[open] A Break From Studying

Slipping out of the Hufflepuff common room she started up the stairs through the levels, a hand brushing her dark locks from her eyes.  She had spent most of that morning locked away studying and now she needed a break from the books and the parchment.  Fallon knew she owed her mother an owl about how things were going so far but it would have to wait.  The music room was calling her name.

Within no time at all she finally reached the music room and as she pulled open the heavy door her amber eyes scanned the room to make sure no one else was around.  While she was not shy about her abilities she just preferred to not play to an audience.

Glancing around she crossed the room with ease her shoes clicking softly across the cold floor.  A smile lit up across her face as she found her old friend, a cello that she had played since her first year within the castle walls.

Kicking off her shoes she pulled it over and sat down in a high backed wooden chair and within seconds she was pulling the bow across the strings as a mournful tone filled the room. Leaning into the instrument her skirt slid up her thighs, but she paid no attention to it as she lost herself in the music.

Fallon found it easy to lose herself in the dark rich melody filling the room around her. Cello music was so calming to her, even though others had a tendency to look at like she was crazy. The deep sounds resonated to her soul and were able to soothe her when nothing else was able to.

Just as she was switching songs to one she was in the process of composing herself the door bust open causing her to nearly launch the cello away from her but she grabbed onto it at the last minute. Fallon wasn't used to anyone else coming in while she was here, and it was rare she even passed anyone coming or going from the room. Slipping up from the chair she leaned the cello up against the wall pulling her skirt down and smoothing it out to its proper place.

"Can I help you?"

Bethany bounced into the first empty room she could find and slammed the door shut behind her, making sure to lean on it as well, so whoever was out there couldn't get through. She knew there were locking spells, but she was pretty sure whoever was chasing her would be able to reverse those quick-smart.

Someone spoke.

Beth looked around wildly for a minute, before she found the source of the voice. Some older girl, she didn't really recognise her, but wearing yellow meant she probably wasn't going to try and curse her.

"Oh heeeey," she said, smile spreading across her face. "Nah, I'm good."

Her eyes darted around the room, taking in the scene properly this time. Instruments. Lots of them. Music room? Bethany didn't know Hogwarts had one of those. Witches and wizards didn't seem much interested in culture, from what she'd observed.

"What is this place?"