A Little Exploration {Open}

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For the past few years David had always led a group of foreigners to do one favorite thing of his, cave exploring. Every year he found a new cave and would lead the group to it and this year he imagines this one was the best of all. The tan American was pratically bubbling with excitement as the waterfall that marked the cave entrances came into view.

Each person had been given a yellow backpack that had rope and a harness, grappling hook, flashlight, and a small first aid kit. He stopped where the waterfall began and turned around. "I'll leave you here and for when you feel like coming back I'll mark the trail with bright orange flags. Have fun!" With that he turned back to where he come from, leaving said flags stuck into the ground every ten feet.

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A cave, what could be better than a cave? At that moment; nothing. The start of the summer he had no idea what he would be doing for six weeks, but his father quickly changed that with a ton of suggestions. For a change, his parents thought it would be nice for him to get out of the house for the holidays and not them. They didn't want him at school, nor at a friend’s, but in another country with different people and places. He didn't really want to at first; he still didn't feel comfortable leaving his parents when they lost his sister only a few months ago, but it was because of that that they wanted him to go. They didn't want him in a house full of memories that would only sadden his holiday.

In the first week of the holiday he got a few options and was told to choose, there were all sorts of things, and he would've loved to go to each and every one, but the camp on week five stood out and grabbed him. Of course he didn't want to go to the camp in America with all sorts of adventures on his own, so he sent an owl out with the information to his friends, hoping they would consider it. None responded though, so he had hopes that they would surprise him and turn up at the camp, ready to meet strangers with him.

However, what he didn't expect was just how many people there was when he arrived. It was a mess. Bags and all sorts of people running around, some clearly from other countries, it was safe to say he was confused the first day and had to make friends with people who laughed at his accent. It was fun though, he loved it, and he loved all the adventures the place had planned. Today, it was the cave.

As soon as David left, orange fags and all, he immediately turned to a random person, making ‘mind blowing’ gestures, nearly shouting ”This is bloody amazing!” and it was. He turned around, threw his yellow backpack over his shoulder and stared at the waterfall in awe. Bran did realize he was being a bit rude and turned back to the stranger he almost yelled at ”So-...” well, he didn't expect this and stopped mid-word when he realized who it was.

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Curtis had arrived at camp with his younger brother feeling a little overwhelmed at the sheer number of people there. It was a little bit of madness for sure, and it all seemed to lack order. He'd actually had to battle it out with the organizers to change the rooms around so that he was in the same room as his brother. He wasn't going to leave nine year old Flynn to stay with people he didn't know! Considering how out of place Curtis felt at camp, he had a feeling that Flynn must be feeling twice as bad. He was by far the youngest there, and he hadn't left his side the whole time.

Flynn had seemed keen on the idea of exploring a cave though, so Curtis had gathered their things and headed to the cave. He didn't know what to expect from it, but he did make sure not to let go of Flynn's hand that clutched his tightly. They were in a foreign country on their own with people from all over the world talking in a tonn of different languages. It was easy to feel a bit lost.

The guy leading them headed off, leaving them all to explore on their own and he turned, about to speak to Flynn, when a voice chirped up loudly beside him, and he watched as the person looked around, seemingly excited. In the dim light of the cave, it took a while for Curtis to realize that he actually knew the guy in question, and that was confirmed as they guy turned around. "Hey, Brandon." Unexpected.

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Curtis. This was a little bit unexpected, but even so it was a pleasant surprise. Bran started to think he was the only Hogwarts Brit in the camp, and Curtis appearing out of nowhere was a bit of a relief. He didn't mind being on his own, nor did he mind falling in with a random group of people, but having someone around who understood everything about you was a nice feeling.

"Hey, Curt- " he greeted excitedly, though he did notice someone standing next to Curtis, looking a bit bewildered "And hey to you too, Flynn... Right?" he never saw Curtis' half-brother, but he heard of him a few times, enough to take a guess, he just hoped he was right.

Out of all people who could have been standing in front of him he was glad it was Curtis. He was a bit of an oddball, but so was Brandon, or at least he thought so. Overall, Curtis was a good friend and good company, which will only make this cave exploration more fun and exciting than he thought it would be just a few seconds ago.

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"Hey, Curt- And hey to you too, Flynn... Right?"

Curtis hadn't expected to see someone he knew on this trip and he'd figured it would pretty much just him and Flynn for the week, with no one else to really talk to. Well, there might be the odd person here or there, but with Flynn being so much younger than everyone Curtis had a feeling he wouldn't be talking to many other people even if he wanted to. Of every one from school he could have met here, Brandon was one of the better ones - a fellow Chaser on the Gryffindor team, and he was pretty sure Brandon didn't see him like a freak as a lot of people still did. Well, the fact he saw and recognized who Flynn was helped support the idea that he didn't see Curtis as a freak still. He wouldn't have paid attention to who his family was otherwise, would he? It was the fact that Brandon remembered his brothers name that made him smile the most in response.

"Yeah, this is Flynn," He squeezed his little brother's shoulder to let him know everything was okay, "Who did you come with?" Brandon seemed to have a lot of friends, so Curtis was sure that some of his other friends wouldn't be far behind.