McGonagall's Request (S1E15)

McGonagall's Request is the fifteenth episode of the first season of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It aired on February 18, 2020.

## Synopsis

Rosie, Olive, Masie, and Clem walk toward Headmistress McGonagall’s office. Rosie starts to meander involuntarily as she’s walking. Olive, Masie, and Clem realize that Rosie might need medical attention. Clem offers to take her to the hospital wing to see Madam Pomfrey while Masie and Olive continue toward the Headmistress’s office. When Masie and Olive arrive, they see no door, but they see a little podium with a book on it that’s open and has a quill next to it. Olive picks up the quill and then writes her name with a smiley face in the “O” of her name. Under “Year”, she writes 2020. Masie points out the other entries, which range from 1 to 7. Olive crosses out 2020 and then draws an arrow and writes “Sorry about that. Thought you wanted to know what year it was. I’m a first year.” Masie writes her name in loopy but scratchy cursive. Masie asks Olive if they should write Roger’s name and that he’s a 318th year. Masie asks for Roger’s surname, and Olive accidentally says, “Olive Bristlecomb.” Masie starts giggling. Suddenly, the writing starts to float up from the book, swirl around, and go through the wall. Then, they hear Headmistress McGonagall’s voice say, “Enter.” The wall starts to part and they see a staircase that leads upstairs. Olive asks if they should wait for Clem. Masie says she doesn’t want the door to close. They agree to tell Headmistress McGonagall so that they can let Clem in when she gets back. When they enter, they see a ginger cat on a small table off the side, looking at them. Masie sneezes. Olive calls the cat their third musketeer and gives it chin scritches. Headmistress McGonagall asks them what they want to talk about. Masie mentions the key. Headmistress McGonagall says that Professor Longbottom and Professor Bovin spoke to her about it. Masie tells her that they have more information. Olive says that she was in the library looking for a book, but instead of finding the book, she found a miniature horse. Headmistress McGonagall asks where the book was. Olive says it was in row five on the third shelf down. The headmistress asks what the subject of the book was. Olive says it was the Hogwarts Registrar. The headmistress questions why Olive was looking at that section. Olive says that she was trying to learn more about her family history since her family has been going to Hogwarts for years. The headmistress says that she taught Olive’s parents and that her mum was particularly skilled in Transfiguration, but not so much her father. Masie asks if the headmistress taught her parents, and the headmistress says yes. Olive says she thinks the horse is a part of something that goes with the key. The headmistress asks why she thinks this. Olive tells her about the notch on the bottom of the horse. The headmistress asks where the horse is. Olive pulls it out of her pocket. The headmistress asks why she is touching something that might be enchanted. Masie says that Olive is trying to protect everyone because the key didn’t affect her when she touched it before, unlike Professor Longbottom. The headmistress asks what happened to Professor Longbottom. They tell her that Professor Longbottom went into a trance when he touched the key. The headmistress takes out her wand and takes the horse and puts it in the warding cloth. The headmistress reminds them what she said about not investigating the Shade business and asks them to stay away from the Shade, to notify a professor or prefect if anything strange happens, and to not touch anything that seems out of place or possibly enchanted. Olive promises not to touch anything that seems odd or enchanted. Masie asks how they would tell her something if something happens. The headmistress says that they can come to her office or find a professor and that there are many prefects around. The headmistress assures them that the professors are looking into the matter. The headmistress dismisses them and tells them that their friend is waiting outside, but curfew is in 10 minutes, so they should go to their common room. Masie asks if they’re still in danger from the Shade. The headmistresses assures Masie that Hogwarts is safe and she won’t let anything happen to her. Masie asks if the Shade will come to them again since it’s already come to them twice. The headmistress asks about the second time, having only been aware of one encounter. Masie says the key and the horse were the two things. The headmistress says that if they see the Shade, they should run to a professor, prefect, or herself. Masie asks why Olive isn’t affected by the enchantments on the items. The headmistress says she doesn’t know and urges them to return to their common room, as curfew is fast approaching. Olive and Masie leave. Olive pets the cat, Oscar, on the way out. As the wall opens up, they see Clem, looking around, unsure of what to do. Clem yelps in surprise and is convinced that she opened the wall with her mind. Masie lets out a big sigh and panics a little bit. Olive tries to calm her down and then gives Clem a high-five. Clem asks what happened. Olive reports what happened. Masie worries about Olive dying and she wonders why they didn’t tell the headmistress about Roger. Olive and Clem try to calm her down. Masie gets upset and says she doesn’t see the point of going to the headmistress if Olive wasn’t going to say anything. Masie then storms off to the common room. Clem and Olive run after her. Masie huffs and puffs as she walks and whacks her arm on a wall, jostling a portrait and speaking to the portrait rather harshly. Clem manages to get in front of Masie. Olive struggles to keep up and falls behind. Clem asks why Masie is mad. Masie says Olive gave the headmistress the horse and then didn’t tell her anything else. Clem tells Masie to shut up and then gives her a hug. Masie shuts up. As they continue talking, they hear the gong of an old grandfather clock, indicating curfew. Clem grabs Masie’s hand and tells her it’s curfew, but she continues to talk to her as they walk. Clem tries to reason with Masie and help her calm down. Meanwhile, Olive is slowly climbing the stairs. She feels a tap on her shoulders. Olive recognizes him as Carlton Hollister, a Ravenclaw prefect, and he tells her that it’s after curfew. Olive explains that she came from the Headmistress’s office and she’s out of shape, so it’s taking her longer than expected to return to her common room. He gives her two minutes to get up the stairs and into their common room. Olive tries her best to climb the stairs, but she isn’t quick enough. Clem and Masie arrive at the entrance to the Gryffindor common room. They try to give the password to the Fat Lady, but she says that polliwog isn’t the password anymore. The password changes every week and was supposed to have been given to them by a prefect. Clem pleads with her to let them in. The Fat Lady says she can’t. Clem tells Masie to punch her in the face so that they have to go to the hospital wing. Masie refuses. Masie asks Lady Magnolis for help. Lady Magnolis drops a hint by looking up at another portrait and mentioning flowers. Masie looks at the portrait and sees a Quidditch pitch from back in the day. While they’re trying to figure out the password, Olive arrives with Carlton. Carlton takes 15 points from each of them (45 points total). Clem and Masie protest, but to no avail. Clem asks for his name so that she can talk with Headmistress McGonagall about him. Carlton asks the Fat Lady to fetch a prefect. She returns with Rose Granger-Weasley. Rose tries to get Carlton to let it go, but he doesn’t. She ushers them into the common room. Clem apologizes to Rose. Rose says that they were late. They ask about the new password. Rose says that there was a note that was dropped on their pillow. Rose tells them to go to bed. The three of them go to their room and start getting ready for bed. Olive tries to talk with Masie, who ignores her at first but then starts talking. Olive apologizes to Masie and says she didn’t know that Masie wanted to tell the headmistress everything. It takes a while for Masie to calm down, but they eventually hug it out. As they hug, Clem hears a noise from underneath her bed. When Clem checks under her bed, she sees Moss batting around a few pieces of paper. Clem grabs the shredded pieces of paper and sees that they say Daffodil on them. Masie and Clem suddenly realize that the portrait that the Fat Lady was looking at had daffodils in the foreground. Clem asks Moss not to do it again. Moss reaches out for the paper. Clem gives it to Moss. Moss chases the piece of paper under the bed. Olive suggests studying or playing game together. Clem takes out her phone and checks to see if she has any movies on it, but she can’t find any. Clem offers to read a book to them, including doing voices for the different characters. Masie asks what a movie is. This blows Clem’s mind.

The next morning, a Tuesday, Olive is the first to arrive for breakfast in the Great Hall. Olive loads up a plate of beans and toast. Masie arrives next and sits down, looking a bit sheepish. Masie loads up a bowl with mushrooms. Olive grabs a piece of buttered toast and some individual beans to make a smiley face on the toast. She slides this over to Masie. Masie uses her fork to grab two mushrooms and place them as eyes on the smiley face. Olive grabs a halved cherry tomato for the nose and bacon strips for long hair. Masie grabs triangle hashbrowns for the eyebrows. Olive says that this is what the SWOFF mascot could look like, and that if they put everything on a waffle, it could be a Swaffle. Clem, Alex, and Barney arrive. Clem tells them about Canadian bacon. Masie remembers that they need to get a sandwich for the Fat Friar and realizes that they have to catch Alex up on everything that happened. Alex is tired from catching up on classwork the night before. Alex asks to eat breakfast before getting updated on SWOFF business. Barney starts eating some sausages. Alex starts eating some bacon. They start updating Alex on what happened. They discuss what each of them has said to the headmistress. They think about how Raye had the key and then wonder if Sebastian had anything when he woke up, since he had also been possessed. Masie is against any further investigation. Clem suggests an indirect investigation. In an attempt to address Masie’s concern, Olive points out Clem’s suggestion would still be investigating. Alex suggests that he could start writing a book about the whole incident. Clem jumps on Alex’s book idea and says that he could write the book and put it in the library, and maybe the ghost boy might see it, read it, and correct anything that Alex gets wrong. Masie says they should make a decision whether to investigate or not. Clem suggests following the professors. Alex suggests dusting for fingerprints. Barney asks why. Alex explains that it’s a tactic that Muggle police officers use. Clem suggests holding an official SWOFF meeting where they have a debate and vote on whether to continue investigating or not. Masie and Alex say that Clem’s plan sounds like a bit too much. Alex expresses that he really wants to know what happened and that it would be cool if they beat the Shade. Masie says that they could all die. Clem remarks that they’ve figured out more things than the professors, who are busy. She also concedes that she doesn’t want to get in trouble or expelled. Alex asks how Olive found out the ghost boy’s name. Olive says she had an encounter with him in the library. Alex suggests studying in the library. Barney reminds Alex that they have Flying class today and Astronomy tonight. Alex suggests going to the library and reporting the missing book to Madam Pince so that they can figure out why the book is missing. Masie says they should call a SWOFF meeting and if everyone wants to investigate, she will too. Clem worries that they’re the worst troublemakers in the history of Hogwarts. Masie remarks that Harry Potter was probably more of a troublemaker. She looks around to see if Lily is nearby. She sees Lily grabbing some food. Clem asks who Harry Potter is. Masie says that Harry Potter is a great Seeker. Alex compares Harry Potter to Greta Thunberg. They tell Clem that there are a lot of books on Harry Potter. Barney says he heard people talking about Lily’s brother. Clem asks if he means James. Barney says that he meant Albus Severus, who is friends with a student named Malfoy. Barney says that students are saying that Malfoy is the heir of Voldemort. Clem asks who Voldemort is. Alex explains Voldemort as magic Hitler. Alex says if it’s true that Malfoy is the heir of Voldemort, then maybe Malfoy unleashed the Shade, but he immediately says that this wouldn’t make sense. Clem asks if Slytherins are bad. Barney says that Professor Barrows is in Slytherin, and she isn’t very nice, and he and Alex are going to be late if they don’t start heading to class. They agree to meet back at the Great Hall after classes to talk. Masie grabs some hashbrowns and puts them in her pocket in case she sees Rosie later. The Gryffindors have Charms and then Defense against the Dark Arts. The Ravenclaws have Transfiguration and then Charms. As the Gryffindors leave Defense against the Dark Arts and walk through the Quad toward the Great Hall, Masie feels an intense cold. She immediately stops. Out of chance, Masie notices the familiar shape of the Shade moving through the shadows, seemingly unnoticed by the other students. Masie stands in front of Olive and points out the Shade. Olive sees the Shade and feels the cold. Clem doesn’t notice anything. The Shade jumps from shadow to shadow, able to move around since it’s an overcast day. Meanwhile, Alex and Barney walk across the Suspension Bridge. Alex notices Masie, Olive and Clem up ahead. Alex sees the Shade advancing toward his friends. He pulls his wand out and tries to run toward them. He gets caught in his cloak and starts stumbling. Barney trips over Alex, who faceplants on the Suspension Bridge. Olive and Masie pull out their wands and both try to cast Lumos Spotifico. Masie’s spell backfires, and she injures herself. Olive manages to create a beam of light and hit part of the Shade. The Shade recoils but then approaches Masie as she falls to the ground into one of the shadows nearby. Alex tells Barney about the Shade and then rushes to his friends. Clem joins Masie in the shadow to try to help her up. The Shade gets closer to Olive. It then jumps into the shadow where Masie and Clem are. Alex casts Lumos Spotifico. He accidentally hits Clem with some light, and she faceplants right next to Masie. Several students start to notice the commotion as Alex directs the light of the spell at the Shade. Masie feels a hand grab her ankle; it feels as cold as ice and burns her with its coldness. Masie hears the Shade say, “You will show me where it is and where the boy is. You will show me!” Alex’s Lumos Spotifico hits the shadow that Masie is in. The shadow spreads out as if it was hit, as if a sort of gaseous form was blown from the center. Bits of shadow spill out into the nearby shadows. They re-coalesce in some of the other shadows. Alex tries to keep his spell on the Shade, chasing after it. The Shade keeps melding between shadows. Several other students cast Lumos. The Shade recoils and rushes away. Masie says she can’t feel her foot. Amber Barrows, a Hufflepuff prefect, rushes over to them with her wand out. She calls for someone to get a professor and the headmistress. Alex breathes heavily. Masie pats Alex’s back and says that he did well. He starts feeling dizzy. Masie suddenly feels strange. She feels the coldness move up her body. The color looks like it’s starting to drain out of Masie. Olive says they have to bring Masie to the hospital wing. As they try to pick Masie up from the ground, Masie takes a step into the shadow and falls in.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Wacksteven - Headmaster of Doom
* Helloitskolo - Masie Skyler
* Mirggles - Clementine Goosanders
* Negaoryx - Olive Everglade
* Zcotticus - Alexander Pippin

## Characters

* Masie Skyler
* Clementine Goosanders
* Olive Everglade
* Alexander Pippin

## Relationships

* Masie: +1 Alexander
* Clementine: +1 Masie
* Olive: +1 Masie
* Alexander: +1 Olive

## House Points

### Players

* Masie: +10 points, rolled 11
* Clementine: -5 points, rolled 3
* Olive: +10 points, rolled 11
* Alexander: -5 points, rolled 4

### Total

* Gryffindor: 87
* Hufflepuff: 0
* Ravenclaw: 95
* Slytherin: 50

\*Note: Ravenclaw corrected to 90 points.

## Downtime Moves

* Masie: Quidditch Team (Body), 6 (fail)
* Clementine: Social Activities (Heart), 7 (partial success)
* Olive: Studying (Mind), 10 (success)
* Alexander: Social Activities (Heart), 10 (success)

## Quotes

* Wack: How’s everyone doing today? Zcotticus: Fan-dabby-dosie! [*pause*] … Kolo: Is that not a thing Americans understand? Wack: No. Mirggles: I have no idea what you’re talking about. Negaoryx: I thought you made something up on the spot. Wack: Me too. Negaoryx: Just saying fun sounds. Wait, what does it mean? Zcotticus: Fan-dabby-dosie is like...really good.
* Rosie: I don’t have any sandwiches in my pockets. Clem: Well, that’s too bad. We better get some sandwiches for your pockets! Rosie: Good idea! Pocketwich! Clem: Oh! That’s really good!
* Olive: (about Oscar the ginger cat) It’s our third musketeer! Masie: It just maybe shouldn’t come very close to me. Olive: But it’s a cat that looks like us. Masie: Yes, but I don’t want to sneeze all over the cat that looks like us. Olive: Oh, okay.
* Clem: Shut up! [Mirggles: And then I just grab her in a hug. I just yell, Shut up, and grab her in a hug.] Kolo: (about Masie) Yeah, I shut up. Wack: Most aggressive comforting.
* Masie: Yeah, but the reason is Roger, and Roger’s not in SWOFF.
* Masie: What’s a movie? Clem: I’m sorry, what? Wack: That’s probably a good place for us to take our break.

## Fun Facts

* LuxieGames was absent this episode.
* Rosie was portrayed by Wacksteven.
* The Character Creation episode is on Tablestory’s Patreon.
* Wack purposely designed the episode for Masie to disappear since he knew that Kolo would be absent for the next episode.

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/0BOThn0eE7o?list=PLreNnYE4Fc5wzfFJSeHEEzmruEAThLfdK&t=86
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