Title: The Forest Characters: Pansy Parkinson Rating: G Summary: The Forbidden Forest isn’t a place you want to get lost.
Pansy stops in a clearing, shivering as a breeze filters through the surrounding trees, ruffling the light fog that’s gathered. All she can see in any direction is trees; even the sky here is entirely covered by branches. There’s no way to tell which way the castle is, and she curses herself for getting so turned around.
She’d just needed to collect a few herbs from the edge of the forest for a not-entirely-legal potion. It’s just a mental pick-me-up, but a few of the ingredients were banned by the Ministry. She knew she could find them in the Forbidden Forest, though, so she’d snuck out in the dead of night.
Now here she is, an hour later and hopelessly lost because she couldn’t resist the temptation of a little exploration, like some Merlin-damned Gryffindor. Her mother would be ashamed.
For a moment Pansy wishes she was back in her nice warm bed, but she shakes her head. Thoughts like that are useless, and she knows better than to dwell on them. She will figure this out. She’s a Slytherin and a Parkinson and she will not be defeated by some old forest.