Game one

Diana followed Ana quietly. She had no one now. Whoever did this will pay.

((Sorry I haven't posted here in quite a while... I've long since become utterly confused as of what's going on.))


Sevastyan heard both alerts of the attacks, and let loose a rather colorful list of obscenities in his mother tongue. Deciding that the plea for help was infinitely more urgent, Sevastyan decided to make a mad dash to wherever Miss Casillas was located. It took him a little while to locate her.

A sword... and the letter 's'... vot does this mean? he thought as he ran as fast as his legs would allow. Miss Gallagher had clearly left a signal, but did the sword have a connection as well? Sevastyan's analytical mind was trying to process the two clues he had to go on.

Slowing his footfalls to a walk, Sevastyan came upon Miss Casillas, finding her in the company of another. Miss Vaight was levitating a form behind her, and it wasn't moving. "Vot happened?" he asked, slightly out of breath. The Russian had the sinking feeling that Mr. Vaight, whom had left with Miss Casillas, did not survive his injuries, whatever they were and however it happened. Sevastyan found it unnerving that he had more questions than he had answers.

Diana's words caught in her throat. Why was it she was always the one who explained how her love ones die?

"He was attacked." Her voice trembled violently but she was able to keep tears from her eyes.

Lycoris looked up. "Darien? Oh no, poor Diana... First Nick, then Zabby, now him? They'll be here soon, won't they?"

"I see that," Sevastyan nodded solemnly, not quite sure how to go about this. It was clear the student was another one that Miss Casillas had feelings for. "Did you happen to see anything? Anything unusual?"

"No," she shook violently. "No, it all happened so fast. One moment we were taking Nicolas to the Hospital Wing... then suddenly there was this sound and - Darien put a shielding charm on me - then he tried attacking the culprit in wolf form but... he got hurt... and then he...." Diana could no longer speak. Her body convulsed in unsheld tears.

Sevastyan suppressed a sigh, brows furrowed with a mixture of feelings. In a way he wished he hadn't had to have asked. But, if they were going to find out who did this, then such questions needed to be asked. "Ve vill find out who is doing this," he offered somewhat gruffly, his arm extended for to hover several inches from Diana in a gesture of what he'd hoped would be considered comforting. The Russian wasn't exactly touchy-feely.

"We will." Diana agreed, her voice watery but filled with threat.

"Does... did... Mr. Vaight have any enemies? Anyvone that vould do such a thing?" Sevastyan inquired cautiously.

Diana shook her head. "Not that I know of... the only one who'd want to hurt him is..." she stopped short. "But he wouldn't have gone as far as to have killed Darien!" Diana cried out. "They would just duel, and fight but nothing past that... certainly not murderer!"

"Could you give me the name, please?" Sevastyan asked softly. Though, given the fact that he broke up the fight between Boris and Darien, and that Mr. Casillas was a best friend to Boris, he had a feeling this might be whom she was referring to. "And vot of teachers or other adults around him, just to make sure ve have all the bases covered? Did he say anything to you about his views on them?"

Diana shook her head. No nothing about the teachers. No nothing about the other adults.

As for the name, it was: "Nicolas Casillas," Diana sobbed.

Ana was barely aware of the conversation going on around her.
If she wasn't listening, she didn't have to think.
And if she didn't have to think, she didn't have to remember.

Eglantine sighed, leaning against the wall. The first murders had been Gryffindors and now they had a Slytherin... obviously it wasn't anyone who had something against a particular house.
So much death in such a short time... Eglantine squeezed her eyes shut and slid down the wall. As their teacher, it was her responsibility to protect them...all of them. Nicholas Casillas and Zabby Gallagher had both been in her house. And Darien Vaight...she had helped him gain control over his transfigurations... she wiped away a single tear and sighed.

Ana glanced around. Wasn't anyone going to do anything?!
She lowered the body to the ground and began to walk. Ana kept walking, into the shadows.
She needed to be alone.

((sorry!!! 100xs))

Amy and Aiden watched from the shadows and shook there heads.

"Who ever did this will pay and rot in you know where" Amy cursed.

Aiden said nothing, but nodded as he watched Ana go off by her self. "We can't let her go off on her own Amy, let follow her. She might be next" said Aiden as he walked in the direction Ana had gone in.

Amy nodded pushing her tears back, she would cry her heart out later....... if they lived.

Ana felt anger as tears blurred her vision. Unable to see, she crashed into a suit of armour and swore loudly, falling backwards.
She winced as a sharp piece of metal cut the back of her hand and sat up in the rubble.
"Ugh...Ana, you are pathetic." She muttered to herself. "You can't even walk down a bloody corridor."
She raised the uninjured hand to her face, obscuring her eyes.

(I am assuming that this game has died... so I have ended it. everyone is alive agian..... game over..... I will start a new game later with revised rules)