HP-Hogwarts Story So Far

Transcript Three

'She is Found!'

 

Kat was feeling very tired now after all the searching. But she wouldn't stop until they found Joss. What could have happened to her. Her parents had tried to teach her about the muggles' god, but she never believed anything about it. Now she hoped that their blind faith worked because she was pleading to anyone who would listen to muttering under her breath "please let her be ok, please, please don't let her be dead."

As Riala stopped she saw Joss and ran to her. "Oh, no JOSS!. She looked at her sprawled out. "Please let her be alive" she whispered. She gently shook her. "Joss, Joss, can you hear me?"

Marvo Grabs Kats arm 'DON'T TOUCH HER!'

He calms down slightly. 'There could be residue Dark Magic here. By the Horny Hosts of Hoggath what IS going on!!'

He is staring at the door, but covering his Right eye. 'This is powerful Magic! and how did it get past Dumbledore's defences?' He looks very worried.

'I.. I can't tell if she's alive or not. And I dare not use a spell yet.. until I know what this is. it could make it worse!.... I think we need help.'

Kat looks shocked. Of course how stupid of her. She was glad to have Marvo here, she was just so confused with the stress of it all. She couldn't do anything. She feels so helpless. Tears came to her eyes and in embarrassment she flings her arms round Marvo and buries her head in his jumper.

Marvo, looks unsure of what to do. He slowly pats Kat on the back, allowing her to keep her arms around him. 'erm.. there there. It will all be okay.' Is all he can manage to say.

While Marvo seemed to be concerned elsewhere with comforting the distressed Kat, Riala had begun to investigate.

The scene wasn't too friendly. Once closer Riala could see the room in which Josslin seemed to have been flung backward out of landing in the doorway. Everything was dusty, well except for the cleaned path Josslin had laid upon. Josslin herself was pale and at the very least unconscious, her lips seemed to have lost their usually dark red and were now tinted blue, making them purple. Riala looked around. The others were not watching her.

She moved and took off her necklace and quickly took off the four gems cased in silver that were attached to it. They were all different, a Ruby, Diamond, Sapphire, and an Emerald. She placed the diamond near Josslin's head then continued to place the other gems around eventually making a square around Josslin's body. She sat cross-legged just above the diamond. She began to hum a single note, then slowly she began to make a sound, "Da..ka..te..li.TUS" She said the last sound with power and as she did was seemed like an explosion of light formed lines to complete the square Riala had built, the funny thing was the light was really, Dark! It was Black FIRE! But as soon as it was there it began to change lighter, from black to navy to purple to maroon all the way up tell it was a pure white.

The flame reached the ceiling but the ceiling seemed untouched. Once the flame had reached it's purest state it seemed to fade down, slowly, until it was non-existent. By this time you would have had to be blind, deft, and just plain dumb not to have noticed these happenings. Riala seemed to relax her wand hand(which had gripped the wand with in it fiercely), and face, until she opened her eyes with a happy, and but also sad expression.

She uncrossed her legs and crawled slowly forward tell she was sitting right next to Joss's head and looking over it. Slowly she put forth her hand and felt her pulse. The skin was cold and frosty to the touch, and there was nothing for Riala to feel. Upon this realisation Riala retracted her hand to her lap, and simply wept. Josslin was dead, and Dark Arts had been used to kill her.

Marvo leaps from Kats arms and quite harshly knocks Riala over, striding over Joss and starting to pump at her chest with every 4th pump you hear him mutter 'Vita' and Joss's body jerks.

'no...no..NO...vita.....Vita...VITA!!' But apart from the jerks Joss remains still.

Back in the Hall …..

Teressa Moon who had just come been recalled from one of the student search parties because the word Josslin being found had spread fast though the school. She watched as Madison started her strange walk and some other students followed. She didn't know any of them personally, but she had seem them around. So she followed, careful not to intrude too much and basically just trying to find out what was happening with out asking. Teressa was a medium height girl with blond/strawberry Hair, and midnight blue eyes. She was one of the shyer Ravenclaws and didn't get her nose out of her books often, most often then not it was not a school assignment either.

Nimue remembered seeing Teressa in the library on a few occasions smiling said hello and started to enquire whether she had heard anything about how Joss was, who had found her, etc..

The utter pandemonium that occurred a few moments later broke over them like a wave. Down the hall in the direction that Madison had been heading before breaking the control, came a high-pitched noise - not a scream - but a wail of the most utter and terrible grief.

They all stopped and stared and the awareness dawned in their eyes that this could mean only one thing and one thing alone, that Joss was indeed dead.

Nimue turned to Morticia, pale herself now: "Morticia, you saw true." More than anything she wanted to put her arms around Morticia almost to shield her. She had been hoping against hope that Morticia's vision might have been a premonition. She didn't, as she knew Morticia was proud and the tension between them of late perhaps made such a gesture unwelcome.

Still in another part of her mind the thought formed that whether the naming was intentional or not (and few names taken or given among wizarding folk were done so lightly), Morticia, daughter of a man with the name of Hades, bore a gift many would consider a curse.

With Joss.

Kat had watched the fire formed by Riala, and saw Marvo frantically trying to revive Joss. Kat eyes are still streaming with tears, but she gets up and wanders of to Marvo and puts her hand on his arm. "Don't," she whispers. "It's no good. If Riala's spell couldn't revive her you won't.

Marvo looks at her and pulls back. Kat kneels beside Joss and stokes her hair. "Poor Joss," she whispers. "Why did they pick on you? Was it because of what we saw in the forest? Am I next?" As Kat is sat there, Joss's cat Kit comes in with Mulder and Scully. Kit goes up to her mistress and licks her face. But there is no response. Kat stroked Kit in a loving way.

As they were sat there Dumbledore and Egreen turned up. "Ok, let me through. Marvo will you take Kat and these cats back to the hall. We will join you there shortly. Oh and send madam Pomfrey down will you."

Kat picked up the distressed Kit and made her way back to the hall with Mulder and Scully at her heels.

Marvo is silent as he follows Kat. However, he looks at Riala as he leaves.

Riala, after being knocked to one side, by Marvo seems temporarily to be forgotten. As Dumbledore brings order to the proceedings, she looks up to see Professor Snape standing over her, his dark eyes piercing her with a thunderous look.

He says one word with cold, quiet anger: "Blackfire!". Without explanation, his wand ready to counter any move or sound she might make, she along the items she used in the rite are unceremoniously removed to his office to await the Headmaster's official investigations of her actions at the scene of Joss's death.

This naturally did not go unnoticed by many students in the halls being directed by staff and perfects trying to restore order. Therefore, whatever Riala's motives in undertaking the impromptu ritual, it appeared that this combined with her haughty manner, the traditional reputation of Slytherin House, and the sight of her being escorted in such a manner by Snape meant that within a very short period of time the school was not only reeling with shock over Joss's death but wildfire rumours were spreading about Riala Blackfire's possible involvement in same.

Peesey, looking paler than ever comes down, just as he does so he sees Riala being taken away, "So, it's true" he says.

Back in the Hall

Nimue's last remark appeared to have hit a sore nerve between she and Morticia:

Morticia looks calmly at Nimue. "Of course I saw true! Do you think I'm in a habit of getting fits and claiming people to be dead?" She gets up angrily and weak at the same time. "I think... I think I want to be alone. I'll be in bed or in the common room if anyone needs me."

Although initially somewhat stung by this remark, Nimue wasn't at all surprised. These kind of cross-wires were pretty much par for the course between Morticia and her, she just shrugged her shoulders.

However, as Morticia moved away to 'be alone', Nimue surprised herself and the others by bursting into tears and running away down the hall.

Morticia turns around bewildered and stares at Nimue. "Liz- Nimue!" she calls after her. "What did I say? I'm sorry! I'm- I'm totally confused!"

Ceridwyn Reflects:

Ceridwyn, after being relieved by Egreen to take care of Morticia has been standing back just watching everything happen. When Nimue, Achel, Madison, and Morticia left, Ceridwyn followed suit. She had been very worried about Morticia, and feeling very guilty, because while she was worried that the premonition was true, she couldn't help but think about Andy and the ball. But there was no time for that, everyone needed her, and she wouldn't let them down. She started to reflect on all the strange happenings at Hogwarts as she, Nimue, Achel, Maddy, and Morticia were walking. "What could this all be?" She thought to herself.

Things sure had been weird, and seemed to be getting weirder. Why was Madison being controlled, why did Morticia have premonitions, and why was Ceridwyn's necklace glowing? She looked down at the Celtic symbol, which now was very faint lavender, but at the time of Morticia's prediction had been a bright purple. The necklace wasn't hot to the touch, rather cold. Ceridwyn thought about all of these things combined together, and it just made her head hurt. Right now, everything was just too confusing to make sense. When things calmed down, she would try to sort this all out.

When Nimue ran away, Ceridwyn was right behind her. She didn't believe her fragile spirit deserved to be broken. She caught up to her and beckoned her to stop and turn around. Nimue faced Ceridwyn, tears streaming down her freshly pink cheeks. Her nose was red from the crying.

"You have to ignore her sometimes, she doesn't realise that what she says hurts others so badly. She doesn't mean things the way they come out, she's just not the best at handling sensitive situations."

Ceridwyn looks at Nimue, with a bit of pity in her eyes, ugh Morticia, you don't always have to be so brutal. "It'll be ok, Morticia's just upset, and she doesn't know how to deal with that, she's always the strong one, so when her guard's down, she can be snappish. Also, she takes predictions very seriously as her grandmother Victoria was a great seer of her time. She believes in the power of it, and doesn't like to have it questioned. You didn't know, she just sort of jumped at you because she feels guilty of this whole mess. C'mon, let's go see where everyone else is.",

Ceridwyn grabs Nimue's arm gently and guides her back down the hall to try and find everybody else.

Nimue indeed looked somewhat of a mess though pulled a handkerchief from her robe pocket, wiped her eyes and blew her nose. [Naturally it was a hankie impregnated with 'Maybellina's Magic Face Restorer'(tm)].

"Thank you Ceridwyn" she murmured. "It's not that at all ...she doesn't understand that I am not questioning it... not in the least. I know that some people don't respect such abilities, but I am not like that. I wish I could see in that way, I can't.... I have no vision at all ..... I feel so...so..so.. useless." This revelation seemed to threaten a fresh onslaught on tears.

Coming back to where the others were, Nimue briefly took Ceridwyn's hand and looked into her eyes: "Thank you, thank you. Ceridwyn. I'll be OK now. Maybe you should make sure that Morticia is all right. She must be feeling this death as much, if not more, than any of us."

Nimue must have been reading Ceridwyn's mind, because she was about to announce her departure to go and comfort Morticia. But first, "You're welcome Nimue, and you are useful, you already have been... but there will be a chance when you'll prove it to yourself, you'll see. I think I'll go and see how Morticia is, I know she doesn't need to be alone. I want to make sure that she's ok. You guys, just send one of the other Slytherins to get me if anything comes up ok?"

As they stand there, Nimue's mysterious friend Marcus approaches at some speed. He, like the other adults, have been caught up in dealing with the aftermath of the situation.

"I am sorry Nimue but we will have to postpone any lessons for a few days. I have put myself at Professor Dumbledore's service for the time being and am travelling now on his instructions to London. Take care and stay close to your friends. No wandering and no walks on your own.", he said with firmness.

He smiled warmly at Ceridwyn, "Thank you for taking care of my Lady Nimue. I am in your debt." He bowed to her and kissed her hand, then with a bow to Nimue left the Hall.

Both girls' eyes followed Marcus' exit from the Hall. Then after saying goodbye, Ceridwyn ran off to the Slytherin common room to find Morticia.

 

Part 8 - A New Crisis Develops

Part 10 - Aftermath