Lethal Silk

Alkander Avaskadiras

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OOC First Name
Liam
Sexual Orientation
Heterosexual
Wand
Willowisp: Curved 11 Inch Sturdy White Willow with Demiguise Hair Core
Age
7/2034
Dusk found him on the fringes of the notorious forbidden forest. The radiating orb of light at the tip of his wand, unveiled a wet green world. Brooks ran through the dark forests thanks to the light rain and the ground was made of mud and rotting leaves. Huge trees grew along the watercourses, larger than any that Alkander had ever seen. Their great trunks as gnarled and twisted as an old man's face and festooned with beards of green moss. Trees pressed close on every side, shutting out the sky. Red cedars, white oaks, black pines, colossal sentinels, big-leaf maples, redwoods, even here and there a wiggentree, were just some of the trees that the boy could name. Underneath their tangled branches ferns grew in profusion; belladonnas, nightshades, mushrooms sprouting down among the tree roots and toadstools festered besides rotting logs. It was a true paradise for someone like Alkander who loved the outdoors and especially forests.

The boy felt at peace when he was at environments like this forest. The castle still had a plethora of secrets left to be found but he couldn't resist any longer to the opportunities of adventure that this place had to offer. He could see why this place was out of bounds. The forest had to certainly be home to some extraordinary creatures. He wasn't expecting any dangerous dwellers. It made no sense for chimeras or manticores roaming so close to a school so the young Gryffindor thought that the forest was possibly forbidden to protect wildlife from human presence. Seemed logical and it suited him well.

He was following for an hour now a crook-back path that snaked through huge moss-covered rocks. Sometimes the path petered out entirely, vanishing among the ferns, leaving Alkander to find his own way among the silent trees. The rain still fell, soft and steady but thanks to the thick canopy the larger of water was filtered before reaching the ground. This wasn't enough to prevent the sound of moisture dripping off the leaves all around him, and every a few meters or so the music of another little waterfall would call to him. The forest was luring him deeper with every new aural and visual stimuli but Alkander decided it was enough for the day.

He was about to suspend his stroll for another day and head back, following the path. Nature was constantly transforming but the boy had pinpointed certain landmarks to find his way back easier. A fallen hollowed trunk, then a pine tree with branches growing only at one direction, a small cascade piercing through a boulder that had been cracked in half. Alkander knew he was on the right track every time he came across these distinctive works of nature. His Lumos charm that he had to recast now and then, was providing some comfort in this dark place and the subtle warmth of the light source was kissing pleasantly his face.

Suddenly, footsteps slapping through the muddy terrain alarmed Alkander who acted quickly. "Knox!" He breathed the incantation and plunged into darkness. With his free hand he located the moss-covered boulder near him and leaned against it, listening attentively the footsteps that were growing closer. Having been always around beings at his family's sanctuary for magical creatures, he could tell that what was approaching was almost certainly a human. Another students? A professor? If it was the latest he was in serious trouble.
 

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