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Suvansh let out a cheerful laugh and starting walking after Tsukasa and Alison as Tsukasa suggested. When he was about to leave the courtyard, he felt the prying eyes of someone staring at him from a few floors above, and looked about to see Jules looking at him. He waved at him, gesturing to come down to him, as he moved away from the others towards a more central place towards Jules, while noting where the others were going, so as to find them after talking to Jules.

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One of the Griffindor's was waving to him. Cursing his bad eyesight, Jules leaned out of the window to take a closer look, before the moonlight reflecting off the Head Boy badge finally registered. Suvansh then, as he pondered the quickest way to get down. Logically just vaulting over the window and casting a slowing spell would be easiest, but that would be awful for his image so he instead chose to take the longer route, hurrying down the many flights of stairs to get to the courtyard. "Everything alright?" He asked once he was in hearing range. "Seems quite lively here."

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Ri reached the courtyard and paused for a moment at Nene's words. It wasn't that she didn't want her best friend to see her home and family, but what would she think? It was just her, her mom, and Eucalyptus most of the time. Most of the time. That other major reason for the Hufflepuff's never inviting any of her fellow wizards to her house also tended to drop by without much warning. Not that she was complaining, though. Though she knew she could trust Nene, her own ego kept her from spieling to her about him. Besides, what if she laughed? Yeah, right. Do you know your own best friend at all? Ri chided herself. She'd open up soon, if prompted. It was honestly just a matter of her own ego at this point.

Noticing Suvansh had stopped a little ways back and a figure had joined him, though she couldn't quite discern who. With a grin, she readied her wand. She'd meant what she said; whoever was last would be the first, aside from her and Amane, to see the Charm. Should be a nice way to kick off the chaos. Although, if the new person got there before Suvansh, she might find herself egging a Head Boy. Not that she wouldn't, mind you, but it did seem like it may have a few more repercussions than simply doing so to a normal student.

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Gasping for breath as the brown haired boy finally skidded to a halt near Hurricane, Nene shook herself free from Amane and grabbed 'Ri's shoulder for support instead. "Don't...you tell me...you're going...to egg...th...the Head Boy," she managed to get out between breaths, motioning vaguely to Jules as she spoke. Shaking her head with a grin, she poked her friend's arm in an attempt to discourage her. "We don't even-" Nene paused for another deep breath. "-know what he'd do! He could come in here and give us all detention," she joked, highly doubting that the teen would actually do that. Well, that he would do that prior to there being any actual mess, that is.

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Amane huffed as Nene went back to her friend, but perked up as Tsukasa came charging in with Alison in tow. "Well, I guess either way we're egging one of those two," he pointed out, wondering whether there would be another student joining the fray after all. He didn't really recognize the other boy, so he wasn't sure what the outcome of the conversation would be. With a sigh, he glanced over to his brother. "Sorry about Tsukasa again, Alison. Tsukasa, people can walk by themselves, you know." Honestly, one of these days, Tsukasa was REALLY going to cross a line and get them in serious hot water.

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Tsukasa merely shrugged and finally let go of Alison, huffing as his brother scolded him. "Amaneeeeee," he groaned, now clinging to his twin instead of the poor Ravenclaw girl. "It's faster if I just take them with me," he said, attempting to justify himself, but he knew that Amane had heard his argument thousands of times and that it wouldn't work any differently this time than it had the others. Well, at least Amane didn't mind. Squishing himself up against his brother, he pulled out his wand, mentally beginning to work out the beginnings of the egg spell. Although, he noted, looking up at 'Ri, it would be good to see the original firsthand.

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"Yes" replied Suvansh, with a simple smirk. "Everything's alright!" He wondered if he should let Jules in with this little nuisance. He knew he wouldn't tell on him, but still, he wondered. He remembers the days of using chocolate bombs and other stuff in the corridors. Suvansh grabbed Jules' hand and beckoned in forward, moving almost at the same pace, such that they would reach the others together.

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Alison rubbed her arm a little, feeling the pressure released now that she wasn't being dragged around. While it was nice to feel wanted, it wasn't as bad as having someone with an iron grip keep her nearly stumbling. Alison was curious about what was going on. She did have a fairly good idea but was still in the dark about the specifics of how this worked. After all, she was still learning about magic in general. Well, what better way than to watch it firsthand? "It's okay," she said quietly, stepping back a little. If anything, she didn't want to be in the way.

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"Getting into trouble so soon? You're really setting a great example, Head Boy." Jules snorted but made no move to resist, following along. The clearing looked innocuous enough so he didn't feel the need to draw out his wand for clean-up duty. If he focused, he could make out familiar shapes framed within Hufflepuff's gold and black. Nene and Hurricane was it? Of course if it was going to be anyone, it would be that pair of friends that would cause a bout of good natured mischief. As Jules came closer, however, he could see a Ravenclaw robe that he had previously missed, an eyebrow arching at the familiar face. So Alison was also in this little prank. It would be for the best to break up the group before it got too big and out of hand but for now, Jules didn't mind indulging his own curiosity as he walked alongside Suvansh towards the younger students.

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Samton was intrigued to hear some commotion coming from nearby. Looking in that direction, he saw Suvansh and Jules, along with some first years. "What are they doing?" Samton's curiosity took the better of him, as he sneaked closer and used his legilimency powers.

"So they're gonna egg the castle, huh? Funny." Samton was able to sense someone else watching too. Hiding himself, Samton chuckled softly. He then took out a single thestral hair, wrapped it in a paper with the words "Floor 3, western corridor" written on it, and then waved his wand. Suddenly, his owl came flying by from the owlery. Giving the paper to the owl, he nodded. The owl immediately flew away, knowing full well where her destination was.

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Walking by the window, Nott's thoughts were disrupted when a rolled piece of paper dropped on his head. Opening it, he saw a thestral hair and the words "Floor 3, western corridor" on them. Allowing himself a single chuckle, he took the hair and burnt the paper. Then he started for the third floor.

Aurora slid to the floor, gasping. She was in her bathroom, with sweat pouring down her face and her head feeling as if it was going to explode. She pointed her wand at the tattoo on her neck, which was the source of her agony. "Ostende alterum!" she thought. The figure of Aurora's younger sister slid into her mind. "Lenora!" she cried out. The two siblings embraced. "I'm sorry Aurora... I was just so scared." the younger black haired girl said. Aurora didn't speak for a moment. "Nora... the whole reason I created this spell was so I could help when this sort of thing happened." she said finally. "I created a mindscape for the two of us. You have to accept that it isn't your fault." Aurora said, consoling her distraught sister. Suddenly, Lenora goes silent. Her eyes seem to scream "Help me!" and she fades away abruptly. Aurora forces herself out of her own mind. Emerson Galway stands over her, looking worried. "Please don't say it." she says after a moment of silence. Aurora looks grim. "Lenora needs my help." she says. Emerson looks frustrated for moment. "Alright. Let's go." she holds her hand out to Aurora who takes it and stands up. The head to the window. Emerson leaps out first, changing into her Animagus form. Aurora waves her wand. Her silver leopard stalks up from seemingly nowhere. Aurora mutters something to it and it bounds away.

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Suvansh gives Jules half a smirk, as he sees a sliver of silver come round the corner of his eyes. He changes stance so as to be ready for danger, but it was just a patronus. A leopard. Aurora's patronus. Suvansh excuses himself from Jules for a moment, while beckoning him towards the pack of troublesome eggers. He follows the leopard, until it took him to a seemingly empty corridor, and some how, via Aurora's legilimency, he guessed, the patronus mentally told him all about Lenora's danger, and beckoned him to the direction Aurora went to. Suvansh swiftly turns into his animagus form and runs after the leopard.

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Aurora dips her head. "Thank god for Hagrid's hipogriffs." she thought. The Hippogriff allowed her to jump on it's back. Aurora, looks back at the castle, praying that Suvansh gets her message and understands what she needs. She considers grabbing Heidi, but ruled against it. "If Heidi wants to come, she'll find me." Heidi had an annoying talent for that. As she takes to the sky, she lets out the breath she had been holding since Lenora disappeared. She also considered finding Holly. But she ruled against that as well, as Holly has enough on her plate and didn't need more to worry about.

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As Aurora took off on the hippogriff, Suvansh reached the grounds. He changes back to human, hastily getting into the forests, trying to find himself a ride. He stumbled across a thestral, all alone in the woods, with smell of blood in the air. He looks around, and gasps, as he notices the corpse of a thestral, who looked like he was just swiped by swords multiple times, as if hit by sectumsempra. He walked towards it, to check if it was alive- but noticed, his chest cavity was open- as if it's heart was missing- he just looks away from the gore, and walks over to the other, alive thestral. He pets it, and tries to sit on it. The animal refrains for a moment, but gives in soon enough. As he complied, Suvansh asked the thestral to fly after Aurora and the hippogriff. He tries to catch upto the hippogriff quick, and it wasn't hard, thestral being quicker than hippogriffs. He hovers around her, but doesn't say a word, only imagining how she must be feeling as of now.

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"Humph, you need to stop assuming we'll catch up with you." Heidi's voice says. She had left her perch on the roof and was lounging casually on the handle of a nice looking broom. Aurora says nothing. She looks over at the younger girl, who's eyes sparkle with excitement. "I knew you and Holly would figure out a way to come with me." she says finally, still ignoring Suvansh. "You do realize this'll be dangerous. And you could die." she says to Heidi. Heidi laughs manically. "Oh Miss Aurora, it wouldn't be fun without the possibility of death!" she says. Aurora groans. Heidi grins.

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Suvansh notices Heidi's broom and ridicules himself on why didn't he think about taking his broom too! He simply nods at the mention of potential death, but stays mostly quiet, while fidgeting with his wand a bit, not really doing anything. He considered accioing his broom now, but well, he was mid air, and then he couldn't just leave a thestral anywhere randomly- and it wasn't a much slower way of transport. Besides, he had to glide at the speed of the hippogriff anyways so his broom wouldn't make a lot of difference. Overall, he banishes the thought and just continued to fly in circles around the pack.

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Aurora looks into the distance. "As soon as we get off of hogwarts grounds, we have to ditch the transporation. I can apparate us to Illvermony..." she says, barely loud enough to be heard. Aurora's nerves start to get the best of her. "What sets a Gryffindor apart? Why Courage, Bravery and Chivalry!" those were the words the sorting hat had spoken to her in her second year, well, first year at Hogwarts. She had transferred in the middle of the year, and therefore wasn't sorted. She takes a deep breath, a plan forming in her head.

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When he heard apparate to Ilvermony..."Aurora- you can't- you know it's hard enough to apparate between different countries, and to apparate over to North America-" but he knew, it was the only way they could reach there in time... "Alright, I'll be helping you. I have seen enough pictures of Ilvermony to apparate there myself, and besides, the more people sharing the weight of apparation, the lesser chances of-" he trailled off, because he knew Aurora won't be listening, and won't even be interested to listen all that right now. He just awkwardly kept flying along.

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Aurora nods numbly. She knows this day will end in something bad happening. She can feel it. "Am I bringing Heidi and Emerson and Holly and... and Suvansh to there deaths?" she wondered aloud, quietly. "Alright, this looks like a good place." Heidi says loudly, snapping Aurora out of her stupor. Aurora nods and slids off the Hippogriff. She begins plummeting towards the ground. "Erresto Momentum!" she cries. Heidi joins her once she touches the ground.

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Suvansh felt Aurora's anxiety creep into him, kinda literally, as he could sort of hear her thoughts, through their link, but before he could attempt at calming her, Heidi distracted then. Then, he calmly let's the thestral land near the others, and sends him back to the castle, after giving him a small treat he had in his pocket. He took a deep breath, and as everyone settled on their foots, he said to them, "Everyone stay calm, and hold onto our arms carefully." Referring to himself and Aurora. He offers Aurora a hand to hold, and watches as Holly grabs his other hand tightly. "Be carefull to not leave hands at any moment, and to be extremely focused." He explained to the non-experienced people around.

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Aurora closes her eyes. The small forest near the school, the high towers. They spin on the spot, and the crushing darkness and lack of air starts and ends to quickly. When she opens her eyes, she's inside the forest near the school. Heidi lets out a gasp when she sees Illvermony for the first time. Aurora closes her eyes and lets out another deep breath. "Home." she whispers. Holly smiles at her. "Never ceases to amaze me, now matter how many times I see it." she comments.

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Suvansh was kinda surprized no one was splinched or anything, but well, if anything, that's good. At the mention of home, he just let's out a warm smile, recalling all about Aurora. How she was actually from the past, and how he felt when he first saw her when she joined Hogwarts in their second year... As for Holly's comment, of course it was true. Besides, it was the first time Suvansh actually was there. A castle as magnificent as that of Hogwarts. He doesn't comment, and just waits for further intel from Aurora.

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