"Where is that boy? He should have been here 20 minutes ago to go over the plan." McGonagall was pacing back and forth.
"I told her." Severus said completely changing the subject.
"You, What? Riley, you mean? You told her?" McGonagall wasn't usually so lost for words.
"Yes, she took it rather well." Severus said calmly.
"I'm glad, Severus. I can finally stop lying to her." Minerva said with a hint of annoyance.
All of a sudden Severus Snape went rigid in his headmasters chair. After a moment he flew out of the chair so fast he knocked his portrait off the wall.
"Severus? What-" McGonagall picked the portrait up.
"Where was it suppose to happen?!" Severus almost barked.
McGonagall looked completely baffled.
"The staged attack! Where!? The boy is not here and I-... I think I felt her, someone performed the cruciatus curse on her." McGonagall had never heard Severus Snape sound so scared in the many years she had known him.
Elanora Killick burst through the Headmistresses office.
"I can't find her! After she ran out of here earlier to find you, I lost track of where she went. And then I... I felt something horrible wash over me just now. It was Riley. I know it was." Elanora hadn't taken a breath.
"Go! Now, the both of you!" Severus demanded.
The two women didn't need to be told twice.
"Where are we going?!" Elanora yelled
They had gotten to the fifth floor now. Stumbling out of a corridor was none other than Teddy Lupin.
"You!" Elanora rounded on him.
"Miss Killick! Attacking him is not necessary. It would seem someone has beaten you to it. Mr Lupin, what happened? You were suppose to meet with us ages ago." McGonagall asked.
"Why would you be meeting with him?" Elanora asked, betrayal in her voice.
"I understand you hate me, El. But for Riley's sake please believe me when I say every horrible thing I've done has been to help you both. We need to get to the hospital wing now." Teddy said urgently.
"You can wait. We need to find Riley first." Elanora stated.
Teddy was limping down the stairs already. "That's where she is. We have to hurry."
They had just gotten to the 4th floor corridor when they heard "CRUCIO" followed by a blood curdling scream.
The trio ran towards the hospital wing at full sprint. They knew the voice that held that scream. Riley.
"BOMBARDA!" McGonagall screamed at the hospital doors.
They blew off their hinges debris going everywhere. Upon entering the room they were met with 5 boys, wands raised. 1 boy looking at the unconscious figure of Riley and a boy lying unconscious behind Riley.
The 5 boys with their wands raised hesitated upon seeing the Headmistress.
Minerva McGonagall, did not hesitate. With one whirl of her wand the 5 boys crumpled unconscious.
Elanora and Teddy both threw stunning spells at the ring leader who had used an unforgivable curse. He went down but within seconds jumped back up and went to throw a curse back when he went rigid.
"Stunning won't work on him, I saw him drink a potion. When I asked what he was up to everything went dark." Madame Pomfrey came out from behind the boy frozen in place.
Sniffing the bottle. "As I suspected, strengthening solution." She walked over to Minerva to inspect it.
"Expecto Patronum!" Minerva cast out her patronus. "A student has been attacked. Your expertise is required in the hospital wing, Professor Slughorn." The cat disappeared.