Investigating a Story

[silvano]

Nicholas having heard talk of a secret room on the fourth floor hadn't exactly been able to keep himself away. He'd heard a few students around the school speak of it in hushed tones or in passing and every time his ears had perked up with interest at the very notion. He was always up to finding a new place and even more so for seeing one himself in person which was the exact reason he found himself on that exact floor on that very day. A slight frown crossing his lips he made his way down the fourth floor careful to appear nonchalant every time he heard someone coming in his direction.

He didn't exactly want anyone to know what he was up to if anything they'd probably just think him mad for walking down the hall, pausing, investigating a wall or tapestry. Though the slight air of determination around him could not be mistaken and come one how many people were really going to fall for his whistling and apparant strolling down the hall. The only lucky break he'd had so far is that no one had passed the hall twice or else his cover would have truly been blown.

Sidestepping toward the wall to a rather suspicious looking tapestry he wasn't sure he'd seen before or his eyes were playing tricks on him. Nick eyed it with narrowing eyes before plastering his ear to it unaware that at that exact moment someone had been coming down the hall just behind him, steps almost silent.

[sarsha]

Sarsha was quite small, even for her age. Which was probably why her footsteps barely made a sound as she wandered down the hallway on the fourth floor, or she hoped it was the fourth floor otherwise she was lost again. Well that and the fact she had been trained in grace and elegance from her parents since she was really little. That generally helped. She could tell you there was nothing more annoying than attempting to walk with a book balanced on your head. Sarsha never did understand why anyone would ever want to carry a book on their head anyway. She was sure thats what you had hands for.

It was as Sarsha made her way down the hallway that she noticed a very unusual site. Not that Hogwarts wasn't full of those. However she found a boy with his ear to a tapestry. Sarsha wasn't quite sure wether to be extremely scared or to laugh. She wished suddenly that she hadn't been wandering around the castle on her own. She had actually just been to the owlery to send a letter and was trying to make her way back downstairs, probably to the library. Either way, this boy had either somehow stuck his ear to the tapestry or was being very suspiscious.

Sarsha wondered if it was possible to sneak around him and away without being noticed. Deciding to try this Sarsa gave the boy a very wide berth. Too wide infact. Sarsha, her eyes being afixed upon the boy, didn't noticed the suit of armour standing there. Sarsha walked straight into it. Sarsha squealed as she knocked the suit of armour down on top of herself. Why did she always manage to run into things?

[silvano]

At the loud sound made from the girl walking into the suit Nick stood up straight as an arrow all too clearly looking guilty and not even aware as to who had caught him yet. Spotting the younger girl who seemed to be trapped underneath a suit of armour he couldn't help but find slight amusement out of the whole thing. Come on just picture that situation in your head its not that hard to get a laugh out of it. Guilt forgotten at being caught in the act his mouth quirked up at a corner as he quickly made his way over to the younger girl.

"Are you alright?" he asked before positioning himself to pick up the suit from atop her. They weren't too heavy so he managed to lift it after a few moments. What he had trouble with was getting it to balance and stay there. Turning away from his tore he offered his hand to the girl, "Mind if I ask how you ended up under that thing?" he asked with a smile.

[sarsha]

The poor young girls cheeks had ended up bright red. She hadn't meant to run into the armour or to fall over like she did. They had been mistakes. Painful ones at that. She was glad the boy had lifted the suit of armour off her. They may be light for fifth year boys, but for second year girls when they fall on top of them they actually hurt a bit. However, as it happened, it wasn't the first time Sarsha had knocked one down ontop of herself. She had done it once before. She had a bad habit of running into them. Either way it was off her now and she wasn't hurt very badly.

Sarsha hadn't expected thoug, the boy to offer to help her up. she quite greatfully accepted his hand and his help up. "Sarsha nodded to him. "I'm alright" she said to him with a thankful smile. Although she couldn't stop her cheeks from going redder as he asked how she had ended up under the suit of armour. Sarsa looked at the ground kind of sheepishly. "I um wasn't watching where I was going and happened to hit it.." she mumbeled, just loud enough for him to hear. She wasn't about to tell him she had been stairing at him and ran into it. That would lead to a whole new chain of awkward questions.

[silvano]

If the girls bright red cheeks weren't sign enough that she was suffering from extreme embarrassment her barely audible voice made it quiet clear to anyone. But of course it had taken the second sign for it to actually get through to Nick as to why she could possibly be so embarrassed or even that she was to begin with. He couldn't help but feel somewhat bad for the younger girl for what had happened, "Well i'm glad that your alright and that you didn't suffer from any injuries," he replied with a soft smile, "Just next time you'll just have to be a little more careful so that you wont bump into anything or hurt yourself."

Noting that his tone almost seemed almost scolding he decided to change it a bit and lighten the mood, "Well if I can tell you a secret I've run into my share of things when I wasn't paying attention," Nick said with a smile, "And i'm Nick nice to meet you. What's your name?"

[seanna]

"Little 'puff" Seanna supplied for Nick, who was wandering down the corridor on her way to the Prefect's lounge to get some studying done that she had been avoiding lately. While the prefect had seen the little girl around in Hufflepuff, she didn't really know her name, just seen her face around. Really, she should get to know her younger Hufflepuff's a bit better.

"You've got a secret? I love secrets! You can tell me, I won't tell no one" That she wouldn't. Seanna never told anyone else their secrets that they had told her, she just wasn't that type of person to go around and tell everybody a secret that someone had told her in confidence. 'Course, she didn't hear Nick's last part about running into thing's when not paying attention, for all she knew, that could have been the secret.

[sarsha]

Sarsha didn't really like being slightly scolded, especially not from a boy who had moments before looked like he had somehow glued his ear to a tapestry. However his tone changed and her cheeks dimmed a little bit as he admited he had run into a ton of things also. She was also glad she could finally put a name to who he was. Nick. She had been about to respond with her name when the Hufflepuff prefect, whom she hadn't really met, but knew was a comrad of Krissy's came along and called her little puff. Sarsha wasn't exactely too sure about Krissy, however Lianna seemed to trust her so Sarsha did too.

Sarsha made a slight movement away from the Hufflepuff prefect as she began begging about the Nicks secret. Which he had already told to her. Sarsha slightly beamed knowing the boy had told her. However all of that was beside the point. She couldn't have this Nick thinking her name was actually little puff. "Excuse me" Sarsha butted in politely, her eyes looking to Nick. "My name is not little puff" she said in a tone she showed she actually seemed slightly worried that he might call her that. Her parents would have murdered her if she let someone go around calling her that.

"Its Sarsha Nicollete Elizabeth Worthington-Smyth" Her parents had always taught her to introduce herself formally, however this was the first time since the previous year that she had done so at Hogwarts. She had been introducing herself like that all through the holidays and hadn't quite yet fallen out of the habit of it again. Not to mention she wasn't usually needing to correct people on her name. It was then that Sarsha realised exactely what she had done. A shocked look flashed onto her face for a moment and the formal tone removed itself from her voice. "I mean Sarsha, my names Sarsha..." she stammered slightly. She seemed to get funny reactions out of people when she interoduced herself formally and really, she just wanted to be a regular kid and not always talk as though talking to royalty.

[silvano]

Nick was taken aback when the girl he'd helped up hadn't been the one to answer him but rather a voice that had begun to be oddly familiar. Looking away from the younger girl they went to the approaching girl that had joined them. He was hard pressed to keep the laugh he'd wanted to give from coming out because he doubted that would help the younger girl much. He was sure that her name wasn't 'puff though maybe a nickname perhaps but not her real name.

"Hey Seanna," he said with a smile to the girl before chuckling slightly at her words about his 'secret'. It wasn't really a secret secret but that didn't really stop him from finding it amusing all the same. "I guess I have a few here or there," he said somewhat teasing her, "Oh. I don't know about that It could be embarassing you never do know." Nick's attention returned to the younger girl as she made her prescence known once more as she said excuse me. He smiled at her since he could tell that she really didn't want anyone to call her little puff.

His initial reaction was that Wow. She really did have a long name it was mouthful to get out. He could tell that she'd been already regretting introducing it like that since she begun to stammer just a little that she was just Sarsha. Giving her a friendly smile he gave her a small wink before speaking, "Well it's nice meeting you Sarsha I'm Nicholas Adriano Silvano or just Nick for short." It was his way of making the younger girl not feel so embarassed. Actually he thought he own name was quite a mouthful itself.