Recent History of Kwadleigh - Feb 25-27, 2003

Feb 25, 2003

The third part of the story had left off with Prof. Armis Evil and Prof. Waldow Hunch going down to the lobby of the palce they were staying at Foggie Village.

Armis had no choice but to be accompanied by the now "cured" Hunch...and his watermelon feet. Halfway down the stairs they Armis and Hunch ran into Ellarose, who had been preoccupied with taking care of Mrs.Cardinal. "There are extra, they were too much." said Ellarose carrying a small bowl. Before Armis has a say in it, Hunch grabbed the bowl saying "Gimme that!" and gobbled it down. Upon the sight, Ellarose screamed and ran back to where she had come from.

It should be reminded that earlier, Ellarose had been putting together a bowl of worms and berries to feed Mrs. Cardinal.

Armis and Hunch reached the lobby of the Inn and came next to Prof.Riddle, who was talking to the Shandalar creatures. Shortly after, all of the creatures - except for one - left the lobby.

"I found out some very important information you guys. You'll want to hear this." said Melody Riddle.

Armis, once again looking at Hunch's feet, said "I dunno Melody. It might be too much excitement in one day for some of us."

"It's about the death of Selena. I think the mystery is about to be solved."

"What have you found out Melody?" asked Hunch. Melody got up from her seat and said "We have to go to the forest you guys."

Armis looked impatient. "With all due respect to...um...the Shandalar creatures, and what they have told you, Melody...I am not really in the mood to go out and find more clues, more items, etc. That student, Angel, found a ring...then what happened? Nothing. All it brought was more unhappiness and more uncertanties. Now if you'll excuse me..."

"I think her body is in the forest." whispered Melody. There was a moment of silence, but both Armis and Hunch knew that this was not a joke. "He can take us to her." continued Melody moving her head towards the Shandalar creature.

The three professors agreed to go with the creature. They left a note to Prof. Aylin saying "There's an urgent matter. Take the students and go back to Kwadleigh. We'll come later when we can."

We do not have too much information concerning how the students and Prof. Chateaunoir spent the rest of their time in the Foggie Village.

Feb 26, 2003

In the meantime, back at the castle, students were getting more and more concerned about the "no furniture until you do homework" policy.

"Yes, this has been an interesting week thus far.." Victor says, laying down his book. "...I mean, our professor seems a little strange to me...but over all I can't wait for classes to really get going. I'm going to get an A+++ on potions!" Victor smiles, his ego probably choking everyone in the room. [...]

"So did you guys hear the announcement about us having to sleep in sleeping bags? Is that weird or what!" Brigid says, winking at Ella.

"I know!" Ella said. "I can't sleep on the floor!" [...] "Having Damos breathing in my ear all night!" She sighed. "Well once we learn a few spells maybe we can turn a piece of wood or something into a bed frame and then a few feathers to a mattress."

Feb 27, 2003

Melody had her things sent back to the school including her owl Leto, her python Ares stayed behind at the Inn and her cat Loki went on the walk into the Forest with her, Armis, Waldow and the warlock that was showing them the way Arguld."Armis Evil, Waldow Hunch... this Arguld a black Mana warlock of Shandalar."

Arguld kept his cape on the entire time, you could not see his face from under his hood, a very pale hand was all that could be seen, it held tight to a long black staff that had a skull on the top of it. Waldow knew all about Shandalar creatures because of the time he had spent there with Melody, but as far as she knew Armis knew nothing at all.

"I realise you don't trust this man."

"Would you call it a man?"

"Please Armis, show respect... he is a very wise man and I trust him in every way."

"Pity he doesn't trust me." Waldow crossed his arms in a huff, though he could not see Arguld's face he could feel the stare he was being given.

"And he has every right not to."

"Now is not the time for this Melio."

Melody was taken a back she hadn't been called by her Shandalain name outside of Shandalar before. Arguld continued walking, he led the group into the forest, Loki was at his side, Melody and Armis followed close behind and Waldow grumbled to himself from behind them. [...]

"On the other side of that tree, under the roots is where your Professor Selena lays." Melody was the first to move forward to go look, she was very shocked with what she found.... nothing, there was absolutely nothing there but roots and dirt. "She's been moved" Melody wasn't in the mood for this, either was Armis.

"What do we do now?"

"We must look, Armis you come with me, Melio take Waldow and go the other way."

"I'd rather walk with Armis if you don't mind Arguld."

"I have two reasons for you not too... one, if I'm alone with Waldow Hunch he will die."

"I don't have much of a problem with that."

"Hey."

"Two, you are weak, you must do what you must do, Waldow can assit you, Armis can not, now go."

Arguld walked away from the three professor's, Loki followed he knew what Melody had to do in the forest and he didn't want to be there for it, Armis shrugged his shoulder's and trudged into the thick of the forest after Arguld. "Come on Mel, don't fight it, he's right you are looking really weak."

Melody fell into Waldow's arms, much to her dislike. He helped her walk the opposite way to the others deeper into the forest. Armis and the Shandalain Warlock Arguld walked for ten minutes without saying a word. There was no trace of Selena's body. Armis was not even sure which way they had come from and which way they were headed.The more they walked, the more uncomfortable Armis felt. "I guess we should head back" said Armis.

"Just a bit left till we get there" Arguld replied. "Till we get there? Get where? I thought her body was moved?" asked Armis.

"No, I know exactly where her body is and I am taking you there." Armis, reflected back at what had happened ten minutes ago. It was Arguld who had proposed that they split in two groups and go opposite ways...

"But what about the others? Why have you sent them on the wrong path?"

"I sent them on the right path to where they need to be right now, which is out of the forest. This forest has a negative effect on some people. You saw how Melio was affected. She would not have listened if I had told her that you and I will take care of this alone. I just had to send Hunch with her to take care of her. Plus, they have some unfinished business."

The two men soon came to the trunk of a giant tree. It was large enough to walk in without crouching. Inside the trunk, to Armis's surprise, really was the body of Selena. Her body had somehow been preserved. How exactly, Armis did not know and was not too interested.

"She was dreaming when she was killed. So she was still in another world when she physically died. Now her ghost does not know where her body is. Until she finds her body, she will continue to roam around as a ghost. I want you to take her back to Kwadleigh and somehow make her ghost come in contact with her dead body..."

Arguld pointed to the other side of the tree. "On the other side is a vortex which will lead to Kwadleigh. Take her body and go."

Armis took Selena's body and walked to the other side of the tree. Next thing he knew, he was in one of the dormitories of Kwadleigh. The students were sleeping in their sleeping bags on the floor.

"I hope I make it out of the room without waking anyone up. This will not look good." he thought.

In the dormitory, Armis was spotted by Angel Smallwood. However, nothing really came of this and Angle never brought the subject up again.

Recent History of Kwadleigh - Feb 20-23, 2003

Feb 20, 2003

Prof. Chateaunoir announces that there will be a trip to the Foggie Village.

Feb 21, 2003

As previously stated, Prof. Evil and Prof. Hunch had worked together and made plans so that Evil would be in charge of Golden Phoenix and Hunch of Blue Unicorn. However, all of a sudden news come in that a person called Prof. Egeria Deosil has been named as the Blue Unicorn head. Who was Egeria and why had she been named as the new head?

Feb 22, 2003

The next day, Prof. Melody Riddle decides to be honest about her past as she talks with Prof. Chateaunoir.

"What happened?" Aylin questioned. "This is not you. I've never seen you like this before..."

"I guess I should tell you about Professor Waldow Hunch and I, I haven't explained to you yet why I have a problem with him." She paused, Melody was still quite upset. "Waldow and I dated back in school, we'd been together for so long. There were always rumours of him being on Voldermort's side the fact that he is so good at the DarkArts doesn't help, he never once denied those rumours, not once and then the day of the first attack of my home-land Shandalar, Waldow was there, picture in the papers and all, proving he was on 'HIS' side, he
attacked my home-land on the day of our wedding!" Melody began to weep

"You never told me you were married." Aylin was shocked by all this news.

"We never did get married, I never saw him again til he walked into this castle and you told me he was the new DarkArts Teacher." Melody began to look angry now "Not only was he a bad guy, attacking my home land, not showing up to our wedding but he died, the entire wizarding world thought he was dead. But he's not dead is he and he never was."

"There must be an explaination for all of this."

"He said that he was protecting Shandalar, sort-of proving how much he loved me, he said he never denied the rumours because they were just that rumours and he said the world had to think he was dead so that Voldermort would leave him alone."

"Well there you go."

"He's still on Voldermort's side Aylin, I know it, he's not here to fix things up with me and fight the DarkPowers, he's here to get the final Mana source, no matter how much I wanna believe him, no matter how much I wanna trust him, I don't and never will."

Shortly after this talk, Aylin announces to the students that the chariot that will take them to the train station will leave the school in two hours. Before the departure, Angel, who had now become very interested in who Selena Zimfindell was, asks her questions.

"Who was Selena Zimfindell? Was she a student here?"

"Oh! How did you run into her name?"

"History of Kwadleigh" Angel smiled sweetly. She was shy indeed. 'I told them that putting Selena there wasn't a good idea' Aylin mumbled to herself. "Well, Selena was the Head of Blue Unicorns some time ago. But she died. Many other professor died last year though..." she smiled. "Why don't you just grab some clothes and hurry to catch the charriot, hm?" Aylin smiled and rushed away, happy not to be asked anymore questions on the subject.

In the meantime, the professors were also getting ready for the trip to the Foggie Village. For some reason, Prof. Hunch was acting very weird.

Armis was packing his bags for the trip. There was a knock on the door and Prof.Hunch entered through the half open door. "Pull my finger" said Hunch.

"I see you've been working on some new potions and they got to your head!" said Armis.

"Hahahahaahah" Hunch started laughing like a madman. He soon fell on the ground from laughing too much and started holding his stomach, still laughing.

"I don't have time for this" said Armis and started to push Hunch out of the room with his foot. With Hunch totally out of the room, Armis closed the door and continued packing. "I hope he doesn't act like this during the trip" thought Armis.

It was in a way a paradox that a man who might be on Voldermort's side could actually be silly. This is still the topic of many debates among the professors. It is asumed that either Hunch is a rather normal person but he messed around with some spells and potions around this time which made him act like a little kid for days, or he is a very evil and cunning man who just wants us to think in that way.

Feb 23, 2003

The students and professors attending the trip finally reach the Foggie Village.

Aylin was hoping for the haunted inn to lift her spirits a bit. It was very dark and foggy indeed when they reached the place. The cemetery was 400 meters further. The air was cold and humid and you could hear the whistle of the wind through the branches of the trees. One side of the inn was touching the edge of the forest. The other one was opening to a large field.

From there, all the way down, you could see small lights flicking in the darkness.

"The Foggie Village..." Aylin announced. "If you want to go visit it tonight, you are welcome. You cannot get lost. Unless you do your best to... But do not enter the forest. There are weird rumors going on around here about it... It's a dangerous place at night."

In the main hall some weird guests were waiting to be accommodated. "They are coming from Shandalar and some other weird areas I don't have too much knowledge about..." the guy behind the desk said. He was an ugly creature. His accent was pretty strong too. [...]

She had hated the train being so late. Almost 7 hours late. And all that because of the storm and the clouds and the damn fog. Yes, it all happened like last time. Safer on land than in the air, of course. Now they had to spend two nights there and miss Monday, the first day of school... Oh well...

She went upstairs to her room. She had business to attend to.

Around this time we also learn about the fact that during the trip Prof. Melody Riddle decides on making Angel Smallwood the Red Vampire prefect. Also during the trip, Melody reaches the conclusion that Prof. Hunch was being affected by a Riddikulus Spell mixed with Confundus Charm. But was that really the case?

Melody had her things taken to her room, Leto flew off to the towns post office to be taken care off for the night, Loki was already in the common living room in front of the fire and Ares got out of his basket once he was placed in her room, he stayed there for night.

Melody went into the common living room with a butterbeer in hand, she sat down close to the fire. A few creatures from Shandalar entered, an Enchantress of green mana, a Priest and Priestess of white mana and a Warlock of black mana, knowing them all, they sat near Melody and talked about their home.

Meanwhile, Prof. Armis Evil had gone up to his room and had been disappointed to learn that he had to share the room with Prof. Hunch.

"No no no, don't worry! It was a Riddikulus Spell and Confundus Charm fused together, well that's what I was told. I wasn't myself, but I'm okay now!"

"So be it" replied Armis, looking at Hunch's feet which were resting inside a watermelon cut in half and carved. "I'm going downstairs Hunch. I saw Prof.Riddle sitting with those creatures. I wanna know what they are cooking."

"Wait for me!" shouted Hunch as he started running with his watermelon 'slippers', shooting seeds at each step.

Recent History of Kwadleigh - Feb 16-19, 2003

Feb 16, 2003

As you know, the first part of the history had left off with the ghost leading Prof. Chateaunoir somewhere.

The ghost took Aylin to the tower. "Come in..." she called from the other side of the wall. "If only I can find the keys... for this... damn spell-proof lock!" She has learnt the use of keys only for 5 rooms in Kwadleigh. And one of those was this. A key was more powerful than a spell in the wizard world. Because a normal lock can be opened sooner or later by a spell, but a spell-proof one, well, that's another story: only the key made for it could unlock it, and only one person had the key in the whole Kwadleigh. True, she didn't trust the others.

Upon her entrance, she could hardly cover her scream, as her hand ran to the wand kept in the pocket of her robe."Aylin, don't!" the ghost cried. "They are ghost-like orcs.""Soooooo?""So I have a use for them..."

The Orcs looked pretty alive to her. Yellow teeth, smily creatures, bulging eyes... "Where did you get them from?" "Mordor..." "Hmmm..." Prof. Chateaunoir said. "It's a far land...""Yes, full of Orcs. That is irrelevant though. But do you know why I had them here?"Aylin shrugged. The ghost was a gamer. She wasn't in the mood for it now though."I thought releasing them would be quite a splendid idea... A bit of panicking in Kwadleigh. They won't know what hit them. And you and I can mind our own business and finish our work" She giggled."Nice" Aylin's only answer was, and she kicked the door open."Please, my orcs... After you. They can't kill anybody though, right?" she frowned. "Oh?..."

And so the Orcs were released in the castle.

You might be wondering whatever happened after the release of the Orcs. Did they cause chaos? Did people die? The truth is, no one got hurt and no real danger came of them. We are assuming that most of the Orcs were not interested in fighting anyone and just found the fastest exit of the castle and got out of there. This must have come as a disappointment to Prof. Chateaunoir who had changed so much that she would release Orcs just for her own amusement. One Orc was spotted by the new students who were walking through the halls, taking a tour of the castle. They were able to get rid of it with a rather simple spell, "skurge". Shortly after, second year students also joined in and congratulated each other on a job well done.

Around this time, Prof. Evil had secured his position as head of Golden Phoenix, fabricating a story about Prof. Fudge being caught with some virus, while making sure that Prof. Hunch somehow arranged something that would prevent him from coming to Kwadleigh.

Feb 17, 2003

One of the new students, Angel Smallwood became quite interested in who Selena Zimfindell was as she read the History of Kwadleigh.

Angel walks around the school quietly not looking at anyone as she passes them. She is so shy that she wonders into the library and finds a chair in that back corner as she grabs a book out of her bag and starts reading alone in the back corner. She slowly reads her book about The History of Kwadleigh,

"Selena Zimfindell suffered a quite unusual death. Her body wasn't found. It seems she vanished. The only thing that could be found was her ring, in the Tower Behind the Closet...

"What? Tower Behind the Closet? Angel has been only for 2 days in Kwadleigh but she knew when something was akward. And this definitely couldn't have been listed as normal. Selena Zimfindell... She didn't know who she was. Angel decided to question the others a bit about this issue. It was too unnatural for such an important book to describe such weird things, she told herself.

Interestingly, shortly after, the ring belonging to Selena disappeared. The ghost was the first to realize this. The dialogues she had with Prof. Chateaunoir made it clear that the ghost in the castle was the ghost of Selena Zimfindell.

Feb 18, 2003

Secrets, hidden skeletons, dirty laundry of Prof. Melody Riddle's past were now coming out to the open. Most of them were revolving around Prof. Waldow Hunch.

"Listen Hunch, I have in no way forgiven you, I in no way trust you. There were always rumours of you being on Voldermort's side, you never once denied those rumours and then the day of the first attack of Shandlar, you were there, picture in the papers and all, proving you were on 'HIS' side, you attacked my home land on the day of our wedding, Waldow."

Melody stopped for a moment she didn't want to cry in front of him, she started speaking again once she had control of her emotions once more."

So not only were you a bad guy, attacking my home land, not showing up to our wedding but you died, the entire wizarding world thought you had died, then you have the nerve to show up here and expect me accept it all."

Hunch looked at Riddle, he saw that she still had feelings for him, good he could use that. "Sweetie, I never denied the rumours because they were just that rumours, and I was off protecting Shandlar, protecting your home land was more important then our wedding, we could've always done that another day and I went into hiding because of how much I had pissed Voldermort off, I couldn't let anyone know I was alive, he's forgotten about me now and so I'm back."

"But why come here, why come to Kwadleigh's?" Melody began to choke on her words."Because you were here my love." He smiled at her and went to take her hand."Because the final Mana source is here you mean!" Melody screamed at him, she still didn't trust him, no matter how much she wanted to.

Those that followed the behaviour of Prof. Waldow Hunch could easily see that he was like a chameleon. He could be the romantic and innocent man around Melody, a goofball and loyal friend near Prof. Armis Evil, and pure evil when no else was looking.

Feb 19, 2003

Prof. Armis Evil chooses Ellarose, a first year Golden Phoenix student to take care of his beloved cardinal, Mrs.Cardinal. As he does not keep the bird in a cage, but lets it fly around the garden freely, he advises Ellarose to learn about the behaviour pattern of cardinals.