Re: Civilians
Al and Severus were on the way back to their rooms from Severus' laboratory, when a wide-eyed house elf caught up to them and spoke.
Not a drill, Al's mind jumped to action mode, as that one night when Jamie woke him, broom in hand. Only now his mind was going over the evacuation procedures from Emmeline Vance's defense lessons. Backup plans. Alternative exits... Only if it came down to it, the castle was the last safe location and they had nowhere else to flee.
Severus rushed up to the fifth, disappearing all too quickly, and Al made his way down to the Great Hall.
He sat down with his back against the wall, forced his hand to let go of the wand - it was only prudent to not have it pointed at anyone in the crowd at the moment - and took out his quill and notebook instead.
August 21, 2025, 10:30 PM, he wrote down amid the mixture of various logs he kept almost daily. An attack at Hogwarts is taking place...