Bright Nights {Silver}

[alexisme]

Alex was laying in his bed, inside of the boy's dormitory of the Gryffindor common room. It was about two in the morning, and the boy couldn't sleep at all. He wasn't sure why. Maybe it was because he couldn't stop thinking about his new girlfriend. He felt as if he was being a bit obsessive. He was glad that no body in the room were a mind reader. Because he wouldn't want them in his head while he was thinking about his personal life. Slowly the Gryffindor slipped out of bed and looked outside through of one of the few windows in the room. The moon was shinning brightly in the sky, if it wasn't for it. The grounds would be pitch black. It took a few seconds for the boy to realize that it was actually snowing. But it wasn't heavy snow. It seemed like a normal night at Hogwarts, except for the fact that he was awake at the moment. Usually the teen could fall a sleep no matter what, and today he couldn't close his eyes for two minutes without thinking about Gabrielle.

Silently Alex changed into his black and red Gryffindor attire. Since it would probably be cold outside, he also grabbed his black cloak. After making sure he had his wand with him, he quietly left his common room. When the boy entered the stairways, he felt a blow of wind on his face. It didn't disturb him at all. He pressed on down the stairs. It seemed everyone in the castle was a sleep at the moment. The teen was very satisfied with the fact that nobody was out of their bed. Because he didn't want to get busted and then get points taken away from his house. That would really suck, and everyone would be pissed of at him. He didn't want anybody to be angry at him, since Alex wasn't the person that enjoyed having enemies. He preferred to be neutral then to be Hated and to be Loved.

Finally the Gryffindor approached the big doors that led to the grounds of the school. Slowly and Silently he pushed the door open, hoping it wouldn't make a sound. To his luck it didn't so nobody had no way of knowing that he was out of the castle at this time. He would surely get in trouble for being out this late. He wouldn't be out at this time if he had classes the next day. Luckily it was currently a Saturday morning, so he didn't have to worry about being tired during lessons. When Alex entered the outside of the castle, he felt a shiver go down his spine. He was glad he brought his cloak with him, because if he didn't he would have been freezing at the moment.

Now the swiftly made his way through the ground and into the Forbidden Forest. He didn't want to stay out in the open, because someone would be able to see him through a window. While the Gryffindor walked deeper into the forest, he could help but to look up at the moon. It was glowing so much this night, its beams forced themselves through the branches and leaves of the trees. The boy's hand kept jerking every time a noise was heard by the teen. He was being a bit paranoid now, but he should be cautious out in the forest at this time.

[silver]

The snow crunched under his hooves. It was lit up brightly on the path by the swollen moon high above him. The silver disk in the sky seemed to follow him as he ran. His chestnut brown mane flowed behind him like a streak of dark ribbon. His muscles flexed as he cantered to the side, and took the left hand turn in the path. He knew that a full moon would mean that several local residents would be out and about in their wolf form. Silver knew that this could be dangerous for some of the other residents of the dark woods. Silver was never aggressive, but he always patrolled the woods on a full moon to protect those that might not protect themselves. He moved down the path, the thick trees blotting out the moon as he ran on. Silver paused, listening for any sign of sound.

After a few moments, he reared back. His front legs stretched out in front of him as he kicked the air. Silver began to transform. His brown fur started to slip up his frame and land on his head. His odd horse eyes flowed into the round circles on his face. His body shortened, and formed into his torso. Silver was once again in his human form. He stretched, and yawned slightly. He had a long, long night ahead of him as he moved through the trees.

It did not take him long to realize that he was no longer alone. Someone was around, and he could hear them trying to be quiet in the small brush off to the left of the path. This area was fairly close to the school, and this made Silver move in the direction of the sound. It was not unheard of for a brave -or stupid- student to wander out of bounds during a full moon. Some of them wanted to catch a glimpse of a were-animal running in the trees. However, as Silver learned last full moon, some students were were-animals, and did the running through the trees. Silver could not go on until he knew who, or what, was making the sound. He had to be assured that the area was safe before he moved deeper into the woods to check in on the centaur encampment off to the North.

As he moved through the shadows, Silver pushed branches out of his way. He let them settle behind him with nothing more than a hushed whisper of sound. His oddly colored eyes peered through another small strand of brush, and his lips parted in a broad smile. The brave student out this night was someone Silver cared for deeply. He was much younger, hardly a teen in muggle years, and a Gryffindor. The boy was as shy as Silver often found himself. The two had spent many hours on the edge of the forest, as Silver told him stories of the forest. They had not known each other long, only a year or so, but Silver already thought of this Gryffindor as a son. He moved out onto the path behind him, and watched the boy. "Being out in the woods during a full moon is sort of silly, don't you think Alex?" His voice was a hushed whisper, as Silver hardly ever raised his voice.

As he smiled to Alex, he felt an inner burst of love. It was like Alex was in love with someone, thinking about this person deeply, and worried that the future was unclear. Silver, with his strong gift of empathy, often felt the emotions of others. This was why he preferred to remain away from crowds, living his life in the woods among the centaurs. Silver moved forward, his smile broad, and his arms outstretched. "So Alex, girl problems?" Silver smiled and let Alex come to him.

{{Hope this is good enough. I was a bit rushed this morning.}}

[alexisme]

Very soon the boy began to get tired from walking. He had been out in the woods for a good twenty minutes before deciding to stop for a quick break. It seemed to get colder as the night advanced. He kept his wand in his right hand by his side, he wanted to be secure just in case something might decide to attempt to assault him. The Gryffindor did hear from the students that some people in the castle were actually werewolves, this probably didn't frighten him as much as it scared most other students. He was in Gryffindor for a reason after all, he wasn't really scared of anything but snakes. He wasn't sure what it was that made him act so terrified around the serpents. Luckily no body knows about because Alex might be friendly but he doesn't open up to just anyone. Somebody had to earn his trust before he would tell that person private things that the teen didn't fell comfortable saying to a acquaintance.

After a few minutes of just standing around staring into darkness, hushed sounds of the leaves were being made. Alex swiftly raised his wand in the direction he heard the sounds coming from. For a second he thought that he was over reacting, so he slowly lowered his wand down and then hid it in the sleeve of his cloak. Seconds later the teen heard a voice that made him smile. Being out in the woods during a full moon is sort of silly, don't you think Alex as son as he heard the whisper of his most trusted friend, Silver was more than just a friend even. He was sort of a father for him, someone that he could talk about anything when ever he wanted. They both met on the outskirts of the forbidden forest, it was a complete coincidence. Since that day just sort of gotten along. Throughout half of his second year in Hogwarts, the boy went out to visit silver almost everyday. He knew how lonely he must've gotten with nobody but the centaurs to talk to.

Alex always wanted to meet a centaur and talk to them but for some reason, Silver would never let him. He never gave him a reason why, he always told him he will tell him when his older. He hadn't pressed the question on, he never wanted to get on Silver's bad side. So Alex, girl problems with this question the animagus stretched out his arms clearly looking for a hug. The boy gladly anticipated and walked up to him and gave him a hug to say hello. Well not really problem he told him, since it was true, he didn't really have problems just a lot of questions that he wanted to ask. All of the sudden his emotions quickly changed form love to more curious. He didn't want to be rude with his next question but he decided to ask it anyways. Do you know a lot about girls he said as he took a step away from him so they could get a little distance from each other, so they could walk through the woods. Without getting in each others way.