Exploring the Castle (Anyone)

[Copenhagen]

Justin was sneaking stealthily out of the boys dormitories ,trying not to disturb any of his fellow Gryffindors. Although it was'nt late most of the Gryffindors had went to sleep. He walked down the stairs and into the common room. There were a few Gryffindors still awake doing their homework. He recognized most of them ,but he could'nt stop to say hi ,he still had half of the school to map out. So he headed out the portrait hole and put on his invisibility cloak.

He walked only a few spaces when he heard a purr. "Uh-oh ," he thought " Please do'nt be the cat that I think it is." Sure enough ,as he turned around he saw Mrs. Norris. He decided that it would be better to head down an alternate route , instead of going stright torwards that retched cat. He turned around and began walking down another corridor and searched along the wall. He found what he was looking for and pushed the hidden lever. The wall opened and a blast of cool air met Justin's face. He grinned and entered the secret passage. As soon as he walked through the entrance it closed behind him. he then walked along down the passage and exited down at the end.

He exited out of the passage way and closed it back. After he walked around for a few minutes he found the stairs and walked down them. He reached the fifth floor and started to explore. He took off his invisbility cloak and suddenly he heard foot steps. Instead of putting his cloak back on he hid himself in the shadows and watched to see who it was.

[Mary Evans]

Lying in her green covered bed Mary was feeling jittery to say the least. She was set to play in the upcoming game against Ravenclaw as a chaser. Mary loved Quidditch but it was to be her first game and she was not even playing her usual position. Although Mary had seldom played Quidditch when she was younger and had only chosen beater at first to spite her mother she had really grown into the position and had a hard time comprehending the fact that she was to be chaser instead. Being a reserve though Mary was just happy to be in the game; nervous, but happy.

Unable to sleep because of her shaking nerves Mary decided to go for a walk. She would have to stay inside to avoid the cold but a walk was definitely in order. Mary threw the green hangings aside and glared at the empty beds, which were supposed to be filled by her roommates at this time of night. They were most likely off playing truth or dare in some deserted dungeon classroom again Mary thought, glad she had not agreed to come along today. Thankful she had been to lethargic to even take off her school uniform yet Mary simply threw an emerald green cloak on overtop and put on her trademark stiletto heeled boots, this pair black going up to her knees.

She then strolled through the still packed Slytherin common room nodding to a person here and there but mainly just making her way outside. Mary walked up the stairs and into the entrance hall. She had never gone to high into the castle except when required for classes because she had the worst sense of direction ever, she was known for getting lost between the Great Hall and the Library. Feeling so dazed by her fear of the upcoming game though Mary decided to take the challenge and go up the stairs. Mary walked up and up what must have been a million steeps until she finally settled on a landing.

Unaware of the floor she was on Mary simply choose a direction, which happened to be left, and continued walking enjoying the sound of her boots clicking on the deserted floor. Mary had made a right turn when all of a sudden she heard a rustle. Wondering what it had been Mary took the next left which brought her to a poorly lit dead end. ‘That’s odd I could have sworn I heard something.’ Mary thought. “Lumos” she said gripping her wand tightly.

Standing there was the boy Mary had meet in the student lounge the day of her return to Hogwarts after the Weinig Zug trip. “Justin, hi. You sacred me terribly. How are you?” she asked unaware of if he would even remember her. She was especially unsure of what his reaction might to be to such a greeting from someone clad in green as she was. Hoping for a good reaction she gave him a smile and said “nox” to her wand so she would not be shinning the bright light in his eyes any longer.

[dana]

Dana rounded the corner sharply and dashed upstairs taking two steps at once, miraculously avoiding a disappearing step and dashed into the first hallway.
Dan rounded two more corners in a hurry, before she slowed her steps and glanced over her shoulder to see, if she had lost Filch. She had set off one of the Weasley Twins production in the hallway and Filch had already almost caught her.

It appeared as if she had managed to get away safely though, so Dana breather a sigh of relief and rounded yet an other corner, this time catching her feet behind an armor next to the corner and stumble d on the ground.
“OW! These floors never do get any softer!” Dana yelped as her body slammed into the hard ground and raised her head a little coming face to face with two pairs of legs. One pair – black heeled boots seemed faintly familiar and the other one appeared to be a boy.

“Hi,” Dana cheerily climbing back onto her feet and grinning at the boy and girl in front of her, “Hi, Mary. Good luck at quidditch. Just saw the notice that you're going to play! And hi to you too. I’m Dana.”<br>Dana sent a dazzling smile to Mary, showing that her compliment came from the heart and smiled a bit easier to the boy as well.
“Hope I didn’t bother you. I was running from Filch,” Dana explained the reason for her running and started to brush herself off from dirt.

[VanessaLink]

Vanessa stared out her window in her dorm, her mind a race with thoughts of the past events over the weekend she had returned home with Jasmine and Chad soon to come over. The Talent Theatre was a tradition, of course Aryeh McKenzie would be there. Even if he was at Yale, he never missed anything. Never. Espeically if Foxchase was supposed to play that day at the theatre and hand out some of their demo cds. And now as she listened to the demo cd her eyes began to lull and she soon remembered when she had helped him write the songs.

"What happend to us? We used to be so peeeerrrfect, now we're lost and loneley. What happened to us? Deep inside our woooorries, did I lose my only? What happened to us? What happened to us? What happened to us? What happened to us?" She could hear the drums distinctly and she could hear his voice over the instruments even though it was a crappy recording. She turned down the volume a bit as it changed songs.

Sighing with content, Vanessa swung her legs over the bay window and slipped her etnies on over her feet. Her yellow velvet track pants went over the tops of her etnies. She slipped her yellow jacket on her shoulders and pulled her hair out of the collar and stuck the cd player in her pocket. She took one look around the dorm before she left that,entered the common room, then left that. As she aimlessly wandered down the corridors with her head phones on still, listening to the gentle throbbing of the music, she saw Filch almost turn the corner. Vanessa's eyes got large and she quickly ducked into an empty classroom. Counting to 120 she peeked her head out the door, saw he had gone, and continued on her way.

She clicked off her cd player, put the head phones around her neck, and walked down a corridor where she spotted Justin, and two girls she wasn't aquainted with. Vanessa smiled and made her way over to them with a tired expression on her face,"Which one of you led Filch down the left hall corridor?" She asked in greeting as she smiled and turned her cd player on a gain, but turned it down to a barely audible volume.

[Copenhagen]

Justin was suddenly blinded when he saw a wand tip ignite at the word lumos. He smiled and said " Hi Mary and yes it is rather dark up here ,huh? Well anyways sorry bout scaring you ,you could have been Filch after all." Then he glanced around and said " Well I'm okay ,but you would'nt have happened to see Filch? If you have he's going to really hate it when he steps into his office. I set a trap for him ,let's just say he'll be really green with envy ,let alone it'll be a sticky situation." Justin had set one of his Paint bombs ,with extra stickiness.

Just then he heard something down the corridor and raised his wand at the ready , but suddenly he heard a crash and looked down. He said "Lumos." and his wand lit up. It was a girl that he had'nt met. She got up and it was apparent that she knew Mary ,so Justin said " Hi Dana ,I'm Justin Lionheart and you said you're running from Filch." "Heh heh heh." he thought silently and then he heard yet again a faint yet familiar sound.

As he turned around he heard the voice ,it was Vanessa Nicholson ,a friend of his. He said " Well I'm betting that it was Dana over here who led him down that way." Then he looked and said " Well if this is'nt weird ,how did this come to happen. I mean all of us meeting at exactly the same place and one right after the other."

[VanessaLink]

Vanessa looked at the girl who she thought was Dana and smiled. Not once had Vanessa landed a detention and she hadn't on starting that night. Her music still playing, she immediatly knew what song it was and tried to restrain herself from singing to Aryeh's lyrics. She tilted her head and looked at the small group of people who had actually just met there at the same time. She shrugged and leaned up against the wall.

"I'm bored. Oh! Justin, been meaning to ask you...." Vanessa dug through her shoulderbag and pulled out an invitation. She held it out to him. She smiled and leaned back against the wall, waiting to see what he would say. She had millions of them in her shoulderbag, and they all said the same thing.

You are invited!! To the Talent Theatre! Sing dance act or jus' come and watch! It's all the same! Food's provided, as well as refreshments and instruments! Contact us here; 656-8567 to get further information and RSVP, quick we're running out of spots!

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[dana]

Dana grinned and saluted Vanessa, as Justin said she had leaded Filch.
“Yep, I’m Dana and I was running from filch. Wouldn’t really fancy an other detention, especially this early in the school-year,” Dana grimaced. She wasn’t in trouble often, but when she was, she had always deserved it: “I really have to borrow Kris’s invisibility cloak next time.” She murmured more to herself, glancing up after that, wondering if the other had heard this. Kris was a fifth year Slytherin boy and the only one with that name in the school, and Dana wondered briefly, if they wondered why would he – a pure Slytherin – borrow his stuff to her. Mary was the only one in the school, who could answer that. Well, maybe Dumbeldore could do.

Dana watched curiously as Vanessa held some paper out to Justin and smiled hearing faint music from Vanessa’s head-phones. Being polite, she didn’t ask however and smiling lightly glanced at the others: “So – now that we have met here by some bizarre chance – what were you all up to?”<br>

[JordanCortes]

Jordan tilted her head, lazily to the side as she listened to the jabber of a few first years. She sighed deeply, causing them to look over before she stood and left the common room in what seemed to be an easy manner. Katie had gone, so she had nothing to do on the long cold nights except wander the castle aimlessly. She never worried about Filch, if he caught her she'd get a detention, but nothing is bad there. Her mind a jumble with too many thoughts to count and too many words to spill out, she continued to wander the corridors.

Her ears were keen for the sounds of Filch's raspy breath and the soft padding footsteps of Mrs. Norris, Flich's handy cat. She was intent on keeping out of sight, and she knew the way to do it was to stay out of ear shot. Jordan walked as quickly as she could without sound down the Ravenclaw corridor, turned a right and continued down that hallway. Portraits slept in their frames, though some were still wide awake and spoke to her. She smiled and wished them good night before making her way down another corridor.

Her chucks slapped against the floor as she started to run, she couldnt help it. She had a feeling she was being watched and wanted to get away as fast and soon as possible. But, she knew she was making noise and had to slow down a bit. Jordan looked over her shoulder, making sure no one was following her and continued to walk. When she turned her head back to the front, she nearly walked into a wall, luckily she dodged it before her nose met concrete.

Jordan blinked and then continued right so that she stayed away from the walls. Her eyes searching for anyone she knew or anyone at all just to talk to. Ever since the thing with Katie she had lost touch with a lot of her friends, and she wanted to gain them back. Some more than others particularly. When she turned one final corner, she spotted a small group of students near the shadows. Two she picked out as Vanessa Link, and Justin Lionheart. Justin, Jordan had no problem with. Vanessa was the problem. But, instead of being a bad sport she made her way over with a smile on her face.

"Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched, all the time?" She asked them as she stopped and crossed her arms as if she had chills that had just run up and down her spinal cord.

[Copenhagen]

Justin looked at the envelope as he took it. He opened it and read it. He looked at Vanessa ,grinned ,and said " Well I'll be there." He then heard Dana's question ,so he answered and said " Well I was making a map of the school and I still have'nt explored this floor." Then he stiffened as he heard foot steps behind him. He slowly turned around ,hoping it wass'nt who he thought it was.

Turning around ,he saw that it was Jordan Cortes ,one of his good friends that he had met earlier in the first semester. He said " Yeah all the time ,but I like to think it's because of my good looks." He grinned and spoke again " Hi Jordan ,welcome to lunar refugees home to the wandering wizard or witch." Then he just waited to see what anyone else would say.

[JordanCortes]

Jordan laughed but, stopped when she got that same feeling again. She looked behind her, but saw no one or no thing. She sighed and turned back around.

"Just because, I'm paranoid does not mean they aren't out to get me." Jordan whispered with a crazy smile on her face. She knew Vanessa would catch that, hopefully. She really did want to be friends with the 15 year old again, but Vanessa Nicholson was one of the most stubborn girls she had ever met in her entire 13 years of God forsaken life. Jordan leaned up against the wall and looked straight at Vanessa.

"Hey, remember; I'm so sick and tired of her nobody likes me, everybody hates me, honey pour me a drink...God forsaken Scarlett O'Hara, to tired to do anything, life!" As she spoke she stood up straight, put her hand to her forehead and pretended to collapse onto the floor. She then burst out laughing, quietly as to not attract Filch.

"Ah, I love that movie." She regained composure and sat up on the floor. Looking at all the people. She smiled and tilted her head, feeling quite childish as she normally did when she was on the floor looking up at the really tall people she was around.

[Mary Evans]

The grin that spread across Mary’s face at Justin’s warm greeting went unseen in the darkness of the corridor. He commented on the darkness and asked if she had seen Filch implying he did something. Mary was about to inform him she had seen neither hide nor hair of the man when someone crashed into her legs sending her stumbling around off balance. Eyes having adjusted to the darkness by then Mary identified her friend Dana as the bowling ball who had hit them like pins. Mary felt queasy as Dana mentioned the Quidditch game and was thankful when her friend quickly changed the subject. Apparently she had seen Filch, and was running from him.

Another girl then joined them; Mary had been introduced to her in the lounge as well on the same day as Justin. She was listening to music and asked about Filch. Mary rolled her eyes, ‘I don’t know how that man does it but he is everywhere in this school. How does he manage to affect us all still at his age?’ she thought. Justin then mentioned that it was likely Dana who had led Filch near Vanessa; as well he noted how strange it was that they all ended up there about the same time. Mary was baffled by this as well considering it was such a large school what are the chances that so many students end up together like this at random. Mary shrugged not knowing if anybody could see her. She remained silent as the others chatted for a bit and Justin was handed an envelope.

Strangely enough their number was once again expanded as Jordan, a girl Mary had meet briefly during Christmas break, stumbled upon them. It seemed quite the night for having fun seeing as chance was obviously on their side. Jordan mentioned the prickly feeling like somebody is watching you and Mary knew precisely what she was talking about. Justin answered first though and Mary decided to keep her peace. Until Jordan did an odd little skit apparently joking with Vanessa and Justin about a movie, which Mary had never heard of. She was not surprised by her ignorance though considering she was a pureblood and knew only a few muggle things. Despite this she could not help but laugh good-heartedly at the girls enthusiasm. “Have you ever considered becoming an actress?” Mary could not help but ask.

[VanessaLink]

Vanessa looked up as Jordan joined. Vanessa was quiet for a moment or two. Not really wanting to pay much attention the Hufflepuff third year. BUt, Vanessa couldn't help it when Jordan suddenly did a scene from Ya Ya Sisterhood. Vanessa couldn't help but laugh and add;

"Oh! And, 'I've spend thousands of dollars on therapy wondering what the hell I did wrong...' Yes sir, good times. I'm surprised you remember that." Vanessa smiled and shook her head after her own little recital. She then laughed again and leaned up against the opposite wall. Mary commented on Jordan becoming an actress and this made Vanessa laugh even more.

"Oh, no no no. See, Jordan being an actress would mean performing in front of people. She could never do that, right Jordan?" She asked with a sly smile on her face. Vanessa laughed again and looked down at her feet, suddenly frightened of her sudden impulse to laugh some more.

[FtblReutter1983]

Jason awaited around the corner for Vanessa and Jordan to come around. Leaning againt the wall slightly he listened to them carrying on with their conversation.

"Why, what are you doing up?"

[JordanCortes]

Jordan laughed as Vanessa did her bit, what a riot. She nearly choked when Mary said she could be an actress though. No, that wouldn't work at all. She was about to respond to what Mary had said, but someone spoke from around the corner. Jordan peered around the wall and nearly jumped five feet into the air when she saw a boy there.

"Oi! Don't scare a person like that! I only have one skin ya' know?! Gosh...." Jordan said, putting her hand to her heart as she stumbled backwards a bit. Her eyes flashing with white dots like they always did when she was scared or surprised. Her brown eyes refocused and she stood still before moving her hands and putting them on her hips, staring at the boy intently.She sighed and stuck out her hand.

"I'm Jordan Cortes. This is Vanessa Nicholson, Mary Evan, Justin Lionheart, and I don't believe I caught her name." Jordan smiled warmly and introduced each person with a slight nod before returning to the wall, and leaning up against it as she had done before.

[FtblReutter1983]

"Jason Kindleton, you probably don't know me, I mostly keep to myself." said Jason while grabbing the outstreched hand and shaking it. "You might want to keep your voices down, Filch is going overboard with searching for students out of bed. I can understand why. A couple of students hexed Mrs. Norris so she's purple with orange writing across her side that says "Take a shower!".

[JordanCortes]

"Well, yes that is understandable. Bloody brilliant, but oh so bloody stupid as well." Jordan said with dismay. She lowered her head and shook it for moment before shrugging it off and looking down the halls. What was one detention more? She thought to herself, Surely it wouldn't matter.

"Besides, Dana here almost lead him down the corridor. So if he hasn't figured that we are out here by now, I shall ridicule and make fun of him. BUt, I already do that." Jordan bit her lip in utter confusion.

[Copenhagen]

Justin stood there and suddenly he felt a stone in the wall behind him go backwards into the wall. He fell backwards and let out an audible " Ow." He noticed that the others had turned the corner, so he decided to explore it on his own. Standing up, he brushed him himself off and took a step back as the secret door sealed itself again. He pulled out his wand and said " Lumos." The wand tip lit and he walked down the passage warrily. He reached the end and pulled out his map, then he marked the secret passage on it. He looked around for the exit and saw that there was an opening at the bottom of the wall. He crouched down and saw that if he crawled, he could go under it and get out on the other side. He crawled under it with his wand in hand. He reached the other side and stood up. He had rached another corridor.

Looking around, he kept his wand lit and walked down it. He heard voices at the end of it and he recognised two of 'em. One was Jordans' and the other was Vanessas'. He reached the end and said " Jordan, Vanessa, who's this guy?"

[FtblReutter1983]

"I really need to get out more....My name is Jason Kindleton, Gryffindor. Where did you come from? That hall is a dead end, or did you get lost?" Asked Jason as he leaned sideways and scanned the hall for any form of life. "They should give us maps for the school. I swear, I think we lose more people from getting lost here than on their own natural cause."

[POTTERfan]

Justin said:

Justin was sneaking stealthily out of the boys dormitories ,trying not to disturb any of his fellow Gryffindors. Although it was'nt late most of the Gryffindors had went to sleep. He walked down the stairs and into the common room. There were a few Gryffindors still awake doing their homework. He recognized most of them ,but he could'nt stop to say hi ,he still had half of the school to map out. So he headed out the portrait hole and put on his invisibility cloak.

He walked only a few spaces when he heard a purr. "Uh-oh ," he thought " Please do'nt be the cat that I think it is." Sure enough ,as he turned around he saw Mrs. Norris. He decided that it would be better to head down an alternate route , instead of going stright torwards that retched cat. He turned around and began walking down another corridor and searched along the wall. He found what he was looking for and pushed the hidden lever. The wall opened and a blast of cool air met Justin's face. He grinned and entered the secret passage. As soon as he walked through the entrance it closed behind him. he then walked along down the passage and exited down at the end.

He exited out of the passage way and closed it back. After he walked around for a few minutes he found the stairs and walked down them. He reached the fifth floor and started to explore. He took off his invisbility cloak and suddenly he heard foot steps. Instead of putting his cloak back on he hid himself in the shadows and watched to see who it was.

Although she was just a first year, Tallia, had gotten into alot of trouble. She was wondering around the halls following a sound she had heard. She tripped over her robes and fell on her face making a loud "THUMP" as she hit the ground. She picked her self up off of the ground rubbing her nose and moved on almost falling over her robes again. "Hellow?" she asked somewhat loudly. "Is anyone there?"