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The Secret Behind the Eyes
Chapter 25: Secret Meeting
Alei and her friends were walking through the courtyard going to their next class, Pansy and Daphne ahead while Tracy and she hung in the back thinking about their letters they can't wait to open.
"What do you think our parents said?" Tracy whispered.
"I don't know. But part of me thinks it was too fast of a response. I wasn't expecting all three of our parents would respond that quickly."
"True, do you think they were expecting it?"
Alei stopped, pondering on the question, "Why would they? Unless the absolutely know who that woman is. I don't see how they would."
"Unless they don't know who she is. That could be a possibility."
Alie shook her head, "I doubt it. Something about her seemed to powerful for anyone not to know who she is."
The two remained silent, Pansy and Daphne too far ahead to notice the two missing and Tracy doubted they would even care if they realized.
"Do you think she has anything to do with….."
"SHHHHH!" Alei shot out grabbing a hold of her friend and hiding behind anything that was in a courtyard. "Look." She said yanking Tracy down and motioning her where to look.
She did so and saw who Alei was talking about. There was a figure in black robes walking cautiously towards the forbidden forest.
"Isn't she risking exposing herself in the daylight like this?" Tracy asked not really sure what else to say.
"Not really, everyone is mostly in class ready for it to start."
"Which is where we need to go," Tracy said as she slowly got up and walking to class.
Alei knew her friend was right, but her curiosity was getting the best of her, "No, I'm going to follow her," and she bolted towards the forest hoping the woman wouldn't look back. She had nothing to hide behind so she would be caught.
Tracy stood back a bit, sighed and took off after her friend "Wait up!" She yelled but only hopefully loud enough for her friend.
Alei waited for her at the line of the forest entrance. She had her index finger over her mouth. "I have an eye sight. We need to be very careful. Daddy told me about this forest." Once Alei saw that Tracy understood, they went in to a dark forest.
The woman blended into the darkness well enough they two Slytherins would lose her from time to time. To the two, it felt like they were in there for a good while, as when they look back, they couldn't see the castle any more. The thickness of the forest was all that was there.
"How are we going to get out of here?"
"I don't know" Alei shrugged. "But I think we are slowing down."
The two looked around for a place to hide as they soon realized the woman stopped at a small opening and another figure was there waiting for her.
"You wanted to meet?" They heard the woman ask.
The other figure just nodded.
"An interesting choice of time I do say."
"I figured this would be more appropriate." The figure said
Alei couldn't make out who it was. The mask the person was wearing cloaked the voice. Because of the perfect view of the figures, she had figure d it was a man due to the stature. He too wore black robes, but they looked to have some sort of design on them. She thought she had seen them somewhere. Better yet the mask kind of looked a little familiar as well. The silver mask covered the man's face completely with black designs. The silver, in a way, was muted
"What did he mean by that?" Tracy whispered. Apparently she too came to the conclusion the figure was a male.
"I don't know."
"Appropriate for whom, me or you? Now tell me, what did you want to talk about?"
"It seems as if you have been exposed."
"What makes you say that?"
The girl's face went into shock when the masked man held up three letters.
"I believe these do."
The woman just looked at them then back to him. "And the response to them?"
"How is your mission going?" he asked ignoring the question.
She smirked, "My mission is going fine. Now the response you gave to them."
"As close to the truth as any Slytherin would do," was all he said. "What are we going to about this?"
"My mission, I need to get passed that bloody dog. I have a way to possibly get the wretched gamekeeper to let it slip."
"I mean about this exposure problem."
"I don't see any exposure problem."
"Just don't let it get any further."
The woman stared at the man her eyes flaring. She stepped closer to him, "You don't give the orders. That power will never be given to you. You may be old blood, but all I have seen is nothing but a coward. I honestly don't see what her parents saw in you or what she sees in you for that matter. Now leave before I do something I'll regret later." She hissed.
The man nervously stepped away from her then disapparated .
The woman sighed then turned around, "You two can come out now." She said her voice back to normal.
The two looked at each other shocked.
'How does she do that?' Alei thought.
A/N: What were the two figures talking about? Who was the man? What did the woman mean about him? Until next time! Sorry for the late update! I have been having a crazy schedule at work lately.