Who: Rhys, Megan and Yaxley; appearance by Hestia When: Toward the end of the Halloween Ball Where: Ministry of Magic, corridor outside the Ballroom What: Yaxley catches a couple of kids trying to run away. Not on his watch. Status: TBD. Violence to be certain.
After running into Ronnie and Rhys, Megan spent the rest of the party keeping as close to the outskirts of the ballroom as was possible. Her eyes and ears were her best assets, especially since Ron had told her not to draw attention to herself until after midnight. She didn't really hear much considering she was too afraid to stand close to anyone she wasn't familiar with, but at least she managed to imprint a good outline of what the room looked like for if they ever wanted to try anything later; or the Alliance. Ronnie had told her she may be helping that group now, too.
She waited until just before midnight before attempting to find Rhys. Ronnie, she was certain, could watch the clock and be careful on her own, but Rhys may need a bit of help. He had been fine when she saw him but in the matter of a minute reverted back to a little boy. It was heartbreaking to think that she may have to lead him to get him to listen. She had hoped to find Ron or one of the others to let them know she'd need help with apparating, but with the time constraint she figured she'd just have to pull out her friend and wait for the others before asking... no, telling someone they needed to rescue her mates and do so tonight.
"Follow me," she whispered to Rhys when she finally found him. "And be quiet." No one seemed to be standing too close, but it wasn't exactly a Quidditch pitch they were dealing with in size and so she couldn't be too careful. Keeping an eye out for Ronnie or the others, Megan made her way back out into the corridor which led to the loos an prayed that he was following her.