Foresting the forbidden.

[Elliot Oz]

Elliot Oz had run the fastest she had ever run before. The exhilaration she felt was still in her body as she stood in front of the forest, the setting sun warming her back. Elliot loved running; she loved the feel of the wind pushing against her skin, her hair flying behind her. She loved the strain on her muscles when they grew tired, and she loved the ability to run fast. Elliot had ran from the doors of the Hogwarts Castle, to the Forbidden Forest, a place she had not yet ventured into. It surprised her that she hadn't checked it out yet, she thought it would be one of the first places she'd look. However, one semester into the year, she still hadn't explored it.
Standing in front of the Forest, Elliot took in a huge breath. She desperately wanted to explore the place, but wasn't sure how keen she was to do it alone. She wasn't as scared as she supposed she should be, but there were still small nagging thoughts in her head about whether or not someone would know if she had died in there. It was at this point that, for the second time in her life, she desperately wanted a friend. Elliot usually did things with her brothers, but seeing as they weren't at Hogwarts New Zealand, she had been exploring by herself. Elliot had met a few people that she enjoyed being around, but they hadn't seemed to stick around. It hadn't bothered Elliot too much in the previous years of her life, she always saw herself as a bit of a floater between people, but she supposed it would be nice to have one solid friend that she could do crazy things like this with. Breathing in deeply again, Elliot took her wand out of her boot and softly muttered "Lumos."