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Michelle stayed silent as everyone spoke, her grey eyes watching the small crowd carefully. The purple haired man with the bloody chest lifted the strange woman from the floor. She was scared, angry, snarky and prideful all at the same time. Michelle was pretty sure the woman had lost her mind long ago. She seemed to have some kind of vendetta against the man called Strike and spoke rather fondly of something called 'the family'.

Strike handed her off to.. her old professor telling him to feed. Michelle raised an eyebrow as he then mentioned a vampire counsel. So her flying professor from her first year was a vampire. Well that made things more interesting. He then spoke to them in a very business like way. He didn't seem perterbed to be met by four students wishing to help. That was interesting. 'Go around providing information' Michelle thought. She shrugged it seemed simple enough. She waited for others to speak first, she wanted to hear what they had to say first.

The first to speak was a rugged looking man, and as soon as he started, she realized he was the shop owner. He was angry, a most obvious recluse. He yelled about them all crowding his shop and then, like Strike, told them to speak quickly or get kicked out. She would have spoken up right then and there but another man began to speak almost immediately after the owner shut up.

That man was none other than her former flying professor. He gave no information, but looked at the group she stood with. His face was etched with disappointment. He addresed specifically her and Sam by the way he stared them down. A half-smile formed on her lips when he told them they were idiotic. What made her smile was that he had apologized before insulting them, like it made it better. She was glad he hadn't told them to go home or stay here. She wasn't backing out of this. She wanted to know what was going on and who all the players were. Who was this 'family' and why had they kidnapped three students? And 'the miracle' was really interesting to her. Add in a few vampires, a mermaid, and a centaur, and the whole thing got twenty times more interesting. She wasn't one to pass down anything that interested her, since they were few and far between.

Another man began to speak when Professor Moreau had left with the strange woman. So this man, Cian was a friend of the mermaid. She had never heard of a man and a mermaid being friends. Besides that he had very little to say. He seemed to be there only because he was valiant enough to risk himself in going after this 'family', only to save a simple mermaid. Loyalty and chivalry were foolish things to hold dear. They only led to your own demise just so another could survive. She dismissed the fact that she would do almost anything to protect Ada Lyv from danger. Even for them she wouldn't risk her own life. At least that's what she told herself.

Michelle listened as the Headmistress reprimanded her and Sam. She then spoke of 'the family' again and told Strike the Vampire Council was dead. She met her eyes politely. "With all do respect Headmistress Evernight, I know what your thinking. I can see it on your face. You want to stop us from involving ourselves, but that isn't going to happen. At least not for me. It may have been foolish of me to put myself into this mess, but I've already done so, and I intend to see this to the end, wherever that may be. I have always had a tendency for putting myself in trouble after all. Sam doesn't intend to back out either as he said, we're coming with you. Caitlin has been kidnapped and Sam won't leave her." She paused, and licked her lips, hoping beyond hope that she wasn't pissing off the Headmistress. "I really mean no disrespect. I only speak the truth and hope you agree to my wishes." She ran pale fingers through her hair, and turned her attention to Ronyo as he began to speak.

Ron of course told of his intentions and the stranger Michelle had witnessed. He brought out the potion called 'the miracle' and asked for it to be examined. He seemed worried about the iron taste of it and Michelle could think of only one place where iron was found abundantly. She eyed the potion with interest as Ronyo handed it off and continued speaking. When he said he would stop them from making her stay she glared at him. He had after all promised she would be able to see it through all the way. He was a Slytherin though, and she knew well enough not to trust Slytherins.

The man who had entered the shop just behind them spoke now and Michelle's thoughts on Ronyo left her. A seer, two visions and a missing child. And here she was thinking this couldn't get anymore interesting. She was really starting to doubt anyone could stop her from seeing this all the way to the end. Her life was about anything that interested her and once something had caught her interest she was bound to it until her interest was lost.

When Sam spoke, Michelle almost smiled at his insistence and bravery. He was a true Gryffindor. She waited for him to add what he knew, but he said nothing else. Michelle shrugged and looked out at everyone. "As Ronyo said, I saw the man that kidnapped the three students. Ronyo already gave you the description so I will not repeat it again. What I can tell you is that the stranger came for Remy and said something that convinced her to go. She looked rather frightened and yelled at her sister to stay behind where it was safe. This leads me to believe that whatever the stranger told her, made her think she was in danger and she went with him willingly for protection. Caitlin and Heather followed her, unwilling to leave their friend alone." She stopped there. "That's all I know." She had no clear motive for wanting to help and she knew that, but she was going with them none the less.

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Location: Dogweed and Deathcap
Mood: Intrigued
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The Seer could not deny he had been waiting to hear Strike speak again. He needed more information about this man before he divulged the information he had received. After all how did he know who he was giving it too? When the vampire looked around the room meeting them all in the eyes Yuan almost felt as though he had been slapped. The emotions dancing about those violet eyes reflected the very ones that swirled within him. To the young father it was like looking in a mirror. What had caused these emotions in the other man? How could the person he had been warned about by his visions be so flooded with those? Then again....for the first time since this mess began Yuan felt the storm calm inside him. He had no proof. There wasn't a true grain of evidence that Strike was the one his first vision had talked about. He was definitely the same as the boy in his second one but he had no way to confirm the rest. Did it mean he trusted the man? Not by a long shot but it brought the Seer back to his senses allowing him to listen with a clearer mind when the vampire spoke. For what Strike talked about next answered a lot of questions....but raised a few dozen more. Were they ever going to get all this information sorted?

The Family was clearly not someone most people wanted to mess with. From what Strike said they had just recently become a force to be reckoned with. Something the vampire said though felt like a verbal slap to accompany the mental one from before. His fledgling, his child? Well if that didn't make Yuan feel like an a** he didn't know what did. Strike wanted his child back as much as he wanted his. They both wanted their children back and if the emotional mirror was a sign, then Yuan knew Strike was willing to do damn near anything to get this Jack back. Just like he was willing to do whatever was necessary to get Lior back. His voice stuck in his throat. Strike had no idea where to go...no one did from the sound of it. Closing his eyes he let his mind wander back over the vision he had received just a little while ago. The cottage was burned into his mind as was the sign. It took him a moment though to find his voice as the store own talked about someone he referred to as his pup. Yuan had to remember he was not the only one with someone important to him on the line. Why had that been so hard to see a moment ago? Damn anger. "If you had kept a handle on your temper sir," Yuan said looking at the shop owner as he tried to get his abused vocal chords to work. "and maybe considered the implications of a Seer in your presence then you might have had your answer. I said the clearest thing in my vision, not the only thing. I have another location I need to investigate and I have a sinking suspicion it's where we all need to go. My only problem is I have no way to confirm that it is in fact where we need to go." Yuan found his gaze drawn to Strike as he spoke. The vampire, whether he liked it or not, was the one person in the room who seemed to truly reflect what he was feeling. "For all of our children's sake."

Come a w a y little light come a w a y to the darkness,
In the shade of the ☽☾night☽☾ we will come looking for you.

Cinq Moreau

Ghoul and Ghost Studies Professor
Former Hufflepuff

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Cinq waited for Zane to finish, though he couldn't help himself from closely listening to the conversation below. He thought that the older vampire knew better than to kill their only food source, so he left the room and walked to the stairs, just in time to hear Strike call for them.

Walking down the stairs, Cinq assessed the current "rescue squad": A vampire, two fledglings, a werewolf, the headmistress, four students, a wizard, and a very angry seer. Well this was a very interesting group of people. Though having a variety of powers meant that the group could cover a lot of weaknesses. Where one species lacked, another could cover. Well, it wouldn't be so bad.

"We'll just be extra careful. Rely on detection and protection charms, and carry out actions based on careful planning," Cinq contributed.

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"You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky."
~Amelia Earhart

Come a w a y little light come a w a y to the darkness,
In the shade of the ☽☾night☽☾ we will come looking for you.