((Hiiii... I'd say it's high time we had some new topics started, so here's one! It's Hogsmeade weekend and despite there being a steady drizzle, plenty of students are out and about. I'm going to say that despite there being a rule in the books about Hogsmeade visits being for third years and older, for HOL anyone can go and maybe there's a bit more supervision or something on behalf of the younger students, so first and second years are definitely welcome.
The general premise is that there are weird things going on at the Shrieking Shack, but I'm pretty much okay with this topic going anywhere in relation to that. I'll toss in ideas/direction if needed, but if someone else has ideas, go for it! Any length of reply is fine. I like to write a lot, but I'm happy not writing a lot too, haha.))
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Mattie stood at the foot of the hill that the Shrieking Shack sat on. It was a common notion that there was something spooky about the Shrieking Shack and this weekend, word had been going around that there were some weird things going on there. Curious, Mattie wanted to see if there was anything to the claims, and she had to say, the wailing and crashing noises were doing a pretty good job convincing her that at least some of the rumors might be true. Now she was both curious and unnerved - not an overly pleasant combination.
The fifth year shuffled her feet a bit and glanced around; for now she was the only student in the area. While she came to that spot initially to get a better idea of what was going on, she wasn't entirely sure what she wanted to do after. While she very much did want to find out what was going on in the Shrieking Shack, she was also very much against going into an unknown situation on her own. At the same time, her more prefect-ly tendencies told her it would be worth it to keep an eye out for any younger students that might get ideas about checking the Shrieking Shack more closely themselves and to keep them out of trouble. Plus, if she stayed, there might be more clues to what was going on...
Maybe I'll stick around a little longer, and if I don't see anyone, I'll head back, she thought. After a moment, she nodded to herself, shivered a bit, and added, maybe grab a butterbeer.
Tugging the hood of her robes more securely over her head to keep dry, Mattie settled in on a nearby bench where she could observe the Shrieking Shack... from a safe distance. She stared intensely at the structure, jumping a bit at the sound of yet another crash. What is going on in there?