Thanks so much for the reviews, I mean, over thirty!?
For your support, I will continue to update until I start to run out of ideas. The contest thingy in chapter 9 is still going so feel free to still guess!
Also, I realized that I'm not going through the book in order but oh well.
Anyways, here is part 2. Pretty much the aftermath and stuff. Seriously, last chapter was the longest chapter yet! It was over 2,800 words, which is a loy for some one like me who can't seem to write a lot of words. I've bothered you enough... for now.
"So, how did everything play out?" The two exorcists were walking down one of the school hallways, trying to catch each other up on the current situation.
"We took care of the Akuma, of course. But they weren't right, they had a different aura to them."
"Aura huh?"
"Well, you try thinking of a better way to explain it! Moyashi!"
Allen laughed a little at Kanda's face. Here he thought this was going to be a simple mission but... it just got more complicated. If the Noah couldn't control the Akuma and if magic won't even dent the Akuma, then that is a really big problem. "Bakanda, where are Lenalee and Lavi now? Are they alright?"
"Che. There fine, spending the night at an Inn in the closest town to this School, then after they make sure there are no more akuma around, they are going to report this to Komui. And before you ask, Tyki stayed a bit and but left after some phone call. Seriously, if this whole trust thing doesn't work out and we're about to die. My final actions will be slicing off your head." The sad part about that was the fact that Kanda was dead serious.
"How's the village?"
"It could be worse, they already started rebuilding. I don't understand why you care so much."
"Just curious. Hey, dinner's going to take place soon so I'm going back to my room to freshen up. You can head over there without me, K?" Just before he could start walking away, Kanda gabbed his arm.
"Just remember, the mission comes first. If there is innocence, it takes top priority, so stop being so friendly. If you get too attached to this place then it will be harder for us in the future." His words kind of bothered Allen, but he had to admit that Kanda was right.
"Alright oh, great and wise Kanda." Allen did a fake bow and began to walk away.
Allen pulled away, it wasn't till he turned the corner that Kanda realized that their rooms were on the other side of the building. "Damn that Moyashi..." Kanda just shook his head. 'Maybe I'll just accidentally forget to tell the Moyashi and make it to dinner without him. Then maybe he will learn his lesson and not get lost. Who am I kidding? That Baka will never learn...'
"Hey, have you guys seen Professor Walker anywhere?" Dean asked as he sat down at the Gryffindor table. If you listened around the room, the attack on Hogsmeade was what everyone was talking about, even if they weren't there, a student could pretty much tell you something close to what had happened. Rumors about the monsters, what they could be, and secret conspiracy theories made their way into the conversations as well. Oddly, Harry hadn't seen the Professor since the attack, 'Was the guy okay?' There were some rumors already spreading as well which annoyed Harry since none of them were very accurate.
"I haven't seen him Dean but some of the kids have been saying that he got killed." Ron said, he didn't believe the rumors, all of it was stupid anyway.
"Don't be and idiot Ronald." Hermione sat down next to Harry, followed by Lavender.
"And for your information Weasely, I saw him myself. He didn't look so good, but he was carrying of one of the Hufflepuff first years who looked badly injured. I'm glad she's alright though." Lavender seemed to see the Professor as an Idol. "You alright Harry?"
"Oh, somethings just bothering me." He really didn't want them to worry but then the questions started coming.
"Is it your scar?"
"You should really go to the Infirmary mate if it's real bad."
"No, no it's nothing like that. It was the look on the Professor's face during the attack. He seemed to be calm yet he wasn't the cheerful person we know in the classroom. It just surprised me." He admitted.
"It looks like he's not here, because that girl-samurai is sitting in his seat." And sure enough, Dean was right. The samurai was sitting down at Walker's seat, eating what looked like some sort of noodles?
"He could be in the Infirmary still. Plus, from what Ron had told me earlier, the Professor is prone to getting lost... a lot." Hermione was really puzzled by the recent events that just took place. She needed to figure out what those things were and why magic had no effect on them. She never read anything about them or even heard of any creature like that. She tried to lift their spirits a little. "Lighten up guys, at least Umbridge will be quiet for the next few days, I mean, we just saw a clear example of danger in the world and Hogsmeade."
Ron smiled, "Yeah, your right. She must have had a temper tantrum when she heard the news. Let's see her try to stop us now!"
After a couple of minutes, Dumbledore entered the great hall and everyone immediately went silent. All waiting to hear from him about what was going on. "As you all know by now, a very unfortunate event occurred during the school's trip to Hogsmeade. Luckily, none of the students were hurt. The Ministry is handling the situation now so there is no need to worry, just focus on your studies. All further trips to Hogsmeade will be cancelled this year, but the holidays are still being discussed about. Quidditch will still be on, but if there are any signs of danger, it will immediately be cancelled as well. You will have tomorrow off from school to help you all refocus and if any of you need any sort of consoling, the Hogwarts' staff and I are here for you. I'm just grateful that your all safe, and I promise that you will all be safe here as long as you don't leave school grounds. If you even try to leave the school grounds or even step foot into the Forbidden Forest, you will be expelled without a second thought. Your safety is too much of a risk. Now, please have a peaceful dinner." Right after he sat down, the conversations started right up again.
"You know what he means by the Ministry is taking care of everything, don't you!?" She didn't give Harry or Ron time to answer, "It mean they're just going to cover everything up."
"They can't cover everything up, can they?"
"To some extent they can."
"So what do we do?" Ron couldn't believe that the ministry would try to keep everything covered up. It wasn't right.
"Hm... I got it!" The group leaned in closer and Hermione told them her plan, it was crazy, but it might just work.
"WHERE THE HELL AM I!?" The white-haired general had been walking for almost and hour and there was no dining hall in sight, he was about to go insane! To put it bluntly, the poor exorcist was lost... again.
'Good going, you managed to get lost again.'(Neah)
'What the hell? Warn me next time before you start talking!'(Allen)
'And what would you want me to say? Oh, hey Allen. I'm going to start invading your mind.'
'Yeah whatever. Plus I'm not lost, the dinning hall is just around the corner.' He turned the corner, instead of the door to the dinning hall, he found Timcanpy who quickly landed on Allen's head.
'Um Allen? I'm pretty sure the dining hall isn't on the Seventh floor.'
"WHAT!? HOW DID I GET ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR!?" Allen started pacing back on forth, "Calm down Allen think happy thoughts, happy thoughts..."
This was one of those moments where a strange coincident happens. You see, Allen, Neah, and Timcanpy all seemed to think the same thing at that very moment. 'I really want a Piano.' And, what do you know? A random white door appears right next to him.
"What the? There must be something wrong with this school..." He sighed and opened the door. What was inside was a white room with an equally white piano. The set up of the room reminded him of the piano room in the Ark, 'Maybe we could play a little bit, you know, to calm my nerves.' Timcanpy sat above the piano keys and displayed the musician's musical score, Allen took his seat.
'I missed playing the Piano, why don't we begin?'
He started to play he same song he played on the Ark, the music felt as if it was traveling, all around the room and out the door...
"Can you hear that?" Hermione asked, the girl swore she could hear... piano music?
"Yeah, but where is it coming from?" Ron looked around to try to locate the noise but it sounded like the music had come from every direction, which gave the kid a headache.
"I think it's coming from upstairs." Harry was also curious about the mysterious music, I mean, there are some really weird things that happen a Hogwarts, but Harry hadn't witnessed a strange music like occurrence yet so might as well witness one now.
"Let's check it out!" Hermione started climbing the stairs, it was no use trying to stop her. The Golden Trio along with some other curious students followed. They had finally stopped several flights of stairs later. "Guys, look." The students huddled around the open door. Inside, they saw Professor Walker, playing a beautiful white piano. He was singing a song no one seemed to know.
soshite bouyaha nemurini tsuite
ikizuku haino nakano hono o
hitotsu, futatsuto ukabu fukurami itoshii yokogao
daichini taruru ikusenno yume, yume...
The words sounded so sad yet so beautiful, no one said a word as they all listened to the music.
Ginno hitomi no yuragu yoruni
Umareochita kagayaku omae ikuo kuno toshi tsuki ga
ikutsu inoi wo tsuchi he kaeshitemo
watashi wa inoritsuzukeru mou kakonno kotono aiwo
tsunaidateni kisuwo
The last few notes were played and the music came to a conclusion. The students couldn't help but feel kind of sad that it had ended, but they clapped anyway.
'I feel some much better now... I kinda miss playing the piano too...' The sound of clapping snapped him out of his thoughts. Allen turned towards the door to see a group of students, some of them he knew very well.
"That was... amazing." Lavender was real impressed.
"Uh, thanks." Allen was kind of embarrassed by this. He didn't play much in front of anybody, then again the Black Order were afraid that something bad would happen if he played a piano, you know, the whole 'Awakening of the 14th and stuff' (SPOILERS!)
"So, where did you learn how to play?" Some of the kids had already entered the room to look around.
"Well, I guess it comes naturally. Now, could one of you please direct me to the dinning hall. I hate to say it but I'm kind of lost." A few of the girls raised their hands and almost pulled him out of the room. Another odd thing they had learned about Walker, Harry was considered making a list or something.
Allen was pretty sure he could find Dumbledore's office from the dining room but had Timcanpy lead the way just in case. He was relieved that Dumbledore was in his office when he got there. "Aw, Professor Walker. Is there something you needed?" Allen had already informed Dumbledore about the Attack on Hogsmeade so Dumbledore was curious to way he was here.
"Oh, well. There was this strange occurrence today when I stumbled upon a room that wasn't there a minute ago. It had Piano, similar to the I've played before. I was just wondering..."
"No Walker, it is not Innocence if that is what you were going to ask. From what I know it is called the Room of Requirement. I've stumbled upon it myself once, but when I went back to investigate, it seemed the room had vanished."
'What an odd room...' "Do you know anything else about it?"
"It is a room that a person can only enter when they have real need of it. Sometimes it is there, and sometimes it is not, but when it appears, it is always equipped for the seeker's needs" Explained Dumbledore.
"That's it! It's the perfect place!" Allen cheered, but then quickly straightened up and tried to act more proper, "I mean, if the students could use it, that would be great and all."
"That's fine, the room is open to all it allows to enter."
"Thanks Headmaster!"
"Alright then, have a good night. And, thanks for what you did at Hogsmeade. I'm in your dept."
Allen began to leave. "Don't worry about it, I only did my job. You don't owe me anything. Night Professor."