Misidentified

Chapter 4

Walking down to the Slytherin table in the Great Hall, Syed and Mikaela talked.

"Remember that one kid in Transfiguration who turned the professor into a turtle?" Mikaela asked. 

"Moosa Patel, the Hufflepuff?" Syed said, chuckling at the image in his head. 

"Yeah, I heard that he was looking for you."

"Really? Why?" 

"I don't know, I just heard that. He wants to talk to you about something important that's for sure. The talk is spreading everywhere. I saw it written on a wall outside Charms class," Mikaela informed him. 

"Hmm, I better go find him, I guess. Although I really haven't ever spoken to him honestly. You go on without me, I'm going to see what this is all about," Syed said, smiling at her before turning around and walking toward the Hufflepuff table. 

Looking towards the corridor, Syed notice near the main doors, the man stood. The man who had taken Dorian. His sleeves were torn now and he was wearing brown robes to fit in. His eyes seemed to have been scanning the crowd of kids for something or someone. Syed knew he had this one chance to get Dorian, and he wasn't going to let this chance get spoiled. As he took a few steps running, the Headmaster's voice was heard around the Great Hall, "Please take your seats children." And everyone rushed to get to their seats. All the students came in the opposite direction of Syed, shoving into him. Syed kept his eye on the man though, even though he was being shoved from all directions. 

Suddenly, Syed felt a hand grab onto his left arm really tightly. The hand tugged a bit and Syed figured the man wasn't moving, so he might as well turn around. So Syed lost his eye on the man for a second to turn around. When he turned around, he saw Moosa, desperately trying to get Syed's attention. Syed looked at him and asked, "Moosa...hey. What's up?"

"I've been trying to get ahold of you all day Syed. We REALLY need to talk," Moosa said, out of breath, letting go of Syed's arm. 

"How about we talk right outside the Great Hall in the corridor, near the bathroom?" Syed suggested. 

"Alright, but hurry," Moosa said, as if he was in a really big rush. 

Syed turned around to see that the man was gone. The disappointment that swept through Syed in that moment was unbearable and he felt the sudden urge to cry. 

Regardless, Syed walked over to the corridor. But he didn't feel Moosa's presence behind him, and when he turned around, Moosa was gone. He looked into the Great Hall, and Moosa wasn't there either that he could see. So Syed decided that Moosa had changed his mind and walked back towards the Slytherin table, sitting between Phoenix and Mikaela. 

After a long feast of pretending to be cheerful, Syed was ready to crash in the common room. Syed tried to walk past Matthias and Mikey in the Common Room, but Matt insisted that Syed stay and speak for a bit. 

Syed sat down in a chair next to Mikey and Matt. 

"How've you been?? I missed you this summer!" Matt exclaimed, taking a sip of his tea.

"I've been alright, and you?" Syed replied, going along with the routine conversation he had to keep a forced smile through. 

"I've been okay. So did you talk to Moosa? I saw him following you out of the Great Hall. I figured he had finally found you to talk about whatever important matter it was he wanted to discuss," Matt asked, leaning in, curiously.

"Really? You saw? Well I guess you would...you are a Prefect...but did you happen to see where he went-" Syed was interrupted. 

Susanna, another Prefect, ran into the Common Room, panting. "Matt, I have urgent news." She went on to whisper something into Matt's ear, and went on to tell the rest of the Prefects in the Common Room. 

Matt looked at the floor, thinking deeply. Then he looked up at Syed, suspiciously. 

"Well, man...? What is it?" Mikey asked. 

"A student has been found dead in the bathroom outside the Great Hall. It...was Moosa." Matt said, in a gloomy voice. 

"Wow. What. The. Fuck." Mikey was speechless.