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hermionesclone 
Hands stuffed in his pockets, Alec wandered along a path. He wasn't ready to go back to the castle but he also wanted to get away from the lake for now so... he was here. Walking really slowly along this path as if he had all the time in the world.
The twelve year old wasn't exactly paying attention to where he was going. His feet seemed to be carrying him somewhere while his mind was too busy thinking about... other things. Things he didn't expect to have to face ever in his life.
Alec suppressed a small yawn as he stopped and blinked around at his surroundings. He... hadn't expected to end up here. Among trees and paths! That was slightly odd on his part. Maybe he should keep on walking forwards until he came to a clearing that would take him back to the castle? Yes, that seemed like a good idea.
Zoned out, quiet and probably not himself, Mikey began walking back toward the castle. Not that he actually wanted to go back because he was actually quite enjoying his walk. But it was getting a little cold out now and... well... he didn't like being out in the cold. Purely because of just that. It was cold! Pure and simple. He carried on walking along the paths with his sleeves rolled up glancing around at his surroundings as he walked without a care in the world. Well, what was there to fuss about? The end of term was a few months away which meant he'd finally get a chance to see Maria. He hoped! So he had something to look forward to. And despite not knowing very many people at all, he was quite enjoying life at Hogwarts. And he'd continue to until he got bored of it. But that seemed a little unlikely.
Or was it unlikely?
Mikey jumped slightly when he accidentally bumped into a younger looking boy walking in the opposite direction to himself. He gave the small boy a slight smile.
"Sorry...!" he exclaimed as he got passed the boy and turned his body so that he was facing him and waited for a response. If he was going to get one that was. But why wouldn't he get a response. He'd apologised. Surely that was enough?