wringing her hands nervously. "Oh goodness, oh goodness," she mutters softly to herself.
Isaiah Chum finally spots Ruby, happily dragging herself on the ground, too fat to fly. She was knocked down early by a flying strawberry and realized that she'd be a fool not to take advantage of all of the fruit lying around so the little bat spent the entire fight glutting herself on any fruit that came her way. He rushes over and waggles his finger at her. "You naught, naughty..." The sight of the rotund bat is entirely too much for Isaiah, who simply can't scold her in her present state. Instead he bursts into a fit of giggles, scoops up Ruby, and drops her back into the hood of his robe.
Val Goldrian raises his eyes towards David Porter. He is still with a book in his right hand while his left hand is trying to stop the blood flowing from his nose. His eyes looks suddenly terrified. What if Mr.Porter thinks that he was the one who messed all up? He blushes violently.
Jana O'Conner cautiously starts to crawl out from under her table. She manages to stammer "Fair...fairies s-sir....they were in here..." Jana apperantly still hasn't recovered fully from the excitement.
Florymond LeFay is about to say something to Naiya once more - and in fact, has her mouth poised to do so - when David falls. Her attention immediately grabbed, the girl hurries over towards him, tucking her hands behind her back as she comes to stand beside him. She is, after all, probably the closest to him in the hall - she can suddenly /love/ Professor Addorine if it will keep her out of trouble, and besides, she /is/ innocent for once. "Oh, 'Eadmaster, Porter, are you all right?"
David Porter places his hands, carefully, on the floor where he shan't get them in any bits of pumpkin pie, or break his neck while slipping on strawberry juice. Carefully, he stands up, brushing his hands off as he looks back, a distinct glare in his eyes. Smiling, dolefully, towards Florymond, he nods quietly. "Yes, yes, I think so." Turning slightly, he speaks to no one in particular, "What was I saying? Ah, yes. What the /devil/ happened here?" He shoots a glance towards Naiya and Melissa, having heard their exhange; however, he doesn't make anything of it for now. The hall is a much bigger concern.
Melissa Talison opens her mouth, about to attempt again for attention and help, when she sees the Headmaster fall. Trying to keep from having a fit of giggles, she nearly succeeds, though a few tears find their way to her face instead. Jumping down from her perch, she calls, "Sir, my /hands/. They're probably all black and dead by now," she doesn't bother looking, hands curled up again, "And they need to be fixed. And it wasn't our fault; there were a lot of little.. flying things."
April Katzowski stands by the Gryffindor table, staring wide-eyed at the Headmaster, now silent. She continues to wring her hands in front of her, squished strawberries splattered on her arms, and pie filling dripping from her brown curls. Her eyes move about the room momentarily; what a mess! She returns her gaze to David Porter.
Jana O'Conner finally stand up away from the table, books in hand. Seeing a teacher has seemed to have calmed her down quiet a bit and though her knees are still quaking, her face returns to it's normal marble mask like apperance, her emotions carefully tucked safely down inside so as to not appear on the surface. Nodding to Melissa she says "Yes, Fairies sir."
Isaiah Chum turns around to depart the hall with all possible haste and sees the Headmaster near the hall's exit. He hurries forward. "Oh, Headmaster Porter, somebody must hurry! The little beasts that did this - pixies or fairies or some other such creature - broke into the hall and caused such a commotion. They left not five minutes ago! If they're not caught soon, some other part of the school will be destroyed."
Victoria Bennet comes in from Entrance Hall; Northern Section, ice melted away, her clear navy blue eyes sparkle brightly from underneath their blanket of thick lashes. Her lips are twitched upwards in a smile, making her features emensely more beautiful. Her hair is up in a half ponytail, clasped in place with a barret made of wood, which has been carved into a beautiful serpent, about to strike it's prey.
Florymond LeFay points straight at Jana, as she corroborates the story. "Oui! Fairies! All colours! And zey threw food at us..." Of course, Flo only has a few specks of whipped cream in her hair, but she holds the brown locks out at length to prove that they were besmirched with sugary goo. "Zey were running mad!"
Val Goldrian tries to explain: "We have been attacked! A bunch of flying things tried to steal our food and to hurt us with furnitures and we fighted and.." he looks at the floor sadly, not feeling so believeble. He keeps his hand on his nose, so his voice is very mute.
Naiya Blackheart nearly cracks as she twiddles her digits into a wave as Melissa runs off whimpering. "Innocent..right..o'curse." Naiya murmured softly before turning a bit as David falls. Seeing the little mischief makers toddles towards David, she wouldn't bother. In which she turned her attention back to her books where she had original been seated. Moving past a few other second years..exchanging several familiar glances; settling back down. Finger tips taking ahold of each page of her Care for Magical Creatures book leafing back through the pages where it was once on fairies and then back to the Jarvey.
David Porter nods quietly as all these students attempt to explain what happened. "Where did the fairies come from, then?" he asks, pursing his lips. Glancing towards Naiya, hearing the tone in her voice, he clears his throat. "You believe it was not an innocent accident, Miss Blackheart? Praytell."
Surprised gasps come from a small group of children, including a rather disoriented-looking Victoria Bennet; of course, the softest, yet most disgusted gasp comes from the young girl upon her entrance. "What on earth happened here?" The girl asks no one in particular, her voice quiet, and disgusted as she looks upon the food splattering with a critical eye.
Melissa Talison heads over toward the Headmaster, stopping halfway there to frown at him. She doesn't much care for being ignored. Hands go back up to her mouth and after noting helpfully, "They left," she begins to suck at her hands. Lissa halfway turns to see Naiya, or rather, figure out who it was that was asked and /then/ look at her.
Mmhm. Yes sir." A brow is arched as Naiya Blackheart glanced towards the first years. "Innocent..o'course not." With hardly any expression across her face, not having any feelings..hardly. "/I/ had just come in..o'course trying to finish up several things..though I only made it to my house's table." Motioning a digit towards the Ravenclaw table, "But o'course there are several..no..more than enough fairies swarming about. The next m'nute I note is that that girl.." Pointing to Florymond, "..Florymond..was rolling around on the floor with whipped cream giggling." And then a digit is motioned towards Melissa, "And /her/..whining like a brat that she wanted a fairie for a pet." A wry smirk forms glancing towards both the girls and then towards the others, "O'course I noticed that..those two boys.." Motioning towards Kieran and Alex, "Were trying to defend themselves." Pausing to glance about..and then o'course Mitchell walked in."
Florymond LeFay glares at Naiya fitfully, reaching up slowly to secure a hand on the pocket of David's robe, if she can. Time to turn on the charm. "Non, non, 'eadmaster...believe me. I was not /giggling/...I was trying not to get my clothes mussy, so as to trouble ze 'ouse elves!" Remembering her time spent as part of the seedy Paris underground, she adds, "Besides, Naiya 'as not presented reasonable doubt, as we all say ze same zing, while she 'as decided zat I was /giggling/." Her voice is nearly a purr, as she attempts to dissuade David from even regarding Naiya as human, much less accepting her version of events.
"I do not condone persons who mark themselves as a tell-all," David Porter says, glaring slightly towards Naiya, "However, if this was caused because you all would not leave the fairies alone," he says, trailing off... "Were people trying to hurt them?"
Alex Wylde blinks many times in rapid succession as he is pointed at. His mouth works for a moment, but it seems he's not quite capable of making a sound just yet. The rest of him remains stiff as a statue, with that deer-in-headlights look.
Jana O'Conner decides to speak up at this "Yes, I was here when before it started. They came in just a few minutes after the food was layed out. They started throwing food at us and such. No furniture though. Kieran, the Gryffindor boy was trying to stop those..yes some were offending them, and Kieran was trying to stop them sir..." She trails off, she certianly didn't want to be called a tell all and tries to be very clear with all the details.
Naiya Blackheart a brow is raised towards Florymond, "Oh child, sh'ud up!" Hardly even remembering David was around, "Oiye..I was giving /my/ part. For you hadn't ask anyone else what had happened." A brow is arched as though to laugh, "O'course defending themselves." Motioning off as Jana began to talk..yes..that was it.
Melissa Talison says indignantly, "I was /not/ whining. I only wanted one, that's all.. And I would have asked permission first!" The last sentence is directed at the Headmaster, not Naiya, and the whole thing is rather mumbled because of the hands the word must go through. "Din't want to hurt anything."
April Katzowski steps closer to the Headmaster, deciding to take part in the discussion and not stand in the background like a worried child. "A few people were trying to hurt them... Catch them, too. That's when they started throwing strawberries at us..." She speaks in a somewhat upset tone, whiping more strawberry juice from her sleeves.
Hearing his name mentioned Kieran MacNessa jumps and looks around as if trying to find some rock to crawl under. Ok. He's not exactly the herotype anymore.
Victoria Bennet's attentive ears catch tiny bits of the conversation, although her attention is mostly aimed at Headmaster, and the few students crowding around him. "Faeries?" The girl perks, her lips moving unintentionally in question, and her voice slipping out from her grasp. "What, and how did they get into Hogwarts in the first place?" The girl asks, a bit louder then she intended to, attempting to get a few answers to all of her questions.
Nodding quietly, David Porter eyes the Great Hall with a sigh. "Clean up this mess," he says. "And have the kitchens end some house elves up here to help." Sighing heavily, he moves over to a table and pours himself some tea, about to take a drink when he notices a brownie floating in the tea, having been in the cup before hand. The man merely sighs.
Florymond LeFay nearly snarls at Naiya, but she'll take orders from a higher-up. The girl looks down at the floor, and bends thus, her skirts and petticoats going up in a poof behind her. Picking up an entire strawberry leaf, she glances around for somewhere to deposit it.
Melissa Talison takes a glance around, scowling at the mess. "I can't clean 'less my hands are fixed," she decides. "And my cloak." Not that she needs her cloak to clean, but might as well add mention of that. Biting her lip, she walks the rest of the way up to the headmaster and inquires, "If I can get one sometime, /can/ I have a pet farie, Sir? I'd take good care of it and all. Please, Sir?"
"Headmaster? There were people throwing things at the Faeries but the Faeries tried to start things when they came in ser." Kieran MacNessa says softly as possible as if not /really/ wanting to speak up but feeling the need anyway. He points a finger at Melissa and says,"She was trying to drape her cloak to catch them."
April Katzowski turns once again to look over the state of the Great Hall. What a huge disaster; she wouldn't even know where to start cleaning. Her eyes move to the other students. When they start moving to clean up, she'll follow.
Jana O'Conner sighs inwardly, she doesn't wish to clean up this mess...it was just soo big. However, she quickly get to work, placing her books in a safe clean place on a seat. The two tables in the worst state seemed to be the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables. Seeing that there weren't any Hufflepuffs around, she decided to clean their table first and she picks up the soiled dishes.
"Okay, first of all. Go to the infirmary. Second of all, you'll have to buy a new cloak. And thirdly, you most certainly may /NOT/ have pet fairie," David Porter says, almost glaring at Melisa. Then, he turns to Kieran. "I understand."
Victoria Bennet's eyes travel over to Melissa, disgusted. "A faerie?" The girl breathes out, almost hissing. "A /pet/ faerie, that would sneak away from you and run around Hogwarts causing ruckus?" The girl almost snarls. That would be horrible, unthinkable; messes all over the place, a faerie giggling madly... The thoughts running through her head are less than happy.
"Is there a... mop?" April Katzowski wonders aloud, twirling a strand of hair with a finger. Her eyes glance towards the smashed peices of food about the floor as she asks this.
Melissa Talison shrinks back a bit, nodding quickly. "Yes, Sir. Won't think of it again, Sir. I'll just settle for a daisy, or a dragon, or one of them water creatures.." Her voice trails off as, still mumbling, she hastily makes her way to the exit. Somehow she manages not to trip on her robe, and she's just intent on being off. At the doorway, though, she turns back and asks softly, "Someone tell me where the 'firmary is?"
"/I/ certainly won't show you." Kieran MacNessa says glaring at Melissa before looking at the Headmaster,"Ser, Were any of the faeries hurt? I saw one of them go down after being hit by a potato. Is my behaviour going to get me in trouble ser?" The very last bit is said with the greatest amount of apprehension.
Jana O'Conner looks up from collecting plate, her ice blue eyes turning towards the injured girl "Sorry, I don't know." Comes her soft calm respons. After collecting as many plates as she could carry, she hurries off to the Kitchen, for surely that's where they get washed. And while there she'll ask a few house elves to help.
David Porter peers at Melissa. "You must take Care of Magical Creatures. Having a dragon for a pet is /illegal/," he says, scowling. "Now, start cleaning," he says, furrowing his brows while house elves trot in.
April Katzowski, her query unnoticed, turns to the nearest table to her, Gryffindor, and begins collecting dirty plates and utensils. She brushes crumbs and other food items off the edge of the table onto a plate with a hand, then stacks them neatly to take to the kitchen.
Melissa Talison, from the doorway, gives Kieran a rather sweet smile. "How kind of you!" she exclaims, giving Jana.. who seemed a bit more polite.. simply an understanding nod. Almost on top of her other words, she calls to the Headmaster, "Not a dragon, then. What if I got one of them funny looking animals, with the long necks? I've seen 'em in pictures, and I'm sure they can't be too big.." Well, she doesn't know where she's going, might as well make conversation until someone comes who can show her.
"You," David Porter says, glancing at Kieran. "Take her to the infirmary. And be quick about it." He shakes his head, looking at the wreck-of-a-hall he is standing in.
Jana O'Conner watches the elves come in and walks into the kitchen with the plates thinking that she should've advised Kieran about forgiving for brief moments of time if not all together when she heard the headmaster order him to take Melissa. Comming out of the kitchen she goes back to the Hufflepuff table to take out more plates.
Melissa Talison tilts her head at the adult, and has to stop herself from giggling again. "I'd make sure to bring you one, too, Sir.. Only two big-necked things anywhere in England, they would be." Her eyes dart back to Kieran, as still smiling, she looks at him expectantly.
April Katzowski follows Jana into and out of the kitchen with the plates from Gryffindor, then proceeds to collect the remaining dishes from the table and bring these to the kitchen as well. Noticing that the Slytherin table has no one tidying it, she moves to this table, collecting plates and brushing crumbs from the surface.
David Porter looks towards Melissa and frowns slightly, just tsking. "Get to the infirmary." And with that, the headmaster sighs. "I'll be in my office." He strides off, eager to get out of this disaster.
Being ordered to show the Slytherin to the infirmary is not high on Kieran MacNessa's list of enjoyable things,"B-b-but... Oh very well ser. " His thick brogue colouring his rather /unhappy/ treble voice.
Melissa Talison holds her hands together in front of her, one curled inside the other. The pieces of her cloak are forgotten, likely lying around somewhere in the Great Hall. The girl keeps her eyes on Kieran, asking quietly.. and politely, now.., "Shall we go? I do wish to get these taken care of, and I'd be so horribly lost trying to find my own way.. never been there, no need to.."
And you think I have?" Kieran MacNessa says rather icily and begins leading the way. Well ok so he's not being the /perfect/ gentleman but he dislikes Slytherins and this one was trying to catch Faeries.
Melissa Talison shugs helplessly. "I don't know. Well, 'least we won't be lost alone. Imagine, what if someone got so turned around and lost that they got stuck, and had to wait to be found? Could take /days/." As she talks, she turns, following at Kieran's heels.
Jana O'Conner shakes her head as she listens to Melissa and Kieran. "Just don't get into any more trouble?" Come the plea form her. She looks at the two and then goes back to her cleaning.
April Katzowski carries another plate into the kitchen, then returns once again to the Great Hall. Passing by the Hufflepuff table, she pauses, turning to Jana. "Need any help over here?" She asks her, looking at the partially-tidied table."Those fairies sure made /quite/ a mess."
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Fuming just a little Kieran MacNessa is /definitely/ not happy about being forced to lead Melissa to the Medical Center.
Melissa Talison, though completely aware her fellow student isn't happy with the situation, continues to chatter pleasantly as she follows. "'Course, it could take longer if you were somewhere they didn't know to look. Or what if you ended up out of the building completely?"
Under his breath Kieran MacNessa says something probably not very nice in his native tongue before he says,"Will you stop? I am taking you into the infirmary, that's it!"
,-[ Hogwarts - Southwest Circling Corridor ]----------------------------------.
Melissa Talison scowls at Kieran's back. "I know, I was just saying, what if it happened to someone? I mean, wouldn't that be bad? You could starve to death."
No you wouldn't. Obviously you don't read." Kieran MacNessa says icily,"Now please be quiet."
Melissa Talison protests quietly, "I do so read. And you could, if you were left long enough." After that she falls silent, planning to remain that way unless given something to respond to. After all, there's hardly any use in talking to /this/ kid.
Spinning on his heels, Kieran MacNessa says icily,"If I weren't long enough? I read everyday. If not for the faeries I could have maybe finished my book on the Nipping Narsium Rose. " His emerald eyes shine as cold as his stones,"Now if there is nothing more I want to get you to the Infirmary so I can get back to helping my friends clean up that mess you incensed those faeries!"
Melissa Talison replies in a cool tone, "I /meant/ that one could starve to death if left long enough. But take it however you like.. /I/ certainly don't care how you interpret anything." She motions forward with her hands. "Let's get there, then, unless you don't know the way."
Spinnings on his heals and muttering darkly under his breath, Kieran MacNessa is slipping back to Irish and saying judging from the tone rather nasty things.
,-[ Hogwarts - Medical Center ]-----------------------------------------------.
Here you are. I lead you here. Now you're on your own." Kieran MacNessa says rather irritably and begins heading out the door.
Melissa Talison looks around as she enters, and comments to herself, "How lovely." As she steps farther in, she calls after Kieran, "I do thank you for your help. Tell them all to send gifts, perhaps I'll be here a while." With that, she wanders off to find the nurse.