[Forest] News for the Rogues!

[Prof Octavious Everritt]

The New School Year had started at Hogwarts and Addis was ready for another year, but within mere hours of the opening feast, he heard a conversation between several of the Ministry officials. His keen hearing was tested due to their silence, but he heard each of their words and with little hesitation he knew he had to reach the Rogues wherever they were.

He now fled through the forest, knowing the safest route. He was wearing only a thin shirt and loose fitting jeans with his normal stylish mountain hiking boots. He needed to move swiftly, so he had shed his robes in his sleeping quarters and made haste for the forest. He carried his wand in his hand, not caring if he let off a few weaker spells.

He had to find a fellow Rogue, any Rogue would do. He would've taken a Rookie right there and then, as long as they passed on the news to Gobien. He suddenly stopped and paused hearing voices in the distance. His eyes widened as he recognised them as the officials who were speaking before.

He quickly threw his wand beneath a trees roots and shifted his form to his tiger animagus form and quickly, but carefully, stalked into the shadows and hid amongst the bushes and trees.

He had to find a Rogue and none of them knew of the threat that had come to Hogwarts. The White Rose's had arrived, this time, permanently.

[Gabriella De Conti]

Gabriella was on patrol and not exactly enjoying it. The forest was quiet, disturbingly so and she did not like it. It was on quiet nights that the worst events and news happened.

She heard a rustle in the trees and smirked; hoping it was something or somebody interesting. There had been fewer and fewer ministry personnel roaming the forest as of late and the very thought was disconcerting. She highly doubted that the Rogues had magically managed to throw the ministry of their scent-they weren't that seclusive. They were planning something no doubt and it worried her to no end.

Wand out she peered through the bushes only to see a slightly haggard looking Addis taking a breather.

"Getting too old for this aren't you Addis? What news do you bring so desperately into the forest?"

[artemisrhayne]

Artemis yawned quietly, technically, it wasn't her night to patrol, but she was bored, and had been following Gabriella silently through the tree tops. She stopped when she heard voices coming from down below. It was Addis and Gabriella, something was wrong. She scribbled Gabriella a note that said, Gabriella, it's Artemis. I'm up in a tree. I'm coming down, so don't shoot at anything that drops out of a tree. Dropping the note to the ground in front of her fellow Rogue, she sat back on the branch she was on, and waited for a sign from Garbriella that she had recived the note, and was aware of her presence.

[Prof Octavious Everritt]

Addis peered carefully, shifting his form back and opening his hand and channelling his magic slowly, bringing his wand towards him. He saw his wand slide over the ground slowly, before coming underneath the bush he was hiding behind and gripped it slowly, breathing out slowly with relief.

Minutes passed before he heard silent footsteps behind him. He whipped around, wand ready only to see Gabriella looking at him. He relaxed his shoulders and breathed easy once more.

'You need to pass this on to Gobien... Wherever the Rogue Encampment is, the Ministry will soon find it.' Addis said, speaking barely above a whisper. It was then he noticed a note float down beside Gabriella, his eyes looked up and saw a figure hidden in the shadows. He didn't care. 'The White Rose's are now based at Hogwarts...'



((I thought this would give Year 5 something of a kickstart ;D))

[Gabriella De Conti]

((haha...definitely does...sorry it took so long for me to post by the way)

She watched the note flutter to the ground, she sighed and didn't even bother to read it. Instead she burst it into flames and called, "Don't worry we won't attack you. Come down from wherever you are."

She listened to his news, gripping her wand tightly. "Well isn't that just the best news I have heard in a while." She said sardonically. "Well I suppose I'll go have a chat with our good friend Gobien and we'll decide the next plan of action.

"Do you know how to create a secret keeper?" she said thinking out loud. She couldn't exactly remember the right name for the charm-something that frustrated her greatly. "If we do it quick enough it might work, either way we'd still have to evacuate most of the base and retire to a more secretive spot."

[Prof Octavious Everritt]

Addis smiled and relaxed immediately, though becoming a secret keeper was not one thing he wanted to happen. He looked at Gabriella and smiled, nodding slightly in reply.

'Artemis, if you please.' Addis said, looking up knowing who the Rogue was right away. 'The only place that is more secret than the current location is the place Gobien and I first met... Only he or I can find it, though he would be the better choice as he has a better understanding of the Centaurs than I do.'

Now, looking at Gabriella, he smiled. 'For the Secret Keeper, we must hold hands as a third witch or wizard applies the spell, becoming the secret keeper, if they reveal the truth, they're punishment is death.' HIs smiled now vanished. 'I'll be the secret keeper.'

[artemisrhayne]

Artemis chuckled nervously and dropped to the ground, unfortunately she also recieved a rather nasty scratch from a tree branch. "Whoa!" Cursing as she dropped in a rather graceless heap, the young Rogue pulled herself to her feet, and looked down to see a six inch long, rather bloody scratch on the inside of her right forearm. "Dammit." She looked back up at Addis and Gabriella, "So, who exactly are the White Roses?" she asked, knowing she must sound like a complete idiot. "And what exactly is a Secret-Keeper?"

[Gabriella De Conti]

She smiled at the young Rogue, a genuine smile for the first time. "Very graceful, I admit, I'm mildly impressed."

She sighed slightly, they would definitely have to have an information session on how to fight the different ministry officials. "White Roses are very skilled fighters and very loyal to the ministry; essentially the best the ministry has to offer. And a secret keeper is a very old very powerful spell. It will allow us to remain hidden in the forest so long as nobody is stupid enough to give up our position."

She glanced over at Octavious and smiled at his declaration. Doubtless he would be a good secret keeper, he was so sure of himself. "Very well then, we must act fast for I will not have an ambush pitted against us before we properly prepared." She said smirking slightly.