Behind Enemy Lines ((Main Plot)) [Tasha]

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

Adrian sat in her office as she seemed to be doing a lot lately. She was afraid of having to answer questions that she didn't know the answers to yet and afraid of not being any help so she sat herself up in her office. She studied and looked over journals and did everything short of asking the Ministry for help... she was afraid for her job if she did such a thing.

She paced back and forth unable to sit in one spot. She looked around the room and it's dusty old feeling that it held onto. She needed some sunlight and brightness. She took out her wand from her inner coat pocket and flicked it towards a window in the back of the room to open it up fully and let in some light. She needed some thing even slightly cheerful to take away the dread that sunk inside her. The pit of her stomach ached and hurt like she had eaten something rotten but the feeling she knew was very well just, fear. She felt like her number was almost up within this place before too many students started finding out the truths of lately. She was afraid of the ministry finding out and taking over the school or worse yet, firing her for not having any clues yet or just plainly from not telling them a single thing about these events. She felt like they wouldn't be of any help anyways considering she had absolutely no faith in the ministry, which would be a huge reason why she would never work for them directly.

But she had asked Tasha to go in and find what she could for her to help on what the Ministry did know about what had happened. She didn't know if she would be able to find anything but she at least thought it was worth a try. She felt horrible about making a student pretty much go in and spy at the Ministry. There was so many precautions she should have given her and so many issues it could arise. She didn't want either of them caught or in trouble and she was all but praying that she didn't get caught. She sent an owl out to Tasha to meet her in her office and to bring her studies with her.

[tasha]

Tasha could not believe what she had gotten from the ministry. The information that was hidden to only where the minister was allowed was just shocking. She held the notebook from that years minister. Turns out not only the headmistress from the time had gotten fired but so had the minister! Looking around, she kept her bag close, with the journal and letters inside it. Maybe this would explain some of the dreams that she had been having, since she started training. Maybe something got triggered in her mind, and this was why she was having them. Maybe she was meant to help with this. Maybe Adonia was right about her maybe being the only student who would pay attention. Just maybe…

The other students just happened to be not around, which was good for her as she did not want to slow down as she made her way to the head mistresses office. She was trying to act casual and not freaking out like she almost did (almost blowing her cover) at work. She took a deep breath as she stopped in the hall to catch a breath. Just then she heard a sound. More like a scream of torture coming from the opposite direction. “Hello? Who’s there? What’s happened?!” she asked looking around.
A few first years looked at her strangely and ran away, except one. “No one is there miss. Nothing has happened…” “Abby come on we’ll be late for Transfiguration!” and they ran off.

She took a breath. That was just too weird. She then continued down the hall out side the headmistresses office. She took a nervous breath before entering. *Okay NOW you pick the time to have cold feet?…but what if something happens after I show what I found?…what if something is happening NOW?* she argued with herself in her head.

She took a breath and just walked in shutting the door behind her. Looking around and seeing they were alone, she could not hold it in any longer. “Professor! You wouldn’t believe what I found! The minister was a part of the disappearances! But the sad news it I couldn't find out why or where they went.”

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

Adrian sat reading over some bit of parchment as she waited for Tasha to arrive. She wasn't sure how long it would take for her to get the owl and find her way between classes and what not before she would actually get there. She sat patiently slightly bored but still trying to do her job all the same. She looked around her desk for some parchments she seemed to have lost until she found them hidden inside her desk. She smiled when she found them half thinking herself silly for forgetting where she put them.

She sighed in exhaustion, she just didn't seem to be sleeping as much as she used to. She looked turned in her chair, rocking herself back and forth, enjoying the comfort of it, kinda like being a kid again. She smiled once more a weak smile, but a smile all the same, and took her wand from her waist band and conjured a goblet and poured within it some muggle coffee. Ever since coming in contact with it, it was quite the delight and always brought warmth within her in such a calming sort of way. As well as she loved the taste of it, it being so different from their own versions of juices and such. She sipped it slowly taking in each sip as if it were her last, when the door suddenly came a roaring opening as well as Tasha speaking at an alarmingly fast rate.

Adrian spit her drink out from being disturbed so unwarily, the drink half swishing down her shirt. She smiled with laughter and started laughing more and more as she sat the drink upon her table. She needed something funny, it had been way to long since the last time she laughed and found herself until to stop until tears starting to develop in her tear ducts. "Oh, my. I'm so sorry, " She laughed once more than tried to continue with a straight face which was seeming impossible. "Oh oh, my dear. I'm sorry, what did you say exactly I was distracted with the spilling of my coffee." She tried to tab at the wet stains now and apparently it was already soaking in. She could use a spell to reverse it but found it much more satisfying to leave it there as a reminder of such a entertaining moment. She she recollected partly what the girl had said she turned with a more serious tone now realizing she had found something, "Found something you say? Oh please, do tell!"

[tasha]

Tasha took a deep breath calming herself. Whenever the girl was upset, worried, nervous or anything, she would either talk to much, to quickly or she would not say anything at all. This was a time where she would be talking to much to quickly; though she had to tell her self to calm down and speak slower. She ran a hand through her loose dark colored hair and repeated to what she said. “The minister, at that time, was a part of the disappearances…But the sad news it I couldn't find out why or where they went. Hear this is what I found…” she took out the old journal she found and read from it::

I can not believe I had helped with the disappearances! Though none of the children were very important…but of course I feel bad…in away. But I loved her so I helped her…. Blah being minister is hard enough with out all this drama. Doing all that I done, I know I shall be discovered soon and expect the worse. I rather die then go to Azkaban. I just hope the right thing will happen soon. But until then I…” she closed the book, and handed it over.

“That’s all I found, as it was the last entry. It seemed someone ripped the page and torn the rest of the book pages…the minister mentioned a she…but that’s all I found out…sorry… and also I think I’m really loosing my mind… see…” she explained about what she heard out in the hall and someone replying to her that there was no one there. What do you think professor?” she replied finally.

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

((I should have had her go to the meeting as well lol ))


As she girl continued to repeat herself once more Adrian finally perked up at what she had really said. "Oh? That is splendid!" Adrian said excitedly and waited for her to go on about more. "Well, about the finding of something anyway, you have no idea how much help that is alone." As she went on to tell of the entry and what it said Adrian listened most eagerly. She reached out with her hand to want the journal so she could read it with her own eyes. She read it herself several times then looked back up with the girl with a shaky smile once more, "Well, then. That is quite an interesting story. It makes so much more sense why the Minster covered it all up now... but who is she?" Adrian pondered about this idea for a while and couldn't think of an answer. She thought about Rosemary for a short second and put the idea aside, she just didn't see that as a possibility.

"Thank you my dear. You have no idea how much help this little bit of information is. Please try not to alarm anyone or speak of this matter." Then she thought about it for a second as the girl asked about what is going on exactly. She decided it was best for her to know considering she was now a part of it in such a spyful way as well as having nightmares that she believed to be of some connection. "You see, darling, 130 years ago twelve students went missing. No on one ever found out why or how and the Ministry did nothing about it at all but fired the headmistress of the time for letting 'run aways' escape. But you see, apparently that is not what happened!" Adrian turned into a stern face really trying to put together two and two in her mind to help solve this matter but was stuck it seemed once more.

She looked back up to the girl after being dazed for some time in thought, staring into space down at her desk. She tried to smile and found a loss of happiness and help her stern but caring look upon her face, "Have you continued to have the bad dreams since last we met? " Adrian asked curiously. She had given her an antidote to her fight against it but was interested in if it was helping or not.

[tasha]

The 7th year Gryffindor took a seat in front of the headmistress and took a deep breath after everything she had said to her. Who would do such a thing to children not to mention people just like them? The most important question, that she thought is Why? this of course bothered her more. She nodded and glad she was of help. Anything she could do to help, she would jump right now. Tasha thought about who she could possibly be. No clues or anything came to her thought in the least bit.

Tasha nodded again and replied, “Of course professor. I would not say a word. She wondered if she, the headmistress had found out anything. From the last time they had met Tasha did not know much but before she could speak, the professor seemed to have read her thoughts. After listening, she remained quiet for a while longer. Twelve students… she remembered something she saw when she had been talking to Adonia about the nightmares. “Professor? Was one of the missing students named Todd?” she could not help but ask.

“The reason I ask is this. I was hanging out with one of my friends Adonia, and I saw something that I can’t explain.” she then continued to tell her what had happen: about the two that were talking: ((Taken from my original post of Ghosts?! No way?! ))“Todd! Wait up!” She replied but it was not her voice that came out. “Isabelle I told you to wait in the common room!” she heard him reply. “No! I told you something did not feel right coming down here…” she saw him roll his eyes. The young girl was worried about the nightmares she had been having. Hearing a noise she turned… Todd… I think…” but as she turned around he was gone. Just like that. Frightened the girl ran up the stairs out of the dungeon.

She looked back up to the girl after being dazed for some time in thought, staring into space down at her desk. She tried to smile and found a loss of happiness and help her stern but caring look upon her face, "Have you continued to have the bad dreams since last we met? " Adrian asked curiously. She had given her an antidote to her fight against it but was interested in if it was helping or not.


“So to answer your question…yes,” she replied.

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

Adrian watched as the girl found her way to a seat as she spoke to her. She was more grateful to the girl then she would ever know or understand she was sure. As she responded that she wouldn't say anything Adrian's stern expression shook a bit, back to a smiley happy face. "Good. We don't want the whole school going up in smokes in panic if we can help that." She admitted as it was one of her worse fears. They were all trying to keep it as much a secret from the outside world and especially the Ministry seeing that she didn't exactly trust them with that they would do or say.

As she asked if one of the missing students name was Todd, she looked at her with the most curiously look. "Well, actually yes, what do you have on that?" She inquired with a look once again of business and eagerness. How did the girl know anything about the ghost Todd that her and Professor Eva had come into contact with unless she herself had, or maybe it was in one of those dreams? She was uneasy in her chair as she waited and listened to what she had to say. As she spoke of what she saw, Adrian's face became a puzzle of confusion. Her eye brows slant in and worry lines formed across her forehead. Her lips frowned and her face became a little red in frustration.

She took in what she told and thought for a moment. "So, you saw a vision of possibly the past?" Adrian asked trying to grasp that idea and pinpoint the reality of it all. Was this child in front of her a seer? She thought in wonderment. "What did the boy look like, if you can recall?" She asked wondering if it was the same boy ghost she had seen just the night before. She wanted to tell her of the ghost she had seen but wanted to know if their was a connection before opening that entire can of worms upon the girl as well.

As she spoke of the antidote being of help Adrian smiled a pleased with herself. "Well, that is very good." Then she remembered that she had wanted the girl to enter the dreams also to help possibly pinpoint more information and possibly of the location of this place. "Have you... well. Been able to recall any more information from any of these dreams?" She asked hoping she had any new news on the subject matter.

[tasha]

Tasha just nodded, ignoring the sick feeling she was getting in the pit of her stomach. Why oh why did she have to get involved in this? She really wished she could recall how this all happened. Each year of her age the dreams getting worse and more frightening. She took a deep calming breath that was suppose to help with her nervous, but failed majorly. Her mouth was dry and she felt pale, but she did not look it. What was going on with her? She was not one to feel this bad. Mostly because she scared, but would never admit it.

The Gryffindor swallowed the dry lump in her throat. “Not much,” she replied honestly. “Its just…well…I mean I…” she did not know what to say. What was she suppose to say? She looked down for a moment, closed her eyes, opened them a moment later, and looked back up after taking a deep breath. But luckily for her she did not have to say much as Adrian had technically read her mind, momentarily.

Taking another small breath, that again did not help, and nodded, feeling a bit small as she was not feeling herself. “Well I suppose yes? I’ve always had them…I thought it was just the books I read as I liked books that took place in the past… and before you ask… no I’m pretty sure I’m not a seer…” she swallowed and continued, “Well he looked to be a 5th year…Gryffindor according to his robes… he had short dark hair, about my height, and size…and I…I can’t remember anything else about what he looked like.. Sorry.” she replied.

She could feel herself getting scared a bit but shook it away. She did not want to do this anymore but she had to. “Just that everything seemed to take place in the dungeons?” she replied softly, and not looking up at all. Yeah she was done and wanted no more apart of this. “Professor? I…I don’t think I can do this anymore…I’ll deny I ever said this but… its really scaring me…” she admitted not looking up.

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

Adrian stared at the girl as she seemed unable to speak. She gave her a confused look, "It's okay dear, you can tell me anything." Adrian desperately needed her help and saw the fear in the girls eyes as she spoke. She didn't seem as eager about helping now as she once had. Adrian tapped her fingers against her desk in thought as she waited for the girl to continue.

She listened with both ears wide open and her full attention straight forward. "Hmm, that is a bit odd, how long have you had the dreams? Months? Years?" She asked intrigued about the odd situation. She girl seemed scared and Adrian felt bad for making her do all of this. But she didn't know what other choices she had. As she described the ghost exactly as she had seem him the night before. She gasped and looked away for a second to collect her thoughts outside of the students eye contact. "Yes, yes... that does indeed sound like Todd." She shivered in cold remembered of the cold fog that surrounded her and Eva.

When she spoke that they took place in the dungeons, Adrian smiled. "Well, then. That should be of great help as well! Though I've already decided it had to be in some way that direction of the school. Thank you for the help." Adrian smiled sweetly at her, quite excited in the much useful information the girl had found for her. As she girl said she didn't want do it anymore the smile began to fade from her face. "I understand completely! That is quite alright. I believe you have given me enough information to go from here. You won't have to be of any more assistance. I can give you more of the potion if needed to help with the dreams. Don't worry, everything is safe with me! I will reward Gryffindor 50 points, for your kind and helpful information that you didn't have to suffer to receive, and off the record, for spying down at the Ministry." She said the last part with a wink.

[tasha]

The girl took a deep breath. She wished everything would just slow down. Yeah that would be better. Then she would have time to think and wouldn’t be freaking out. She closed her eyes for a moment listening to what her father would say. Tash… dear its alright. No matter what happens stay strong. Don’t listen to your head but listen to your heart. We will always love you for everything and anything you do and try to do…[/color]

Looking up she felt and looked better. “I’ve always had them professor. Ever since I could remember. I don’t remember when they started though… I know they did start to get stronger when I was going threw training and such. Traveling and seeing things maybe a young girl should not see until she is older and outside of school… and yeah…” she replied. If it was coming from someone else she would think they would be crazy and should be locked up in St. Mungos or whatever the hospital was here. Looking at her again she dared ask the question that haunted her mind for the past while. “Professor… you…don’t think I’m crazy do you? Like is this at all normal for someone of our world?” she asked.

Hearing her father’s words again, helped her and slowed her mind down. “….no its fine….really… I feel that I need and should help in anyway I can. Other wise its going to bug me down to the end. I have to and want to… if not for me and the others but for my parents… I owe them that much…” She meant that to. “As for the potion… I might as well give up…I mean nothing seems to be working anyways,” she replied honestly.

She smiled. “Really? Thanks Professor!”

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

Adrian thought about the girls remark about always having the dreams which she did find odd. What was it that made her dream about this? Especially since nothing started taking place around the school until this year. Adrian pondered about this all as she spoke, then she asked slowly, if it was normal. Adrian was afraid of how to answer such a question cause she honestly wasn't sure how normal it was. "Well...crazy no. Is it normal for every witch? No. Does it happen? Yes, sometimes here and there. Somehow usually there is a connection between the two people that its happening to and from who. Are you related to Todd or any of the students that went missing?" She asked wondering just how far this connection must have gone.

The girl seemed to calm from her worried scared moments before and seemed to be okay with helping. Adrian wasn't sure if she should let her or not. It was probably putting unneeded stress on her already more than what she was having to handle with the dreams. She thought of what else she would need and wasn't sure. "Do you know the name of the Minster?" She asked in wonderment, maybe she could research up something or ask Rosemary of such things, considering Rosemary didn't seem to want to give up information on her own.

As she thought more she didn't know where else to go from here in this particular moment. She wanted to read over the new journal a million times till something popped out but knowing that may not happen set her mood once again hazy. "Only thing I believe we need to work on right now for your well being as well, is to figure out the connect between you and this ghost. From there maybe we can stop them." She smiled sweetly. As she thanked her for giving the house points Adrian smiled and nodded. "Well, only to show for your bravery and helpfulness. Sorting hat placed you well within your house. Gryffindors always come through in times of need."

[tasha]

Tasha sighed silently. Okay so she was not normal, but normal enough? That did not make very much since but she would take it. The girl then thought that maybe Adonia was right about a connection…but how? She shook her head. “How can that be? I’m like my parents, I’m American. That’s where I grew up and was born…I mean my father as a slight Irish on his side and my mom had some Bulgarian on her side.. But other then that…I’m pretty sure that I‘m not…” she cut off and looked at the door then around. “What the…” she kept hearing a sound she kept hearing through out the castle. It was also a sound she heard in the hall that the others couldn’t hear in the hall. She sighed and sat back down as it stopped. ***“Òÿ å oôèöèàëåíi ñúì âúðâåæ ùóðàâ.…” she muttered to herself, in her new learned language, Bulgarian.

She looked at the professor questionably. “Stupid question: now or then? Now is Evangeline Delacroix and I think back then it was… well I want to say Marcus O’Neil?…” she was not sure if she was right but that seemed right. She looked over at the portrait where the headmistress usually sat and saw it empty. What if…no that couldn’t be. What kind of terrible person would do that to students. Not a headmaster or headmistress would they?… She mently shook her head not even wanting to believe that…yet.

Tasha nodded. “Thanks Professor. I really appreciate all the things you have done for me already.”

*** It is official…I’m going crazy…

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

Adrian shrugged as she girl wondered on about herself and a connection. "I'm not sure, my dear. But there has to be something in order for this to be happening to you. Maybe trace out your family tree and I will try to find a family tree for Todd. Or it could somehow be some sort of magical connection outside of family. A family friend of some sort, or maybe there is something you found? That would be in connection to the ghost? " Adrian thought off in her own mind of how this could be... when the girl spook in another language. "Come again?" Adrian asked with a confused glare.

Adrian glared at her sternly, "Well, of course back then, I know who the minster is now, hence my job is somewhat observer by them." Adrian wasn't pleased with such a comment but tried to look past it as she girl gave her a name. "Alright then, I will have to see what I can find out about this, Mr. O'Neil." Oh yay, a new research project. Adrian was getting tired of all this really, but knew it was part of her job description. She marked the name in her mind to remember to ask Rosemary about it later.

"Oh, it is no problem, darling. Always let me know how I can help! It is after all, what I am here for." Adrian smiled sweetly at the young girl.

[tasha]

Tasha had knew something like this was about to come up, so meaning to say she already did her research. “Well the only thing I found out was that my dad’s side and found out that my great-grandfather, who was part Irish…but I doubt that has anything to do with Todd nor any of others…but other then that, it seems like a lot of my family history has been erased, like no one wanted me to find anything… there was nothing at the ministry or anything…” she sat there in thought. Man this was a pain. She looked at the professor after speaking. “Sorry… been learning Bulgarian….what I said was maybe am crazy…” she replied looking down.

“Sorry…its just mind as been in the present and past its hard to keep things straight…lately things have been combing so sometimes I never know…sorry,”[/color she replied looking away. Tasha was being completely honest and it was starting to get harder as they got closer and closer to answers. She then explained this.

[Abagail "Abbie" Dreyer]

Adrian took in what the girl had to say, looking down at her desk with both ears open, listening and thinking about what she had to say. "Humm... That does sound a bit odd. I do have to say, the more and more I find out about the Ministry the more and more I really don't like them. " She smiled up at the girl and sighed. "But, please don't repeat that." She giggled slightly a hesitate laugh. "Oh, I see. Well that it helpful. One thing I never did try to do was learn another language. And I'm sure, dear, you are not crazy... just tired!" She nodded at the thought of that and smiled happily. She really should have put thought into that as something to learn but she had been so focused on her studies the never expanded beyond what the had learned much here at hogwarts until she had graduated.

She nodded in understanding. "That is okay my dear, I can see that it all takes so much from you. I never meant that to happen..." She trailed off in a whisper. She never wished so much upon a student and couldn't believe all the things she had asked of her. She just wanted peace for the girl and the school already. "I don't know what else I can do for you for now. Try to peek about and see how else you might have a connect is all about I can think of right this moment."