Bentley rolled his eyes again. Because of course. Why did he even ask when he knew the answer to that question was always 'the library'.

"You do know that there are other places that we're allowed to venture to in this castle right?" He wanted to go outside...with heeer.

He supposed she didn't know how hot her hair looked when the sun hit her blonde highlights just right Even more so, he didn't suppose she'd be too keen on him mentioning it to her just now..


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"Waaaaaaaaaht tha? Ouch!" Bentley swatted at whatever had bit his neck. Mosquitoes? He'd had never dealt with mosquitoes at Hogwarts before. It took the Gryffindors only a few seconds to realize that the biting pests were not insects but pixies. He supposed the quickest way to deal with them was with a stunner but first he'd smack them so hard with one of Chloe's books (which he snatched by the way) they'd be seeing stars for days. Rounding on the one that bit him, Bentley swatted at it fiercely with the book.

Chloe did not like confrontation. She liked it even less when it was violent confrontation and these pixies were just that. They were pulling her hair and loud and attacking others and she was not about it.

Instead of doing something reasonable, like pulling out her wand to help immobilise the pixies, Chloe withered into a ball of sadness. Or more specifically she got down on her knees and covered her head from assaults from pixies.

Unhelpful Chloe was unhelpful.

After having overheard a few older students talking about a secret room inside the castle that would give the person who needed something exactly that thing they need. He had forgotten what the room was called but he was very sure it had to be somewhere on the seventh floor.

He stood facing the wall, his hand outstretched and his fingers touching the stones as he tried to find a hidden switch consealed as a brick. Could he have ask someone where the room was and how to get in? Of course he could but what was the fun in that?

Dora had been enjoying of a bit of an unplanned nap in her common room when she was woken up by a younger boy being an idiot... as usual, really. She loathed being in Gryffindor sometimes... Like really badly when she was trying to nap in front of the fireplace. But that was over and done and now she was off to find food. She needed it in her life, you see.

The blonde's tummy gave a rumble as she spotted a rather peculiar thing happening. Why was that Ravenclaw caressing the wall like that? How odd. Of course, this meant Dora had to join, though! As she siddled up beside him she couldn't help but snicker.

"Mason... have you gone round the twist?"

Because caressing a wall was definitely not normal.

Aware but not caring about the approaching footsteps, Mason continued to search for a hidden switch on the wall when a voice beside him made him stop. Turning his head towards the Gryffindor for a second, he then turned back to his important task.

"That's the most polite way i've ever heard of someone calling me out of my mind" he said casually as if he had been talking about the weather. "But no, i haven't, im still completely sane"

Hmmmm.... Maybe there was no switch at all?

"But what are you doing here?" he asked as he took back a step or two, looked at the wall in front of him and shouted "Open!" out of nowhere.

.......nothing happened. Still sane though.

Dora poked the wall experimentally. What exactly was he up to? "Didn't say you were crazy. I asked. Huge difference. I never assume things, " she said with a slight bump of her shoulder against his. Seeee. "But where's the fun in being completely sane? Gotta be a little crazy sometimes, " the blonde offered with a serious nod. Life was too short to be serious and sane all the time.

"I was leaving my common room... obviously. Then I saw you so I came over... but if you would rather I left, then I can do so. " But don't be rude, dude. Dora was good company, he just needed to realize it.

Open?

...OH! "You're looking for the room of requirement! Well, you're in the wrong place... and that's not how you open it! " Broooo. She thought everyone knew that! She only knew because older students had shown her early into her scool career... and maybe a certain professor, too! Hehe.

Mason turned his head to the side to look at his arm from where she had bumped her shoulder against him. Raising an eyebrow, the Ravenclaw turned his brown eyes on her before looking back to the wall without saying a word.

Until she mentioned that very room he was looking for and that he had been looking at the wrong place. Clearing his throat and looking a bit embarrassed he said, not so confidently, "O-of course its not here, i knew that, i was just..uhm...testing if more hidden rooms were on this floor!" ahem

He loosened and then straightened his tie. "You don't have to leave" he said "But, refresh my memory, how do i get in to that room of requirment again?" and uh..where is it?

Um... why did he look at his shoulder like that? Was he afraid she had given him cooties or something? Ravenclaws were a strange lot, they were. And why didn't they like physical contact? Weird, weird, WEIRD! Dora never took much stock into following those unwritten Ravenclaw rules though, in fact, she shuffled closer to him, shoulder touching his. Mhm.

"Of course you were," she said gently before poking the wall for his sake. See, she wouldn't make it worse for him. "Have you found anything? Like any other hidden rooms around the castle?" That was a legitimate question. The eagle bunch were a rather curious bunch and she figured if anyone besides a Gryffindor could find something like that, it was them.

Good thing, because she hadn't actually intended to. He seemed like he could do with a friend, you know. Everyone could. Especially a Dora friend. THen without another word he took Mason's hand and started to tug him down the corridor a ways. "All you have to do is walk past the spot on the wall three times while imagining what you need the room to be. And it really will give you what you need! How cool is that?" she said with a giggle.

Being Head Girl meant doing rounds. All the time. It didn't matter if it was early, late, hot, cold or if she was tired or needed to study. Rounds were a part of her role and she had accepted the role head on. Usually she wasn't up this way for her rounds but she might've made a pit stop to check up on a certain blonde lion.

Now though she was simply walking along the corridor making sure things were as they should be. Everyone most be outside or studying, it was far to quiet. Hady hadn't come across anything since she had begun. As a matter of fact she hadn't even come across anyone at all. Boring. Maybe it was time to head outside for some fresh air herself.

With another quick glance up and down the corridor she continued walking her mind wandering ahead a few weeks and onto her upcoming summer plans. This was going to be the best summer by far! Family, friends, traveling around with Frankie. Nothing could beat that and right now as much as she'd miss Hogwarts Hady was ready to move forward onto bigger things.

Bigger and better things?

Dora understood this. She really, really did. AS a matter of fact, she was awaiting the train ride home so she could strike out across the WORLD with her best friends and her family!

Yep!

She was dragging Casper and Sam travelling with her. All over, it had been decided!

ANd there the younger blonde was, sitting in a dark spot, almost hidden from the others with a travel guide in her hands. THIS was it. SHE was going to track her trek around the WORLD starting with Europe TODAY.


And yeah... she didn't quite notice anyone else as she smiled and giggled to herself outside of the Portrait. Nope. She thought she was ALONE.

Being Head Boy meant doing rounds. All the time. Over the past three years, Frankie could have swore he spent most of his time doing that over his homework. Not that he was complaining too much about that. The blond would gladly choose roaming around the castle for shenanigans any day. Never mind the fact that sometimes he snuck off for about 15 minutes to chat with his girlfriend and give her a nice kiss or two to keep their spirits high.

Not that he was going to be doing that today. It was her turn to sneak a visit while he patrolled the seventh floor, his own stomping grounds. While he was anxious for Hady's arrival, he couldn't help but sense a bittersweet feeling in his stomach. In a matter of days, these castle rounds wouldn't be happening. They would take his badge from him. He would be an alumnus of the school. Being a student would be a thing of the past.

It was crazy, both a happy and sad thing. Right now the sadness was spilling over. He only had so many days of walking past that ghastly tapestry across the Room of Requirement or swimming in the giant tub in the prefects' bathroom with Hady or doing his morning runs on the now green school grounds.

He needed a certain someone to cheer him up. To remind him of the great summer plans that had been made before he became the best YATI ever.

Turning a corner with a hand in his pocket and his head looking down at his feet, the soon-to-be-graduate didn't notice that he was approaching the young lion outside the portrait or his favourite snakette. Merlin, how was it possible for him to grow up so fast? It seemed only yesterday he was a troublesome first year, not a young adult that was soon to be catapulted into the real world...

The very same time Frankie rounded that corner, Hady was just a second from doing the same. Only unlike him her WAS watching where she was going. Not that it stopped her at all from allowing the taller boy to walk right into her, her arms gently encircling his waist as he did in the form of a light hug but also to keep themselves on their feet. "Hey you," she whispered softly in her usual greeting, hazel eyes lifting to meet his blue ones. "You really should watch where you're going before you knock someone down." Just as he had a few terms ago. To her. Of course she was teasing him right now and her light tone showed as much.

As much as she would've loved to stand there holding onto him in the middle of the corridor wasn't the best spot. So after just the briefest of moments Hady dropped her arms to her sides and turned on her heel to walk beside the boyfriend. "Everything alright?," she questioned noting the look in his eyes that she had come to know well over the last couple of weeks. As excited as they both were for the summer and their futures it was scary too. They had talked about most things and at least had some idea of how things were going to go for them.

It wasn't until they had walked several more steps that her eyes caught something, or more like someone sitting in the shadows. She wasn't entirely sure on who it was just yet but she gave them a smile while continuing to walk closer. Finally she was able to make out who was sitting there. "Hello, Dora, if you're wanting to hideout the corridor isn't the best spot," she joked laughing quietly. There were much better places to hide away from people and the noise.

Okay... so she wasn't HIDING. She was just looking for a quiet spot. Which she had found until the Head people invaded her space! Not that she minded too much, seeing as she secretly liked the both of them more than she really let on. Hehe.

Oh... EW. Public display of affection not withstanding, of course. The blonde wrinkled her nose up and made a gagging sound before she stood and brushed off her backside. "I wasn't hiding. I just wanted some quiet." she said, echoing her own thoughts from earlier. Not that they knew what she had been thinking, though. Whatever

Closing her travel guide, the younger Lion looked between the two prefects and smiled. "Well... if you two want some alone time... I can just crawl back into the common room." Not really. She had ZERO intention of leaving the spot that SHE had claimed well before they wandered up.

That gagging sound and wrinkled up noise went ignored. There was nothing wrong with a small hug, it wasn't like they were snogging or being completely lovey dovey mushy in the corridors. Hady did respect people though and didn't reach for the boyfriends hand as she normally would, however she remained stood at his side as she looked at Dora.

Finding quiet out in the corridor was different. Most would seek out out places but to each their own. "Ah, I can understand that. Lion den noisy today?" The brunette had no idea how their common room was today but she knew her own had a few in there studying and discussing summer plans.

Hazel eyes moved over Dora briefly until they landed on what the younger girl was holding. A smile tugged at Hady's lips and she gestured to the travel guide. "Are you going away this summer or just getting ideas at places you'd like to visit someday?" Looking at travel guides had been something both Hady and Frankie had done a lot of over the last few weeks. Their summer plans involved a TON of planning and strategizing. They would be going all over the place in just the course of one month, it was sure to be incredibly busy but amazing. "No, you don't have to leave." They were doing their rounds so they'd be continuing on. Plus something told her that Dora wouldn't be leaving them alone anyhow even if she had told her to go.

One moment he was deep in thought about the future, the next he was nearly having a heart attack. He hadn't expected Hady to grab onto his waist like that. Not that he didn't like it; Frankie was just surprised. In all honesty, the blond hadn't expected her to be up on the seventh floor this early. Neither of them were at their meeting point and, given the light coming through the corridor windows, it wasn't quite time for them to be there.

When she spoke, the Head Boy smirked. He needed to watch where he was going? "Nah. People should just know that they need to move when they see me coming." He did have a badge after all. That meant he was practically royalty at Hogwarts or something, right? Right.

The smirked disappeared the moment she asked him if everything was alright. The blond wondered if his face expressed too much in that regard. "Yeah, everything is alright," he said honestly. Everything was okay. There was just a lot on his mind -- from NEWTs to graduation to the world waiting outside the castle's gates. "Just thinking about graduation and all of that. And --"

Oh. Hello, Dora.

When his fellow lion caught their attention, he let a smile grow on his lips ... and then he stuck out his tongue at the sight of her wrinkled nose and the sound of her gagging. He even thought about planting a nice kiss on Hady's lips right there, but he was positive that was a no-no for student leaders. At least in public places like the middle of the corridor.

"No need to bother the Fat Lady to let you in," Frankie spoke. "This isn't where we have alone time anyway. We're respectful people, you know." ANYWAY. "How've you been? Ready for summer?"

Going anywhere fun? The soon-to-be graduate glanced over at her travel guide. He then gave Hady a look. Maybe there were some nifty places in there that they could check out when they went on their long summer get-away.