A few weeks passed by, Alani had put her egg-solving on a hold while she did her coursework, she had skipped out on McGonagall's meeting with all the Gryffindors, she told them about the Yule Ball. Alani was too busy to go to some meeting, Dumbledore had her out in the Dark Forest, she was killing rogue poisonous Shrewts, which were large scorpions. Alani dumped the bodies into a small hole that she had dug up, she then covered them with fresh soil and walked out of the forest. Alani went to the Common Room and she started studying, with Paumar perched on the table in front of her, she was looking into body Curses because they had moved onto body Curses in Defense Against the Dark Arts.