Questions ((Dee & Caity))

[Caitlin Collins]

((Sorry for the godmod but I figured this was a fairly likely place for Dee to be, and that Caitlin should probably be in the Room of Requirements for that meeting.))

Caity entered the library leisurely and headed to the returning desk, where she handed back the books she had borrowed when in the library the other day. She had gone through them a little slower than usual, having had her mind on other things, but had still finished them all before they were due to be returned. Handing them over to the Librarian, Caitlin began to head for the fiction section again when something - or rather, someone - caught her eye. D'rorah Philosophy, the 7th year Ravenclaw who had been present during the events in Hogsmeade, and who had appeared to be the leader of Susan's "club". She had summoned a globe of light that Caity had been strangely drawn to, and now she needed answers. Truth be told, the older prefect frightened her somewhat and she was slightly worried about approaching her.

"Uh, excuse me D'rorah," she said, in a tone possibly quieter than strictly necessary for the library. "Uh... can I talk to you? About the stuff that happened in Hogsmeade the other day?"

[D'rorah Philosophy]

D'rorah had been steadily working away on her research, quill madly dashing across her parchment in a familiarly frenzied flight when a voice penetrated her awareness. It took a moment for her to register that someone was actually talking to her. When she did, she looked up, her eyes slowly refocusing to reveal Caitlin.

"Good afternoon Miss Collins. Please, do ask away." She grabbed her wand and uttered a quiet muffliato to ensure they would not be eavesdropped upon while she and Caitlin spoke. The last thing they needed was to have the Mage or one of her minions privy to any information about the Lightfighters. She gestured to the free chair across from her and made a space on the table, carefully folding away most of her notes. While a muffliato would protect against eavesdroppers, it would have no effect on anyone who ventured by and cast an eye on her notes.

[Caitlin Collins]

D'rorah seemed so absorbed in her work that she didn't immediately appear to have heard Caitlin. Opening her mouth to speak again, she snapped it shut when D'rorah replied.

"Good afternoon Miss Collins. Please, do ask away."

She took the chair she was motioned towards and waited in silence while D'rorah performed a charm she recognised as 'Muffliato'. This only made her more nervous - was it really that serious? It was then she realised, much to her astonishment, that she had yet to get another wand - she had salvaged the pieces of hers and sellotaped it together, but it wasn't working anywhere close to what it should have been. It seemed a trip to Ollivanders was in order.

Having been given an open invitation, Caitlin wasn't entirely sure where to start - there was so much she wanted to know. Perhaps it was best to just go with what had happened in Hogsmeade to start with, and go from there.

"You called that man professor," she blurted out. It wasn't the most important of her questions by any means, but it was the first that came to mind. "The one who summoned the mark, that was like the dark mark but different. What was it? What did it mean? And what was that light you summoned, the globe thing with the different colours?" Caity was well aware that she was babbling, but everything just followed on from the last sentence. "It... I don't know, it sort of made me come stand next to you. Was it supposed to do that?"

[D'rorah Philosophy]

D'rorah listened as questions tumbled out of Caity's mouth, one after the other. It was natural that she would have questions. She knew that all of the Lightfighters would likely have questions and decided that it would be time for a meeting for all of them. They needed to meet one another, they needed to all have these questions answered.

"You ask valid questions. Certainly, they are things which should concern you. The... being we encountered in Hogsmeade is... was, Professor Kade. What I mean is, it was his physical body... the being inhabiting it was most certainly not him. That mark was the mark of Dark Phoenix, the Shadow Mage. And the light... the light was Elemental Light. I summoned it as a way of calling all of the Lightfighters to me." She looked at Caity thoughfully for a moment. "If I am not mistaken, you are a Shadow Warrior, Miss Collins... perhaps the Shadow Warrior of Water."

She shook her head before Caitlin could ask any questions. "Come, we should all meet together... then I can answer everyone's questions at one time." As she was speaking, she sent out a mental call to all of the Lightfighters to meet in the Room of Requirement. "Follow a bit behind me. We will all meet in a room on the sixth floor," she explained. I can answer more of your questions there.