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Subject: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Tue Jan 25 2011, 20:35

Traveling through many tunnels that lead deep underground, far away from possible spies laid the Knights of Walpurgis Secret Hideout. The tunnels leading down to the place was lined by roots and were hollowed out by magic. The roots grew around closely forming a wall that kept the dirt at bay. The tunnel eventually emptied out into a room that was filled by doors. Taking the wrong one could cost you your life. However the right one would lead one into the secret hideout. Upon entering the room one would be greeted by a giant living like area which had halls leading away to many other rooms that littered the place.

Down one of these halls lead to the conference room where Scelestus was currently residing waiting for her newly found group of follows to come. This room had a long table lined with many chairs enough to seat all of the members of the Knights of Walpurgis. She had spent years trying to find the most loyal people to help her complete what the Dark Lord couldn't and soon she would accomplish it. She aspired not to be like the Dark Lord but much greater than him and succeed where he failed to do so. While she was gathering followers she had many years to figure out how to carry out her plan and now it was about to pay off.

Her follows slowly gathered into the room, very few would speak to those around her. Scelestus almost grin at their fright of speaking. Even though she was a clone of Oddie many years later her appearance changed to look more like the Dark Lord. She had red eyes and slits for nose. Though unlike the dark Lord she still had hair but it was black and sleek that covered her face cloaking most of her facial features. She was clad in all black which made her pale skin look even paler.

Scelestus' red eyes watched as more people entered the room and took their seats. It would only be a matter of time before the meeting would start.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Tue Jan 25 2011, 23:32

*Hope you don't mind me posting here.*

Samantha ran through the tunnels, memorizing her route, until she reached a room lined with doors. She stood for a moment before choosing a door, making sure it was the right one. She turned and began to walk down the hall towards the conference room that had been described to her. She paused before pushing the door open and walking in the room with a mask of confidence. She was glad that she'd decided to ditch her school robes and dress in all black. Samantha looked around at the others until her eyes landed on Scelestus. Suddenly her heart was pounding and it became difficult to remain calm. She brushed her long blonde hair out of her face as she took a seat and waited for the meeting to begin.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jan 26 2011, 08:11

(oh no please do. Anyone can post in here. The more the merrier!)

Two twins entered the room at the same time. They were the ones who went around and recruited many of the people in this room now. They were the first two people to help Scelestus gain her power and helped her carry out her deeds. Their names were Tomas and Linnea Ducero. Linnea stood at the door like a statue taking in her surroundings. She hated showing any emotions and after years of practice finally succeeded in masking all of her emotions. However her brother Tomas was different. He was reckless and didn't care what others thought of him other then the fact that he was weak or stupid.

Tomas wondered around the room, talking to a few members were and there. Linnea looked up at Scelestus and seen a flicker of annoyance on her face. Linnea growled inside as she elbowed her brother in the side making him stop being so loud. It was okay if he talked to the other members but he was making it seem like they were at some kind of party being so loud. Tomas held his tongue and sat down in one of the chairs farest away from Scelestus. Tomas didn't want to be anywhere near her for he feared her greatly. Linnea however sat down right beside Scelestus and instantly they started chatting away.

Tomas sat down beside Samantha and was quiet for a few minuets. Once he was certain Linnea was busy he leaned over and said

"Hello. I'm Tomas Ducero" he said said to her. If he was in a public place he would be as rude as possible to Samantha but he knew she was a fellow follower like himself and Tomas had to put aside his rudeness and of course Tomas could end up making some friends here.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jan 26 2011, 11:28

Samantha's eyes narrowed slightly as she watched someone she recognized as Linnea sit down besides Scelestus. She couldn't quite understand how someone could just go and talk to someone so intimidating without seeming the least bit nervous. Samantha shook the thoughts away and turned to the boy who had taken a seat beside her. She looked at him with a blank expression on her face for a moment. "Did you say something? I was zoned out." she admitted quietly as she studied his face. She let a slight smile form upon her lips as she waited for a response.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jan 26 2011, 17:36

Tomas frowned, things he could say back to her ran through his head but he pushed them away. Surely she had a lot on her mind which would explain why she hadn't been listening to him.

"I was just introducing myself. I'm Tomas Ducero." Tomas said again trying to hide his voice of annoyance but failing to do so. "I'm one of the top people here." Tomas said trying to sound important. The only reason why he was able to hang around the inner circle of the group was because of his sister Linnea. Where ever she was you could be certain to see Tomas somewhere nearby. They were rarely apart, one reason beacuse of this was Linnea didn't trust her brother. Linnea preferred to have a close eye on Tomas, to make sure he didn't do anything to give her a bad name.

"So why did you join the Knights of Walpurgis?" Tomas said knowing Samantha would probably say something about killing Muggles and Muggle lovers. That was the reason why he was here. Tomas couldn't stand Muggles and didn't understand why there were still so many in the world even after the fall of the Dark Lord. Surely he could have slimmed down their numbers but instead he was, as Scelestus would say "chasing after fairy tales" which lead to his downfall.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jan 26 2011, 18:06

Samantha involuntarily raised an eyebrow as Tomas boasted if his importance, but continued to smile politely. "Nice to meet you, Tomas Ducero," saying through her forced smile. She studied his face to try to get a judge of his character." I'm Samantha Slay." she said in a cold voice as she stuck her hand out towards him. With her other hand she pushed her blonde locks out of her face.

Samantha stared down at her hand as she thought of how to reply. "I'm here because..." she started. Her mind began to race through the many reasons why she'd decided to join, but she couldn't pick only one reason. She knew that many of the others had come to the Knights of Walpurgis because of their pure hatred for muggles, but her reasons weren't so simple. "I'm here for revenge." she said as her face darkened. "How about you?"

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jan 26 2011, 18:15

"Oh a Slay are you?" Tomas said liking her last name. He shook her hand then listened when to her reason of why she joined the group. "Revenge?" Tomas asked her. He wanted to know more. He was always the nosey type. "Revenge of who?"

Then when she asked him the same question he had an answer right away. "I'm here solely for the Muggles. I mean they think they are so much better then us and when they hear word of a wizard they just go and try to burn them. Just look at all of them salam witch trials and all those people they killed of themselves. I mean if you tie a wizard to a pole and light them on fire they're not gonna die. How stupid can Muggles be? We wizards need to have something like that. Let's just burn all those muggles! Heck or even try to start up the witch trails again and watch them burn themselves." Tomas grinned evilly imagining what it would look like. "Though if they started killing each other I would miss the hunts."

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jan 26 2011, 18:27

"I honestly don't see it as any of your business as to who I am getting revenge upon." she said a bit more sharply than she had intended. She took her hand away and place it on her lap, looking down as she did so.

She kept her eyes down, but tilted her head towards Tomas as she listened to him speak. Her hair had fallen, concealing her face from his view. She couldn't help but to smile at his ideas. Once he had finished, she whipped her face up to look at him. "Those ideas all seem very simplistic, don't you think? To let them destroy themselves through a bit of persuasion with age old ideas would be a waste. Although... that is just my opinion." she said, stressing the statement with each word. She let a wicked smile form upon her face as she looked back down at her hands.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jan 26 2011, 18:34

Tomas grinned at her remarks glad that she shared the same opinion as he did but still a little disappointed that she wouldn't say why she was getting revenge. However Tomas wasn't about to make one of his fellow members angry espeically with Scelestus in the same room. He looked over at the door and watched as more people entered the room. He saw one person he knew, Mark, enter the room. He hated Mark and thought that he was too close to the good guys and told Linnea about this countless times but she wouldn't hear of it.

Tomas looked away from him and returned his attention back to Samantha. 'Yea you do have a point. That's why I'm not the leader of this little group." Looking around the room however one could see that it was everything but a little group. "She'll have some great ideas though I'm certain of it. However tonight is just a get together and finalize the number of the group and make sure that everyone stays loyal or any dis-loyalties will result in death. I just wish that this meeting would start already. I'm growing a little impatient."

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Thu Jan 27 2011, 00:40

Samantha glanced up slightly towards the doorway as she felt hatred practically beaming off of Tomas. She didn't see anyone who she thought deserved such a reaction, but kept her thoughts to herself. She smiled to the people who had entered the room before returning her gaze back towards her hands. She wore a small silver ring, embellished with a small snake upon it. She pulled her black sleeve down to cover it, hoping nobody would notice.

Samantha looked up at Tomas as he finished speaking. "How old are you?" she asked curiously, ignoring everything that he had said before. Her bright green eyes locked in on his, as she waited for an answer.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Thu Jan 27 2011, 14:22

"How old am I?" Tomas repeated the question thinking it was an odd question to ask at the moment. She probably just wants to know what kind of people make up the group. Tomas thought to himself but answered her anyways.

"Will be 23 here in a few months." Tomas said looking around the group wondering if there were a lot of older folk there or maybe more of a younger generation. He returned his gaze back to Samantha deeming it too big of a group to try to figure out something like that.

"What about you? How old are you?" he asked thinking she was still in her teens.

After Samantha replied Scelestus finally rose out of her seat and walked down the end of one table. By now everyone had taken a seat and was all silent. Linnea was nowhere in site and Tomas was wondering where on earth she could have gone without him. She had to be close by, she wouldn't just leave without him.

Scelestus looked all around the room taking in each member. She knew about every single one who was sitting in the room either directly by speaking with them, or looking into their Ministry files which thanks to one of her followers she had unlimited access into the inside workings of the MInistry.

"Welcome my followers to the Knights of Walpurgis Hideout. We will be meeting here and if you need a place to stay you will find rooms and many house elves to do your bidding. Now today I want you all to sign this paper." Scelestus waved her wand and a giant piece of paper appeared on the table right before them all. "It's just a contract."

Tomas whispered under his breath "This is how she will make sure no one is dis-loyal. You sign this paper your stuck with her and if you do something on that paper that says you shouldn't be doing you'll simply die. Linnea came up with it. She said this would be a great way to keep out spies. Spying is on there as something not to do. So whomever dies after they sign it will be a spy." Tomas signed the paper himself and looked around the table expecting many to fall that day.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Thu Jan 27 2011, 19:10

Samantha suddenly felt inexperienced as she looked around the group. "I'm seventeen." she said quietly looking back down at her hands. She had no idea that everyone at the meeting was older than her.

Samantha slowly looked up at Scelestus as she began speaking, resting her eyes upon the piercing red ones before her. She had heard rumors when she was younger that Scelestus had a Medusa effect on those who dared to look her in the eye, but was thankful to find it wasn't true.

Samantha leaned over slightly to hear Tomas speak and nodded her head once in reply. She followed his example at looking around the table to see if there were traitors amongst them at such an early point. When the large paper reached her she reached out her hand, exposing her ring. She grabbed the pen and quickly signed her name, covering her hand back up with her dark sleeve.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Thu Jan 27 2011, 20:34

Scelestus watched closely as each member signed the paper looking for the tell-tale signs that gave away the traitors from the most loyal. Half way through the table it made it to Tomas. He signed the paper with a smug smile on his face before passing it onto the girl beside him. She signed the paper but Scelestus couldn't help but notice her ring. She didn't say anything but watched as she handed the paper onto the person who signed it and so this continued on. Scelestus watched closely remembering each face she saw. She would have to get to know all of these people, figure out what thier weakness were and what their strengths were. However once the signing was almost over a traitor was finally picked out amongst them all.

Tomas heard a shriek of pain fill the room and eagerly jumped to his face and see what was happening. There at the other end of the long table was a man holding his hand out in front of him. Tomas watched as his skin turned green then slowly started to melt off. Tomas could only imagine how painful it would be to feel your skin slowly melt off. Soon all that was left of his hand was his skeleton and looking closer Tomas saw as it spread farther up his arm. The man got up and went to run for help, running towards the nearest door but was unable to open it. He turned around and saw why. Scelestus was standing there with a grin on her face, wand held high. She had locked all the doors as he went to flee.

"Don't let me go like this! Please make it stop! I'll follow your every word!" the man cried out. Scelestus didn't say a word as she stood back and enjoyed the show. The man's shireks grew and grew and after what seemed like a good half hour they slowly faded away and all that was left of the man was in skeleton covered in the robes he was wearing.

"Continue signing the paper." Scelestus said as a house elf appeared. "Give rid of it."

Tomas chuckled. "See I told you so."

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Fri Jan 28 2011, 01:51

Samantha looked up slowly as people around her jumped in shock from a shriek across the room. She watched calmly as a man's body began to change color and slowly melt off. She smiled at the sight of the traitor being punished. She eventually got a bit bored with watching the man slowly accept his death in shouts of pain and turned to watch Scelestus. Her red eyes seemed to be unforgiving as she held her wand in the air. Samantha's smile grew wider as she admired her leader. She looked around at the others in the group, all of whom seemed to either have their eyes locked on the dying main in shock or admiration.

As Tomas spoke, she turned her face towards him and smiled. "Quite creative." she whispered quietly. "At least it was a pretty color." she giggled almost silently, with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Fri Jan 28 2011, 12:31

Tomas grined at Samantha and then turned to watch the elf clean up the skeleton. A few others appeared and help the one carry it out through a side door. Once the little scene was over Tomas returned his attention back to the table and found Scelestus rolling up the piece of paper that everyone had signed and placed it into her robes. So long as the document was intact everyone sitting at the table had to be loyal followers or else they would face the same fate as the skeleton man.

Scelestus took her seat at the one end of the table and looked at the group before her memorizing each face. Now it was on to the fun part. A door to the right of Scelestus opened by her command and she said "Anyone who works in the ministry please come into the other room. I wish to speak to each of my members. I have big plans dealing with the Ministry but of course I will still needs those who will work outside of it." Scelestus rose to her feet and exited through the door. There was a few moments of silence before more members followed behind her.

Tomas turned to Samantha. "You know how the Death Eaters had a Dark Mark placed onto their arm? Well she has a similar idea. It's a mark that will go on your arm but it only shows up when you need it. This way not everyone would know you're a member which would make sneaking into places much easier. The enemy would try to find a mark but will be unable to. Now of course we need to be able to tell whose one of us and whose not. There's a simple spell you have to say to make it temporary appear. She'll tell you all about it when we go to see her."

Tomas rolled up his left sleeve and showing his bare arm. He pulled out his wand and holding it against his arm he thought the words and for about half a minuet a mark of a snake's skeleton with beaming red eyes. It's mouth was open revealing two long fangs. There were two letters etched into each tooth. One was S and the other was M.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 02 2011, 22:44

*Sorry I haven't posted in here for a while. I've been swamped with icky Personal Finance homework.*

Samantha shook her head lightly. "Do I just stay here, since I don't work in the ministry?" she whispered to Tomas, hoping nobody would overhear her uncertainty. She watched as people nervously followed Scelestus into the door on the right side of the room. Samantha suddenly got extremely nervous. This was a habit of hers when she didn't know everything she was supposed to do.

She looked down at Tomas' arm and let her eyes light in awe. The mark that had appeared had the bright red eyes of Scelestus and the body of a snake. She looked at it for a moment longer, before she realized she didn't understand one thing about it. "What do the letters stand for?" she asked, looking up into Tomas' eyes. She wanted to reach out and touch the mark, but was afraid it would be too forward of a movement.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Thu Feb 03 2011, 14:48

(That's alright Knights of Walpurgis Hideout 436937

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"Yea we stay here. I don't work in the Ministry either. That's way too much thinking for someone like me. I like to go out and do the work instead of sitting back filling out the paperwork. It's so boring what those Ministry people do, I can't see how they can stand it staying in that place, stuck with people they can't stand." Tomas said watching as the door closed behind the last person, there were still many people in the room that Samantha and Tomas were standing in.

After he had shown her the mark on his arm Samantha had started asking her questions about it. He was glad he was there when the disign was created or he would be as clueless as her.

"The letters stand for her name. S is for Scelestus and M is for Malus." Tomas explained.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Tue Feb 08 2011, 21:25

Samantha pushed her hair behind her ear and smiled at Tomas. "What is it that you do?" she asked as she let her smile grow a bit smaller. "As a cover, that is." she added quickly, not wanting to seem like she was prying where she shouldn't.

She looked back down at his arm, her eyes fixed on the marking. The red eyes seemed to see into her mind, and she began to get a bit dizzy. "Is it alright if I..." she began as she nodded her head towards his arm and lifted her hand from her lap. She saw the gleaming silver of her ring, but was too concentrated on Tomas' arm to try to cover it. Her smile fell completely as she continued to stare at his arm, waiting for any sort of answer.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 09 2011, 08:16

Tomas grinned faded when Samantha asked what he did for a cover up. He didn't want to admit it but he used to work in the Ministry, in fact even close to the Minister of Magic himself. However he quickly ruined things and was shortly fired. Scelestus wasn't too happy about this but somehow Tomas felt like Scelestus knew he was going fail. Now he just takes odd jobs here and there but mostly stays at the hideout and helps out where needed.

"I just do whatever is needed to be done. I'm very good at changing my appearance so if there's a spy needed I can do the job." Tomas said. He didn't tell many but he was a Metamorphmagus along with his sister Linnea.

"You two you need to come meet with Scelestus now." Linnea said appearing out of nowhere. She quickly spotted the ring on Samantha's finger, it seemed familiar but Linnea didn't say anything. She turned on her heels and headed to the room that a few people were leaving. By the time Linnea got to the door she the room was empty all except for Scelestus.

Tomas looked over at Samantha wondering why Scelestus wanted to speak with them both and not in a large group like the others. He shrugged and followed his sister into the room only to see Scelestus standing at the far side of the room looking out the window. Once everyone was inside Linnea closed the door behind them and stood off to the side as still as a statue not saying a word.

"Ummm..... you w-wanted us." Tomas stammered. He didn't like to admit it but Scelestus was intimidating.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 09 2011, 09:06

Samantha nodded her head in understanding to Tomas as he finished speaking. She watched as his smile fell from his face, deciding to not bring up occupation anymore. She smiled softly as she said, "Well, even doing that sounds better than school. I'm at least in a place of power, but that doesn't mean much there."

She looked up as Linnea spoke to them. She didn't understand why Scelestus would want to speak to her, but she quickly nodded her head and rose to her feet. Following Linnea through the doorway, Samantha saw Scelestus standing on the other side of the room. Her heart instantly began to race, but this time with excitement instead of fear or nerves. She stood tall as Tomas adressed her, noticing his slight stutter.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 09 2011, 09:25

Scelestus turned away from the window and looked over at Tomas. "I don't like how you added windows to this place. It's almost like the Ministry." Scelestus said as she walked away from the window and towards a fireplace that was in the room. There was a rug on the floor with a KW mark on it with an ornate chair whose arms and back had skulls etched into it.

"I, I could have them removed" Tomas offered but Scelestus didn't say anything. That wasn't why she wanted them here to discuss windows. She looked over at Samantha seeing the ring on her finger.

"I see that you are trying to keep that ring hidden from sight." Scelestus said as she sat down on the chair. Her eyes bore right into Samantha. "Explain why the secrecy."

Tomas looked over at Samantha wondering what this could be about. Why would Scelestus have him in the room to discuss the ring on Samantha's hand. Was there a reason why she wanted him here or did Scelestus simply want to insult him on his idea of putting windows into the hideout. Yes they were underground and yes he stole the idea from the Ministry but he thought it would provide more light into the Hideout.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 09 2011, 09:41

Samantha glanced at Tomas, as Scelestus openly scolded him. She found herself wondering what exactly his place was in this organization. She looked back at Scelestus as Tomas spoke, studying her features. She was staring into her gleaming red eyes, as she realized the were staring back at her.

Samantha stood in shock as Scelestus mentioned her ring. She shook her head lightly as her hand automatically covered the ring on her other. "It's just important to me." she said confidently. "It's a family heirloom." she added on, with a small smile. She made sure to keep eye contact with Scelestus, to not seem the least bit intimidated.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 09 2011, 12:11

Tomas watched as Scelestus stared at Samantha. What was going on behind those eyes Tomas couldn't tell but one thing he knew for certain, Scelestus was not satisfied with the answer that Samantha had given her.

"It's very odd for someone to try to hide their heirlooms like a ring, especially if they are wearing them." Scelestus said looking thoughtful. Tomas looked over at Samantha wondering why Scelestus would be questioning her about a ring. What could be so important about a ring? However if it was important to Samantha then maybe Scelestus had a plan, or maybe she was just trying to find out more about her. Tomas knew in the past Scelestus got others to do her bidding based off of threatening those loved ones. Maybe she was planning on doing the same with Samantha. It didn't make sense since Samantha did seem like a pretty loyal member. She climbed to her feet and walked over closer to the fire looking into the flames. "Which family?" Scelestus asked.

Tomas still couldn't figure it out. Maybe the ring belonged to someone Scelestus knew. Tomas listened waiting for the explanation of everything.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 09 2011, 12:21

Samantha opened her lips to speak, but closed them as she tried to figure out how to word everything she wanted to say. She stared back at Scelestus without fear. "I just wouldn't want to have to kill anybody again, if someone were to even attempt to take it from me. Believe me, it wouldn't be the first time... I just wouldn't want that to happen here. I want to be respected by my peers and not feared, for now anyways." she stated with a calm tone.

She felt Tomas' eyes glancing between her and Scelestus, and found herself wondering why he was here. It didn't seem as though he was being spoken to at all. Samantha lifted her face to the side, as she watched Scelestus walk over to the fire. The red eyes no longer staring back at hers. "I am a Slay." she replied. She bit her bottom lip as she heard a bit of sorrow leak through her words. Not many knew about what had happened to her family, because the catastrophe had been well covered. She smiled a bit as she realized Tomas was about to find out who she was seeking revenge against.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 09 2011, 21:34

Scelestus looked up when Samantha said the Slay family. The last name sounded familiar but she couldn't figure out why. Perhaps she had read about them in the Daily Prophet or maybe she had heard something by word. However she was determined to get the whole story out of Samantha even if it was forced. Scelestus hated to hear that she didn't want to kill again. Deaths would have to occur in order for them to gain power but not at their current time. They were still in hiding and there were still no word of their existence. Deaths would only draw attention to them.

"Slay." Scelestus repeated. "I assume something happened hearing the emotion in your voice. Please do tell why the name sadden you?" Scelestus asked gritting her teeth. She didn't care about Samantha's feelings but she needed to know why this ring was so important and why Samantha had been acting so odd about it.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Feb 16 2011, 20:37

Samantha studied Scelestus' face as she spoke. She could see the hidden irritation in her bright red eyes. Samantha looked her in the eyes as she replied, "I'm here for revenge. That is all that you need to know." She felt oddly comfortable speaking her mind to one of the most feared witches in existance. Her heart was no longer racing and her stomach had somehow manage to detangle itself. She pulled her blonde hair into a lacey black ribbon, and pushed her bangs behind her ear. She kept her eye on Scelestus the entire time.

Suddenly she remembered that they were not the only ones in the room. She heard the light breathing of both Tomas and his sister, but didn't break the contact with Scelestus.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Thu Feb 17 2011, 17:42

Scelestus looked over at Samantha. If she really cared to know the whole story that Samantha was trying so hard to hide there were many ways of her getting them. However at the moment Scelestus curiosity wasn't big enough to care to find what Samantha was hiding. She looked over at Tomas now ignoring the other two in the room.

"You will now be working with Samantha here instead of Linnea." Scelestus said seeing the upset in Tomas's eyes. She grinned a little. "I have many tasks for Linnea that you would only mess up. Instead you will be working with Samantha since you don't work at the Ministry." Scelestus turned away, she put her hands behind her back as she started to pace the room. There were so many things to be done and not enough members to carry out all of the tasks.

"Samantha and Tomas you may now leave. I need to speak with Linnea alone." Scelestus said. Linnea opened the door behind the two and waited for them to exit the room. Tomas turned on his heels and exited the room not glad with how things were going now that the KW were growing like they were. As Scelestus found more able members she had less and less important tasks for him to do.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Tue Mar 01 2011, 22:29

Samantha watched as Scelestus switched her attention to Tomas, and let out a small breath of relief. She always did well with putting on a brave front when she was around intimidating people, but she couldn't pretend for long amounts of time. Eventually her acting became reality as her comfort grew.

Samantha turned on the tips of her toes and made her way to the door, closely following Tomas. She felt guilt rise in her chest as she realized that she had most likely been the cause of his sudden demotion, or at least that's what she saw it as. Being stuck with her, while he could be with his sister and Scelestus sounded like a punishment. As soon as the door closed behind them she turned to Tomas and, without thinking about her actions, hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry," she whispered in his ear as she pulled away.

She realized that there were still others in the room, and took a seat where she had before. Samantha could feel her peers' eyes resting upon her. She looked down at her hands, gently rubbing her ring with her thumb. Without lifting her head to make eye contact with anyone, she opened her lips slightly and spoke. "If you all keep staring at me, I will kill someone." she said quietly in a way that demanded respect and fear.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Mar 02 2011, 16:44

Tomas was headed over to the direction of the tables but as soon as he heard the door closed behind him he felt something cling onto him. Looking down he noticed that it was Samantha who was clinging, or rather so it seemed, she was hugging him. Tomas stood there a little dumbfounded uncertain of what the hug was for. Why would Samantha want to give him a hug? He couldn't even remember the last time he received a hug nor from who. He just continued to look down at her until she drew away and he heard her whisper sorry.

Why would she be sorry about everything that was happening? She had nothing to do with it, at least not that he knew of. It was his lack of talents and his lack of importance that got him to where he was at. His father always said he wouldn't ammount to much and he always favored Linneas more. That was one reason why he joined Scelestus to get back at his father. However by the looks of things he wouldn't be doing much other then staying at the hideout unless Samantha proved to be a charm.

Tomas grinned at her remark of those standing around who now were looking away acting like they didn't see anything. Samantha striked fear into those around them. she had a talent for it and Tomas didn't know why. He was also amazed at how she held her guard to Scelestus but knew it was foolish to do so.

"Don't worry none of this is your fault. I'll get back to the top." Tomas said.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Sat Mar 05 2011, 12:24

Samantha looked up at Tomas as he spoke. "How is it not my fault?" she asked in bitter voice, that made her feel instantly guilty. The man in front of her had done nothing wrong to her in any form. "If I hadn't been such a git, you'd still be working with your sister. Working with me is obviously a punishment." she said quietly, trying to avoid eavesdropping ears of those who surrounded the two. She couldn't help to smile a bit at his optimism as he said he'd get back to where he'd been. She studied his face for a moment, but couldn't tell what he was thinking. She looked back down at her hands for a moment, before pulling her long sleeves over her knuckles.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Mon Mar 14 2011, 18:33

"I don't think it's your fault." Tomas said looking at the door that was now closed wishing that he was in there too. However those were the old days and now he was pushed aside as more talented people joined the KW. He sighed and looked over at Samantha. Better to make friends with her since they were working together. If he angered her or hurt her in any way then Samantha could easily ruin his changes of him getting his old position back. Best to make friends with her, find her talents and strengths and use them to his advantage.

"She doens't know you and she doesn't know if you have any good assets. You could be better then most of the people in this room!" Tomas said as he looked around the room, most people had already spoken with Scelestus and recieved their orders. All Tomas was told that he had to work with Samantha and had yet to be told what he was suppose to do. At the moment Tomas didn't know if he should leave like so many were or stay until Scelestus spoke with him again. He looked over at Samantha. "We'll figure something out. I usually always do."

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Sat Mar 19 2011, 16:27

Samantha looked up at Tomas as he gazed towards the door they'd just gone through. She could see that he clearly wished to be back in the room, in the comfort of his peers. "Well in any case. Babysitting me? That doesn't sound like a very good job at all." she said clearly. She paused as he turned his attention towards her. She looked up at his eyes, and found that she was at a loss of words.

She quickly flashed a smile at him, and looked around at the rest of the group. "Better than people in this room? I've got to be the youngest one here." she said as she studied them. She recognized a few from the school, but for the most part they had been 7th years when she'd just arrived. She felt herself began to bite at her bottom lip, but was too nervous to try to stop the habit. "Well, what shall we do? Do we just sit around and wait, or actually get into the action?" she looked up at Tomas with a mischievous smile upon her face as she spoke.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Mon Mar 21 2011, 15:38

Tomas looked up at the room at large and noticed that Samantha was right, she was the youngest one there. He knew getting into a group like this and being the youngest would only present more challenges for them. Not only did Tomas lack skills but Samantha would have to prove her worth amongst the older members along with Scelestus. He sighed realizing it would be much harder then he thought to get back to the top. When Samantha asked what they should do the door behind them opened and out came Linneas. She looked over at Tomas and said "I will have to speak with you later brother. Until then Scelestus needs to speak with you again. Now that everyone has been given their task it's now you and Samantha's turn to get your task." Linneas then left leaving the two at the door not saying goodbye or anything. Tomas wasn't surprised. Usually she was insulting him but none the less he stilled liked working with her, Linneas always got the job done.

"Well I guess that answers your question" Tomas said as he walked through the door and back into the room. This meeting should be much shorter then the first. He knew they were going to be getting their task but it would more then likely be a simple one, one of the left overs. It was more then likely a simple deliver something or go fetch something. Either way Tomas didn't want to be the one running around all over the place.

When he entered the room Scelestus was standing in the room once again by the fire. It seemed like she had thrown something into the flames and white smoke billowed out but as quickly as it appeared the smoke disappeared. Tomas looked over at Samantha wondering if she saw the strange smoke and gave her a quizzing look. Once Samantha entered the room the door closed behind her on it's own and Scelestus turned around to face the two. The room grew quiet btu Scelestus remained standing there, not saying a word. Tomas didn't know if he should break the silence or wait until she spoke first. He decided to go with the latter and remained quiet.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Tue May 10 2011, 13:52

Unsure whether she was supposed to follow Tomas into the room, Samantha stood from her where she had been seated and stood there a bit awkwardly for a moment. Gathering her wits, she took a few steps towards the door and quickly fell in pace with her new partner. As she walked into the room, the door shut behind her on it's own. Suppressing a frightened squeel, she looked about the room to see a strange smoke coming from the fireplace. She felt Tomas' eyes upon her, but kept looking straight forward. With regained confidence, she looked up at Scelestus, waiting to be addressed.

*Sorry it's not very good ^_^

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Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed May 11 2011, 21:54

(no worries. It wasn't bad)

Scelestus was staring into the fire as if she was lost in thought. Tomas was wondering what she could be thinking about. His biggest concern was what she was thinking about Tomas and Samantha. He needed to stop worrying. Things would work out in the end, they would just have to work hard to get where he wanted.

Scelestus finally looked away from the fire and up at Tomas for a brief second before turning her attention to Samantha. She pulled from her robes her wand and took from a nearby table and scrap of paper. Scelestus pointed her wand up at Samantha and Tomas froze a little thinking she might curse her but instead Scelestus turned her wand to the paper. The paper turned scarlet red and black letters started to form on the paper. Below the writing was a picture of a skull with a snake coming out of it's mouth. Scelestus handed the paper to Samantha and said "Do you know this mark? I know that Tomas knows of this mark."

Tomas looked over at the paper wondering why Scelestus was showing Samantha the Dark Mark. Surely she had a reason but he didn't know. Everyone who joined the Knights of Walpurgis knew about the Death Eaters, almost every witch and wizard knew about the Death Eaters. Tomas was more concerned about what was written on the paper right above the Dark Mark

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Fri May 13 2011, 13:21

Samantha stood still and attempted to keep any sort of eye contact that she could. Finally, Scelestus turned to her and slowly pulled out her wand. Samantha froze in her place, thinking that this might be her last second, but Scelestus turned her attention to a piece of paper on a nearby table instead.

Samantha looked down at the paper when Scelestus asked her about the mark upon it. She focused only on the mark, ignoring the black and scarlet words that were appearing above it. She slowly turned her chin up, lifting her eyes at the same time. "It's the Dark Mark." she said in a slow breath.

Turning her eyes back down to the small slip of parchment, Samantha focused on the words. Her eyes widened momentarily and her bottom lip fell slightly as she inhaled sharply. She looked back up at Scelestus with a sharp movement in her neck. Not saying a word until, Scelestus herself brought attention the words.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Sat May 14 2011, 14:56

Scelestus watched closely waiting to see what Samantha's reaction to seeing the paper would be. When Samantha reacted to seeing the words Scelestus grinned a little and handed the paper to her. Scelestus then walked over to Tomas giving him the picture of the Dark Mark.

"By your reaction I know you understand what that parchment is. I need you and Tomas to head over to the old Death Eater's Den Hideout and see if you can find anything... useful there." Scelestus said now looking over at Tomas knowing that he was clueless as to what was happening. Scelestus looked over at Samantha. "I'll let you fill Tomas in about what's so important about that paper."

Tomas looked over at Samantha wondering why they weren't just discussing it now but he held his tongue and took the paper with the Dark Mark on it. He placed it into his robe pocket and then looked back over at Scelestus who was now conjuring a chair out of nowhere. It placed itself solftly on the floor and Scelestus sat it it staring into the fire.

"How do you find the old Hideout?" Tomas asked Scelestus as she reached into her robes and pulled out something. She threw it into the fire which erupted into green flames. Tomas took a step back a little startled by the flames but instantly knew they were going to be traveling by the floo network.

"But won't the Ministry be able to trace us through the Floo Network?" Tomas asked her.

"Don't you worry about the Floo network. Use the Floo Network to where ever you want but only use the Floo Powder that I give you." Scelestus said reaching into her robes and pulling out a bag of clear powder. Tomas took the bag and pocketed it before stepping into the flames. The next thing he knew they were inside what appeared to be an abandoned livingroom.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Mon May 30 2011, 14:01

Samantha stood silently as she listened to the two speak with each other. She didn't quite understand what was going on, seeing as how it was all happening so fast... but she didn't show her uncertainty. When Scelestus motioned towards the green flames, Samantha found herself wondering about the Ministry's trace, but Tomas beat her to the question. She nodded her head slowly and followed Tomas' lead, something she wasn't used to doing.

Stepping out of the fireplace, Samantha coughed out a bit of soot and looked at her surroundings. From the look of it, nobody had been here for years. There were chairs knocked over, and the whole place was covered in dust. "Hm. Well it looks like somebody forgot to call the maid." she said lightheartedly, taking out her wand.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Jun 15 2011, 23:36

Tomas gave Samantha a slight smirk as he looked around the room. What could they possibly find in this place? The Ministry had more then likely came here and searched the place, taking anything valuable so why were they wasting their time here? Even if whatever they were looking for was well hidden by enchantments, if the Ministry couldn't find it after the Dark Lord's fall then there was no way Tomas would be able to break the enchantments. He looked over at Samantha expecting her to answer all of his questions.

"So...." Tomas said walking over to one of the flipped over chairs knowing that the place was a mess from the Ministry searching the place. He just wished he could have seen the Hideout in it's earlier years, when the Dark Lord was at his reign. "So I dunno what we are suppose to get from here. I don't even know what that paper was about that she showed us. I don't know why she can't just explain everything. Why does everything need to be done in secrecy? I mean she could have at least explained what she wanted us to find here, or where to look."

Tomas then pulled out his wand growing a little frustrated by his lack of knowledge. He was never good at riddles and was never good at finding useful items with limited information. He was always told what he was looking for, where it was at and why they needed it. Now we was standing into an abandoned hideout with no idea why he was there. Tomas pointed his wand at a table and with a quick flick of his wrist it burst into flames. He grinned at the sight, he loved watching things burn, or even watching things get destroyed.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Thu Jun 16 2011, 00:32

"Well it's not as though we could just say 'accio whatever we're looking for', and it would just come to us." she said, a soft smile forming on her rosy lips. She looked around the room for a moment and jumped when a nearby table burst to flames. She spun around as gracefully as possibly and glared at her companion. "Tomas, you git! You scared magic out of me!" she said sternly. When she thought about what had just happened, she couldn't stop herself from laughing. She shook hard and grasped her small hands on her stomach, trying to regain breath.

Once she had regained her composure, she smiled brightly over to Tomas. "Sorry..." she let her voice trail off as she saw something sparkling from the top shelf of a bookcase. She walked over to it, and reached up with her left hand. She couldn't quite reach the back of the bookcase, so she bent upon her toes, feeling around for what was hidden. Finally she placed her hand firmly on a small spherical object.

Samantha lowered herself down to stand grounded on both feet, and opened her hand. "Hey Tomas, look!" she said as she waved him over with her free hand. She held up the small sphere to reveal a snitch.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Mon Sep 26 2011, 20:51

Tomas smirked while Samantha laughed not only because she was laughing but because he scared her with magic. However once she regained her composure Samantha walked over to a book self staring at something. Looking closer Tomas didn't see anything that was worth looking at. There were a few books left on the shelf but most of them were thrown around the room. The remaining ones had titles dealing with Dark Arts unsurprising to Tomas. After all they were in a Hideout for wizards who performed Dark Arts.

When Samantha returned to Tomas she held out her hand and looking down Tomas noticed she was holding a snitch. The first question that popped into his head was why would they have a snitch in the Hideout. Did they perhaps play Quidditch nearby? Surely the Dark Lord would not approve of them playing sports when they were trying to take over the muggle and magical community. They would have more important things then to play a small game of Quidditch at the Hideout. Also there was no place where they could hold a game without it drawing the attention of the Ministry.

"What's so special about the snitch?" Tomas asked her as he stared down at the lifeless ball. "It doens't even seem to work anymore." he added as he gave the ball a small nudge.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Nov 09 2011, 17:05

"I just thought it was a bit odd that there would be a snitch in a place like this..." Samantha trailed of as she turned the golden ball to look a bit closer. It looked a bit odd compared to the ones she'd used in school, but it must've been ancient with all the dust that had accumulated. She tossed it up in the air, watching the dim light glint off of it as it arched back and landed softly in her hand. Stuffing the snitch into her front pocket, Samantha looked around in distaste.

The room was stuffy with a faint scent of mold, but she could tell it couldn't have been much even when it was in use. She smiled to herself as she realized she was insulting the interior decorator. "So..." Samantha started, turning on her heals to look over at Tomas. She couldn't help but smile when she saw him. Even though she'd known him for only a few hours, she loved the way you could see him thinking behind his eyes.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Mon Nov 14 2011, 10:13

Tomas watched as Samantha played with the snitch but quickly lost interest. There had to be something in the hideout, why else would Scelestus had sent them here. He looked around the room, other then the Snitch as Samantha had pointed out there was nothing else unusual in the room. Of course they only got as far as seeing the common area of the hideout there had to be more rooms. If the Death Eaters were hiding here maybe there were rooms where each of them stayed in. Or maybe even better they could find the Dark Lord's old room. There was bound to be many interesting things in there.

Tomas looked over at Samantha and noticed that she had been staring at him. He noticed she was smiling but quickly forgot about it blurting out "I bet we could find some useful stuff in the Dark Lord's old room! He's bound to have something in there that could be of some use to use. If not we might be able to find something Dark Magic related. It's the Dark Lord's room so there has to be something of value to Scelestus in there!"

Tomas looked over at the hallway that lead out of the common room. He was uncertain of how they would go about finding his room. Perhaps it was hidden and they had to say a password or do something with magic in order to get in. Surely the Dark Lord wouldn't have his room accessible to everyone and anyone.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Mon Nov 14 2011, 10:24

Samantha's eyes widened when Tomas began spewing words from his mouth as though it were a running faucet. Deciding to not bother trying to embarrass him, she nodded her head in agreement. "Okay. Do you want me to start rummaging through all the rooms or work on this together?" she asked, watching as he wandered over to a slim hallway.

She pushed off of her heels and joined him, waiting for a reply. Samantha peered down the long, gloomy hall and breathed out a light laugh. "I shouldn't have expected it to be much more inviting in here." she smiled to Tomas.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Tue Mar 06 2012, 11:19

Tomas looked down the hallway, it was so dark that he couldn't see what was at the end. Raising his wand he whispered "Lumos" and the tip of his wand exploded in light. Even with the assistance of this light, he was still unable to see much farther ahead. Tomas gazed down at Samantha as she asked her question.

"Let's stick together." Tomas said not. "This used to be the Death Eater's hideout, who knows what spells they have enchanted here, or what might be lurking around." he added before journeying down the hallway to the first door. Tomas did feel like this place might give them some trouble in their search but he couldn't help to want to keep Samantha near him. He didn't know what it was. When they reached the first door, he looked down at the knob wondering if it would be safe just to open it. He looked over at Samantha and said "Well here goes the first room." He placed his hand on the knob and nothing seemed to happen.

Tomas slowly pushed open the door, a creak from the hinges broke the silence. Gazing around Tomas noticed that it seemed to be a bedroom but he doubted it was a room for the Dark Lord. "This might not be a room worth looking through." Tomas said

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Wed Apr 11 2012, 20:08

Samantha nodded her head in agreement when Tomas suggested staying together. It was beginning to sink in how dangerous this place could really be, causing her normally brave front to deteriorate. She followed closely behind her companion as they ventured down the gloomy hallway.

As Tomas pushed open the door Samantha inched closer behind him, resting her hands lightly on his shoulders as she peaked over his shoulder. She could feel the vibration of his voice on her palms and realized that she was practically hiding behind him. She stepped back and pulled her hands away, looking down at the floor embarrassed. "Er... Sorry." she said shyly.

Samantha looked back to the room and took a few steps in. "We might as search in here anyways. Just to be thorough." she said, looking over to Tomas with a questioning look and a shrug.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Mon Apr 23 2012, 09:47

"Yea you have a point. This is the Death Eaters hideout so maybe there's something here. Maybe not of value to Scelestus but maybe we could find something for ourselves." Tomas grinned at Samantha as he walked over to a nearby side table. He didn't notice how it was rattling before but as soon as he opened the drawer something popped out.

Tomas took a step back letting out a little shriek of surprise. Whatever it was flew out from the side table drawer and into a nearby wardrobe. Tomas look over at it as it started to shake some more.

"You think it might be a boggart?" Tomas asked Samantha as he walked over towards her putting himself between her and the wardrobe.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Fri Jul 13 2012, 14:30

Samantha jumped as something shook itself out a drawer and quivering before them. She smiled slightly as Tomas moved to stand between herself and the creature. Although the gesture was so simple and almost automatic, it made her feel safe and protected. It made her feel as though she didn't have to be on full guard to protect herself...and that was something she hadn't felt in years. Her stomach suddenly started fluttering as she looked at Tomas, who was focusing on the boggart. She balled her hands up tightly and attempted to force the thoughts out of her head.

She moved to stand directly behind Tomas, leaning up to peek over his shoulder. She knew that it would only be seconds more until the boggart began to transform into something horrifying. She was suddenly thankful that Tomas was in direct line to it. She wasn't quite sure of what she feared the most, but she didn't want to risk it being exposed to anyone.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Sat Jul 14 2012, 22:03

Tomas eyed the wardrobe closely, it shook violently sensing that he was nearby. Wand at the ready, he took a few steps forward and place his hand onto the knob and slowly started to open it but the boggart inside pushed open the door forcefully and fly out into the open in a blur of black line. It landed on the floor in from of Samantha quickly changing it's form but before it could take a definite shape Tomas took step before her and it morphed into this fear.

A girl appeared before them, with long black hair. She looked up at Tomas with black empty teary eyes. She opened her mouth as if to speak but no words left her mouth. As he raised her wand at the young woman her eyes followed the wand as he pointed it right between her eyes. Her lip trembled as Tomas tightened his grip on his wand, ready to say the words but not fully able to say it. The girl opened her mouth once more looking as if she said 'I love you' before Tomas could bear no more.

"Ridikulas!" he shouted as a snap filled the air the spell flew towards the boggart. The boggart flew up into the air twisting into many sizes and shapes as it flew across the room and back into the wardrobe. Aiming his wand once more at the wardrobe he locked it and sent it aflame.

"Let's go, there's nothing in here" Tomas said as he left the room not saying anything else.

Subject: Re: Knights of Walpurgis Hideout Sun Jul 15 2012, 13:35

Samantha watched on as the boggart twisted itself to take form of a woman. She was beautiful in every way, even with her teary eyes. She looked at Tomas, as well as she could, and was suddenly filled with confusion. Why was this women his biggest fear? She took a step to the side, coming out from behind the protection that Tomas had offered her, and drew her attention back to the boggart. As it mouthed the words, "I love you", Samantha brought her hands up to her mouth in effort to cover a small gasp. She looked back at Tomas, who practically screamed the spell for it to go away.

She stood where she was, frozen to the spot. Her mind was racing with the thousands of reasons behind what just happened. She suddenly felt heat radiating before her, forcing her back into reality. Samantha realized that Tomas was no longer beside her, and raced out the door. She caught up with him down the dim hallway. She didn't know whether to talk or just leave him be. She opened her mouth to speak to him, and couldn't think of how to word it. She closed her mouth slowly, and stared at him with sympathy.

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