OH, NO INSPECTION![OPEN TO PROFESSORS]

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It was an early morning, just after breakfast as Avyanna returned back to her office she stared at the clock on the wall it was time for the surprise inspection of Hogwarts. The Headmaster Burt had requested, along with the board, several policy changes with the Ministry regarding the education of Hogwarts. This inspection would have to be passed before any final changes would take, and the Minister seemed not to currently support all of Burt’s ideas. He was suppose to take care of this, I did my job…he must do his thought Avyanna as she walked over to bookcase and grabbed one of yellow and black handbags to match her black and yellow robes, she was fond of her Hufflepuff colors. With a little smile she was gone with a large crack and outside the gates of Hogwarts, smiling upon the castle and its sprawling grounds. Waving her wand the gates opened up for a split second and let her in and she started making her way up to the castle, eventually reaching the large wooden doors to the entrance hall. By the wooden doors was a rather tall and slender man dressed in green robes, gave a slight little bow to Avyanna she gave him a nod. ”The protection spells and charms must surpass all of our regulations and standards, I assume there will be no problem on that. Oh and please inform any disobeying students that this is a place of learning, not their home” said Avyanna curtly as she stepped into the entrance hall of Hogwarts the man following behind her.

Taking a look around her she gave a little smile, she had always loved Hogwarts it was a great school and even better now with Burt in charge. She took out her wand and pointed it directly in the air and recited ”iactari protectione” a silver mist poured out of her wand quickly covering the entire ceiling of the entrance hall and started creeping out into the parts of the castle, until it would reach the top of the high point of the castle. She gave a nod and looked over the man who had accompanied her giving him a swift and curt nod and he started walking off to the staircases to explore and test every protection charm and spell on the castle and eventually the grounds. I hope these dear professors have everything in order…I need an assistantthought Avya as she turned and made her way back over to the big large wooden doors that were still open from when they had entered the castle. Reciting the same spell, a silver mist poured out of the castle slowly sweeping along the floors of the courtyard and eventually the grass all the way to edge of the Forbidden Forest. ”That should take a few moments, now to check the staff out” whispered Avya under her breath as she made her way to the great hall where the four house tables where, looking to see if any staff members were around. Part of the inspection was to cover the protection but also the education aspect of the school. To have the Ministry limit its influence so much, they had to be convinced the current staff was competent to do their jobs in appropriate and approved ways. Let’s see what they have to offer thought Avya rolling her eyes for a quick second.

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It was a normal day for Walton, well as normal as it can get for a Professor at Hogwarts. He was up on the Astronomy tower just looking over the grounds, when a person apparated in front of the gates. As they person opened and closed the gates he was able to tell who it was. It was Avyanna Rose, from the board of governors. 'Most likely here to do an inspection of the school.' Oh well he didn't really care, cause he was here for good, unless the Magical World Educational Committee decided he didn't need to be teaching anymore. He smirked because that would never happen. The board of governers had no say in any appointments made by the Magical World Educational Committee, which was comprised mostly of International Auror members. Walton looked around for a second making sure that he was alone and then melted into the shadows. He quickly made his way down to the Entrance Hall, by using the shadows. Something that every International Auror was taught to do. Where he stopped in the shadows of one of the great oak doors just as the ministry official arrived and spoke to a man in green robes.

”The protection spells and charms must surpass all of our regulations and standards, I assume there will be no problem on that. Oh and please inform any disobeying students that this is a place of learning, not their home” He didn't really care that she was here to check the protection spells, however she would only be able to check the ones that the old man and the other teachers had cast, and the ones that had been cast long before. He had already put up a few wards that were undetectable by anyone other than the caster. Walton took a closer look at the woman. 'Who does she think she is. This many students home away from home.' Walton then stepped out of the shadows of the great oak doors and silently walked up next to the ministry official, whom he noticed hadn't even heard him approach. "You know it is rather rude to come here unannounced. Oh and is there something that I can help you with?" He said in a subtle voice clearly stating that it wasn't very nice to surprise anyone with an inspection and it was also clearly stated in the law that anyone who was coming to preform an inspection of the school was to notify the professors first. But first he was going to play nice and see what happened.

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Her green eyes scanned the great hall and then she quickly turned around as she heard a voice behind her say “it was rather rude to just show up unannounced”. Looking the man up and down she instantly knew who it was Walton Grey, the ever so curious Professor according to what Burt had told her about the young man. Of course however; she was not going to make it known that she already knew about him, which would give too much away to the Professor. She gave almost a little scoff at his whole entire sentence, as he apparently had no clue what was really going on here. This was a surprised inspection something the Ministry only did in extraordinary circumstances, and these were such ones, besides she was here on authority of the Minister for Magic, and the Ministry of Magic itself. Stupid git of Minister, he just signed his demise thought Avyanna, she gave another look at the Professor and decided it would be best to say something back to him. ”Yes I suppose if this wasn’t a surprise inspection so there is not prior announcement of me showing up, that would be counterproductive” said Avya her response was blunt and in a soft tone as she turned her body away from him to look up at the enchanted ceiling now.

She did not quite care for the fact that she was going to have to deal with the Professor Grey but, also she did not care he was nothing to her. He could not affect her job or standing, she was not going anywhere, if anything he would be the one leaving. Her eyes went down from the ceiling and went back to the Professor who was still standing by her. ”And you are?”asked Avyanna simply giving him a confused look as “Who the hell are you, and what are you wearing”. The tone was pleasant but there was a sort of cold ice tone to it as well, typically she was a nice and cheerful person however this was business. Dear lord, let’s get this thing over with. I can feel my soul dying standing near this mouse thought Avyanna she looked at the man once more and turned back to look around the great hall waiting, for an answer also not really paying attention to him either. Part of her hoped someone else came by, as she did not feel like playing 100 questions.

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”Yes I suppose if this wasn’t a surprise inspection so there is not prior announcement of me showing up, that would be counterproductive." Walton smirked at her, oh she didn't know what she was getting herself into. And when she scoffed at his sentence he knew that she had already talked with the old man. And how she was acting was very interesting. Upon hearing ”And you are?” He let out a light chuckle. "You already know who I am. And no need to introduce yourself for I already know who you are. Avyanna Fawn Rose." He watched her scan the Great Hall in hopes of finding another professor. There weren't any there at the moment, but they were bound to turn up sooner or later.

Walton laughed at the look on her face which clearly stated 'who the hell are you, and what are you wearing'. It was all to funny he had already gotten under her skin. He wondered just how easy it would be to piss her off, just like the old man. Maybe he should start asking questions. It was always fun to ask questions. "Oh that is quite alright, for I received all the prior announcement that I would need when you walked through the gates of the school." He paused and then began again. "So exactly what is so important that the ministry sanctioned a surprise inspection? Not thinking of getting rid of any education decrees are we? And by we you know who I am talking about, the headmaster and your self." Walton couldn't help it there was nothing that they could do to get him kicked out of here and she already had more than likely heard from the old man about Walton asking questions. Oh he was to good at this. He enjoyed his job as an International Auror, especially when he got people to talk, by asking simple yet tough questions. He wondered how many questions it would take before she cracked, like the old man had. While he was standing there he had already come to the conclusion and intended to share with certain individuals that she was the one on the board of governers that was helping the old man, get what he wanted. 


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Zach was a man with a lot on his mind.

Okay so he always had a lot on his mind. It was just the kind of guy he was. He probably thought about things entirely way too much. Way more than any one body probably ought to. But it was what it was. This time it was different though. The other day had been quite the shock to his system—finding out the things that he had. It left him feeling rather conflicted. A part of him thought that it would be right to help the other in some way like he had helped him. But there was still that overwhelming part of Zach that didn’t feel as if he owed the headmaster anything. And still got that off feeling from the other and the way he became headmaster still set wrong with him. But what was he going to do right? He was so conflicted right now. He didn’t know what to do really.

And that wasn’t going to get any better anytime soon either.

As he walked down towards the grounds with Yula in hand just to take a breather and sort through his mind – and to exercise his cabin fever crazy hound (he hadn’t been able to exercise her the last couple of days and it was showing as she forged ahead). And it was then he saw Walton with the – the head of the magical education department? What?! His eyes narrowed slightly in confusion. What? What now? If this was an inspection—then they would have known? It was protocol to let the professors know about an inspection before they just showed up unannounced. Or perhaps she didn’t care? It certainly didn’t look it if her facial expression and voice tone as she spoke with Walton was any indication.

It was already enough to set Zach on edge. It was the same off felling he got when he was around the headmaster. And he didn’t like it. He didn’t like it one little bit. Clearing his throat to let the others know of his presence, he spoke voice curious ”What’s this?” was the simple question asked out loud but if Walton paid attention he could see the unasked question that lurked in the charms professor’s facial expression,

’Why is she here?!’

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She wanted to laugh at the young Professor who started spouting off stuff he knew and trying to make he look bigger and more important then he really was. She gave him a quick look and just shook her head, her lips in amusement of the young man. He has no idea, he thinks he has it all figured out. Welcome to step two buddy thought Avyanna she looked away from Walton as he started spouting off that he knew she and the Headmaster were trying to get rid of education decrees. Turning back around she gave a very pleasant smile, but made sure never to met eye contact with the man, she learned never to do that with Burt either. She had made that mistake one night, and he saw everything, her regrets, her failures, made her hurt in ways she had never felt pain before. ” I’m afraid your mistaken yet again sir. Oh dear, not such a good morning is it? I’m not getting rid of anything, sounds like you should talk with your Headmaster or submit a brief to my office if you wish to voice disapproval with any changes of Ministry regulations lad”said Avyanna, her voice was sweet and fake at the same time. She could become a perfect model of a politician if she wanted to, or at least the wife of one. Turning away from the man she saw someone else heading over to them, and gave a little smirk as he was walking over.

This is the one Burt saved that night so many years ago….we can’t trust him thought Avyanna she had warned Burt that she felt the Professor could not be trusted even if he knew that Burt was the one who had help rescue him from those death eaters. As he walked up and spoke she looked him up and down and pursed her lips as she was trying not to say something awful. She gave a slight chuckle to both the men and gave a friendly smile over to the newcomer to the conversation now. ”What’s this? I’d be happy to explain it’s a surprise inspection ordered by the Minister for Magic, regarding proposed changes to certain Ministry educational decrees. Protections will be examined which is being done now, as well as educational lesson plans so if you’re Professors, I would expect a copy from each you please. I believe you all have an extra copy on hand”said Avyanna her voice was quick and blunt as she brought out two pieces of paper from handbag and handed one to each Zachery and Walton, outlining what the inspection would cover, which was basically everything, and had signatures of the entire board, Head of MED (Avayanna) and the Minister. She put her handbag back on her shoulder and looked over to Walton’s area real quick and smirked ”However; I am guessing you already knew this as you are a very informed person it seems to be. Oh and of course by the end of the day is fine, we are all busy” said Avaynna giving a cheerful smile and laugh to the two Professors.

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Walton couldn’t help but laugh, a little as she called him lad, and told him if he had issues he should talk to the old man about them. Ha like he was ever going to do that. And he wouldn’t even try to talk with the board of governers about it all, since she clearly ruled them, and made them do her bidding. Oh he was just stating a simple observation, with what he had already said. “Well madam. “ He started in a mocking tone. “I can do that if you want me to, but he won’t be pleased. And if I submit a report you would probably just discard it.” Walton grinned as the old hag didn’t look him in the eyes. That meant only one thing she had looked into the old man’s eyes. And had a bad experience. Oh well he didn’t really care one bit.

As if on cue Walton saw Eielson come walking towards them. ”What’s this?” He also noticed the look that was on Eielson’s face as if asking him why the old hag was here or something like that. “I would expect a copy from each you please. I believe you all have an extra copy on hand” Of course Walton already had this covered for both Eielson and himself. “Ah Eielson glad you could join us. Apparently this is some sort of surprise inspection.” He paused and looked down at the piece of paper, and what was on it was a complete joke. “By the end of the day you want those lesson plans huh? How about we give them to you along with you joke of an inspection list, the only thing on here that is not a joke is checking the protections of the school and also asking for a lesson plan for the year.” With that Walton turned to look at Eielson for the first as the old hag laughed. “I have this covered by the way.” He snapped his fingers and two lesson plans appeared out thin air. His own was just a simple list of ministry approved spells to teach the students, and then Eielson’s was an exact copy of what Walton had seen in the man’s mind not too long ago. “Here you go madam.” He said while handing the four pieces of paper to the old hag. “Now we know you have questions for us, so let us cut to the chase. Okay? Oh and don’t worry we have even more questions for you?” He wasn’t done yet, she may have thought that she had them when she had said by the end of the day is fine. Ha Walton wasn’t deterred by her attempt to control the situation, it was actually a dismal or feeble attempt at control.

And plus once she touched those papers, the charm he had put on them would activate. It was really quite simple, but then yet again it wasn’t , and it was something that the IA had come up with long ago to either send a message of importance or to simply insult the person reading it all day long. And that is exactly what it was going to do, insult the old hag all day long whenever she read it. He couldn’t wait to see her expression once she started reading those papers.

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Call it being childish perhaps but Zach did not like this lady already. Her tone, the way she was speaking to them like they were beneath her and he definitely didn't like the way she looked him up and down like he was on display in a bloody museum. There was nothing about this lady that screamed friendly or likable. She said it was a surprise inspection and went on to tell them that they were looking over the protection spells and lesson plans. And demanded a copy of them to her by the end of the day.

"I see..." he said simply though there was an air of indignation in his eyes--no one had told him about this! And no as a matter of fact he did not have a copy of the lesson plans with him. He had left all of his paperwork in his office cause he didn’t want it to get lost, ripped, or what have you when he was on the grounds. So now what? Was she going to get all snippy with him? Who did she thinks he was? He couldn’t help but inwardly groan. He really wished someone had told him about this. Then he could have prepared.

Was it that obvious that Zach was not a man who enjoyed surprises much? No--no he didn’t. None whatsoever. He had enough of those to last a lifetime…enough of bad surprises and shocks and he was not thrilled right now.

As the lady approached him with the paper detailing what this was going to be about--he could hear the beginnings of a growl coming forth from Yula. The husky was on high alert--Zach could feel the dog's muscles tense from the other end of the leash as the dog was clearly none too happy with the woman's presence in general. He gave a light yank on her leash in a correction kind of manner, "Nicht Yula. Sich hinlegen." he hissed lowly in German as he commanded her to lie down. He did not need to make waves by having his dog get on anyone's bad side--especially this lady's. He had no doubt the woman would do something to her if he didn't and that was asking for trouble. You didn't mess with his dog thank you. Yula did as she was commanded--laying down with a huff but her bright blue eyes never leaving the woman's form as the canine kept a vigilant watch on the ministry worker.

He looked down at the paper and shook his head. This was crazy! Downright crazy. Zach glanced over at Walton as he said he had a handle on this. The professor just simply nodded. He didn’t rightly care how he had it handled—but he was glad SOMEONE did. And as the paper floated out of his hand and along with the other three pieces went towards the worker—Zach couldn’t help but wonder what now? Surely she had something else up her sleeve. She didn’t seem like the kind who was just going to let them be on their merry way. He nodded in agreement as Walton spoke again—saying that she had questions (and no doubt she did) and that they had questions too. Which was true--he did have questions actually…

And he was just as keen at getting an answer now as he had always been…

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Translation -- No Yula. Lay down.

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Her eyes slowly watched Walton, his body if anything mostly never his eyes, she had become a master of avoiding eye contact with people but, yet still talk to them and see them, without meeting their eyes. She heard the name he said to the Professor, with the gigantic dog that had just walked up to them, she knew who he was but, this gave her the ability to reveal what she knew about him. She gave a little scoff and laugh at Walton calling the inspection a “joke”, this man was far more stupid than she thought. He was brave and confident, no wonder he was Head of Gryffindor house a true Gryffindor. At least he will die like a Gryffindor, with honor she turned away from Walton focusing more on the Charms Professor now, which she just gave a small little smile to. This one’s easy thought Avyanna s tiny smirk slowly played on her lips, and she looked down at the dog which had growled at her when she handed the paperwork. ”What a nice puppy…Eielson ? I see the Charms Professor, yes impressieve file we have on you.” said Avyanna she gave a tiny smirk and smile as she looked away from him and into the general direction of Walton.

The file she was talking about was an official resume and background checks of Professors at the school her department held, but there was a section in those files locked away, with everything Burt had found out about the men over the course of working at Hogwarts. Something Avyanna had demanded from him before he took the job at Hogwarts, it would come in handy very much. ”Oh my sir, a joke of an inspection? Well I see you are informed and opinioned….a deadly combination…I’m sure you just have all the ladies after you”replied Avyanna giving a small laugh at the man and giving a big smile to both of them, and then looked at the lesson plans that floated into her hands. She stuffed them into her handbag without even taking a look at them, knowing of the mouse Walton left in Burt’s office. Let it happen at the Ministry, the Minister can deal with it thought Avyanna as she smile and nodded at look at Zachery.

”Aww perfect, the Minister and I shall review them. Oh, foreplay over already dear?”asked Avyanna with a loud laugh followed by a insanely girly giggle as she looked over at Walton and away from him again. Giving a large sigh she looked over to the the Charms Professor, decieding she would question him, as it would be much easier. ” Well Professor Eielson I guess we should start, since you friend doesn’t have time on his side it seems….such a shame…the ladies must hate that…now, Professor how long have you been teaching here and what do you expect as an accepted OWL score for your NEWT students”asked Avyanna her eyes darted from Zach to Walton as she made the crack about “no time” and then back to Zachery as she waited for a response, a slight smile still on her lips.

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THANK YOU MALIA TATE FROM ADOXOGRAPHY

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”Oh my sir, a joke of an inspection? Well I see you are informed and opinioned….a deadly combination…I’m sure you just have all the ladies after you” Walton laughed, before retorting back, “Yes I am saying that this is a joke of an inspection. And apparently you are also after me and I am sure that it is not because of me as a person.” It was like watching a muggle tennis match, yup I said tennis match. Where one player Walton, was faster, stronger, and better. And the other the old hag was slow didn’t know how to gain respect or even control a situation. Hell she wouldn’t even meet his eyes. He had no plans of using legilimency on her, well at least not yet. That would come later, much later. “You know it is rude not to make eye contact with those that you are interacting with. How do you expect to gain our respect if you won’t even make simple eye contact?” He was going to push and use everything, that she was doing against her without her realizing it. She is smart but not smart enough, especially when dealing with someone who is very skilled at interrogation such as Walton. But then yet again she didn’t know that either.

“Well Professor Eielson I guess we should start, since you friend doesn’t have time on his side it seems….such a shame…the ladies must hate that…now, Professor how long have you been teaching here and what do you expect as an accepted OWL score for your NEWT students?” Walton smirked at this. He watched the old hag standing there trying to get control of the situation. And if anyone didn’t have time it was her. It would just be a simple matter of asking the Magical World Education Committee to start an investigation into the old hag’s dealings and motivations. And if they needed his help well he would be all too happy to help. “Madam, if you had read the lesson plans that we just gave you, then you would already know what we expect as an acceptable OWL score. So I suggest you pull out the lesson plans and read them for yourself.” He had already but that information on those pieces of paper. The OWL score that he accepted into his NEWT classes of defense against the dark arts was an exceeds expectations, nothing lower. Walton wasn't holding out hope but he wanted to see the look on her face as she read over the sheets of paper, as they insulted her. It would be priceless.

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