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The red-head named Joanna sped out of the Gryffindor common room in a flash. She was getting increasingly bored sitting in her dormitory doing nothing. She had to find something do to, even if it meant giving into a bad habit. She tried to stop herself...maybe go talk to someone. But everyone she passed seemed to be too focused on their own little conversations to be bothered. Their company probably wouldn't keep her entertained for very long, anyway. She sat at the base of the Forbidden Forest, hitting the grass with a soft plop. She drew her wand from her bag and muttered a spell under her breath. In an instant, the patch of grass in front of her was slowly being engulfed by tiny flames. The red-head watched the fire as it danced and flickered. Her eyes were glassy as if she were hypnotized.

She listened to it crackle, watching the grass turn black and ashen. After a few minutes, she shook herself out of her hypnotism and pointed her wand to the flames. "Aguamente." A stream of water shot out of her wand at the fire, immediately extinguishing it. She then uttered another spell, causing a small flame to appear in front of her. She moved it around the air. At least this one wouldn't harm the poor defenseless plants.

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Aaron was running full speed on all four legs. It was great. He wanted to howl his pleasure to the world again, but he couldn't drop the wand in his jaws. He sped up all the same. And then fire drifted to his nose. He skidded to a stop among the trees. He took short sniffs of the air and then moved to the source of the fire. A girl, but she seemed to be putting on the flames all the same.

Aaron shook his head and his wand went sliding from his teeth. He yelped and ran after it. His nose to the ground, searching for it. He couldn't have tossed it that far. He frowned with the dog's features. As he looked up there was a small dancing light coming towards him. He barked out at curse and went to hide in some bushes. As soon as the light and possible person passed he would search for his lost wand again.

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Morgan mentally ran through the twisted semi-path she often used to find the Thestrals. Just as she was about to step into the forest, Sam grabbed her hand, entwining their fingers. An unexpected move that she would allow. For now. She didn't buy into his, "so we don't get separated" reasoning. As a warning not to let his hands wander or get too comfortable, Morgan dug her nails into the back of his hand. Not hard enough to draw blood, but hard enough to get her point across. "Hurry." The sooner they got there, the sooner they could leave. She wasn't very happy about having to play tour guide, but there was nothing she could do about it now.

Tugging on Sam's hand, she walked through the trees. She kept her wand in hand, but relaxed by her side. Hopefully she wouldn't need it. Her eyes easily adjusted to the blackness of the forest. Morgan nimbly hopped over fallen tree branches and scattered rocks, all the while dragging Sam along behind her. "Watch where you step."

(( Morgan, Sam and Angelica will be invading from a different thread now~ xD ))

Aaron could do nothing but watch as a girl bent down and picked up his wand. A small whine escaped him. He was in trouble if he lost his wand. He had to get it back. He sighed, knowing he was about to do something really mean.

Aaron bared his teeth and when he was sure he had a very vicious expression, he began to growl. It was soft at first, but grew and seemed to echo in the trees. It freaked him out even.

Aaron came into the light of her wand, still growling. He needed his wand. He just wanted to scare her enough so she would drop it. He snarled at her and gave a powerful bark. He could feel his fur standing on end. He was sure he was frightening.

Angelica rolled her eyes as Sam asked Morgan if he could light his wand. She jumped over a few fallen branches and trotted to catch up, using her wand to illuminate her path as well as Sam's. "Better?" She gave him a smirk, before the toe of her shoe caught on a vine of some sort and she stumbled before regaining her footing. "Bloody hell," she mumbled. Raising her voice, she asked Morgan, "Are we almost there?"

She made sure to keep Sam's footing lit as she followed the two other Slytherins. She was about to ask her question again when she heard a growling. She stopped dead for a moment and then did grab Sam's hand. The growling stopped and then a loud bark sounded. Angelica squeaked out, "What is that?" She wasn't as afraid as she would be without Morgan, but she was still worried enough. Forgetting herself for a moment, she stood closer to Sam, not sure where the bark had come from.

Sam lit his wand and lit Angelica's path. She had already almost fallen face-first into the dead leaves and dirt, so she was only a little grateful. He was about two minutes too late with the wand-lighting.

After the growling occured and Angelica moved closer to Sam, grabbing his hand, he wrapped his arm around her, not letting go of her hand while he did so. Her first thought was to hex him, but then she remembered that Morgan had gently touched his shoulder before and was holding his hand voluntarily now, and Angelica quickly changed her mind to hoping that she wouldn't be the one who ended up hexed. He held her tight to him and murmured about the noises they had heard. "A dog? On Hogwarts grounds?" Angelica asked incredulously. Though she supposed that it did sound like a dog, it just seemed unlikely that a dog would be in the Forbidden Forest. "How could that be, Samael?"

((Oh, sorry! haha sweatdrop ))