The Hunt Begins, Bird PV Youssuf Baid Lizzy Solace Abandoned

[December 12th, 16:20]


Hunter was quietly roaming the almost empty large corridor, having just come from charms class with slight anticipation. His short steps of a tempo echoed throughout the long hallway, but weren't as noticeable as the whispers of surrounding students having their meek conversations. It was around 16:20, free time was in action, and it was only less than two hours till Dinner was to be served down in the Great Hall. Hunter was unsure of how to spend the time he was given, and decided to just ponder a bit. He walked over to one of the many window sills of the corridor, decorated by the autumnal light of the sun with a warmth that brought a feeling of giddy if one were to touch the stone of the sill or the glass of the window. Hunter sat by the low-large sill, and decided to just gaze out into the vast sky of clouds and witness a few owls flying by. He wondered a bit as to why his house was represented by an eagle; why not an owl? Owls are considered to be so incredibly wise that they were depicted as the messengers of Athena as Hunter recalled. Although, the eagle is a rather valiant bird that was represented by Zeus from Greek mythology. Perhaps the eagle wasn't as bad as Hunter thought, although he'd prefer if the house would be called a "parliament" rather than a "convocation" as people would call a group of owls and a group of eagles respectively. The movement of the owls was inspiring, they seemed so free and alive. They actually inspired Hunter to remember a little trick of his.

Hunter removed from his stacks of notes a piece of paper with no writing upon it, he sat by the window sill and folded the paper in almost complete silence. After about a bit of time, Hunter stood in slight awe at his work of a small Origami bird. It wasn't incredibly impressive, nor was it flashy in any sort of way, but it was something to do rather than nothing. In fact, the previous day's Hunter had been crafting all sorts of Origami creatures due to boredom. One day, he had the fun idea of spreading the animals out into the school, and if someone found them they could keep them as fun little gifts. Eventually, though, he had an idea to make it more of a challenge for other students to find his measly works of art. Unfortunately, Hunter hasn't found any other students that seemed to be interested in his game idea, some were too busy with their homework, and others didn't have a strong interest in the idea of running through the school in search of ordinary pieces of paper. "Ordinary..." Hunter thought. He gave himself a few seconds to ponder, as he gazed at the little paper bird in front of him. It didn't seem special, nor did it have any sort of significance. It wasn't free like the owls outside the window, nor did it scream "magic" like the other activities Hunter had been engaged in throughout the passing days.

Eventually, Hunter gained a rather fun idea. He looked behind himself and in the front of himself down the long corridor and those who walked in it. It only comprised of students, and Hunter hadn't noticed any prefects yet. He took out his wand, and pointed it towards the tiny paper-made bird, and Hunter whispered "Tarantallegra...," while moving his wand in the motion of a cursive lower case "R." Nothing worked for a quick second, but the tiny paper immediately began to do a motion of jumping back-and-forth, and back-and-forth as if jumping in glee rather than that of dancing. The Origami wasn't one of Hunter's best, and it had rather tiny feet/legs that probably made it hard for it to actually dance. Hunter recalls from charms class that as long as the object has legs, it should be capable of dancing. Nonetheless, Hunter gained the sort of effect he wanted, the inanimate animal now seemed more life-like. Perhaps this is what his game idea was missing, perhaps this is what would cause other students to have more interest and play with it. As Hunter admired his work of folding paper and casting a newly learned spell, he recalled that the corridor he was in should have at least one of his previously hidden origami already. He jumped off the low stone window sill, and shoved the jumping paper-bird into his robe.

Hunter ventured down the corridor and saw a row of a few metal knights standing upon small stone podiums. He rushed a little to the middle of the row; having to squeeze himself past other students due to his skinny body and short height. The crowd of students wasn't as heavily dense as between classes, but Hunter always found an issue of getting by others. Soon after, he reached the armor of a tall nicely shined knight with a shield in his hand. Hunter knelt down to one of the knight's feet, and looked to reach behind it. He moved his hand in search of something. He blindly felt for whatever it was, but eventually came out with a hand full of nothing but air and dust. Hunter became overwhelmed with a shock of anxiety. He was certain the origami should be behind this knight's foot. He got up and thought for a moment, "D-Did someone already find it? No, they'd have to be really good at finding things to have noticed that one, unless it somehow fell out by like a gust of wind. I don't want to have to search all of these knights..." Hunter whispered to himself. He looked left and right of the corridors and noticed that students were beginning to leave the area, almost emptying the whole place. The Origami had to be around by one of these knights, Hunter hoped that it wasn't found already, and perhaps a student won't question his actions on searching all of these knights. Or perhaps that is exactly what he wanted, as then he could introduce his game to a new challengar.