He smiled as he continued to watch her. If only.. "I would so live here if I could, but I don't think that's possible." He sighed. It was so sad. Too bad Brody couldn't come in here; she'd really enjoy it too. "I'm planning to stay a Prefect until I Graduate." Because he loved it and he got to use a cool washroom. Plus Tammy and Brody were proud of him and he liked that a lot.

"So how are you, Sarah?"

Chris was stressing. He was so worried about Cela. He hadn't seen her in forever, and he tought it was very curious because Cela was not one to miss classes and house points, not to mention the her weird reactions to the coupons. He walked into the Prefect's Bathroom and absentmindedly waved to Torin and Sarah. Chris was definately worried if he didn't stop and talk to them, he never passed up the oportunity to talk to friends.

He walked over to the sinks and splashed some water on his face to give him some time to think. As he finished he remembered that the last time he had spoken to the Ravenclaw Prefect, it was in here, and she seemed upset and actually annoyed. That's it, he was going to a Professor to see if they knew anything that he could do or what was up with Cela. Without another word he walked out of the bathroom, on a mission.

Torin wasn't really sure what to think of everything as he walked over to the sink and looked at himself in the mirror. He looked awful. And he was tired. Term had been rather stressful with everyone getting injured. Brody got sick as well.. and then there was that little issue of Fia being related to his girlfriend. Poor Brody...

He sighed as he leaned forwards against the sink.

Brant ran into the Prefects bathroom, and went right for the toilets for he needed to go, Dashing in he noticed Torin, he quickly said hey "Hey Troin" while he closed the door behind him.

Torin looked up and smiled when he heard that Brant had walked in. It was nice seeing a guy every once in a while. He saw so many girls all the time. Not that he disliked that as he loved girls.

"So how are you, Brant? How did things go with Miranda." Might as well get to the point.

"I think everything went well, I surprised her with a big Chocolate Cake, because I know its her fav. So now she has a big huge chocolate cake that she needs to work on." he said while walking out of the loo, and washing his hands.

"We haven't set another date yet, but man am I excited. I just think things are going really well. but Im super stressed." he said while splashing water on his face.

He nodded his head and turned to look at the boy as he watched up. "Now that was a good move. I gave Brody a nice chocolate cake once too." That had been at a picnic last Term at the Whomping Willow. And not too long before she broke up with him, he reflected.

"Um, my girlfriend just found out that she has a half sister... Said girl is someone that she doesn't even like. I wish I knew how to cheer her up." He knew how much Brody loved her father, and how much she believed in their love story. But she was a Summers. She would deal with this and know how much her parents loved each other. He just wished he knew how to cheer her up right now.

"Man, thats not good at all, I don't know what I would do in that situation Torin" he said while drying his hands.

"Im stressed because the Quidditch Championship is comming up and its between myself and Miranda for the cup, and I don't know how thats going to work out between us. I think if she wins I will be happy for her." he said while sitting down on one of the chairs.

He sighed. Yeah, he didn't know what to do himself. Though he figured that he should speak with Miles and see how he was dealing with all that. Poor Miles...

"Well, you both should just play like it was against any other Captain and be happy for the winner." That way they both had fun and if Brant won, Miranda would still be happy. And vice versa. Personally he was hoping she would win.. for obvious reasons.

Jack had sent out the memo, and now all he could do was wait. He hurried into the Prefect's Bathroom and immediately went to one of the sinks, turning it on and splashing some water on his face. It had been a LONGGGGG day, and now he had to hold a meeting as well.

He could not WAIT to collapse into bed tonight.

"Hey Torin," he muttered. He turned off the water and looked at the door, waiting for other prefects to show up.

Miles finally made it down to the Prefects bathroom after getting lost a few times. He hadn't been in here yet...something new! Though he probably should have just followed Jack down here instead of going up to his dorm first. Oh well, hopefully he wasn't late. A weird lopsided grin was forced onto his face in an attempt to hide turmoil that was brewing inside from everything going on. Walking inside he looked around and smiled as he saw Torin, "Hi Tor!" He walked up to the boy and patted his back. He wondered if Torin had heard...how many of them HAD heard? And still no one had found Cela...that worried him most of all.

She wore a pleated shalwar, and Gold's red hair was knotted into a thick, French braid. There was something like worry in her eyes when she entered, worry for her friends, for the people she loved, but then it was gone, and she was pretty calm.

"Hey, Jackie!"

She gave the Head Boy a little smile, a warm one even if it was not very cheerful, and waited for everyone else to turn up. Did this meeting have something to do with all the strange happenings? Those had Gold more worried than she wanted to admit.

Worried for everyone she knew.

Loved.

Looking slightly distressed, Raiden hurried to the Prefect's Bathroom as soon as he found Jack's memo. This... would confirm or debunk it. If Cela was here, then there was no reason to continue worrying about her. If not...

Stepping into the room, his shirt untucked and his tie slightly loosened, he looked at the other prefects and managed an uneasy smile.

"It's bad, isn't it." It was always bad.

Torin looked as the others walked in and he was slightly confused.

"Hey, guys. Is this a meeting or something? I didn't get a memo." Oh well, things happened. And it seemed like he had good timing in his part. Awesome.

Gold looked up when she heard a familiar voice. Raiden's, in fact. Because she wanted to see if he still had those cute, kitty ears. They were remarkably adorable, and she could not help thinking of them, even in the thick of... all the distress.

In fact, it made her feel less anxious.

She looked at Mr. T, and nodded. "It is," she said, with something like an inward shrug. She, at least, had gotten a memo, informing her of the date and time of the meeting.

Reese had been trying to catch up on her sleep, since she hadn't gotten enough sleep due to the whole incident previously, but Jack's memo had cut her all day planned nap time in half. She didn't really mind about coming the the meeting, not that she really had to a choice to begin with, but she would so much rather be sleeping after all that she had just went through.

Yawning, the badgeless Prefect made her way into the bathroom, trying so hard to not let it be noticed that she had just gotten out of bed. Which was kind of hard to do seeing as her hair was curly, she didn't have time to straighten it before coming down here, and there were some bags under her eyes. There was NO doubt in mind that she wasn't going back to bed after this meeting.

She leaned herself up against the wall next to the entrance of the bathroom as she waited for the meeting to start.

'Twas Reeses Pieces.

Gold looked up, when Reese entered, and gave her a little wave. "Hey, Reese," she said. Her words were warm, but her gaze flitted back to Raiden, as she spoke. Those kitty ears of him, they were like gravity. SOOO attractive. She wanted to touch them and TICKLE them.

Without realizing it, she moved closer to the adorable kitty!Slytherin prefect and, reaching out a fair hand, touched his kitty ears. They felt all warm and fuzzy, and made her think of so many nice things. Beaming, Gold touched them again and then TICKLED them.

... and then she realized what she was doing.

"Oh, Raiden!" She quickly stepped away. How rude of her! "I am so sorry, I completely forgot myself for a moment, there." Now he was going to think she was a total lunatic, or something.

MEETING!

Sarah raced into the Prefect's bathroom, coming to a screaming halt when she saw the group already gathered.Well most of them were..who were they missing? Awwww Chris, Cela and Head Girl.Obviously there was a perfectly good reason why Cela wasn't there, more than likely it's what they were going to discuss...Along with the other stuff, of course.

Panting, she gave them all a small wave as she leaned againt one of the sinks. "Hey guys, I haven't missed anything, have I?" It would be just like her to be late.

Jack bit his lip. It was bad, veryyyy bad in fact, especially with all that evidence they had found. Bloody robes, wands, prefect badges--it just wasn't good. Jack knew that Raiden was close with Cela, and he didn't want to worry him, but when it came down to it--he had no good news for him so he probably would worry him anyways. BOOOOO.

"It's bad, yes," was all Jack managed to get out.

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She wore a pleated shalwar, and Gold's red hair was knotted into a thick, French braid. There was something like worry in her eyes when she entered, worry for her friends, for the people she loved, but then it was gone, and she was pretty calm.

"Hey, Jackie!"

She gave the Head Boy a little smile, a warm one even if it was not very cheerful, and waited for everyone else to turn up. Did this meeting have something to do with all the strange happenings? Those had Gold more worried than she wanted to admit.

Worried for everyone she knew.

Loved.

Jack plastered a smile on his face and waved at the prefect. "Hey Gold," he replied back.

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Torin looked as the others walked in and he was slightly confused.

"Hey, guys. Is this a meeting or something? I didn't get a memo." Oh well, things happened. And it seemed like he had good timing in his part. Awesome.

"Oh, well, you'll HAVE a memo when you get back to your dorm," Jack said, a small smile twitching on his face. Funny how even in these horrible times, Torin Kane could make him laugh. Hehe.

"And yes, there is a meeting, to cover...certain events," he added. They were still missing people, and he didn't want to start until almost everyone was there.

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Reese had been trying to catch up on her sleep, since she hadn't gotten enough sleep due to the whole incident previously, but Jack's memo had cut her all day planned nap time in half. She didn't really mind about coming the the meeting, not that she really had to a choice to begin with, but she would so much rather be sleeping after all that she had just went through.

Yawning, the badgeless Prefect made her way into the bathroom, trying so hard to not let it be noticed that she had just gotten out of bed. Which was kind of hard to do seeing as her hair was curly, she didn't have time to straighten it before coming down here, and there were some bags under her eyes. There was NO doubt in mind that she wasn't going back to bed after this meeting.

She leaned herself up against the wall next to the entrance of the bathroom as she waited for the meeting to start.

Jack automatically scooted just a BIT closer to Reese as she walked in. "You ok?" he asked her in concern. No offense butttt she looked exhausted!

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MEETING!

Sarah raced into the Prefect's bathroom, coming to a screaming halt when she saw the group already gathered.Well most of them were..who were they missing? Awwww Chris, Cela and Head Girl.Obviously there was a perfectly good reason why Cela wasn't there, more than likely it's what they were going to discuss...Along with the other stuff, of course.

Panting, she gave them all a small wave as she leaned againt one of the sinks. "Hey guys, I haven't missed anything, have I?" It would be just like her to be late.

Jack shook his head. "No, you haven't yet," he said.

He looked around and noticed that pretty much everyone was here except for Chris and Livvy. Well, and Cela, but that didn't need to have attention drawn to it. Everyone knew she wasn't going to show up. If she HAD come to the meeting, Jack would have keeled over out of shock.

ANYWAYS.

"Ok, sooo, I think I'm going to get started, even though Chris and Livvy aren't here. If they show up late, I'll inform them about what they missed when they show up," he explained. "Brant," he added, turning to the Captain. "You can stay or leave, I doubt any of these events are going to be a secret around the school," After all, there were only like 10 or 15 students in the area with the Headmaster when all this evidence had shown up.

"So, first off--things have gotten worse. Much worse. As many of you know, Reese and numerous other students have shown up in the school sporting horrible injuries, and Ce--" he stopped. Once again, Jack didn't feel the need to say anything else. They all knew what was going on.

He cleared his throat. "Erm, anyways, while I was up escorting people to the Headmaster's office, numerous professors and students came to Tate to present things they had found during their lessons--among them were..." he stopped and took a deep breath. "Bloody robes, Ravenclaw and Slytherin prefect badges and...Cela's wand. They also found bits of parchment, but I dunno if anyone made anything out of those..." he added as an afterthought.

"Anyways, Tate has decided that the school is just not safe anymore. Hogsmeade trips have been cancelled, and we're basically going on lockdown," he explained. "We'll be doubling the amount of patrol shifts that each of us take as well, so we can be sure that there is always a substantial amount of prefects out in the halls at all times. If anyone sees ANYTHING suspicious at all, go to Tate immediately," he explained. "You are also under NO circumstances to let anyone leave the castle if you see them trying to get out," he added. They didn't need anyone else sneaking off in the middle of the night and showing up...looking like Reese.

He paused to see if anyone had anything to say on the matter, while he tried to recall if there was anything else the Headmaster had told him to relay to the prefects.

Raiden's automatic, thoughtless reaction to the touching of his hears had been to tilt his head ever so slightly toward the hand touching them. Unfortunately, as much as he was embarrassed that people went after them, it felt good most times.

"'s fine," he mumbled in reply, not looking at Gold as she apologised and withdrew her hand. "People do it all the time now, no big deal."

He went quiet then, as Jack started talking. Nothing Raiden hadn't already started piecing together himself; people were getting hurt, things had been found in classes, Cela's wand was-

The Slytherin's breath caught in his throat and he visibly flinched. Cela's wand.

Any naïve hope he'd had that she'd simply skipped classes or had a family emergency went right out the window. Face decidedly pale, Raiden took a step back away from the rest of the group and leaned heavily against the sink.

"C-Cela's..." Oh Merlin no. "Where. Where was Cela's..."

Had she figured something out and done something utterly stupid and not-Celalike? He'd stopped seeing her right after that day in the corridor... what if he'd upset her so much that she'd gone into things without thinking them through?

Reese had been looking down at her black and white flats when Gold greeted her. Lifting her head so that she could look at the red headed Prefect, she tried her best to place a little smile upon her face. It was kind of hard NOT to smile when Gold's greeting was nice and calm, which made her feel a little bit better inside. "Hey Goldilocks," she greeted the girl.

"I'm fine," Reese responded to Jack. "Just a itsy bitsy bit tired." She really should have gotten some rest after leaving the Hospital Wing yesterday, but instead, she had visited the Great Hall to grab some food. If she hadn't done that, she would have been able to sleep alllllll afternoon yesterday and wouldn't have been tired now. Yet, she had to live with her decisions now.

She opened her mouth to tell Jack that his memo had ruined her sleeping time, but he had begun talking, so she closed her mouth.

Reese stood by Jack, being as quiet as possible, until she heard the news that a Slytherin Prefect badge was FOUND. "It was found?!" She exclaimed. Oh, happy day! That news made her feel a whole lot better. Though, Jack didn't seem like he had her badge at the moment, so going to talk to Lupa still seemed like it was on her 'to do' list for today. "Where was the badge...and the other things found at?" She asked. If she knew where the things were found at, then maybe it could clear her memory up on what happened to her!

Lockdown. She liked the sound of that. Even though no Hogsmeade meant no more chocolate frogs to put in her stash up in the common room, she felt that a lockdown was the best idea since it meant that the chances of her getting harmed again were slim. Plus, keeping herself safe was much more important to her than keeping her chocolate frog stash full. At the mention of telling Tate if anything suspicious came up and to not let anyone out of the castle if they look like their leaving, she nodded her head to show that she understood.

Okay, Torin's semi-good mood was gone now.

It did make sense that the Head Master would want to do this, but he wasn't sure if he liked the idea of no more Hogsmeade visits. Especially since his birthday was next month and he had been hoping to see his best friend there to celebrate. But he wouldn't say that to anyone, because it was just selfish and really he was caring more about safety than his own birthday. So he didn't really mind it all that much.

He smiled in Reese's direction as she asked about her Badge. He was happy that at least she had her Badge back if nothing else good came from things. He wasn't so happy about Cela's wand. That development wasn't good at all. Wherever she was, she was wandless and that meant that she was lacking protection. Then he mused that if she had been acting a bit off, maybe having a wand would be dangerous for her. Hmm...

That's when he noticed Raiden. He didn't look too good. "You okay, Raiden?" He didn't really know the boy well, but he knew that him and Cela were rather close.

Oh, so she wasn't late.Thank Merlin.This was one meeting that they all had to pay attention to.So much bad stuff was happening, that to ignore formal and official instructions would be immensely stupid.

Crossing her arms defensively across her chest, Sarah settled her back against the sink and listened intently to what Jack had to say.He'd been talking in the Headmaster's waiting area far longer than she had, so knew far more of what was going on.Such as the parchment and robes.....When were they found?! Oh, no wait - the parchment had been during Care of Magical Creatures.Sarah remembered some of the students running off and coming back with it - but the robes? Bloody robes?! This was worse than worse.This was - AWFUL.

Gulping hard, she started chewing her bottom lip at the mention of Cela's wand.Sarah dearly wished she'd seen something, been able to give more information to Professor Kazimeriz when he'd asked, but she couldn't.And now they just had to wait.And hope.

Ahh a plan of action, eh? Goodo.Sarah made mental notes of each thing as Jack told them. - Extra patrols? Check. Report strangeness straight to Tate? Check. Don't let anyone out of the castle? Double check.She nodded her head after each thing, so it showed that she was listening.No Hogsmeade either? Made sense. That is where Cela went missing from... "Maybe Hogsmeade has something to do with all this..." she mumbled under her breath, more to herself than anyone.She knew that a couple of the people hurt had those darn vouchers the professors had been giving out, Miranda for one....and she did have those horns....

Sarah's face came over all dream-like as she thought more about it.But her concentration was broken by Raiden talking...

..... "Hogsmeade," she said, somewhat without thinking.Looking up at the slightly panicked face of the Slytherin Prefect, Sarah sighed.Should she tell them all, or not? Closing her eyes for just a moment, she started filling them in on where Cela's things were found.

"I found Cela's wand, and Aaron Rose found her badge.They were both in the backalley of Hogsmeade, behind the Hog's Head pub.There was no sign of her though....Urrghhhh I wish I'd seen who took her or where she went!" Sarah's hackles rose and she lashed out, thumping the wall hard with her hand.Everyone else had come back, why hadn't the Ravenclaw? Why were the Prefect's being picked on?

Chris had hurried into the Prefect's Bathroom just as jack had mentioned the absense of Livvy and hiself "Sorry guys, I was on the grounds." he gave each of them a small smile, feeling the tension in the room. He was worried, so was the rest of the school. He scanned the room and his eyes stopped at Reese, badgeless and remembered what he had heard had happened to her. And then he looked toward Raiden and did not see Cela. So she was still gone??

He then looked up as Jack began to speak. Well none of this was good at all. He listened as bad news after bad news was delivered. He looked back at Reese for a mere second as she found out what had happened to her badge, and then a true horror struck him. Cela's wand. That was definately not good.

"Do they have someone looking for her?" Chris asked worridly. He looked at the other Prefects his eyes giving away his real terror at the situation. "I mean really, is anyone out there to search and help her?" he asked his voice louder and then cracking. He shook his head. And was queit for a while.

"I think Cela may have known about what was about to happen and maybe gone to look for it." he said breaking his silence. "And I think whatever it is, found her. She was acting really strange before she disappeared. A few of us were in Vindictus's class when she freaked out over the..coupons. She then refused to use one of mine i offered her." he said slowly.

More patrols, he could do it. He was scared to do it alone, but maybe they could go in groups. But it was for everyone's safety so lock-down is good.

Why was she always late?

Livvy ran hurriedly through the hall ways, not receiving the memo until it was too late and the meeting had already began. She dodged around students, paused to apologize to a girl for accidentally bumping into her, and ran towards the Prefect's Bathroom like her life depended on it. The memo seemed urgent. Even though running wasn't exactly advised, the rule would have to be broken this one time.

Finally, Livvy approached the Prefect's Bathroom and she entered, panting as she tried to catch her breath. "Hello everyone. Sorry I'm late. Didn't get the memo until just now. What have I missed?" she asked, stopping for breath after every couple of words.

Glancing around, she noticed that Cela was still gone. Livvy was beginning to worry now. It was unlike Cela not to attend lessons and Quidditch games. Or... to just not be around. She was seriously missing. And it was Livvy's fault. She should've kept track of her. She should've accompanied her to Hogsmeade where she was seen last. At least they'd be together and maybe something could've been done to prevent her disappearance. How was she ever going to tell Copernicus that she couldn't take care of Cela after all and that no one has seen her in days! Weeks! Months even!