Susan looked down and surveyed the damage. The broken, diseased body of the Ravenclaw student lay in front of her. Her eyes registered the shock as she saw other bodies on scattered on the ground…Hermione, Millicent, the pig-headed git Justin to name a few.
The door to the castle opened and out walked Headmaster Dumbledore. The look on Susan's face registered in the old man's eyes. "Ms. Bones, it isn't safe out here. A wild beast is roaming the grounds. I don't know how you survived while all these others…" Dumbledore found he could not finish his sentence. His very world trembled. Never had he seen this devastation. He had read about the beast that could kill just by breathing alone, but he had never seen its handiwork.
"Headmaster," she said quietly. "What kind of beast could do this?" Susan looked into the face of the man she grew up loving.
"It is called a Nundu, child. It is still on the grounds somewhere. All who have survived must get inside at once."
Susan looked at the Headmaster. He was frightened. She had never seen him afraid of anything before, not even Voldemort. She took a few steps towards the castle's entrance and looked back. She didn't see the body of the one person she had been searching for.
The headmaster walked around the different bodies that littered the ground. He did not notice her slip away around to the courtyard, nor did he see her pet the large cat.