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There is a huge crashing sound from the parking lot right by the Green. People are hurt, car alarms are blaring, widespread panic.

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It had been a spur of the moment decision but she knew the timing had been just too perfect. With Samir on the inside and all of their resources she knew it would have the effect that they had wanted. It was almost too easy. She waited in the parking lot, an unimposing figure who blended in with all the others who were milling about. Soon enough they wouldn't be so calm. Soome enough they would be panicked and running around. Chaos. Instability. Her skin felt like it was alive with electricity.

"Is everything ready?" she asked keeping her excited voice steady as she watched him approach.

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It took all of Samir's effort not to pick her up and twirl her around like a doll. All weekend he had been practically bursting with excitement and now it was only a matter of minutes. Though his walk was casual he couldn't disguise the massive grin on his face. Anyone would think they were two old friends reunited, or possibly partners. No one would suspect them.

"Everythin's perfect" he muttered, digging his hands in his pockets to hide the way they were trembling with adrenaline.

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She smiled warmly, reminding herself to keep it together. They looked completely unsuspect and if they wanted to continued with their plans they needed to remain so. Looping her arm with his and sighed contentedly. "Just as I suspected," she said. "Perhaps we should listen to Head Master Sato's famous last words?" she suggested quietly so no one around would hear her.

It would be near impossible to recover from this after only being in charge for a few days.

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To say that Hunter lived for moments of great responsibility was a bit of a stretch, but there was still that lingering reason why she had becoming an auror. Nearly there now, she reminded herself, as the explosion suddenly shook the ground behind her. She had scarcely paying attention to the speech, her arms crossed and back slouched as she chewed gum loudly and half-listened.

Panic only seemed to take a few seconds to set in though, and Hunter whipped around to see the direction, watching the flames in the parking lot. She was nearly pushed over by a screaming woman running that way. "Holy fuck," she half-whispered. Three immediate thoughts came to mind; where was Michi, how was her truck, and where did she start.

They had done drills and simulations in their labs, but this was a real life shitstorm. She could see a few people with blood on them, one boy cradling his face as it dripped between his fingers. She was surprised that it turned her stomach a bit. How much of her own blood had she seen? But it was different when it was some kid.

Without really taking time to wonder what had actually happened, Hunter assured Mack and Kia that she'd be back 'in a jiff', taking off toward the parking lot at full speed. People were already gathering around, faculty and some of the instructors from the LAW that taught her auror training. She ignored them mostly, working her way along and pulling people to their feet, making sure no one was dead.

She wasn't sure what it was, but something about helping people always brought out the wannabe hero in her. The usual goofy smile wasn't even on her face while she worked, rushing people along as she saw they were okay, casting quick spells to heal up wounds as she found them.

She had been in the process of helping someone to stand up and head back to the field, when she looked up and noticed her truck. It was a few parking spaces away from her, and the explosion. There was a slightly smoking and charred side mirror from the exploded car sticking right out of her windshield. Around it, though it was stuck, all of the other glass had begun to spread into a spiderweb of cracks.

"Oh fuckin' come on!" the blonde shouted, clutching her face with open palms as she rushed over to survey the damage. The windshield was definitely toast. "Son of a whore motherfucker bitch fuck! Goddamnit!"

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Mackenzie had been practically asleep before the explosion had rocked the ground underneath her. She was instantly on her feet with her wand in her hand, her head wiping around to locate the direction of the danger. Her mouth fell open as she saw the flames and smoke in the parking lot, what the hell was going on? She could sense Hunter react next to her and wasn't surprised when the girl sprinted off towards the parking lot. It was usually Hunter who ran into the situation first, half of the time without really thinking. Mackenzie knew she couldn't leave Hunter alone for too long and turned to Kia who was also on her feet behind her.

"You okay?" She asked her older sister, doing a quick scan of the woman to look for any injury. Once Kia had assured her that she was just a little shaken up, the argument of who was going to help the wounded started. She knew Kia would want to help, it was part of the contract she had signed as a mediwitch. She was required by wizard law to assist in an emergency. Mackenzie didn't want her older sister to get hurt however, she wasn't trained to deal with danger the way the younger blonde was. Even if Mackenzie wasn't done with her auror training, she knew a lot more than Kia. "Look, you stay here okay? Get a safe place cleared and Hunt and I will bring you people who need help!"

Not waiting for Kia to protest again, Mackenzie sprinted off in the direction she had seen Hunter run. She ran right into a few people who were clutching at bleeding wounds. She did her best to patch them up before pointing them in the direction of her sister. She would have stopped to do more but she was starting to worry about her taller blonde counterpart. It had been several minutes since the girl had run off and there was no telling what was going on in the parking lot. Their instructors had stressed how much destruction could happen even in the course of a few minutes.

Pulling a few more injured to their feet and pushing them in the right direction, she skidded to a halt in the parking lot and scanned for blonde hair. Spotting the tall girl clutching her face and shouting she ran over to her and grabbed her from behind. Spinning her around, she pulled the girl's hands from her face and searched it for the injury that she thought was present. When it became apparent that Hunter was fine, she shoved the girl slightly.

"Don't ever fucking run off without me again!" She screamed, her worry apparent on her face. She usually would have been embarrassed about getting this sappy about her friend, but this time was different than all their simulations. This time things were very real, there would be no coming back from this if they were to make a mistake. "Fuck! Hunter, just...fuck! I can't have anything happen to you, okay? Jesus, fucking Christ." She ran her hands over her face in exasperation and took a deep breath to calm herself.

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Once she had laid eyes on her truck, nothing else had really mattered. If another explosion had happened five feet away, she scarcely would have noticed. She had been about to reach out and try to pull the mirror out of the glass, another string of brutal obscenities issuing from her mouth, when Mack spun her around.

She stared blankly at her as the shorter blonde hauled her hands down and gave her a desperate and hurried look over. There was an unusual panic on her face, and snapped back to the reality around them, Hunter was a bit touched. Though she dare not say so. Stumbling back against the truck as she was shoved, Hunter growled. "Hey!"

Her own angry comeback died on her lips though as Mackenzie screamed at her, that look of worry hitting home again. She was actually scared, Hunter realized. She watched the girl back off and rub her face, and Hunter stepped forward, clapping her roughly twice on the back. "Chin up, bucko! I'm alive and well! And we're gunna find out who the fuck did this 'cos it's personal! Look at my fuckin' baby girl!" she cried, gesturing frantically to the windshield over her shoulder.

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Michiko was glad that the weekend was finally over. It had been long, there had been way too many fights in such a short period, and it wasn't helping her feel any better. It was finally time to say "so long" to Mika and Akio though and she couldn't help the little bounce in her step. She stood, holding Yori's hand as they listened to the commencement speech when the explosion went off. Immediately she scooped her little brother up and started to take off, away from the panic but Akio's hand was on her shoulder.

"Where do you think you're going with him?" he asked, pulling her toward the parking lot. It was the only way for him and Mika to get off the grounds with Yori as they were muggles and there was only one way out.

"It's not safe!" Michi shouted. "I can take him some place safe!" she tried to rip away but Akio's grip was firm.

"You will do no such thing. He's coming with us!" Mika grabbed Michi's other shoulder and began to pull her with all her strength.

Yori was crying, he buried his head in her shoulder. "I don't wanna go Cocoa! Don't let them take me away! I scared!" He clung to her with all his might and Michi clung just as hard.

"We're not leaving with you. Neither one of us is," she said firmly.

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The panic was all around them, people pushed past to get to their own cars so they could flee and professors were rushing around trying to help the injured. Michi caught sight of a fellow quodpot player cradling her arm, blood dripping from her fingertips. Michi brushed the back of Yori's head too keep his eyes down and comfort him all in one. Finally, a surge of passersby pushed Michi and Yori forward, forcing her to follow Akio and Mika.

She tried to fight the crowd but ended up at the main gate with her parents anyways. "Don't take him," Michi said as Mika fought her for the little boy. "I can protect him," she said, tears in her eyes. "You don't know what's out there..."

"Is this about my being non magical?" Mika asked, giving Michi a good whack across the head.

Michi winced but her grip remained firm. Distracted momentarily by her jiggling phone in her pocket she had to check. She sighed in relief, Hunter, and tapped back a quick reply with one hand. "We're gonna stay here with Hunt, we'll be able to take care of him."

"Michiko Anna Passos!" Mika shouted as Michi tried to fight the crowd trying to get out the gate. "If anything happens to him..."

Michi turned and glared at the woman. "I wouldn't be able to live with myself but thanks for the concern," she took off running with Yori in her arms. Looking around for Hunter or Mack. She needed to check in with them, to see them.

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Julian had skipped out on most of parents weekend. His mom had explained that she'd seen it all before and didn't need another tour around the school and as such he'd spent most of Sunday chilling in his dorm room. When the explosion went off it rattled all the windows and he could see the smoke from where he was standing. Rushing out of the building, Jules was in full-blown panic mode. He hadn't gone to the talk on the green but that didn't mean his brother and sister didn't end up going!

Rushing past hordes of people, some dusty and coughing he grabbed anyone he recognised. "Where's my brother! Have you seen my sister?" No one was answering, more interested in the location of their own families.

He skidded to a halt at the parking lot, the smoke stinging his eyes, though frustrated tears were welling up, too. Taking out his wand he flicked it irritably, the weak silver of a patronus disappearing before it even reached the floor. Yelling in French on frustration, Julian looked around for someone to help him.

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Hendrix had been on the green with his mother and father, it was no surprise to him that they had been arguing when the explosion shook the ground and the debris began falling around them. Hendrix, panicking, covered his mother, wrapping his arms around her. A piece of car struck Hendrix's shoulder, knocking him off kilter but he still remained firm. "Mom, you okay?!" he asked.

"I'm okay," she said hugging him. "Hen! You're bleeding!"

He finally looked down at his own arm and his eyes grew wide at the blood. "Fuck, fuck... I have to go... I'll be okay, I have to find Jenny and Ella," he said of his friends.

"Hendrix no!" He didn't listen though, as he took off and headed straight for the parking lot. He was barely paying attention when he ran into his former housemate who was looking just as frustrated and shocked. "Julian," he said putting his hands on the other boy's shoulders to stabilize himself. "Are you okay?"

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Jules was a second away from tossing his wand into the burning wreckage when Hendrix collided with him. Blinking and grabbing the younger boy's shoulder in return, he was shocked to find his hand come back sticky. "What's going on!" he yelled. "Have you seen Alain? Or Astrid?"

He pushed Hendrix further back from the parking lot, finally registering that Hen was bleeding. "Do you need a nurse?" It was a lame question and Julian was way too tense to risk any sort of botched healing spell.

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Nothing could have prepared Ichirou Sato for what had happened earlier in the day. He had not a clue as to what he would do about the small explosion in the parking lot. There had been panic and a few injuries but there was nothing too serious, those who were injured had been whisked away quickly and taken care of. The faculty had held an emergency meeting and they had asked everyone to meet in King’s Hall while security was called in to do a sweep of the grounds. When the campus was secure he brought the faculty to King’s Hall and stood at the front of the assembled group. He cleared his throat and let out a long sigh. “Hello family members, students, and faculty,” he began. “I would like very much to apologize for the terrible events that have conspired here today,” he said softly.

“The grounds have been thoroughly swept and we found no trace of any other explosives or dangerous artifacts. You can all be assured that the campus is now secure. The League of American Wizards has sent aurors who intend to stay with us for a few weeks until we find the culprits responsible for the this mornings explosion,” he said evenly. “We will be taking questions now.”

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Ella had got back from the hospital a little over an hour ago where her father had been taken (against his will mostly) to go get checked out after a rock had hit him on the head. He seemed fine but they wouldn't discharge him incase he had concussion. The twin's mother had opted to stay with Ron and sent them back to school to sleep, only who could sleep at a time like this?

Unable to stay in her bedroom, Ella had found herself sat in King's Hall, gaining a little comfort from the headmaster's words. She zoned out once the angry questions began to barrage Mr. Sato. It was awfully unfair, it wasn't his fault. Looking around glumly, there was a familiar figure wandering the hall, and leaping out of the chair Ella ran over to Hendrix. "You're okay!" she gasped and wrapped her arms around his middle.

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Hendrix had been wandering around the campus since the explosion and after running around with Julian. He hadn't gone back to his room at all but he had stubbornly gone to get patched up by the school doctor. His shirt was torn and bloodied at the shoulder but he didn't mind at all. He still hadn't found the twins until Ella was wrapped around his middle. "Ella!" he said, relief washing over him.

He picked her up and squished her to his chest, pressing his lips to the top of her head. "Are you okay? Is Jenny okay? What about your parents?" he questioned her.

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Ella could feel tears welling up just from everything that had happened and she squeezed her eyes shut tightly. "We're all fine! Well, dad's in hospital but he's okay. We had to go straight there and I didn't have time to find you and I didn't have my phone and I think Jenny is looking for Sera" Ella blurted out, clinging tightly to the back of Hendrix's shirt. Looking up at him her eyes drifted to his torn shirt.

"You're hurt!" she cried.

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Hendrix couldn't help but giggle a little at the dog's understanding. "He's wicked smart," he grinned.

"Yeah," he said rubbing the back of his neck. "Though with you it would end up being more like a slumber party," he laughed gently. "Sleeping bags and all."

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Ella gasped and clapped her hands. "A huge slumber party! Wouldn't that be the coolest? We could build forts and it would be like a little village with all different houses. You can come live with me and Jenny and Maurey. It'd be totally fun!"

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Only still a little bit shaken up, Tatum tried to sit still and listen patiently to Headmaster Sato as they sat in King's Hall. Sera had managed to get away once things were cleared up, and she seemed to do so gladly after the blow-out screaming match that had transpired only a little while ago. Tatum had never seen her sister shout at their father like that, not for anything, and she could tell it was still bothering Mick. He kept grumbling about his youngest's new found 'attitude' and how it would do her well to cut it out.

They still hadn't heard anything from Madeline, and Tatum assumed she was still somewhere at work. The League was bound to be buzzing after today. They weren't really a huge name school, but people got crazy when their kids were involved.

Seated between her father and brother, Tatum sank into her seat a little as Headmaster Sato opened himself up to questions from the crowd, and Mick immediately raised his hand. She met her brother's eyes with a look of embarrassment as their dad began to question Sato and his staff on their ability to deal with 'acts of terrorism', as he had been calling it all day since finding out it was a bomb. "I have half a mind to take all three of my children out of here!" he finished boldly, with murmurs of agreement from some other adults around them.

Really, with Tatum and Rath both eighteen and Sera being seventeen in a few months, he didn't have much of a leg to stand on with his threat. If they wanted to stay, they were legally entitled as wizarding adults. But the threat still embarrassed her, making her flush and lean down in her chair more.

Once she found the chance, sick of listening to the barrage against the staff and Headmaster already, the

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redhead excused herself to go to the washroom. With no intention of going back, even if it might tick her dad off, Tatum made her way outside. It wasn't smoky anymore and things had been cleared up, but there was still a deep divot in the ground nearby. Something flying off and skidding the ground as she went, she guessed. Scuffing her foot through it, she sighed.

She was always prepared, and as she walked and neared closer to the woods, she reached carefully into her shirt; pulling a joint from her bra. She lit up carefully, head ducked and oblivious to the person standing around and smoking a cigarette nearby.

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Mackenzie hadn't gone into the hall, she had opted to walk along the edge of the forest instead. Kia had gone off with the rest of the healers to take care of the more critical victims and Hunter had probably gone to comfort Michi. Mack didn't really care to hear the loads of angry parents yell at the headmaster, she was sure that they would be debriefed about the events during training the next day anyway. Besides, there was no one for her to go check on or comfort, the only people that came to mind was Michi and the Donnelly sisters. Mack had seen Michi, but she was sure that she would like a little alone time with Hunter. Both of the Donnelly sisters had made sure that she would stay away from their father too, and Mack knew that he was already angry enough. She didn't want to start anything by showing up and pissing him off.

Sighing, she plopped down on a rock and lit a cigarette, noticing for the first time that day that she had blood on her hands. She was sure that it wasn't hers, but it still made her stomach turn slightly. There hadn't been bleeding victims in their simulations, or people who were distraught and crying. She had managed to stay focused all day, and she was sure that they had helped a lot of people, but now her hands were shaking slightly as she took a drag from the cigarette. Hunter had freaked her out earlier by running off like that, she couldn’t protect the tall blonde if she just took off into danger. It could have very well been any of the few people she cared about with hot shrapnel in their faces.

Shuddering she ran a hand through her hair, pulling her bangs away from her face. As soon as her hand traveled over her eyebrow, she hissed in pain. Perhaps some of that blood was her own, she pulled her hand away quickly and prodded gently in investigation. It seemed that she hadn’t walked away scott free, and she wondered when exactly she had acquired the cut above her eyebrow. It didn’t feel too big but it was definitely deep. She took another drag from her cigarette and ran through all the events of the day just like her instructors had taught her. It was useful to be able to describe ever detail of an emergency, especially if you ended up with an injury you didn’t remember. She was so deep in though that she didn’t see Tatum approaching, or lighting up until she had determined what had caused her injury. It must have been one of the small explosions that occurred while her and Hunter were standing in the parking lot. Once the flames had reached other vehicles there had been a few more explosions before the aurors had gotten it under control.

Looking up she finally noticed Tatum, and a tired smile appeared on her face. She was just happy to see someone familiar who wasn’t bleeding or injured. She watched the other girl silently for a few moments before, clearing her throat. “Couldn’t handle being in the hall any longer?” She asked, dabbing gently at the cut over her eye. It was throbbing slightly now that she had gone and irritated it but she didn’t feel like healing it at the moment. It would be so much easier once she had a mirror. “You’re definitely a sight for sore eyes.”

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Jenny had always hated hospitals, from the sterile smell to the stark white walls, and so it didn't take Paula a very long at all to convince her to go with Ella and head back to school. She had wanted to stay with her father, especially when words like concussion were getting thrown around, but the three of them sitting there and watching him sit in bed was only tolerable for so long.

He was still asking for herbal remedies, and so she had to assume that meant he was feeling all right enough. Promising to call before bed, the twins had left for school again and it wasn't really until they were back on campus that the reality of the situation began to set in for Jenny.

While Ella headed down to King's Hall to listen to the headmaster, Jenny had trouble of her own staying in their room. Or staying still. She spent almost twenty minutes pacing the floor between their beds, or trying to read and only becoming frustrated a few moments after beginning each page. She couldn't focus on anything, except what had happened, the look on all of those faces, the smell of the smoke. Blue smoke, which was quite curious indeed.

Sick of trying to stay to herself and unable to keep everything inside any longer, the blonde changed into her pajamas and pulled her hair back before heading to the most familiar place in the school besides her own room. She only knocked once on Sera's door, letting herself inside after that and not even waiting for her girlfriend to greet her before she began talking. Everything she had been thinking and dreading was just going to come flowing out, and she was powerless to stop it.

"I think if they sack Headmaster Sato, I'll resign. I should, shouldn't I? He picked me and I- I was responsible. Or I thought I was? I couldn't even-- just one simple weekend, and I couldn't-- I watched everybody! I watched everyone so closely and I don't know how I didn't know and.. what do I do?" she rambled, her hands coming up to pull at her cheeks, dragging her face down into an exaggerated grimace. "What do I do?" she asked again. Behind her, the door hadn't even been shut yet.

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Sera was just laying in her room staring at the ceiling when Jenny burst through the door. Her languages notebook was open across her chest but she had barely picked it up. She just couldn't stop thinking about everything that had happened. The explosion alone was scary enough add on top of that the fight with her father and worrying about Jenny and if Ron was okay all day and Sera was just about losing her mind.

She had opted to stay in her room instead of going down to King's Hall with her father and Tatum. She really just wasn't in the mood to be around him right now, she could tell how disappointed he was, just by how he looked at her. When Jenny started talking immediately Sera jumped off the bed, her own worries getting pumped to the side.

She stepped towards Jenny pushing the door closed behind her and slipping her arm around Jenny looking at her seriously. "Jenny calm down, don't say that that's not going to happen and you're not resigning either. You're an amazing Head Girl, this isn't you're fault. No one is going to blame you." She turned to her girlfriend, who looked like she was completely panicking. Putting her hands over Jenny's on her cheeks, she leaned in and kissed her. "I'm serious relax, there was no way for anybody to know something like this was going to happen."

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In a calmer state, Jenny would have easily admitted that Sera was right. If anyone could have predicted the disaster, it never would have had a chance to be a disaster in the first place. But calm wasn't in her vocabulary right then, and mostly she felt like she had let down the school, faculty and student body alike.

"I just-- I said it was easy, no problem, it'll be a great weekend! And everyone was actually so.. well-behaved! With all of the parents around," she began, trailing off briefly and biting at her lip. She let Sera continue to hold her cheeks, pouting a little comically at the taller girl. "Are you sure I shouldn't resign? That's what politicians have to do when there's a scandal!"

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