To the Forbidden Forest~!
Mar. 16th, 2012 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dualpistolsJake glanced over his shoulder on more time as he slipped out of the Great Hall and into the courtyard. It had been three devilfucking long days since he'd been able to get away from his pernicious housemates. He really didn't see why the hat had decided to put him in the dungeons.
Okay, so the cold, damp, dark, did remind him a bit of his home, but the other inhabitants were worse company than the monsters on Hellmurder island ever were. The castle itself was fun to explore during his free period and after classes were over before curfew, but it was still just a building. An enormous magical building with even more secrets than his Grandma's house, Jake was positive of, but it still had an end.
The Forbidden Forest was much more like home. The plants were different, and Jake had to remember to wear a jacket (fuck the cloaks they were the hardest fucking thing to adventure in) because it was colder and dry, but it still had the same magical feel. In the castle the magic was everywhere, but wrapped up in things and people. Lessons were fine because magic started leaking out everywhere from the other students, but the forest was still the best.
It was wild like his home island so he made the effort to break the rules and escape out there whenever he could.
Now for instance.
With a quick wish that none of the professors were looking out their windows, Jake darted across the grounds straight for the dark of the trees.
Okay, so the cold, damp, dark, did remind him a bit of his home, but the other inhabitants were worse company than the monsters on Hellmurder island ever were. The castle itself was fun to explore during his free period and after classes were over before curfew, but it was still just a building. An enormous magical building with even more secrets than his Grandma's house, Jake was positive of, but it still had an end.
The Forbidden Forest was much more like home. The plants were different, and Jake had to remember to wear a jacket (fuck the cloaks they were the hardest fucking thing to adventure in) because it was colder and dry, but it still had the same magical feel. In the castle the magic was everywhere, but wrapped up in things and people. Lessons were fine because magic started leaking out everywhere from the other students, but the forest was still the best.
It was wild like his home island so he made the effort to break the rules and escape out there whenever he could.
Now for instance.
With a quick wish that none of the professors were looking out their windows, Jake darted across the grounds straight for the dark of the trees.
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Date: 2012-03-17 12:44 am (UTC)"Good evening Professor Longbottom! I was just showing my chum Strider how much the forest was like Hellmurder island!"
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Date: 2012-03-17 12:52 am (UTC)Neville seemed to be thinking over what to do for a moment before starting towards the castle. He couldn't really blame someone for missing home and whatever things it was that he got up to there, but this was school. In school, kids aren't allowed to go wandering off into the forest in the dead of night.
"Let's get you two back to your common rooms and to bed. I'll go ahead and let you both slide this time but next time you're caught out of bounds especially after hours I won't be able to look the other way."
Dirk followed the Professor, wondering how the hell they were really managing to escape detention for this. Not that he was arguing. That meant more free time to work on his robotics.
"...Hellmurder Island? Is it seriously called that, English? I'm not going to lie, I'd like to meet some of those cockatrices."
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Date: 2012-03-17 01:05 am (UTC)Jake wasn't going to promise the Herbology professor that it wouldn't happen again, because he knew it would.
"Oh! By the way, I noticed your herb beds out there should be ready for harvest in the next couple of nights! If you need a hand I'd be glad to help!"
At Dirk's comment he stops mid-stride and turns to look at him.
"Yeah? Most people get the willies about those! You and Dave will have to come visit on holiday!"
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Date: 2012-03-17 01:15 am (UTC)"Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. Good night, and should either of you decide not to go straight to your dorms I will know. I won't be so lenient, either."
Dirk's first thought on what English had to say was that he was such a kiss ass. The last thing he said, however, intrigued him. They barely knew each other and the kid was already inviting them out to his island?
"...Sounds like a plan, English. I'll let my bro know next time I see him. And later Prof."
Dirk already turned and had started his way off toward Gryffindor Tower.
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Date: 2012-03-17 01:19 am (UTC)"I'll see you tomorrow!"
Maybe he shouldn't have said it, but Strider was the one that had followed him in the first place. It was his fault Jake wanted to be his chum now.