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"Ogre?" offered Chase with a small smile. He, too, couldn't believe that they had gotten rid of Professor Stewart. She had been at the school for such a long time and had always been friendly to students regardless of their house. He remained silent, listening to Dorian describe the abomination that occurred in their common room. His face twisted from unamused to absolutely horrified. Replacing their fun comic books with encyclopedias?! What kind of monster had Scrimmy brought into the school? "NO! That's awful," he said. "As I said in Herbology, this new Headmaster's personality is akin to Venomous Tentacula." He was going to stand by it. Chase was one to speak the truth. Not say lies. He was a horrible liar. But he would have to work on this skill to better survive this new Hogwarts. Chase frowned even more when the Ravenclaw informed him that he wasn't given any of the treats that his father had sent him. And the mate probably couldn't owl back to his father and explain what was happening. "It's as if we're prisoners of the school... There must be something we can do to overcome this all...."
Just exactly what would be the question. He sighed. "In the meantime, I think we all need to stick together through this... I'm Chase by the way. Chang-Woo Spenley formally but my mates call me Chase," he added.
Chase couldn't help but smile when he heard the Ravenclaw's laugh. Laughter in such an open place seemed like a dangerous notion but instead of being uncomfortable about it all, Chase just smiled. "I did... It's weird to laugh now, isn't it?" he spoke and shook his head, glancing at his feet momentarily before up at the Ravenclaw. "That's not right."
He turned his gaze back to the mirror as the Ravenclaw said that perhaps the room that was pictured in the mirror could only be seen at certain times of the day. Huh..... Now that was an intriguing thought. He paused and was about to look away when he saw something move. HUH? Then the Raven said that he was wrong. "WAIT. I saw it too," began Chase. "It was a figure... In the left hand corner. A dark figure as if he or she were hooded...." His eyes remained on the painting. "There! It happened again. Did you see it?"
Ogre.....
"Not the word i was searching for but agreeable" he said as he looked down the hallway in case his Head of House popped up from a hidden passage way. They seemed to do that every now and then from what he had heard from the other students.
He did remember someone had said in Herbology that the Headmaster resembled a venomous tentacula however at the time he had not appreciated it. It having happened in the earlier months of the year when Dorian had found the workings of the new Headmaster admirable and had agreed with them. But that was months ago and opinions changed, he grew up and was finally realising who the real evil at Hogwarts were at the moment. Perhaps not in the form of dark creatures but anyone denying them to have fun while learning was evil in his eyes.
"And with them closing down trips to Hogsmeade it feels even more of a prison. I was so hoping to spend some time without having to think about every single rule" he said as he unconciously tightened his Ravenclaw tie which he had seen in the windows reflection had been askew.
"He's an ex-auror right? I think he still thinks he is one..." the way they had to act in classes. The push ups, the running etc. It all screamed Auror Training to him.
"But what though?" he asked.
"I mean, no offense but we're JUST students. Going against them without a proper safety plan is like signing your own expulsion papers" he frowned.
"I thought once of using someone or more as spies. To get them on the teachers good sides and have them report to our side regulary to find something we could use against them but" he sighed.
"There are so many flaws in that plan and not to mention that the headmaster was a dark wizard catcher so a bunch of students playing spies wont be difficult to detect..." he scratched his head, messing up his dark brown hair.
"I'm Dorian..." he added as he looked at the mirror again.
Wait....he had seen the shadow as well?
Dorian looked at the place Chase had pointed out and indeed he saw the same black shadow move across the room.
"uhm...i don't know what that is but i hope it stays there..." forever cause he did not like it.
"What do you think it is?"