The girl she didn't know was greeting her back. Yay! "Eliza, what a pretty name." And another beam for you. "I'm Peyton Baltazar. You know, Slytherin. Beater. Ice cream extraordinaire." Just so she knew, hehe.

Peyton glanced around. Wind? Yeah, it's been...breezy lately, but that wouldn't stop her from her mission. Nope. She was here to cheer up the forest.

Woooot!

She looked back at Lex. "Oh darn it. Well, we're here now and..."

OH! LOOK!

Tag's friend Alec. "Hiiiiiii, Alec." You seeker, youuu! Then they were joined by another student. Peyton waved at her. Could this get any better? Everyone was here to cheer up the forest, right? Of course! Why else WOULD they be here for? Especially the ones with ice cream. RIGHT?

"You guys! I have an awesome idea. How about--" [i]we find every living creature in the forest and feed them ice cream, but she didn't get to finish her sentence when she heard something.

Peyton first saw eyes and then a shape. Her brain tingled. What was what her mother had told her before her very first train ride on the Hogwarts Express? Something about...

Don't go into the Forbiden Forest. If you must, take a Hufflepuff with you. Or something like that. That woman had too many rules. Even so, Peyton scooted a bit toward Alec, a grin plastered on her face.

She squinted her eyes, trying to get a better look, but it was dark. "I don't know what that is, but maybe it wants ice cream?" she said, extending her bowl of raspberry-vanilla ice cream toward it.