A Dark Night for Planning.

[morganan]

It was ten minutes to midnight and all of Hogwarts were in their beds, all except Hendrix and her friends, who were to meet at midnight. She draped her dark green cloak over her head and shoulders, took a quick glance around the room, no one was looking, and then she slipped out of the dorm.

It wouldn’t be easy getting out, the students weren’t allowed to be roaming the school after hours, and if she were caught there would be a price to pay but she didn’t care, the matter at hand was more important than if she lost a few house points, or was given detention. The muggle problem had to be dealt with and it was time someone did something. She raced down the stairs, one or two paintings make comments, “Where does she think she is going?” to which Hendrix replied, “If you don’t want to find your painting on fire, I would shut up if I were you,” in a malevolent voice.

She took one last quick look over her shoulder when she reached the great oak doors, still nothing, and she slipped out into the night.

She was fortunate, there was no moon to give her away and she dare not use a lumos spell for light should that infernal Filch see its light, so under the cover of darkness she reached the Dark Forest and hid, waiting for the others to arrive. Usually she and Grant would travel together, but he had a meeting with Leland Astor that he had to attend to first.

[sassy]

Saski Stark placed her hood over her head, she was to meet Hendrix and the others and so had not returned to the dorm, but had slipped out just after curfew and returned to the library. There was a quiet spot where no one would see you unless you were stupid enough to keep noise or to try to open one of the restricted books. So for several hours Saski sat with a notebook she had received a few weeks earlier from one of her sisters, it was a sort of diary and she already had quite a few things written in it already.

When she looked up she found that it was almost midnight, the time decided when they should meet. She closed her book quickly and ran out of the library as cautiously as she could to avoid Filch and his damned cat Mrs. Norris, who she would love to barbeque. It proved a little more difficult to get down to the entrance, as he stairs decided that they felt like changing every time she plotted a new path, but eventually after a few moments of swearing on her part, she was able to reach the oak doors and out of the school.

It was dark and most would want to use lumos to light their way, but Saski knew better, much better, because people were always watching and she really didn’t want to be seen, detention was not for her. She didn’t really care for the Dark Forest, but if Hendrix thought what they had to talk about was important enough to risk the night and that forest well then she had to attend.

She approached with caution, “Hendrix,” she said in a whisper, “Hendrix are you here?”

[dawn]

Laying in her bed covered in her blankets, Dawn hid the fact that she was wide awake. 'A few more moments.' she thought to herself as she knew midnight was nearing. A minute or so passed as Dawn heard a fellow sixth year turn in her sleep. Rolling over as well, she tryed to look though the dark room towards the others. 'They are all alseep.' she noticed as she pushed her covers off of her, to reveal she was fully dressed. Pulling her dark blue cloak hood over her head, she took her wand from under her pillow and started towards the door. Reaching for the knob, a little bit of light shot into the room. Looking back she noticed Saski's bed was empty. 'She's already there.' she noted to herself as she closed the door after herself quietly.

Making her way through the empty Common Room, Dawn stepped through the porthole undetected. Standing outside of the Room, Dawn looked towards her left, which lead to the main hallway. Then looking left which lead deeper into the dungeons. Instead of going left, Dawn took her wand out and stalked deeper into the dark dungeon corridors.

Somewhat like a maze, she turned right, then left, then right and right again, then left as she arrived at a set of old stairs leadup to the ceiling. Taking slow stepps, Dawn touched the wall for balance. Nearing the top, Dawn tapped the ceiling as a stone moved. Helping it along, A breeze flew through the hole, which lead to the outside. Pushing her upperbody through first, Dawn helped the rest of her body along. Finally, out of the ground, Dawn stood up as she pushed the stone back into place. Looking around, she was behind the lake, but inside the forest. Kicking a bit of dirt over the stone, Dawn walked the edge of the forest as she went to the meeting place where Hendrix appointed.

A few moments passed as Dawn heard a voice speak, asking if Hendrix was there. "Hello? This is Dawn." She said as she noticed a body not too far in front of her. "Saski?" she asked as she crossed her arms and held her cloak tighter to her body.

[Samantha Driscoll]

Very carefully and making sure she performed every step of the charm correctly, Samantha performed the Concealment charm and in minutes she had camouflaged with her surroundings. It was a complex charm that had taken quite a while to master, as it was a combination of vanishing and invisibility charms and one that required a lot of concentration to be performed correctly. It wasn't the first time for Samantha doing it though, and it certainly wouldn't be the last. She left her dormitory quietly and crept stealthily out of the school and to the grounds, like a snake sliding from one place to another, gracefully and making no noise at all.

She was very excited about the meeting. Samantha was almost never excited about anything except for when she knew she was going to use some of her power. And she knew the others had been cooking something for quite a while and couldn’t wait to know what it was. She was curious about what the Queens got up to and what they said in their private meetings. As soon as she had reached the forest she whispered an incantation and slowly the camouflage began to fade, revealing her slender figure. She was dressed completely in black, and even her light brown hair had been dyed that morning to the same colour. She smiled at the others in greeting and stood quietly wondering if Hendrix was the one who was the leader of the Queens. She was the oldest after all, and all the Slytherins knew her great ambition and love of leadership.