Kylie didn't even bother going over to her table, she'd sit here till the other students showed up. She lowered herself onto the bench beside Brent, ignoring the flutter in her stomach. For the first time she glanced down at the table finding it empty. "The plates are missing too, what's going on here?"

Keegan sat down on the other side of the bench, hoping that Anya would take a seat beside him. He didn't understand what was going on here. But he was just to hungry to really comprehend it at the moment. He turned his head in Kylie's direction when she mentioned the plates. His stomach gave a loud grumble which saved him from saying what he thought.

Brent gave a "Humph" noise when Kylie sat down by him and mentioned food. "Hmm...that's odd. House-elves are taking a break?" he suggested. Obviously, more than house-elves were taking a day off.

"I'm hungry," he said randomly. His stomache gave a rumble, backing up his words.

"No idea really," she said to him before turning to the others and giving them a questioning look as if to say, 'what do you think's going on.'

She turned back to look at him, and then decided she'd better keep her eyes elsewhere, but it was a good way to keep her mind off her hunger though it made her stomach flutter.

Growing bored of sitting alone, Torin decided to saunter over to the small group of students. It didn't look like anyone would be joining him at his table any time soon and he craved attention. Lowering himself onto a bench, he casually leaned his elbows against the table. "You guys figure out any answers yet?" he asked the group at large as he stretched out his legs in front of him. But, by the expressions on their faces, he guessed they knew about as much as he did.

Torin's eyes flickered to the doorway, wondering if Rebekah, the girl he dated off and on last spring would show up. He didn't see her on the train or all summer for that matter, having vacationed most of the holidays. That was really the only downfall he could see about being one of the few students to show up so far - missing his friends, that and the fact that he was getting quite hungry. The missing professors he could definitely get used to, a thought which caused a chuckle to escape his lips.

Keegan looked over at the guy that had sat down with their group. He answered his question simply, "I really don't know, I guess we're just waiting to see what happens." He paused for a minute before a thought occured to him. "I don't think I've ever met you before. I'm Keegan Parker."

Shawn walked over to the group of people. "I don't know surely everyone else is here somewhere" He said looking around. It just couldn't possibly be that they were here all alone could it. He just couldnt' imagine that there wasn't anyone else at the school. He looked around seeing who all was there, some of the people he sort of knew but not really great friends with. What was going on.

Anya looked around the Hall at all of the confusion that was going on. Did anyone have a clue what was happening. Luckily she noticed that the plates did turn up on only one of the tables. Where the elves not expecting as many people? What was going on? She looked around for a familier face and noticed Keegan. "Hey you" She said with a smile, "Do you have any clue where the rest of the school is?" She asked him.

Keegan smiled at Anya still hoping she'd sit down beside him before someone else took the seat, that is if anyone else came. "I was just wondering that myself, actually," he said to her with a confused smile. "It's weird being in here, with just the group of us, and no one else around," he said. Kind of intriguing though too, he thought.

Jack walked inside the castle, amazed at all of the people not here. He looked around for some familiar faces, but couldn't find anyone. "Where is everyone?" he asked, scratching his head out of confusion.

Anya smiled at Keegan, "I know and what a random group of people, I mean it seems like no one really knows too many people here." She commented. It was true none of them really knew each other than much. She only was close to a few of the people. Her and Keegan had always been pretty good friends. "Do you mind if I have a seat?" She aske him with a sweet smile. She took one more look around the room. What was going on, she just couldn't wrap her mind around it.

Shawn looked as the door opened once more. He hoped that it would be the rest of the school but instead it was someone that he didnt' really know. He recognized him from around the school but didn't know him. "Thats what we are all wondering." He told him as the guy asked where everyone was.

Jack looked at the boy that was talking to him. Huh, this was strange. He sat down near him. "I'm Jack Lane, by the way," he said, looking around at everyone's faces.

Torin nodded vaguely in the direction of Keegan as he answered, then, as he introduced himself, figured he should do the same. "Good to meet you Keegan. I'm Torin Ashford," he said, although he was pretty certain that most knew his name even if they didn't really know him well.

As his stomach growled in protest to lack of food, he briefly thought of sneaking into the kitchens to see what he could find. He'd done it enough times the previous few years that it had become second nature. Those thoughts were quickly swept away as he noticed plates appear - but at only one table? Strange. Anyway, that meant food was coming soon.

The seventh year Slytherin looked up as another guy joined their little group and shrugged in agreement as someone answered his question. That's what they were all wondering. "Torin Ashford," he repeated to Jack as he sat down and introduced himself as well.

Bella waltzed into the Great Hall, hoping to see the usual buzz of excitement, especially since this was her last year. She flung open the hall doors and stopped. There were only a small group of students there. They looked around her age, but she had never really seen them before. Instead of waltzing, she now shuffled over to their group. She said, almost muttered, timidly, "Uhm.... hi? I'm Bella. Does anyone know what's going on?"

"I'm Nicole," She said smiling at Torin and Jack. "This is Victor." She said introducing her friend and smiled.

"Hey." Victor said still wondering what was going on, he really had no idea at the moment.

Jack smiled at everyone introducing themselves. He shook his head when Bella asked what was going on, he had no clue. "I don't know what's happening, but I'm hungry," he said to no one in peticular.

Bella heard the sound of a familiar voice. "Victor!" She almost shouted. Finally, someone she knew. She had him in her advanced classes for a few years and had chatted with him sometimes in the Ravenclaw Common Room.

Victor spun around and saw Bella, "hey Bella." He said grinning at his fellow Ravenclaw. "I'm glad your here." He said smiling at the fact there was someone he knew asides from Nicole.

"Same to you," She replied, finally relazing her facial muscles and grinning back at him. "So, do you or you friend here *gestured to Nicole* have any idea of what the bloody hell is going on?"

"No idea Bella, I don't think anyone knows." He said with a shrug, "oh. This is Nicole by the way." He said to her and looked at Nicole.

"Hey Bella. Nice to meet you." She said with a grin Victor having talked about Bella before.

Hanz walked towards the Great Hall with Deedee trotting behind him singing a song that annoyed him so much. "Shut up Adrianna." He said glancing back at her he hurried to enter the Great Hall to block her voice.

Deedee grinned at her twin's back, she liked annoying him. "Okay Frankie." She said and started singing at the top of her voice, she stopped abruptly as she entered the Great Hall and bumped into Hanz. She was just about to ask him what was wrong when she looked up at the Great Hall and noticed that it was empty except for a little group. She pulled her brother's hand and walked towards them. "So everyone except us forgot to wake up this mornin' right ?" She asked the group. She noticed some of her friends. " Hey Bella, Nikki." She greeted them smiling then she spotted Jack and stood beside him. "Hey Jack." She grinned.

Hanz followed Deedee to the group, " What happened?" He asked them, before he noticed Nicole and walked towards her. "Hey." He grinned at her and took her hand.

"Hanz." She said happily and hugged him, "we have no idea. No one does." She said with a sigh, "we're all just here and no one else is." She said smiling at him, "I'm really glad you're here though."

He hugged her back, " That's wierd." He said looking around him before turning back to Nicole and kissing her cheek softly.

Deedee rolled her eyes at her brother, she never imagined Hanz with a girlfriend but here was the proof infront of her eyes.

"I know, I wonder where everyone else is." She said looking around the hall before grinning back at Hanz, "want to sit down?" She asked him and smiled at Deedee.

Sapphire walked into the room and was greeted with a shock, not only was Victor there along with a few other people, but they were the only people in the room. She shook her long black hair out nervously as she walked toward Victor with a smile on her face. " What is going on?" She asked softly as she looked around the room. " Where is everyone?" A puzzled look crossed her face as she looked at the empty great hall.

Victor shrugged, "that's what we're all wondering, there seems to be no one else her." He said grinning as Sapphire, even though this situation was very wierd he hadb't seen her in ages.

Sapphire looked around at the nearly empty hall. Only a few kids were there milling around, nothing at all like the usual hundreds that usually filled the hall with laughter and merriment. She sighed and ran a hand through her black hair anxiously. " Maybe we missed the memo?" She wondered as she looked back up at Victor with a sigh.."How have you been? It's been so long since I have seen you." She said softly, as she smiled a bit.