Shimmers in the water

[Salazar Slytherin]

Salazar stood by the water's edge of the lake, looking out at the ripples or shimmers on it...simply just looking at it. He really didn't want to be thinking about stuff at the moment. If he let him mind wander to far...then it would wander back to that horrible conversation with Ravie and her so called husband or to his horrible students, if you even could call them that.

He smirked as he saw something maybe move under the water, and thought back to hearing some rumors the younger students had been throwing out about what was really in the Lake. Some said a Gaint Squid, some said Sea People, some said he even lived down there, cause of his bad moods some times. That one always made him laugh. Salazar smirked. No one really knew him all that well. He liked it that way...kinda.

Another smirk crossed his face, at the sound of soft footsteps coming up behind him. "What you doing out so late?" he asked, without taking his eyes from the lake.

[Helga Hufflepuff]

Helga made her way across the grounds, robes of a deep burgundy wiping around her in the night air. She adored Hogwart's at night, the whole castle seemed so unreal to her just the idea that she had finally got the school and the pupils she had so longed for filled her heart with delight. It all seemed so surreal like a wonderful dream.

Noticing a figure she recognized all to well as Salazar she made her way over to her old friend. She didn't like the way Godric and Rowena were turning against him they had all made this school together and they had all been such great friends she would hate for that to be spoiled over a disagreement in views.

She wasn't surprised when he noticed her presence without evening turning around, Salazar always had been impossible to sneak up on.

"I love Hogwarts at night." She answered as she came to stand beside him. "Everything is so calm nd quiet and the moonlight just adds to that whole atmosphere of magic and mystery. What about you, why are you out so late?"

[Salazar Slytherin]

Salazar then turned and shot Helga a smile. "I love the night. I like it better outside," he answered as he looked over at her. It was nice to see her outside enjoying herself.

He was pretty sure that Ravie and her husband were trying to sell her lies about how evil he was becoming and how not to trust him. In the end it was all up to her, to choose if he was to stay a friend or not, not their choice, but her own.

Salazar then smirked. "Oh, I like being out here, late also cause you can just feel free from students and be yourself."

[Helga Hufflepuff]

Helga smiled to herself she saw none of this Salazar her friends had been trying to describe to her he seemed exactly his old self the old Salazar she was friends with.
"I couldn't agree more away from the strict lacedness of the classroom able to be yourself without fear of saying something wrong." She chuckled softly. "How are you enjoying your classes? Would you like to go for a walk?" She offered him her arm. "We can do some catching up." She beamed happily.

[Salazar Slytherin]

Salazar smirked at her. "I'd love to go for a walk with you, precious," he said, as he took up her arm. He then looked down at her. "As for those annoying things you keep refering to as students, well they're getting better. I don't want to keep turning them into frogs and using them as my experiments. They tend to make Potions, interesting." He then looked down at her. "But what about you?"

[Helga Hufflepuff]

Helga chuckled for a moment not once expecting that his words could actually be true about using his students as test subjects.
"My classes are fine Salazar I admit one or two of the students need to be snapped back into reality and listen, but they are so young let them have the chance to day dream while they can still afford it." She smiled happily, heading off in a gentle stride toward the forest to walk along side it.
"Has Rowena told you her great news?" She smiled up at him knowing he probably wouldn't be as thrilled as she was. She had a suspicion though she had no truth behind it that once upon a time Salazar had harbored more then friendship feelings towards Rowena.