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Post by CALVIN KLEIN on May 20, 2024 0:17:32 GMT -5
It was getting close to Midnight and Calvin was struggling to find any sleep in the Ravenclaw tower. His mind had been too focused on the thought of seeing Desiree in the up coming school break. Being away from her was rather difficult especially considering there was a part of Calvin that had humanely needs as well as emotional needs. With the sleeping kingdom far far away from from, he decided to get dressed and head out for a little stroll.
He wore his school robes and chucked on a pair of jeans and a basic white shirt along with a pair of runners before dodging the prefects on duty to finally make his way toward the Forbidden Forrest. He, like many others before him had been told of the dangerous of this area but Calvin considered it all gobbledygook. He was an Aussie. He grew up handling snakes by hand, wild animals as well as being accustom to some native Australian magical creatures. There wasn't really much that scared him on face value.
He pushed open the gate that separated the grounds of Hogwarts to the Forbidden Forest when a thought came to mind. With something so dangerous such as the Forbidden Forest, why was only a measly gate stopping anyone let alone students from exploring this so called dangerous land. Equipped with his wand, he slowly made his way through the forest which reminded him about his time in the Third Task.
The thought of a student being petrified suddenly filled his mind. A beast or some sort of creature must of petrified those students. He began to wonder if the very same creature was also behind the rumour of the students losing their memories. Could a magical creature really do that? Was this creature known to the world or was it just isolated to Hogwarts....
Post by DOMHNALL MCEVOY on May 20, 2024 4:07:59 GMT -5
In just a few short days since waking up from his petrification, Don was already wishing he could go back and spend just a few more days in blissful unawareness. The bullying in corridors had resumed, though that didn't matter to him so much - he was actually getting pretty good at dodging spells sent at his back. He still thought such treatment was worth it - the Halloween prank had been a fantastic success, and if some of its victims had the poor combination of lack of humour and vengefulness, then so be it. His main issue now was his parents, who had somehow contrived to send him a letter. How Muggless got access to an owl was a mystery to him. Perhaps they sent it via a regular post office, and it had some wizarding folk working there for this exact purpose? But anyway, the letter was full of parental worry and unpleasant suggestions. They wanted him to come back for the Christmas Break and not return back to Hogwarts, since it was becoming so dangerous. Naturally, that meant he wasn't going home for Christmas - he would have to try and calm them down by writing letters.
Still, the possibility of being pulled away from the magical world bothered him. He no longer had any friends in the Muggle world. Sure, he could make some quickly, but how could he ever adjust to the boring life again - after having experienced magic? Unable to fall asleep with these thoughts bothering him, the fourth-year snuck out of the dormitory and wandered the school grounds for a bit... until his feet brought him to the Forbidden Forest. He had been there before, back in his second year, and nothing terrible happened. So far as he was concerned, the castle was currently more dangerous.
He hadn't been in the forest for even five minutes before he heard a noise that sounded like footsteps. Freezing in place, with his wand gripped in his hand, he retreated into the shadows and waited to see who or what was approaching. It turned out to be someone he knew.
"BOO!" he screeched, leaping out of his hiding place between two trees. Dodging just in case Calvin got startled and loosed a spell at him, the boy laughed. "Hello there, Calvin-who-might-be-a-fourth-year. You know, visiting this forest is against the rules..."
Post by CALVIN KLEIN on May 20, 2024 4:45:20 GMT -5
Calvin had been scaring himself with his own thoughts that he failed to hear, see or smell anything around him. He paused in his steps for a few seconds as the snapping of a twig caused him to flinch and stand still like a statue before he took a deep gulp. It was so quiet that he could hear the blood pumping through his veins and could almost feel his heart wanting to burst out of his chest. He took one deep breath in and one deep breath out as his eyes scanned the vicinity before him,
A loud and very awkward high pitched scream escaped Calvin mouth as he jumped in place and fell to the floor bottom first into the cold and wet floor. Looking up, he could see the figure of a human and to make matters worse, he had just been thinking about ghosts and ghouls and to now have something scream at him in pitch black darkness was what nightmares were made of.
" Oh, Don... " He said bringing his voice down two octaves from his previous screech, " You scared me!" He replied before helping himself off the cold floor. He dusted the last few leaves and dirt off his pants before he coughed slightly. " ugh, let's not tell anyone how high my octaves are... " He said with a slight tone of embarrassment.
" Says you!" He pointed his wand at him with a smile as he laughed a little. " Wait weren't you just petrified? Or am I actually just seeing a ghost now? " He asked suddenly feeling his nerves rising again and his fight or flight response starting to trigger. " You are Don-definitely-a-fourth-year right?" He asked again to make sure before grasping his wand a little tighter.
Post by DOMHNALL MCEVOY on May 20, 2024 4:58:09 GMT -5
Jump scares may be an outdated form of pranking, but Don still derived enjoyment from it. He was nearly breathless with laughter at Calvin's reaction to it, the high-pitched scream being a much better response than he had expected. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he managed to say, still choking back his amusement. "That's quite a voice you got there, though. Have you considered joining the Frog Choir?"
He grimaced a little when his petrification was brought up, but hid the expression behind another grin. "Yes, I was petrified and..." His face grew solemn. "...they could not save me, sadly, so now I am doomed to wander the Hogwarts grounds as a ghost... though I'm trying to get prmoted to a poltergeist." The grin was back after that. "Just kidding. They cured me recently, and I think the petrification might have counted as sleep because now I can't rest at night."
Don-definitely-a-fourth-year. Ah, that train ride seemed to have been so long ago now. "The very same, yes! Glad you remember my full name," he chuckled. "Anyway, what brings you here?"
Post by CALVIN KLEIN on May 20, 2024 5:15:18 GMT -5
" Frog choir?" He replied with a perplexed look on his face. Was this a thing at Hogwarts? He could only imagine one conductor taking a group of singing frogs through a variety of musical movements. The thought was rather hilarious causing Calvin to laugh a little which honestly was exactly what he needed to loosen up. " Wait, are you calling me a frog? " He replied letting out his own little laugh as his muscles began to relax.
Listening to what Don had to say made him wonder if he was purposely out to play with his anxiety or this was just his sense of humour. " So like, one second I'm tense, the other I'm relaxed and it's back and forth with you isn't it? " He shook his head before taking a deep breath. " Maybe they turned you into like, a vampire or something? " Only a fool would believe that but this was Calvin after all. The very same person that whispered to the sorting scarf to sort him into Ravenclaw cos he likes the blue tones in the uniform and that it brought out his eyes.
" Of course, we share a few classes remember? " He joked wondering on the inside if the petrification had affected his memory or not. " So what bring you out in the moonlight? Or did you just want to play hide and seek? " He tried to tap Don on the shoulder as he began to scuddle away with his arms flailing behind him. " Count from 20 and no peaking either!"
Post by DOMHNALL MCEVOY on May 20, 2024 11:22:16 GMT -5
"Nah, you're not a frog - you're definitely warm-blooded." Not that being called a frog could be an insult, cute as they were. "It's just a choir here at Hogwarts, with toads trained to croak in tune with students singing." That was a sort of dork club; Don had no real interest in it.
Maybe the Forbidden Forest wasn't the best place to speak in a spooky manner as a joke. Then again, maybe it was the perfect place for it. "A vampire? Perhaps. Or a zombie."
"We do share classes, but nobody calls me Don-definitely-a-fourth-year there," he stated jokingly. "It would just take too much time for a professor to shout that whenever I'm misbehaving, so they usually use 'McEvoy' in class." That really was the case, too; most professors addressed him by his surname, and generally in an annoyed tone. "I came here for a walk since I couldn't sleep. Hey, don't run away now," he snickered as he jogged after Calvin. "If you're planning to prank me by disappearing now, I'll start a prank war with you. I warn you - I'm a professional. Remember the Billywigs in the Great Hall? That's what you'd be dealing with!" The threat was meant as a joke, of course. In truth, though, Don actually didn't want to stay alone in the forest now that he ran into Calvin.
Post by CALVIN KLEIN on May 23, 2024 1:11:17 GMT -5
Calvin found that calling him Don-Definitely-A-Fourth-Year did slip off his younger rather awkwardly. Calvin had honestly believed that it was actually his name which he thought would be rather difficult to fill out on paper. “ McEvoy?” He repeated as he called it out loud hiding behind a tree. “ So now you’re gonna be called McEvoy the Zombie? “ He replied laughing to himself before peaking over the corner of the tree.
He leaped from one tree to another before he began climbing a tree. “ You’ve gotta find me first!” He joked as he climbed a tree quickly only to find himself touching something slimy and had multiple legs. The presence of the creepy crawly caused him to let go of the tree which caused him to land back on the floor bottom first onto the floor.
“ I broke my butt!” Calvin called out now seeing McEvoy who had caught up to him. “ Oh crap. You’re good at hide and seek!” He said as he leaned up against the tree to guide him up before he finally understood what he was saying. “ WAIT!” He said as he paused himself against the tree. “ You did that?!” He responded with a smile on his face. “That was fantastic!” He called out rubbing his but to try an alleviate the pain.
Post by DOMHNALL MCEVOY on May 24, 2024 14:23:45 GMT -5
As nicknames went, McEvoy the Zombie sounded way better than Mudblood - which was the one Don was used to hearing used in reference to himself. "Feel free to call me that, if you want," he allowed.
With the oppressive darkness of the forest, he could barely make out the fifth-year scaling a tree. It looked like he had some experience in climbing; the Slytherin wasn't sure he could get up quite so quickly, even though tree climbing had been one of his favourite activities before discovering magic. Calvin's success did not last long - he crashed down, and Don jogged closer to check if he was injured. "You can't break your butt, it has a cushion to protect it from breaking," he joked, relieved that a hospital visit wasn't needed - yet.
"Yeah, me and a friend. We got a few detentions for it, and some of my housemates are still upset, but it was worth the trouble." He would do it again, even with the knowledge of the harsh consequences that would follow. "I think I saw you trying to get stung - you've encountered Billywigs before, haven't you? I heard they're native to Australia."
Post by CALVIN KLEIN on May 25, 2024 5:15:13 GMT -5
"McEvoy the Zombie it is. " He said proceeding to raise his arms and make groaning noises " Brainnsssssss " He joked as he began stomping around on the spot acting like a stereotypical zombie. " Do you think zombies actually exist? " They were in the Fordbidden Forrest after all....
" Nope, I think I definitely broke my but. " He joked as he continued rubbing his buttocks through his clothes. " Well, not really but like, I know I'll get a bruise there. " He stated as he glanced over at the tree top before thinking about what ever he had just touched. " I felt something creepy and crawly and normally I'm good with things like that but I guess I just got spooked. "
"Well, I mean, I enjoyed it! It's a past time thing we used to do in Australia. Like, if my friends and I were bored, we would just go to one of the places where they were found and get stung on purpose. " He shared linking a memory to the moment. " A few detentions? Did you lose house points too? I heard that's a thing here. "
Post by DOMHNALL MCEVOY on May 31, 2024 21:14:02 GMT -5
"Oh, yeah, we learned about zombies in a Defence Against the Dark Arts class last year. They do exist, though I'm not sure if they eat brains." He had been pretty interested during that lesson, since learning that a yet another Muggle 'fiction' really existed was exciting.
"Creepy and crawly? I hope it wasn't a spider... I hear some giant ones live in this forest." He wasn't afraid of spiders, as long as they were regular-sized. However, the way some of his fellow students spoke about Acromantulas, he was pretty sure the creatures were about the size of a horse. And they ate humans, too. Suddenly, being in the middle of the Forbidden Forest at night didn't seem like a great idea.
To suppress the anxious feeling, he kept talking. "We lost fifty house points each. It's like a communal punishment. I think it's meant to force our own housemates to turn against us - the more points we lose, the more hatred we get. A nifty idea, but it doesn't really work on me since my housemates hate me no matter what." He shrugged, showing that it didn't bother him.
Post by CALVIN KLEIN on Jun 1, 2024 4:18:36 GMT -5
" We didn't cover that last year? " He replied with a confused look on his face. " Last year we focused on protection charms and counter charms. " He responded when a light bulb illuminated. " Oh wait..." He shook his head as a little laugh came out. " Last Year I was still in St.Augustine and well... Italy really. " He responded just remembering his bearings.
" I don't like spiders. " Calvin responded hearing about what McEvoy said. " Anything with more than four legs and less than two legs just, creep me out. " He said allowing the chill to run down his spine. " I May of seen one too many Non- magical films where the bugs embedded themselves into the skin and it's just yuckkkk!" He called out allowing Calvin's love for non-magical films to come out,
" Well, 50 house points ain't too bad. Unless you care for that stuff. " Calvin never truly understood why people cared too much about this trophy thing. Aside from bragging rights, it seemed like a team collective and everyone had to excess expectations in order to win. " But your house is still in the lead isn't it? " It seemed every time he passed the Hourglasses he could see Slytherin towering over everyone else.
" Guessing those that were interested had something to say to you ?" He could only imagine the type of torment the boy had to go through. He was already a Mudblood how much more loosing his house 50 points. " Oooh look, the sticks must be still falling. " He said making reference to the tree he just climbed and noticed the shrubs moving slightly.
Post by DOMHNALL MCEVOY on Jun 4, 2024 14:26:17 GMT -5
The transfer student was scatterbrained, but amusingly so. Don watched Calvin trying to figure out where he was last year, feeling increasingly appreciative of such laid-back company. As the conversation turned towards horror, he vaguely nodded in agreement; regular spiders or slugs didn't scare him, though he could see how some people got creeped out.
Something Calvin said gave him a pause. He watched Muggle movies? Somehow, Don had believed that the older boy was a Pureblood - but maybe he was an extremely modern one. The bugs-in-skin part distracted him from that thought. "What, do you mean like scarabs in The Mummy? Or more like... regular ticks?"
Winning the House Cup did usually end up in quite a good party, but Don wasn't too concerned with house points. "Yeah, Slytherin is always in the lead, despite my best efforts," he admitted with a grin. "They do cast some jinxes at me sometimes, but I've gotten pretty good at dodging them."
As the Ravenclaw noted the falling branches, Don turned his head to watch. "That's odd..." The fifth-year's fall had happened a few minutes ago, so the disturbance high in the tree branches would have ceased by now. He looked up and cursed under his breath at the sight that met him. Three enormous spiders were descending from the high branches, two more were emerging from the bushes. His wand was already in his hand, his voice far more serious than usual. "Calvin, walk over here slowly." He kept a steady tone, unsure if being too loud would provoke the monsters.
Post by CALVIN KLEIN on Jun 5, 2024 5:16:52 GMT -5
Just the thought of the creepy crawling moving about in his mind drove him insane. " Shhh!" He called out as he shook his head and covered his ears. He was so tempted to place a muffling charm over his ears. " Yuck!" He called out trying to drown out the thought of the creatures crawling about. " It's the fact how some worms move in like a letter m shape with their like, legs and I say LEGS cos sometimes they have more than four. " He responded as began slamming his palms against his ears.
" Ahh, I thought they did that because you're not a pureblood. " Despite growing up with a pureblood lifestyle, Calvin was more accepting of those lesser than him due to his up bringing though he did consider them to be less fortunate than him as it was always the case in Australia. " Oh sorry, hope that wasn't too offending. " He said as he shrugged his shoulders. He knew some people didn't like being called or labelled as his blood type. He had learned that from an encounter with Julian back in Diagon Alley.
He had glanced over toward Don where he noticed his lips moving but didn't hear any sound. It was here that Calvin realised that his hands were still covering his ears. " Huh? " He replied only hearing a small muffled sentence coming from his mouth. " You want me to roll over to you? " He asked as he dropped to the floor and began rolling toward him.
The leaves covering his clothes as he rolled about like a worm on the floor. " Look I'm a yucky worm!" He called out as he came to an abrupt stop from the tree he once fell out off and looked up to notice the three giant monsters surrounding him and what's worse was that there was one crawling toward him. " Crap."
Post by DOMHNALL MCEVOY on Jun 5, 2024 9:46:18 GMT -5
Don shrugged again. "Being a Muggleborn is another reason." Probably the very base for all other reasons, too, though he wasn't going to start ranting about it now. Back in his second year, failing to be a good Keeper for the Quidditch team had produced a similar onslaught of hexes and jinxes. He might have gotten away with his poor performance if he was a Pureblood. Whatever. Calvin seemed to be apologetic about the blood purity talk, so the fourth-year shook his head. "Not offended at all, don't worry."
Out of all the ways Calvin could have approached him, rolling on the ground was probably the least safe. He was trying to... imitate as worm? Spiders ate worms that got into their nets, didn't they? "Well, that looked appetizing," Don observed, the sober expression on his face making it sound less like a joke that it was intended to be, and more like a fact. The two spiders that had emerged from the bushes were now circling them, cutting off their path of retreat while the three others reached the ground and began stalking closer. Soon enough, they were surrounding the two teenagers.
It didn't seem like Don could humour his way out of the predicament, so he went straight for Plan B. Pointing his wand at one of the spiders, he incanted "Incendio," and sent a pillar of fire at the arachnid. It wasn't enough to kill the creature, but it set all of its little hairs aflame. The ear-piercing scream it emitted as it rolled on the ground had Don convinced that he would need to see a Healer about some ruptured eardrums. He spared a glance at Calvin, to see how the Ravenclaw was faring.
Post by CALVIN KLEIN on Jun 6, 2024 10:46:25 GMT -5
Normally, whenever Calvin was afraid, his heart would sink to his stomach. On this instance, as he met eye to eyes with a gigantic arachnid, he not only felt his heart sink down to his stomach but every other organ around it including his brain. He tried to talk but the words that came out sounded simply like some incoherent noise as if he were attempting to talk in morse code verbally. His mind has been so hyper fixated on the spiders that he pushed away their small talk about blood status rather quickly.
Don's attempt at the fire making spell seemed to only infuriate one of the 8 legged beasts as he crab crawled his way back toward Don grasping onto the leaves as he drew his own wand fumbling it about as the screech of the spider came blasting in the air. " Well... " He finally said capable of producing some words albeit it be a singular word.
" Fire's only gonna piss them off more. " He finally managed to say as he fought his fears before standing along side Don. A thought popped into his head for a split second where it linked back to his creature studies back in Australia. "Arania Exumai!" He called out as a flash of white light sent one of the gigantic beasts flying into the distance and into the same tree he had just once climbed. However, now they were left with Four and one particularly really angry spider and three others which was just observing for now.
