The hunter and the prey (Artemis, Open)

[Professor Calista Rue]

"No one move an inch or you'll find yourself to be a very colorful tea set for my evening brew." Marching upon the scene full of unbridled aggravation and an unsettling lack of patience was Professor Calista Rue. The owl that had found her across the school grounds was perched atop her shoulder where it leaped off to settle upon the Head Girl instead.

Her gaze caustically swept over every one present and from the looks of the situation, the Head of Slytherin house was very surprised she didn't see any of her's here. They must be getting soft, was her after thought, but the messy, tear sodden face of a Ravenclaw boy and the deforming mass of a kid dashing off, howling into the night like a wild beast brought her attention back to a bunch of misfits who needed a good smack. She was in the middle of her daily yoga session.

"Your wands. All of you. Give them to me. There are Auror on standby as well because of this year's Tournament, if you aren't already aware, so try anything else and you will be dealt with severely. Do you understand?" Her eyes narrowed, shifting from every young, adrenaline reddened face.

"Miss Walters, I want you to go inform the rest of the professors about the boy who just ran off. He will be found and dealt with." Her presence did not warrant questions, her eyes telling the girl to go immediately before things got any worse. There's no doubt about it. I smell a dog.

"Now, tell me what is going on. I could hear a commotion from a ways away and I assure you that there are a group of little chicklings who are going to be in very big trouble." Her eyes rested on the Hufflepuff. A laughable notion, but she'd be damned if the malice in his eyes were real and she wanted nothing more than to kick the kid in the gut...if it were allowed. That smug look made her fingers itch. Not to mention there was an unregistered, under-aged animagus amongst the bunch. Another Hufflepuff, to be hilariously exact. There was all kinds of rule breaking going on!

"Start talking!" she barked.

[Bella Walsh]

She had been nervous when the head girl had showed up and started barking threats, but now she was terrified. She didn't want Artemis, Jari, and Andrei getting into trouble for her housemate's actions. "When Artemis didn't show up at the castle for dinner...I thought I'd try to find him. But, when I found him, Mattie was torturing him via use of the...Cruciatus curse. I don't know what else he used on him. I just panicked, ma'am, I didn't want Artemis to suffer. He summoned a serpent when I intervened, and I only cast to rid of the snake before Andrei beat it to a pulp."

Her wand was given without fight. "And, I am of age, ma'am...no curses, no hexes...only charms." She looked down. She'd take the brunt of the blame if she must, and also quietly dug out a small card, listing her as a registered animagus. "I didn't scratch him either...just threw him off balance long enough to get between him and Artemis."

Her hand reached down to him and she offered to help him to his feet.

[shava4444]

Watching the Hufflepuff and seeing everyone seemed to be okay, though the housemate on the floor looked like he would need some extreme attention, Fredrik was not surprised at all when the head girl showed up out of nowhere. In fact, hearing the rapidly disappearing student wolf, that was probably a good idea! As she spouted calling them children he found himself indignant and then remembered what he was and stopped himself with some difficulty. To keep a secret he had no problems with a detention and he certainly wanted an excuse to avoid the ball! Teenage hormones running rampant, he'd rather go anywhere else!

Almost on her heels, a Professor arrived and Fredrik felt quite relieved. Since he had no wish to be a tea set he found her second command of wands to her a bit bizarre, but he waited til Bella turned hers over first and then handed his over, watching the Hufflepuff carefully. As he did so he explained his side. "I was at supper when Bella went off to find my housemate and Andrei got an inkling something was going on somehow and asked me to go with him. We ran outside and as we ran I first started to notice he was moving much faster then he should have been able to. He stopped to see what was happening and became infuriated when he saw who was being threatened."

Glancing at the teacher, eyes off the Hufflepuff, he spoke in Andrei's behalf as well. "He was trying to avoid attacking anyone, Ma'am, and told me he was going to intercept the snake that had been conjured. As he did that I realized I was behind the attacker and if I could neutralize him for the moment without damage it would help." He held up his hand and said softly "I only cast things to stop him from attacking or getting physical, no intent to harm was meant." Fredrik then motioned in the direction that Andrei had run off in and then in the way Sam had left. "I heard the Hufflepuff attacking the other two who merely defended themselves. When the Head Girl arrived, Andrei tried to put distance between himself and the others to keep people safe and she went off on your orders. I will detail the spells if you require it."

Hopefully the boy would be put somewhere secure and watched till the Ministry arrived as he was sure they would and then the Raven could be take to the Hospital Wing. Wondering what the Hufflepuff would say in his own defense, Fredrik made sure Jari kept his eyes turned that way.