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DaniDiNardo · 12-05-2018, 11:37 AM

At the edges of the grounds of Hogwarts borders the Forbidden Forest, also known as the Dark Forest. The forest holds many secrets and in its depths, hidden in the shadows dwells creatures who are not only of a friendly nature. All the rumors you have heard of the forest are probably more correct than not and you would do good to keep at a safe distance from this ominous place. And please, keep your voice down.

As the name implies; it is strictly off limits for students (yes, that means you too Gryffindors). Get too close and the Groundskeeper will shoo you away to safety. No student is to enter the Forest without accompanied by a professor. You wouldn't dare to enter the Forest after these warnings... would you?

DaniDiNardo · 03-04-2020, 10:38 AM

The chomp down on his shoulder took the man by surprise--the worst kind of surprise. The kind that was accompanied by searing pain that now ran through his right arm and shoulder. Malachi only barely managed to keep hold of his wand, his fingers now tingling something fierce but he couldn't afford to drop it. With Blaze in the other hand and spiders everywhere, he needed it.

It wasn't until he'd gotten clear of the forest that Malachi realized they were no longer being pursued. Back inside the trees, he could see the spiders' retreating figures. Even that didn't calm his frazzled nerves. On the contrary, now that the adrenaline wasn't needing, it began to subside and it left the man who'd spent the majority of his life terrified of spiders now shaking.

Thoughts? Did he have any? Not at first. His instinctual response was to say every cuss word he'd ever learned. Inappropriate in front of students? What students? He could barely breathe.

Spiders. Spiders everywhere. Creeping and crawling and chomping and and and....holymiserablemotherofmerlin. Breeeeeeeathe. BREATHE. Which way was the castle? Which way was the trees and how did he avoid them forever? Who borrowed his lungs and how soon could he have them back. Questions. He had them. The only one to pass his lips?

"What were you two THINKING?????" Only one of two may have been able to answer in the moment but he would have answers.

BanaBatGirl · 03-04-2020, 10:18 PM

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Piers quickly headed over to Bernie just as she was stooping down to pick something up. "Come on, hurry up," he ordered, grabbing the girl's arm to tug her towards the treeline. He was unaware that she was just picking up the other girl's wand, but he just wanted to get OUT of there.

"Bombarda Maxima!" he shouted at any remaining spiders, his spell powerfully fueled with the anger he felt for the loss of his dogs.

Bernie was quickly losing her focus, likely because of all her wounds that were oozing things she couldn't see in the dark. She let out an exclamation of pain when Fuller grabbed her arm, though, as he happened to tug the arm that was connected to her mangled shoulder.

"P-pr-professor, please!" she gasped, reeling in pain as he tugged her out of the forest. "Mmy shoulder!" IT BURRRRRRNED!!!! It felt like it had popped off her body and was hanging there by a thread; she didn't even want to KNOW what it looked like right now.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

The chomp down on his shoulder took the man by surprise--the worst kind of surprise. The kind that was accompanied by searing pain that now ran through his right arm and shoulder. Malachi only barely managed to keep hold of his wand, his fingers now tingling something fierce but he couldn't afford to drop it. With Blaze in the other hand and spiders everywhere, he needed it.

It wasn't until he'd gotten clear of the forest that Malachi realized they were no longer being pursued. Back inside the trees, he could see the spiders' retreating figures. Even that didn't calm his frazzled nerves. On the contrary, now that the adrenaline wasn't needing, it began to subside and it left the man who'd spent the majority of his life terrified of spiders now shaking.

Thoughts? Did he have any? Not at first. His instinctual response was to say every cuss word he'd ever learned. Inappropriate in front of students? What students? He could barely breathe.

Spiders. Spiders everywhere. Creeping and crawling and chomping and and and....holymiserablemotherofmerlin. Breeeeeeeathe. BREATHE. Which way was the castle? Which way was the trees and how did he avoid them forever? Who borrowed his lungs and how soon could he have them back. Questions. He had them. The only one to pass his lips?

"What were you two THINKING?????" Only one of two may have been able to answer in the moment but he would have answers.

And then they were out, free of the treeline, and Bernie could see the Headmaster looking worse than she'd ever seen him, and not just because of the injury to his shoulder. What was wrong with these spiders and always wanting to rip the humans' limbs off, huh? Was the Headmaster shaking with rage or something else? She didn't know.

"Ssssorry, sir," she whispered, weaving in place as she tried to stay standing. "I was j-just trying to follow Cc-CLAUDINE!" The sight of her friend forced Bernie to blink through her tears, even as her thigh finally gave out and she fell down to her knees. Bernie tried to wipe her eyes to see her friend, and thought about crawling over to her, but she couldn't really make out anything in the darkness. "Is she alive? P-please, sir..."

FearlessLeader19 · 03-04-2020, 11:33 PM

Claudine was still blissfully out cold and sensibly, that meant she was completely oblivious to what was taking place. She missed out on the epic blasting spells and the retreating spiders. Had she been conscious, she probably would have fainted from relief, anyway. After her heart figuratively hurt for the dogs, that is.

The important thing was that she had survived this mainly due to the combined efforts of Bernie, Fuller-Thompson and Trent. She was also, at that very moment, coming around in time to hear Bernie ask if she was alive. Claudine mumbled inaudibly. Now that she was almost back, the pain in her arms took hold of her once more. Those spiders had done a mighty number on her.

Her eyelids fluttered open as she groggily tried to make sense of all that had happened.

DaniDiNardo · 03-05-2020, 08:54 AM

Sorry. She was sorry. So good that she was sorry, it definitely reversed everything and made it all okay. That was all he needed, y'know, an apology to make the spiders stop crawling all over him. They weren't anymore you say? Then why was his skin still crawling?

Sorry. Sorry.

If the apology hadn't been enough of an inadequate slap to the face, the excuse that came next was. Just trying to follow Claudine. No real thought. Just following. No regard for his warning he'd given at the start of the term. Just following others break the rules, heedless to consequences. The man was about at the end of his rope with this one and her refusal to think before she acted. How many chances did one expect to get before they ran out?

"Professor nothing." His voice nearly cracked, only barely holding firm while all the excess energy began making its way out of him. The throbbing in his shoulder demanded his attention but his anger would not rest. She had the nerve now to be begging when it was THEIR fault. "Please. Please. Please. Please WHAT? Have you got sticks broken in your ears? What are you asking of me now that you've both gone and decided to blatantly ignore school rules. You could've gotten more than just yourselves killed. And for WHAT?" Speaking to them both now that he'd seen Blaze was coming to.

He took a moment to steady Blaze on her feet then with the sloppy movement of his non-dominant hand, he levitated Grantham back to her feet. "We'll get you two to the healer for the time being. We'll all need a trip there. In the morning, we'll discuss this further but as of now, neither of you is to leave your dorm unless it's for lessons. Meals? Dorm. Study? Dorm. It's CLEAR I can't TRUST you to roam freely so you've lost the privilege until the Hogwarts Express turns up to take you home. Let's go."

He waited for them to begin moving, albeit still shaking some. If they could go off into the forest like reckless idiots, they could suck up these injuries enough to get themselves to the Healer. Afterall, they must've been prepared for the consequences before they entered the forest. If no one had shown up and they managed to live, they'd have had to. All in their plan. It was definitely a contingency they'd considered. His only concession was a feather light charm on each to take a fair bit of the weight off for them. "Now."

BanaBatGirl · 03-05-2020, 01:26 PM

Bernie couldn't stop the hot, thick tears that rolled down her cheeks now. The Headmaster was livid, perhaps even more angry than he'd been when she had blown up the duelling arena. And he seemed like he was mocking her when she was at her worst. She started sobbing, half because of relief that her friend had survived, and half because she felt like she was being grounded by her father. She couldn't even look at her poor, dearly beloved, favourite injured professor Headmaster.

She found herself being levitated up and started hiccuping through the tears as she struggled to stand up. Bernie thought about asking Fuller to make her a crutch out of a branch or something, but didn't dare risk it. Not with this temper her professors were in. She used her sleeve to wipe her tears enough to see, and started limping back toward the castle. At least her leg had mostly stopped bleeding, maybe?

sarahlooo · 03-07-2020, 04:03 AM

Well, Piers was only trying to SAVE Bernie, and all she wanted to do was WHINE about it. "Well, I could have left you!" he said, letting go of the girls arm. Yeah, it was probably badly injured and he could have made it worse, but it was her fault anyway, so he didn't feel bad. ~~Sorry, not sorry.~~

And then the Headmaster was saying everything that was on Piers' mind. He was so, incredibly frustrated that he couldn't even formulate the words to express his anger, so he was glad the Headmaster could.

Piers sniffed and rubbed his sleeve across his nose, trying not to think of what was currently happening to his dogs. He wanted to go after them but he knew it would be a suicide mission and the chance of them still being alive was pretty slim. "I'll take Blaze," he said roughly, using his wand to levitate the other girl so Trent just had to focus on carrying one of them.

"Let's go." Piers started toward the castle again. He wanted to drop these unintelligent students off at the hospital wing and then go back to his hut and cuddle the remaining members of his dog family.

FearlessLeader19 · 03-07-2020, 05:06 PM

It all came back like one quick, grand tsunami. Acromantulas, doggos being taken, battling the acromantulas, doggos being taken, Trent, Fuller- Thompson, doggos being taken… Claudien sat up, wincing as she did so, at the same moment that Trent was having a go at Bernie. “It.. it wasn’t her fault,’’ she meekly and quietly tried to defend her friend. “I dragged her into this.’’ She couldn’t meet any of the three pairs of eyes; she was so ashamed and regretful. Not even as she was helped and soon standing on her feet. Claudine barely cared that her privileges were being stripped from her. All she wanted was a nice, warm bed and a dreamless bit of sleep. “I’d like to walk, please,’’ she mumbled to Fuller-Thompson. The Levitation charm was off of the Lioness now, it seemed, since Bernie was hobbling off. Besides, Claudine’s legs felt fine; it was her arms that were still paining.

Now, Claudine did care that she had gotten Bernie into trouble. The other girl was her only female friend. So she did something that she rarely did for anyone: Claudine sidled up to Bernie to slip a hand into one of the Gryffindor’s to offer some support. “If you need to, you can lean on me. And Bernie? I’m sorry.’’ She wanted to cry too but wasn’t quite ready to do so in front of others. Maybe when she was in bed.

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