Destiny was dead.

Again, she wasn't really dead, but with the blood smeared on her face and streaks from the tears, it cold have fooled anyone. Crawling on her hands and knees, Destiny opened the door to the Entrance Hall using her wand. Ehh, her wand was good for something..too bad it couldn't cure the pain she was in.

Leaving the door open, for she didn't care to close it, Destiny crawled her way over to a corner so she would be out of people's way. She didn't need to be stepped on. The pain from her broken ribs was too much to take, and she barely felt the gash in her stomach anymore. The only reason she knew that was still there was because of the trail of blood it had left behind..which she should really clean up. She didn't want the Headmaster mad at her for making such a mess.

She laid down on her back and pressed the bruised side of her face on the hard, cold ground. Well, that felt somewhat comforting and relaxing. As she lied there, she felt a sharp pain at her left ankle and lifting her head off the ground she saw the marks. Where they..animal bites!? And where did those prick marks come from??

Lying her head back down on the floor, Destiny stared up at the ceiling for a minute before closing her eyes.

Merlin..what happened to her?

Evelyn didn't know what was going on.

She had been following someone crawling on the ground, not sure who it was, but she was sure they were headed towards the castle, and at the moment, her destination was the castle.

She was only a few feet behind whoever the person was, but, the person was crawling faster than she was able to walk! Holding mostly her bleeding stomach and neck, since that was all she was willing to reach to at the moment, she made it just inside the door of the Great Hall before it closed shut, sighing in relief that she was finally inside.

Gasping as her feet made contact with the cold ground of the hall, she noticed the trail of blood, and it wasn't hers. Shakily walking a few steps, following the trail with her eyes, she looked up to see someone on the ground. That was...Destiny? Destiny... She knew Destiny right? Right. She did. And her friend looked like she was hurt. Taking short and spontaneous breathes, Evelyn limped her way over to her hurt friend, making her own trail of red footprints in the hall from her cut up feet.

Once next to her friend, she kneeled next to the Slytherin, lowering both arms to rest in her lap only to reveal what seemed to be a bite in her neck and an icicle in the side of her stomach that still had not warmed up enough to melt. The back of her feet showed red bumps and deep cuts as well as her burned arms, chest and part of her back.

What really amused her to no end though were the flower petals that seemed to be in every crevice of cuts and burns on her body. But she didn't care. She hurt, but...she didn't care. Letting the two wands she held roll out of her hand, Evelyn stared down at her friend, tears welling up in her eyes again.

"Destiny?" She whispered, her voice barely audible. "Are...are you..." Alright? Hurt? Good? Her mind couldn't work properly to understand that no, Destiny was probably not alright. And neither was she.

Making his way up from the kitchen, his arms full off the craziest assortment of food you will ever find. Iliana was certainly having the weirdest cravings. Well at least it had given him the chance to sneak some chocolate for himself.

Marcus was about halfway across the entrance hall when he heard a small noise coming from the corner. With a little bit of juggling he managed to get his wand out and cast a silent 'lumos.'

He moved his wand over the area where the noise had come from and could see two figures huddled together on the floor. He moved closer to them cautiously.

"What are you two doi - Evelyn? Destiny?" As he got closer he recognized the two Slytherin girls but not only that, they were both covered in blood and dirt.

Marcus dropped the food he was holding and the jar of pickles smashed onto the floor. But he didn't care about that as he rushed to their sides and knelt down beside them.

"What the hell...I mean what happened to you two?"

Eh, stupid question. He had seen similar injuries on other students and Marcus would bet his last galleon that they were not going to remember anything.

Marie was heading back to the Entrance Hall hoping to find Evan again. She was not happy that she had to leave him earlier and she was determined to find him again. She had a feeling he wouldn't be there now but she still had to go see for herself.

Looking at her feet as she walked she seen what appeared to be....

BLOOD!!

Looking around she noticed it was all over the floor. Then she seen.....

NOOOOOO!!!!!

She ran over to the two girls that were covered in blood and dirt laying there on the floor. It couldn't be, they couldn't be hurt, this was all a bad dream. But it wasn't, it was Destiny and Evelyn and they were both hurt....seriousely hurt.

Looking up she realized that Professor Man Lawson was there too. Yes, he would help.

Looking at her best frineds laying there helpless she looked at Professor Lawson. "Wh...What happened to them?" she asked in a panicked state.

Destiny thought she heard someone behind her as she crawled her way into the castle, but she didn't care to see who it was. It was probably the loss of blood just making her imagine things.

And that was what she thought until she heard the door the the Entrance hall close and heard a voice that sounded oh so familiar; Evelyn. Opening her eyes as she heard her friend speak, Destiny would have gasped at the sight of her, but the pain didn't allow any noise to come out. Instead of a noise, the only thing to come out were tears as she saw Evelyn in pain too.

What happened? And who would hurt Evelyn? Sure she could be evil sometimes, but that was no reason to hurt her.. Destiny shook her head at whatever Evelyn was trying to ask. Whatever it was, the answer was 'no'.

Resting her head against the floor, Destiny closed her eyes again. She just wanted to sleep! But sleep would not come as she heard another familiar voice and then the sound of a broken jar. Now the Headmaster was going to be mad about the blood and whatever had just broke..

Lawson had broke that something. Destiny would have teased him about that, but she was in too much pain to say anything. Wiping the tears from her eyes, so Lawson wouldn't tease her about them, words finally came to her, 'Nothing..happened..' It was a much better excuse then saying she didn't know, right?

What was this? Some sort of party or something? First Evelyn, then Lawson and now Marie? Didn't they know she just wanted to sleep!?

Evelyn jumped slightly when hearing something smash slightly behind her, making her wince and gasp again as a shock of pain coursed through her body. Moving did not help her any at all at the moment.

She tried to turn her head to see who or what it was, and perhaps moving slightly so it looked as if she was protecting Destiny, but the wound on her neck, shoulder, and stomach was preventing her from doing just that. It didn't matter though. In the next second, the person who supposedly had come was someone she recognized, and she couldn't be anymore relieved to see him too, surprisingly.

Moving most of her attention to Professor Lawson now, but her black eyes flickering to Destiny every now and then, she mulled over the question that the Professor had suddenly asked. What happened to them? What happened to them... Well, she...didn't know what happened. What she remembered was, seeing someone crawling and then following them. And pain. She could definitely remember the pain.

Opening her mouth to say something, another voice interrupted her. This time she didn't even try to see who it was. Whoever it was, she would see them in a moment. But now, she had to try and talk. Right? Because that's what the Professor wanted right? "I...I dddon't..." Her throat hurt as she spoke, and it was probably showing on her face, but she swallowed anyways and tried again, after hearing Destiny speak. "I ddon't...I didn't do it!"

Of course, the first thing that came to mind to say was something that would get her out of trouble. She didn't do it. She KNEW she didn't do it. Whatever it was...that she didn't ...do...

However, she really didn't know what happened. It mentally and emotionally hurt her that she didn't know. Although, Evelyn didn't want to remember either. She didn't want to remember how she ended up like this because the memories were probably worse then the pain itself. Tears welled up in her black eyes again as she shook her head, trying to remember the memory, but nothing but blank and darkness was in her mind.

Marie watched in shock as her two friends tried to speak. Not nowing what to do she felt helpless. There had to be something she could do, anything.

Think Marie, think.

They had to get them to the hospital wing and fast before they lost too much blood. Looking over at Professor Lawson she said in a whisper so the girls wouldn't hear her, "Professor, are they going to be okay? Shouldn't we try to get them to Healer Ashford?" Her voice was shaky and full of fear and panic, even when she whispered.

Well of course they should get them to the healer. She knew that Lawson would help, he wouldn't let them just lay there and......NO she wasn't going to even think it, they were going to be just fine. Healer Ashford would know what to do to help them.

She continued to look at Lawson with fear in her eyes. She knew that if she looked at her friends there on the floor she would start crying. And now was not the time to cry, now was the time to help them.

Of course he wasn't surprised by their answers, he had heard them all before from Jake and from Mina. But that didn't matter right now. What mattered was getting the two girls up to the hospital wing.

"Yes Marie, we need to get them to the hospital wing but I can only take one at a time. I need another set of hands." Marcus stood up and pointed his wand towards the stairs and a bright silvery chimaera patronus burst forth and bounded away.

Marcus turned back to the two girls and knelt back down beside them. "I know it will be hard for you two but I need you to lie still and be quiet." His lips twitched almost into a smile but then his face quickly recovered and his expression became serious again.

"I've sent for some help."

Ethan responded immediately, not bothering to send a reply to Axe. His friend knew that Zan would come right away anyway so likely wasn't expecting a reply. He rounded the corner and blinked slowly, taking in the scene in front of him.

"Girls." He acknowledged the three of them quietly, Including Marie despite the fact that she did not look injured like the other two. She was obviously very upset. Upset enough that even Truebridge was aware of it.

He rolled up his sleeves, expression grave as he looked at Marcus and sidestepped some pickles without comment.

Straightening back up, Marcus gave his friend a grateful smile not really needing to thank him for coming because well it was his job and Zan would just blow it off anyway.

"As you can see we need to get these two up to the hospital wing. I'll take Destiny and you can take Evelyn." Marcus looked over to Marie and gave her a small reassuring smile.

"They're going to be alright Marie, if you would like to come as well then you are more than welcome to."

When was this crap going to stop?

Lie still...and be quiet. Was he trying his chances at humor at the moment? If he was, Evelyn was not buying it. Instead, she slowly moved until she was sitting with her back against the wall. There was no way she was going to be able to lay down with this thing in her side.

Aware that there was a bright light disappearing down the hall, she maneuvered her head so it was tilted towards the way they came in. The first thing she noticed was actually just how much of a mess she and Destiny made coming into the castle. All leading up to the point where they sat and lay now. It almost humored her to imagine how angry either the house elves or other professors...or headmaster would be when they saw that.

She was also aware of another voice joining them, making her frown. Weren't there enough people? Turning her head back towards the voice, her eyes widened at the sight of the person. "P'fessor...True...bridge." she said slowly in between breathes. It was getting harder to breathe and her whole right side felt numb, but she was more surprised at seeing the former History of Magic teacher standing in front of them then to really worry about what was wrong with her body at the moment.

When did he get here? And how come she didn't know about it? And what were the others going to do...move them? NO! She didn't want to be moved! It hurt when she moved! She couldn't move! And she would be yelling and kicking if she could...

Ethan nodded once at Marcus and turned his attention to the young Slytherin in front of him.

"...I'm back." He said unnecessarily. "Hush Evelyn, don't waste your strength speaking. We will take care of you. If you relax, you will not feel a thing." He paused and looked down at her gravely. "Do you trust me, Evelyn?" You know, despite the whole being in prison for the last 7 months accused of murder and what not. Most knew it was not the truth but he had not seen the second year since he'd been back, and the reason was now clear. He made a mental note to check the girls wands and list the spells cast, as Tate had requested.

No way.

There was no way Destiny was going to the Healer. Not even if Merlin himself came down and picked her up would she go. 'No..healer.. she groaned, and slowly sat up straight. Her parents would take her out of school if they found out and she was sure they would know about this. They had found out about her black eye last term, and this was much worse.

As Lawson cast his patronus, Destiny got a clear view of the Entrance Hall. All that blood wasn't from her and Evelyn..was it? No, surely not. And Lawson was going to need all the help he could get getting her to the Healer.. Now leaning against the wall, Destiny saw his 'help' showing up. It was definitely a party now. And that couldn't be.. Truebridge? It was!

Pffft, just because he was back did not mean she was going to the Healer, because she thought that was the only reason he was back. Taking slow breaths, Destiny looked from Lawson to Truebridge.

'No..healer..' If she could have crossed her arms she would have..

He had no idea how much she needed to hear that at the moment. To know that everything was going to be okay, because really, she was terrified and feeling as if she was going to die at any moment.

Did she trust him? "Yes." she whispered, trying not to talk to much but finding it hard since, well she had to talk. Despite hearing that he was had been accused of murder and was in prison, she still trusted him.

Now if only she could get herself to relax, since he said it wouldn't hurt her if she did that. Though she was finding that hard too when she heard Destiny being stubborn as well, almost making her laugh. Why was she suddenly finding things funny at a time like this? Jeez...

Oh for Merlin sakes!!

Did this girl always have to argue with him?

Marcus refrained from rolling his eyes at her as he knelt down beside her once again. "Destiny, I know you can't stand me and you know I can't blame you for that, I can be a total pain in the butt at times." Probably not the time for jokes but he couldn't help it, he always did it when he saw people upset or in pain.

"But you really need to go and see the healer and I am not going to take no for an answer." He would throw her over his shoulder if he had to. And yeah he totally would do that too.

Ethan turned to Destiny and eyed her for a moment before speaking.

"I am surprised you are so willing to lay here and bleed to death with so little grace. Surely it does not accomplish anything of benefit to you?" He glanced at Marcus, frowning slightly but yes, he could quite imagine the other man would unceremoniously hoist Destiny over his shoulder and drag her up there if it came to it. Unnecessary, but likely. "I guarantee, if Marcus drops you, I'll knock him back down the stairs myself." And if Destiny wouldn't simply cooperate, well, Ethan had no qualms about putting the girl to sleep or ina body bind.

Meanwhile, for Evelyn, Truebridge flicked his wand in a loop and she floated up as if she'd been caught on a cushion of air, completely supported by... apparently nothing. Still it would be more comfortable than using mobilicorpus.

"I am glad to hear you trust me, Evelyn."

Why, of all the people in this castle did Lawson have to find her? If it was anyone else, she probably would have gotten away with not going to the Healer. Didn't he realize he was being a pain in the butt right now? Actually, that was probably the only part on Destiny that did not hurt right now, but Lawson was slowly working on that.

She eyed Truebridge for a moment as he mentioned bleeding to death. That had scared her a bit, since it mentioned two things that scared her the most; blood and death. No, she did not want that to happen. Destiny let out a little laugh cough thing at what he said about knocking Lawson down the steps. How she wanted to see that! Only, well she didn't really want Lawson to drop her..

Closing her eyes as she felt a sharp pain in her chest from that little laugh, Destiny nodded. They weren't going to take no for an answer and it was better to go to the Healer the easy way, right.

Nodding again, just in case they missed it the first time, she whispered, 'Okay..'

Evelyn closed her eyes when she saw Professor Truebridge do some weird wand motion towards her, having a hard time having a wand pointed at her while hers was a few feet away and unreachable.

She waited for a moment, slightly tensed up and worried that maybe there was a slight possible chance that whatever the Professor was doing, really was going to hurt. But when she opened her eyes and noticed she was floating off the ground, she relaxed considerably and sighed in relief. The pain was still there, it just wasn't as bad as it was when there was a cold wall and floor pressing against her wounds.

But, speaking of wands...Evelyn frowned and knitted her eyebrows together, trying to get her burned and icy spiked filled arm to point to the ground behind her. That was definitely not working out so well. "Wwwait." she forced out, her left arm dangling by her side as she continued to try and point to behind her.

The two wands still laid on the ground, both exceptionally red with blood from her holding them for who knows how long. She didn't care about the lighter colored wand since it was Jake's and not hers, she wanted the darker wand. Of course, there was no way in the world that she was going to use it since her wand arm was messed up anyways, but she wanted to hold it.

Evelyn didn't go anywhere without it, and it would keep her more calm if she was carrying it with her.

"Thank you Destiny" he said quietly as he took out his wand and conjured some bandages and placed them onto the gash on her stomach to try and stem the flow of blood. And then he waved his wand around her and cast some cushioning before levitating her ever so gently.

"And don't think I don't know, that the only reason you agreed is because of what Professor Truebridge said but you know what, that's okay because my only concern is for your welfare." And that was the honest truth. He'd had many run ins with these two girls but like he had told them months ago in his waiting room, he actually did like them.

As he began walking towards the stairs with Destiny floating just in front of him, he chuckled softly and bent his head towards her. "If you had of argued any longer, I would have thrown you over my shoulder...but I would never have dropped you."

Yep, he just had to have the last say.

Well. He identified with the need to keep ones wand close after 7 months of not having his Michelle. Ethan bent to scoop the... two wands up and eyed them and then Evelyn. He extended his hand with the wands in it, mildly interested to see which one she'd pick. He wasn't bothered by the blood on them, but it did feel odd to be carrying three wands at once. One of course was his own and he was still using it to keep the girl in the air.

He glanced at Destiny when Marcus spoke to her and mouthed, 'He might.'

Only the tiniest bit serious. If Marcus did drop Destiny, it would be on purpose.

Hmm.

That was odd.

Destiny was sure she should be the one thanking him, but again, that could just be her crazy thoughts, which could easily be from the loss of blood. She winced when Lawson put the bandages on her stomach. She didn't expect that, and it was better that way, or she would have protested to that too. Although she couldn't see the blood, she could still feel the pain, and it was bad. And then there was some relief as the cushioning charms were placed and she was no longer on the ground. Pffft, didn't the school ever hear of carpet? Like the real fluffy kind? Obviously not.

When did Lawson become a mind reader? Gah! He could be reading her thoughts right now, and she wouldn't even know it..good thing she had a brain full of cotton, that drowned out most of her thoughts anyway. 'Thanks.' she whispered as she felt her eyes water up again. She didn't know if the tears were because of the last thing he said, or the fact she was hurt and she had no memory of how it happened. Probably both..

Ouch. Yeah. Being thrown over the mans shoulder would probably not be the best idea. Good thing she stopped her arguing or she would have been in more pain then before. You know, big gash on her stomach, broken ribs, being thrown over his shoulder. That equals pain. Plus she wouldn't want to get blood all over him.. And she knew Lawson wouldn't have dropped her.

He would have thrown her..

Evelyn smiled gratefully as she watched the Professor pick up the two wands. Hopefully no questions would be asked on why there were two, and not one. Lifting up her arm slowly, she took the dark wood wand and held it tightly in her hand. Well, as tightly as she could hold it at the moment.

Now to just...relax right? Destiny didn't look like she was hurting all that bad while being levitated, so yes, now she could relax, although every now and then she had this weird muscle twitch in her right shoulder. Quite annoying too.

Placing her hand that held her wand on the side of her stomach that wasn't hurt, Evelyn let out a slow breathe and just, wished for sleep. Out of all the time, all the situations, and all the moments in her life that she lived, now, especially now, would be the best time that sleep could not run away from her, and just...take over her instead. But really, it didn't seem likely.

Truebridge fixed Evelyn with a level look and then pocketed the extra wand, again not bothering himself over the blood on its length. Then he began levitating the cushion of air, carrying Evelyn, up the stairs towards the Hospital Wing, glancing at Marcus as he followed with Destiny.

Ethan looked over his shoulder at Marie and indicated for the girl to follow.

Marie watched in horror as her friends lay there in pain. She wanted to help, do whatever she could. Finally after what seemed like hours to Marie, Professor Lawson said they were taking them to the hospital wing. She watched as a bright silvery patronus went bounding off for help.

Within a couple of minutes Professor Truebridge was there to help. Yes, with two professors there hopefully her friends would be alright.

Not wanting to be in the way she moved so the professors could care for the girls. Looking around the hall she was really wishing Evan and Carter were there with her now. She needed to know that her other friends were okay too.

Once the professors had the girls levetated, Marie got up and followed them to the hospital wing. 'They're going to be fine, they're going to be fine' she kept telling herself as tears started to run down her face. She quickly wiped them away not wanting Destiny and Evelyn to know she was crying, she needed to be strong for them now.

Carter came down for some breakfast... but stopped dead in his tracks when he got to the entrance hall. "Destiny? Evelyn?" He and Marie had spent a long time looking for them when they went missing. Their fears were confirmed. They had been taken.