[Somewhere in Hogwarts Castle, in the evening.]
Cold breeze of wind was flowing, there were many long trees dancing and fluttering with the blowing wind which made a very soothing sound.
Two boys were walking on a path filled with fallen yellow leaves. One looked a bit younger than the other. One was Edward and the other his subordinate/ friend Grant.
"Don't you think this time we went a bit overboard? What kind of magic did you use? The whole Gryffindor house was acting like mad dogs. It was a very amusing to see them like this but the commotion it caused may get us caught. Dumbledore will surely investigate this and if he finds out that we were involved with dark magic we might even be sent to Azkaban."
He looked at Edward's expressions which seemed very calm and in peace, " Don't think lightly of this. Looking at your expressions you don't seem bothered by anything. If Dumbledore calls the ministry what then, Are you sure we wouldn't get caught even if the ministry gets involved? "
Edward was still calm, "Don't be so afraid, it's all very simple. We wouldn't even be considered as suspects, the seed which I planted in Gryffindor has just only budded soon it will bloom. And when that happens Gremory wouldn't be able to protect himself.
And even if he is able to get rid of my budded plant, the puppet will do his job. All according to my plan. The magic I used isn't something which they can easily solve, even if they do solve it the puppet will be our scapegoat."
Grant looked at Edward with worry, "Isn't this enough, what more do you want. Gremory will surely be expelled. Even if he doesn't get expelled his social life is so much ruined that he would himself leave Hogwarts."
Edward glared at Grant.
"Don't tell me you are having second thoughts."
Grant was visibly very scared by Edward, "No, it's nothing like that. I was just saying."
"Good then, I thought that you were planning to snitch on me. If that were to happen, you know what would happen to your parents don't you." Edward said with an evil smile, "Let's go back to there, I need to get updates on the situation, my lovely little puppet was with him all day long."
...
[Snape's office]
Liam had to stay in Snape's office for few days till they find the real culprit. And as that culprit may even be one of the student. It would be very dangerous for Liam to stay in his own room as he was the target.
Snape took him back to his room to get what he needed. Liam also took the black book with him. He wouldn't have dared to do something like this but these were crucial times, he needed to know few things about ritual magic to be able to have a fighting chance.
"Take this…" Snape handed Liam a small wooden stick on which a symbol was carved.
"What is this?" Liam asked.
"It's for your protection. If you are in danger break that stick. Once you break it, I have its pair, mine will also break when you break yours giving me your location. It's a safety measure so be sure to only use it when you are really in danger, and not for silly things. It was a gift from Mr. Whitehorn, I don't have another one of this and the only person who can make it is Mr. Whitehorn himself so. Don't you dare lose it." Snape warned Liam.
Liam nodded and kept the stick in his jacket pocket.
Snape left his office and went towards Dumbledore's office to discuss.
As soon as Snape left Liam opened the black book and started to look for information on Ritual magic.
…
Snape rushed to Dumbledore's office.
Dumbledore was writing something, "Severus, you are here. I was waiting for you. Now that you are here we shall depart."
"Depart… Where to?" Snape was a bit annoyed, "In a situation like this where would we go. We have a very serious matter to attend to. You also know, the only people who still have knowledge of ritual magic are 'Them' I don't think that it is a coincidence that Liam got targeted by ritual magic. 'They' may have got his information already. We can't be casual now, 'They' might make their move. And if that happens…"
Dumbledore stopped Snape from speaking further, "Do you think I don't know what 'They' can do. We have been protecting Liam from 'Them' for a long time. But I am sure that 'They' don't have a hand in doing this. If 'They' knew of him, they surely wouldn't cast a ritual curse on him."
Snape sighed, 'Dumbledore always acts like this….'
"So tell me where we are going."
Dumbledore smiled and pointed downwards, "To her core."
…
[Cedric's room]
Cedric had read what was written in the Note and was very confused of the situation. He didn't know what he should do.
"I have no choice but to go to Prof. Snape." He quickly wore his shoes and rushed towards Snape's office.
After reaching at Snape's office, he knocked the door. But no one answered.
The door was already half opened, he entered the office to see Liam was reading a book wearing glasses and his legs on Snape's table.
Cedric laughed a bit, 'The situation is so dire and this idiot is reading a book in peace.'
Cedric snatched the book from Liam's hand swiftly.
Liam was in shake of shock, "What the…"
He noticed a blurry figure in front of him. He removed his glasses to see who it was.
"CEDRIC!... What are you doing here?" Liam exclaimed.
"I came here to talk with prof. Snape but fortunately I met you as well." Cedric quickly closed the door.
"I have something important to show you. I think you have also noticed that Michael has been acting very strange since the morning… I now know the reason why." He handed Liam the note which he got from Michael's Owl.
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