Late Afternoon Stroll

[kerajonson]

It was late in the afternoon, and Kera had been sitting up in the Gryffindor common room looking out the window. It had been a boring day, and she desperately needed to find something to do. As she continued to gaze out the window, she thought of all the places she hadn't been to on the grounds yet. The idea came to her immediately. Why not check out the Forbidden Forest? Sure the place was supposed to be off limits, but she had seen many students heading out that way since she had arrived. Feeling eager to get outside, she quickly made her way out of the common room.

Kera quickly walked through the school making her way outside, and it took her around 15 minutes to reach the end of the grounds that lead into the forest. After staring at the forest for a few seconds, the 2nd year Gryffindor finally entered the forest. If anyone saw her, they would see a girl wearing a dark blue t-shirt and black jeans walking into the forest.

She began walking around the forest, and quickly began to feel comfortable within the forest. Kera continued walking and soon spotted an item on the ground near a tree. Curious she walked toward the tree and picked up the item. It appeared to be a necklace of some kind, so she decided that it must belong to another student at the school. "I wonder who could have dropped this. Probably just someone who was here the other day."she said quietly to herself, and placed the item into her jeans pocket.

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley woke up late in the after noon one moning because she had been up late talking the night before. She looked out the window to see that it was pretty nice out, so she decided that she would go and take a walk this evening. As she was getting ready to leave she rememberd her favorite necklace and began to look for it she was shocked to see that afer severl minutes of searching that it was not there she thought it must have fell off the day before. so she decided to replay the last day. she thought to herself,"Ok i know i had it on after dinner last night and the only place i went after dinner was the park and the forbidden forest." out of the two it seemed the most reasonable to her most that it fell off of her at the park. so she walked down the stairs and out of the common room, down more flights of steps and finally she was out on the grounds she made her way to the park, but just as she past the forbidden forest she relised that the person she was with the last night complemented her on her necklace right after they had left the park. so she quickly changed course and made her way towards the forest.

she baseickly ran in there and started looking around. as she jogged up to the spot where she had been the last night she saw a girl, older than she was, holding her necklace! She said,"Hi im ashley......WOW!! you found my necklace," she said in a relieved voice,"may i please have it?" she asked hoping the girl was not the kind that followed finders keepers losers weepers.

[kerajonson]

Soon after Kera had placed the necklace into her pocket, she had heard someone else behind her. She turned around and looked at the girl who had just arrived in the forest. The girl had introduced herself, and also mention that the necklace belonged to her. Kera reached into her pocket and pulled out the necklace. Oh, this is yours. Here, of course you can have it back."she said smiling. "Oh, and nice meeting you Ashley. I'm Kera, 2nd year Gryffindor."

[Ashley Tapping]

The girl had just put the necklace in her pocket, but then replied,"Oh, this is yours. Here, of course you can have it back."she said smiling at Ashley,Ashley said back,"Thanks so much this is my favorite necklace..oh and nice to meet you to,"she said back with a smile.The girl then said," I'm Kera, 2nd year Gryffindor."Ashley then said,"Thats cool im in gryffindor also. Ithink I have seen you around the common room. So what are you doing out here in the forbidden forest?" she asked with a smile on her face. it was kinda spokey it was dark and she could barley see Kera, and she kept on hearing noises like bushes rustling.

[kerajonson]

Kera walked toward a nearby tree and leaned herself against it. It was dark in the forest, but the darkness didn't really bother her. She looked toward Ashley and smiled, this girl was a fellow Gryffindor, and the girl also seemed very nice. Maybe they could be friends. Soon she heard Ashley asking why she was in the forbidden forest. The answer was quick to come out of her mouth. "I was getting bored in the commonroom, and decided to explore the grounds."she said very calmly. "And as I passed the forest, I decided to check it out for a bit."

[Ashley Tapping]

Kera said,"I was getting bored in the commonroom, and decided to explore the grounds.And as I passed the forest, I decided to check it out for a bit." Ashley replied,"Thats cool yeah so i was getting dressed this morning and i relised my favorite necklace was missing! So i backtracked and ended up here, isn' this place kinda spokey it gives me the chills! i have only been here a few times. Would you like to go for a walk?" Ashley suggested as she waited for the reply.

[kerajonson]

Kera smiled as Ashley spoke. She could understand why the forest would be spooky for some. It hadn't seemed very spooky to her, maybe that was because of all the forests she'd been too with her father. Either way, it didn't really matter. "Sure, I'd like to go for a walk."she said looking toward Ashley.

[Ashley Tapping]

Kera's answer to Ashleys queston was,"Yes i would like to go for a walk." Ashley said,"Great!"So she headed down a trail she could bearly see and then stopped to make sure Kear was flollowing. As kera walked up beside her they both set out on the trail, Ashley aksed,"So Kera do you have any brothers or sisters here at hogwarts or back at home?"

[kerajonson]

Kera walked along the trail with Ashley, and soon began looking around the forest. As she walked she realized that the full moon wasn't too long ago, and began to think about her father. Was he ok, and did he find a nice place to hideout during his transformation. Wait what was she thinking such sad thoughts for, she was walking in a forest. This was no time for such thoughts. Kera looked toward Ashley, had she been wondering why Kera had been so quiet.

Suddenly Ashely asked a question, and this snapped Kera out of all her thoughts. The question had been if she had any brothers or sisters at home or at school. Kera gave a small smile and nodded. "Yeah, I have an older brother at home. He graduated from the school, around 2 terms ago."she said still smiling. She couldn't help but wonder how her brother was doing, and hoped that he would send her a letter soon.

[Ashley Tapping]

They had been wlking for a while in silence, Kera finally answered Ashleys question and said,"Yeah, I have an older brother at home. He graduated from the school, around 2 terms ago." Ashley replied,"Thats cool what was his name? Is he working for the ministry or anything?"

The stars were shining bright it was a gorgeous sight you could only see the stars through the treetops, and they shimered each time you looked at them. They walked deeper and deeper into the forest. They came to a clearing were the light from the moon shined in so they could finally see.

[kerajonson]

Kera continued thinking of her brother, until Ashley asked what his name was, and what he did for work. "His name's Matt Jonson, and as far as I know he's trying to get a job in the Ministry."she said smiling a little. "I havn't heard from him in awhile, so who knows, maybe he already got a job."

As they continued to walk through the forest Kera kept thinking amongst herself. "Matt, you better write to me soon.' the thought entered her head, and she looked up toward the sky. As the two of them reached the opening, Kera looked up toward the sky once again. "The night sky is beautiful, isn't it?" she asked turning to face Ashley.

[Ashley Tapping]

Kear told Ashley that she had an older brother name matt that was trying to get a job at the ministry of magic. She then tured towards Asshley and said,"The night sky is beautiful, isn't it?" Ashley replied,"Yeha it is its so nice out tonight, ti is nice and warm yet cool. Here lets sit down for a while I'm getting tired." said Ashley smiling at her."So kera do you take any classes?" asked Ashley as she sat down on a big rock.
[sorry short:-)]

[kerajonson]

Kera walked over by Ashlet, and sat down on the ground in front of the big rock. The grass underneath her was very soft, and she was glad she chose to sit in the spot. She leaned her back against the rock, and began to look up at the sky. It felt great to be sitting outside under the stars, and Kera wondered why she hadn't done so yet this term. Soon after she had sat down, she had heard Ashley ask if she was taking any classes. "Yeah, of course I am." she said smiling. "I'm pretty much taking the important classes, like potions, Charms, and other classes like that."

[Ashley Tapping]

Kera told Ashley that she was taking the important classes. Ashley replied,"Yeah i am not taking classes roght now, i do not really know when to sign up and what to do. Could you tell me what it is like?" As she said this she looked around it looked like it was around eleven o'clock, but it was not infact it was probably just around five o'clock, and Ashley was getting kinda hungry.

[kerajonson]

"Most of the classes can be fun. My favorite classes so far are probably Charms, and Transfiguration."Kera said trying her best to say what the classes were like. She did infact enjoy all of her classes, except for History of Magic, that was probably the only class that seemed boring to her. Probably the lack of magic involved. Kera glanced at the watch she had been wearing, and realized it around five. She had been starting to feel a little hungry, and wondered if Ashley was hungry at all aswell.

[den]

Dennis smiled entering the Forbidden Forest grinning. He was a little happy now. He wanted to look around and see what there was. He didn't expect any students because classes just finished and they would be relaxing in there common room. Even now was a dangerous time to be at the Forest. He walked past two huge trees and jumped over a rock and heard voices.

He pulled out his wand and walked forward and made a turn at the huge rock taller then him and saw two students in front of him. He walked closer to there back still having his wand and said, "Two Gryffindors? In the forest. Look's like someones getting detention." He smiled.

[Ashley Tapping]

As Ashley and Kera were talking they heard a noise and stoped suddenly. Ashley looked around and took out her wand. She was really afraid that it would be a professor, and she knew she was not supposed to be in the forest, students were not allowed in there. That moment out of the bushes steped out a professor. Ashley was horostruck, and speechless. The professor smiled and said,"Two Gryffindors? In the forest. Look's like someones getting detention." Kera and Ashley looked at eachother, both not knowing what to say.

[den]

Dennis knew what to do with them. He sighed a little looking at them look confused. "Well..." He said thinking for a moment what to say next. He was good at this. "Explain yourself!" He told them.

He sighed a little more and smiled again. He knew that House Points and Detention will be fine. He smiled and was ready for his first detention.

[kerajonson]

Kera had been looking up at the sky, and didn't seem to be paying much attention to what was going on around her. She had heard someone else approaching where her and Ashley were at, but this didn't seem to bother her. Suddenly something in the sky caught her eye. It looked like something was flying, but she couldn't tell what. 'Could it be. Is it Dante?' she thought to herself. No it couldn't be, her hawk was probably resting up someplace by now. She then started to question possibilities of her brother's raven, but a voice came and distracted her from her thoughts. 'Oh crap, don't tell me a professor just found us.'she thought feeling a little shocked.

Kera turned her head, and of course her suspicions were correct. Not knowing what to say, she glanced up at the sky. The creature was still flying above her, and she couldn't help but to continue to wonder what it was. Suddenly she realized that she'd probably have to explain herself, and realized that the flying bird would be a good enough answer. 'What's my reason for being out here. I can't say it was to explore, that'd just get me into even more trouble. If that bird up there is Dante, or Matt's raven, then that'd be a great answer.'Kera began thinking rapidly in her head. Thinking of a reason to be out here was harder than she could ever imagine.

Turning her to look down toward the ground, she decided to try and explain that she had been following the bird that was flying above her. "Uh... hi professor. Well, the reason is I was walking around the grounds, and I saw a bird flying high in the sky." She explained while turning her head toward the sky once again, and pointing toward the bird. "Anyways, I thought it might be my hawk, or maybe even my brother's raven. Mainly the raven because I've been waiting what feels like forever for him to send me a letter. I saw it heading toward the woods, and wondered if I should head in or not. Of course I've been in forests like this many times before with my father, so it only came to my nature to go on in following the bird."Kera took a deep breath after explaining her situation. She had never really talked for that long before while trying to explain something.

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley listened to Kera's answer awe it sounded so real she thought that she would never come up with anything like it.
"Well professor the reason i was in here was because i had lost my favorite necklass in here the day before, and normally i would just forget about it, but it was my grandmothers and she gave it to me the week before she was murdered and so it is the last thing i have that reminds me of her, and so i thought i must get it back and so as i went to the place were i droped it i found Kera here,"Ashley gesturing toward Kera,"Holding it, and because she lost her bird I decided to help her look for it so thats why i was in her, sir." Ashley's heart was pounding fast, she knew she had told the truth about most of it but was not sure if the professor would believe it. So they both just stood there holdign there breath waiting for his reply.