Neville Longbottom

On the one hand, Tom is a lot less likely to go randomly destroying things.

On the other, he's definetly treating the other three sheep like his own little troop now.

I'm about ready to just leave him there... maybe I'll ask thier leader if he can be adopted?

...um. Am I adjusting too easily to the idea of a whole new sentient species hiding in Hogwarts?

But then there's the Forest... and I'm still curious what's happened to those shrubs. Though at least they haven't shown back up demanding Megan. One battle with those things was enough.

Also I have this feeling I haven't been paying enough attention to what's happening around me. Maybe try catching up with the journals.. much nicer than actually asking someone to tell me what's going on.

How to respond to ...this it's got to be a hint, right?

Don't be an idiot of course it's a hint I can only look like an idiot if it isn't right? And that hasn't killed me yet.

Maybe... I'll just pretend I haven't noticed? And hope that she's surprised?

I haven't got a clue what I'm doing.

Only the second time this year i've been caught in that one trick stair. This time it wasn't... um, entirely my fault? I was trying to catch Fern and Sharon - a couple of my sheep, who'd gone and grabbed some of my notes.

Didn't realize until i'd gotten back that Tom wasn't with them, and I ought to have known better. He was flying about the Fat Lady when I got back, which means he got out. I have no idea where he might have gone.

If anything turns up missing or half eaten or anything, i'm sorry?

( Warded Private )

Wanted to update this thing, but now I'm just staring at it. I can't think of anything interesting. Just worrying about sheep and what they'll do when we get back to school, and Arcadia and what could she possibly have done.

And me worrying about it won't help anything. Almost wish I were back at school, then maybe I'd have had an idea what she was up to.

Though that still wouldn't help, probably.

Haven't really been updated this thing in forever, have I? Umm... let's see, three guesses as to why and none of them involve recurring problems of mine?

Like where I put my spare quill, which if anyone has seen it, I think maybe I left in it the Common Common Room? Maybe. Not sure...

Tom ate the last one. Which makes a total of five quills, two pairs of socks and an attempt to eat a library book, that I remember offhand.

I could swear he's started eating things just to annoy to me, not because he thinks they're food in the slightest.

Trying to catch up on the journal project, now that I've found the thing, and saw this quiz that seemed interesting.

you are seagreen #2E8B57

Your dominant hues are cyan and green. Although you definately strive to be logical you care about people and know there's a time and place for thinking emotionally. Your head rules most things but your heart rules others, and getting them to meet in the middle takes a lot of your energy some days. Your saturation level is higher than average - You know what you want, but sometimes know not to tell everyone. You value accomplishments and know you can get the job done, so don't be afraid to run out and make things happen. Your outlook on life can be bright or dark, depending on the situation. You are flexible and see things objectively.

the spacefem.com html color quiz

I don't know, does that fit? Maybe I'll take it again later, and see if it comes out any different.

One sign, looking as if it were scrawled a little too quickly. It is sitting next to one of the more comfortable chairs near the fireplace and reads:

Warning, one of my sheep has lodged himself overhead, won't come down! - Have gone to get food to bribe him down, will be back soon!
signed, Neville

Between schoolwork and sheep it's a wonder I haven't died of exhaustion.

I only remembered I hadn't updated my journal in ages because I had to rescue the laptop from Tom. Now my laptop has the tiniest bite-mark on the edge. At least he doesn't seem to have reached any important part of it. And yes, they all have names now, Tom is the flying one.

They are going to drive me insane. I'm about ready to hand all of them (except Linden) over to Arcadia.

Only i'm beginning to wonder, between odd comments she has made here and there, and observing my own...

Has anybody else noticed them... well, getting smarter? And developing clearer personalities? Tom is like a bloody cat, he has to get into everything and Sharon is all the time sleeping, and so on. Linden I swear thinks he is a toad. Lately he's begun timing his bleating to match Trevor's croaks. I have to cast silencing charms on them when it's time to sleep, and Linden gives me this look just as if i've interrupted a conversation.

Or it's possible I have spent entirely too much time studying the sheep and I'm imagining all of this. I'm tired enough at the moment that I couldn't tell.

Also, Nathan? I just realised I never thanked you for the potion, which was a lifesaver, as i'm at least not dealing with magically powered sheep. Except Tom's wings, but they were alreay there, and now i'm getting sidetracked again.

Thank you, Nathan!

I wish I could back to bed, instead of classes, and not think about the fact that we have no idea what the sheep life-span will be.

When I went to bed, I had a shoop; when I woke up, there were sheep.

And I thought, after Arcadia warned us about this, that I'd made sure there was no loose paper where Linden could reach it!

I think he learned how to climb, because he'd been following Trevor, and got into my bookbag. I mean, with the shoop sitting in there, quite calm, watching its.. um, brothers and sisters? The other ones are running about the floor. Eating everything. Again, I'm sorry for whatever might have been eaten my shoop sheep - one of them looks like it's growing wings. Right. Nathan, do you still have any of that de-magicking potion for the sheep? Or if not, could you make some? Please? I think this may have happened once before already, what with Harry having seen another blue shoop, and hopefully the potion stop them 'popping' as well as fire-breathing and such. Please help?

Wait - Harry, what did happen to that shoop?

But what to do with them right now? I have classes.... Hmmm. No time really, and I don't want them getting loose... Have to leave them in the dorm, with the door charmed shut. I mean, they're hardly big enough to push it open, right? Hopefully, I will be able to come back with a nice potion for them, at some point. And then figure out what to do with them.

And even though I'm getting a bit worried, they're still cute. I think one of the 'popped' sheep keeps the personality of the original shoop. At least, the one in my bookbag isn't showing any signs of magic, and when I took him out of there, he went straight to Trevor. ...I think Linden the second will just keep staying in the same pocket as Trevor, then.