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This will be familiar to any Potterhead student of Hogwarts that has followed the tales of Harry Potter.
This is probably the most-used of passages and can be found behind a hump-backed statue, it is opened by "Dissendium" and the teachers typically forget the students making their way into Hogsmeade.
Beware though students have been seen in detention after encountering Lilith Mayer by the passage...
((Role-Play here))

Eriq followed Genevieve into the passage, bending low. Dust stirred up around him and he had the desperate need to cough. Once the urge had passed he caught up to the second year I first of him

Gen turned around with a almost strained grin "Having a," she coughed "Nice time there?" the French girl asked the previous fact painfully apparent in her words, she coughed again trying to clear the dust from her throat or the accent from her tone. "Lumos." she whispered
the light from her newly-lit wand illuminated both and she looked up to the top of the tunnel almost hearing the footsteps above, "A little creepy isn't it?" she whispered.

Eriq coughed violently before answering, " Thats a understatement" he whispered smelling dampness of the walls and the eerie feeling that they weren't alone. Their voices echoed in such a small place. Eriq coughed again. " Shall we keep moving" the third year wheezed.

Gen nodded confidently and grinned at his zinger and turned about scampering further into the ever-darker passage, her voice emanated from as if a long distance away "You know before this I never believed dust made you cough," she commented, "but you got your wand lit by any chance?"

Eriq nodded and lot his wand. Even more light pouring through the space. He looked up ahead towards Genevieve. The passage split into two right where she stood. " Im going to let you make the decision on which direction we go" the exhausted boy remarked begrudgingly.

"That's good because this'isn't my first time here." she said with a teasing grin "I may be a clautrophobic but at least I have a sense of direction." She crawled off towards the right and sat on her haunches for a little while looking to her sides at the earthen walls, "Rats." she called a little in a high-pitched voice "Oh rats!."

Eriq followed her the skinny third practically as big around as Genevieve had no trouble getting through. " Everything all right?" he asked crouching next to her.

Gen looked behind her "I mean rats as in rats!" she pointed with her wand and a twitching tail was revealed, red eyes beamed in the darkness and shuddering Gen shrieked "Stupify!" she turned a little red-faced to her friend "Sorry," she told him embarrassed "I do get a tiny bit squeamish, but rats, why does it always have to be rats?" she grumbled under her breath
"Well then shall we carry on?" she continued abruptly.

(( spiders why does it always have to be spiders...))

Eriq laughed and made a mental not to remember that for a future time. " Well now that we've had that amusing scare lets keep moving." Eriq grinned as he saw Genevieve's face color. Eriq began to fall behind Genevieve as the tired and stressed out boy slowed down.

((Exactly! spiders have always creeped me out, and now I'm imagining one on my foot. Great. Thinking Indiana Jones by any chance?))

Trying valiantly not to haul off and smack Eriq, Gen sighed and turned around into the tunnel "I'd like to see you try to put up with them when you come through here," her head popped around quickly and she winked a little wickedly like she was paying him back "Alone mind you," she chuckled and continued...

((Mmm whuzzat? wouldn't he want to remember that for a future time?))

(( meantt note not not. And totally thinking IJ))

Eriq followed her slightly warily his wand out in front of him. He saw a rat by his foot. " Go on!" he said waving his foot, the rodent scampered away you could hear its little claws scraping. Eriq hurried forward her rounded the corner to come face to face with Genevieve .

((I'm calling it a night I'm sorry to say. Thank you for RPing that was grand and g'night! ten thirteen is it there correct?))

(( its actually 12:13. But I have a two hour delay tomorrow so that's why Im up so late. Goodnight! ))

thelastrevolutionary wrote: "(( meantt note not not. And totally thinking IJ))

Eriq followed her slightly warily his wand out in front of him. He saw a rat by his foot. " Go on!" he said waving his foot, the rodent scampered ..."

((Ah thanks. Same here :D my bro and I repeat that all the time only your probably thinking of "Snakes, why does it have to be snakes?))

Genevieve smirked "Getting hasty to get out of this place eh? well," she took a few steps back and her red hair was suddenly blazing with torchlight "Here we are my dear Bellaire." she said and eyes glinting with excitement pushed the door out further poking her head out to search the corridor for occupants.

((Um one little nitpick. When you say "practically as big around as Genevieve," Gen is supposed to be stout. I just mean that as a correction as my sleep-deprived mind has apparently increased my intrinsically perfectionist attitude :D))

thelastrevolutionary wrote: "(( its actually 12:13. But I have a two hour delay tomorrow so that's why Im up so late. Goodnight! ))"

((WOW! I'm a hour earlier and glad of it lol tlr! good night))

(( sorry I am in another group role playing with a stick thin Genevieve :P ))

Eriq looked from behind her. The corridors seems empty. He couldn't help but feel as if there were unseen eyes watching him. He prodded Genevieve in the back " Lets go" he hissed into her ear, the nervous feeling intensifying. When she didn't move he gave her a slight push forward.

((I have not been as surprised with her name as when I saw, right after I joined(Yes I was a n00b here once :D) that the head of the Three Broomsticks was Genevieve Rosmerta!))

Gen rolled forwards and sprawled out onto the paving stone of the corridor turning around tears in her eyes "Mon dieu." she whispered "She was dead but now alive." a tear spilled out onto her cheek and she sat up it trailing down like a spilled diamond "Dieu." she whispered again and she put her face in her hands, utterly, shocked.

((DRAMAMAAAA!!))

Eriq furrowed his brow confused at the sudden dramatic chnage in Genevieve. " What happened" he asked frantically pushing the passé entrance shut. When she didn't answer he bent down. " Come on Genevieve, we need to go!" he whispered.

She groaned and opened her large eyes, they were larger with tears "Mel," she hiccuped and pulled herself up closing her eyes "My God she died but-Got better." she looked at Eriq "Sorry," she mumbled under her breath.

((Sorry I'm reading chemistry with my family and so when it's my page to read I can't post!))

Eriq paled and images rapidly flashed through his mind. " Hey Genevieve am I the only one who feels like were being watched" He glanced furtively around. Something just didn't feel right. The third year had begun to sweat his keen instincts kicking in. (( ok :) ))

((Ten minutes should be the max on it I'm sorry tlr))

Gen stood a little straighter in frozen trepidation, "I don't know," she said under her breath, "it could have been my' she paused for a little "Sight but-" her eyes flashed with caution and flicked around the corridor "This sounds like a horror movie cliche but, did you hear that?" she murmured tense.

((Not my best...))

Eriq eyes widened and he nodded. The third years survival instincts had kicked into full gear. Drawing his wand he glanced back towards Genevieve who hadn't moved. Taking a step forward he braced himself and peered around the corner his eyes peering into what he thought was complete darkness. (( it's ok :) ))

Genevieve was meanwhile searching the other way the Shield Charm on her lips and wand in her hand, edging along the corridor side she glanced back when there was no sound from Eriq "Bellaire you still alive over there?" she asked in a uncomfortably shrill voice, her wand was glowing bright with a globe of light.

" Don't come closer Genevieve" he said actual fear ringing in his tone. His poison green eyes widened almost comically as he looked straight ahead. Images in his head flashed faster and faster. The air around him had become so much colder, but worse than that was that shadowy figures had begun to appear. " Genevieve go!" he cried

Genevieve had started to move when he said her name, full name, now she was beside him shouting "Protego!" the spell burst out of her wand and surrounded both with a blue shield as the yell rebounded in the small corridor, "I am not going top leave Bellaire." she said through clenched teeth and looked ahead boldly her eyes wide and blue reflected eerily within.

((Would you happen to have a plan?))

(( yes.. Don't worry it doesn't chnage a ton of things))

Eriq didn't move but just stared straight ahead, inside his head memories long forgotten and dreams he never knew he had were going bezerk. The third years mind was at war with itself.

thelastrevolutionary wrote: "Eriq eyes widened and he nodded. The third years survival instincts had kicked into full gear. Drawing his wand he glanced back towards Genevieve who hadn't moved. Taking a step forward he braced h..."

((Mm thank you! and good because I sure don't! Thanks for being patient H.))

(( your welcome :] ))

Gen whirled about looking Eriq in the eye "Eriq!" she cried "Eriq?" she repeated glancing behind her just in case and she lowered her wand a little "Are you...all right?" she asked quietly not realizing how much that question meant to her, for as the French, Eaglestone realized, this boy had become one of her best friends.

Eriqs eyes flickered slightly and suddenly he made a sudden move towards Genevieve. He collapsed into her shoulder and tears streamed down his face as memories taunted him. Finally the attack to his mind stopped, realizing what he was doing Eriq pushed himself away mortified.

Gen flushed "Manly tears I get but-" she started out of pure sardonic instinct but stopped almost immediately "For God's Sake Bellaire!" she said instead "Please what is-" "going on" was never finished as she sighed and held up her hands "Eriq please tell me what is happening." she said in a calming voice. Like talking to a startled horse.

((After a few days of wa-a-ay to late in the past couple days and know I must retire for the night since the aforementioned rational and my Role-Playing sucking'Night tlr and thanks for RPing! I've got some stuff with the group to discuss in the morrow...))

(( uh oh... And ok ))

((Yes I am rather inane when I'm tired.))

Eriqs eyes narrowed and he suddenly became angry. The shadows disappeared. " Don't you think Eaglestone" using her last name, " that I might do something about it if I did" his tone laced with vicious malice. His eyes glinted coldly.

The hazel in her eyes shifted with the light into a dark amber "I know that, Bellaire." there was none of her usual charming annoyance when she addressed him. Only a iciness to match his.
Abruptly the anger left her but she waited for him to speak next, what he would say she did not know.

" Brilliant Observation!" he sneered snakily " Quite clever really!" He was incredibly hostile. He took a step toward Genevieve.
" Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure! Ravenclaw was obviously the choice fir you" he snapped sarcastically. At her expression he knew he had gone to far but in the heat if the moment he didn't care.

((Hi TLR!))

Genevieve's mouth tightened and her heel ground into the floor with anger, "Bellaire. I will. Not. Even. Dignify. Those. Words. With. A bloody response!" she said the last words nearly a scream and turning on her heel she turned off the corridor and looked back once savagely "Gits are never my friends," she pivoted back around her red hair glinting with torch-lit fire and and called out "This is no exception." she didn't say good bye just walked off filled with fury into the darkness of the hallway.

" Gen!" he cried after her " Wait!" Eriq leaned his head against the wall. He slumped down to the floor and pulled his head to his knees suddenly looking so much smaller. " I really messed up" he groaned quietly. He looked back up and knocked his head against the wall and stated at the ceiling.

Gen stopped dead and sighed but continued to walk further into the corridor eventually stopping in front of the Ravenclaw entrance and entered her common room breathing deeply to stop from crying. Wonderful. She thought eyes narrowed and narrowly restrained from booting a ottoman out of her way. Bloody heck!

((Charmcaster's Market in Hogsmeade to pick up in? I must get off soon FYI anyway.))

(( okay! To both :) ))

((Yay! I was shocked when I realized I'd forgotten about it :D))

James walked briskly along the dark corridor, sporadically looking over his shoulder from time to time. He was absolutely convinced that his discovery out this late would land him in at least another month's worth of detentions, time that he could not afford. However, his lack of time was precisely what had driven him out of the common room tonight anyways.

Spending the majority of his time craning his neck over heavy textbooks or straining his eyes to make out his sloppy notes had taken a bit of a toll, and he wanted a break. What better way to stroll through Hogsmeade at night? He could already smell the freshness of the cobblestone pathways, the smell of the rain that had been falling softly all evening. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon had always been understanding of his night time strolls, from his very first accidental venture into their cellar his first year.

Stopping in front of the one-eyed witch, James pulled his wand from his belt and tapped the witch's hump, whispering, "Dissendium."

Her decrepit hump opened just wide enough for him to slip down, but he stopped with one leg in the hole when he heard footsteps at one end of the hall.

James's head whipped around towards Yellow's voice, which he recognized instantly. Letting out a sigh of relief, his eyes returned to their usual size
He felt a redness creeping up his collar and flushing his ears. It wasn't as if James wasn't used to seeing Yellow, but lately, their O.W.L.S. schedules hadn't quite lined up. He had talked with her, but just in between classes and at meals. This wasn't the exact way he would have chosen to see her again, his legs halfway inside the hump of an ugly old witch.

"Yellow!" he yelped, clapping a hand to his mouth when she motioned for him to keep his voice down. "Erm...hi." He said sheepishly, swinging his leg out of the hole and perching on the witch's rear end, posing like a bird about to take flight. His heart had begun to race rather quickly when he'd heard the footsteps, and it was just now returning to its regular pace.

Gesturing to the hole beneath him, James began to speak again. "Just...you know...taking a walk." He held his wand out in front of him to better see her face, her eyes were bright and full of amusement.

James snickered unconvincingly. "Surely not." He laughed quietly at Yellow's unbelieving smile. He swung off of the witch's back, landing in a crouch on the ground. Straightening up and brushing off his wrinkled t shirt hastily, he stepped forward to briefly hug her, then stepped back and just looked at her.

Yellow reflected how James felt, and probably looked too. Tired, a little frazzled. He ran a hand through his hair.
"I just...with O.W.L.S. and all. I don't know, I just felt like going to Hogsmeade...just to clear my head. You know," he shrugged.

((Don't you hate when your post is deleted? Yeah me too.))

James leaned a little closer to see her face fully, finding it interesting that he truly couldn't see beyond the small orb of light cast by his wand. He smiled and hugged Yellow to him, realizing in a wave how much he had missed spending time with her.

"Bold of you to assume that I'm going to get caught," he joked, pulling a lock of her hair playfully. He opened his mouth to invite Yellow along, but Yellow beat him to it.

James bobbed his head up and down enthusiastically, grinning jovially. "Yes, yes! I could use some company."

((Awesome!))

James held his wand out in front of him, squinting more to be able to see clearly. He stumbled over a loose stone, and kicked it, annoyed, out of the way. Righting himself, James acted like nothing had happened, causing Yellow to laugh.

"So," he said, shoving his free hand in his pocket, "What have you been up to? How are things in your world?" James looked ahead, and the tunnel stretched out in front of them, dark except for the parts his wand light touched.

James looked at her, raising his eyebrows disbelievingly. He tilted his head, monitoring her facial expressions. "I..." he began but shook his head. "I'm so glad! You would be great on the team. They could use a new seeker after this year, that's for sure," he nodded solemnly, remembering the many fantastic losses of the Ravenclaw house due to their subpar seeker. Poor boy.

"And studying. Now that I can relate to," James was wildly behind in several of his classes, even though he had aimed to stop cutting class so frequently, and had made a goal to keep up to date on his homework. This apparently wasn't enough. He sighed.

The pair walked in silence for a bit, but James decided to dive in head first. "Look, are you okay? When you answered my question you seemed a little...forced maybe?" He said tentatively, watching her reaction closely.