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[Pax Pardus Hale]

Loire

“I’ll make sure one of us drops dead before we get married. Spoiler alert, it won’t be me.” Their banter was nothing new, Hunter had made jokes like that before and normally she just rolled her eyes. For some reason however in front of Cyrus it made her feel incredibly embarrassed and that was not an emotion she liked to feel. “Just because you prudes haven’t kissed anyone you like doesn’t mean you have to lump me into the same category.” And with that she grabbed the biggest bottle of whiskey to start the game with. She’d fucking need this.

“Goddammit, I thought we were friends.” Loire took the shot with a pained expression before setting down the bottle in her hand. How long had they been drinking? She was now 8 shots in, a beer, and a daiquiri and she was drunk. Loire was a petite woman who didn’t drink much, but dammit she wanted to keep up with her brother and forget the drama just for one night. “C-Come here.” Loire hiccuped quietly as she stumbled over to Cyrus to grab his hand with her ice cold hand. “I-I have an idea and I need your help. Hunter draw a damn card.”

The poor girl was not walking straight, as soon as she got to the loveseat she fell into it with a small groan, patting the spot next to her for him to sit. Was this the first time he had seen her like this? Probably, but it was fine. They kissed forever ago, he said it didn’t mean anything, they left it at that. They were nothing but friends, he was adamant about that. She just had to bury down those feelings too. Besides, they’d never work out. She was no good, she was some fifth element wielding fucking freak. If anyone ever found out she’d be shunned and probably fired. Cyrus was a damn good wizard and he deserved a happy life, that was something Loire would never be able to give him. “Want,” hiccup, “want to pull a prank on Hunter with me?” If he turned her down she’d do it by herself, but she wanted him to be involved. For old time sakes, like when they’d prank her brother together.

 

[Pax Pardus Hale]

Sapphira

“I-I can’t do another one, one more will push me into a coma I swear it.” How did she get on the floor? How many drinks had Sapph consume? Why was the room spinning? So many unanswered questions, so little time. Her hand pat the floor as she tapped out of the drinking game. The night was probably the most she had since the last time she partied with Dixie back in school. After Dru said that butterflies were fairytale bullshit Dixie and her went full on American Girl on her; they dragged her away from Larkyn for some girly talk and gossip all while participating in the drinking game. Boys, clothes, shoes, fashion. They had even tried to get Loire to come in for some girl time! She seemed interested up until she found out the topics. Had these girls seriously never had girlfriends before?!

Through several drinks and hours of girl talk they found out that Dru and Sapphira had quite a bit in common. They had fairly similar upbringing (hers just without magic and a set marriage), they liked similar (expensive) clothing from one of Sapph’s catalogs and her suitcases full of clothes. One of these days all of the girls would have to take a trip to the city to ransack the second room in her apartment, it was actually renovated to be a second closet. That was a sad thought though, they’d never be able to do that. This life had to end after she left. No more magic, no more of these friends.

Until then she’d have to help find Dru (and Dixie) true love, that was her mission. Sapphira was never her true self so she’d never find it herself, but dammit her friends were going to find it. “I don’t feel good.” Sapphira crashed back onto the floor, the pink cheeked drunk far too dizzy to stand on her own. “Which way’s our room again Dixie? Up or down?” The usually composed red headed woman was hiccuping between words. Maybe she’d just sleep on the floor tonight.

 

[Sir Damien]

Hunter

It didn’t seem like his joke went over well, and maybe it wasn’t the best thing to say in front of her brother (or in general) but boy did it seem to irk Cyrus. Why did it make him so mad though? Wasn’t he Larkyn’s friend? He supposed that Loire and Cyrus were both odd individuals, and he also supposed odd people flocked together. Thankfully everyone still seemed game for drinking, even starting a game of Kings Cup! The girls seemed to flock together so naturally the boys gathered around the table taking turns to draw cards.

For the past few years he had been crashing in the safe houses of Resistance in between travel for missions. He had become so engrossed in making use of his fifth elemental power that he forgot how nice it was to actually just hang out with people, it was probably senior year the last time he relaxed and had a drink. “It’s good to be back. I know I’m a pain in the ass, I don’t mean to be, it just comes naturally. After the year I’ll be going back underground so I really, really want to have a good year. I mean it’s already fun, it’s like a family reunion up in here. And I know you’re some big, bad Auror now, right Larkyn? I’ll try my best not to cause any trouble for you. Promise.” Hey, he said he’d try. He didn’t say he would.

Loire approached the boys after Cyrus drew the card and dragged him off, of course not without barking an order at him. Hunter let out a heavy sigh and rolled his eyes. “Yeah, yeah.” Quickly he picked up a King card from the remaining cards and found himself grinning. “Boys drink up!” Hunter chugged the rest of yet another beer. How much had he drank? What time was it? Good thing he didn’t have a class to teach in the morning, suckers. “Druuuuu, it’s your turn to draw a card. C’mon, ‘mere.” At this point the man was fairly tipsy, his cheeks were slightly pink and his words a bit slurred. Surely Dru would let bygones be bygones and be friendly since they were all trashed, right?

 

[ZombieBaee]

Druella “Dru” Arville

Dru could hold her liquor, despite not being too many years above legal drinking age, there was plenty of practice under her belt. Schmoozing with officials and other purebloods often required a large amount of alcohol. That being said, they were all drinking a lot and even she was starting to feel it’s affects. By the time it was yet again all the girls turns to drink, she found herself groaning. It didn’t even taste good anymore! Dru took a small sip of the cool brown liquid in her glass before setting down the drink once more and contemplating escape from this damn game.

Between the hours of girl talk she had been dragged into and the seemingly endless game they weee playing, it had been a long fucking night. The girls conversations were actually kind of nice, at least when it focused on clothing, handbags, general shopping and this like that. When it was focused on romance and relationships, Dru found herself uncomfortable. A long time ago she had convinced herself that real life relationships aren’t like what you hear about in books and film. They aren’t about butterflies and soul mates and love. They’re about responsibility and comfort. Her and Larkyn were comfortable, they got along well enough and their marriage would serve a purpose. But even Dru had to admit that she wished for more, it was a part of her that had laid dormant and forgotten until the women went and stirred things up.

“Hmm?” Dru turned her head when she heard her name, scowling slightly when she saw it came from Hunter who was being strange. To be fair, he seemed to realize that he had been ridiculous earlier and he was trying to make everyone have fun… but still. Annoying. She made her way back to the table, standing near Hunter as she drew a card, eight. That meant she had a “mate” that had to drink every time she did. Looking around it was easy enough to see everyone was in rough shape. Normally her natural choice would be Larkyn but that man could barely handle a glass of wine most days. That left, “Hunter. Cheers.”

 

[ZombieBaee]

Dixie

Dixie could not believe how much fun this all was! She was against it at first but now that it was happening she was glad she hadn’t been a stick in the mud. For a while she had forgotten what it was like to have friends, hang out with people her own age. At the school her and Loire were like the youngest of the staff, everyone else being many years their senior. Then of course the students. Her and Loire didn’t have much in common so they didn’t spend a lot of time together and Dixie thought she liked it plenty just hanging out with herself and Turtle but… man she missed people. She had always been a social creature and just hadn’t been able to actually do that in a while.

They had gotten to talk about girlie things and hang out and play games. It was so much nicer than all the bickering that had been happening earlier. Now Dixie was sitting on the couch, upside down with her feet hanging over the back and her head hanging off the edge. The others were still drinking but she knew better despite her inebriated state. They drew a few more cards, one that required the girls to drink and she just faked it all. Then Dru took her turn and Dixie knew she should be up next but she just couldn’t even begin to get up.

“I’m done. Stick a fork in me.” Dixie groaned and tossed her arms out to her sides. “Just leave me here to sleep, I can’t move. Too much drink. Too little food.”

 

[KAYDEN]

Cyrus

The night went on without anyone fighting which was good, despite Cyrus’ early irritation with Hunter it was going quite well. They all had some drinks and let loose, got to know each other a little better. Now it was nearing the end of the night, hell it was even later than they probably should have been up, and it seemed like Dru and Hunter were the only two really still in the game, the others only taking drinks when told. Hunter had just told the guys to, which Cyrus was about to oblige when an icy hand grasped his and pulled him away from the crowd.

A prank? It reminded him instantly of old times, all the shit they used to get into. It was fun, he missed it… back when things were fun and good. When he wasn’t aware of all the bad shit in the world, well at least not as much as he was now. “I- Why not.” Cyrus couldnt help but chuckle and take a seat next to her on the loveseat. “What have you got planned?”

-

A little while after that Cyrus helped Loire get to her room before finding his way to his own. There was no way anyone was able to get a good nights rest, he had tossed and turned and honestly thought he ended up getting about a total of an hour of sleep. That meant hell for his first day of work.

Thankfully it wasn’t too hard, first day went by pretty quickly and soon Cyrus found himself eating in the main hall as he waited for Loire to meet him for whatever this prank was going to be.

 

[EclipseRosee]

Larkyn

“I’m not worried about you Hunter, trust me.” Larkyn laughed, giving the guy a honest smile. It was true, he was a pain in the ass and trouble but he wasn’t violent. Larkyn had dealt with much worse even in his few short years in the real world as an auror. “Plus I wouldn’t say big bad. I’m still fairly new.” He shrugged and turned his attention to the game at hand.

As the night went on they found themselves more and more drunk, Larkyn especially quickly. After a while he moved from liquor to water, knowing he was getting too far gone. Thankfully his smart change early into the drinking meant he was able to at least walk later, which seemed hard for some of the others. The game finally was running out of cards and Larkyn took that as a sign to start cleaning up, taking glasses to the sink and picking up empty bottles. By the time he returned to the living room Dixie was upside down and Sapphira was on the floor. Loire and Cyrus were off on their own and his fiancé and Hunter were still being competitive near the table.

“Oh you ladies can make it, I believe in you both.” Larkyn chuckled at the girls complaints, heading over to Sapphira and offering his hand to help her up. “Come on let’s get you to bed.”

 

[Pax Pardus Hale]

Loire

To be honest, Loire expected Cyrus to flat out refuse to help her. Back in the day they were always teaming up together to prank her uptight brother, he was the one who sparked her love of hexes, jinxes, and curses. Since he had been back though he had been putting on this front that he was 'different', and that he 'wasn't the same fun Cyrus', so it took liquid courage to ask him for his help. Turns out that he was still her same partner in crime. After he helped her to her small room she crashed in her twin bed and was instantly out like a light. Unfortunately her alarm blared not even a few hours later to remind her that she had the first day of class today. Who's fucking bright idea was it to drink? Oh, right. Hunter's. She wasn't completely mad though, everyone seemed to get along rather well during their little party! The only thing she was mad about was the massive hangover she had.

Must have been nice to have an easy day. After showering she tossed her hair in a messy bun and got dressed in her form fitting knee length black dress and oversized professor's cloak, grabbed her wand and went on her way. Besides Hunter and Cyrus the others had six hours of classes to power through. Fortunately the first day was always an introductory day for the DADA classroom; what to expect, her expectations for the students, and she collected consent forms to duel (and for her to turn them into frogs if they didn't behave). The hangover finally subsided at lunch and that allowed her to further her revenge plan on Hunter. It had to be something to seclude him, if it had anything to do with people he'd enjoy it far too much.

Finally the bell sounded and released her final class of the day. Loire filed the last of her forms in her office before locking up. She handed a note to Maximus, sent him to find Hunter, and B-lined for the dining hall. "You haven't burned down my library yet, have you?" As the white haired woman approached the red headed man she gave a small smile before sitting next to him. "So, I sent Hunter to the Potions room. He hated that class back in the day and I want to lock him in there all night. That's where you come in. I need you to jinx the door so it won't open from the inside, that way we can let him out in the morning." The spell was relatively simple, back before her ice powers came about she would be able to cast it in her sleep. Now? Now everytime she used her magic she posed a risk of exposing herself and embarrassing the family. Larkyn was the only one that knew of her mixed powers and she'd like to keep it that way.

"Oh, speaking of the library." Her thin pale hand pulled out an envelope from her cloak and she dropped it in front of him. Loire was paid more than the average teacher since she was in charge of the library as well. She knew that he was hurting for money, he was helping her out (as a punishment, but still). This was only fair, right? It wasn't her whole check, just the majority of it. "Don't go mentioning it to the Headmistress or anyone though, all right?" Maybe after the year was up they could find a position for him, but until then this would have to suffice. It would kill Loire if he suddenly left them again.

 

[Pax Pardus Hale]

Serraphina

What a fucking WHIRLWIND of a day. For the life of her she couldn't remember most of the night let alone getting to bed. The girls bonded, right? She recalled girl talk with Dru and Dixie like they were just some girls in the dorm gossiping, the next thing she remembered was an alarm blaring and Ludwig pecking at her head to wake her up. A cold shower somewhat helped but it didn't get rid of her queasiness or headache. She dressed in a white blouse, a forest green pencil skirt, green pumps and her cloak. She was tackling this just like she tackled any other day of her real life boring job, just grin and bare it. Dixie and her headed out and thankfully were able to get to class on time. Her long red hair was curled and fell perfectly down the front of her cloak and behind her, and on first glance she didn't appear to be a hungover mess. The Muggles Studies teacher didn't even seem to notice!

That was probably because the woman was in labor all day and neither of them knew it. Serraphina was the youngest of the family, she didn't know anything about labor or childbirth. So at lunch time when the woman's water broke she completely lost her composure and freaked out. Everything worked out though, the headmistress escorted the Professor off campus and to the hospital...leaving Serraphina in charge of the classroom, all by herself. She knew this was coming but not the first day of school! All she had was hope, and the professor's notes to get her by until her maternity leave was over.

By the skin of her teeth she managed to make it to the end of day one and all she wanted to do was go back to the haunted house and crash. She locked up the classroom and made her way to the dining hall to the teachers table, sighing as she noticed Cyrus and Loire at the table. "Loire I don't know how you and Dixie have been teaching for so long, one day in and I'm exhausted. I hope everyone had a better first day than mine." As she plucked a few pieces of fruit and sat it on her plate she pulled out the notes for the next weeks schedule. She'd go over the notes with Dixie a bit more and see if she could help her figure out a game plan... her and Larkyn. He seemed confident and organized.

 

[Colt Voltage]

Terran

After making sure that Dixie and the others got off to bed without injury Terran made his way to the bed. He was slightly beyond tipsy, but truth be told the man could drink even some of the heaviest drinkers under the table. Call it the travels, the wide array of drinks he had consumed, a just a natural born tolerance, or the fact that the old woman that raised him had been giving him wine since he was young. Typically he was usually the one taking care of everyone, not that he minded. He cleaned up the house before calling it a night and returning to the room he shared with Cyrus. There were only a few short hours until their alarm had gone off, and although he was tired he thankfully woke without a hangover. After a quick shower he tossed his long dark chocolate brown hair into a bun, tossed on some slacks, a white button up, and his cloak before waiting on the couch for Dixie. He was her assistant, it only made sense for the two to go to class together.

It must have been luck getting paired with Dixie because her energy was radiant. Nothing seemed to upset her, she got along with literally every student, and she was a great teacher. Terran had graduated with honors, herbology was his favorite class and even he felt like he was learning new things. He could have done without the school girls giggling and flirting with him, however. Terran liked a wide array of women but teenaged girls were definitely not on that list. Hell, every question the students asked him was either why he was there, what accent was that, and if he was single. Why couldn't he have gotten in trouble with a college, preferably an all female one? Ah, what a missed opportunity... Maybe next time.

After a few classes of awkward conversation Terran decided maybe it would be better if he just focused on the plants. He watered to them, trimmed them, tended to them so he could avoid any more questions about him. From there he got to be able to fully watch Dixie interact with the students and it was heartwarming. Most teachers and staff were purebloods, it was really nice to see someone from the outside world like him do so well. "Well Miss Dixie, I don't think I'll ever be as good of a teacher like you, but I do hope I can assist you in the greenhouse and whatever else you need. Are you ready to go grab some dinner? It's been a long day."

 

[Sir Damien]

Hunter

Waking up for school had always felt like a punishment, the only difference between his days as a student and this was it actually was a punishment. Tomato, tomato. He still fucking hated it. The only good thing was that it seemed like everyone pretty much buried the hatchet last night? Maybe that was because they were all trashed. Realistically he knew the hatchet would never be buried with Loire, she'd end up stabbing him in the face with it if there was actually a hatchet. But Dru even drank with him! That was a step in the right direction. Larkyn didn't hate him, Cyrus, well, maybe he did? That dude was just as weird as Loire, he could never tell what either of them were thinking.

Good thing he wasn't here to make any friends. Hunter hated his life as a pureblood, he hated being rich and he hated receiving so many damn perks just because of his status. He never felt like he belonged, not even once. He was his parents only son though, he knew he could get away with murder (not literally, but he probably could) and still not get disowned. So he'd play his silly little part for a year and then get the hell out of dodge before they could make any real official plans with the marriage. In the meantime he'd busy himself looking for school secrets. This place opened shortly after their sister school, after realizing that regular wizards and witches operated at a different level than the elemental ones. It was opened for purebloods by purebloods, but only for the last 20 or 30 years did they begin to allow people of mixed blood to join their school. It was riddled with secrets to expose the powerful families that had ties to the school, it was just a matter of where the secrets were. He'd be sure to find them this year.

Despite being exhausted he got up with the others and went about his duties. Cleaning, patrolling, and hunting secrets. The day flew by pretty fast! Unfortunately every time he felt he was close to a secret the fucking headmistress popped in to check on him. It was like the wench knew what he was after, and he didn't quite like it. "What's up, Max? You play delivery man now?" The obnoxiously large cat handed him a note before immediately walking away, he was as cold hearted as his owner. "Clean up the potions lab? Ah, come on. What a drag." With a heavy sigh he put his side mission on hold and made his way to the potions lab.

"What's up Dru, are you making messes on the first day or did you just miss me? I get it, I'm a tad more handsome than my good friend Larkyn. I won't tell him you noticed though." As Hunter made his way into the lab with his mop and bucket he shot her a quick wink from across the room. "So, where's this mess at?"

 

[ZombieBaee]

Druella “Dru” Arville

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, nor do I have the patience to deal with you right now.” Dru practically growled at Hunter as he entered her class room and began spouting off nonsense. Her day had been awful, snot nosed first years and over confident seventh years, not to mention the clueless students between those two points. Dru was great at potions, innovative and talented. Teaching? That was a whole other story. She had spent most of the day struggling to find ways to get the students to understand something. She understood it was her first day, their first day too, but the old professor left her with nothing but a cabinet full of textbooks and old scribbled lesson plans. It wasn’t a lot to go off of. “There’s no mess besides you invading my space. Why are you even in here?”

Dru pushed her hair out of her face and stood from her desk, “You know what. I don’t care. I’m going home.” She packed up her parchment and quills along with some of the books into her satchel and moved to the exit of the room. At this point all she wanted was to sit and come up with a plan while sipping a nice glass of fire whiskey. Only when she reached for the handle and turned it to open, the door didn’t budge. “Is this your juvenile plan to piss me off more? Is it really that entertaining to you?” Dru signed, imbicile. From her pocket she pulled out her wand, flicking it towards the handle with a quick “Alohamora.” She then reached out again and tried the knob only this time once she touched it it it was still locked. “What the hell?” She may not have ever specialized and she may not be able to use much elemental magic but she had ALWAYS been able to handle simple incantations and spells? So what in the hell was going on here.

“Hunter I swear to god, all I want is to go home and relax. Whatever you’re up to here can it please way for another day? You can be annoying and immature literally ANY other day. Free pass! I swear! Now just open the damn door!”

 

[ZombieBaee]

Dixie

“Oh! Why thank ya Terran.” The blonde woman couldn’t help but blush, a lot of compliments were simple flattery but being complimented on her teaching was something that truly warmed her heart. Teaching was her pride and joy, the summers she normally spent tutoring and working on plans for the school year. Holidays she spent with the students who were unable to go home for one reason or another, facilitating gift exchanges and big group meals. This school was the first place Dixie ever felt truly at home and she gave it her all trying to make sure it felt like that for any students she met. “Really, I appreciate it. The students seemed to love you! It was kind of strange having an assistant but I have to admit it was nice having an extra set of hands around. Dixie, as per usual, was completely oblivious to the flirting.

“That sounds lovely! Let me gather my things right quick and we can get going!” Dixie smiled brightly before hurrying over to her work station, grabbing the wicker basket full of her notebooks and quills before whistling for Turtle to come climb in from wherever he had chosen to nap for the day in the greenhouse. Once the sleepy feline climbed in, Dixie was ready to go.

Today Dixie had braided her hair in a crown and had some golden and pearl hair pins randomly throughout the braid. A green and white floral maxi skirt was paired with a green sweater under her robes. She felt both cute and comfortable, which was her normal vibe to be fairly honest.

“Ready?” The two of them left the greenhouse and crossed the grounds to enter the main building and head towards the dining hall. The school was much smaller than any of their sister schools, Hogwarts and the others in this years TriWizard Tournament, but it was still sizeable and ornate. “You know, I wanted to ask you but never wanted to in front of the others and start anything but, what’s the deal with you and Dru? You seem so sweet but she hates your guts. She’s prickly but with you it’s a whole other thing.” Dixie had noticed the way Dru was towards Terran back at the benefit and she had to admit she was curious. So far to her he had been nothing but a gentleman. “You don’t have to answer of course, it’s really none of my business. Just curious I suppose.”

The two entered the large front doors of the main building and made their way to the dining hall amidst the bustling students. Anyone could come down for food at anytime during the day but large meals like this were a bit more on schedule.

 

[KAYDEN]

Cyrus

Cyrus wasn’t exactly sure what a librarians assistant did? Especially when he couldn’t remember ever setting foot in this library when he was a student. As it turns out, it quite literally means sitting at a desk 98% of your day and answering questions another 2%. Cyrus did have an inkling that the second percentage might have been a little bit higher if he hadn’t been so damn intimidating looking but for the most parts of a student had a question they simply asked another student. He was thankful for that assignment today, while he wasn’t hungover, he most definitely had a headache from the lack of good sleep.

By the time lunch rolled around he was feeling quite a bit better, which was good because he had completely forgotten that he had agreed to be a part of whatever plan Loire had up her sleeve. He went and met up with her on their break and found her scheming like she would back in their student days. Her plan was simple enough and should be something Cyrus could pull of with ease. He would simply make his way up to the potions classroom on his way down to dinner.

That was exactly what he did, made his way up to the fourth floor and waited until the last student left. Then it was a simple incantation, one that just kept the door from opening and was impervious to other magic. If the two locked inside wanted to bust down the door they could, but he doubted either wanted to deal with the repercussions of that. Then once he was done Cyrus made his way down for some food.

“All done. Now it’s Max’s turn.” Cyrus couldn’t help but smirk slightly, Hunter deserved a little of the trouble he put into the world back on his plate. The only reason he felt bad was that poor Dru would have to deal with the man now. Oh well. He took a seat besides Loire and filled a plate for himself. “No I haven’t burned it down, actually I think tomorrow I might bring a blanket and nap it’s so damn boring.” Then she dropped the envelope and Cyrus looked at it with a raised brow, until it dawned on him way it was. He snatched it off the table and hid it quickly, giving her a look that meant business. “Loire I’m not taking this. And I’m not talking about it here where someone could hear you.”

Just as he said that Sapphira joined them and Cyrus simply gave her a quick nod. Across the room Terran and Dixie. That just left Larkyn who would be joining them while the other two were tied up… speaking of. “Wait what are you going to tell your brother about where his fiancé is?”

 

[EclipseRosee]

Larkyn

Larkyn was thankful he had stopped drinking early because he completely forgot how excited first years got about flying a broom. He also forgot how enthusiastic they were in general. Thank god that this was only a month long class, after that they were on their own. Then he could focus purely on Quidditch once that practice started up. So he spent most of his day trying to teach troves of first years how to sit correctly on a broom, no one left the ground today but it was still quite the fucking load trying to do that little. Though despite how much work it was, Larkyn had to admit he was having a lot of fun. It was quite a bit different than his job as an auror.

Speaking of that job. As soon as he was done with his last students of the day, he did a quick walk of the grounds even though it wasn’t his time to do so and then decided to head in for dinner. Only he was interrupted on the way, a ball of blue light came flying in and threw itself right in his path before stopping. As it floated it turned from a ball into a patronus, a hawk he recognized easily. This wasn’t going to be good. It played a message after confirming Larkyn was alone, one that was only for his ears as to not create panic. The Quidditch World Cup had been attacked by death eaters. People died. People were injured. And someone put the dark lords symbol on high display in the sky. Larkyn was to get the message to staff and the headmistress without causing a commotion. Great.

Quickly the lanky man made his way to the main hall and straight to the dining area, it was around dinner time so he hoped to catch the headmistress there but only found his table of roommates. “Have any of you seen headmistress Elena? I need to find her quickly.”

 

[Pax Pardus Hale]

Loire

“Cyrus if that ever ends up in my possession again I will use it as kindling. Do not challenge me.” Loire met his stern look with one of her own, her brows furrowing as she glared up at him. This wasn’t up for debate, this wasn’t a fucking discussion. Why was he so damn stubborn? “Don’t worry about that, I’ve got that covered.” Loire was great at easing Larkyn’s concerns when it came to the trouble she caused. Missing fiancé? Easy. She’s going through rigorous training that will help her patience. If she somehow survived alone time with Hunter then she’d have the patience to deal with any student. A little payback and training all in one, honestly there was no better combination.

Loire munched on some fruit up until Larkyn joined them, her thin shoulders giving a small shrug at his question. He looked so serious for some reason though and she could tell something was up. Just as she thought that however the doors few open with the Heamistress Elena. Ask and you shall receive? Though there was no time for jokes. “Students and faculty, today has taken a grim turn for our sister schools. The Quidditch World Cup has been attack, and though I can’t provide many more details for you we are being ordered to lock down for the night. Students you will be escorted back to your dorms with your dorm Mothers. My dear special faculty members,” the older woman turned to face Loire and the others, “you will be staying in the library tonight, I cannot permit you to even leave the building at this time. Come sunrise we’ll gather back here and discuss our next steps.”

The hall began to chatter as everyone started to go to their designated areas. Guess she couldn’t even let Dru and Hunter out if she wanted, could she? The only positive to this night she supposed was that she didn’t have to listen to Hunter’s mouth. Without a word she stood and made her exit from the table and led the six of them to her favorite place, also know as the library. It was a two story large library filled with literature from almost every corner of the world, both Muggle and magic alike. “No fire, no magic. No harming the books.” Simple library rules but she felt the need to announce it just in case.

“Now, what do you know that she’s not telling us?” Straight to the point as always, but she knew that the whole school being locked down wasn’t due to some silly little attack. She turned to her brother with crossed arms and her usual stern stare.

 

[Pax Pardus Hale]

Serraphina

It was probably good that no one wanted her to teach students how to use a broom, back in the day Serraphina barely was able to get the broom off of the ground much less in the air. And after so many years back on the muggle side she was sure she wouldn't even remember the first thing about flying one. Still, it'd be nice to watch Quidditch once it started up again. The days events had her so exhausted that she couldn't even find it in her to make small talk at the table. She still needed Loire's advice but maybe it was best to let her eat first, from the glare she was giving Cyrus she didn't seem to be in the best mood? Or maybe that was just her normal look. Dixie and Terran joined as Serraphina put some food on her plate, and soon enough Larkyn was approaching them. Was it just her or did he look on edge? "Oh, no I haven't seen her. Isn't she usually here by now though?"

Either by mindreading or a coincidence Elena appeared and made her announcement. For some reason she got chills, she could just sense that there was more to the story than she was letting on. But announcing what really happen could scare the students. Larkyn was an Auror, he must have gotten the heads up on what happened. That was his job though and she was sure he wouldn't just tell them what happened, so Serraphina bit her tongue and refrained from asking. Loire popped up and headed without a word and it caused the red headed woman to scramble to get her satchel and follow close behind her. "For someone so tiny you move so fast!" Her green heels clicked on the marble floor of the school as she followed the small white haired woman.

How long had it been since she was even in this library? It seemed just as big as ever. For a second she got distracted by looking around, though she was quickly brought back to reality as Loire piped in with her question. "W-Whoa, Loire I'm sure he can't just divulge that information." It was killing her not to admit that she was curious, but she didn't want to cause any troubles for Larkyn. Oh, speaking of. "Has anyone seen Dru or Hunter? Should we go out to look for them?" Hogwarts was a good bit away from their school so she was sure the pair wasn't in immediate danger, however it was a tad worrisome that they weren't there.

 

[Colt Voltage]

Terran

Dixie was ... Oh, how do you put it? She was a breath of fresh air. He had traveled all around the world but he had never met a soul like her. Now maybe it was just a southern thing, but it really seemed like she was just that unique of a person. If he was truly going to be stuck here for a whole year then he wouldn't mind being stuck with her. "Well it was nice to be of assistance." Terran gave her a warm smile as she busied herself getting Turtle and her other things together. His hamster was carefully tucked away into the breast pocket of his shirt as always, he reached in and gave it a small head scratch as Dixie finished up. "Ready as I'll ever be. Right this way milady."

Once the pair was out the door he tucked his hands in his pockets, his brows arching as she brought up her question about Dru. His green eyes glanced over at her and his smile faltered slightly at the thought of what actually happened between the two. "Ah, it's not like it's some forbidden secret or anything. Dru is just mad at me for breaking her older sister's heart. I don't like strings attached in a relationship, as bad as that sounds. The only person I've ever had a real bond with is the old woman that adopted me and she's been gone for many years now, so I hope this doesn't make me sound like a terrible person." He gave a sad smile and nod as he continued with his story. "Don't get me wrong, I fully disclose this information with every lady I get involved with, and Dru's sister said she didn't want anything more either. Like Dru she had a fiancé and she just wanted something fun, something with no strings attached. We got along rather well but, well, I noticed she was becoming a little..." Obsessed. "Clingy, so I told her we should stop seeing each other. I should have seen the signs earlier but by that time it was too late. She broke off her engagement, lost her mind, started stalking me. Since then I've been traveling the world every few months so I don't find myself in a similar situation, I dyed my hair so I wouldn't look the same if she ever did find me."

Hopefully Dixie didn't think he was an awful person. He really did try! And Dru's sister was the only woman he wasn't on good standing with. By the time he was finished with his story Larkyn was approaching the table, and right after that the headmistress came in with her announcement. An attack, huh? It caused goosebumps to shoot down his spine, arms, everywhere. Something was wrong and he was sure he wasn't the only one that felt it. "Fleur, eat up." He handed a slice of apple to the small fluffy hamster before he stood up and sighed. He trailed behind Loire until they got to the library and instantly he noticed the cots behind the desk. Quietly he moved over to the desk and began to pull out the cots, as he assumed that this would be what they would be using for the night. "Normally I'm not one to pry for answers, Larkyn, but I too am curious. It's something that will create problems going forward, isn't it?"

 

[Sir Damien]

Hunter

"Did someone piss in your cheerios this morning princess? What's your problem?" She was EXTRA prickly today, though he wasn't against it. He liked having someone to banter with. "I got a note saying there was a mess in here and I needed to come clean it up, turns out the only mess I see is you." The dark haired man really had no filter, that or he had a death wish. He leaned against the mop as he watched her pack her things and make her way to the door, his brows arching curiously as she struggled to open the door handle. "Hey, I didn't do shit. But honestly yeah, watching you struggle is pretty entertaining." He gave a small chuckle, though his smile fell once he watched her spell fail.

"Come on, I have better things to do than be blamed for your inability to open the door. And I'm annoying and immature every day girl, no need for a free pass there." Hunter gave a heavy sigh and walked to the door, his large hand gripping the handle and giving it a big turn. Only, the handle didn't budge. His brows furrowed as he attempted to open it one or two more times before he realized what was happening. Loire, the tricky little shit. "Yeah I had this happen to me in a broom closet one time. See, the door's hexed. It can only be open from the outside unless whoever," he knew who did it, but it was more funnier not letting Dru know, "releases the hex. I mean I can break down the door if you'd like? Get another six months added to our sentence. Or we just wait for your dreamy fiancé to notice you're gone. Mine would leave me locked in a room until the end of time, so don't go hoping she'll save us."

"What's got you in such a sour mood? Might as well get comfy, we could be here all night." Hunter moved around the room to look around, seeing if the room had any secret switches or handles or anything. This school had secrets and dammit he was going to find it somewhere. "Did your day go bad? Want me to show up and threaten them? I could turn them into frogs if you'd like? If you appear weak these kids will chew you up and spit you out, trust me I used to do it to all the new teachers back in the day. C'mon, I'm sure you'll feel better talking about it. Or help me look for secret doors, or just don't talk. Really it's all up to you, girly." Hunter pulled at a few books on the shelf, groaning in disapproval when every book failed to open a door. "If you put a secret door in a big magical school where would you put it?"

 

[ZombieBaee]

Druella “Dru” Arville

This could not be happening. The day had already been bad enough but now this just had to be the cherry on fucking top. She wasn’t sure if this was some students idea of a prank but she knew she sure as hell wasn’t happy about it. Hunter seemed to give up quickly, leaving the door behind and moving around the room. Dru on the other hand tried a few more spells while the man moved about and rambled. “What are you on about now?” Finally she gave up and slid her wand back into her pocket as she turned to Hunter. This was going to be a long night.

Dru made her way back across the classroom and dropped her satchel on the chair before removing her bulky teachers robe. Might as well get comfortable, it might be the only thing that made her not lose her mind. “To start responding to your incessant rambling. No one pissed in my cheerios. Well, unless you count yourself, considering you’re the reason we’re all in the mess. Shockingly I don’t make the BEST teacher. It’s almost like there’s a reason I didn’t go into that profession.” She signed and hopped up to sit on her desk, crossing her black tight clad legs across one another as she leaned back on her hands. “What are you even going on about?”

Big secret door? He was pulling apart her bookshelves like he was looking for a trap door or something. “Will you please stop. You’re kicking up an insane amount of dust.” Dru sneezed and shook her head a bit, her hand moving up to waft the dust away from her face. “Are you looking for a book or something? Oddly enough I think I know someone who might know a little bit about the books and things in this room. I could possibly help, you know. If asked.” Not that she wanted to but if it stopped him from whatever this madness was, she’d take it.

Then he asked about her day and at first she wanted to tell him to fuck off. But then after a moment of thought she realized he was right, they were stuck in here. Silence almost seemed worse for some reason so Dru simply let out a sigh and began. “I just don’t know how to teach, and I clearly am not the teacher these kids want. They just kept asking why I was here and where Professor Tudor went. If I’m stuck here and forced to be miserable that’s fine, but I don’t want to ruin their year by being bad at this.” Dru may have came off a bit prickly but she wasn’t a bad person, she wasn’t nice but still. School had been an amazing part of her life up until it wasn’t, everything from here was fond memories up until the specialization ceremony. All of her teachers were great and she still remembered most of them fondly, she couldn’t bear the thought of being one of the ones everyone hated.

Dru jumped down from the desk and moved back to the door, absentmindedly trying it once more to no avail. Hopefully Hunter was right and Larkyn would come by soon.

 

[ZombieBaee]

Dixie

Dixie stayed silent as she listened to Terrans explaination of the history between Dru’s sister and himself. Honestly it all just seemed like a bad situation for everyone involved. While Dixie didn’t exactly agree with or condone the way he viewed relationships, it wasn’t her place anyways. It seemed like he made his views clear … that kind of made her heart hurt for him a bit. Love was magical, at least Dixie always believed it was. It felt sad and a little bit lonely that he viewed them like that.

“It just sounds sad for everyone involved.” Dixie gave him a soft reassuring smile, trying her best to show that she didn’t think any less of him. It was clear that he seemed a little nervous to be sharing with her but she appreciated his honesty. “You we’re honest about your expectations and did your best to remove yourself from a bad situation once you saw what was happening. It’s sad for her that it went that way. But it’s sad for you as well, it’s not like you wanted to hurt anyone.” Dixie sighed and pushed a small piece of hair from her face, “I do understand Dru though, when it’s your family you’re sometimes blind to things and just protect them no matter what.”

Dixie understood that last part far too well.

The two had made their way to join the others but were only sitting for a few moment when Larkyn came up to the table a bit frantically. “What’s going on?” Then not a moment later the headmistress was heading in and making her announcement leading to the quick movement of student and staff alike. Dixie was thankful that she had Turtle with her, she wouldn’t have made it through the night without him and if they weren’t allowed to leave the building she would have been terribly worried!

They made their way to the library, got their quick warning from Loire to respect the books and then it seemed like swiftly everyone was questioning Larkyn. Dixie however turned her attention to finding ways to make suitable sleeping spaces for everyone, thankfully there were arm chairs and some couches throughout the library but whatever was going on made her think everyone should stay close for the evening. “Loire I know the library is your baby so I feel I should ask permission, do you mind me rearranging some furniture for the evening? Whatever Larkyn is hopefully going to share with us… I have a feeling it will be unpleasant and we could all use some comfort in being nearby one another this evening.”

 

[EclipseRosee]

Larkyn

Thankfully Larkyn didn’t have to go looking for her, they must have sent a second message as well. Good, that would make things much more efficient. The students were ushered back to their dorms and the staff who were present were told to head to the library for the night. Loire was the first to head out, Larkyn stayed back to ask where he was needed. Regular security staff would handle the grounds and other aurors would be coming for occasional rounds for the next few days. That meant Larkyn was needed just to stay with the staff. After his quick catch up with the headmistress he made his way out the dining hall and down to the library to find the others.

As soon as he entered the room Loire was firing off questions. Terran backed her up with his own interest in the matter and Sapphira tried to calm down the questions but… it was a lost cause. “Let’s just all take a breath okay. I’m going to tell you just- let me breathe.” Larkyn didn’t get stressed by many things but this… this was a whole other level. This was insanity? Terror? Both. More? Jesus. This was life changing, death eaters hadn’t been a thing in his lifetime, they were horror stories of the past. They weren’t supposed to exisit anymore let alone in numbers large enough to organize an attack.

“Dixie’s right, it’s not going to be a good night.” Larkyn sighed and leaned again the desk, “The attack the the World Cup was deatheaters… they even put the fucking sign in the sky. You Know Who’s sign.” Larkyn looked over at his sister as he spoke, this information would hit everyone here differently. They were a mix of pureblood and non. They had different things to fear. Especially families like his own who used to have death eater friends way back in the day… “They didn’t catch any of them either. People died. Kids died… that’s why they ordered all the schools on lockdown for the night. Just to make sure there won’t be any others tonight.”

Sapphira mentioned Dru and Hunter and for the first time he noticed that his fiancé was absent. Did that make him terrible? “Oh, I’m sure she just got caught up in class. The headmistress was sending someone to patrol so, I’m sure she’s okay. Drus quite capable, plus I don’t know if I should go breaking any rules during a time like this…”

 

[Pax Pardus Hale]

Loire

While Loire didn't expect good news she didn't anticipate how bad the news actually would be. Larkyn was visibly rattled, Death Eaters, he who shall not be named, it caused her to shift uncomfortably. Her parents didn't exactly brag about their 'past' connections to the Death Eaters, they claimed that in the history of their family they were associates, friends even, but she knew that there had to be more to the story. Loire always got the feeling that they were members, her father was suspicious and so were there ancestors. That was the thing though, she didn't give it much thought because it was a thing of a past. It was supposed to be a thing of the past, at least. She never expected them to make such a bold, unwelcomed appearance. To go so far as to kill a student? As much of a cold bitch that Loire could be she valued everyone of her students and she would do anything to protect them.

The night was quiet. After they rearranged the plush furniture in the lounge of the library they all got situated, either on the couches or on the cots, or in Loire's case she found herself getting up after tossing and turning to do some research. There wasn't much about Death Eaters in the library for obvious reasons but she did have one book hidden from the rest of the students behind her desk. Her defense against the dark arts would be more pertinent than ever. Loire would never be an Auror like her brother she would do everything to protect the school.

By the time she was done brushing up on some spells she noticed daylight was breaking. Time to get moving. Did she feel bad about locking the two of them in the room? Not really. Did she find it funny that Larkyn wouldn't go and rescue them? Oh, of course. But being stuck with Hunter too much longer and she was sure that Dru would clinically go insane. Loire quietly exited the library and made her way down the halls to the potions room. With a small wave of her wand she focused on releasing the hex. Everything seemed to work at first, though she flinched as soon as the handle was engulfed in ice. "Oh, fuck you." She glowered quietly and smacked off the ice from the handle before walking into the classroom. "Were you guys in here all night? Death Eaters are on the prowl at Hogwarts, they killed a student, and the dark lord is making his grand appearance. Let's go get some breakfast."

And with that she made her way to the dining hall. Today was sure to be an interesting day.

 

[Pax Pardus Hale]

Serraphina

Death Eaters? You know who? Serraphina was muggle born, muggle raised, and she went to a small sister school of Hogwarts. She didn't come from a fancy pureblood bloodline, she didn't know what or who they were talking about. Most of the night she spent asking Larkyn questions about what he was talking about, as embarrassing as it was. He didn't make her feel like an idiot though, he explained who the Death Eaters were and basically that this was bad news. Serraphina suddenly felt terrified. She was just a human who happened to be skilled with magic, she was in no way shape or form prepared to defend students lives! But there was no way that they would come to their small school, right? There was nothing there of significance, right?

Her nerves were shot from the exhausting day and from the unsettling news, so much that she didn't even remember falling asleep. When she woke up it was from the bright light of the sun peeking through the large stained glass windows of the library, giving a small yawn as she sat up from the chair. "Good morning guys." As Serraphina stood from the chair and smoothed out her dress she noticed that Loire was already gone, and that Hunter and Dru were still not with them. Larkyn said that she probably got caught up with class and she'd be fine, plus he was right about breaking rules right now not being the best idea. Today she was feeling more positive about everything going on. "You guy's I'm sure things will be OK. If we're scared then the student's are going to be scared, so I think it's best we just put on a brave face for them? I mean, we have our own personal bad ass Auror at the school, I hear Loire's pretty good with the dark arts, and we have two criminals. It sounds like we can take on anything!" Was she trying to convince them or her that they'd be OK? A little bit of both, but she had to say something motivational.

They made their way to the dining hall to see Loire already there along with Hunter and Dru and a small smile crept up on her pretty lips. "I'm glad to see you guys are well, we missed you in the library last night. Late night going over lesson plans or something?" Serraphina sat at the table and decided to start some small talk, though she knew that the pair would probably have a million questions about what was going on. "Oh, I forgot to ask how everyone's first day went yesterday. Larkyn, how are the flying lessons going with the first years?"

 

[Sir Damien]

Hunter

There was absolutely no way that the two of them were walking away from this night best friends, but the least Hunter could do was be civil and somewhat nice to Dru. He even felt a little bad about pulling out so much dust. "Sorry about, uh, the dust? No, I'm just looking for secret doors. Buttons, books, statues, y'know, the usual switches to secret doors." He left it at that though and placed the last book he pulled out back in it's original position, tucking his hands carefully in his pockets once he was done. In turn he hopped up on one of the desks and listened to Dru as she went on about her day. Truth be told he felt bad for her. No one really wanted to be in this situation but he had never felt bad about getting them all in it until this very moment. He could tell she wanted to be a good teacher for the kids, or that she at least wanted them to have a good teacher.

"I don't think anyone's perfect when they start out teaching. It's all about learning and growing with your students, right? I mean you'll both learn new things every day. I'm stuck with training all our new recruits in the group and I learn something new from each group, that's kind of the fun of it. And I mean, if Loire can be a good teacher then I'm sure someone with your wit and intellect will excel. She's cold and crass, and you're, like, smart and elegant. The kids are just curious is all, show 'em the real you and they'll feel better about you teaching them. I'll come by one of these days and observe, give you a few tips and tricks." A wide grin appeared on his face as he spoke. It wasn't often he just got to chat with someone, most of his days were spent secluded and planning, teaching, or out on a job. He never just got to relax with someone so it was nice, even if that person hated his guts.

"You'll be their favorite teacher by the end of this year, promise. Now, want to bust out some card games? The old professor always had cards tucked away in one of these cabinets, we used to gamble whenever I was in detention." And so that's how the rest of their night went. They played card games, bickered back and forth, talked about some of their favorite memories in school. He kind of lost track of time? Dru was actually better company than he initially thought. He was pretty sure that was the longest discussion he had ever had with someone and it felt... nice? Hunter was a loner, he stuck to the shadows and didn't get along with many people. So, even if Dru still hated him he at least valued their night together.

He had only been asleep for a few hours when he heard someone struggling with the doorknob again. A loud yawn passed his lips and he groaned quietly into his arm that he was using as a pillow. "Dru seriously, chill with the door. You're not getting it open." The door however creaked open and he instantly jumped up. "Loire? Seriously?" A small chuckle came from him at their unlikely savior, though his face fell grim at her news. She said it so fucking casual too and then just...just... just fucking left! "Whoa there girly! You coming Dru?" Hunter looked back at Dru before taking off after Loire, finally catching up to her as they entered the dining hall. "You can't just drop a bombshell like that on us. What happened?" He completely ignored Sapphira as he began to interrogate Loire, though he was probably better off getting answers out of Larkyn. "What the fuck happened last night guys?"