Peace and Quiet?

[Bryony Woods]

It was hard to find time for yourself in the castle, there was always somebody there with you, no matter where you were which made it very hard to study. Bryony went in search for a quiet place to work on some Charms homework that was impossible to complete in the library. Soon she found an abandoned classroom that didn't have anybody in and it was quiet. Success! She sat down at an available desk and unpacked her things, she brushed her hair out of her face and was poised, ready to begin her homework.

 

[Hemi Te Rua]

Even though he liked hanging out with her, Hemi didn't spend enough time with Charlotte Owens these days. He knew the cheerful Slytherin liked to prank, and had accompanied him on several of his so thought she might be interested in his new purchase. "Hey look what I brought over the holidays" He said during one of those rare occasions they actually hung out. He pulled out two dungbombs from his pocked and grinned at Charlotte. "I'm thinking we could cause a bit of mayhem with these, what do you reckon?"

 

[Charlotte Owens]

Hanging out with Hemi was always fun and every time she happened to hang out with him they always ended up getting up to something interesting. She stared wide-eyed at the dungbombs as Hemi had retrieved them out of his pocket. She knew that whatever he was up to was going to be fun. "Where did you get those!?" she exclaimed in disbelief. She hadn't ever seen a dungbomb before but she knew exactly what they did. She had always thought that they were banned at Hogwarts but, even if they were, she didn't care. The only thing she cared about at the moment was avoiding her head of house at all costs. But who said that whatever they were going to do was going to get them into trouble? She smirked at Hemi, glad that he wanted her to be his accomplice. "Yes, let's do something! What were you planning on doing?"

 

[Troy Cantor]

Troy wanted to ask Bryony to work together on their charms homework. She looked like she knew what she was doing and from the little he had got to know her, she seemed to be a nice person to hang out. As always, his shyness got the best of him. He ended up following her that day, trying to find the right way and moment to talk to her but she looked to be in a rush. She took him to the second floor, not far from the spot where he was bullied a week ago, and she entered one of the abandoned classroom. Troy chew his lower lip, contemplating whether he should interrupt her. He realized that he had made up his mind just when rapped the door with his fist.

"Hello." He smiled timidly as he opened the door and saw the girl already getting down to work. He took a reluctant step inside.
"Umm, we are having charms classes together and...and, I was wondering if you would like to practice together for next class." He thought he should made this introduction. There was a faint flush on his cheeks but he managed to abstain from lowering his gaze.
"Or I could let you work on your own. It's okay if you need privacy." He added hastily, figuring out that if she wanted other people around her she would have chosen a less quite spot.

 

[Bryony Woods]

Bryony had no idea that someone was following her as she rushed to find a quiet place to study until she heard a small voice announce themselves into the room. She was about to shout at them to leave until she turned round and noticed one of her friends from Hufflepuff had been the one running behind her. Bryony's face softened as Troy proposed his idea for them to study together. Without saying a word Bryony moved her bag off of the chair next to her and patted it while smiling at the boy in the doorway. "Come and sit down. It would be good to work together" she said. Secretly, she was glad for the company actually. Working with another person was a good way to study anyway and Bry needed all the help she could get.

 

[Hemi Te Rua]

"I dunno, set them off I suppose -" They walked past one of the abandoned classrooms when he picked up on some voices, he flashed a smile at Charlotte, "-On unsuspecting victims!"

Hemi peeked through the crack in the door to see who was occupying the space, but didn't recognise either student and thought they must be first years. He pushed the door slightly and threw a dungbomb in there, invading their study group with an unpleasant smell and slamming the door closed behind them. Hemi looked to Charlotte expectantly, surely she thought this was funny too!

 

[Charlotte Owens]

The whole idea of setting the dungbombs off seemed quite exhilarating and she knew they were both going to get into a lot of trouble which had only just gave Charlotte a large adrenaline rush before thinking about Professor Styx. She really did not want to have to see his face outside of class this year but Charlotte had never played with dungbombs before and it was always good to try something new. She watched as Hemi threw one of the dungbombs into the abandoned classroom. Not many people usually went in there but she could hear voices which meant that this time there actually were people in there! "Wait!" she exclaimed. But Hemi was laughing and all Charlotte could do was stand there, not really sure on what she should do in this situation. It wasn't like the people inside the room were going to die so maybe it wasn't that bad at all? "Who's in there?" she asked as Hemi peered into the classroom, silently hoping that it was someone like Esme that she didn't really like. Even if it wasn't, she'd get her revenge later.

 

[Troy Cantor]

He let his timid smile widen into a brilliant grin as Bryony invited him to study together. His shyness whisked away as he approached her desk. "Are you going to practice the levitation charm?" He asked as he pulled the chair next to her to sit down but something tapped the heel counter of his snickers. He looked down surprised at a spherical mass of dirt. It started emitting a brownish smoke with a fizzling sound. It wafted through the air and when it reached Troy's nostrils, his eyes bulged out and covered his nose. "What the-" He quickly kicked the ball of dung away from them, towards the door, before the obscuring, brown smoke was able to envelope them.
"What is that?" He coughed and gasped for fresh air. "I swear I didn't bring it in!" He said apologetically to Bryony while still looking alarmed at the dungbomb that reached the door. It was a nice timing. The door opened slightly as someone peered into the room and the dungbomb bounced outside, still spraying its foul cloud of stench.

 

[Bryony Woods]

Bryony made room on the seat next to her as she pulled her things closer to her so there was some room for Troy to work too. She nodded at Troy's question "I want to practise it on bigger things than just a feather like the Professor said" she explained to her friend. She noticed that something had been thrown into the classroom and it hit Troy's shoe. It was something that smelt absolutely vile and it started erupting before either of them could stop it and throw it back out. Luckily, Troy managed to fling it back out of the door before the smell got any worse. Whoever chucked it in the room deserved to have it chucked back to them, a taste of their own medicine. Even though the source of the smell was gone the smell lingered in the room and Bryony nearly gagged at the smell and had to cover her nose and mouth with her robe. It was unbearable.