Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee Dani wandered out of her room in midafternoon. The day was getting long, and she'd dozed a bit after discovering all the wonderful little girl intricacies of her room. But now she was hungry, and her mother was fast asleep on her bed. Her poor mum, who had to work into the night and didn't get to sleep until morning. Dani knew better than to wake up a grown-up for something as silly as food. She'd just have to go and fetch it herself. Maybe she could even bring back some for Mum!
At the bottom of the tower stairs, Dani stood in indecision. Was it a right turn or a left turn? She couldn't decide, so opted for right because she liked the portrait at the end of that hallway and wanted to examine it. Imagine her surprise when the well-dressed woman in the picture offered her directions to the kitchen. The man in the portrait argued with her, and Dani left the two of them in high spirits.
A few twists and turns later, Dani realized she was hopelessly lost. It didn't concern her too much because, first, she was seeing so many interesting things, and second, she knew someone would come and find her eventually. She was staring at a suit of armor and trying to make it talk to her when a ghost bounced down the hallway. Dani thought he was a ghost, although he wasn't dressed the way she thought one would be... all colorful and vulgur.
"Well," the nasal voice was loud in the hallway. "What have we here? A wee little witchy..."
"I am a witch!" Dani replied proudly. "And you're a ghost, aren't you?"
"The wee witchy is correct. And for that, she gets a reward..." Peeves knocked over the suit of armor, the heavy metal weaponry barely missing the small girl. He placed the helmet on his head, making the trap open and shut like a giant mouth. "I wonder what wee witchies taste like..." He raced at her, and Dani took off down the hallway with a screech.
Peeves lost track of Dani somewhere in the dungeons, when Filch rounded a corner and caught the poltergeist's attention. Dani disappeared down a dark corridor, teh sounds of a violent brawl behind her. She tripped on the uneven flagstone floor and lay where she fell, her breath coming out in an uneven hitch as she sobbed out her fear. She wanted her mum. She wanted Professor Snape. She hated it here.
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