On the day of the feast, they could see that everyone seemed to be in a better mood. They had received news that several departments that had been down being now up and running. The intensity of the pranks seemed to have toned down. The reason seemed to be people have gotten the worst out of their system.
When they woke up, they noticed that McGonagall had stated an announcement that she was going to release on the feast. The statement had probably been there for a while, but nether River and Rosie had noticed it. The rest of the morning was spent discussing different theories on what it could be. Rosie thought that it would have something to do the group, and River was adamant that it was probably something to do with the government.
Which made sense, but River had a secret hope that it would be another three wizard tournament and maybe being able to see dragons again. She still remembered how intense the first challenge had been and how disappointed she had been at the other two as there had been impossible to see anything. But she still remembers the feeling the exhilaration when she saw the Dragons. There was something that majestic about them, River thought.
When they arrived back to the common room, there were a lot of chatter about True Hogwarts had made a comeback, they decided to see for themselves and headed out and took the steres when they had a free moment.
It was not hard to track where the message had come from as they grew close to the second floor; the number of people increased as people were arriving in a hurry and leaving whispering among themselves. When they arrived, there was a considerable crowd that parted when River got close. Which for a second, felt oddly satisfying as they gave way for her until she saw their faces. It looked like they had not overcome their fear of her. When they arrived at the front, they saw a scene.
It was close to the first incident with the True Hogwarts. There was the modified Hogwarts logo, the snakes that were aflame, and a menacing message. There were two differences fist instead of fake snakes. There were seemed to be real ones. River could feel the heat as they screamed in soundless agony as they were ablaze. She was unsure if they were still alive or if it was a very realistic illusion. The second was a completely different massage
"We won't stop, and we will not disappear. The revolution has just begun."
It sent shiver down her spine as it suggested that they were still going. She hoped that they did not have the guts to do something dangerous.
River and Rosie returned to their rums in silence until the time to go to the feast arrived. When they arrived, River was momentary stunned. She had forgotten just how serious they take this holiday. They had gone all out this year again with flowing glowing pumpkins and The ceiling that normally reflected the sky had momentarily changed to show a big red full moon
The red moon made everyone look at River with a terrified expression until they were sure that she was not going to transform. Some of them even brought out their wands to be ready to hex her if she would transform. She did not blame them for as even her rational mind said there was not a chance that she was going to transform. There was a part of her that felt nervous all the same.
Eventually, everyone seemed to calm down. River could see her sister sitting at the far end of the Slytherin table. So she was as close she could be to River as she could be. She wondered if she had done that n purpose as their eyes meet, and gave her an encouraging smile. McGonagall called for attention, and that all fell silent as she addressed the group in her usual manner." As you all probably know, the department of education is now up and fully operational at last, so we are going to have an overview of what our routine of and create a plan I how we can improve that. There will be interviews with all classes, and there will both be hand-picked students that we teach have agreed on as well as a randomized sample. We expect you to cooperate with them to the fullest degree. Be sure that the content of individual interviews will not be view by the teachers so that you will be able to enjoy total immunity. That was all dig in."
At her command, the numerous dishes appeared, and there where all hollowed teemed there where pumpkin juice, Roasted potato carved as pumpkins, and meatballs that looked like eyeballs. It all looked delicious and smelled wonderful. River felt her frustration that all of it would taste nothing. Instead of digging in, she looked enviously around and saw Rosie and her sister eating with a big appetite. She could see the joy on their faces and looked at her food for a second, wondering if she would pretend hard enough if she could trick her mind into thinking that the food had a taste.
When she looked up, her sister's expression had changed. She had stopped eating and was holding her throat as she had trouble breathing. There was even a blue tint on her face. It took River less than a second to identify that it was Sevarox poison. She bolted to her sister, ignoring completely the frighten looks she got from the other students. When she reached her sister, she drew her wand and screamed immediately, Beteradior. There was a faint blue light emitting from her wand Imidentlt her face took on a more pink competition, and she could breathe easier. River sighed out of relief, but it was brief as she saw her sisters' friends blue-tinted faces.