Silent morning. *Open*

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley sat up straight in her bed. She was having a dream about her parents. And it wasn't good. She sighed and rubbed her eyes. It was 2:00 in the morming. But ther was no way she would be able to go back to sleep. She needed to go somewhere were she could just forget about all of her problems. She stood up and slipped on some shoes. Getting dressed quietly she then slipped out of door and closed it gently.

Nobody was in the commonroom. There is a shock! Why would anybody be down there? She sighed and walked over to a window. Peering out of it she didn't see anybody or anything on the grounds. That is when she decided where to go. She wlaked slowly to the portrait and then slipped out of it. Ash walked down the stairs and jumped the fake one. But she got stuck on a moving stiarcase. "Great," she sighed, "Well i got time." there really was no rush. All Ash wanted to do was go out onto the grounds in the snowy weather. And of course hopefully not get caught. If she did though she really didn't care she had never had detention and really dind't want to have one. But frankly she dind't have anything else better to do.

Once she got back on track. She finally reached the doors. "Finally." she thought. She opened teh door trying not to be loud but it was very difficlut. Boy was she STUPID!!!! she had forgotton a coat! "Ugh!" she muttered. "There is no way i am going back up there!" she whispered to herslef. "Well i will just suck it up..." she took a deep breath in and then walked out to the snowy weather.

It was cold very cold. But at the moment. Ashley didn't care. It was snowing but not much and it was windy. Ashely loved snow but not so much the wind. SHe wlaked leaving footprints behind her in teh two inch thick snow. Sighing she pased the lake. And she couldn't believe what she saw. The lake still wasn't frozen! She rolled her eyes and went on to the gardens.

Finally she reached it it was beautiful. The flowers were covered in snow and it glowed. She smiled and walked over to a bench near a fountain. She sat down and just closed her eyes in thought.

[kailynn]

Kailynn sighed as she lay in bed. She had no idea how late it was, but she figured it was morning. She'd gone to bed late, and hadn't been able to sleep. Actually, she wasn't in the mood to sleep. If she tried really hard, she probably could've managed it. But why would she go and do something silly like that? Quietly, Kailynn rolled out of bed and tried to find her shoes. After a few minutes of searching, she found them under her bed. Silly her, she'd forgotten she'd put them there...

Kail didn't bother with her appearance. She quiety scrumaged through her trunk for a cloak, but that was all. She didn't bother getting dressed. The young Hufflepuff doubted she'd be running into anyone anyway. She quietly shut the door behind her as she headed to the staircase. Her wand was still in her coat pocket (she always left it in there) and she gripped it with her right hand, ready in case any Slythies showed up.

After a few minutes of going down staircases, Kail found her way to the front doors. Yawning, she pushed open the door. Immediately she felt a cold breeze sweep her hair all around her face. She shut the doors just as quietly and headed for the garden. It was her place to go when she was bored or had nothing better to do. She often did homework there as well. Kail smiled slightly as she heard the snow crunch under her shoes. She loved that sound.

Kailynn pulled her cloak closer as she headed around the school, trying to remember where the gardens were. After a few wrong turns, she finally made it. Kail knew she was there from the scent of all the flowers. It was her favorite smell. Acting on impulse, Kailynn started to run through the paths. If she didn't remember the way, the flowers would have to pay for it. Suddenly, Kail felt her feet slip from under her. Then everything went black.

Kailynn slowly opened her eyes, blinking rapidly, trying to remember what happened. Everything came back as a blur, and she grimaced as she sat up. She held her head as everything spun, and gradually stayed where it was supposed to. Carefully, Kail stood up and took a few wobbly steps forward. She continued to hold her head with one hand, her head pounding. "Ouch," she muttered. Then she heard someone move a little ways away. Kailynn headed towards her. "Hello!" she called. "Anyone there?" At the moment, she didn't care whether it was a Slythie or not.[/size][/font]

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley loved the gardens. It was just on eof the more quiet places at hogwarts. Unlike the castle it was peaceful. Ashley it was a great idea to come out here. she thought. Ash looked around and saw a girl running down a path all of the sudden she slipped and fell flat on her back. Now see if that had happened to somebody that she knew she would have been cracking up with laughter. But this was a stranger and Ashley was alwasy poliet to new people that she meets.

Ash stood up as soon as she fell. She quietly walked over to her. But was still a little bit away. The girl stood up and took a few steps wobbling. Ash felt sorry for her. Her eyebrows raised when she asked, "Hello! Anyone there?"

Ashley stepped out to the open and said, "yes someone is here. Ashley Tapping second year Gryffie...." Ash tood a little pause. "That looked like it hurt really badly.... You okay." she did nt think that she would meet anybody out here. And she didn't want to meet anyone out here.... In the biginning. But she was getting kinda bored and wanted somebody to talk to.

[kailynn]

[Sorry for the delay. Won't happen again]

Kailynn grimaced against the pain in her head, her hand still holding it. She stopped moving as she heard a voice a few feet in front of her. She felt like she was on a merry-go-round that wouldn't stop. Kailynn focused on what the girl was saying, though. Or at least she tried to. The girl's name was Ashley and was in the same year as Kailynn. At least Ashley was probably around her age. And at least she wasn't a Slythie. That would've made everything worse.

Kailynn started tonod at Ashley's question of if she was okay, but it wasn't helping her headache or dizziness. "Yeah, my head just hurts. I'll be fine," she replied as she masked the pain. She was used to falling and such. She took a small step forward, not sure exactly how far Ashley was from herself. "I'm Kailynn Mandella, you can call me Kail. I'm a second year Huffie." She almost aways used the nicknames for the houses, just becuase she thought they were fun.

Kailynn silently wondered whether Ashley hadnoticed she couldn't see her. Kail figured that Ashley would notice that she was acting strange, but would she be able to figure it out? Most people didn't. They just thought she was insane or in the process of it. The Huffie hadn't met another blind student at Trio's, and seh doubted that there would be very many. Kailynn yawned and then asked Ashley a question. "What are you doing out here so late? if you don't mind me asking," she quickly ammended.[/font][/size]

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley smiled a little. She seemed fine. "Are you sure you do not want to go to the infirmery or anything?" Ashley aksed a little bit worried for her. "Nice to meet you Kail." she said smiling. Cool she was a Hufflepuff. Ashley lots of friends in that house. probably most of them were. Ashley could name five right off the back, "Nessa Hansen, Austin Davis, Bryce Litterll, Cody Welsh, and well now Kail Mandella.

What was she doing out here so late? "Huh really was just out here for some peace and quiet i just wanted the think for bit about some personal stuff. But i was getting kinda bored alone so i am glad that you showed up!" Ash fineshed in a grin. "What about you?" she added.

[kailynn]

Kailynn nodded. She really didn't want to go to the infirmary, not for a headache. Nice to meet you too," she replied. Maybe she would have another friend. Her best friend must've moved away or left, because Kail hadn't seen him since before term change. thinking of this made her sad, but she tried to shut off that feeling. She would just have to make a new friend who understood her like he did.

Kailynn smiled at Ashley's reply about why she was out so late. She's probably trying to make me feel better about interupting her. She probably wasn't getting bored... Oh well... Kail replied quickly to Ashley's question. "Well, I couldn't sleep at first, and then I decided that I didn't want to sleep when I started to get tired, so I came for a walk. Only then I decided to run, and you saw what happened after that. I really shouldn't have been running." Kail sighed as she thought about it. She'd learned that before.[/center][/font]