The Yule Ball

Descartes paused and looked at his little sister. Kneelig he made her look him i the eye. "I'm leaving it up to you."

Maik and Elrohir both turned and looked at her expectantly. Elrohir hated the thought of her leaving, but there was nothing he could do to stop her.

Sonia looked at Elrohir. she would hate having to work with the trio. She on the other hand would get to stay with Maik and Elrohir. "Maybe we should stay and try to help."

Ron spluttered. He personally thought he had done better off versing Athorin, for after Descartes had half-strangled him, his head spunn, and small stars popped in front of his eyes. he stared, cross eyed at the bickering Slytherins, wondering what would happen next. He didn't have to wait long. Hermione scrammbled over to Morgan in the corner. Harry was ready to launch himself at Descartes for what he had done to Ron, when Athorin seized the chance to bowl him over, and rush for the magical exit. What He had not counted on, tho, was Morgan slamming the portal shut in Athorin's face. This made him reappear. Now everyone in the room could see the boy spralled on the floor, rubbing his head gingerly.

Descartes grabbed Anthorin. "Where the hell is Mrs. Higgs." he asked angrily.

Athorin goggled up at the boy towering over him. what now? he glanced over at Morgan, and saw that she was still invisible, and no longer under his control. How did this happen? no wonder Gwarmen VanFilyu had givin up on bothering her so long ago. Ron smirked, massaging his neck where Descartes had grabbed him. "Who's right now?" he said to Athorin happily. Harry shook his head, not understanding how he had missed so much happening in such a short amount of time.

Descartes' grip tightened making the collar around Athorin's neck smaller. "Answer me!" he growled.

Things were getting out of control, and Maik's patience was wearing dangerously thin. "You had better not have done anything to prevent her return," Maik snarled at Athorin "Or I will damage your face so thouroughly that they'll need your dental records to identify you."

"ad it will fail."

Elrohir leaned over and whispered something in her ear. She listened, frowning slightly. "Where's Morgan?" she demanded of Athorin

Morgan stood up, grimacing at the pain in her side. "Over here, guys." Athorin, tried to loosen the grip on his neck, but Descartes only tightened it more. Hermione helped Morgan over to a chair.

Maik looked relived to see Morgan, but confused at the same time. "Where's Mrs. Higgs? Did something happen to her?"

"Yes, I tried to use a portal to get back faster, but Athoprin here grabbed me, and now Courtney is stuck back in the past, just twiddling her thumbs." explained Morgan, rubbing her sore limbs.

"Stuck in the past." Maik growled slowly. "And what are we going to do about it?"
Elrohir truned on Athorin and glared at him, something he rarely did. "How do we fix this? Since you are responsible for it."

Athorin just shrugged and grinned. "Not my problem, I don't care what happens 2 her." Morgan, however, had been talking to Hermione quietly, and she stood up, asking, "So, who's comming back into the past with me?" she held up the time turner.

Maik looked as if she wanted to punch Athorin. Before Elrohir could stop her she grabbed him by the neck and slammed him into the wall, holding him there. "Sonia, maybe you should go with Morgan, since this concerns you." She said over her shoulder. "If anything happens to them, or to Mrs. Higgs, you will suffer for it." she snarled at Athorin.

Morgan nodded, then beconed Sonia over. "Firstly, I need to track down the exact time that Courtney would be in five minutes from now, so that we have some time, in case Athorin messed up the inner matrix of time, if I am not correct." Athorin smiled at Morgan over Maik's shoulder. "You know me too well." Morgan smirked at him, then continued with her calculations. Hermione looked up. "What are we to do?" she asked, guesturing towards Harry, and Ron.

"You've got a big mouth." Maik growled at Athorin. "Shut it before I shut it for you."

Athorin shrugged carelessly. he was rewarded by a punch in the mouth.
"Got it!" said Morgan, waving the time turner in the air. "OK, we'll b right back, as soon as we can. C'mon, Sonia."

Sonia allowed Morgan to put the chain around them. "Okay."