Chapter 71 - Cassia Elks (1/2)

When Chris woke up, he was in a bedroom with 2 other people. He looked over to see Harry and Ron still sleeping.

'Luckily we made it out of the forest and made it to the base,' Chris thought. 'Who knew that the 'base' were some portkeys that were being guarded. Well I guess it made sense. If we were caught by the Dark Lord and he used Legilimency, no one would know anything,'

Suddenly, the door burst wide open and in came an unfamiliar woman.

”Wake up you three. It's time for breakfast!” The woman said.

Harry and Ron groggily sat up in their bed and proceeded to get ready. Chris did the same and in about 5 minutes, the woman led the three of them to the dining room where there were students and ȧduŀts eating together. Chris saw Hermione, Kristine, and Se-yeon already starting to eat at a table. The three quickly got their food and went over to where the girls were.

”Glad that I can have another breakfast,” Ron said. ”To be honest, I thought I was going to be snake food last night,”

”If it weren't for Michael, Justin, and the others staying behind, we really would've been snake food,” Kristine said sternly.

”Ok... Just trying to lighten up the mood here,” Ron said as he shrugged his shoulder.

”Well-”

”Alright Kristine, let's not sour the mood even further,” Chris said. ”Right now, we need to stay positive. We're getting closer to winning this war. If we're so down all the time, we can even lose the battle we're supposed to win,”

Kristine pouted and silently ate her food.

”Hello ladies and gentlemen!” A loud female voice shouted. Chris looked towards where the voice came from and it was a lady around Professor McGonagall's age. She had a simple outfit with a robe.

”My name is Cassia Elks. You can call me anything you want as long as you say either my first or last name. I'd like to give a warm welcome to the students who have all made it here. I know that it was an arduous journey with uncertainty and fear and so I would like to thank all of you for being brave enough to fight against someone that we know is extremely powerful and tyrannical,” Cassia said.

Everyone in the dining room clapped and all the students who were tense lightened up a little.