(Byeee)
"I think… I-I think this ice is cursed, Phoenix. Something about the curse… it affects me greatly. The ice feels as though it is creeping into my very bones and freezing everything. Do you think it's something about… about my background, maybe?"
Astra was deeply annoyed that they left her here. They really were trying to kill her. The ice felt cursed, so she avoided touching it as she made her way to the end of the cavern and saw two door, covered deeply in the ice. Ugh, what was that spell She asked herself before she statted throwing spells at the ice before making it shatter.
"I don't know… Is there anything i can do help?" She looked at the ice crystals on his hair.
Scipio shook his head. "You've helped plenty already, I couldn't ask that of you. Just… I need to figure out what curse this ice holds. Why it affects me so… I don't know. Something about it just seems off and I need to know more."
"Well, if you need anything.." She sighs.
Phoenix hated seeing Scipio freeze, but no new idea came to mind.
(ya know, yeah, they are more like brother and sister)
"Do you have any idea how to find the identity of a curse? Should we tell the headmaster?" Scipio took a tentative step closer to the ice, crouching beside it to get a closer look.
"i-i dont know… i think we should find that Astra girl first, if you wont freeze to death…" She looked at Scipio again, just to make sure he is alright.
"Yeah… yeah, probably so." Scipio stepped back again and looked over at the exit. "There seems to be only one option, s-so I guess that's what we're doing."
"If you feel like its getting worse, let me know…"
"Yes, Phoenix. I mean, you'd probably know anyways considering 'getting worse' would likely include collapsing." Scipio walked through the door.
"Lets hope not.." She mumbles to herself and walks behind scipio.
"Do you think she is far from here?" Phoenix looks around, and crouches down to look at the ice. She slightly touches the ice, and the tip of her finger freezes.
"ouch.." she whispers.
Astra just stood at the entrance of where she shattered the cursed ice revealed two doors, debating if she wanted to open them or not.
Scipio hissed something in Parseltongue that was probably a swear or exclamation of frustration. The other entrance had frozen over again. "Step back, I'll have to use that spell again, and I'd really rather not get almost knocked out again." He moved backwards a couple feet before pointing his wand at the ice. "Bombarda Maxima!" The ice exploded, shooting ice towards and away from them. A large chunk hit him in the face, cutting it, but he didn't seem too concerned.
Phoenix was too distracted by her finger, so she was blown away. not much of course.
She quickly stood back on her feet, and stood by Scipio.
"Are yo…" she realized that she was getting quite annoying by now.
"Never mind…" She hid the hand in her pocket, but saw that it was getting worse.
Scipio noticed her hiding her hand, but didn't mention it. He didn't want to pry. I'll just say that we should both go to the hospital wing later, and then it'll get checked out. "Come on, we should keep moving." He wiped some of the blood off of his face and walked through the entrance.
"uh, yeah, we still have to find Astra, either she likes it or not.."
She unties her hair and puts it in a ponytail and wipes off the tiny crystals from her eyelashes.
Phoenix felt the ice spreading.
"This ice… it's relentless. If we're not careful, we'll catch frostbite." Scipio shivered again and kept walking, his wand raised just in case. "Hello? Is anyone here? Astra?"
His voice echoes and bounces of the walls.
"Not here…"
"Hmm…" Something about this place just made Scipio uneasy. Whether it was the cursed ice or how vacant it seemed, he wasn't sure, but he knew that it wasn't a place he enjoyed being.
( Can we just like idk
go to the frozen doors/)
Phoenix stopped walking for a second and looked at her hand. She took it out of the pocket. Half of her palm was frozen.
"Shit…"
(yea hold on)
( no this.)
Astra just stood at the entrance of where she shattered the cursed ice revealed two doors, debating if she wanted to open them or not.