Comrades & Courtyards, Pals & Passageways PV

Amadea unplugged her ears as Kyden began explaining something about how her scream had worked in opening the door to the passageway. While she was interested in hearing how it worked, Amadea was only half listening as she was still trying to clear the ringing from her ears. Once the sound had died down and there was only a faint trace left of Ami's banshee scream, Amadea stepped forward to investigate the entrance further. 

She stepped inside after Kyden and Ami, looking around at her surroundings. It looked exactly the same as the other passageways had when Amadea had first gone exploring. Kyden asked them which way to go and Ami immediately jumped on the subject, asking if they could break the rules and go to the room of requirement. Amadea turned to Kyden for instruction. She didn't want to have to be the one to ruin the fun; after all, going to the Room of Requirement did sound interesting to Amadea. She would love to go exploring there. 

"Maybe we could see if we can find a passage that leads to the Room of Requirement," Amadea suggested. "But not actually go inside the Room of Requirement." She thought it was a fair compromise. They would be able to see it, but not actually go inside, therefore not getting in any trouble. That way, they could still have fun without the risk of getting a detention or anything worse. 

Kyden shook his head. He may not be a prefect anymore but he sure as heck wasn't going to break the rules. "Okay lets just explore the passages and go with whatever we find. I am not one to break the rules prefect or not."

He turned to look at the girls and shrugged slightly he eyed the two passageways and decided going left would probably take them away from the passages they had previously explored.  "Okay so I am thinking if we go to the left it should lead us up in the castle where as going to the right will lead us down into the basement and dungeons and what not."

He leaned against the wall waiting for the girls to decide which way they wanted to go. He kind of hated that he was not one to break the rules. It might end up being fun but he just wasn't the type that wanted to end up in detention or even worse expelled. So living on the straight and narrow path was just going to have to do for the girls. He knew Amadea didn't really care.

"Okay then have we decided which way we will go?"

Ami sighed, her mouth twitching in amusement at Kyden's words about abiding by the rules. But what was life without bending the rules a little bit? Where was the fun in that? "Fine..." she sighed, although it was somewhat reluctant.

Kyden explained quickly and thoroughly about his hunch on the passageways, and Ami nodded along in understanding- that's what you were supposed to do when you understood, right? You nodded, to convey to the other people participating in the discussion that you understood. Left, the rest of the castle. Right, spooky stuff, like dark dungeons and spiders, maybe the occasional Potions professor.

Well, never let it be said that Ami Procoppio was a scaredy cat.

"To the right! I don't go down there much, maybe we can go to the dungeons?" Ami suggested, smiling at the other two as persuasively as she could. "And, I know, if those are off-limits or whatever, let's see if there's a passageway into the Potions classroom." There. Everything was perfectly fine, all following the rules, and it was a weekend, Professor Valtome wouldn't have any classes in there, anyway, so they wouldn't be interrupting anything by accident.

And, if by some miracle, the dungeons weren't off-limits... well, Dungeons & Dragons was rumored to be a cool game. What could possibly go wrong?

Amadea sighed in relief as Kyden put down the "no breaking the rules" line. Even though she was a Prefect, she didn't want to be the one ruining everyone's fun. Then everyone would just hate her and Amadea really didn't want anyone to hate her. Thankfully, they came up with a good solution of just exploring the passageways to see what they found, though Ami didn't seem too keen on the idea. 

Amadea listened as Kyden explained where he thought the passageways would lead, and which way was which. It was helpful to have such a knowledgeable passageway expert helping them. Amadea was sure she would get lost if she didn't have Kyden with her, even with the maps he had made them. 

Ami immediately decided they would go to the dungeons. Amadea had personally only ever been down there to go to Potions class; she knew the Slytherin common room was there as well as other places where students weren't allowed. Hopefully, they would only be traversing through the places they were allowed to be in. 

"Alrighty, to the dungeons it is!" Amadea exclaimed with a laugh. She turned to Kyden. "Do you want to lead us? After all, you're the passageway expert." 

Kyden sighed. He was hoping to get to explore something that wasn't the dungeons. Being a Slytherin meant knowing the dungeons like the back of his hand. But majority rules and all that so okay it looked like the dungeons it was.

"Okay we can go towards the dungeons but I refuse to find one into the potions room. I am actually on Professor Valtome's good side and in the off chance that he is in there I really am not looking for trouble. Come on Ami you should know me by now."

Truth was Kyden was slightly.....okay......Kyden was a huge goody two shoes. He grew up that way and old habits were hard to break. Oddly enough he actually enjoyed following the rules. Following the rules insured order and order insured things would run smoothly. Without rules the castle would be a chaotic circus. 

So off to see what passageways that lead to various places in the dungeon they would go. It couldn't possible be that bad right?

"I am telling you girls right now if we find a passageway that leads us to Valtome I'm gone and I will leave you both for dead," he muttered jokingly. Of course he wouldn't do that. Or would he.

Dungeons, halle-freaking-lujah. Creepy crap had always been right up Ami's alley, even from a young age, and dungeons were pretty much the epitome of creepy crap. Absolutely perfect, this was going to be one of the more fun adventures through the passageways. Then, of course, Kyden went ahead and revealed his true Actually a Good Person self that he was, insisting he wouldn't dare trample upon the Potions classroom.

Boring. But necessary. 

Seeing as Kyden wasn't about to do anything, Ami made the extremely dumb decision to barge ahead of him, mainly because she was just an extremely impatient child. "Lumos!" she cried, flicking her wand in the loop-de-loop required to correctly cast the spell. See, she did pay attention in class. 

The tip of her wand began to glow, and Ami grinned, proud of herself. Yay, so she was learning stuff at Hogwarts! "Kyden, I'm just gonna... move ahead, then. If I do something stupid, tell me, okay?" Haha, who was she kidding? She was always doing stupid things, but that was okay.

Leading the group (and waving her wand around), the trio came upon a fork in the passageways. Glancing back at Amadea, Ami raised an eyebrow. "Your call, Amadea."

The trio began their trek through the passageways, hopefully going in the correct direction of the dungeons. If they weren't, well, then it would just be a different adventure. Amadea wondered what kind of things she should expect in the dungeons. There were plenty of rumors about dragons and other scary beasts that inhabited the dungeons, but Amadea wasn't sure if it was actually true or not. Now that she was heading down to the dungeons, she really hoped it wasn't true. It wasn't like she was a scaredy cat or not brave. She just would prefer not to run into such creatures today. 

As she thought about it, it began to seem less likely that dragons were actually living in the dungeons. After all, the Slytherin common room was down there so if there were dragons, the Slytherins would have to know how to fight them off. Amadea was fairly certain that the Headmaster and staff wouldn't do that to the Slytherins, no matter how cruel some of them were, so she felt marginally better as she walked behind Kyden and Ami, who was now the leader as she was the one with the lit wand. 

Amadea was snapped out of her thoughts as they came upon a fork in the path. Ami decided it would be Amadea's choice as to which way they should go. Unfortunately, Amadea wasn't the best at making decisions. She always second guessed herself or regretted making one choice because she should have made a different one. Plus, she didn't know which path led to the dungeons! Maybe they both did, or maybe neither of them did, but Amadea didn't want to risk leading them down the wrong path. 

"I, um, Kyden why don't you choose?" Amadea stuttered. "You know the passageways better than I do and you're probably better at making decisions too." 

Kyden looked around and sighed. Sometimes Ami could be a hard person to try and get along with but she was his friend all the same. It was crazy, if you thought about it, how people so different from each other could become friends like the way that the group of the three of them had. True he was probably closer to Amadea but truthfully he had met her first. 

He looked around for a minute and then laughed to himself. He had been looking for a clock. He wasn't sure what time it was but he knew that he had been exploring with them for quite sometime and he had some things he needed to get done. 

He opened his mouth to speak to the girls just as they happened upon a fork. "Ummm well I say you guys can go left but Guys I gotta go I have things I need to get done like homework and stuff. So I am sorry but we should end this adventure for now. I promise we can do some more exploring soon."

He looked at the girls waiting for a response before he turned to head back to the exit of the tunnels.

Kyden Exits Thread

From here on out, Amadea, I now change this thread to an RPG+. You're welcome.

Ami eyed Kyden as he babbled on and on about having to leave. Yes, we get it dude, you actually have a life and I don't. You don't need to rub it in. Well, it was probably a legitimate excuse, but that also meant that the two redheads would be wandering around the secret passageways... alone. 

Spooky. Certainly, an adventure to be had, if anything. A great bonding experience, if you looked on the bright side, because even considering the dark was too terrifying to fathom. Before she could protest, or even utter a single syllable, the boy was gone. Honestly, it was a little bit like magic, how quickly he moved. 

But never mind him, he had his own things to tend to, his own agenda to follow- and at the moment, Ami had neither of them. Instead, she was stuck in a dank, musty passageway with one of the coolest people alive... so maybe "stuck" wasn't an appropriate term. She was graced by Amadea's presence in a strangely disgusting tunnel within the wall of the school... yeah, that was better, much better. 

"What do you say we go exploring? Just the two of us?" Ami hadn't spent much one-on-one time with Amadea, like, ever. Now was as a good a time as any to start, right? "You know, the Hogwarts' equivalent of a Girl's Night Out?" Flashing a wide grin, Ami turned to face Amadea, her wand casting a warm glow over her face.

Studying the girl in front of her, she was suddenly hit with a pang of gratefulness that this brilliant girl called Amadea Campbell had decided to be her friend, to stick by her for all this time. The same flaming hair, the same sun-kissed skin layered with freckles, the same rosy lips... and yet the two couldn't be any more different on the inside.

Anything with the whole "opposites attract" metaphor would be correct. The sun and moon, yin and yang, pieces of a puzzle... they were all accurate when describing the two girls. Ami's brash manner and love of thrill brought out the bold side of Amadea, while Amadea's nearly infallible demeanor and respect for rules meant that Ami could finally learn how to properly be tamed, to be controlled. All in all, it was quite the perfect combination.

"You know what," Ami continued on, without waiting for a response. "We're going. Come on! We can't get into too much trouble, right?" Grabbing Amadea's hand, she flashed another wide grin at her, her wand illuminating the path twisting towards the darkness before them. "I'll lead the way. I won't let you get hurt, I promise."

Amadea followed her friends down the passageways, listening to their footsteps clattering against the stone floor and the echo of their breath as they walked along. Abruptly, they reached another fork in the passageways and before either of them could make a decision as to which way they should go, Kyden decided to head out. Apparently, he had important things to attend to, like homework and being a prefect. At least one of them was being productive and spending their time wisely. 

"Okay, bye Kyden!" Amadea said, waving. Her feelings were battling inside of her. To be honest, she was a bit disappointed that he had to leave so quickly and so soon. They had planned on spending the entire day together, and Kyden was the one who had organized it all, but now he had bowed out. But Amadea was also excited because she finally got to spend some one on one time with Ami, which she had never had before. Amadea had always been with someone else when she had been hanging out with Ami, but now it was just the two of them. 

Amadea was also scared. Kyden was the master of the passageways. He knew almost all of the ins and outs, the twists and turns, and knew where they were headed. Amadea and Ami, on the other hand, had no idea where they were going. Luckily, they had their trusty maps with them, but Amadea wasn't sure how much help they would be in this section of the passageways, which seemed to not have been explored yet. 

"This would be some 'Girl's Night Out'," Amadea commented with a laugh. This was definitely not her ideal Girl's Night Out, but they were down in the passageways anyway, so it wasn't like they had much of a choice. "Onward!" Amadea exclaimed, hoping she sounded cool and sophisticated and not like a dork. 

Ami grabbed her hand and pulled her along as they trekked through the passageway. It appeared as though it was becoming darker and darker, which wasn't a problem for Amadea except for the fact that they had no light. Luckily, Ami lit her wand and used it to guide them through the twists and turns. "Uhh, trouble?" Amadea asked hesitantly. She loved her redheaded Hufflepuff friend, but Amadea wasn't sure she could get much more different than Ami. Ami was energetic and always ready for an adventure while Amadea preferred to think things through first and not get in trouble. Plus, Amadea was a prefect. She was supposed to be setting a good example. 

"Let's try not to get into any trouble," Amadea said feebly as Ami guided her through the passageway. "Where are we headed?"