Official Search Tent Headquarters

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Date: Sunday, 12 November
Time: Set up by 7:00 a.m., will remain at the Wood's residence until Winifred is found.
Place: Set up just outside the Wood's cottage
Characters Involved: Anyone and Everyone who wishes to participate

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[flowerpatil]

Parvati hadn't had much time to get ready that morning. She saw the Prophet and Oliver's journal entry and had gotten dressed in a total of ten seconds. After quickly scribbling a message to Oliver, she Apparated to Hogsmeade

[about_abbott]

After receiving Parvati's request that Hannah indeed join in the search for Oliver's little girl, Hannah had put on a warm outfit and haphazardly pulled her hair back before apparating into Hogsmeade. Following a small stream of people she quickly found the headquarters for the search

[flowerpatil]

The walk to her 'assignment' would have been pleasant on any other day. She recalled taking Wini for a walk along this path, both of them playing in the leaves and trying to find the prettiest ones to give to "Daddy". Parvati felt a sinking feeling and a prickle of tears in her eyes. She ignored the threat of tears and roughly wiped her eyes. She was going to focus on finding Wini.

Parvati heard footsteps crunching in the dirt behind her and turned to see a familiar blonde.

"Hannah," she said, glad to see a friend. She stopped and waited for the other girl to catch up so they could walk together.

[about_abbott]

Like many of the people who had arrived to assist, Hannah had only one thing on her mind. Well, two actually, finding Wini and making sure Parvati was handling this as well as could be expected.

Hannah paused her steps as she saw Parvati's hand come up in a motion that told of tears being pushed away. Taking a look back and noting the proximity to the house, Hannah was fairly certain that there must be memories of playing with the little girl in this very spot. She knew she wouldn't have been able to handle being here and that gave her all the respect in the world for Parvati's evident strength.

When she began to walk again, Parvati turned in her direction. "Parvati," Hannah said a touch of sadness in her voice that she couldn't hide at the moment. She fought the urge to hurry to her friend's side and instead forced herself to walk dignified with purpose. "How are you holding up?" she asked once the two women were close.

[flowerpatil]

"Oh, alright," Parvati replied as Hannah approached. Once they were side by side, she continued walking. It wasn't much, but at least she was doing something, and it made her feel a little less useless.

"I'm glad you made it." The two women were about halfway to the area the Auror had directed them to. Parvati could hear the voices of the search party they were going to join, most of them shouting out Wini's name, a few of them communicating from larger distances, reporting their findings.

[about_abbott]

Alright was actually about as good as could be expected under the circumstances. And of course, if Parvati found that she wasn't truely alright Hannah would be there, but she vowed to herself not to push the issue.

"There's no way I would have ignored your request that I assist in the search," she stated.

As they approached the voices they had been hearing since about half-way up the path individuals came into view. Most were people she didn't know which made her a bit apprehensive. Then again, unlike things she'd heard in Muggle reports, she didn't expect a Wizarding perpetrator to hand around and become part of the search party.

[flowerpatil]

Parvati grinned shakily at Hannah, secretly thanking her a million times over for being such a good friend. Even though they hadn't spent much time together in school, Parvati was glad that the two of them were getting on now. Hannah really was a sweet girl.

The group of wizards and witches that were searching didn't really pay any attention to the two women approaching. Only one of them, who seemed to be the Auror in charge of this particular area, asked them their names and nodded, indicating toward the woods.

"Well," Parvati said to Hannah as they again continued to walk. "Where do you think she's gotten off to?"

[about_abbott]

Hannah was glad she and Parvati had quickly become friends. She of all people knew what it was like to be seemingly alone when parts of your world start falling apart. Not that Parvati was alone, she had Lavender. Still, there was only so much you could push off on another person before everyone reached a breaking point.

After recieving what Hannah assumed were the same general directions given to everyone she followed suit with Parvati. Though she didn't know the area at all she did know what it was like to be a child and have an area you frequented. "Does she have any particular palces in this area of the woods that she might be drawn to? Perhaps something you'd shown her once that was special."

[flowerpatil]

Parvati shook her head.

"We never really came into the woods, just along the path. I wouldn't let her go in because I didn't think Oliver would like it very much."

She sighed and took out her wand, shouting for the little girl a few times before looking carefully through a pile of leaves that had fallen off the trees.

"Where would you go if you were a little girl?" If she ran off at all, Parvati thought, then scolded herself for such a morbid idea.

[about_abbott]

Hannah wished that Parvati had given her some place the two had gone in this area. Then at least they may have had a starting point. Something Parvati could have looked for that no one else in the area would have been in tune with.

"Let's see," Hannah thought aloud. "Rabits, small foxes, wild cats and hedgehogs, all night time animals. I'd have probably followed one if I saw it. Let's see if we see any animal tracks around. Maybe she saw one and followed it."