It was the weekend, so there were no classes. Yet the corridors of Hogwarts Castle were mostly empty, with hardly any students walking around or fooling about. Aside from a few older students who had dates, almost no one seemed interested in visiting Hogsmeade, where business was getting worse by the day. After all, most of the students—and even the professors—had already headed to Hogwarts' largest Great Hall to watch the "movie."
They said
the Champions of the Triwizard Tournament had begun an exciting adventure in the wilds of Lordaeron, where they'd encountered all sorts of wondrous creatures: red Murlocs, purple-black amphibious Nightcrawlers, tree-troll berserkers, Forest Trolls, Gnolls, Jackal poachers, and enormous, terrifying Stone Giants who weren't even afraid of magic...
So, under the circumstances, it was only natural that business had dried up throughout Hogwarts Castle and in Hogsmeade, the village beyond the school walls! After all, what did wandering around the castle or going to Hogsmeade for a drink or some sweets have on watching other people's adventures in the Great Hall?
That said, it wasn't as if absolutely no one was still wandering around the castle. Take, for instance, a little girl who'd eaten her fill and had nothing better to do.
"..."
(ー`′ー)
"Peeves! Peeves?"
?Σ(′▽｀≡?˙?˙)?
"Don't hide anymore. Come on out..."
Σ(⊙ω⊙`)?
"Just so you know, there's no point in hiding. Little Bear already reported you! I know you're the one who threw owl droppings at the window at the very top of the castle. You can't deny it!"
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Yes, early this "morning," when the troublesome little rascal had been woken by the sun shining on her backside and forced to get up out of her warm bed, she'd discovered, to her surprise, several disgusting blobs of owl droppings on the window outside her