#15 Did you say... Spiders?

The dungeon was dark, but there were torches everywhere enough to look. William was still in a bad mood when he walked through the dungeon, still thinking about that conversation. He knew all the paths to reach his destination, even if his mind was somewhere else.

Things were different this time because he didn't know someone else was also there. He only realized it when the lit wand was already near his face. "What are you doing?" He said irritably, backing a few steps.

Then he noticed she was one of his annoying classmates, and she was in much worse condition today, having her nose running. Seriously, this day was not going well for him.

"William." William corrected her greeting. He doesn't like people destroying his name. Some of his classmates tried to call him many weird names like Will, Willy, and Wiley. Already thousands of times, he had corrected them, but some people could never change.

He didn't like her talking behavior; on top of it, she was with a red running nose, which was even more disgusting. He walked a few steps backward away from her. The day was already not going well; he didn't want to catch a cold on top of it.

William was walking outside to search for some potion ingredient, but she had given him a good idea of looking for some blue spiders here, especially if she already knew how to find them. "No... I was also looking for spiders." He said in a convincing tone.

"So, how did you say to find a spider." He said, looking towards the corners of the dungeons still standing more than eight steps away from her. The walls look very old and dusty to find spiders easily. After that, he would go far away from the girl before she started to annoy him.

What was he supposed to do with the information about her cousin? William couldn't understand why some people have to do useless chit-chat for no reason. They were here on an assignment to find spiders and should focus on that rather than gossip about cousins.

He felt very disgusted as the girl cleaned her nose with a napkin. He moved even further away from her to the corner. Was it a bad idea to search for spiders with her, he wondered.

'A wee-thing' Every word she was speaking made him even more convinced that he had made a mistake. He moved towards a corner a dark corner. "Lumos." He cast with his wand in the hope of some light. He would be able to find some webs easily in the light. Probably spiders wouldn't like it because they preferred darkness, but this wasn't the time to think about that. HE should concentrate on finding some spiders for brewing potions.

Lindsey put her hands on her hips, felt the warmth coming back into her body as she searched the dungeons. Letting out a sigh, she stood up straight and began the walk back towards the entrance to the tunnel. She would come back later, maybe before dinner or tomorrow morning.

"Nox," she said, stopping about fifteen feet from where she had been. She felt warmer, but she figured she'd head back to the dorm and put on some dry socks before she headed back outside to forest path.

There were none to be seen, having scurried deeper at the first hint of the intruding light. They'd gone so far into the cracks now that it was unlikely they'd emerge for a while, thus rendering the search fruitless.