Okay. Not Mice. The sounds that were reverberating through the chamber could hardly be created by something that small.... Not to mention... Damien was sure he could hear words, or something like it, he was straining to understand them, but he couldn't. It was unfortunate timing for his Hufflepuff friend because her words had been drowned out by the symphony of noises all around the chamber and the pounding of Damien's own heart in his chest.

He didn't think twice, he pulled Evangeline by her hand and ducking behind one of the snake statues. He extinguished his wand light, not wanting to allow the... Things to see them. "Okay... Maybe not our best idea." He whispered in Evie's ear, holding his wand tightly in his other.

Had it just been himself down here Damien would not have cared, but he was not alone, very much not so and Evie's safety was the only thing in the Gryffindor's mind, if that sort of caution made him cowardly, well, he didn't care.