Hogwarts - Hall of Hexes (7th Floor)

[Hollywood Heidi]

Hall of Hexes

The Hall Of Hexes, a corridor located on the 7th floor.

[Ariel]

Shane had been wandering around the corridors of the castle to clear his mind. Or try to, at least. So many thoughts and feelings had plagued his mind. From Sirius, to Emily to his precious Scarlet, Shane didn't quite know how to act, let alone what to even say out loud anymore. He felt as if no one understood where he was coming from, what his thought process was saying to him. For now, he only hoped that being alone was his solace to heal any part of which he was trying to sort out. He wasn't even sure how he ended up on the seventh floor of the castle in the first place. I need to find a place where I feel safe, where I feel at home..., Shane thought in his mind as he walked. His mind was elsewhere, while his feet were moving along the physical ground.

Suddenly, his shoulders bumped up against another's who was rapidly traveling elsewhere. "Hey," Shane exclaimed out loud as he stopped in his tracks, only to face another boy. One who was a student at Hogwarts, "I'm sorry, dude. I should probably watch where I'm going," Shane admitted, as he squinted to get a closer look at the boy. His expression was rather troubled, like something had just happened to him, "Hey man, are you alright?" Shane questioned the boy as the stood not too far apart from one another in the corridor. Behind them, neither boy noticed a door that magically appeared within the walls beside them that began to slowly open.

[DarkSideCookie]

*** Callum enters from Gargoyle Corridor ***


Both boys hadn't been watching their steps, their minds being elsewhere, so Callum, despite his current state of mind, actually didn't take it amiss on the other to have bumped against him. Still, the look the Malfoy boy gave him was rather stressed and annoyed, from the situation he just had escaped from though, same as from this whole day and world.

"I'm sorry, dude. I should probably watch where I'm going,"

"Never mind," he mumbled back, about to continue his way when the other, obviously not a Hogwarts student, was holding him back.

"Hey man, are you alright?"

"Yah, sure," Callum quickly replied, not directly looking at the other boy. "I can take a little bump. Don't sweat it."

[Ariel]

"Yah, sure," "I can take a little bump. Don't sweat it."

"Okay...," Shane spoke warily, as it appeared that although something was bothering the boy that he did not want to talk about it. He knew that if someone was concerned about his well being that he didn't know, that he might be a bit closed off as well. Shane's body began to slowly turn as if he was going to start walking in the direction in which he was heading, but then he stopped half turned towards a wall that began to magically produce two very large brass doors that slowly began to open, "Woah, what is this?" Shane asked out loud, unaware that the boy he had run into was still standing beside him as well.

[DarkSideCookie]

"Okay...,"

Again, Callum was about to just turn around and leave towards somewhere else when, suddenly, the other boy made him halt with more words, obviously not spoken directly to him, but, after all, Callum was a curious person, not so much when it came to people but things appearing out of nowhere. And that was what these doors had, appeared out of nowhere. He had heard about something like that before, not remembering the details though.

"Woah, what is this?"

"Don't know, but I'd appreciate it if they lead to a place without any people," Callum couldn't help commenting with a quiet hiss as he stepped closer towards the other boy again, his eyes hanging on the doors as well.

[Ariel]

"Don't know, but I'd appreciate it if they lead to a place without any people,"

Shane let out an exasperated chuckle at the boy's expense, only to realize seconds later that he had been entirely serious. Whatever this guy was going through, Shane figured that he could use a well deserved distraction. From swooning girls to exams, to the stress of the tournament at hand and all that were participating, Shane knew tensions were running high this year at Hogwarts. Shane took a couple of paces forward towards the magical doors, before stopping to turn his head over his shoulder, "You wanna find out?" Shane propositioned to the boy who seemingly would rather be anywhere but here.

[DarkSideCookie]

Callum watched as the boy suddenly paced forward towards the doors, moving no muscle himself to follow him just now. It was not the magical doors that made him hesitate or rather kept him glued to the place, but instead, going on an adventure with someone in the company. Well, someone who wasn't Anya. Damn, Anya. Thoughts and frustration rose again inside him. Ah, what the heck. Callum definitely could need a distraction right now, or otherwise he'll go completely crazy.

"You wanna find out?"

Without answering the question verbally, Callum took some steps towards the doors as well. However, before he would enter into whatever may lie behind, he turned his head to the boy again, after all, actually even smiling a bit now. Callum might be a loner but not an asshole like his younger brother, treating people like shit or ignoring their friendly acts. "Let's hope we'll be back for the tournament, hm?" He wasn't interested at all in the tournament of course, but he thought remembering this guy was going to take a part in it.

[Ariel]

"Let's hope we'll be back for the tournament, hm?

Shane allowed a light nasally chuckle to emulate from his nostrils before nodding in agreement with the boy's words. He was sure that if the school magically allowed students to enter an area, that there would be no immediate danger. And yet, he had not spent enough time in Hogwarts to learn that sometimes that is the way the wind blows with the choices that the students may make. He entered alongside the boy, as they strolled into the room, "My god, I am so sorry, I forgot to ask your name? I'm Shane," Shane announced as they made their way through the short dark crevasse into a brightly lit room that appeared to be spacious with a few things stewn in the middle of the room. Things that perhaps both boys held dear to their hearts.

[DarkSideCookie]

*** Callum and Shane exit to Room of Requirement - Drawing Room ***