It was early. It was too early. It was ridiculously early. And yet for some reason, Julius was awake. It was this stupid car, he swore. Every year it was the same thing – he didn't know if it was the jumps through all the time zones, or if he was going crazy from being stuck inside, or what, but every year King Tutt messed with his sleep schedule. And then for some reason Jules was stuck awake at 8 in the morning. Ok, maybe it wasn't that early, but still. Jules wondered if any of his friends were awake yet. Rubbing his eyes, Jules pushed himself out of bed. He opened his fridge and grabbed the half-eaten sandwich he'd had for dinner the night before. Not bothering to change out of his pajamas, Jules grabbed his wand and opened his door to make his way downstairs to the Tomb.

To his surprise, there was actually a pretty decent amount of people there already. His eyes scanned the room, searching. None of his usual friends were there (they were all still sleeping, no doubt) but he perked up when he found Lars, along with her two squawking birds. He liked Lars. She was pretty cool. She was older than him, but she was in his house and Magical Creatures Club, so they saw each other around a good amount. Hey also… may have had an itty bitty crush on her. Maybe. Probably not. But maybe. 

Jules' attention was drawn by the sudden bout of crackled shouting coming from the speaker in the corner. It seemed like Pluto and Mercury were having another argument about off-ramps or yield signs or something. A smile grew on Jules' face as an idea came to him. Creeping around the edge of the room, sure to stay out of Lars' field of vision, Jules plopped himself on a sofa next to some girl he'd never seen before. She's was this nervous blonde thing, and probably a first year, but all that really mattered was that she was placed directly between Jules and Lars. She was small, but so was Jules. Maybe he could hide behind her. 

He brought a single finger up to his impish smile, giving a little 'shh' sound to the girl. Then he turned his attention back to Lars and her birds and he drew his wand. A whispered incantation later, and the birds opened their beaks to screech insults at each other in Pluto and Mercury's voices. Several students in the Tomb jumped at the sudden sound. Jules' shoulders shook as he tried to control his laughter. He clamped a hand over his mouth and gave a light nudge to the blonde girl with his elbow. But he couldn't stop himself from full on laughing when Gar (in Pluto's voice) started saying Bel's vision was "about as clear as New York sewer water."