Ah. Portal. Of course.

Declan nodded once and decided to stay silent until the girl gathered her thoughts. The portals popping around Hogwarts sucking up people were enough to put everyone on edge. It just so happened that Declan was used to that kind of feeling although he was sure the added stress was making the bags under his eyes even bigger.

"No, I haven't seen anything this time," he said thinking back on what happened in the Great Hall. "Do they look the same every time? Big flash of light...?"

Declan shrugged. "Yeah, I know. I was just looking for Charlotte," he said and didn't offer further explanation. It didn't matter. He couldn't spot her and she was either in the forest or sucked up to who knows where through a portal. "She'll show up eventually. She always does."