Dark and Alone -Brenda-

[Selene Falicon]

Selene walked slowly through the dungeons, her wand lit brightly. She didn't like the dark, since she couldn't ever see what was lurking around the corner. She wasn't even really sure why she was down there, just up for a short adventure. She was glad to be a sixth year, though. She was thinking that she might not move up, just because of her attendance to classes.

Selene nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard a noise behind her that sounded like footsteps. She stopped and looked around, trying to find the source of the noise. It seemed to be gone (whatever it was), so she started walking forward again. But when she heard it again, she stopped and waited until whatever it was would come out. Finally, she saw a mouse scurry by, and breathed a sigh of relief. With a smile on her face, she went bacl to walking down the corridor.

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You know what? It was really dark in the dungeons. Wow, is it dark... Brenda kept telling herself. Her wand was useless in the pocket of her robe. Sure, there was lumo or whatever it was called. But that wouldn't work if she didn't know how to cast it! Duh. Anyway, it was almost exciting - in that horror/suspense film sort of way - to wander around pointlessly in the dark.

After a while, though, it was getting really old, and all Brenda had was her robe sleeves to cover her arms. Otherwise, she wasn't the warmest kid on the block. Her arms were crossed, and she shivered. At least the stones insulated the dungeons, right? It was damp down there, though. Her hair felt coarse, like straw, as if she'd taken a shower and walked out in December air. Totally "ugh", right?

She was getting worried, of course. What if somebody tried to, like, steal her robe or something down there? What would happen to her? What if she never found anyone? She'd be lost down there forever! She might die! Okay, so, she probably wouldn't die... In fact, she doubted that she'd be down there for more than another hour, but still. Her imagination raced. What about her classes? She'd get in trouble, wouldn't she?

They wouldn't blame her for getting lost, right? Then again, she'd heard cases of people losing house points or getting detention because they were stuck by the moving staircases. Crappy, huh? Even her daddy, as smart and respectable of a guy he was, had gotten in trouble when it wasn't his fault. He'd been a Hufflepuff, of course, so maybe it was natural for him... Maybe there was "house-al discrimination" or something...

There was a skittering noise in the rather boring darkness ahead of her. Was it an echo from behind her, or was there actually somebody to save her a few steps forward? She grinned in the darkness and started forward.

And then she ran into a wall. Oops.

She recovered fast, as Brenda tended to do. She wasn't one to be embarassed easily. It was her parents' jobs to embarass her in public, not her own. Everyone knew that. Brenda felt along the wall, almost giggling aloud at herself. Silly her, running smack into walls like that. She fingered her way, inching forward. No more surprises, okay? she told herself calmly, still giddy from her recent encounter with the impediment. It was only after a little while that she realized she could see her Filipino-looking hand and the stone it laid on. There was light? She looked down the wall, only to see a light shining a ways away. Someone really was there!

She moved away from the wall and dashed towards the source of the light. Don't let me run into anything else, please, her mind said to basically no one... Well, maybe she was addressing her feet? That would work... Anyway, she finally met up with the tip of the wand. It was really bright, unlike the dark she just ran out from. It was another girl, but younger than Brenda, maybe. Most likely an older year, of course. Brenda was old for a firstie, at sixteen. That didn't really bother her. It just made her feel dumbley.

"Hey," she said cheerfully as she stopped in front of the older year. She glanced back for a split second into the dark, then faced the girl again. "You'd better watch out. I totally just got bumped into by a wall back there." She seemed to think for a second (though she was actually just wondering how Meika, her extra-wonderful Granian back home, was) before continuing, taking only a moment's hesitation. "Then again, I don't have a light. So I couldn't really see. I guess it was my fault. Anyway, I'm pretty lost down here. How about you?" She smiled in the best way she could.

[Selene Falicon]

((ooc: Woah! Long post! Mine won't be nearly as long, but I'm gonna try.))

Selene turned suddenly as she heard a sorft thud from behind her. She knew she wasn't imagining it. Her wand started to shake a little as she decided to find out what it was. She normally would've ran away, but something was making her face her fear or the dark. Slowly, she walked towards the sound, her shoes making almost no sound againt the hard stone that seemed to surround her, trapping her.

Selene stopped as footsteps came towards her. now she was scared. She was supposed to be going to it, not the other way around! Her eyes widened as someone came into view at the very edge of her circle of light. The other person approached Selene quickly, and she finally saw that it was a girl, probably a little older than herself. She stifled a giggle when she saw the other girl's mess of hair. Someone had been down there a while!

The girl spoke, about a wall bumping into her, and Selene had to laugh. She'd heard of may excuses for running into walls (many coming from herself) but she had yet to encounter that one. Selene tried not to frown when the girl sid she didn't have a light. Why wouldn't she just light her wand? She was old enough to know at least the lumos spell, right? Then Selene mentally shook her head. Just because the other girl was older, it didn't mean she was in a high year. Scrubb was older than herself, yet a younger year...

When the girl asked if Selene was lost down there, she had to smile. "Yeah, I definately am. Having a light doesn't always help. though. It makes shadows, which freak me out. I still can't figure out why I even came down here!" She swore under her breath, still not believing she'd been stupid enought o go on another 'adventure' in the dungeons alone. Everytime she got scared, and everytime someone else saved her. Well, not this time. She wouldn't let the other girl help her out, but Selene was still allowed to help the other girl, of course.

Selene held out a hand to the gril in front of her. "I'm Selene, by the way. What's your name?" She knew some people said what house and year they were in when they introduced herself, but she found she didn't always want to know. Especially if they were Slytherins. She had some problems in the past with a few of them, and it would've turned out bad for her if her wonderful Scrubb hadn't come to save her.

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{Sorry, I think. Do you need the link to my bio? I know it isn't in my profile. Here it is anyway, just in case. And I promise this post will be shorter.}

This girl was silly. Definitely an older year, of course. Brenda didn't mind that she'd laughed. Why? Well... Brenda had already laughed at herself. And she was almost positive that this girl wasn't the type to openly make fun of someone else. Besides... Running into a wall Being run into by a wall was actually very amusing, if you thought about it. Maybe it wasn't funny in a scary movie or something, but it sure was when you were lost.

The girl talked, and she sounded nice enough. Now I really don't need to worry about her being mean, Brenda thought happily. She sounds pretty much as clumsy as me. She continued to listen to the girl's spiel of her lost-ness. And then the girl introduced herself as Selene. For a moment Brenda's mind skipped to a muggle singer and actress... But it was spelled weird. "Celine" or something. Whatever. It didn't matter much. She made her brain focus again.

"I'm Brenda," she said simply. She looked around what she could see of the hall, but there wasn't really anything other than rock, darkness, floor, darkness, ceiling, darkness, and darkness. She fingered her dark hair, straight but untidy and very cold, almost in anxiety. But she wasn't nervous. Not when she had Superheroin Selene at her side.

"How old are you?" she asked idly as she began to continue forward, in the opposite direction in which she'd just come. It was an important question, truly. "Because I'm fifteen but a first year, and I met a sixth year over the break who was only sixteen. It was weird." She turned to make sure that Selene was still following her. She beckoned briefly then turned around again.

Her mind wandered, as it was apt to do. It was brought back to Meika, and her soft blue-roan coat, her massive gray wings and almost blue-ish black mane. She missed the Granian, and her home. And the rest of the winged horse herd, too. But Meika was hers… Meika was born at the ranch, and had been Brenda’s birthday present when she turned four. The horse was just a cute little foal…

And now they were best friends. But Brenda could never see her. And so she was sad. Brenda decided that she would have to write home and check up on the big beast. She was much happier at the thought, and so Brenda looked back to check up on Selene… Just to make sure they weren’t getting separated. Nope… Still there, she told herself in a satisfactory way. I knew she wouldn’t get lost if she walked with me.

[Selene Falicon]

((ooc: It was fine. I wasn't complaining or anything, just a little surprised. I had already found your bio, but thanks. Here's mine It isn't very updated, but it's there anyway... And sorry for the delay.))

Selene tried to focus as the girl said her name. Brenda. That was a pretty name. She knew a girl back at her old school whose name was Brenda, though the other girl was no where near as nice. Selene thought they would be able to be friends. Brenda seemed nice enough, even if she was a first year. Most of her friends were younger than her, she realized. For some reason, older students didn't seem to talk to her much.

Selene's attention snapped back to Brenda as she asked a question. What had she asked? Selene thought a moment, then realized she'd asked her age. Apparently the other ravenclaw was the same age, even though she was a first year. It was a little weird to think about that, but she put the thought from her mind as she shivered.

"I'm fifteen as well," she stated as Brenda beckoned her. Selene followed, wand still lit softly. Apparently Brenda could've been a Gryffindor as well, coming down in the dungeons not even knowing how to light her wand. And then taking the lead. Someone has to she reminded herself as she continued following the girl. A couple big steps and she was even with Brenda. Selene didn't like trailing, but leading wasn't her specialty either.

Selene made a sudden stop. There was suddenly a wall right in front of them, and they had to chose left or right. Which way had she come? Thinking back, Selene realized she'd made a right. So thinking backwards, she would have to go left. "I'm pretty sure it's left, but if you remember something more definant, I' fine going the way you say." She didn't like making decision very often, especially when she was lost with someone else. She didn't want to get them more lost, if that was possible.

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Brenda was happy to see Selene follow her. She wasn't sure the upperclassman was going to, but that was okay. Then again, the other Ravenclaw made it sound as if she was as lost as Brenda. Whatever, she told herself, smiling internally. At least I'm not totally alone and without any light to help me. That would suck.

Selene replied by saying she, too, was fifteen. Was that good? It made Brenda feel sort of old, actually. Most firsties were thirteen or fourteen. Then again, that Gryffindor boy she met a few days ago was seventeen. She didn't know that people could be first years and seventeen... But Brenda was also sort of new to the whole magical school system. She wasn't even used to Os in the grading scale. Or Ts. She thought it just went A-F and skipped E for no reason. Sure, that was weird, but so was using random letters with totally weird meanings and stuff.

It made her think back to her muggle school. She'd been a sophomore in high school. She had a lot of friends, and while Brenda was currently trying to stay in touch with them, it was getting harder. She'd been in band, playing the clarinet. (She didn't bring her instrument to Trio's, of course. That would have been bad for it, with all the magic and owl droppings, and weird stuff.)

And she thought of her home. There was her brother, who was supposed to come to Trio's soon, if he wasn't getting his letter already. He was sort of like her, but a little more crazy and outgoing. They were best friends anyway. Brenda thought of Meika, who sent her higher than anyone had ever done before... Except for the fact she was a flying horse and could literally fly her higher than any human.

They came to a T. She blinked and stopped, making sure that she didn't run into a wall again... No, that was wrong. She made sure the wall didn't smack her in the face again. Just running into a wall was boring and dumb-sounding. Magical walls could be taught to be aggressive, right? She smirked for no real reason than smirking. It was really fun to think about, magic. That's it, she said sternly to herself, so she wouldn't forget it easily. My goal in this education is to figure out how to make a wall hit back.

She nodded, and then realized that Selene started talking again. She listened, turning to face her new acquaintence so Selene didn't think Brenda was ignoring her. Brenda blinked again, and nodded again. "Sure. I don't have a better idea." She turned again and looked down the left hallway. Dark and empty as ever. She probably could have guessed that. The first-year stole another glance at Selene, waved a mention to follow her, and set off down the hallway Selene suggested.