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[xanthe]

Xanthe sat on her bed in the Ravenclaw dormitories. Since it was around 4:00 a.m. and everyone had been asleep, the school seemed quite dull. Her eyes had been heavy, but in her mind, Xanthe had the strength to go anywhere she pleased [as long as she didn't get caught]. Coffee sounds good... she thought to herself as played with the little string on her pajamas.

...Or exploring. Xanthe slipped on her slippers and pulled over a light black jacket. She tried to walk out the dormitory without a sound. Awkwardly enough for her, every step seemed like a bomb to the floors, making a loud squeek. Xanthe made it out of the dormitories and common rooms safely.

The hallways seemed to dim down within each stone wall. One hallway dulled down to nothingness, and pure black. Someplace she had not been before, however. Taking a strange turn and almost tripping over a small pebble that rested there, Xanthe appraoched the darkness. Wait, is someone coming? Indeed. Footsteps could be heard behind her. Pulling out her wand, she pointed it in front of her cautiously.

[white]

Yawning, Gavin looked at the clock, Wow, it's midnight already?.......Jeez. He had been up half the night studying for a Charms test. No use going to bed now. Gavin slipped on his chucks and night robe. He left the dorms with out a sound. That was his gift, being sneaky and quiet.

He headed down some random corridors, not really sure where he was going. Gavin came upon a figure, he couldn't quite make out who it was. He took out his wand and flicked it as he said "Lumos." His light clicked on, in front of him was a girl wearing her pj's and a black sweatshirt, she looked rather scared. "I'm sorry to startle you, I'm Gavin James White, and you are?"

[xanthe]

As Xanthe tried to adjust her eyes to the darkness that was creeping in, her wand was lowered. A shadow was heading her way before she was blinded by a wand-light. Zoh-my-God! she thought to herself as she jumped a little at the light. It turned out to be a student. He introduced himself as Gavin.

"I'm Xanthe Corynn," she said with a soft voice. As her [now] dark hair fell in her face, she pushed it back with one hand and put her wand back with the other. "What are you doing out so late?" Xanthe asked, a bit confused. She would think that everyone would be in bed. Then again, she should speak for herself.

[white]

Gavin lowered his light, trying not to blind the girl.

"Nice to met you Xanthe." Gavin walked a little closer to her. "I was up part of the night studying, and it's pretty late so I figured why go to sleep now when I could explore the castle with out the mass of Witches and Wizards roaming the halls."
"And what's your excuse?" Gavin smirked.

[xanthe]

She let out a small sigh. "I guess I couldn't sleep." Xanthe said, simply. She hadn't known why she was awake, she just was. And she didn't have the means to lie to him.

Xanthe backed up into the closest wall. "Well, now that I've ran into a few ghosts along the way... Never really expected to see a student as well."

[white]

"Oh, you mean like Sir Nick, and all of them?" Gavin smiled. He joined her over by the wall, leaning on it, feeling the rough cobbled stone under his hands.
"So, did you want to go get some coffee or something?" Gavin asked, feeling another yawn creeping up on him.

[xanthe]

"Yes. Sir Nick and one named the Bloody Baron. He's supposedly the Slytherin house ghost," Xanthe said as she yawned as well. What are these? Contagious?! She let out a small sigh. Gavin, soon then, mentioned getting coffee.

He's reading my mind or something. What the foo is going on here?! Xanthe smirked. "Sure," she said simply, "Only if you know the way to kitchens. As you can tell, I'm not the greatest at directions."

[white]

He watched as Xanthe yawned. He chuckled, then he yawned. That coffee was sounding better and better.

"I think I know the way, If I can't find it then it'll just be another adventure at the crook of midnight. Gavin began to walk down the dreary hall,with the stone floor stably under him. He checked to see if Xanthe was following.

[xanthe]

"Seems like these yawns are become contagious," Xanthe said softly as she looked beyond the darkness behind her. She began to follow Gavin closely. Now that she had been awake, there was no use in trying to fall asleep. She guessed the school would have to deal with that fact.

"We'd be lucky enough if this school gave first years maps." she suggested. She wondered why. Xanthe was one not to be too great with directions and she still wondered how she made it down to the dungeons when looking for coffee. But hey, now she has a coffee buddy.

[white]

"Yeah I wish, I was late to my Charms class because I couldn't find it." Xanthe caught up with him. He still had his wand out so they could see in front of them. They passed a few familiar classes, and the headmaster's office. "Man, I wonder if the headmaster sleeps in there." They crept passed.

[xanthe]

Xanthe smiled. "Ouch. I've gotten lost to most of my classes, unfortunately," she stated, "I haven't had my pleasure of finding the Charms class, yet." As they crept down the hallways, they, indeed, found the Headmistress's office.

"Eek, I wouldn't know," Xanthe whispered as she tried to stay light on her feet. "And if we're lucky, the kitchens are down this way."