HP-Hogwarts
Story So Far
Transcript
Seven
After
the Ball
Sarah retired to the Third Year Common Room with
other of her classmates after changing into casual wear. She
favoured a muggle style black 'track-suit' embroidered with
logos of two-crossed flying broomsticks.
No one seemed as though they wanted to talk much
and that was OK. Sarah went into one corner and tried to emulate
Madison and Lee's 'hacky-sac' using an orange from the fruit
bowl.
However Sarah might dislike Marvo and Nimue (who
she considered a spoilt snob with no sense of fun), she was
fond of Kat Black and while playing with the orange turned over
in her mind possibilities for launching rescue missions.
She thought about Egreen and Morticia. He was
always the 'man with the plan' but they hadn't returned from
the Slytherin common room, so might well be deep in discussions
about the 'dream'.
Lunar Hopkins walked into the Ravenclaw common
room. A look of concern fixed on her face! She clutched a letter
in her hand it seemed to family problems that had kept her away
from normal activities had stop but that didn't make her stop
worrying. The clock struck the hour and a screeched, "Nevermore."
Filled the common room she looked up at the clock and spotted
her pet Raven Nevermore, "Come on down here silly you not like
sitting with the owls?" She smiled at the raven took flight
and landed on her shoulder. She strokes his soft black feathers.
Achel spotted Lunar as she was about to enter
the common room 'Oh Hello Lunar, I haven't seen you about for
a while. Is all okay now?'
He had just come from the Hufflepuff Common room
after changing back into his robes. "You haven't seen Nimue
about have you?"
Lunar gave Achel a smile, "Yep everything is better
now! So what have you been up to since I saw you around?"
'You mean you haven't heard? Kat Black, Your Prefect
has gone missing! They think someone may have taken her into
the Forbidden Forest! Morticia had a terrible vision of everyone
disappearing, and Yvette collapsed!'
Achel stopped to think a moment. 'Oh ya, and that
Marvo kid went yampy too. Fell down and was taken to the infirmary.
They are sorting a search party for Kat, but only the fifth
years and teacher and allowed to take part. I'm just heading
for the Third Year Common room to see if Nimue is there, and
to see if anyone has heard anything else. I do hope Kat will
be okay. After what happened to Joss...'
He lets his words fade, not wanting to think
about the possibilities.
Sarah had gotten bored with the Third Year common
room and had gone off for a wander to see whom she could see.
Castle was so empty!
Near the Ravenclaw common room she spotted the
lovely Achel talking to another girl! This wouldn't do - if
Nimue was going to dump him Sarah intended to be first in line
to soothe his broken heart.
"Hi, Achel, Lunar." (She had barely spoken two
words to the other girl before now but what the heck - her instincts
as an ace Quidditch player kicked in - know your competition).
Lunar gave Sarah a sweet half smile. She knew
what Sarah had on her mind, one of the neat traits this fragile
looking girl had. Nevermore pecked at her long black hair as
Lunar spoke "Hi Sarah wow you have good timing I saw Cassandra
had down from the infirmary She seemed ready get back into Quidditch
practice since she has been sick for awhile now."
"Oh what a tease you are Luna', Sarah replied,
"I transferred in way too late to be picked for the team but
me and some other students do take part in some 'free-for-all'
matches as we used to do in Canada."
"I know but in those free-for-alls it always
seems to be you two." Lunar replied.
Illessa wandered into the common room looking
very tired and exhausted. She'd danced with several people at
the Yule Ball, that compounded with the effort making and maintaining
her costume had left her drained enough anyway. But after going
for a morning broomstick ride to try and wake herself up, she'd
bumped into her 1st year sister who had immediately roped Illessa
into her 'fun' broomstick vaulting. Having to fly with no hands
whilst Charlotte stood up, using Illessa's back to brace her
knees against *wasn't* Illessa's idea of fun.
She glanced up to see Sarah and another girl
"Oh you must be Lunar... I overheard something about a latecomer
with a slightly unusual pet, he seems really cool, can you use
him like an owl or won't he put up with that? I imagine a raven
is a bit more of a handful than an owl, will he be OK with the
cats?' She realised she was babbling and stopped slightly self-consciously
"Sorry, I always do that when I'm tired, especially when it
comes to animals"
Sarah looked at Illessa, "So have you been outside
then? Any news yet about Kat?"
As Illessa asked about 'Nevermore's' ability
to get on with cats, she piped in: "Is he OK with snakes? I
mean, usually the birds stay in the owlery don't they? Or like
Nimue's hawk has a perch somewhere in the battlements. Birds
and cats don't usually mix that much."
Lunar turned to Illessa, "Nevermore? Yes I use
him like an owl however he really doesn't like then too much
plays to many pranks! Funny he never had a problem with cats
could be that my aunt's grey one set him straight when he was
little." Lunar smiled, "don't worry about I know I've been nearly
dead on my feet for the last week!"
Lunar looked upset, "No snake and him really don't
get along. One tired to eat him when he was a baby. As for where
he stays well he usually attaches himself to the biggest clock
in the area. I think he likes to ticking"
Sarah smiled warmly at Achel, "So have you seen
any of the others? Word in the halls is that Marvo is still
out cold. Nimue hasn't been seen for ages if you were wondering."
Sarah's 'attentions' had not gone unnoticed by
Achel, who smiled, 'maybe later...' he thought to himself. "Oh.
Hi Sarah. I'm just on my way to the Common room to find out"
"Mind if I join you" asked Sarah sweet as could
be, "I don't know Nimue all that well but I bet she's frantic
at the moment."
'I don't know what she is up to anymore. Last
I saw she went to get some things for Yvette, and that she would
meet me in the Common room. Let's go. Coming Luna?' Asked Achel.
"Sure Achel!," Lunar turned her head to look at
Nevermore. "You want to come?"
The Raven's eyes glowed a deeper shade of red
then in a blur of black wing's he took to the air shrieking,
"NEVERMORE!"
Lunar rolled her eyes, and shrugged to Achel.
"I guess not let's go!"