Later (Eric Caolan)

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"Go into the forbidden forest," Medeia dared her sister Ash, "go on," she broadly smiled maliciously, "about time you met your match,"
Ash rolled her eyes,"later, where's Dee?" she said trying to change the subject, but Med noticed as usual,
"go on," she persisted, "or shall we set a date?"
"Date," Ash replied offhandedly hoping to steer her adoptive sister away but thinking a trip to the forest sounded long overdue, she was out of touch!
"Fine, when?" Med was being quite formal and still had a malicious smile,
"oh, tomorrow? After the last class of the day, quite soon after," it did sound good, she dismissed Medeia,
"I'm hoping to run into someone new," Medeia nodded used to this,
"I'll go and owl Father,"
she left and Ash looked around.

What should she do? Wait here? on the off chance someone would come? She started walking toward a clear patch of ground and sat down. She'd wait.

[Eric Caolan R6]

Eric Caolan was walking from the Quidditch Pitch, sweaty and frustrated. He had been up since dawn trying to tighten his flying skills. It was already ninety degrees when he woke up, and the temperature was rising. Muttering curse words under his breath, he swung his broom over his shoulder and wiped his face with the towel he brought with him.

The first thing he wanted to do was take a shower and go to the Great Hall. He had skipped breakfast to practice and the hunger pains in his stomach, at this point, were too much to bear.

“Eric, you idiot,” he grumbled, “How do you expect to try out for the House team if you can’t even fly?”

He knew he was being hard on himself, but how was he going to get better with talk of “that’s okay” or “it’s not your fault.” What he really needed was someone like his grandfather, cracking the whip until he got it right. Speaking of his grandfather, if Tierney Caolan knew his grandson was trying out to play “some rubbish” such as Quidditch, he would nearly knock Eric’s head clean off his shoulders.

The blond laughed at the thought of angering the old man, it almost gave him purpose. He ran a hand through his matted hair and thought of other ways he could light a fire under him. There was always getting detention for walking the Forbidden Forest, shouting “Party at Dumbledore’s!” That was fun, but if you did it more than once, it lost its charm. He would have to think of something else, in the mean time, he was hungry.

He saw a girl sitting in the middle of the clearing, looking like she was waiting for someone. He smirked, perhaps he could squeeze some fun in before going to eat.

“You there,” he called, “What are you doing sitting there looking like that? Someone might think you’re up to no good.”

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Ash just rolled her eyes when he told her she was up to no good, she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of her huffing or glaring. Or something else.
As if speaking to an idiot she said,
"well of course I'm up to no good, I'm Slytherin and of course I won't tell you what I'm doing I'm no idiot."
Honestly, some people!

Deciding to mock the boy herself, Ash said,
"aren't we in trouble for not being a goodie-goodie and studying 24/7,"
she paused wondering what his reaction would be, he seemed to have come and have some 'fun' by mocking her, HUH!! NO ONE, insulted her and mocked her, he would pay.
"Incarcerous!"

[Eric Caolan R6]

Eric held up a hand and chuckled, "Easy there....So you're a Slytherin, hm? Pardon me for not sounding shocked."

He smirked at her, "I suppose if we were both model students, we'd be locked in the Library with our noses in a book instead of out here in the great outdoors...doing whatever it is...we're doing."

He raised an eyebrow. He was not exactly doing something wrong, or against school rules, but he was not about to make it out like he was a "goodie-goodie." He was far from it.

"So what's your name anyway?" he asked, leaning to one side.

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deciding she could stand to be seen with this boy she shifted till she was more comfortable and answered him,
"Gandhi, Ashakiran Gandhi, who are you?"
She shifted again and ended up leaning on her elbow with her fist on her cheek, she looked wistfully out at the forbidden forest now wishing she could go sooner, maybe she could take this boy along?No!! what on earth was she thinking!!! Med would see!
She could smuggle him in though, another part of her mind argued,
no you couldn't!
yes I could!
No!
Yes!
No way! Medeia isn't dumb, she'd figure it out quick!
There must be someway you could do it!
Taking him out on another trip to the forest?
Yeah! he sounds like a troublemaker, he'd go!
besides, you could spread that he's chicken if he doesn't!
So she decided she'd take him, but how to broach the subject? She could imagine saying casually,
"oh, and by the way do you want to come to the forest for a little stroll at midnight?"
no no that was ridiculous, but the more she thought about it the more rational it sounded,
"do you want to come to the forest for a midnight stroll the day after tomorrow?"

[Eric Caolan R6]

Eric shifted his weight as the Slytherin girl introduced herself. He had heard her name before.

"The name is Eric, Eric Caolan," he then added with a laugh, "heir to the Caolan throne."

He noticed she was looking into the forest with a look of someone who was plotting something. He knew that look. He often had that look. Maybe she was planning a trip in there? A girl in there all by herself? Heh. He would pay to see if she would even last five minutes.

He started to space out a bit when she asked him if he wanted to go with her into the forest the day after tomorrow. He raised an eyebrow.

A bit forward isn't she... he thought to himself.

"Why are you scared to go alone?" he laughed, "Scared of the big bad wolf? Ha! I'm just kidding. Sure, why not? I'm always up for a midnight stroll through the woods. Not like I've never done it before. But you asked me rather casually...have you been in there before?"

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Ash was starting to think there was something about this boy.............
that was it.
No, No she was not going to show anything, would being blunt help? Or maybe cunning.
She was so caught up in these thoughts he caught her off guard when he spoke,
Eric? Caolan? She was sure she'd heard that name mentioned, her father had said it once, she laughed too when he joked about being heir to the throne, she'd have to look into the matter. She reddened when he said she was afraid, then raised her eyebrows when he said something about a big bad wolf, maybe it was some weird English thing? Of course! Muggle! She then realized what that meant, oh oh....................
She stopped thinking dark thoughts of what her father would say when he asked if she'd been in there before, it took effort though,
"yeah, I like going on a regular basis," she said just as casually as when she'd asked him, then, leaning forward she whispered,
"my sister, Medeia wants to go in tomorrow after classes finish, but, ah," this was the difficult bit,
"canyougobeforeorafter," she asked quickly, poison! It wasn't usually that hard, her thoughts got on to "the other subject" then...............

[Eric Caolan R6]

Eric watched Ash carefully, she seemed to be mulling around in the old noggin. What was she thinking about anyway? He could not decide on whether she was strange or exciting. I guess there was a fine line between the two. She said she went into the forest on a regular basis...was she lying? Eric could not tell, he felt like he was taking a gamble on hanging out with her.

"I see," was all he said about her frequent trips into the forest. She was definitely different. He shrugged carelessly, "I can go whenever...after classes is all right. Maybe right after dinner."

He would see what this Slyth was really up to first hand. He could not help but be curious...

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Ash nodded,
"after dinner sounds good."
She watched him carefully for moment, trying to figure him out.
"So, maybe today after dinner? If you can squeeze that in to your oh-so-busy schedule,"she smirked.

Ashakiran stood up and stretched,
"I'm going up to the common room," she said, "bye."

She started to walk away turning her head to look at him once to make sure he didn't mind her going in side.

[Eric Caolan R6]

Eric watched the third year get up and start to walk away with a smugness on her face, that made Eric want to teach her a lesson. It was an unbelievable moment of anger that he had never experienced before...at least not to a student, well not really. He never succumbed to his anger to the point of blacking out with rage, but he knew it was certainly possible. His temper had given him problems before, but it was the Caolan in him for sure.

He swallowed hard and rolled his eyes at the self-righteous Slytherin. He would let her revel in herself for now, the fun was watching her fall on her face in the end. Forcing a smile on his face, he waved to her, "See you later, then."

((OOC: Do you want to cut to that evening when they actually go into the forest??))

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Ash stopped when she could practically feel the anger pulsiating from the boy behind her, she turned arouned in suprise.
"Uh, did I miss something? Did I say something? Coz, ah, I can kinda feel these anger waves coming for me,."

((OOC-it's short because I do want to skip ahead, post if you want or just say how it ends, also lets start a new post for the forest, if I start I'll call it:The Forest With A Stranger (Eric Caolan), otherwise you))

[Eric Caolan R6]

Eric swallowed hard and then covered it up with a large smile, "No nothing, I was just thinking about the OWLs exams! no, everything's fine."

Yeah, he was a liar, what of it? "I'll see you later, as planned."

((OOC: Yeah that's fine! You can start it.))

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Ash narrowed her eyes suspiciously, she wasn't a Slytherin for nothing and something about that was false.........
Never mind, she'd play her own game.
"Yup," she said, carefully making sure her voice was normal, "that sounds good, now if you'll excuse me, and this time please don't radiate with anger, goodbye," she gave him a little smile and left. He wasn't the only one to play with people.

((should I ask Ivy or another staff member if we can start it? I just remembered the boards were closed))