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Alice had been here for a little while. Not that anyone could have seen her. As usual, she was hiding under the invisibility cloak which the headmaster had given her permission to use to spy on misbehaving students. Having heard a commotion by the lake (and commotion here meant agitated voices), she had slipped her invisibility cloak over her short form and had then walked over to the lake to stand several yards to the back of Professor Noble.
With a surge of barely expressed glee, she realized the conversation she was eavesdropping on was important. She hadn't heard it from the start, obviously, but it seemed (from what she did hear) that Professor Petrov had killed poor Derf's pet. What were they going to do about it? Then Gaston came over (who she saw coming before anyone else did) and was demanding to know what was going on. At this point, Alice felt like taking off her cloak - yet for some reason she didn't.
Then the scream. That was ruined her cover. She had been holding so still that the noise made her jump in alarm, causing her cloak to fall off and land awkwardly at her feet.
Oops.
Well...this was embarrassing. But Alice had no time to be embarrassed. "It's Jessa," she confirmed, acting as if she had been there all along. "Er...excuse me, children. Professors."
And, leaving her cloak on the ground, the eavesdropping professor hurried off towards Professor Petrov's tent. |