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| twenty five |

Chapter twenty five; Tight schedule

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Olivia almost didn't recognise the girl in front of her as she panted for air. She looked dead; pale skinned, dead eyed,
unhealthy and absolutely terrified.

It was harrowing to see Alexis in the state she was.

It caused her to wonder instantly. Is that what Draco looked like? From there she fell into bouts of worry and anxiety. She questioned her decision to ever leave Draco when she had been presented with the opportunity so many times to help him. Why she didn't convince him to leave with her in their sixth year?

It was Blaise who tore her from her thoughts as he stepped forwards towards her cautiously, "Lex?"

"Didn't you listen to a word I said?!" Alexis puffed, her tone worried, "Olivia you need to leave, there are Death Eaters in this castle looking for you."

Olivia swallowed and nodded her head. She got up from the floor and reset the rug over the loose floorboards, "Okay, I just need to do one thing." She told her, dropping her bag onto her old bed and opening it up.

"What's more important than getting out of here, Olivia?" Blaise asked her incredulously.

Olivia began pulling the Twins' products out of her bag and armed herself with them, stocking them up in her coat pockets as an answer.

The background noise of students talking, and whimpering drifted over the palpable tension brewing between the four students. Serena looked to her friend wearily, "What's going on down there?"

"The entire castle is in shambles." Alexis told her, "It seems it's been decided it'd be the time to rebel against the strict rules set in place."

"What's that supposed mean?" Olivia mumbled absentmindedly.

"It means there's students running around everywhere. Some are trying to escape, others trying to fight."

Olivia slung her bag over her shoulder and held to her wand tightly, "Right, well isn't that—"

The tall figures bursting into her room interrupted her as both held the same frantic expression Alexis had not five minutes ago. One was dressed in Hogwarts uniform like Blaise and Serena while the other was dressed in a suit minus the jacket.

"For fuck sakes Olivia!" Theodore Nott scolded, "What don't you understand about limited time?"

Olivia's jaw hung open, ready to deliver her remark to Theo but was interrupted by Serena ramming past her. Her friend ran in the direction of the second boy as she cried his name and threw her arms around his neck, "I didn't think you'd be coming back!"

"I apparated when we got word there was a possible intruder inside the castle, mother and father don't even know I left."
The two pulled away, staying within a close proximity of one another when he nodded to Olivia, "I had a feeling it'd be you."

Olivia rolled her eyes, "You believe everything has something to do with me Montague."

Theo walked further into the room and grabbed her wrist, where he tugged her out of her old dormitory, "That's because, nine times out of ten, you are involved somehow." He told her as he pulled her into the common room where students were scurrying around in a frenzy.

Blaise, Alexis, Serena and Graham had followed them down and formed a circle either side of Olivia and Theo. Though evidently anxious, it was Alexis who dared speak up first, "So, uh, what do we do?"

Olivia looked to her friend, "You do nothing. I can handle this on my own."

Blaise groaned in protest, "Oh come on Liv—"