Music in the Night [Open]

[mikashintomi]

It was still early in the night, in fact it was an hour till it would be after curfew. Still, not many students seemed to be on the grounds this time of day. They were probably doing whatever last minute activities they had before going to bed. In fact, Mika wouldn't be surprised if she was the only one who was currently outside. The slytherin girl was walking through the grounds carrying a small black case. What was in the case someone may wonder? Well in truth it was nothing more than her flute.

Night had always been her favorite time to play, and tonight would be no exception. Mika had been walking past the grounds looking for a perfect spot to play. If anyone saw her, they would see a fairly tall girl wearing a dark red jacket, slightly baggy black jeans, and a comfortable pair of dark blue sneakers. The night was cold, but the weather was never something to bother the girl. In truth, she'd rather be cold than hot any day.

Approaching the lake, Mika's green eyes surveyed her surroundings. It was a lovely spot, and she soon spotted the perfect tree to sit in nearby. She walked toward the tree and climbed up, careful not to drop her case. She'd hate it if her flute was damaged in anyway. Finding a branch to sit on, she sat down with her back leaning against the tree, and opened up the case. Mika then began to put her flute together, and when she was done she began to play it. The song she was playing was one she had written with her dad's help, and it was a perfect song to be played at night. Closing her eyes as she played the instrument, she felt very calm at hearing her own music.

[dragonguy93]

Thomas was on his way to the castle, when he heard beautiful music coming near the castle he walked towards the music, to see a girl in a red jacket playing a flute, he approached her and asked her for her name,

[mikashintomi]

Mika continued playing her flute, but in the corner of her eye she had noticed a boy standing on the ground nearby. She stopped playing and put down her flute, and turned her green eyes to get a better view of the boy. He seemed to be in the same year as her, and she had thought she heard him ask her for her name. "The name's Mika." she said in an unemotional tone.

[dragonguy93]

Thomas approached even further, he was under the tree now and said: "Hello. my name is Thomas, so what are you doing here in night all alone?" He felt the cold breeze, but he really didn't care about the breeze, he had learned to resist cold long a go.

[mikashintomi]

Mika watched the boy as he walked under the tree. She wondered if she should jump down, but decided against. It felt more comfortable being in the tree than down on the ground. "Hey." she said giving a simple reply after hearing the boy introduce himself. Her eyes turned cold when she heard Thomas ask her what she was doing. Why did it matter anyway, after all she had plenty of right to be out here.

"I just wanted a quite place to practice." she stated simply, and held up her flute so the boy would know what she was practicing. Mika then began to take her flute apart, and set it back into its case. She wouldn't be playing it anymore for awhile it seemed.

[dragonguy93]

Thomas started to feel cold, he wasn't really a night person and started to feel tired, the wind got stronger and the night seemed to get colder and Thomas asked uncomfortably: "Hey Mika, do you want me to leave, you said you wanted to practice alone, maybe i should go"

[mikashintomi]

Mika finished setting her flute in the case, and closed it firmly shut. Feeling a cold breeze on her face, she decided it was time to get out of the tree. She quickly jumped out of the tree, being careful not to drop her case, and landed near Thomas. As she landed she heard the boy saying something about going inside. Mika didn't really care what he did, after all it was his choice if he wanted to or not.

"It doesn't really matter to me. I decided to stop anyways." she said with a slight shrug, and her eyes closed.

[dragonguy93]

He felt another cold breeze, it was getting very cold now and late, Thomas was already feeling tired, though he didn't want to leave.

"How long will you be here, it is getting cold and late, maybe we should go inside, you wouldn't want to get sick"

[mikashintomi]

Feeling another breeze, Mika realized her light jacket wouldn't be enough to keep her warm. A small sigh escaped her lips, as she realized it would be best to head inside. After all she'd hate to get sick and be stuck inside for a week.

"Yeah, I guess I'll head inside." she said softly, although she didn't really want to. It would beat getting sick at the very least. Mika began walking back toward the castle, then looked back toward Thomas wondering if he was going to head back as well. "Feel free to come along with me if you want." she stated simply.

[dragonguy93]

Thomas was glad Mika decided to go inside, he was starting to feel very cold, but didn't want to feel like a jerk, leaving her alone outside out in the cold, even if she liked it, he replied"I am right behind you" Thomas ran after her and walked with her to the castle, he felt another breeze and started worrying about getting sick as well.

[mikashintomi]

The wind had started to pick up, and Mika couldn't help but feel that she had made the right decision. Sure, it was great to look out at the night sky, but nothing was worth more than her health. Hearing Thomas say that he was behind her, she continued walking. It would still be awhile until she got into the castle, so she pulled up the hood that was on her jacket. "I guess I made the right decision to head inside." she stated calmly.

Passing by a hole in the ground, Mika had to take a wider step to avoid stepping in it and tripping. "Watch out for a hole. I doubt you'd want to fall because of it." she stated after she had passed over the hole.

[dragonguy93]

Thomas followed Mika in the castle , he felt a great gust of wind and started hurrying he passed the hole narrowly. "Are you going to bed, or are you going to stay up and what do you think made that hole?"

[mikashintomi]

Entering the castle, Mika wondered what she should do next. She wasn't really ready to head to the Slytherin common room yet, and there still seemed to be plenty of time left before curfew. Hearing Thomas speak, she turned around to face him. "I don't know what I'm going to do yet." she stated simply. There didn't seem to be much of anything to do on a cold night. "As for the hole, it was probably made by some animal."

[dragonguy93]

Feeling curious about the hole, Thomas loved mysteries, but he had to set his curiosity aside for now, cause it was too cold, too investigate the hole, he entered the castle and caught up with Mika. The castle seemed mostly empty, though it's impossible to see it all at once, it seemed that most of the students are in there common rooms. He didn't have anything to do and started to feel bored, he thought to himself that he would even rather study than do nothing

"I have no idea what do to either, it's too cold and late to be outside and there really isn't anything to do inside either."

[mikashintomi]

The truth had finally sunk into her head. There was absolutely nothing to do this time of night. Mika glanced around the empty halls and started to feel slightly annoyed. Had she lost track of time while she was outside?

A soft sigh escaped her lips, as she accepted the truth. It would be best to return to the common room. "The thing to do is get ready to go to sleep, I guess." she said calmly. "I'm heading toward my house's common room. And I guess you might as well go to yours too." Mika hated to admit that there was nothing to do but it was true. "I doubt we could find anything to do anyways."

[dragonguy93]

All Thomas could think of was that it was pointless to stay out of the common room and the only think he would do inside the common room, is read or something. He was bored already and the thought of going to bed had come in mind, but he was also excited to start going to classes tomorrow.

"I guess so, ill head to my common room then, do a little bit of light reading, hey maybe i will see you tomorrow, your 1st year right?"

[mikashintomi]

Mika had began walking in the direction of the slytherin common room, but turned around after hearing Thomas' reply to her last statement. "Yeah, I'm a first year." she replied softly. "So, I guess I'll see you during classes."

She waved goodbye and turned around once more. It would be really bad for her to get caught out after curfew before she had even been to school a week. "It should be after curfew soon, so you should hurry to your common room." she stated like it wasn't such a big deal. Mika then began to run toward the Slytherin common room. That was the fastest way to arrive by the time she wanted.

[dragonguy93]

Mika was right, Thomas checked his watch and it was only 10 minutes till curfew, he waved goodbye not sure if Mika saw it, he started running towards the Hufflepuff common room, he ran quickly up the stairs and made it to the common room. having two minutes left to spare, he quickly said the password and entered the common room, thinking about if Mika made it, he picked up a book from his case and started to read, thinking that 30 minutes of reading and he will be ready for bed.