Wrong Turn

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| Location: Corridors | Date: 13/03/26 | Word count: 352 |
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It had been an ordinary week. Between classes of Charms, Potions, Herbology, and the other subjects in a first-year’s Hogwarts schedule, Frederick spent his days doing homework, having fun with friends in the common room, and practicing Quidditch. With Friday finally arriving and the last class of the day coming to an end, Frederick felt excited for the weekend and he wanted to start enjoying it right away.

Eager to leave the classroom and make his way to the common room, he gathered his things, slung his bag over his shoulders, and joined two of his housemates, Ophelia and Flame, on the way there. From the way the conversation flowed, it seemed like everyone was happy that the days of rest had finally arrived. As always, Frederick chatted nonstop as he walked beside the girls, sharing bits about his day and drifting into other stories that kept popping up the more he got caught up in the conversation.

The boy kept pace with his companions, holding onto the straps of his bag, and only stopped, already a few steps ahead of Ophelia, when he heard her call out to them. As if jolted back to reality upon hearing her say, “Have you ever been here?”, Buckley suddenly became aware of his surroundings. They were in some unfamiliar corridor. “Uh-oh,” Fred said, turning on his heels to look around, taking in tapestries and paintings he was certain he had never seen before.

Distracted by their conversation, Fred and his friends had gotten lost, but that didn’t worry him. Even in the most ordinary week at Hogwarts, that was bound to happen. Being a first-year and still unfamiliar with the castle and its moving staircases, getting lost was practically routine. Realizing this, the boy let out a short laugh. “I don’t think I know this corridor,” he said, glancing at the girls as he tried to retrace their steps. “Do you think we should go back or keep going?” he asked calmly, already starting to think about what would be the best way for them to find their way back to the common room.

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| Interacting with: @Ophelia Vanderbilt @Flame Afterglow |

Code by Fawkes Chaos

WC: 216

Interactions:@Ophelia Vanderbilt & @Frederick Buckley

DATE: 13/03/26 TIME: ?

Outfits:

Reducio

Flame had been walking along the corridors with two of her fellow Gryffindor's friends, Ophelia and Fred, after classes. She had a pile of homework to do but was saving it for tomorrow morning when no one else was up because they would all be sleeping in. Flame, Ophelia and Fred were all talking about classes and trading stories about how the day had been going.

Suddenly Ophelia stopped in the middle of their conversation. She was looking at the surrounding halls. When she asked if they recognized where they were Flame pulled up a blank. She had often been up past curfew exploring the halls but she didn't think she had ever been in this part of the school before.

Apparently Fred didn't recognize it either because he asked if they should turn back or keep going. Flame turned to her friends, a spark of excitement dancing in her eyes. She smiled. "I think we should keep going!" She told the two. "If none of us had ever been here it could be a fun adventure!" Flame hoped they agreed. She wanted to explore this area so badly! And if they left...She wasn't sure she could find her way back. She watched her friends closely, hoping they agreed.

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| Location: Corridors | Date: 13/03/26 | Word count: 409 | Notes: sorry for the late reply |
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The difference between the group’s reactions was clear. While Flame seemed excited to explore a new corridor of the castle, Ophelia merely shrugged, looking uncertain. With two opinions already given, it was up to Frederick to offer the third and final one, which, apparently, would be the deciding vote. “Let’s keep going,” Buckley concluded quickly, still in a calm tone. “We’ll find the common room before curfew. Besides, look on the bright side, next time we won’t get lost around here again, right?” He tried to sound confident, even without having an actual plan for how they would accomplish what he had just said.

After nodding toward the two girls, Fred resumed walking, making a point of taking another look around, trying to memorize some important detail of this unfamiliar corridor. He spotted a painting further ahead and pointed toward it, choosing it as a landmark to remember the path. “Look, I think that group of wizards playing cards is a pretty good reference for us to keep in mind.” One of the wizards in the painting, noticing Fred approaching, glared irritably at the boy and waved his hand of cards toward the trio as though trying to shoo them away. “Off with you! We’re in the middle of an important match, don’t distract me!” the wizard snapped.

Buckley laughed at the man’s reaction and kept moving forward, occasionally glancing around, then toward Ophelia and Flame, before focusing back on the path ahead. “If only they gave us a map when we started first year at Hogwarts, I think we’d get lost a lot less,” he said. He paused for a moment, imagining what a map of the school might look like and whether it would truly show every path. Some older students had told stories about secret passages and hidden wings tucked within the stone walls, mysteries only a few people knew about. “But then again, what would be the fun in that?” Fred added a few seconds later, his tone lighthearted.

After leading the way for a while, turning one corner to the right and another to the left, still surrounded by endless corridors, Frederick noticed two doors farther ahead, passageways that might finally lead the three of them back onto the right path. “Do we go through the door on the right or the one on the left?” He slowed his pace, almost coming to a stop, so they could decide which path to take next.

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| Interacting with: @Ophelia Vanderbilt @Flame Afterglow |

Code by Fawkes Chaos

WC: 210

Interactions:@Ophelia Vanderbilt & @Frederick Buckley

DATE: 13/03/26 TIME: ?

Outfits:

Reducio

Flame looked down the two corridors that were infront of them. They were relatively identical both with read carpets, candles lining th walls, some armor stands and long hallways. She started debating in her head. Splitting up was not an option. Cause that would mean one person had to go by themsleves and no one knew what or where that one person, who went by themselves would end up or if they would be okay. She debated the right side, people always generally go right so it wasn't a bad idea. Flame looked over at the left. People generally went right so why not go left? they could always retrace their steps if they had too. Flame turned to Fredrick and Ophelia.

"So," She says "I think we should go left!" Flame waited for a reaction before continuing. "I mean, if you guys want to. I was thinking because all people normally go right maybe we can go left?" Flame wondered which corridor the others wanted to go down. After all, the corridors were identical. So it really only depended on which way they were going. Know one would know what was at the end of the hallways till they went.