November was approaching quickly and most of the students had forgotten about this suspicious behavior. The cold winds were coming in from the north and soon there would be icicles hanging from Gryffindor tower. The fires would roar inside the fireplace inside the cozy common room. But it wasn't as cozy as usual…

"You want to do what?!"

Everyone in the common room turned to look at the screaming Chynae. "SHHHH!" Clarke shushed her almost as loud as the scream.

"You can't!" Chynae said, a little more composed and in a whisper.

"I'm not…" Clarke begun and hesitated. "You're going to come with me." And she grinned mischievously.

The two were sitting on the couch like they usual did in the Gryffindor common room. They had their heads together talking in low whispers and had by this time attracted some attention.

"Oh no, no no no NO!" Chynae slowly built up to a yell again. "SHHHHH!"

"I'm am not getting pulled into this!" she hissed coldly.

Clarke's face slowly melted into a wide-eyed frown. Her eyes glistening and her bottom lip trembling. "Oh no." Chynae said closing her eyes. "Not the "awwwwww" face."

"Look. You know you want to." Clarke persuaded her and Chynae's eyes opened one by one. The anger from her face disappeared.

"AWWWW!" Chynae smiled. "Ok ok fine." When Clarke's face returned to normal she was smirking. "I despise you." Chynae hissed and glared at her. Clarke just continued to smirk, "He he I'm devious."

Suddenly another head joined their heads. Derek's head. It was now a head orgy.

"What's the chatter?" he questioned as he flipped over the couch landing his butt in between the two of them.

"That creature in the forest."

Derek's face went blank and looked at the two of them who were smirking. "Oh no. You wouldn't?"

"We would." Clarke said grinning as she batted her eyelashes. "And we would really appreciate it…" she used her provocative voice. "If we could have some muscle along." She stroked his arm flirtatiously.

He looked at her for a matter of seconds before he sighed. "Fine. But you two owe me!"

Clarke rubbed her hands together mischievously. "Now all I have to do is get Julie and Dylan along for the ride…"

On Saturday Clarke, Chynae and Derek decided to meet Julie and Dylan. A thick layer of snow had fallen over night and the air smelt of crisp winter. After stopping in the plentiful candy shop Clarke, Chynae and Derek stepped over to the three broomsticks.

Julie and Dylan would already a seat at a table near the back. The three slid into their seats and ordered themselves some butterbeers. Dylan demanded to pay for Chynae's only to have three pairs of eyes rolled at him.

"So what calls this meeting?" Dylan asked as he got comfortable and stretched his arm around Chynae.

Derek exchanged glances with Clarke and gestured her to tell them. Clarke adjusted herself and leaned in towards Julie and Dylan.

"You know about that suspicious behavior?" they hesitated and then nodded. "Well we're thinking it might be hiding in the dark forest right?" Not waiting for them to answer she continued on. "We're going after it."

"What?!" Julie exclaimed almost spitting out her butterbeer and she began to choke and cough. Everyone stared and left her to her choking.

"Why would we willingly go after something that is causes "disappearances?"" Dylan questioned trying to keep his cool around Chynae.

"Because you know I'm terribly curious." Clarke explained and coughed nervously when they just looked at her in that way when she was being a fool. "Annndddd… just think how will be considered heroes when we find this thing."

"Yea, just think they can write heroes on our graves!" Julie spluttered still in a fit of coughs. "Yea I'm not sure this is a good idea…" Dylan mumbled cautiously.

"Chynae…" Derek gestured to Dylan and in a matter of seconds Chynae's lips were on Dylan's. When she pulled back Dylan was smiling in a dumbfounded way. "Okey dokey I'll go!" Dylan agreed quickly and kissed Chynae again.

"I am not persuaded." Julie said stubbornly and crossed her arms like a child.

Clarke and Derek sighed in a frustrated way.

"Julie just do it or I'll kiss you like Chynae kisses Dylan." Clarke stated bluntly.

Long silence.

"All right then, I'm in!"