" Ah, Sakura! I was hoping I'd find you here," said the headmaster standing in the doorway. "The quidditch match against Ravenclaw has been canceled because Professor Snape has gone missing. The staff is currently searching the castle for him but there seems to be no sign of him anywhere. Anyway, I'm sorry to say there won't be a quidittch match today." Dumbledore looked sympathetic and, after a long sigh, left the room.
Fai pondered what Snape's disappearance could mean. "Perhaps he is in hiding? Or maybe he went back to being dead somewhere?"
A magic clock on the wall indicated that it was time for Defense Against the Dark Arts class (DADA). "Again?"
Syaoran asked Fai what was wrong.
" It is such short notice! It happened twice yesterday, too! I'm just relaxing when all of a sudden this clock turns from "free time" to "class time". Fai held up his schedule for all to see. Slowly the letters R-a-v-e-n-c-l-a-w apeared on a once blank page. Syaoran blinked as students in blue robes entered the room. Sakura flushed with embarrassment in her bumblebee-like outft.
Fai appologized and the others left the room.
The next few days were uneventful. The climate became colder and Sakura began to spend more time indoors. One time, when she had been in the dormitory, she had espied the locked drawer which contained the locket and walked towards it. She got an uncanny bad feeling about it though when she got close to it, and decided not to tamper with the lock.
Fai told them that they had been to busy being worried about feathers to have any fun. "Since it IS the beginning of a cold fall season, we should all go out and enjoy the snow!" He said.
Following his advice, they all were soon outside catching snow flakes on their tongue. Syaoran made a snowman with Kyo, and Sakura made an angel in the snow. Meanwhile, Rukia, Sakura Haruno, Yusuku, Ino, Fai, and Kurogane were engaged in a full out snowball war. Fai, Yusuke, and Rukia were on one team, and Kurogane, Ino and Sakura Haruno were on the other. Sakura, Kyo and Syaoran soon had their own team formed. Kyo was quick to build a snow barricade and Sakura's team gratefully ducked behind it as snowballs wizzed past them.
Fai's team surrendered after Kurogane pelted them with hundreds of snowballs and Sakuras team also raised the white flag soon after.
"HAHAHA!" Kurogane laughed, "Feel my wrath! I'm unstoppable!!!"
It was then that Kyo "accidentally" pushed over the giant snow man.
Before Kurogane could react, it fell on him, burying him in a heap of snow.
It was finally Halloween and the school was spookily decorated with skulls and bats. Fai was so creeped out that he adorned his office with christmas lights! When Sakura awoke, she reached into her closet and pulled out her clow outfit, so that she looked just like a princess. Fai put on his magician attire before he went to breakfast, and Kurogane changed into his ninja robes. With the whole school disguising themselves, it was hard to tell who was who! When sakura took a seat at the Halloween banquet, she realized the beautiful vampire seated beside her was actually Kyo! Sakura didn't have to scan the room long to find Syaoran's head. He was wearing the green hood that went with his archeologist costume.
Before the food could be eaten, Dumbledore delivered a speech. " Before we begin, let us analyze the house points! Griffendore is leading with 135 points, Hufflepuff is close behind with 112 points, Ravenclaw is third place with 56 points, and Slytherin is falling behind with only 48 points. Congratulations to Griffenfore, but remember, anything can happen at this point in the year!"
Syaoran applauded with the rest of his group and a couple of claps from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff join him in a scattered manner. The headmaster held up his hand for silence. "Also, I ask that you continue to keep your eyes out for our missing potions master. If you have any information regarding his location, please report it to me or the head of your house. That's all! Enjoy the feast!"
The school immediately began to eat, and Sakura ate to her hearts content. Syaoran waited for Mokona to enter the room with the rest of the owls, as soon as he could not eat another bite. As expected, they came, and Syaoran attached a letter to Mokona's feet. Mokona took it quickly to Sakura who opened it at once. "Happy Halloween," it read. "Most of the kids are leaving for the following days of Holiday break. Kyo has agreed to stay here at the school with us, just in case we need him, or something happens."
Sakura sent him the letter bak to him, replying, "Happy Halloween to you too! I'm kinda afraid of Snape. Where do you think he is?"
Sakura's answer worried Syaoran. No one knew where Snape had gone. All
Syaoran could do was not let his guard down. He reminded Sakura and the rest that the holidays would be the perfect time for Snape to make his move. "He will lure us into a false sense of security, but we wll not fall for the bait!"