Accidentally Breaking Curfew Closed

@Serena Bowen

May came out of the Great Hall, running to the library. She had just forgot her Charms book when she just needed to go to that class! Running trough the corridors, she couldn't think of anything but what she was going to study. Ok May, Pluvia Velo. Pluvia Velo and the wand movement is... when she bumped into someone as she was looking at the floor, running.

"Ouch!" she closed her eyes, and looked up with who she had bumped into. She hope she wasn't mad. But, oh no! Her ink was spilled into the floor. But she had to say sorry too!
"Don't worry! I-Oof, this is such a disaster! I'm the one who should've been looking and not thinking about a stupid spell while I was running around like crazy! she picked up her wand. "R-Reparo." she pointed at the broken glass, but it was no use. The ink was still running about in the floor. "What a disaster! I'm so distracted! I hope it doesn't bother you..."

How stressed May was that moment. She looked into her bag to search for something to clean up the mess. Why was she so, so clumsy? Her eyes turned dark black as she cleaned it up. Of course, no use. It was even more messy than before!

Serena looked up when she heard a girl’s voice. She spied a girl who looked to be around her age with long white hair. “I guess we can just call it even then?” Serena said while standing up. At least this girl wasn’t a professor, and upon noticing the absence of a badge, it was safe to say that she wasn’t a prefect either.

It was then that Serena realized that the poor girl’s ink well had broken. While the glass bottle had already been repaired, the first-year noticed that the ink was still on the ground. Serena quickly dug into her bag and found a rag that she kept on hand in case of a spill.

“Here, let me help you with that…” Serena said, bending down and starting to clean up the ink. Glancing up at the girl, Serena noticed that her eyes had turned dark. Whoa, was this girl a Metamorphmagus?! Serena had never met one before! But she didn’t want to be rude, so she chose not to comment on it for the time being. It was then that Serena noticed that she hadn’t introduced herself.

“Oh, I’m Serena Bowen, by the way.” She said before going back to focusing on the ink stains. Serena was probably going to be late for curfew. But helping this girl clean up, especially when the spill was partly her fault, was more important than being on time.

Interacting With: @May Moonstar

@Serena Bowen

"Y-yeah, I guess." May said, smiling nervously. She wanted to flee, but seeing how kind the girl had been, she wanted to stay.
Awkwardly looking at the ink, and the successful repair of the bottle, she looked as the girl helped her clean up. "Oh, umm, thanks. I bet I know you from somewhere. Maybe the... Common room?" May asked, her hand shaking slightly. She must've had known. That girl was a Hufflepuff.

"Oh, I'm Serena Bowen, by the way."

May looked at the girl and carefully looked up her words. "I'm May, May Moonstar. Nice to meet you Serena." she nodded, and smiled sweetly. She liked that name. Serena. May had heard of it before. It must've been very common.
"I think I remember you. The fire...." May looked down at her feet. She didn't like to think about that scary event that happened in the common room.

"I guess. I mean. Lots of people got hurt..." May smiled nervously at her again, and strands of her hair went fluorescent yellow. That meant, that she was embarrassed.

"Don't think about it anymore. Change- the - subject -" she thought, trying to think of something else to talk about.

Now that the other girl mentioned it, she looked kind-of familiar. And her Common Room comment meant that she must be a Hufflepuff.

“Yeah, maybe…” Serena said. She had finally cleaned up all of the ink. So she carefully put the now dirty rag back into her bag and stood up from the floor. “Oh, and sorry about your ink well. I can give you a spare of mine if you want?”

The girl then introduced herself. May Moonstar… That was a pretty name. “It’s nice to meet you too, May!” Serena said with a smile.

But at the mention of the fire, it faltered a bit. Serena would prefer to forget that fateful night in the Common Room. All the flames and people falling into holes left and right. Unfortunately, it seemed as if it would stay in her mind for a long time. Especially since every time she closed her eyes in her bed in the Badger Bungalow dorm, flames would appear. Needless to say that Serena wasn’t getting very much sleep if any.

“Oh! Yeah… At least it’s over now, though…” Serena said, awkwardly shifting her feet. She was trying to find a way to change the subject. Honestly, anything would do. It was then that Serena noticed that May’s hair had changed from silver to a bright, almost neon yellow.

Curiosity slightly out-weighing the rudeness and the deep desire to change the subject, Serena quickly blurted out. “Are you a Metamorphmagus?”

Once she realized what she’d asked, Serena’s face turned red. “Oh, sorry! That was rude… You don’t have to answer that…” She quickly apologized.

Glancing down at her watch, the first-year realized that it was almost ten minutes past curfew. “Oh! It’s past curfew! We should probably head back to the Common Room!” Serena exclaimed. She began walking towards the Hufflepuff Common Room, hoping that May would follow her. She didn’t want either of them to get into trouble…

Interacting With: @May Moonstar

Reducio

So sorry for the late response! I've had writer's block recently.

"Nah, don't worry. I'll buy a new one." May said, smiling at the blonde girl. At least, the girl had tried to help her out and not break it on purpose.

"Are you a Metamorhomagus?"

That question startled her, and she turned a bright shade of red. Why were people so nosy into things? She was about to reply something awful until she heard the girl tying to excuse herself. More calmly, May replied what she knew. "Hmm, well, I'm not sure yet. I hope to know more about my odd change of form, tho." May said, smiling at her warmly again. They had bumped each other for a reason.

May jumped when the girl said that it was past curfew. It was past curfew! "Gosh, yes! We better get outta here!" May said, half exited, half worried about what was going to happen if a prefect or professor spotted them. If they would, well, May would drown herself in that Great Lake. She didn't want to have detention. Again. And she. Wanted to be a prefect. What would happen if she would be spotted past curfew?

She picked up Serena's hand, and runned to the common room as fast as she could.

Thread left (unless Serena and May get another plan)

Sorry! This was super late

Serena nodded. “Okay, but let me know if you change your mind.”

She saw that May’s face turned red as well. She seemed to accept Serena’s apology, though, as she calmly explained that she wasn’t sure yet. Maybe the girl was a Muggle-born? Honestly, Serena wasn’t sure if she’d ever heard of a Metamorphmagus with both parents as Muggles. Either way, it wasn’t any of Serena’s business. She and May had just met, and this was clearly a private matter.

“Oh, well, I hope you find some answers soon. And I am so sorry again; I really shouldn’t have asked…” She apologized again.

Serena let May grab her hand and pull her towards the Common Room. If they kept running, no-one would likely even notice that they were late. Hopefully, they wouldn’t run into any problems, both literally and figuratively. There didn’t seem to be any Prefects or Professors around, at the moment, so that was good.

When Serena finally saw the Hufflepuff Common Room entrance, she let go of May’s hand. She quickly raised her hand to give the secret knock on the barrel that was two from the bottom and in the middle of the second row.

Interacting With: @May Moonstar

Thread also left unless a professor or prefect catches them

Reducio

You're fine! And now it's my turn to be sorry for my late response! I, for some reason, didn't have notifications on for this thread, and hadn't realized you'd posted until now! Sorry about that! It's been fun RP-ing with you! Let me know if you'd want to do another thread together!