†~The Spirit Returns~†

[~ Ella]

*A chilled breeze swept through the undergrowth and high up into the canopy of the Forbidden Forest. The silhouette of a woman floated slowly up ahead, her pale skin glowing in the moonlight. As she stepped forth under a hole in the canopy above, she paused, looking up at the inky opaque sky.

It was midnight, exactly a year since she had left her body. Her eyes were no longer emerald, instead they were a ruby-red and her ankle length ivory hair glistened under the many stars.

Ella sighed lightly, a small, tired smile tugged at her lips and she allowed it to twist them into a mysterious smirk. The Forest Enchantress, the veela, had returned from a year of resting in peace. She was ready to visit her friends once again, and wondered how the school was coping under the constant wrath of the Lord.

Her mind wandered to whether Dumbledore would still be alive, to whether her friends would still be at the school, her sister, her love. Sebastian...she pondered over whether he had been loyal to her deceased self, or had moved on and was now happy with another woman. So many places for her mind to wander, such a little path to the end of the forest.

Ella thought about Kiara, Max, Sebastian, Isis, Lavender, Zack, and all the others she had entwined into her life, through the hard times, the happy times, the sad and the lonely. They had always been there for her, and now her spirit had returned, once again to lay eyes upon what she once called her home.

The corsét situated at her chest was laced up tight, as was the black and magenta dress that hung around her thin frame. She had a very different appearance now, and wasn't sure if any of the others would recognise her. Her knee-high lace-up black boots thumped gently on the forest floor as she walked down the path towards the castle, and the secretive tattoo of the tiny black rose rested atop her breast.

Oh, how she had missed everybody, how she had missed having her body, she missed breathing, feeling and laughing. Most of all she missed laughing. Gone were the days where her Lavender, Kiara and Isis would scream in hysterics after having pillow fights in the common rooms. Gone were the days when Bastian would whisk her away to some secluded place and show her how much he loved her.

Love...

'Twas a beautiful thing while it lasted. The veela with the somewhat demonic appearance looked up from her boots and out at the castle. She had reached the end of the forest path, but the path to her past had only just begun. The spirit of Ella Black Rose had returned, and she was ready for another lifetime here at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

She awaited her friends, for she knew they would feel the urge to enter the forest on this eerie night, she knew they would have recieved the silent message of the unknown she had passed through them...She waited...*

[Kiara Johnson]

*Looks around the common room, her now blackend eyes seaching for wat had awakened her.  The Devil;'s angel rose from her bed and streached her wings. She smiled as this was the second time she had beaten her inner self to awake. *

~~Sleep well Kiara~~

*The Angel arose and then stepped to the window, opened it, then jumped lightly out, not bothering to close it again.  Her feet landed lightly on the lawn, the feel of the wet grass beneath her beer feet sent a feeling of pleasure through her.  Oh how she loved the eath.*

~~Ok, where are you, caller~~

*She turned and the light from the moon reflected from her black eyes, turning them temperarily to silver, only to revert to their balckness, seconds later.  She walked towards the forest*

[Ginny Weasly]

*awaks, feeling a new mind wonder into the grounds*No, it can't be her...*whispers to self, then stands and without even a cloak runs outside*

[brian]

*senses a great power approaching and stirs from sleep*

~Where are you?~

[_Lavender_]

*she rises from where she had slept, near the lake, and soundlessly sweeps into the forest, dissapearing within its depths, searching for.....for the source of the strange feeling*

[brian]

*jumps out the window and soft ly lands on the ground* HEads toward the are where he feels the new force*

[Kiara Johnson]

*The angel turned her head to se otherscoming now, she feels the presence in the forest, and knows rihgt away who it is, a smile sreads accross her lips, once again showing her glistening fangs as she waits for the others to catch up*

[brian]

~how'd you get out?~

[Kiara Johnson]

~~what ever do you mean, Brian?  I got out of there, oh, I awaoke faster than Kaira, that's how.~~

[brian]

~does that happen often?~

[Kiara Johnson]

~Not as often as i woul dlike, no.  Why so many questions, young mortal?~

[Ginny Weasly]

No more I hope*steps into wiew. Glares at the angel* Hello Kalista

[Kiara Johnson]

*Nods in welcome to Ginny*

Welcome to the fray, young Weasley

[Ginny Weasly]

*nods back, but dosn't say anything to Kalista. Turns around and surrvays the area* Any idea what happened?

[brian]

~something powerful entered the gorunds.~