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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Nov 16, 2008 21:14:42 GMT
It had been a while since Dan had done a lesson and in truth he had missed it. Of course he has helped Professor Shaw out in his lessons a few times but there was nothing like being able to sit down and have one on one interaction with the students. As soon as the sign up list had gone up it had been bombarded with replies although he wondered if people where signing up for the lesson or for the chance to get their own back for his years of...well…being Dan.
Unsurprisingly the one he was most suspicious about was the famous Ravenclaw duo of Fay and Bry and so as he stared at the list, arms crossed and a frown spreading across his features the perfect idea came to him or at least it seemed like a good idea at the time. But as Dan waited on the fourth floor corridor by an open window he started to wonder if in a few hours time it would turn out to be one of the worst mistakes he had made.
There was however no going back now, and with another glance at his watch Dan saw the second hand tick over to signal the passing of another minute. What a way to spend his Saturday although once the pair turn up it would be fun, it was just the waiting he hated…for a Hufflepuff he really was not all that patient.
[ok that start was crap! I am sorry!]
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Post by Felicity Locke on Nov 16, 2008 23:41:01 GMT
The Professors had been switching jobs so frequently that Fay was getting confused on whom was who. And, as sad as it seemed, Ravenclaw was in dire need of points. It wasn’t like they weren’t participating; it just seemed that they couldn’t catch up to the Puffs. Fay suspected that some foul play was going on, considering Hubbles was a huge Puffle enthusiast. Twenty Points to you because you wore yellow today! But, none the less, the Claws would just have to work extra hard to rack up their points.
While Fay was walking through the halls, trying to figure out how exactly they could pull off such a dynamic feat, she saw the sign for the charms “tutoring” of sorts. Delighted by her find, she ran back to Bray to tell him the news. Though she was still rather reluctant to go into a classroom with Hubbles without at least twenty other people, she would take one for the team, so to speak. The two filled out the form quickly, thanks to the magicked quill, and gave it back to Hubbles.
When the day finally rolled around, Felicity was fully prepared to come in a suit of armor, because you could never be sure with Hubbles. Bray didn’t find her joke funny, considering their little run in with the suits before. Fay still wouldn’t pass them unless she was running. But anyway, the day arrived and Fay was waiting impatiently in the common room. “Hurry up Bray! You’re like a girl for heaven’s sake.”
After a lot of fussing and arm flailing, the duo was finally on their way to the rendezvous point. Too bad it was in the hallway where the suits of armor happened to be. Thanks a lot there Hubbles. Felicity turned another corner and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw where they were supposed to meet. “…Bray, it’s the demonic metal.” She would’ve happily hidden in her dorm and called it a day, but after a lot of pushing and grumbling, she started to walk again.
Felicity glanced at the armor lining the hallway and shuddered, quickening her pace. Hubbles didn’t seem to notice them because he was staring at one of the many clocks on the wall. Fay stopped once they neared the Headmaster and cast a worried glance over her shoulder. So now the suits were playing nice were they? Damn tempermental armor. She glanced up at Hubbles then, trying to not run out of the hall at that point. “So what’re we going to do today Hubbles…er…Headmaster?” Fay’s cheeks flushed slightly at her misstep, but she still looked up at the Headmaster expectantly. |
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Post by Bradyn Reed on Nov 17, 2008 1:04:30 GMT
It seemed that all the fun of a cat nap was instantly ruined when you were woken up by someone kicking in your door and scaring the pants off of your dorm mates and going on about you being a fool for sleeping or something of the like. Bray wasn't paying much attention as he was much more focused on getting the angry veela out of his dorm room before she noticed he wasn't dressed to be going to lessons yet and blew her top. Sure he could go in shorts and a tee-shirt, but usually professors liked you to show your house color. And Bray would wear a big blue light bulb on his head just to annoy Hubbles. After hearing her shout about him being as slow as a girl, he flew around his dorm picking up all the pieces of his uniform that looked clean and threw it on quickly. "I'm coming, gosh woman, you're not my mother!" He shouted agitatedly as he threw open the door and found her slowly retreating from the common room. Geesh, that woman had no patience at all.
Their walk down to where they were supposed to meet Hubbles was full of an arguement that they burst into about squirrels and pixies but it was soon silenced when they passed the Armory and Bray almost felt the need to tip-toe past them to avoid incurring their sparring wrath. It's not like they remembered that he stole their boots but they still might attack him for no reason like they supposedly did to other students. Fay seemed to tense at them too and he smiled fakely in an attempt to calm her down. "Don't taunt them, they might decide to beat you down for that little nickname." But she still seemed determined to bolt and hide under her blanket for a few hours, so he practically pushed her past the armor to where they were supposed to meet up with Hubbles.
[Lameness *cough*]
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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Nov 17, 2008 12:29:51 GMT
Another minute ticked by and Hubbles was still by himself in the corridor, well at least he had the suits of armour for company. He had got used to them creaking into life every so often but as long as they kept away from their weapons he was happy. The incident in the corridor with Ellie and the murderous suits of armour had still left an impression on him. And he seemed to not be the only one that it had affected because Miss Locke and Mr Reed seemed a bit uneasy to be walking down the corridor that was lined with the metal monsters.
“Oh no!” Dan exclaimed. “Please call be Hubbles, Headmaster is what I called old Williamson when I was at school.”
The image of the Hogwarts headmasters for Dan has always been batty old men with silver hair and long white beards to match. He liked to think he had the batty part sorted but he was not that old…even if it had been eleven years since he could have called himself a pupil. Maybe he was getting the ‘old’ part down too, now that was a scary thought. Snapping out of his own little detour in his mind Hubbles gave a small clap of the hands and he knew that he best start the lesson before they give up the ghost and stalk back to their Common Room.
“Come on then guys! Let’s go out the window!” He said grinning over at the two Ravenclaw’s as he pointed to the open window they were standing by. “If you shimmy along the window ledge there is a drain pipe so just climb up that for a few meters and you should reach another ledge and that will lead you too the open area on the roof in which we shall be holding today’s lesson.”
It was a bit of an assault course and there most defiantly would have been an easier way to get to the platform, he was the headmaster after all so he could have rigged something up…but then where would the fun have been in that? He had a feeling though that this would only confirm to Bray and Fay that he truly was just as crazy has they feared and scaling the side of the building was going to be mild to what he had planned for them on the roof.
“Go on then.” He hinted once again as he stepped aside to give the Ravenclaw’s more room. “You guys go first as it would be better for me to be at the end in case you fall I could make an attempt to save you.”
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Post by Felicity Locke on Dec 29, 2008 18:56:11 GMT
“Sure thing Hubbles.”
Imagining Hubbles as the Headmaster was still strange. He was just Hubbles, the crazy charms teacher. Not Hubbles, the equally crazy headmaster. Just the word Headmaster brought to mind the image of an old man with a super long beard that looked all wise and mysterious. So, paring the word ‘Headmaster’ with Hubbles seemed to be a crazy match. She tried to imagine Hubbles with the Headmaster look, and only managed to burst into a fit of giggles. Fay pressed her hand against her mouth and pretended to cough to cover it up.
Out…the….window? Felicity blinked up at him. He had lost his marbles—well, whatever marbles Hubbles still had left. She looked over to the window, then back up to Hubbles. “You want us to climb out of a window?” Fay glanced back at Bray, partially wondering if he was finally agreeing with her that Hubbles was lacking common sense of any type. “If I managed to fall to my death, I am so haunting your arse.” She grumbled under her breath as she glared out the open window.
“No offense Hubbles, but I don’t think I trust you attempting to save my life.” Fay leaned out the window, and winced as she noticed how high up they were. There had to be a better way to get up there. Think you Ravenclaw ninny, think! If only she could sprout wings and…wait a moment. “Hubbles, do you mind if I improvise a bit?” She glanced back at him and grinned. “Didn’t think so.” Pulling out her wand, Felicity flicked it and muttered her spell. Only moments later, her broomstick came flying through the window. Fay snatched it up and grinned. “I’m not that great of a climber anyway.”
Mounting her broom, Fay pushed off the ground and flew through the window. She glanced around, and finally found the drain pipe that Hubbles had expected them to climb up. Following that up, she noticed a clearing on the roof, and flew over there. She landed lightly on the ground and rested her broomstick on the ground next to her. Shrugging lightly, she sat down cross-legged on the roof and rested her elbows on her knees, waiting for Bray and Hubbles to show up.
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