Chapter fourteen: It's quiet, too quiet.
Gabriel found it rather disturbing how quite everything was after Christmas. He didn't know why but he had the feeling something bad was going to happen. He had felt it when they had drop Hermione off at platform 9 ¾, it had been even worse than the first time. But this time there was no Potter around to pinpoint the sauce of his unease.
Hermione on the other hand had been ecstatic to go back armed with new books and a charm bracelet that her parents had bough her. She had never really been one for jewellery, but even Hermione couldn't deny that the bracelet was a beautiful. The thin silver chain was decorated with three charms. A silver hart from her father with his and Helen's names engraved, a littlie spell book from her mother and a set of three golden wings from Gabriel. David had given his daughter and friend an odd look after Hermione began laughing, it was obvious that he was missing out on a privet joke.
When the train had left the station Helen had cried about her baby being off again for what seemed to be forever. David had been looking worried muttering about the security at magical schools being drastically overestimated. Gabriel had agreed with that but he wasn't sure if he was just being protective of the only child he had ever seen grow up.
The longer Gabriel went with radio silence, the more time the suspicions had a chance to grow. He hadn't been too pleased about her befriending her bully, but he had promised her not to do anything to Ron. Oh she knew him so well. But he had a feeling he wouldn't be too much trouble and if he was…well… Gabriel never promised anything about the future punishments.
Potter on the other hand was a littlie luckier. According to Hermione, Harry wasn't a complete idiot. He never actually did anything, which persuaded Gabriel not to target him (for now). However he wasn't too impressed about the fact he hadn't done anything to protect her from his friend harsh words. Especially has he has been on the receiving end of bully. Yet again Gabriel couldn't really blame him, after all isn't he doing the exact same thing. Damn it! He was probably putting her in the exact same danger though association as the boy was.
He couldn't test that theory, Crowley didn't want to be disturbed and he would be dammed if he would ask Joshua for help. No he would have to wait and see what was going on. The headmaster hadn't informed him of any strange happenings which could mean a multitude of things.
He had forgotten about their littlie conversation or assumed that it was a dream.
He may not want somebody involved that he had never met before.
There was genuinely nothing to worry about.
Gabriel sighed as he lent back on the sofa he was occupying with Kali who had only just forgiven him for his disappearance over Christmas.
"You are uneasy Loki. What's wrong?" She frowned as she looked at him.¨
"Nothing I'm just thinking."
She smiled slightly; it was the kind of smile a lesser man would have shrunk away from. But Gabriel just smiled mischievously back.
"A trickster God that thinks too much becomes a serious God. Nobody likes that." She said tapping him on his nose.
"If you say so." Gabriel chuckled. He was just a bout to place his feet on the table when a silver white light in the shape of a phoenix appeared in front of them. Gabriel leaped off of the sofa in fright. For a split second he had believed his brothers had found him and he was ready to defend Kali with everything he had. But instead of Michael or Raphael's the voice that came from the creature was that of an old man.
"The Children are in danger come immediately to the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid will invite you in."
The light vanished and Gabriel stood frozen for a second. Kali glared at him from where she had fallen from the sofa.
"Don't you dare!" she hissed.
He gave her an apologetic look just before he vanished.