Under the Drawingroom Floor
By Terra Elder

With the start of a brand new era for Paw Print, I bring you a basketful of tasty tidbits and morsels about your fellow housemates and professors. As this is just the first of many, I give you a small offering, a taste if you will, of what is to come.

First off, the newly chosen junior prefects were spied in a little huddle together down in the dungeons exchanging what appeared to be full butterbeer bottles for a large cloth bundle from a very tipsy looking house elf. When later followed, it was discovered that our new junior prefects were a part of an elaborate smuggling ring within our fair school to supply contraband such as quick quotes quills and self writing parchment for those homework quick fixes. Both of which are banned. It should be noted, neither item is reliable and how the JP's are actually making money is beyond this writers comprehension.

Second on our list today involves none other than quidditch co-captain Seven Ashitaka. Known for his elaborate distractions on the field and his penchant for sparkly evening gowns and footwear, he was spied just this past evening protesting the dismal lack of creativity in our normal school robes. To a small crowd of supporters he called out for more colour and sparkles as the black "does not flatter my complexion what so ever."

Thirdly, a small group of first years claim someone has been filching snack food from their secret stash. When questioned, all upper year students denied doing it. PiC Moraine Lee while brushing crumbs from her robes, remarked that theft of food or anything else in the common room was not allowed and those responsible should immediately step forward and replace all items taken.

Final bit of information for the evening. A rash influx of owls has seemingly begun to populate the Gryffindor boys dorms. When asked of the phenomenon, sources inside stated that they were sick of sending bedding off daily to be cleaned by the house elves and that the owls were keeping them up at night. Unfortunately, the professors have refused to accept this excuse when used by the sleep deprived males as a way to get out of their homework. The house elves themselves seem joyous of the extra work. While it is strongly suspected just who is behind this, when questioned, the self proclaimed Lady Marauders deny all culpability and refer any and all questions to their laywers.

Disclaimer: Intermediaries are almost always used in the accumulation of this information and any mistakes are due to misinformation from the sources and not error on the authors part. As such, she does not wish to be taken seriously as this was all written in fun.