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Just when Braeden thought the surprises were over, a third figure seemed to appear out of nowhere, giving him another heart attack that sent his heart bursting from his chest. UWAA! That was it! It was the death eaters! They had caught up with him and Caroline! (Not that Braeden knew why death eaters would be after him and his friend in the first place...)
And then the mystery silhouette spoke. It was a girl. Whew. Yeah, a girl couldn't be a death eater... Braeden gave a relieved lopsided grin.
Wait - girls couldn't be death eaters, right? Now he looked a little horrified. But as he was able to make out the girl's face he was convinced she was, in fact, harmless. Or so it seemed, anyway.
"Yeah, we're fine," muttered the boy with a small smile. "Just... a little lost. Well, I was anyway," he confessed with a bit of a sheepish grin. This girl didn't look too lost and he wasn't sure about Caroline but he had a feeling she had a better sense of direction than he did. "You?" he asked curiously. "Just a fan of strolling through dark, creepy, smelly alleyways on the weekends?" he asked, half teasing.
Ellie chuckled. She actually was a fan of wandering off the beaten path, though not necessarily a fan of grimy alleys.
"Actually," she explained,
"I saw your light and was curious. Plus, it's getting too crowded out there." She pointed her wand back where she came.
"Thought something interesting might be going on... I think it's just rubbish back here," she giggled.
She looked back at the twisted series of turns she had made to get to this location. Living on a large farm had given the Ravenclaw an excellent sense of direction, and making her way back to the street would be no problem. She looked out ahead of her, past the group of lost students. She resisted the urge to rush that way.
"I'm Ellie, by the way," she said, advancing passed the other students towards the darkness that lay before them.
"What led you down here, anyways... besides your terrible sense of direction?" she added sarcastically.