[Open] A compass, anybody?

[marshalll]

The Courtyard Maze. Ever since Levi had arrived at trio's hogwarts it had been something the boy passed with fear. Never had he even doubted about going in there. You could only guess what kind of awful creatures lived in the centre of the maze, and finding your way back out was nearly impossible for somebody with the sense of direction of a goldfish.

7 AM. Why the hell had he woken up this early. Levi sighed and turned around, hoping to get some extra sleep. After ten minutes of lying there, not sleeping, he was getting extremely bored. He was wide awake. He pushed himself into a sitting position and rubbed his eyes. What to do on such a morning? He wouldn't have any classes today.

Getting out, Levi bowed to pick up some clothes to wear today. Glancing around and seeing all his trousers lying around and his books spread across the floor he realized that cleaning up his dorm wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Levi didn't feel like that though, so he walked towards the door. Hoping not to wake his roommate.

With some toast in his hand, he made his way towards the Maze. He had made a little detour to the kitchens and now his pockets were stuffed with food. Just in case he wouldn't be able to get out for weeks, Levi would probably survive.

He had no idea why it was that he felt this need to go towards the maze. Why, after all these years, did he suddenly actually want to go there. It seemed like a suicide attempt to him. Without the depressing stuff, though. Levi wasn't unhappy at all, as the matter of fact, he felt great. Maybe he should make a habit of waking up early to make a quick walk trough the dawn.. or maybe not ;]

It was pretty chilly as Levi arrived at the maze, but it didn't stop him. He held his wand at the ready as he entered, no idea what he could expect. One last look at the lake and the castle's ground. The boy hoped to see it again soon, but wasn't quite sure about it. He didn't lower his wand as he walked deeper into the Maze.

[ashybean1994]

Ashleigh was walking through the maze, extremely hungery. Why hadn't she brought food with her today? She was up at the crack of dawn every morning and came down here with tonnes of food but this morning it had slipped her mind. She never got lost in the maze but it was helpful to have food if she got hungery. She wandered around spinning her wand in her fingers like some kind of baton.

She turned a corner and saw a boy walking down the path. She stood looking at him. He hadn't seen her yet. No-one ever does. With her dark hair and clothing it was impossible. Why was the boy down here anyway? She was the only one stupid enough to come into the maze at this hour in a morning. Wasn't she?

[marshalll]

With his wand still at the ready, the Mihael started to look for a way out. The entrance he had used closed straight behind him, so turning around wasn't a possibility. Why again had he decided to do this? Ok, it was somewhat fun. He just hoped that he wouldn't get too lost and miss lunch. That would be a great waste.

After walking around for like five minutes Levi was lost. He had no idea which way he should walk in order to return to the castle, nor did he know when he was walking the exact wrong way. As the boy hadn't been here before he knew that he could walk around endless without finding anything he did recognize.

Suddenly he heard a sound behind him and quickly he turned around, ready to attack any creature willing to do him harm. Then he noticed it was another student who had decided to go into the maze, and he lowered his wand.. a bit.

"What brings you here?" He asked. Though he knew it was a pretty stupid question, as she probably was here for the same reason as he was.

[ashybean1994]

"Me? I come here every morning. You lost yet? I got lost the first time. But I found that the hedges move in a pattern. So I memorized it. Why are you here? Bit early to be up and about. And tell me you have food. My stomach's pleading for some."

The boy still looked wary about Ashleigh, so she shrugged. "I'm Ashleigh. Or Frankie. Or a nutter. Which ever works."

The boy didn't immediatly respond to her outstretched hand so she made to leave. She managed the corner.

[marshalll]

"To be honest, I haven't got the faintest idea were I am." Levi replied. Who expected him to know where he was. The girl said she got lost the first time too, so it wasn't really something to be ashamed of.

He grinned as the girl mentioned food. He felt a bit sorry that he had to take away her last hope of food. "Sorry, no, haven't brought any." He said. "But if you want some, you can just accio it, right?" At least that was what he should have done if he was in her position.

"Levi, just Levi. I'm a fifth year.. how about you? He asked curiously.

[ashybean1994]

"First. And I don't know how. I usually have food but today I forgot. "

The boy certainly seemed lost.

"You wanna get out of here or look around some more? If you wanna get out I can show you. If not I'll come with you. As you've probably guessed, it's not a good idea to get lost in here."

She picked at a leaf and twisted it in her fingers. it spun around and she was temporarily amused. Then the walls startedto close in on them. Why hadn't she kept track of the time? Grabbing Levi's arm, she ran to the end of the path and turned right.

[marshalll]

"I could try to do it, but the last time I tried to accio something I nearly explode the whole Mihael common room so lately I'm keeping it on the down low with magic outside of the classroom." Levi said, while stuffing his hands into his pockets. It was pretty humiliating to have to admit such a mistake, but there was no use in lying.

"I don't mind looking around a bit more, though I'd appreciate to be able to leave it by the end of the day.." He said, knowing that after a few hours of spending in this maze he'd be scared of the color green forever, maybe he'd even get nightmares. x.O

Levi followed the other girl, wondering where she was going to take him. He trusted her though.. she probably knew what she was doing.

[ashybean1994]

Ashleigh stopped a little while along the path.

"Oh you'll be out by tonight. I can have you out when you want to leave if you want. Tell me when you wanna go."

She smiled.

"So you wanted to look around? Where to first?"