a scare. (( tagged.

[nicolai taggart]

"at least it doesn't bite." nicolai was wary about the hippogriff as she approaced it. she'd heard stories about them and was slightly scared of what it might do to her. which is probably what landed her in the hospital wing in the first place. hours earlier, nicolai taggart had been stepping forwards towards the black hippogriff as she had been instructed. she had been chewing on her lip and shaking ever so slightly as she had walked. but, apparently - even though the professor had told her it wouldn't - it had smelt the fear coming from her; reared it's wings and stood up on it's hind legs. it's claws came out and slashed at the air. unfortunately for the ravenclaw, she hadn't gotten out of the way fast enough and had come up against the claws. they ripped open the front of her robes and blood started pouring everywhere.

when she woke up, nicolai was laying on her side in a comfortable hospital wing. it was darker now than it had been before the lesson and she was slightly scared of the dark. the small girl sat up in her bed and took a look around the empty room. shadows loomed and threatened her. she sat in her bed shaking. pulling the covers around her a little more, nicolai chewed on her bottom lip as her eyes surveryed her surroundings. in the distance there was scuffling noise. suddenly there was a loud bang and nicolai jumped. a small squeal escaped her mouth and she pulled the covers over her head a little.

[derek michael reed]

"Calm down," Derek said to the young Ravenclaw. He knew that she was probably scared that she had been attacked by a hippogriff but that didn't mean that there was anything to be worried about now. If anything she had been lucky that he came around. If he hadn't who knew how long it would be before anyone went by and saw her. She could have been lying there for quite some time and caught some nasty infection.

"You're in the hospital wing right now. Don't know what you were thinking going near the most pompus hippogriff on the grounds just now. Not many people who actually like that class try and do that. Guess I have to give you some credit for that though." He was trying to make her feel better but he was sure that he was probably just annoying her instead. He seemed to have that sort of effect on people lately.

[nicolai taggart]

calm down? nicolai wasn't so sure she could do that. the dark was pretty darn daunting. she had never really liked it anyway and now she was sitting there in the dark, almost alone. well that just had to be even more daunting than she realised. she continued to chew on her lower lip as the person sat next to her continued to speak. all she could do was nod her head slightly. the covers were still in her hands and still up above her head so that only her eyes were visible. she was supposed to be seventeen years old, yet at the moment she only seemed to be...younger than that. nicolai couldn't help it, she was naturally a jumpy person.

she nodded. gathering that much because of the layout of the room and the fact that she was bandaged from the waist upwards. the seventh year closed her eyes briefly as the boy spoke, occasionally nodding here and there. she didn't know what to think about what she had done, she couldn't think. it was hurting her head too much to think about it right now. all she really wanted to do was sleep, but she knew that wasn't going to come easily. instead she simply moved down in her bed, wincing softly. nicolai pulled the covers around her a little tighter and looked up at the ceiling. "thanks." she mumbled, looking at the boy for the first time. at least now she wasn't covered in blood.