#22 Breakfast

Jaxen had been enjoying a plate of scrambled eggs on toast when the mornings post arrived. He had not been expecting any post but turned his eyes to the sky anyway, uncertain as to whether or not he'd receive a worried letter from home following what had happened between Reena and Amelia. There was a high probability that the school had written to their mother and informed them that her child had been attacked while under their care and supervision, news he feared she would not take well.

As it happened, he did not receive a letter from home (and would be checking to see if Reena had), but he did get a rather mysterious package and attached his first issue of the prospectsy. It was unexpected. With the stress of his OWLs and everything that had happened recently, he had forgotten all about his subscription.

Jax set the article aside for the time being, instead turning his attention to what had gotten the entire hall into a panic. The Daily Prophet. Picking up his copy, he scanned the front page and felt his heart drop into his stomach. The headline was bold and unmistakable bad news. He had so many questions, how had it happened and why? Who had orchestrated a mass breakout of that magnitude? Which inmates had escaped?

He could not help the anxiety that clawed in his belly at the idea of dangerous witches and wizards that had once been behind bars, were now roaming the streets of Great Britain.

Suddenly his breakfast did not seem very appetising. Pushing the plate aside, he took hold of his prospectsy and hoped for lighter news that might help lift his mood. He did not find it. Beneath all of the information of potions and a section about a potioneer named Aris Meek, Jax came across a rather interesting message.

His mouth felt dry after reading of his father's apparent heroics. At least, one person thought him a hero for his actions that day. Actions that had cost his life and tore their family apart. Jax was not expecting to be caught off guard by such a revelation. The incident at the Department of Mysteries that saw Aris Meek resign, that had to be the very incident that had cost his father his life- what had happened that day? He still did not know, but maybe this would prove to be a key piece of the puzzle.

Stuffing everything into his bag, he scrambled to free himself from the bench and set off out of the hall. He needed to get to class and after... He had to find Reena.