Vindictus heard someone whispering his name loudly and he hurried over to the voice. "Juno! What is it?" he whispered and wondered what made his prefect turn deathly pale.

Vindictus appeared behind him and Juno tossed his broom to his other hand as he pointed down at the bunny tracks with his apple-wood wand. "Bunny tracks - looks like a big one..." he didn't say much more. He hoped Vindictus would keep his prefect's phobia under wraps. He'd gotten enough of prodding after the Interhouse Challenge in his forth year when he'd had to fight off a boggart. His had turned into a fluffy pink bunny.

"Who you calling Bunny boy you lop-sided noodle." Juno whispered back harshly. He really needed to work on his insults. They were getting pretty lame. Lucky for Josh, Vindictus was around or Juno simply would have tossed an exploding pellet at the back of boy's head.

Amelia nodded towards Josh, but because they were still in the outskirts of the forest, she kept hold of his hand 'just in case'. Her green eyes darted around the scene, checking for any signs of movement or that perhaps somewhere... there was indeed a missing student to be found.


Although it didn't take Amelia long to spot the unfriendly 'shhh' from the Ravie Prefect, Juno. She gave him this look that clearly read, what? I haven't said anything.

Normally she would have gone back to investigating the tracks, but for some strange reason, she could not take her eyes of Juno. Perhaps it was his dual-colored eyes or the fact that he was prancing... or the fact that he just called for the Professor! Either way, she kept her eye on him for as long as possible to try and figure out what was up.


Amelia turned back to the Slytherin seeker and smiled, grateful that they could finally meet. "Right. Nice to meet you too, Ellie," she whispered back. "Ah yes, that is correct. I'm Amelia."

She then turned her attention back to Juno and Max to try and figure out what the issue was at hand.

he mouthed lop-sided noodle....wow. That was something he would of never thought of. Of course one had to be a loony to come up with that one. Seemed like the boy should of been placed in mia's house. He shrugged at him as he wasnt going to bother saving him. The professor seemed to be doing a good enough job.

he looked over at mia and ellie," do you guys happen to see any cat prints?" he asked in a whisper.

Ignoring the insults, Vindictus examined the bunny tracks. "Two sets - one larger than the other," he said after a few minutes. "But they're not fresh - see? It looks like . . . a large feline."

Juno had no intention of looking. "Right ok - just tell me it's not around." He looked up into the sky, tilting his head back. The bottom of his broom made a small arch in the snow as his stomach did flips.

Ellie rolled her eyes with a smile.
“This is certainly not the best way to meet someone.” She whispered to the Hufflepuff girl while she observed the professor and a Ravenclaw student ,that she could swear that it was the Ravenclaw Prefect.

Amelia stood there gaping from Max to Josh. Josh mentioning something about seeing cat prints, just as Max says large feline. Weird. She let go of Josh's hand momentarily to walk over and investigate the prints. "A large feline you say? I heard students mentioning about a black cat..." she shrugged, trying to wrack her brain for other animals that may have been mentioned as seen.

Curt finally caught up with the others, and was weezing into his scarf as he looked up to the Ravenclaw prefect and the flying instuctor Vindictus. Curt had never been inside the Forbidden Forest before, and the place really was very sinister and gloomy. He spotted Savannah, and as he walked by her he gave her a gentle pat on the back, giving her a slight nod as he spotted the hat in her hand, which was obviously one of the students.

He saw that Juno and Professor Vindictus were inspecting animal footprints, one of which appearring to be a large feline, how very peculiar indeed. Curt had remembered hearing Dresden roaring a few times before being close doors. He walked softly up to Vindictus and whispered carefully, "You think these are big enough to be lion tracks? I could've sworn Professor Dresden was roaring at one time or another." Curt said, stifling his sneeze as he didn't want to disturb any dangerous creatures around.

Josh walked over to mia and the professor as he then said," Yes a house cat, a panther..." he said looking at the tracks. "maybe a panther." he said looking up at the professor." Professor...one of my friends..i think she turned into a cat of some sort. she had whiskers and really sharp teeth." he told him.

Lyra saw the red flares shot in the sky and headed towards the forest knowing that Josh was in there. She followed the Ravenclaw Prefect inside and noticed everyone standing around looking at something, wands were extended. There she spotted Josh and quickly ran over to him. But before she said a word, she looked to where Prof. Vindictus was pointing towards...tracks in the dirt.

Amelia looked over to see Josh had walked over to her and confirmed about the black cat or the panther. She was about to take his hand for comfort again when from her peripheral vision she spotted Lyra. Taking a deep breath, she gazed around and spotted Curt. Perfect.

She took a few steps toward Curt and heard him mention about Dresden. She nodded remembering the roars she had heard that day as well.

Lyra's eyes shifted towards Mia and then to Josh. She lowly cleared her throat she sighed and watched Mia walk over to another Huffie. Somebody's in trouble she thought to herself as a sly grin came to her face. She reached down and took hold of Josh's hand, slightly trembling.

Sana was hopefull as she had seen the searching team. Everyone seemed determined to find the missing ones. Well..she had one person in her mind particularly. Finn! She missed him terribly. But she knew that he could have been anywhere near the lake since the penguins prefer the water and cool areas. She looked around and after sometime she spotted something glittering near the bottom of the Large tree.

She landed near the place and bent down to take the thing. It was a necklace..Yes! Might be belongs to one of those missing student. She wipped off the dirt to get the clear view.

Ariana saw the sparks and drew Eddie's attention to them before stomping off into the forest with a mission in mind. She headed straight towards Josh and thumped him on the forehead and put her hands on her hips. "What were you thinking coming in here on your own without me or Professor Forrestor?"

Josh turned to see curt coughing. maybe he should of stayed behind.. he really wasnt starting to sound that good." Hey man." he said nodding at him.

Josh looked over at mia as he saw from his corner of his eye that she was coming back to him, but stopped. he turned his head to watch her move towards curt, but turned back to the tracks. guess she preferred huffle protection... really snakes were better then badgers.

"Hey." he said not looking at her. He still wasnt so excited about the whole broomshed stuff. It was all a bit crazy.

he was about to say something when he felt his head being hit."owe." he said as he looked around to complain to who ever hufflepuff was hitting him. for cryse sake what was it with hufflepuffs and them trying to beat him up. he stood up and saw that it was ari." Ari.." he said smiling at her as he was excited to see her. He always had fun with her...then again...she didnt sound so happy." eh.." he said as he hoped she wasnt disappointed in him. it would kill him." im sorry ari...but i saw another professor come in here and i figured if i found them it would be alright. Not to mention i heard other voices.. thought i could help them get out before anything happened. Really..then i found mia and we were both just trying to get them out." he told ari." Just trying to help...honest." he said looking at her."your..not upset are you?" he asked..

"You didn't tell me or anyone else where you were going or why. If you had thought there were kids that needed help, don't you think that you should have at least told me or someone else adultish about it so that we could have gone together?" Her expression softened and she ran a hand through her hair. "Upset? No, I guess not. Worried, concerned...yes."

"im sorry." he said to her as he explained." im just use to looking out for myself..i tend to forget that i need to tell others." honestly.. no one ever cared what he did at home so he really did forget. adultish...he smiled at her as she made up a word. Hehe he loved ari. Josh looked at her as his smiled faded as she told him she was worried for him. no one ever worried about him...he had teary eyes as ari was always looking our for him. the the mother he never had the chance to have. he then moved to hug her as he apologized again." im sorry..." he sniffled just a little. of course he made sure no one could tell, but ari was okay.

Ari hugged Josh back when he moved to hug her and she squeezed. She played with the back of his hair. "Just try to remember next time? Ok?" It tugged at her heart when she saw the faint glisten of tears in his eyes and she had to swallow and blink to keep her own eyes from filling as well. Ari kissed his forehead and hugged his head off again.

josh leaned against her as she embraced him and kissed his head.josh moved to sniffle even more. he had missed his own mother so much...every since he met ari they had gotten along so well. It was like they were already friends.. and now this. she was was better then he could of ever asked for. he moved to quickly wipe away anything that could of revealed he had a weakness and gave her one last hug." im sorry ari..." he told her again as he looked at her. he then nodded." i will..."

She hadn't known what to think when she had seen him take off. Ari was just glad that he and everyone else he had been with were ok. She squeezed tighter then finally decided to let the poor boy breathe a bit and pulled back giving him a smile. He might have been a mischeivious boy but she really loved him. Ari shook her head and gave a chuckle. Something told her this wouldn't be the last time she would have to get onto Josh.

Josh grinned at her as she smiled at him. hehe he felt like he could take on whatever centaurs came at him. " what are we suppose to be doing now?" he asked as he moved to look around and then back at her direction. the boy would follow her to the ends of the earth. Of course they would go into circles.. and it wouldnt go without complaining, but he would do it if she asked it of him.

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Sana was hopefull as she had seen the searching team. Everyone seemed determined to find the missing ones. Well..she had one person in her mind particularly. Finn! She missed him terribly. But she knew that he could have been anywhere near the lake since the penguins prefer the water and cool areas. She looked around and after sometime she spotted something glittering near the bottom of the Large tree.

She landed near the place and bent down to take the thing. It was a necklace..Yes! Might be belongs to one of those missing student. She wipped off the dirt to get the clear view.

Looking about, gaze mainly on the ground, Savannah looked up only to offer Curt a small smile as he past by, then continued looking for tracks, or clues of any sorts. She was careful not to run into anyone, or make any loud sounds; although she loved creatures of all sorts, she did not want to meet any of the forbidden forrests residents.

Noticing Sana straightening up, Savannah spotted a shiny charm hanging from the chain being held. Ocean blue eyes squinted slightly, trying to get a better look, before stepping over to the sixth year. Once closer, a sinking feeling hit her insides. "That's Lex- Alexyna Chosen's" She informed her in a whispered.

Stopping beside her, the fourth year loosened her scarf and pulled the chain hanging around her own neck out from inside her cloak, the identical silver Hippogriff emblem placed rightside up in her palm, outstretched as far as she could move it without taking it off to show Sana. "We have matching ones, it definitely belongs to her" Frowning, she glanced down at the pink jazz hat in her other hand, lifting it to eye level to show her fellow badger. "I found Ariana's hat, too"

When Sana took off all the dirt she could see some emblem attached to the chain. The forest was bit dark. She had lighten up her wand, and saw a figure in silver attached with the necklace. Hippogriff!! Well..surely it could be one of those missing students, she confirmed.

But jumped slightly at the sudden voice near her. It was Anna's. "Oh!" she gasped, "You scared me a bit.." she giggled before listening her. She glanced both Anna's chain and the newly found one. They were identical. "I see, so it's Lexi's" she whispered back at her. "Well..what to do next?" she asked in doubt.

She looked up at the new stuff. A hat!! Well..well..she smiled, "Awesome! Come let's search more" she said as she put the necklace into the inside pocket of her robes. She was more confident this time after got the clue.

Lyra's gaze shifted over to Josh as he barely even acknowledged her presences. From the broomshed to here, clearly he was pushing her away but what for? She huffed to herself as she stood with her arms folded across her chest, taking glances at Mia every once in a while. Jealous? She was. Nothing like watching your boyfriend being fed half a stinking cookie by someone other than yourself. And nothing like walking up, about to catch...well, the look on Mia's face was a bit surprised when Lyra showed up. What was going on? She began playing with her bottom lip out of frustration for not only the situation surrounding them at the moment but between herself, her boyfriend and....the other girl.