Random Hallway (fixed) January 2035

The Minister, on his way to speak to Headmistress Kiara McConn, strode with purpose down the hallway. He had never been so upset in his life. All his problems seemed to centre around not being about to rid the world of its newest threat.

He turned the corner and froze, mouth dropping open.

"Good-afternoon, Minister." a soft feminine voice whispered. He was thrown back against the wall as she approached. A hand reached out and he screamed in pain and his skin slowly began to peel from his flesh.

Kiara ran as fast as she could down the hall... her blood running cold when she heard the scream.

"Damn it!" she said trying to run faster.

She rounded the corner to see Eglantine starting to kill the minister.

"Eglantine! let him go" she said attempting to cast a shield around the minister. Knowing this attempt was more then likely futile, she wanted to make her intentions known.

Eglantine ignored Kiara, her attention totally pinned, literally, on the Minister. He had begun bleed as the layers of skin separated and his mouth was tightly closed as if a hand had shut it.

"Do not taunt Death...else it may respond." she whispered.

Kiara growled in fustration, and came closer to her mother and the Minister.... She knew it was probably to late for the minister, but she hoped she could convince Eglantine not to go after anyone else.

"Eglantine... Excessum! stop it!" she snapped tired of being ignored like a little bug on the wall.

This time she unleshed a portion of her magic at Eglantine... hoping to draw her attention to her Instead of the minister.

"What will this solve other then scaring people more then they already are and making out lives worse" she said. Yes.. she had been pushed beyond her limit, and she could not help but blame it on Excessum.

The Minister fell to the ground and Eglantine sighed softly, turning to face Kiara.
"As long as you are safe...no one else will die." she stated, smiling gently at her daughter. "I swear."

Kiara sighed in fustration.. "That is the problem Eglantine... we will never be safe, don't you get it? The more you scare the people the more they take it out on us. Now you have killed the minister! In hogwarts no less, what do you think will happen once you leave hm? I will face yet another inquiry, quite likely loose my job here... Edan and Rossa will be picked on even more, and you will kill someone else. Don't you get it? I know you are trying to protect Rossa... but doing it this way doesn't help" she said mixed emotions going through her.

Eglantine said nothing while Kiara spoke. She heard her...and although she did not respond, she understood. She was far from naive...far from blind. If anything her mind and wisdom had grown to the point where she was no longer understood.

"Very well. You return to you your Minister and your lives." behind her the ministry was revived from death by Excessum and he groaned softly, mainly from surprise, since his injuries were completely healed.
"You shall never see me again." she murmured, turning and walking down the hallway. Several students had gathered around and she smiled at them as she passed.

Kiara didn't look as if she had won anything infact she looked down in defeat for a moment, Then she raised her head " Alright everyone return to your common rooms and your studies.... there is nothing more to see" she said as she offered her hand to the fallen minister.

"Come minister I will escort you to my office, you can use the floo there" she said.

"Less of cousre you want to talk about what just happened?" she asked blankly, the minister was hardly her favorite person at the moment but that is beside the point.

The minister took the offered hand, no doubt to flustered and confused about what had happened to argue.
Did he want to talk? no, he really didn't but then again...he had to.

Sniffing to get himself together, he sighed. "She killed me, didn't she?" he asked, although he was fairly certain she had. "Why did she bring me back?"

Kiara sighed, "She brought you back minister because your death, would have made my families life that much harder... and she knows it." she looked at him with a critical eye. Really it made no sense sometimes... They didn't want Eglantine to kill the people, yet it was the people the wanted to hurt them...

The Minister nodded. "Well in that case...thank you, Headmistress. Now I no longer desire to discuss this... If you do not mind, I would like to go home to my family." He was visibly shaken and with good reason.

Kiara nodded "Of course minister... my office is just this way" she said.

"Go to your family..."

Then she wanted to and see hers, to make sure Rossa was alright, Edan would no doubt hear what happened.

The Minister nodded and continued on his way, silent and occasionally glancing behind him.

Edan, as if on cue, hurried up to his mum. "WHAT WAS THAT?" he asked loudly, hugging his mum and kissing her cheek.

Kiara sighed wraped a arm around her sons shoulders and kissed his forehead.

"That was Eglantine... trying to make a point dear. But everything is alright now, I am going to check on Rossa in abit.. want to come with me?" she asked.

Edan's brown eyes widened. "Eglantine as in the one that cough went cough wacko cough?" as usual he didn't take it as seriously as he should have.
"Did she say hello?"

Kiara rolled her eyes at her silly son, her eyes flicked to the minister, he still looked dazed.

"Yes.... she said Hello alright" she said with a shake of her head sadly... Her son joked but Kiara no matter what she did could not laugh at the women she called mother.

Whispering the password to her office "Flame in Darkness" she ushered the dazed minister up the staires.

Edan nodded, kissing his mum's cheek again before hurrying off to his next class.

The Minister nodded and entered the office, heading straight for the fireplace.
"Thank you, Headmistress." he murmured again. Pausing he turned back. "You have claimed by trust for your own. Forgive me for placing you on a list as an enemy. You are a victim."

Kiara looked at the minster, yes she was relieve she didn't have the minister in her back anymore... but it disturbed her also, what had she done other then beg Eglantine not to kill the man, solely for her families benifit. She shook her head and sighed.

" Have a good evening minister" she said simply.

((assuming he left?))

Kiara took a sheet of partchment and wrote a small letter to Ciaran who was at the ministry. Telling what had happened before he heard it from rumours and panicked.

"Saturn? Take this to Ciaran please.." she said handing the letter over to her bird once she stamped it with the hogwarts seal.

The minister nodded once more to Kiara before tossing some floo powder into the fireplace and vanishing with a bark for his home.

*elsewhere*

Ciaran looked up from his desk as Saturn popped into existence in a burst of blue flames. Taking the letter stamped with Hogwart's seal, his mouth set into a grim line and he opened it.

The contents of the letter read as follows in Kiara's simple but neat hand writing.

"Dear Ciaran,

I thought I should let you know what happened today before you heard from anyone else and panicked. Eglantine came to Hogwarts today... and attacked the minister. She did however bring the minister back, he just left my office.

You should also know she took Rossa, now before you panic Rossa is fine and at home with Tav for now. Another student was bothering her and Eglantine intervened. I believe she was trying to protect her.... I will be going over there to check on her now... Eglantine must have done something to scare her.

I will see you later,
Love yours
Ara."

*still elsewhere*

Ciaran read the letter and then read it again, barely able to believe his eyes. Rising quickly he turned the letter around and scribbled a note on the back.

"Ara, I will go see the minister and get a team together. Be back as soon as I can, love."

~Ran

Giving it to his owl, he all but ran for the lift.