Sneaking Run-In {Mae}

[Georgina Parkinson]

Every so often, Georgina would head to Hogwarts and go into the forest. Should she do it? Obviously not. Was that ever going to stop her? Absolutely not. Georgina had learned early on in her stay at Hogwarts how to get out of the castle grounds, so naturally, she had to know how to get back it. Just because she had left the school didn't mean that knowledge was forgotten. 

On this particular day, Georgie was feeling quite reminiscent, thinking back on her days here, all the chaos she'd caused, all the rules she'd broken... The forest had been a regular haunt for her. When she'd first become curious about the unforgivable curses she had used the creatures she found in the forest as practice, and her love for the spells had grown.

She loved all three of them, but it was a toss up between the lesser of the two as to which she loves most. The killing curse wasn't her favorite. To her, the killing curse was perhaps the most powerful of them all, and the ability to take life in a split second was thrilling, but the problem with it was that it was over too fast. Whoever was on the receiving end felt nothing but a quick and easy death.

To control someone or create immense pain? That was different. The two things Georgie loves inflicting more than anything was pain and humiliation, and they were the two perfect spells for the job. Once you knew what would humiliate a person the most, it was easy to imperious them into doing those very things. Both of the spells tied for first place in her books, and this forest had been her initial testing grounds.

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The best thing about being a first year was having so many rules to break. Mae was surprised how she had lasted the whole year, although she couldn’t help think that Sawyer may have made a few plea bargains to get her out of some detentions here and there. She just didn’t function all that that great in lesson situations, the new school had been good for her in some ways. Meeting new people was always a joy for Mae although the divides in the school unsettled her a little.

Today she had a whole new adventure in mind, the forest. There were probably many reasons why it was called the Forbidden Forest and the ones she knew about didn’t scare Mae. It was still light so the werewolves wouldn’t be around, anything else she could out run. The blonde glanced over her shoulder as she reached the first few trees. She wasn’t being followed, the girl smirked this was going to be great.

Mae strolled through the trees they seemed to grow thicker as she went, more and more of them. It would be pretty easy to get turned around, there was a glimmer of light from the direction she had come from, she knew she would be fine. Mae hopped up onto an old tree stump, taking a moment she made a leap to a nearby rock, she turned looking for her next target when she paused.

Was that footsteps?

Her Hazel eyes darted around looking for something nearby, not being able to spot anyone she decided calling out was the best option. “You shouldn’t be out here, you know!” Her young voice was probably a give away but she tried it anyway. Hoping it was just another student lurking around in the trees.

[Georgina Parkinson]

As soon as she was on the grounds Georgina had stayed close to the fence that surrounded the castle until she reached the edge of the forest. She didn't know how far the fence actually extended back, but she was pretty sure it didn't go all the way around the entire forest. That would just be crazy with a forest this size. She slipped into the trees, moving a few trunks in before she started to walk along parallel to the grounds, catching glimpses here and there, but there was nothing happening on the grounds to be on any interest to her, so she concentrated on the forest and recalling her times there.

“You shouldn’t be out here, you know!”

She'd been walking for quite a while before she heard the voice and she stopped, a little surprised that there was someone else in the forest, but more at how young that person sounded. Was there a child in these trees with her? She walked forward a bit further, and there she saw her.

There was a young girl, probably only a first year, standing on a rock. Georgina leaned against the nearest tree, watching the little blond. "Neither should you." Kudos to the girl for being brave enough to enter the trees though.

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Mae had her wand in her backpack somewhere in case of emergencies, she was cocky but she knew she couldn’t fend off anything bigger than a gnome, even with those she might struggle. It was a good thing she picked a lighter hour of the day Mae was a fan of the dark being tucked up in the common room is where she liked to be at night, unless she was feeling braver than usual. There were patches of light peering through the leaves and shining on the ground so Mae knew she was safe for a while yet.

The ickle’s heartbeat picked up a little after she called out there couldn’t be anything that dangerous this close to the school, could there? Mae was sure she could run pretty fast back, even though the grounds were exactly in view but she could make it. She chewed at her bottom lip as she listened to her words echo around her.

"Neither should you."

Mae took a sharp breath turning towards the voice. She stepped backwards off the rock just about able to make out part of the figure that spoke; they looked like one of the bigger kids. There was no way Mae was going to get into trouble for this, but the voice didn’t sound like a prefect. “You can be out as long as no one catches you. That’s how rules work, it’s fine if you don’t- don’t get caught.” It was almost like someone had taught her to say that, but they certainly hadn’t been any of her family. Mae shook her head a little, she didn’t want to bolt away but her ballsy attitude was wavering now someone else was there. She stopped backing away and looked to see if she recognised her company.

[Georgina Parkinson]

Georgina watched the young girls' reaction when she spoke, and it was clear that the girl hadn't been expecting to find someone else in the forest with her. She was backing away and speaking at the same time, but her voice didn't sound confident. It was as if the girl wanted to be confident but the situation was holding that confidence back from her.

“You can be out as long as no one catches you. That’s how rules work, it’s fine if you don’t- don’t get caught.”]

Nice rule. In a similar form, it was basically what Georgie lived by. "So why can you be here but not me?" The child had, after all, spoken out by saying 'you shouldn't be here' and now her own words were contradicting that. Georgie was curious to see how the young girl would explain herself out of that one.

She had a feeling that the young girl was trying to see who she was, so Georgina stepped away from the tree, more into a patch of light that made it through the canopy above. If the girl was as young as Georgina thought she was then there was no way that she would recognize her, but whether she'd mistake her for a student was another question.

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The forest had seemed like such a good idea only a little while ago but now Mae was nervous about getting back to school. What if someone was looking for her? So perhaps they’d not search the whole castle for her but they could, couldn’t they? The little lion’s hand tightened on her backpack’s shoulder strap as she watched where the voice was coming from. She was sure if she was worried that she had found a person in the forest or if it was better than some other things that might have been lurking between the trees.

"So why can you be here but not me?"

Mae was usually good with answers to things like this, she had somehow inherited a sassy gene but it certainly wasn’t one that her brother or sisters had in them. This wasn’t a situation that Mae was often in though and she certainly wasn’t on her A game right now. “You’re older that means you’re meant to know the rules- I- I could say I followed you.” Mae gave her head a little shake. She could only assume that the girl was an older student, she might have already bolted away from her if she had though that she wasn’t even a student at all.

Now that the older girl was in view Mae didn’t recognise her but she didn’t know many of the older students outside of her own house apart from Sawyer. “I won’t tell anyone you were here- if you don’t tell anyone I was.” Mae offered slowly, she didn’t want to get into trouble. The ickle slowly stepped from the rock and moved a little closer to the girl. Mae lifted up her right hand and extended her pinkie, pinkie promises couldn’t be broken even if this girl was a lot older than her. Mae tried not to breath too heavily as she looked at the girl hoping she’d take up her offer.

[Georgina Parkinson]

Ah, children were so amusing. Georgina almost missed the kids that ran around this school. when she'd been a student she'd actually started to enjoy talking to the younger students because she always had the upper hand and knew just what to say to make them question what they were going and who they were, and it seemed this she hadn't lost that touch right now.

“You’re older that means you’re meant to know the rules- I- I could say I followed you.”

Georgie raised an eyebrow and a slow smirk spread over her face. "Followed... who?" From the way the girl had acted so far she really had no idea who Georgina was, so in typical Georgie style, she decided to play on that, seeing how far she could push the young girl in front of her.

“I won’t tell anyone you were here- if you don’t tell anyone I was.”

The child moved closer, pinky finger extended, and Georgie looked down at her, slightly curious. "What's this?" She copied the motion, raising her pinky, but she had no idea what she was doing it for. Was this a new craze for the kids at the school? Or had it been around when she was here she just never paid attention to it? Oh, it would be just her luck that some muggle scum or other had spread it around the school, but there was nothing wrong with getting an insight into the muggle world. More for her to use against them.

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Mae wasn’t exactly good at getting scared she just got nervous. So when she had the urge to run away she couldn’t understand why she was getting a stage fright kind of feeling. No she wasn’t going to try and hide even if this person was a little scary.

”Followed… who?”

The girl blinked a few times. Ah phooey. Mae willed her brain to put a name to the older girls face. She opened her mouth to say a name but she couldn’t think of any. Mae slowly closed her mouth and looked around through the trees. “You.” She muttered, annoyed that she couldn’t give a name. Maybe she’d have to describe the girl to someone back at the castle.

”What’s this?”

This girl was no Ravenclaw but something about her made Mae keep her trap shut about that- for once. “It’s a pinkie promise, it’s unbreakable!” Mae stared right into the girl’s eyes with her signature Howell eyes, they had an annoying warm glow that meant Mae could never quite give a totally cold stare to anyone. Mae had heard an older student mention an unbreakable vow, maybe this girl would fall for this being similar. Mae lifted her hand so that she hooked her pinkie around the older girl’s finger. “And Mae Howell never breaks a pinkie promise” She gave a definite nod, as if her name would mean something to the older girl. Unfortunately muggleborns didn’t really command the power that Mae acted like she had.

[Georgina Parkinson]

“You.”

Georgie's smirk only grew, especially when it became clear that the young girl was frustrated that she couldn't put a name to her face. That was the problem with children like this girl - they said things, and made threats, that they had no way of upholding. They didn't take the time to gather all the information that they needed to make the right threat at the right time. Georgina on the other hand? She'd mastered the ability to make small talk to gain what she needed. She bided her time.

“It’s a pinkie promise, it’s unbreakable! And Mae Howell never breaks a pinkie promise”

And there you had it, Mae Howell. She gave away information so freely, and now Georgina knew more about the girl that what she girl knew in return. Well, perhaps it would be fun to play a few... games with her. Smirking a little, Georgina linked her finger with that of the young girl. "Well, Chloe Mathers never breaks a promise, either. Not even a pinkie one." And if the girl didn't know who she was before now, she certainly wasn't going to see the lie Georgie just pulled.