Having all eaten and talked to their fill, Sirius and James decided it was time for them all to head to back and do some dancing, so they all walked back together. Pushing the doors open they all walked through, but as the two large black doors closed behind, they all gasped in unison at the horror before them. The floor was filled with the bodies of witches and wizards; all with a look of shear terror on their faces, arms stretched up for a last cry for help. The air around them smelled of death as the colorful strobes flashed around them, the music still pounding on.
"Damnit no!" Sirius turned ramming his fists into the wall.
Kaitey's eyes grew wide as the horror of it all hit her, this is what he was doing. Severus was killing innocent people under Voldemort's name and command. Her stomach grew sick and she turned away noticing for the first time the five white masks hovering in the darkness across the room. The other must have noticed about the same time because all at once shimmers of light were being flashed both ways. Every curse imaginable was being screamed out around her.
Her eyes streaked to her brother as she heard him yell out in pain. Before she could run to him she felt a long and slender hand reach out of the darkness closing around her mouth and pulling her away. She struggled as the hooded figure dragged her out into the backside alleyway. Spinning her around the hands become gentler and more recognizable.
Kaitey gave a startled gasp, her hands flying out to the mask and flinging it off. "Severus! Oh my god!" Her arms were about his neck in an instant clinging to him as though this embrace meant life or death for her. Her body shook as she wept openly for the first time since she had seen Dumbledore three weeks before.
"Not here." Severus' voice was unsteady and quick but his arms lingered longingly about her waist as he whispered quickly in her ear. "Be at home tonight, I'll be there if I can." With that he leaned forward and kissed her lips softly. Two seconds later he was gone.
Rushing back inside, she sighed with relief seeing that everyone was okay. Jade flung her arms about Kaitey's neck yelling at her, "Where the hell did you go! We thought you might have been taken…or worse! What the hell were you thinking?"
Kaitey gave her friend a brief hug and pulled back seeing James' arm bleeding. "Are you okay Jamie?"
"Yes, I'm fine." He pointed his wand at the wound and flinched as the sleeve to his shirt tore off and wrapped itself tightly around his forearm. "That should stop the bleeding, but I'd better run up to the school and have Madame Pomfrey fix it properly."
Lily took him by the arm, "You'll be alright. I'll see you guys later, tonight was umm… fun." She gave a nervous laugh and ushered him quickly out. Lily had never really taken to the rambunctious lifestyle of group and Kaitey couldn't honestly see what James saw in her, but then in Kaitey's eyes no one would ever be good enough for James.
Sirius looked around him painfully at all the death and scratched the back of his head nervously. "The Death Eaters are getting worse than, I'm pretty sure, they ever have been. Jade, we'd best go talk to Albus about this. We need to find out who these people are and inform their families. I don't want any of them touched until we can get the Ministry out here."
Remus rubbed his amber eyes sleepily, "I'll talk to Mr. Farren and see to it that he shuts the entire place down for investigation and… cleaning. See if we can figure out how they got in without anyone noticing." Turning to Kaitey he gave her a soft pat on the shoulder. "Go get some rest Kate. Ayden, I think, is best left where he is for the night. Its not safe in Hogsmeade right now…. Its not safe anywhere."