It's deathly cold at the school as the girls return from vacation. Since no one on the staff feels like lighting a fire, the girls start running laps up and down the stairs when who sould arrive but Rowan-Webb, Helliobore and his three stuges (Gary, Basel and Loppy).
Hellibore (a bit put out that Rowan-Webb started a snowball fight with him) imediatly lights a fire for everyone to warm up by.Thinking this to be the end of the interruptions, the teachers let it go until Rowan-Webb gets the bright idea to put his showey title to good use and declare an upside-down day.
Everyone who's not a student (including Hellibore and excepting Rowan-Webb) is disgusted. But never the less, they all go along with it. Basel and Gary are assigned to organize games in the great hall, and Fenella and Griselda are assigned to teach a potions class full of teachers.
Of course, Bas and Gary's idea of a fun game is a version of hot potatoe where the box they're passing always explodes on eithor Loppy or Mildr
