Hogwarts Year Three: Dark magic returns pt1

[Miekzhemy]

Rachel

Rachel sighed deeply as she made her way back to the Great Hall and attempt to finish her work. Passing close to where the Charms classroom was, she was soon stopped by Raphael, who had gotten her attention. She easily recognized him from the ball, the train and the class, but she couldn't say she knew him that well.

"Teach you? Well, err..." she began. She hadn't exactly taught anyone how it worked, but it wasn't nearly as complicated as it was tedious. "I guess I could? Keep in mind the process is pretty bloody long and difficult, but I could get you on track to figuring it out. You up for it?" she asked with a smirk.

[True Christopia]

Andrew

Why is everybody following me? Leave me alone! Despite having puked it all up. the fat was still there. And they were seeing it. They were looking at his repulsive body.

And then, he snapped.

Quickly, he drew his wand and yelled "Impedimenta!" Likely, it wouldn't be successful - if it did, it would merely slow them down, and if not, it would convey the message he intended. Without even checking if the spell was successful or not, he turned and ran as fast as he could, down the corridors, and out of the castle and into the grounds.

He continued running until he found the lake, sitting beside a large tree, and letting the tears flow.

[The Flutterlands]

Raphaël Raymond

Raphaël grimaced a little at Rachel and clutched his book. Patience wasn't exactly his strong suit in life which often got him into trouble and hindered his work. His patience, though, have improved with his accomplishments in where it was required like potions. However, this was kind of a goal he had in life, obtaining the ability to transform into an animal at will. Raphaël was determined to accomplish it at all costs. Besides this could actually help with the lack of patience he still had. "Y-yeah, sure." Raphaël replied with an eager and determined yet kind of weak smile, "I think I could do this. So how is it done? Like I mean the concept is cool and all, but what exactly is it like?"

---

Alexander Markus

Alexander simply watched in shock as Andrew continued running. He was gonna continue to chase after him. However, once the Hufflepuff casted the Impedimenta charm, slowing him down, Alex fully realized the folly of his actions, realizing that the boy wanted to be alone. Alex, you fool., the Slytherin rebuked himself, Don't you know how to tell that someone wants to be left alone? You've done so well with Theodore and Raphael who like being alone when upset.

Sighing sadly, Alexander shook his head in regret. He turned and began walking slowly down the halls, the Impedimenta jynx still in place. Alex waved goodbye to David before heading towards Slytherin Common Room, hoping to find Ruby out of bed by now.

Back at the Common Room, however, Alexander became greatly concerned. No matter where he looked, he could find no trace of Ruby in the Slytherin Dungeon. Not to mention there was no sign of her in Hogwart's Medical Ward. Greatly troubled after a good look around, Alexander eventually found Caitie in the common room. "Excuse me, Ms. Caitie." he spoke calmly, his face and voice though filled with great concern, "Have you seen Ruby anywhere? She's been gone all day and it's not like her to vanish like this."

[Britanania]

Caitie

Caitie was reading in her usual spot when Alex walked up to her. Upon first greeting her, Caitie looked up from her book and shot him an icy glare.

What does he want? Doesn't he see I'm busy?

"Yeah, what is it Alex?" She asked in a woody tone, noticing but not really caring about the concern on his face. At least, she didn't care until he mentioned Ruby. Caitie's expression remained neutral.

Only natural. The girls earlier were wondering where she was.

Caitie shook her head and put the book down.

"I haven't see her since we left the station," she said simply, and not technically lying.

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Henry watched as Caitie left, her long platinum hair trailing behind her. He sighed and returned to the alchemy lab. As he walked he becamed attuned to the beat. He had noticed that the chamber had a certain cadence to it as he had spent more and more time in there. Drip, drip, drip. The water dripped from the ceiling into the central pool. A low hissig emenated from the walls as toilests were flushed and sinks where used. The fire flared in an almost rythmic fashoin. The dark sympthony began to swell. Henry returned to his experiment, injecting the Romanian element into the brown poition, suddenly turning it a clear blue. The dripping continued. He set the blue to boil and watched as it turned green, then an almost gemlike red, which was consumed by a storm like Grey. A pale mist began to flood around Henry's feet, but still he continued his work. He took the potion of the flame and set it in an odd crystal instrument which diluted it to become clear, which Henry then stored in a flask and put into a large case of potions on another side of the room. He then checked another one of the tomes he had found in Romania. The dripping became faster. Though he had put the fire out, the flares became more prominent, growing louder and louder even as he tried to drown him out. The hisses became louder as well, and a low rattle became noticeable over the cacophany. Henry soon found himself unable to concentrate, as the sounds beagn to drown out reason. He sat covered his ears, and began to try and walk out of the room. He tripped and fell on the floor, The sounds became louder and louder as he continued trying to make them go away. Darkness began to consume his vision, and soon everything was black.

The first thing Henry became aware of was that he was still alive. Then he remebered who he was, and then he noticed the music had stopped. He opened his eyes and found himself in a world of Fog. He began to wander, not able to find a solid object except for the floor amongst the mist. Slowly, he noticed two other objects in the mist with him. A light ahead of him and a shadow behind him. He continued to walk as the the shadow and light became more defined. The light took the form of a small child, not older than a first year, grinning and playfully throwing light at the shadow behind Henry, which grew into a man in flowing robes of a material so black it seemed to drain the light around it. Both emenated magical power that frightened Henry. He asked them in a voice he did not recognize "Who are you?" The child giggled while the man said nothing. Henry continued to walk forward, hoping he could find a way out. The fog began to grow thicker and became harder to move through like a sludge. The air became harder to breathe. Finally, after what seemed like days of walking Henry asked the both of them "Do either of you have a way out" At the same time both figures said "Yes." Henry looked up and asked them "Can you show me?" The figures answered in sync again "For a price." Henry stood up and said "Name your price then entities, My patience is running thin and I want to go back. The figures answered simultaneously again "Kill the other." Henry looked back and forth at the figures before asking "Why?"

The child answered first "The shadow is nothing. He is the purest of evils and the darkest of foes. You shall not overcome him if you kill me, for observe, migh light is the only thing keeping him back. I will protect you Grey against the shadow's demons and monsters he sends to haunt you. I will protect your soul and redeem you for what you have done. The darkness will consume all that you know. You cannot fight it alone Henry, you need to trust me and let it go for the good of all. Destroy the shadow and find peace. Then you may become whatever you like."

The Shadow answered second "The light promises you freedom and peace, but it lies. Those things do not exist for you. You know your destiny and you know what you must do. If you destroy me, then you will be destroyed as well. You cannot destoy yourself, as much as the light would like. Where the light promises choice and security, I promise power and control. With me at your side your dreams will be achieved and the world will fall at your knees. Ruby and those countless others who will die for your cause will be avenged and the world will be restored to the true order of things. But if you do not believe me on this consdier the other thing, thats biting the back of your skull. You cannot have darkness without light, I cannot exist with out the light. Destroy him and you will be free of me as well, and then you will have the true freedom to choose your destiny, to be a Grey. Think on that Henry. Think on that."

Henry drew his wand and began to aim back and forth between the two figures. They began to circle around him, watching him closely. Henry's mind began to dance, the fog began to ebb and flow around the trio. The light and shadow began to dance, spinning and twirling, the steps an intricate pattern carving runes of an age unknown into the floor. The dance became faster. The child began to laugh while the man began to chuckle. Henry began to see no difference between the two. Finally, a magical bolt of energy pierced the air. Henry lowered his wand. A door appeared. The child fell to the floor, a hole in his chest. The shadow began to laugh "Well done Henry, I knew you could make the right cho-" The shadow heard another spell go off, and saw that he too had a hole where his cold dead heart had been. As the light faded from the child's flesh, Henry saw a younger version of himself appear, while the shadow's hood fell from his face, revealing an older looking version of Henry Grey. Henry began to walk to the door, not noticing that the one thing he had been lacking in this strange place, a shadow, was now following him. Stepping through the door, Henry found himself on the floor of the Alchemy lab. Chalking up the experience as potion fumes, Henry turned on the ventilation systems and in turn left the chamber, to go think about what had just happened to him.

[The Flutterlands]

Alexander Markus

Alex's eyes narrowed a bit, remembering how much he didn't like her, and sighed as he closed them for a moment. Thinking back in memory, his mind looked to the last time he saw Ruby. Alex recalled following her off the train and later saying goodnight to Ruby near the dorms before going to bed. After that there was no sign or trace of her. It was most unnatural for Ruby or any student to go missing like this. Even Raphael had his usual hiding places where you're sure to find him.

"Well, if you see Ruby again, or hear anything at all about her whereabouts, plesse let me know." Alex replied with another sad sigh, "She's a very good friend of mine and Ralph's and I recall her being Andrew's girlfriend. Andrew has been most troubled all day after everything he's been through with charms class not helping at all. I don't doubt that things could only get worse for him if she's truly missing... or worse."

[Miekzhemy]

Rachel

"Even though it takes forever, it's honestly quite simple in my opinion," Rachel began. "It begins with a mandrake leaf. Essentially, you pop the leaf in your mouth and keep it there for an entire month - no exceptions for eating or drinking. About twice a day for this month you repeat a spell upon yourself: 'Amato, animo, animato, animagus.' At the end of said month, and in the midst of a lightning storm, is when the final ritual takes place. The leaf kept in your mouth is used for the brewing of a special potion. When it's finished...you repeat the spell, down the potion, and repeat the spell again. If everything goes correctly, it prompts your first transformation. Bear in mind that your patronus is typically the same animal that you would transform into...but we haven't exactly learned about something as complex as that in Gleen's class yet."

Rachel continued as they walked. "Another thing...and this is where the patience part comes in. Not only does it take an entire month of keeping that bloody leaf in your mouth for it to work; If anything were to mess up, and I mean ANYTHING - missing out on the spell, the leaf falling out of your mouth or a mistake in the potion - you have to repeat the entire process. And I mean everything, including the part with the mandrake leaf. That's why it takes so bloody long. Hell, I spent almost the entire second year trying, and I didn't get it right until the beginning of this year."

She cleared her throat after the mouthful of explanations. "Anyways, we can start as early as tomorrow. I'll try and snag a leaf or two during Herbology tomorrow--"

She was interrupted by a sudden "Impedimenta!" being shouted from across the hall, sending its respective spell barreling down the corridor. By the time Rachel looked in that direction, she only saw Andrew sprinting down the hall as if he was trying to run a marathon.

"We'll talk later about that..." Rachel said to Raphael with her voice trailing off. She started down the same corridor with a quick walk, just fast enough to notice that Andrew wasn't just leaving the hallway, but was sprinting out of the main gate of the Entrance Hall as well.

"Where is he...?"

It took a minute to figure out why he was suddenly losing it. Then it hit her. Ruby. People were asking constantly where she was, almost as if she had disappeared. She wasn't there when they had Muggle Studies earlier that morning either. Was she sick? Surely he'd know about it. Rachel sighed and paced outside into the courtyard, only to find Andrew wasn't there either.

"He couldn't have gone far...could he?"

Rachel kept walking until she nearly reached the forest, but still there was no sign of him. Then she got a little worried. It wouldn't be long until sunset, and the grounds got pretty cold during the night. Leaping forward onto all fours, she transformed and trudged through the wooded grounds. Fortunately for her, most animals and critters would be wise to ignore a brown bear walking through the woods. After over half an hour of walking around and trying in vain to find any sign of a scent, she arrived at the lake. In the distance and near a tree she spotted the lone form of a Hufflepuff student, noticeably crying.

Rachel was careful to approach him, and transformed back when she was a couple yards from the tree Andrew was sitting under. She slipped her hands into her robe pockets and stepped closer. Seeing the state Andrew was in, and how even Ruby wasn't there anymore, Rachel couldn't help but feel even worse for him. She eventually spoke, softly but audibly.

"Can we talk?"

[Skylus]

Derek

He was bored.
Very bored.
After nearly getting killed by some Centaurs, Derek had made his way to the lake, where he had been trying to catch fish for the last few minutes.
This isn't working! At this rate, I'll probably fall in and drown....Can I even swim?
The wolf cocked his head in question and then decided to jump in the lake to test his question.
His head went under water and he swallowed from instinct.
No! You idiot! Swim up!
Panicking, the beast flailed around in the water before surging upwards and throwing himself up onto the shoreline, coughing up water for several minutes.

...That was stupid...Maybe I should try again in shallower water next time...
Then he heard a familiar voice.
Rachel?
She was around 5 yards away, nearby a tree that overhung the lake.
Next to her was...
Andrew.
Derek got up and shook himself, sending water everywhere and took a few steps forwards, then stopped.
Should I go over there?
He decided to, and took off towards his friends.

[True Christopia]

Andrew

He looked over his shoulder, and spotted Rachel, and felt a boiling anger rising in his chest. Why wouldn't people just leave him alone?!

"Please, just leave me alone." he pleaded with her, wrapping his robe around himself to conceal it all.

[Rannoria]

William Darkenstone

William sighed as the lesson finished. He kept thinking about what Ava had told him the day before in the train. Maybe subordinates are necessary should real change be attempted. An army is easy to muster but allies...allies are hard to find. he thought as he was preparing to leave the classroom. A revolution needs revolutionaries. And perhaps I shouldn't only focus on immortality for me but also the liberation of the wizards and witches. Maybe such goals can only be achieved simultaneously?

As he was exiting the classroom, he turned towards Henry, who had rushed to leave, and Caitie, who was leaving at the moment. William was, in a way, jealous of these two. They were surrounded by allies and underlings, especially Henry, the "leader" of the group he had assembled. William understood facades when he saw them and knew Henry could be, and perhaps was, more than a school bully and prankster.

He had abandoned temporarily the search for information on Horcruxes. Information to create them was too vague and required highly intricate Dark Magic which he couldn't yet do. The creation of a Horcrux was still a major goal but he was now preoccupied with reading about Voldemort's and Grindelwald's life and tactics they both employed, practicing magic, especially its darker and more arcane forms whenever he found it possible and studying on necromancy. While having ruled out the possibility of necromancy being used for the resurrection of his parents, it could be perfect for the creation of an obedient, and conscienceless, army. He hadn't yet attempted it, however.

William left the classroom. His mind was troubled by the dilemmas inside his head and he noticed at the last moment the boy sitting near the classroom. He knew him as Marcellius but they hadn't really talked all that much. William was apprehensive at first, but changed his mind and approached the boy.

"Hello Marcellius. I hope I am not interrupting you. I see you are lost in your thoughts."

Hogwarts Halls, Marcellius Burgundy
Marcellius snapped to reality.

"Oh, hey, uh, William. How's it going. Nah, you're not interrupting me, I'm fine." Marcellius knew William was pure-blooded. A small voice in his mind nags him to go with him regardless. To help William's cause. He blocks it out, but a small headache is the result. "Uh, so. Whatcha come to me for? Need me? Or, anything else, really?" To be honest, Marcellius did want to join whatever William was doing. Well, okay, maybe not "whatever", but Marcellius was bored. He didn't know what to do, and most of the people he knew are somewhere else or are in their own dilemmas.

[Miekzhemy]

Andrew

He looked over his shoulder, and spotted Rachel, and felt a boiling anger rising in his chest. Why wouldn't people just leave him alone?!

"Please, just leave me alone." he pleaded with her, wrapping his robe around himself to conceal it all.

Rachel

Rachel was slightly taken aback by Andrew, of all people, snapping back at her. She looked over the boy practically cowering and curling up. If he wouldn't protest, she'd step a little closer to the tree.

"I just wanted to talk," she said again. "You hardly did any of that over the break. I don't want to stand around and just watch you fall apart like this..."

[True Christopia]

Andrew

"I just want to be left alone." he repeated, looking away from her and over the lake. When Derek started to approach, he scrunched up his fist, feeling a strong urge to leave.

[Britanania]

Caitie

She nodded gravely.

Can't say I'm surprised, but this isn't really my place to talk about it, she thought as she nodded at Alex's words.

"I'm sorry, Alex," she said, looking down at her feet. "I knew Ruby, but not as well as you or Andrew. I wish I could help." The young witch stood and started making for the door.

[United Democratic Christian States]

David

"Alright, see you later Alex, I'm gonna try to go catch up with Andy."

Moments later Rachael ran in front of him heading out of the Castle.

Well I mine as well fallow

Soon they both arrived outside, He noticed Rachael was turning into a brown bear.

HOLY SHIT!.....Damnnnnn.....

Alright think....

If I stay close enough to Rachael I should be relatively protected.

David then proceeded to run dead into the woods, following the brown hunk of fur around.
Eventually they landed at the lake and Rachael transformed back into her normal self again. He soon saw Andrew laying their crying.

He wondered if he should step in.

Maybe in a little bit, don't wanna overwhelm the poor lad

Soon Derek started to approach and Andrew was wanting everyone to leave.

Well now or never!

"Hey Andy..." David said softly......

"I know from experience that shutting people out after a terrible event that happens won't help you at all, it will only make you more and more depressed, and you will shut people out."

Should I come clean about my Depression now?

NO, this is about Andrew.

But I'm doing EXACTLY what I said I shouldn't be

No, I'm not im quit literally next to a lake with a few others making a difference in this small way.

Davids heart worked as that spark he so desperately wanted seemed to be on drugs or something and going off the charts

"So please Andy, please talk to us!"

[True Christopia]

Andrew
That's it. Andrew finally snapped.

The kindness in his eyes seeped away, and he stood up, and for the first time in his life, he yelled "Oh, would you all just fuck off! Can't I just be alone for one fucking minute?!"

With that, he turned and stormed off, following the side of the lake. Then drawing his wand, he shouted over his shoulder "And don't bloody follow me!"

[New Roman Empire]

James Vanriemdike

James was a fifth year student at Hogwarts, he was strong for his age and was around many of the quidditch players. But he had finally decided what he was going to do, he was going to try to get Caitie a third year student who he had seen around. He had just caught sight of her, "Hey Caitie I was wondering if you'd like to go and get something to eat sometime?" Asked James as he walked Infront of her to get her attention. James was considered by many women in the school to be handsome, not to mention he had developed muscles that made his very strong for his age.

Adam

Adam walked off the pitched bruised and tired, practice had been horrible. The fact that seem strange was that Andrew never came to practice, which was very strange for him. Adam stripped his practice clothing off and quickly changed, he had a black eye from not paying attention to where he was going and took a quaffile to the face. But he was exhausted, but he didn't really want to go back to the castle. So he decided to talk a walk along the lake, it always seemed to be peaceful here or it normally was. Adam heard people shouting more specifically Andrew shouting. He took off running thinking his friend was in trouble, only to find Derek, David and Rachel trying to help him with something. Then Adam heard he wanted to be left alone, that was strange for him to hear. "Well that was um interesting, what happened to him today?" Asked Adam as he joined the group.

[Miekzhemy]

Rachel

In the middle of everything, they were suddenly engulfed by more people trying to coax Andrew into talking. As Rachel expected, it didn't help. In fact, it got even worse.

She watched solemnly as she stormed off. Rachel promptly whipped around to face everyone who had showed up.

"You all HAD to come and make it worse, didn't you? I was going to make an effort myself to talk sense into him, and then you all muck it up!"

She glanced back at Andrew running off one more time before she made her way back to the castle. "Well done, you lot..."

[Britanania]

Caitie

She was nearly out of the common room when a voice stopped her.

James Vanriemdike? That chav..., she thought as the jock droned on about wanting to get some good sometime. She raised an eyebrow.

What, is he serious?. Caitie held her books close to her chest as she took a step back, running her free hand through her long hair and looking down.

"Sorry, James," she said in a bored tone. "I'd love to go out with you, but I’m going to have a migraine all this week," she added with a smirk.

[United Democratic Christian States]

David

Well their goes my chance to possibly end depression, man my life is shit

"I'm terribly sorry Rachael, I tried to talk to him outside of Mytrles restroom however before I even finished a scentence he shot the aImpedimenta charm at my and Alex, I only followed because I thought I must have startled him and wanted to talk it out with him."

Which I obviously failed at....David thought to himself.

"Well I guess I'll go finish my Charms essay now, I'll be in the courtyard if needed."

[Skylus]

Derek
Wait, when did everyone show up?

Even he was feeling claustrophobic so Derek backed away from everyone and ran away a few feet and then stopped.
The wolf then turned around when he heard Andrew curse at everyone and then run off.
Derek decided to follow him, for better or for worse.

While everyone was walking back, Derek hid away under a bush until they were gone, then the wolf left the bushes and made sure to stay out of Andrew's sight until further notice.

[New Roman Empire]

Adam

Adam was shocked at what had just happened, he turned to follow Rachel back to the castle when he somewhat snapped. "Hey, he's not just your friend! He is my friend too and the fact was all I heard was shouting and he never came to practice, so I figured he was in trouble by the shouting. So I rushed over as soon as I could, your not the only one who is worried about him. Frankly I'm worried about you as well, you always carry everyone's problems on your shoulders like it's your own. That concerns me very much so." Added Adam as he managed to relax after the first sentence just came out of his mouth.

James

James smiled for a moment until it sunk in, "Trust me I know how to have a good time just give it a shot." Argued James as he brought his hand and attempted to touch her hand with his own. "Trust me, it'll be fun and besides all the women say I'm the most handsome guy in school you'd regret missing out on it," added James ignore the last bit of her comment. He had plans already working in his head, he knew exactly what he was going to do if she denied him twice and it wouldn't end well for her at all.

[Britanania]

Caitie

His touch sent a wave of hatred through her body. Her eyes grew wide.

Did he just?

His heavy lips touching yours...

Your back against the cold stone

The warm blood...

Caitie quickly swatted his hand away and shot bullets into his eyes.

"James," she said curtly. "Between you and a castrated, centuries old, deformed house elf, I would prefer the house elf. I wouldn't date you if the fate of all wizards depended on it, or even if the fate of all human depended on it. I suggest you try hitting on women closer to your intellectual level, such as eight year olds." She said, loud enough for everyone to hear

Without another word, Caitie turned and walked out of the common room, leaving just as the snickers began.

[Miekzhemy]

Rachel

Rachel was making her way back, occasionally looking back at the group now starting to follow HER. When Derek appeared to make a move to head back towards the forest, she turned and hollered out so he could hear.

"Derek, if you follow Andy out there and tick him off even more, I'll tear your damn head from its shoulders!"

She then turned and continued on her way, just as Adam started speaking to her as well. It didn't take long until Rachel snapped as well. Or, perhaps exploded would be a better term. She suddenly turned as she stormed through the grounds towards the castle, and on her face was possibly the most malicious expression she could have shown outside of a quidditch game. She was angry, very angry. No, she was furious. In fact, most words in the English language couldn't hope to come close to describing how ABSOLUTELY LIVID she was. If it was possible, steam would be coming out of her ears. Rachel immediately snapped back at Adam, and she was yelling. Not even yelling - she was practically screaming.

"WERE YOU THE ONE WHO HAD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT HE CAME BY?! WERE YOU THE ONE FORCED TO WATCH THE POOR SOD TEAR HIMSELF APART?!" Her face was as red as a beet, but she kept on.

"I COULDN'T WATCH HIM DO THAT TO HIMSELF! YOU GET IT, YOU FOCKING LOON?!" she continued. At this point she was hyperventilating.

"I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO TRY AND CHEER HIM UP, MIND YOU!! BUT NOTHING IS WORKING! I CAN'T EVEN TALK TO HIM ANYMORE! WHAT'S NEXT FOR HIM, AY?! SUICIDE?!" she shrieked.

The last word of her tirade echoed throughout the entire courtyard and possibly the grounds too. It reverberated through her mind, and Rachel stared Adam in the eyes with a mix of shock and pure rage on her face. Her fists were clenched, her face was red, and her heart was pounding.

[Skylus]

NPC
"Well, with what all of you have been doing with your sorry little lives, maybe he'll consider it."
Connor glared down at the group with malice.
"You think all of you can take me out, think again."
Then he heard footfalls behind him and then a low voice.
"If you touch them, I swear I will deal you harm."
Connor turned to see Derek standing there, a small dagger in his left hand.
"What are you going to do, Traitor? Stab me? Go ahead."
Derek raised the dagger slightly and took a step towards Connor, who simply raised his wand.
"Drop it. Now. Before someone else gets killed."
"What?"
"People have been disappearing..."
Connor's voice became dark as he began to walk around Derek, wand always pointing at his chest.
"Like who?"
"I can't tell you that...But...I can tell you that there's danger coming...Best watch out...or else you might die."
Derek had had enough and lunged forwards-

Connor was gone.
"...How...You're not allowed to..."
Unable to finish speaking, Derek reached to his side and re-sheathed the dagger in its scabbard and turned to face the others.
"...Something's going on. And I intend to find out what, with or without you."

[CoraSpia]

Ava

Their were times when Ava wanted to be alone, times she didn't even want to speak to William. She didn't know what brought them on, but sometimes she just wanted to sit by herself, watch the sky, lean back and think; she'd almost end up in some form of meditative trance.
It was heading back from one of these events when she heard Rachel's screams, and from the newspaper she knew exactly who she was talking about.
"Hopefully," she laughed coldly, making sure they could hear.