(H)Waiting....

[Kim Rivers]

Kim laughed "No.. Im not going to poision you and i'd say it would be at least another six hours, its still quite early" She leant back and looked at the sky "Your welcome" she was quite amused, more shocked that he had taken the mug of chocolate but since she was here and so was he she didnt want him passing out on her. That would not be fun! "So, is it alright or do i need more practise" she joked indicating the chocolate.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco looked at the mug, and glanced at Rivers somewhat teasingly. "It's not the worst I've ever had," he said, after another small sip, "But it could be better."

He placed the hot chocolate on the ground, and stretched out onto his cloak, opening one of his eyes to stare at Rivers. "Where do you think this forest leads?" He asked thoughtfully.

[Kim Rivers]

Kim raised an eyebrow and smiled at him. "Always the same" she said. Not giving any explanation of what she meant.

Kim shrugged "I dont know... We could always go and find out" She suggested looking at the trees.

[Draco Malfoy]

"Don't know, huh?" Draco said, laying his face in his hands, feeling completely relaxed against his will. "I thought you always wander around in here," his voice was slightly muffled and he rose his head to smirk at Rivers.

"Will we have to climb more fences?" He said half joking, half serious. He didn't wait for a reply, instead pulled himself up and picked his cloak off the ground. He looked at Rivers with a sigh, brushing off the dust and hanging it over his arm and taking out his wand just in case.

A howl in the distance startled him, and he looked back at Rivers with raised eyebrows, "Well we overcame dragons, werewolves shouldn't be the biggest deal... Right? Just in case, you go first," He said, his voice holding some amusement, as he settled behind her and poked her back with his wand.

[Apronia Silvanus]

Apronia's head snapped towards the sound of wolves howling, but relaxed when she recognized the normal cadence of non-lycanthropic canines. Normal wolves. Even those two could handle themselves around the small pack that controlled the forest.

"I'm going to follow them, Leigh, of course! Something is quite obviously wrong in Ms. Rivers' mind and I want to know what it is. That girl thinks for some deluded reason that she can disregard authority figures who are far more powerful and wiser than she, and she won't see the consequences until she gets in over her head."

[Prof Octavious Everritt]

"I agree with you the whole heartedly." Leigh said, smiling mischieviously ((sp?)). "She's stepped out of line many times before and I would love nothing more than to see her... and Malfoy, punished rightly so. I have my own plans for punishment, but you were here first, so I'll give you first rights."

[Kim Rivers]

((OOC: There is NOTHING wrong in my mind pmsl! THANKS A BUNCH! lol))

"No i dont know though im sure we'll find out" Kim smiled "I do normally wander around here... Kinda... Ive never been this far through though so i dont know... And dont smirk at me like that!"

Kim laughed when he spoke about the fences. She couldnt help it, the image of his climbing those fences earlier on really amused her and she would actually pay to see him do it again.

Kim had heard the howl to, but something was different about it. "Yeah, we... wait a minute... I didnt overcome anything... I was underneath that blasted dragon thinking i was its next meal! Though im sure werewolves arent that difficult" Kim felt a jab in the back from Malfoys wand she turned around and faced him "That... Hurt" She told him before laughing.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco hid a grin when she turned to face him. "I told you my wand beats your Muggle Fighting." He said with a straight-face, and taking a couple strides so that he was in front of her.

"Hmm... Where should we go first. Probably not in the direction of that howl." He said, trying to hide his excitement of exploring an unknown land. He never really ever had the chance to.

Then, turning left, he walked slowly along a row of bushes, looking back once to see if Rivers was following.

[Kim Rivers]

"I dont think sticking your wand into my back causes more pain to someone than a full on punch in the face somehow... I Guess we'll see" Kim said looking around before returning her gaze to him.

"Hows about we just go straight through the trees? See where we end up?" Kim suggested before she followed Malfoy along the row of bushes.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco stepped through the cluster of trees, his heart beat echoing in his ears. He wasn't afraid, not really, but he was used to having a predictable outcome with every step he took, the unknown mysteries of the forest, however, did not follow the usual repetitive pattern, but instead made him curious as to what would happen next.

He wasn't expecting his robes to get caught in a tangle of branches, though, and groaned when he found they wouldn't budge with a couple of hard tugs. With a growl, he pulled his hardest and stopped suddenly when the sound of ripping fabric reached his ears. With a horrified expression, he watched the patch of fabric flutter to the floor before finally breaking out of his reverie and bending down to pick the material up, a sour look on his face.

However, when he bent down to pick up the small patch of fabric, his fingers brushed along something much more rough and hard than his soft, silky robes. With raised eyebrows, he picked up the object, not noticing the grime around his fingernails as he was too preoccupied with his find. "What is it?" He said, wiping off a large clod of dirt and taking a closer look.

With a smirk, he turned toward Rivers and held it out for her to see, though keeping his grip strong incase she decided to try anything.

"A key!"

[Prof Octavious Everritt]

"Interesting turn of events. A key." Leigh said softly to himself. Speaking slightly louder, "Time to intervene, I suppose." Leigh took a step forward and grinned, but then stopped himself. "Need a nice way to intervene..." He thought of a way. Leigh leapt forward and in doing so turned into his Animagus form and silently stalked the two students.

Following them for some distance, he stepped into view. He snarled slightly and continued towards them, stopping a few feet away.

[Kim Rivers]

Kim looked at Malfoy. "Wonder what it opens?" She said looking around "If theres a key... theres got to be a lock"

The sound of snarling brought her back to her senses as she looked around. "Im sure ive seen that somewhere before..." she muttered to herself as she moved so she was stood next to Malfoy. She took her wand out and watched the animal while trying to think wheres she's seen it before. "The forest!!!"

[Draco Malfoy]

-I don't know what your animagus form is, rofl. So you're being referred to as animal for now. Maybe even wretched beast if I feel like being a bit pratty. A wolf or something, I'm guessing?-

Draco frowned, setting the key securely in the pocket of his robes and looking at the animal. "The Forbidden Forest?" He asked with raised eyebrows, pulling out his wand as well. "What's it doing over here, then? We have hardly traveled enough to have reached Hogwarts already." He said thoughtfully, watching the creature's eyes flash.

"Just our luck, being bombarded with all these dangerous animals. Do you think this is another trick of that Gamekeeper?" He asked, keeping his eyes on the beast, but his thoughts still drifting to what resided in his pocket.

[Kim Rivers]

(ooc: i think its a tiger.. your a tiger right?? watch it now be a dog or something lol)

Kim grabbed Malfoys arm and pulled him backwards slightly "Yeah.. No i dont think its... what it seems to be" she said not taking her eyes off the animal. "Rekon if we run we'll get far?" she looked at the tiger "Y'know... To me it seems as though were being watched and doing something were not supposed to do.. Were only exploring... surely theres no harm in that" she added.

She picked up a rock and bounced it in her hands. She pulled it back and took aim so if she threw it it would hit it in between the eyes. "Wha'ddya rekon Malfoy? Think i should throw it and see if i can hit it" she smiled at the animal, remembering now where she had seen it. "Think i can hit you?" she asked the animal.

[Prof Octavious Everritt]

Feeling the rock bounce off his head, Leigh returned to his normal self and laughed. Then watching the two Slytherins see him, he pulled out his wand. With a simple flick of his wand both students were in chains, held tightly around them to prevent movement.

"Now, now... no more throwing rocks Miss Rivers, please." Leigh said, walking forward. "Both of you have violated school rules and as such deserve to be punished in the proper way. Now, I'm not the only one to catch you wondering around the hills of Hogsmeade and why you're here I do not know, nor do I care about. All I care about is getting both of you back to the school safely before... trouble comes."

With another flick of his wand a set of chairs suddenly rose out of the ground, cracking and twisting to form themselves. "Now, sit." Leigh continued, letting the chains vanish. "Move again and the punishment will become more severe by the second."