Chapter 22... Oh snap! Not Dumbledore!
(ohhhhh we are coming to the end! Only two more chapters after this one. And by the way, chapter 23 is my personal fav. THE CLIMAX XD. Enjoy)
Kyo told the others that they also needed to be on their guard. They planned to attack on Sunday-- that would be a long enough time to wait. Painfully wait.
"How are we supposed to attack if Snape has Voldemort on his side?!" They asked.
Kyo grinned, "I know, it's not like we can use magic or anything. Hasn't Fai been preparing us all for this since day one?"
Saturday came around and was very much like the previous. They visited Hagrid and helped him water the mandrakes in the Green House, sprinkling them also with a magic powder that supposedly would encourage them to sprout. For their Devination class, they worked on palm reading as homework. But the quick day came to an end and Kyo prepared a meeting with the others.
But only Ami showed up and after a while, her face swelled with tears.
" I just heard Yusuke went missing and now....Everyb-b-b-body's disappearing-" Ami was sobbing.
"Ami--" Kyo said faltering.
Sakura Haruno, Rukia and Ino appeared in the room. "We're here!"
Their faces lit up with relief.
Kyo took a breath. "One o' clock p.m. tomorrow. Meet at this same spot. Bring your wands, I daresay you'll be needing them."
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Kyo woke up. Sunday. He quickly got dressed and visited Syaoran before going down to breakfast.
"Syaoran?"
Syaoran opened his eyes, but his sight was still badly impaired. "Kyo? Fai told me what you're going to do today-- You have to get me away from here. Let me help!"
"No. You know that in this condition you would just be in the way. Sakura would worry about you, and I wouldn't blame her. You will only get hurt if you can't see the enemy!"
Syaoran bent his head in defeat.
"Don't worry, I won't come back without her."
Leaving, Kyo wondered what else he could do. Syaoran had to be convinced that he wouldn't be any help, or he would undoubtedly take it upon himself to rescue her-- blind or not.
He saw someone coming through the school's front doors.
It couldn't be a student, his mind registered instantaneously. The man he saw before him was none other than Snape.
Kyo hid behind a pillar, out of sight, and watched as Snape made his way to the passage that led to the herbology green houses.
Going to prepare that potion, Kyo thought. I wonder what's on his mind?
Probably the goal that tonight will bring him, his mind whispered back.
He decided against trailing after the potions master, and instead returned to the Great Hall to await Dumbledore's daily announcements. But Dumbledore was no where to be seen.
Intead, Filch ran through the hall. Without breath, he shouted, "The- he- Dumbledore is gone!"
Voiced dismay erupted among the tables surrounding him. Even Slytherin was looking shocked, knowing that this meant the school would be forced to close.
Kyo had never thought that the old wizard would be taken! And he could have given him the information he had known-- could have stopped this from happening!
Hagrid came in, looking frazzled. "Snape has just informed me that more students have gone missing. Rukia--"
Kyo's body tensed.
"--Sakura Haruno, and Ino."
Now it would be up to only Ami, Fai, and himself, to bring down to most powerful sorceror of all time. He began to feel light-headed.
Dumbledore had been the only one he feared. Did his capture mean he had become stronger already? He clenched his fist at his side. He has them.. He has them all.... Sakura's precious feathers....It was too late!
Maybe not, though. Fai had heard the same news, and he looked calm as ever. I have to pretend like nothings changed, I have to be strong, if only for Sakura's sake.
All students were ordered to return to their dormintories. "Your parents will all be notified by owl post to take you home tomorrow morning. NO exclusions."
Kyo tried studying complex spells in his common room, but ended up falling asleep instead, enhausted from worry.
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He woke up and ran to the clock on the wall. It wasn't 1:00. Yet. Relieved, he realized that in just one hour, he would be completing his quest and assemble their "team". To bad it would only be three people, he thought grimly. He wondered if the security would allow him and the others to leave their common rooms. He didn't want to force his way out."
Picking up his textbook from the floor, he found the page he had been studying. "Here I go again...."
