Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie

Tobias was totally lost. The castle was huge and there were so many staircases and it was hard to remember what floor you were on. The biggest building he'd ever been in was his old school, and that was nowhere NEAR as big as Hogwarts.

But he and Kace had decided to go exploring in the castle, and Tobias thought that seemed like a pretty good idea, because he was nearing the end of his first year and STILL getting lost on the way to classes.

Eventually, the tiny Hufflepuff turned into the corridor he was sure he was supposed to be in. It was a memorable place because the portraits had interested Tobias greatly. Now, however, as he made his way down the corridor, Tobias couldn't help but notice that there weren't a lot of portraits here. Instead, there were blank patches of wall, and it was clear from the way the patches of wall were pretty much immaculately clean in contrast to the rest of the filthy brickwork that Tobias DID have the right place, and that it was the portraits that had been moved. There were still some, but not as many as last time he'd been here.

Before he could take too long to dwell on that fact, Tobias' ever-wandering attention was caught by a family figure down the corridor. He sped his pace to a jog and grinned as he caught up with his friend. "Hi Kace," Tobias greeted. "Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long. I keep getting lost."

Probably didn't help that Tobias was constantly getting distracted even as he walked around the castle.