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Chapter 2 "We have a problem." "What, you chair hasn't turned carnivorous again has it," she said remembering the incident the summer before. "Carmen this is serious, look." He thrust a letter into her hands. It read;

I have been informed that you know of your sister's whereabouts. If you do not tell me where I can find her within the next two weeks then someone will suffer. You cannot get out of this you know who sent this. Remember my wrath.

"What are we going to do? You can't tell him where I am and you can't lie." Carmen said rubbing her temples. "Are you alright?" Sev asked concern slipping into his voice involuntarily. "I've got a bit of a headache but it's nothing to worry about." "If you say so. Anyway I'll meet you in the staff room at lunch alright?" "Sure." Sev turned on his heel and set off down the corridor just as the bell rang. When she went back inside everyone was crowded round the desks at the back. No one had heard her coming back in so she walked over to the crowd, her footfalls unheard over the chanting of 'FIGHT'. She tapped on the shoulder of a girl at the back. "So what's going on?" "Draco got into a fight with..." Her voice trailed off as she saw whom she was talking to. The crowd quickly ran back to their seats as they noticed Carmen stood behind them. The two fighting boys looked up as they noticed the crowd around them vanished, and gulped as they saw why.

Ten minutes later she had given the class a collective detention and for Malfoy and Zabini they had 3 detentions and had lost their house 50 points each. Her next class was more civil and, to her relief, quiet. She sat at her desk with her head resting on her elbows and let the class get on with their work. At the end of the lesson Carmen grabbed a pile of stuff off her desk and shot off to the staff room. Sev wasn't there when she arrived so she began to work out a crossword in Witch weekly. 14 down= another name for a leprechaun. "I know this, begins with a C." She pondered what it could be for several minutes, while filing in 35 across, (Quidditch foul, flying with intent to collide) Blatching.

She was about ready to give up on Sev ever getting here when the door was flung open and her rather red looking brother came in. He leaned on the door while he caught his breath. "Have you been running?" she asked. He nodded at her. "Hey, do you know the other name for a Leprechaun?" "Clauricorn," he answered looking up at her. "Oh yeah I remember now." "Come on Carmen!" She gathered up her stuff and followed him along several corridors. "What took you so long?" she asked looking up at him. He was just less than a head taller than her. "I got held up." "Never,' she said sarcastically. They ended up in front of a large stone gargoyle. "Chocolate lime," as Sev said the password the gargoyle leapt out of their way and they stepped on to the moving stairs. "Does he like chocolate limes?" Carmen asked with mild curiosity; the muggle boiled sweet was one of her favourites, along with fruit pastilles and Mars bars. She knocked on the door and a few moments later they heard a slightly muffled 'Come in' and obeyed. Carmen had never been inside Dumbledore's offices before, and was amazed at the amount of stuff he had. She thought it all looked very interesting but she would never want this much clutter, she was more of a minimalist and never hung no to things unless they were either important or had sentimental value. "Ah, Severus, Carmen," Dumbledore inclined his head slightly towards them, "there was something you wished to discuss with me." "I have received a message from the Dark Lord demanding to know Carmen's whereabouts." Sev placed the letter on the desk, before stepping back to stand next to his sister. Dumbledore frowned as he read the message. "It seems your in a lose lose situation, my friends. If on one hand you lie Voldermort will discover you are lying and the consequences will not be good, but if you tell him the truth then goodness knows what will happen to Carmen." "What can we do then," Carmen asked whilst rubbing her forehead with her hand. The pain of her headache was that sort of pain that wasn't bad enough to stop you but was enough to be distracting. "I am not sure, since you still have a fortnight to reply then I will think about your options and tell you when I have thought of a solution." "Thank you headmaster," Sev said and they turned to leave. "By the way Carmen I found this in something I was reading I thought it might interest you." She walked back to his desk and he handed her a piece of folded paper. "Thanks, I'll read it over lunch 'cause I'm starving." She joined Sev who was waiting at the door and they headed towards the great hall.

When they got there Carmen found her seat had been taken so she took Sev's seat and spooned some mashed potato on to her plate. She unfolded the piece of paper; it was an article all about the uses that Egyptian Mau cats had in performing ancient spells invented before wands were in full use.

Eating definitely helped with her headache, but as soon as she step inside her classroom, after she had finished eating, pain ripped through her skull as though someone was trying to tear it in two. She grabbed the doorframe to stop herself falling, whilst the agony blinded her. The pain suddenly vanished and she felt very clear headed and calm. She took a careful step forward and heard something crunch under her foot. She lifted her foot and found several pieces of wood beneath it. That looks like my wand, but I never remember dropping it, she thought as she knelt down to pick up the pieces. Oh shit! I broke my wand. What am I going to do? She glanced up at the clock on the wall; there was still quarter of an hour until lunch ended.

"Can you do anything with it?" Carmen asked leaning over her brother's desk. "Not immediately, but you could take it to be repaired," he replied pushing the pieces back across to her. "How long would that take?" she queried, she didn't want to have to use wandless magic for too long, it meant she need about an extra hours sleep. "About a week." "That isn't too bad I guess." "Yes well you better get off now, bye." He had gotten up from behind his desk and was ushering her out of his office.