hollie + laura.

[Hollie Ridley]

Hollie made her way to the dungeons slowly. Her stitch was killing her. She then waited to see if Laura had followed her in from the grounds.

 

[Laura O'Connor]

Laura was just behind Hollie, still recovering from their encounter with the centaur.

"So where will we explore?" she said, smiling slightly.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

Hollie shrugged.
"I don't mind, where do you wanna go? I've been in the dueling chamber before; it looks pretty cool. But I dunno how far exploring would go, especially down here..." she broke off, looking at Laura.

 

[Laura O'Connor]

"Well, I've heard that strange things have happened down here," Laura replied, breaking off. The Dungeons really freaked her out.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

Hollie bit her lip.
"Really?" she asked. "What kind of strange things?" Her heart was pounding more than normal.
Gosh, I'd hate to be a slytherin! She thought, I'd have to sleep down here!

 

[Laura O'Connor]

"I dunno," Laura said, "I've just heard stories of ghosts scaring people and stuff."

 

[Hollie Ridley]

Hollie shuddered.
"How horrible!" she exclaimed, glancing around her. "Maybe we should explore somewhere else?"

 

[Laura O'Connor]

"Yeah, maybe we should go somewhere else," Laura agreed, glancing around the corner, and recoiling, shuddering. There was a heavy door, left ajar, with chains and manacles hanging from the ceilings.

What did they use THEM for?! she thought, shaking horrid thoughts from her mind.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

Hollie looked where Laura was looking; her friend had a horrified look upon her face. Upon seeing the chains hanging from the ceiling, Hollie took a step back.
"Oh my gosh! What d'ya reckon they used them for? Hanging people?" she looked at Laura. Thank goodness the 'Dark Ages' were over.

 

[Laura O'Connor]

"I don't know." Laura went pale. She recalled what her dad once said to her.

"I remember when I was in school that the old caretaker, Argus Filch, used to complain about the methods of punishment nowadays. He used to say that he used to hang people from the ceiling in chains down in the Dungeons as a punishment, but the Ministry banned it."

Hang them in the Dungeons...

Laura went even paler, if that was possible. She told Hollie what she heard her dad say.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

Hollie stared at Laura, horrified, as her friend recounted what her dad had once told her. How horrible! Hanging people from the dungeons... Hollie shuddered.
"Ok, I'm getting really freaked now. Maybe we should go, like, immediately." she suggested, taking a few steps towards the door, then looking back at Laura. "You coming?"

 

[Hollie Ridley]

[[ignore this i posted same comment twice - again! ]]

 

[Laura O'Connor]

"I'm coming! This place is freaking me out," Laura replied, nodding while making for the door.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

[[cool, so where shall we go now?]]

Smiling, Hollie wrenched open the door and practically fled from the room.

 

[Laura O'Connor]

((The common room? I think we've had enough exploring for the time being.))

Laura glanced around the dim and cold Dungeons one last time, and, forcing herself not to shiver, followed Hollie, slamming the door with a BANG.

 

[Hollie Ridley]

[[yeah good idea]]

Hollie waited for Laura to follow and then the two girls set off for the warmth and shelter of Gryffindor common room.