[Corridors]Wandering the Darkened Corridors (open)

[Kim Rivers]

Kim walked down the darkened corridors, only the light of the lamps to guide her. The corridors were quiet, save for the sound of her boots on the marble floor and the odd sound of the ghosts talking quietly to one another. Though they left Kim alone to do as she pleased. She stopped at a window to take a glance out and look over the dark grounds. The only light outside was that of the moon shining down on the lake. The silver glow illuminating the waters surface. Putting her head down, she carried on.

She walked past numerous suits of armour, those things always made her paranoid. She always thought the things they were holding in their metal hands would fall on her or something. Pushing that thought aside as she walked past them. There was no sound of anyone close by, which was fine with Kim, she wasnt in much of a good mood tonight, she wasnt in a particulary bad one either though.

Kim stopped, she heard footsteps coming up behind her, she was out past curfew and she knew that, and the only place to hide was behind the suits of armour that gave her so much paranoia, trying with all her might to ignore that she hid behind one, waiting to see who it was...

[boofhead]

After falling asleep hunched inside of the library, Striker had quickly thrown all of his texts, parchment and quills into his satchell, before running full tilt towards the Hufflepuff Common Room, knowing that if he was caught outside of the curfew he would be questioned by the Ministry, a thing he didn't wish to.

Running through the darkened corridors slightly scared him, his heart beating erratically as he kept hearing different sounds and different voices echoing throughout the halls, the sound of his own footsteps was driving him insane.

He was afraid to light the way with his wand, his stupid fear of everything drove him to play safe. Striker slowly ran up another flight of stairs entering into a corridor that looked worse than the ones before. He paused for a second, seeing dark shadows cast along the floor from the light from the large pannelled windows. He walked down slowly, carefully looking at each suit of armour. Shaking uncontrollably, a sudden twinge of a suit of armour made him jump, give out a slight shriek of fear before running away full pelt in fear, as he thought he had been caught by one of the Ministry hounds.

Without noticing a fallen gauntlet from one of the suits of armour, Striker slipped on it, tumbling soon after into the suits of armour, the noise terribly loud enough to wake even the dead. Moans and groans came from the portraits as Striker fell to the ground, several of the suits of armours crashing around him.

Remarkably, nothing had struck him, but when he sat up, after falling on his back, Striker looked over and saw a Slytherin, obviously hiding behind one of the fallen suits, or at least, was.

Feeling his cheeks warm slightly, Striker hesitantly smiled and laughed. 'Sorry...' He said.

[Kim Rivers]

Kim could hear the patter of feet going quite fast over the marble floor, either somebody was running from something, or somebody knew she was here and running to catch her being out so late, either way, Kim tried not to worry.

She kept silent, though she may as well have shouted "Im here" at the top of her lungs for all that it mattered. A Hufflepuff boy had slipped on a gauntlet and in doing that, successfully brought down all the suits of armour with a terribly loud crash. Kim groaned, knowing in an instant, Ministry Officials and Professors would be on them like a ton of bricks.

She stepped out from the suit of armour, which now was giving her no hiding place and looked down at the boy. Kim shrugged, "Its fine" she mumbled, outstretching her hand to pull him up. She tried to listen for sounds of anybody close by, however she didnt hear anyone. She looked around at the mess around them. "We'd best move from here" She said to him "Before someone comes and finds us anyway"

[boofhead]

'How is it fine?' Striker asked, getting to his feet as the girl told him to move. He felt like he was worthless, his back hurting after landing hard on it, his ankle numbing slowly as he felt like he twisted it and his head rang because of the loud, echoing sound that was made from the falling armour. He looked over his shoulder and heard nothing except for the pounding of his heart in his throat.

'Where can we go? There's nothing up here... Unless theres that rumoured hidden passage way...' Striker said, recounting a ruour he had heard some 1st years speak of, ironically in the same corridor as he was in now.

[Kim Rivers]

Kim looked at him with a raised eyebrow, he didnt seem like he was used to breaking rules. Either that or the noise had shaken him up. Either way right now they had no time to discuss it as she heard many pairs of feet, probably belonging to the ministry pounding own the corridors.

Granted she hadnt been back that long, but she definatly remembered where the entrance was for the secret passage since she had used it many a time. He didnt look to steady on his feet, Kim groaned and ducked under his arm so he was leaning on her. She walked as fast as she could to the portrait hoping to god it was the same password as last time.

Thankfully it was as it sumg open she dragged him inside and the portrait swung shut behind them. It was a dark passage way so they should be fine now. She took out her wand, still amazed she hadnt broken it since it was made of glass, the hair from that damn wolf showing clearly inside as she did the lumos spell.

"It will be, they'll think it was Peeves, he's always doing stuff like that" She said putting him down on the floor. "Does the fact were in the passage answer your question?" She asked, kneeling down infront of him. Looking him over, trying to evaluate what kind of Hufflepuff he was, wondering silently if he'd be one of the rare, but adventerous ones. Though judging his reaction, she didnt think he'd be upto much mischeif making.

[boofhead]

'Yes, the fact does answer my question.' Striker said, looking away in a defeated way. His heartbeat had returned to normal as well as his breathing, his brow turning into a frown as he looked down one end of the hidden passage. 'Can't go that way,' He said pointing from where they had come, 'so we'll have to go that way.'

He clenched his fists tightly before looking at the Slytherin, unlike others she wasn't acting in the proper Slytherin way. 'You're a Slytherin but don't have the aura of arrogance and attitude that you're better than everyone about you... What makes you different?' Striker asked in interest. He looked down the corridor again and smiled, feeling ready for the first time to actually explore the castle.

[Kim Rivers]

"Well im glad it answers your question..." Kim trailed off "Didnt think i caught your name in all the noise out there" she smiled a little and looked back the way they came. She stood there for a moment, just looking back up the corridor. Kim was curious to know what was happening out there.

She looked back at the Hufflepuff and saw him clench his fists. "What makes me different?" she asked, thinking it back in her mind, "I am arrogant, or rather can be... but nobodys better than anybody else. I didnt get placed into slytherin because of that" She began to walk down the darkened corridor, giving his arm a gentle tug as she walked past him. "Come on, i cant remember where this leads.. so.."

[boofhead]

Calmly placing his hands in his pockets, Striker nodded. 'My names Striker.' He said, looking at the Slytherin. Scratching his neck, Striker had to laugh.

'Usually a Slytherin makes it that they're better than everyone else, speaking themselves big, but I doubt that you'd do that, or am I wrong?' Striker asked.

He slowly noticed that the girl was looking away towards the other end of the corridor where it ended in darkness. He felt his stomach churn at the sight but he felt his composure remain intact. He smiled, before taking a step forward. 'You forgot what's down here? Well, I want to find out.'

[Kim Rivers]

Kim looked at him, though she wondered what he found funny, she thought it best not to ask.

"Sometimes i dont, sometimes i do, all depends in the mood im in i guess. Though i dont count myself as being better than the next person who comes along"

"Well it has been just over two years since i was last here" She told him, completly forgetting the passage route. She didnt know what was down there, let alone where it lead. Though she was also curious to know what was down there. She didnt bother to light her wand as she walked through the passage.

[boofhead]

'You do know where you're going?' Striker said, lighting up his wand as the darkness was slightly illuminated. 'Besides, people never knew where they were going without someone at least exploring before them.'

Striker had caught up to the Slytherin girl, but as he walked beside her he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He looked up and noticed that on the wall was an emblem of a snake, coiled around a golden "S". Striker stopped and looked at the emblem, soon reaching forward and running his hand over the cool, stony surface.

'Any idea what it is?' Striker said, turning his head and calling down the corridor towards the Slytherin girl.

[Kim Rivers]

'You do know where you're going?' The question rang through Kim's head, she shrugged, "No.. As i said, its been a while" Kim looked at him and shrugged, "Ive been here before, it doesnt mean i remember where it leads"

Kim looked at the emblem on the side of the wall, she didnt remember seeing this before but she knew it had something to do with Slytherin, though without pointing out the obvious as she figured he'd already know that. "No idea" she answered, she looked at it for a minute, "There are loads of paths unexplored in this place, maybe this is one Salazar Slytherin made himself. Though i know i havnt seen it before."

[boofhead]

Striker touched the emblem, a sharp cold shiver running down his arm as he pulled away, instinctively. Striker stepped away from the wall and reached for his wand as a grinding sound sound soon rained out, echoing down the corridor.

A dull light emanated from the room, the sudden surprise of what was inside filled him with a deep regret.

'Well, that's not good...' Striker said, looking at a room filled with gold, furniture and one small object giving off the light.

[Kim Rivers]

Kim watched as he touched it, and pulled back again. She laughed at the hufflepuff boy's reaction. She watched as he took out his wand, "What? You gonna blast it and hope for the best?" she asked, but her words were drowned out by a grinding sound. The corridor they were in began to shake, and dust particles fell from the roof. "Well that doesnt sound healthy"

Kim walked past him into a room. It was a wide open area filled with gold. She looked around in awe. She turned around and grabbed him by the arm pulling him inside, and turning to him she looked at him, "You idiot! This isnt good, this is brilliant!" she exclaimed, she had heard about a room filled with gold.

She had heard there was a secret chamber, filled with gold that belonged to one of the four founders. "Looks like Slytherin didnt only make one secret chamber" She looked at him and smiled, "I think i heard somewhere, that each founder, left one room. Hidden and only found by finding their emblems. I guess this is Salazars..." She put her hands behind her back, "Fancy that" she gave him a cheeky grin, "Dont tell anyone about this, this can be our little secret.. And we can find the other ones together too" she turned on her heel and looked around the room.

[boofhead]

'Pretty damn obvious because of the big S and the snake that it's Slytherins...' Striker said, walking into the room, now shining with a dull golden glow. He pased items of value worth more than he could ever imagine, but then again he could trade them in and get more gold than he ever imagined. He smiled slyly before looking over at Kim.

'I very much doubt that the other founders would have left gold and such, they would have left different items of different worth...' He said, trailing off as he eyed one thing he didn't really want to see, a large golden statue that looked like pure gold. 'Wow...'

[Kim Rivers]

"Yeah well you never know with other house people do you" she bit back. Now stood on the opposite end of the room, looking at a smaller emblem made of pure gold and silver. Kim preferred silver to gold, she always thought gold looked cheap and tacky. Kim looked back at him, suspicion rising inside her.

"Im not saying that they would have left gold" She said, "Though i think it would be interesting to see what they have left" Kim took a look around, trying to take in as much as she could. She didnt want anyone else finding this place, she wasnt sure she trusted the Hufflepuff knowing about it. Kim turned at the sound of his voice, "Yeah like you could move that to steal it" she snapped at him. Kim looked around and leant against the wall. "I wouldnt even think about it if i were you, you rekon the other Slytherins would be happy about you thieving what belonged to their founder?"