Larissa Valo
Gryffindor Prefect
7th Year
Shouting 'Lumos' at the lightswitch will not help!
Posts: 44
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Post by Larissa Valo on Dec 18, 2006 22:35:55 GMT -5
Larissa and Jen had decoded to sneak out and go star watching, since neither of them could sleep. The creapt quietly down the corridors, hiding and supressing laughs as Filch narrowly missing them as he roamed the hallways. Mrs. Norris was not with him, otherwise they might have been spotted. Filch was nothing without his familiar.
They reached the stairs that led to the Astronomy Tower and started up them. When they got to the top there was a door. It was locked, so Larissa pulled out her wand. "Alohamora." She could hear the door unlock and she pulled the door open.
"I hope nobody comes up here."
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Post by Jennifer Asher on Dec 18, 2006 22:38:24 GMT -5
Jen followed Larissa out onto the roof of the tower. "I don't think anyone will catch us. They should all be asleep." Granted, the two of them were still up, but Jen was certain that since they hadn't gotten caught on the way there, they would be fine. She just hoped the Astronomy professor wouldn't come up here, as he was the most likely to find them. But it was very late, and he was probably in bed.
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Larissa Valo
Gryffindor Prefect
7th Year
Shouting 'Lumos' at the lightswitch will not help!
Posts: 44
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Post by Larissa Valo on Dec 18, 2006 23:00:09 GMT -5
Larissa smiled. "We should be asleep too you know!" She moved across the tower to one of the telescopes and looked into the eye piece. She could see a planet, surrounded by beautiful shining stars.
"This is such a nice spot. It's so peaceful out here. I don't know why I don't get out here more often." She was happy that she had someone to share the nice night with.
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Post by Jennifer Asher on Dec 18, 2006 23:09:33 GMT -5
Jen laughed. "Yeah, I forget about it sometimes, because I associate it with lessons. But it really is nice." She had to agree with Larissa, it was a gorgeous night. She found another telescope and looked into it. "There's supposed to be a meteor shower later in the week. We will have to come back up here for that." As she spoke she caught a glimpse of a shooting star through the telescope.
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Larissa Valo
Gryffindor Prefect
7th Year
Shouting 'Lumos' at the lightswitch will not help!
Posts: 44
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Post by Larissa Valo on Dec 18, 2006 23:22:16 GMT -5
"Wicked!" Larissa was looking forward to the meteor shower. She was also looking forward to coming up here again with Jen. Secretly Larissa fancied Jen, but she would never tell her that. She would never tell anyone that.
Larissa had also seen the shooting star in her own telescope. "Wow, did you see that?" It was so much bigger than when spotted by the naked eye.
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Post by Jennifer Asher on Dec 18, 2006 23:24:22 GMT -5
"Yeah! Cool, huh?" Jen stepped away from the teelscope and looked over the edge of the tower. It was a very long ways down and she stepped back, knowing that she was far too clumsy to be so close to the edge like she was.
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Larissa Valo
Gryffindor Prefect
7th Year
Shouting 'Lumos' at the lightswitch will not help!
Posts: 44
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Post by Larissa Valo on Dec 18, 2006 23:35:04 GMT -5
Larissa watched Jen. "Indeed." She noticed Jen move away from the ledge of the tower. "You aren't afraid of heights are you?" She knew Jen had made the Quidditch team, and thought it would be strange for her to be afraid of heights if she were to be flying around on a broomstick with large balls flying at her.
Curious, Larissa also looked over the tower ledge. She had been expecting it to be a long way to the ground below, but had never really thought about just how far. They were, after all, seven stories up. It could be a very dangerous place, which was probably why it was locked in the first place.
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