Guest Chambers (currently occupied by Ciaran McConn and his son)

"Oh goody!" Tav shouted, jumping up into the air. "Where will we go first? Can we see someone? Do you have animals? Are we going to see the Forbidden Forest?"

Kiara laughed "Well lets see, where would be a good first stop" she asked herself.

"Some place you haven't been yet.... Ah how about the stables? Sound like fun to you?" she asked.

"And no forbidden forest, it is forbidden for a reason, and besides you are bound to look in it when you get to Hogwarts anyway." she said smiling.

"Though you better not let me catch you, won't want detention hm?" she added.

"Well detentions are sometimes in the forbidden forest. It would be worth it." he pointed out, a cheeky grin plastered on his face. "The stables sounds great. Do you have unicorns in there or dragons?"

Kiara laughed and shock her head, "Yes we have a unicorn, but not dragons, the school board would freak if we did" she said as she charmed a note on to the door.

"Alright lets go to the stables" she said as she lead the way out.

The note she put up read..

" Dear Ciaran,

Decided to take Tav on that tour while I am free, he is rather excited. I do however need to talk to you later. See you later.

Love,
Ara."

((To the stables))

((lovely note))

(( Nearly the end of the day, Kiara has talk to everyone up till now))

Kiara walked slowly up to Ciarans quarters she sincerly hoped Ciaran was there, she was emotionaly and physicaly worn out... and her lungs were being bothersome she couldn't walk all over the castle looking for him.

Walking up to the door she knocked, waiting for an answer.

The door opened to reveal Tav, dressed for bed with his toothbrush in one hand.
"You okay, Kiara?" he asked.

Kiara let a tired smile come to her lips at Tav.

"Could be better Tav to be honest, is dad in? I need to speak to him about something" she asked.

"He's at the Ministry. He had to go to a trial of one of the people he arrested. Some nerd playing around with a wand in front of a crowd of muggles. It was really funny." He opened the door further for her. "I've got Milo if you want it?"

Kiara sighed, she had awful timing when it came to meeting with Ciaran.

"No thank you Tav that is quite alright, did he say when he would be back?" she asked as she took a seat on the couch . Hopefully he would be back soon, she wanted to get this conversation over with.

Then she shot a small smile at Tav, "getting ready for bed I see"

"Yeah. He'll be back in thirty minutes or so. He left this afternoon. He gave me a note to give to you. But I forgot." he sighed and vanished back into the bathroom to finish brushing his teeth.

On the coffee table, was a rather messy display of action figures. Everything ranging from Batman to Pokemon.

Kiara sighed, Okay her next mission was to stay awake until Ciaran got back...

Looking at the coffee table she mutters "Pokemon still exists?" she as she leaned back in the couch with a sigh. it had been a long day..

Tav walked back into the room and plopped himself down next to Kiara. "Sorry about the mess. I forgot to clean up. Sure ya don't want anything?"

Kiara smiles over at Tav "No thank you Tav that is perfectly alright, and compared to the messes I have been in today, this very clean." dieciding the converation would keep her awake she asks,

"Now how has your day been?"

"Fine. Rather boring though. No offense, but I'd like to go home soon." he yawned. "How about your day?"

Kiara chuckled, it has been the most awful day of her life, or at least one of them...

"My day could have been better Tav" she said.

"I will see what I can do about you being bored, can't have that..." she paused to cough.

Then she got a idea "hmm Do you like cats Tav?" she said she said trying to keep the pain out of her voice.

With the situation that had come up with purgers she would be very busy rearanging the wards around the castle and quite tired afte that... Lav would be very lonely cooped up all by her self in her quarters. If he liked the idea and if Ciaran was alright with it she would let Lav stay here.

Tav shrugged. "Yeah I like them. But my dad doesn't..." he smiled as if the memory of what his father had last done in a cat's presence was amusing.

"Well this is a surprise!" Ciaran stated, shutting the door behind him. "Ara, Tav!"

Kiara looked when Tav mention Ciaran wasn't fond of cats..."oh" "darn" she thought.

When she heard Ciaran's voice Kiara nearly sighed in relief, "Thank merlin" she whispered quietly to herself as she slowly stood up and tiredly walked over to him.

Hugging him she brought her mouth to his ear so only he could her. The news she held, wasn't for Tav's ears.

"We need to talk" she whispered.

"Talk? Aye." he replied. "Tav, ya need to be off ta bed, lad." The boy nodded, yawning behind his hand.

"Good-night, Da, Kiara." and he soon vanished into his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.

"What's wrong, Ara?"

Kiara took a shuggered sigh as she removed the scroll form her rodes, and she went back to sit on the couch. To tired to talk about this standing up.

"I recieved this from Charles Delanquar this morning" she said holding it up.

"It is a small copy of the list of the damned"

"List of the Damned?" Ciaran repeated, looking incredulous. "He's got a flair for the drama, aye?" Taking the list, he opened it, a look of confusion coming over his face.

"Um...me dear. It's blank." He turned it around to show Kiara. To him there was nothing written on the paper; however it was written in blood to those on the list...

Kiara sighed and rubbed a hand over her temple, before muttering a spell on the paper. Revealing only those on the list could see it.

"Yes he certainly has that..." she said with a sigh.

"Only those who are on his list can see it, it seems.....I see a long list of names on it, many of them are people I love" she said as she looked up a him with sadded eyes, but most of all there was fear... fear she would loose them all.

Ciaran's smile vanished and he seated himself on the couch with Kiara. "Ara, its all right to be afraid. Ya can cry, lass. I'll be here for ya." He wrapped his arms securely around her and held her tightly. "No purger will get ya, not as long as I've got breath in me body."

Kiara sighed, "I can't" she could not cry, she wanted to that was most certian, but right now letting her self cry would do her little good. If anything it would cause her lungs to tighten even more.

"Everyone is on it, Sevastyan and his family, Eglantine, Horatio, Viper... even the school nurse"

"This isnt even the full list, just a samle copy, there maybe other names on the real one not revealed on this one"

She sighed and clunched her fists, trying to ignore the tightening feeling in her cheast.

"I pray that you are not on it as well" she whispered lightly.

Though she had a sickening feeling he would be, he was marring her after all......

Ciaran sighed. "Its yar lungs, aye? I'm so sorry, lass." He tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.
"I'll be on it soon, and proud of it. I'd join the Devil himself to be at ya side." He kissed her temple.