Small Frogs in a Big Hall Errand Closed

Who didn't like frogs?

Well, Sebastian couldn't help but wonder if perhaps George didn't much like frogs, he'd been grossed out by the Rosemary Beetle after all, but for the likes of a boy raised in rural England, on a homestead filled to the brim with nature? The events which took place in the Great Hall at dinner were utterly amazing.

Fiendish little frogs hopped this way and that, following fretting First Years and other such students who tried to flee in their wake. Contrary to most, Sebastian did not leap up onto a bench or make a run for the door, oh goodness no. Even before the Professor spoke up he was out of his seat and trying to catch one, or two, or perhaps even three, of the slimy buggers.

He'd been frog catching before, a great many times in fact, and he was now the proud owner of a wonderful spotted toad named Reed. If there was one thing he could do, it was snatch up bouncing balls of slime. Those AWOL amphibians stood no chance against the expertise of one Sebastian Sorrel!

Of course knowing how to catch them in the wild, with careful planning and precision, and snatching them up in the middle of so many other students, was an all together different task.

"Here, froggy froggy froggy..." the Badger lilted, following the springy trail of a frog he'd just spied hopping beneath the Ravenclaw bench, "I'm not gonna hurt you, little fella. I just don't want you trampled..."

That became much more of a concern when a Professor rose up and tried to steal the attention of the students. Even more so when the promise of chocolate frogs was made. Well, Sebastian didn't have much experience with such things, he'd never really tried any non-muggle treats yet, but since he was already looking for the frogs in the first place where was the harm?

With that in mind he scurried beneath the now vacant part of the Ravenclaw bench and cupped his hands around the space where a little green frog had previously been hiding. Of course, it was much quicker than he and it bounded away before his fingers had even begun to close.

"Oh, bugger," he mumbled to himself, concerned that he might have just blown his chance at keeping this particular creature away from the trampling feet of terrified teenagers. Soon enough his head popped back up from beneath the bench, and his eyes scoured the tabletop for something which could be of use.

Then he spied it: a bowl. He grabbed it and upturned it, quite dismissive of whatever contents it had previously been holding, and then turned to look for the green guy again. He spied it hopping back across toward the Hufflepuff table, and with a soft intake of breath he braced himself.

"C'mon Sol... It's just a frog."

Just a frog indeed. With his new tool in hand he carefully followed the critter, no doubt finding himself in the way of others as he crawled about on the floor, and waited for the right moment. Sure enough it came to a stop, and perched slap center beneath the table. Another slow breath quieted his mind, and he raised the bowl.

The frog croaked, licked its eye, then made to move. Though it saw Sebastian's approach, and was quick to spring forth, it hadn't anticipated the bowl which was dropped from on high. With a clatter the critter was caught beneath the pewter dish, and Sebastian set one hand firmly on top to keep it from shimmying free.

A loud huff of an exhale followed, and he slumped back while avoiding hitting his head on the table. One frog down, at least one more to go he reckoned.

It took him a little while longer to have his hands full with his two frogs. Part of him felt bad for even considering handing them off to someone else, after all he could take pretty good care of them himself right? But the frogs weren't his, and he already had a pet to take care of, so he did the responsible thing and carried them up to the front of the Great Hall where the Head Table sat.

Sebastian seemed a little sullen as he extended both hands out and offered the frogs to Professor Takagi. "What are you going to do with them?" he asked, with clear concern in his tone. This was the Care of Magical Creatures Professor, he reminded himself. If anyone was fit to take care of a bunch of frogs it was her. And maybe, when he was old enough to attend her class, Sebastian would be able to one day too.

Still, it sucked to let them go.

@Tala Takagi

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Quinn was eating her dinner like any other normal day. Only this dinner had a shocking surprise... Frogs. Lots of frogs. Hoping everywhere, people freaking out because of said frogs. She was at first going to ignore them, and finish her dinner. To go back to the common room.

That was her plan, but she heard the care of magical creatures teacher y'all something. "I've got a pair of Chocolate Frogs for every student who catches a frog and brings it up here to the tank!". Challenge excepted. She got up from her seat and quickly set her sites on a little frog that had itself set up by the slytherin table.

"Come here you little frog..." she quietly called for the frog. She moved closer to the frog staying low. She was about a foot away before the frog hoped away. She expected this to happen... It was a small frog. Quinn was much larger then it, no wonder it would be afraid!

She wouldn't give up that easily. She got down lower, so that she was on the floor. She would slowly start crawling to the frog, until it was time to strike. She needed to go nice and slow if she wan too catch a frog. She probably looked a bit stupid crawling on the floor. She didn't care, all that was in the room where her and the frog. Crawling ever so slowly she almost had the little sucker in her grasp. Before again he hoped away.

She started to get just the slightest bit upset it was just a small frog? Why was he so much trouble to grab!? She would give this tiny little thing one last chance. But she wouldn't be just as nice. She was not on the ground now but on her knees hands positioned to grab him.

She spotted him, and pounced. She had caught him! "er- what? I just had him!!" she whined. When she had looked to see him there the frog was gone. Must have somehow slipped through her fingers... She saw the frog just starting at her. She would promise this thing was messing with her. "Fine. Be like that, if you escape from me one more time... I will have no choice but to get my cat!!" she yelled at the frog.

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Action: Getting mad at a frog >:[

Attire: Usual school day attire: robes, shirt (buttons mismatched), tie (undone), kilt, neck ring, no shoes.

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Colin had been feeling down the last few days. Not because of school or anything. Mostly he was missing Liam. A lot. He still felt guilty about not going back to St. Mungos to try and help his twin. He sighed as he finished up the food on his plate. And Clair had turned down his invitation to go to the Ball with him. He wasn't mad at her or anything --- well, he was kind of mad at himself for not asking sooner. It's not like they were really --- together --- yet and it's not like he hadn't heard his classmates talking about asking girls or boys to go. It was just that, while he found Clair so nice to talk to, sometimes he felt inadequate. Like she wouldn't like him. And so he put off asking until it was too late. It was his fault that that plan had gotten messed up!

What he really needed now was some kind of adventure to take him out of himself. Just something fun to ---

Colin raised his head, wondering what all the commotion was. Someone squeaked over at the Gryffindor table and a few kids were jumping up onto the benches. Several others seemed to be entertained by the reaction, but to what?

That was soon answered by an older student who explained that, while Colin was moping, Professor Takagi pointed out all the frogs that had been set loose in the Hall and that she'd give out a chocofrog or two to any student who could round up a real frog and bring it to the High Table!

Colin looked around in wonder! He saw that Kim Aoki and Lily Blaze had already rescued a number of frogs, and by the look of it, so had Quinn and a Hufflepuff boy. That one didn't seem to want to give his frog up! He laughed as Kim and Puffie chased after a frog. This looked like so much fun, like just the thing he needed this evening!

"Good job Tigerlily! That was quick! I'm gonna snag a couple froggos too!" he said to Lily as he hopped up onto the bench to see if he could find a hunting partner! He thought about Keith Moore. He was a bonny lad and they'd gone running around together a few times. Colin looked around. "Ach, laddie! How hard can it be to find a green grass haired kid in this place?" he said. He set his hands around his mouth to make a megaphone: "Heyo Keith!! Laddie are you here! Let's hunt some frogs!"

@Keith Moore | @Lily Blaze || Mentions @Clair Fernandez | @Kim Sato | @Quinn Root | @Sebastian Sorrel

𝓐lmost a month had passed by since the young first-year Ravenclaw student known as Alora Shendrow had made the journey to start her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With countless new experiences noted since her arrival to the ancient castle the young blonde was still struggling with adjusting to her new-found student life, however, she was also completely enjoying her first month of study.

Sorted into the house known for its creativity and studious nature the blonde couldn’t have imagined how after the first day of travel up to the school itself that new things would be equally as fascinating each and every day of her school life. Halfway through another week of classes the young girl had finished her last class of the day around 5pm and made her way towards the great hall for dinner after a study session at the library. With plans stuck in her head of all of the tasks that she hoped to get completed that evening including writing a letter home to her family to keep them up to date with the happenings of her life nothing could have prepared her for the fun and frolics the night ahead would have in store.

Seated at her house table alongside countless other students enjoying her final meal of the day before the student curfew would become set in stone the blonde raises her goblet of juice to her lips when from the corner of her eye an unexpected vision comes into view. With a mouthful of juice her attention is drawn to a sudden commotion located at the top table where the professors usually join the students for dinner as hundreds of frogs descend into the hall from the feet of the school nurse.

The hall instantly erupts into a state of panic and laughter as the countless frogs hop erratically around the hall, Alora hears the declaration announced by the brunette professor of Magical Creatures as she offers a pair of chocolate frog cards for every student who helped to catch the frogs to tidy up the mess and chaos that was occurring within the walls of Hogwarts. Sighing with a light chuckle, Alora rises to her feet taking off her long-sleeved robes folding them neatly to place them on the bench securely before stretching herself out ready to help out the professor after all this certainly wasn’t the first frog that she herself had caught. Being raised on a farm in the middle of the Irish countryside definitely had its benefits when it came to dealing with animals of any kind and frogs were no different. For not many knew of the small pond within the grounds of her home that the young blonde used to spend time with on a daily basis looking after the countless fish and amphibians that called it their home.

Frogs needed a varied diet to survive and with their skin acting as a breathing mechanic, Alora knew just what to do and how to handle them safely without causing damage to the creature in any way. Looking around the table for anything suitable that could be used to entice the frogs toward her in a feeding manner Alora struggled to locate any form of insects or worms, however, there were some cooked fish in the dinner that evening. “Not perfect but it will have to do” the young girl sighs to herself before taking one of the cooked fillet’s breaking it up into smaller consumable pieces.

Quietly and gently approaching the nearest frog the girl would kneel down and gently place a piece of fillet ahead of her calling out quietly “Come on take the bait” as she waited patiently for the frog to see the piece of fish so she’d be able to safely catch it. Seconds would turn into minutes and finally the frog began to eat reaching out her hands in the frogs direction and catching it from behind unexpectedly she swiftly transferred it into her handkerchief to prevent her from touching its skin before heading across to the teacher of magical creatures passing her the frog before continuing on with her routine of catching frogs that become known to her until the great hall is free from hopping madness thanks to the students and staff banding together to save the day.

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Athena was chewing on a stiff peice of chicken when, to her dismay, a swarm of frogs was released, and the shrieking began. A wave of students fought to make it to the door, trapping Athena inside it. She was pushed back into the great hall, to be with the students who still remained. Feeling trapped and disgusted in the room full of frogs, Athena went to the corner of the room that seemed to have the least students, and frogs. She wrapped her arms around her legs and then she heard it.
I've got a pair of Chocolate Frogs for every student who catches a frog and brings it up here to the tank!” A teacher said. She perked up. She hadn’t yet been able to sneak into hogsmeade, so she was chocolate frogless. A little candy for catching a few frogs? Sure seemed like a fair trade to her. Looking around she could see many people were beginning the task and she jumped in, surprised at how much they were skittering. She turned with her hand outstretched just in time to catch a leaping frog. She quickly shrieked and dropped it, hating the way the warty frog skin felt on her hands. She was going to have to wash her hands three hundred times before she would be ready to leave the bathroom later. She cursed at herself and dropped to all fours, trapping a frog under her left hand. She fought herself to keep her hand down as she wanted so badly to get as far away possible from the frog. She curled her fingers around it not so gently and the frogs eyes bulged, way more than they should’ve. The frog would most likely be dead by the time she made it to the tank.

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"WOOOT!" There were so many frogs in the hall that Colin had no idea which way to turn first! One frog leapt between his legs, making for the doors at the far end of the hall, and another hopped along the table plashing in and out of people's water goblets and a third one, that had somehow gotten into his hair, clambered down onto his shoulder and sang into his ear: "Crrreebeek! Crrreebeek! Crrreebeek!"

"YEEP!" Colin wasn't expecting such a loud sound almost inside his ear! He leapt in surprise, turning towards the sound! He looked down at the last second, but his feet weren't where they were supposed to be! He was crashing! Colin reached up to protect the frog from being hurt, but his legs were on either side of the bench and he was still falling! With a sickening thunk the edge of the bench caught Colin right in the crotch! "Urk!" The frog was still singing happily into his ear and Colin let out a soft moan as if in accompaniment. His pond scum green eyes crossed and Colin collapsed onto the cool flagstones of the floor.

There Colin lay for several minutes, feeling nauseated and weak. A second frog hopped onto his face and began a duet with the first frog. Thoughts of kissing frogs and turning them into princesses flitted through Colin's pain wracked mind; though he eventually slid out from under the table. He heard the voice of a friend approaching, his footsteps now becoming familiar. His uncrossed and looked up to see Keith standing over him.

"Hey, look at him! It's he cute?" Keith said excitedly. He held the frog so Colin could see.

Colin managed to get up, and the second frog took up its post on Colin's other shoulder. He stood rather more delicately than usual, but managed to get a good look at Keith's frog. He moaned again. Keith seemed to be oblivious. He said hoarsely: "Oh, that's bloody brilliant lad!"

"Come on we have to catch more!" Keith said with just as much excitement as before.

Colin was feeling a little better. His stomach was settled again --- but he felt like certain other bits would never be the same again. Aye! He remembered now --- gotta hunt frogs with Keith! He took a deep breath, gave himself a wee shake and, showing Keith the two frogs he'd gotten, secured them in his robe pocket. "Right! You'll need to be quick to keep up lad!" He took the younger boy into a quick hug before setting off to catch another frog!

@Keith Moore