Evy~

I open my eyes groggily, and choke on air. People are running around, screaming, and the captors are frantically casting Silencing Charms.

I assume the room is soundproof, though, because they aren’t bothering with nonverbal incantations. I wish I could just sink back into unconsciousness and pretend this isn’t happening to me but that’s not an option right now.

“OPEN UP!” A muffled voice says angrily. The door slides open with a muttered, “Alohomora,” from the female captor. Another Hufflepuff next to me gasps. I think I recognize her as Alyssa, the third year. “No,” she whispers, but no one notices.

I wonder what startled her. A hooded person comes in, looking agitated. They start to pull their cloak off but one of the other captors stops them. “NO! Do you want to reveal your identity to every single person here?” The new person stops. “Look, this isn’t what I signed up for. Kidnapping innocent kids to do what with? You won’t even tell me that! And don’t even get me started on where we are and who we’re working for! This is ridiculous! You think that the professors aren’t going to notice? Well guess what! They are noticing so I’m out! I’m not here to just get caught-”

The boy sounds younger than I’d thought he would be. I jump as one of the captors lazily flicks his wand and the boy falls over, stiff as a board. “MMMPH!” he yells venomously, unable to move his jaw. “Well, that takes care of that. Silencio.”

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Apologies for how short that was. I don't know where I'm going with this but maybe the boy knows one of the other characters? @Sterling, I obviously don't know the whole story on the person Lucia was talking to but maybe it could be him, if that makes sense the plot you were thinking about? Idk.

I like that!  I'll post my next part soon

AGH SORRY I'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG. I just didn't have any new ideas for this for a long time...but here I am. Also, the other night I had a weird dream where I was in this RP, not in Hogwarts but inside the thread, and it was basically this huge library with a bunch of maze-y rooms and each new post was a book. I thought that was kind of cool. Anyways, onto the RP-ing!

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That night, I toss and turn in my four-poster bed. The whole staff is now hunting the grounds for Rita Skeeter. I know I helped, but I can't help feeling like I'm not doing enough. I should be out there, looking for Evy.

Finally, I decide there's no use trying to sleep. I step into my fuzzy slippers and tip-toe out of the dormitories. The normally sunny and comfy common room looks dark and mysterious in the moonlight.

The first thing to do is find Ash. Something tells me he's not in the Ravenclaw dormitories, so instead of heading to the Ravenclaw tower I spiral the other way up to the seventh floor. I've heard a rumor about a hidden room up here, one that you can only find if you really need it. Maybe it can help me find Evy and Ash.

When I get to the seventh floor, however, Ash is already there--accompanied by Rita Skeeter. I recognize her pristinely makeup-ed face and glasses from the Daily Prophet.

"You!" I hiss. "What are you doing here? Ash, get away from her!"

Ash spins around. "Olive? No, you don't understand. Rita--"

I'm not usually one to attack people, but this woman is responsible for kidnapping Evy and a dozen other students. I whip out my wand. "Expelliarmus!"

Rita's wand comes flying into my hand. Ash facepalms. "Olive, she's not the kidnapper. She's here to help."

I look at her wand, which seems to glare accusingly up at me. I hand it back to her guiltily. "Sorry. It's just--we had reason to believe that you--"

"Yes, yes," Rita says sniffily. "The whole castle is on the lookout for me now. They won't find me, of course, but it does make this whole ordeal a little more frustrating."

"Do you have an invisibility cloak or something?"

Rita gives me a sly smile. "Something like that."

"So," says Ash, "you were telling me how you knew about the kidnappings?"

"Right," Rita says, businesslike. "You see, I was friends with the culprits--"

"You were WHAT?" I say. "I just gave you back your wand!"

Rita holds up a hand. "I didn't even finish the sentence, girl. I was friends with the culprits until they started going into that nasty business. Then I figured I might want to keep out of their doings lest I get caught and fired from my job, or something."

"The only reason you didn't start kidnapping children was because you didn't want to get fired?" I say, disgusted.

"That's not the only reason. It's not a nice thing to do," Rita says quickly.

"Right." I roll my eyes. "And why are you going to be helpful to us?"

Rita sighs impatiently. "I know the culprits. I can give you inside knowledge to them. Starting now."

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Yay :)

Alyssa~

I couldn't believe my eyes. There standing a mere four feet away from me, was...my sister.

"No..." I gasped.

Her eyes swept across the room, and landed on me. We locked eyes for six seconds (yes, I counted) before she looked away. Her name was Ravana and she had switched to following He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named three years ago but then went missing. And now here she was.

"I told you I didn't want to do this," Ravana muttered to one of the others.

"Why don't you tell that to the Dark Lord then?" they answered.

Ravana shifted uncomfortably. "Just let them all go, grab the--" she paused. "Let them go, grab what you need, and get on with it."

The other captor (who sounded male) chuckled. "How long have you been a Death Eater Fairheart?"

"Three years."

"You still have much to learn. The Dark Lord has his reasons, and you musn't interfere. Unless you want me to call him right now?" he said. pulling up his sleeve, revealing the Dark Mark tattooed on his left forearm.

"No! Please don't."

"Ok, but you may not be so lucky next time."

That's when I realized that Ravana had switched to the dark side, then regretted it but was forced to remain evil.