[Sept 4th- Evening] Meeting with Minerva

Lili was silent the entire walk from the dungeons to the hidden staircase to the Headmistress' office. She isnt sure what to expect but she doesnt exactly know what to say either. The weight of the whole situation was showing its heaviness as she watched Mary ascend the stairs before her. She turns, her eyes meeting Dristan's for a brief moment. Worry filled them.

She looks back and follows Mary up the stairs and once to the top she turns and steps to the side right outside the door and waits for Dristan to make it to the top.

Dristan hears Minerva and opens the door letting Mary and Lili in first. After they enter he shuts the door behind them and walks over near Minerva's desk.

One more time he goes over what he is going to say in his mind as he glances to Mary and Lili.

Right now he can not think on the possibilities of what could happen on the island. At this moment in time his focus was to get permission for Lili to be able to leave the school for the coming weekend.

"No Headmistress. I am still waiting for all parent permissions to be returned to me." Dristan speaks truthfully. "We are here tonight for my request to be able to take Lilianna from school grounds from Friday night to Sunday afternoon."

Now it was time to let the cover flow. "My mother and her great aunt has fallen ill. With Lilianna in the process of fully becoming Matriarch of our family my mother has requested for the both of us to come to the estate in Cambridge for a family meeting with her."

He looks to Lili and sighs. "Our family endured a lot over the summer and it seems that with everything that happened to include the passing of my father that my mother is dying of a broken heart." He lowers his head.

"Tradition in our family dictates the full passing of the mantle from one matriarch to the next be done in person at the ancestral estate in Cambridge."

Dristan for the moment lets the emotions of everything he had been holding back come forth some.

"She will not miss any classes and will be escorted by me with your permission."

Mary stays back, this was Dristan's thing. When he begins lying to the headmistress, her expression becomes completely blank and neutral. No one had mentioned deception to her, and she felt extremely uncomfortable being part of a lie she hadn't agreed to. She makes a mental note to deal with Dristan later, and nods slightly when Minerva picks up the lie. Then she precedes the cousins out again.

Lili falls quiet and lets Dristan do the talking. Her eyes meet his, and then to the headmistress as he speaks. "I do promise to get my homework done Professor. I've never been one to let it fall to the way side when other matters come up in my personal life." Her words are quiet and straight forward. In fact, despite most issued in her life, Lili was always one to make sure school work was taken care of

Dristan stopped right in front of Mary and knew before she even said her words she was not happy. He slowly walks right to her very close.

"I am not going to apologize for what I have said. By any means necessary remember." He whispers and not caring at the moment wraps his arm around her waist kissing Mary deeply and passionately.

Slowly he breaks the kiss either waiting for to continue with him or slapping him. Never taking his eyes off of her.

Fornthe worst case scenario in whatbwas to come. He wanted to see her smile.

Dristan looks at Mary's hand as it appeared she was going to strike him but never flinched. She was definitely angry with him. He let her go and took a step back from Mary.

"You are coming with us Mary. We leave Friday night when you are ready. We will meet in the main courtyard and I will apparate the three of us."

He looks away staring off into the distance.

"We charter a boat. I will have our supplies ready. I will have a particular tent ready so that covers daylight for you. Food for Darius, Lili and myself. If you need to feed then you will have me. I will be bringing particular potions for everything."

Dristan turns and looks at Mary. "Trust me I have got everything we will need. "The prayer part is when we get on the isle. Praying we find an end where it all began."

He was fiddling with something under his shirt.

Lili had followed them down the stairs, but stopped short near the bottom of the stairs. She was quiet with the interactions between the two. She herself hadn't expected to lie to the headmistress, but deep down she knew it was one of the only ways to let this all happen. The headmistress likely wouldn't of let them leave over wise. She bites her lower lip at the exchange between the two and steps down once it is over and just before Mary retreats back to the dungeons.

The teenager sighs just a bit turning to look at him. The look was concern- Both Mary and Dristan were allowed to their abilities to help in the situation. Lili--She was stuck for another month and ahalf, her birthday not until the end of October when she'd finally be able to get rid of the trace. She always worried about things like that- what would happen if a situation called for magic and she wasn't able to do anything. "Friday Night..." She says softly taking a few steps back into the dark corridors of the castle. "Are we ready for this...."

Lili wraps her arms around him resting her head on his chest. The fear was rising but the embrace at least kept her calm. She looks over at him and sighs. "If anything happens I dont know what ill do Dristan...I'm not 17 until the end of October...not to mention the tie we have..." Her voice is quiet unsure.