Getting a Midnight Snack ((OPEN))

Ruby yawned sleepily as she entered the kitchen. She had woken up at midnight feeling incredibly hungry. Which made sense since she had hardly eaten anything yesterday and what little food she had eaten was brought up again as soon as she had the chance.

Hoping the house-elves weren't awake at that late hour, Ruby walked into the packed pantry and reached for some biscuits she saw on a shelf. They were probably some weird wacky wizard flavour but she was too tired to care. As she turned to leave, she tripped on her furry slippers and fell flat on her face.

The fall startled her awake, and she sat up where she was in the doorway, nursing her injured knee. She knew she would have to wait a while until she could walk since her leg was hurting too much for her to walk all the way back up to the Gryffindor dorms. She was also slightly scared by the dark emptiness of the school's corriders now that all the students were asleep, although she would never admit it.

Hoping that noone came down and noticed her, Ruby stayed where she was, pulling up her trouser legs to inspect her knee for any damage. Her eyes widened when she noticed red liguid seeping through and she sighed dejectedly. Just my luck to fall on a piece of broken glass, she though to herself, picking up the offending object.

Ruby almost screamed when she saw a dark figure pointing their wand at her. She grabbed her wand and held it up before asking 'Who are you?'

She hoped it wasn't a teacher, because if it was she would be in a lot of trouble. Although she was walking around at night it wasn't her fault. She was hungry, and she couldn't sleep on an empty stomach.

Ruby sighed in relief and lowered her wand. 'And I'm Ruby.' She smiled at the boy and tried to stand up but unfortunately, her knee was hurting too much so she sat back down.

'Sorry if I startled you. I wasn't expecting anyone to come down here.' She let out a small laugh. What had just happened was quite funny. But she didn't know why he was here.

'You're not a prefect, are you? Because I was just getting something to eat, and I couldn't sleep.'

Ruby blushed slightly. She didn't want to sound clumsy but oh well. 'I kinda tripped over my own feet.' She said and smiled slightly.

She carried on holding up her trousers so they wouldn't get dirty from the blood and waved her wand to fetch a towel. 'Accio towel.' She reached out for the towel and held it to the wound while she pulled out the piece of glass that was still there. Ruby grimaced and covered the cut with towel, dropping the sharp glass and trying to stem the flow of blood.