Originally Posted by Gryffindoll

Having taken this route an infinite amount of times in the past, Edric could sense that he was nearing the stairs. He didn't risk using his wand for light to avoid being detected, in case there were any professors wandering the halls as well. So he had to guide himself with intuition and the sense of touch.

BUT THEN!
Just as the boy reached the moving stairs, a bright light shone upon him like a spotlight and the Gryffindor was busted. Completely startled, he turned around abruptly and lost his balance for a brief second, nearly falling back into the moving staircase. With his heart in his throat and his brown eyes wide as saucers, Edric looked directly into the light with honest shock on his expression before wincing away, the light burning his eyes that had become sensitive after seeing nothing but darkness for so long.

It took Edric a second to regain his composure, and when he did, it clicked in his brain just how familiar that voice had sounded. It was so… scolding. He could only think of one person who liked to play the role of scolding mother with him.

"Evs?" the boy turned back to the light with squinted eyes, vaguely making out the figure of the tall girl. As he recognized her silhouette, it became his turn to be indignant. "Merlin! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!"