Beginnings

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-it came in handy-

More and more times when it was late, and the castle was practically silent, she found herself wandering around the hallways, nightgown flapping in the breeze. She was entranced by the quietness and the fact that here, alone, she could be herself, be Andromeda, if only for a little while.

She never thought that she would see another person this late. It was so late it wasn't even Thursday night, it was Friday morning.

But there they were, sitting on the grass in front of the Black Lake, an object in their hands. She walked down to them slowly, brushing a hand through her hair. The boy- she had made the assumption from his form, and his short hair, but he could very well be a girl- was singing softly, strumming softly on something with his fingers. She squinted in the darkness, then shook her head. Squinting caused wrinkles, and Black never ever had wrinkles.

It wasn't any use anyway, she couldn't see anything.

But she still walked closer and closer, until she was right above him, staring down. He didn't notice, and she tried not to breathe heavily so she could take her time observing him.

She knew him from somewhere.

Wasn't he in her year?

She shrugged, before tapping him lightly on the shoulder. He jumped, dropping the object from his hands, and looking behind him.

Andromeda waved softly, before pointing to the object now lying on the grass. "What's that?" she asked the boy.

"A guitar," he told her, smiling, eyes roving over her nightgown clad form. She wrapped her arms around herself, scowling.

"Well, you're a horrible singer," she told him smugly, wiping the scowl of her face and replacing with a confident smirk. Lucius loved to smirk, and lately she had been horrified that she was picking up some of his traits, but here and now, it came in handy with dealing with this confident boy.

The boy shrugged. "I know," he said.

Andromeda smiled. "But I like this song."

She never did find out his name.

Oh well.

For my very own Notebook Quotes Challenge! This will be a five-parter, I think. Review, yeah?