Armor Gallery
 

One of the corridors on the third floor is home to a large collection of armor. Be careful not to touch or the caretaker may give you detention to clean up your fingerprints (and everyone else's).

Victoria turned upon hearing the familiar voice and smiled softly. "Vashti..." Then, she nodded and looked back at the armors. "Yes, they do look nice." She giggled a little. "But, I doubt we could fit in them. I know I would be too small to fit in them."

Trixie strutted onto the third floor. Ergh Boredom!! What was there to do at Hogwarts that could at least entertain you a little bit. As she turned the corner she saw two girls, Ravenclaws stood by the Armour gallery. One she recognised to be Vashti whom she had met twice. "Hi" she said blandly as she appeared behind them. She turned to the other girl. "The name is Trixie. Trixie Malfoy" she stated smiling slightly.

"Yes, but what if we both got in one? Do you think we'd fit then?" Vashti wondered aloud. She would love to try that theory out, but she knew she'd get caught instantly. She had that sort of luck. So she wasn't risking it.

And then an older girl came over to them, a girl Vashti knew. She smiled at Trixie. "Hey Trixie! You ever been inside a suit of armor?" she asked.

Victoria giggled again at Vashti's wondering. "Possibly...but the trick is not getting caught, wouldn't you agree?"

Then, she saw the older girl, who introduced herself as Trixie. Victoria noticed that she was a Slytherin, but she saw that she was being polite- more polite than what some Slytherins would act. She nodded slightly and smiled in return. "Hello, I'm Victoria Rogers."

Trixie looked at Vashti as if she had just told her the weirdest thing ever. "Err...No" she stated still with an eyebrow raised. What a weird question. "Do I look like the type of person who would go inside a suit of armour?" she asked. She turned to the girl who'd introuduced herself as Victoria. "Pleasure" she stated blandly. She wasn't horrible like some other slytherins but she certainly wasn't perfectly nice.

Vashti giggled. "It is, and considering my luck, I would get caught. So I won't risk it." She shrugged at Trixie's question. "I dunno, I try not to judge by appearances. And since I don't know you very well and we're in an armor gallery, I just thought I'd ask. That's all." She shrugged again.

Trixie raised an eyebrow at Vashti's theory. "Well if that's the type of question you ask them I'm going along with it" she sighed but still raised an eyebrow. She turned to Victoria. "Fifth year. I just transfered from beauxbatons" she informed her.

"Has many people told you that you were a bit strange, Vashti?" Victoria teased with her friend.

She looked back at Trixie. "Beauxbatons...that's the school in France, am I right?"

"Oh no, I don't go up to random people talking about suits of armor, if that's what you mean," Vashti replied with a laugh. "I've only ever asked you and Victoria here that question."

Turning to Victoria, she giggled. "Oh yes, all my Muggle friends used to say that." She grinned. "But they liked my strangeness, or so they said, so I didn't mind. They were pretty crazy too."

Trixie nodded. "It is yes. I lived in Paris for 4 years so I attended Beauxbatons instead of Hogwarts" she said with a boastful smile. She turned back to Vashti. "No that wasn't what I was inteding but whatever floats your boat" she said with a small smile.

Vashti nodded. "It was. I kind of miss them, like I told you at the ice cream parlor. But it's not like I don't have crazy friends here at Hogwarts," she said teasingly, nudging Victoria with her elbow.

Turning to Trixie, she nodded again. "Ah, okay then. So did they have suits of armor at Beauxbatons?"

She nodded. "And it would give me excuse to go there and see what exactly they have there." A small smile etched across her face, showing her love for books. She glanced at Trixie and Vashti. "Do you two like reading?"

Trixie smiled. "It was great" she sighed recalling her 'Queen Bee' status at Beauxbatons. "And no. They had more attractive and appealing things at Beauxbatons that would make it look a lot prettier" she told them. She shook her head. "I'm more of a practical girl then reading."

She nodded. "So...how do you like Hogwarts so far then?"

Vashti's eyes lit up and her grin widened as she answered Victoria. "I love reading. It's one of the best things in the entire world." Her smile faltered slightly when Trixie admitted that she didn't like to read - well, implied it, really. "Aw, that's a shame. Reading's a lot of fun."

She smiled even more. "What books have you read so far then?"

"Oh Merlin, way too many to count," Vashti replied, laughing. "Muggle books, wizard books...I'll read anything if it's interesting, and it usually is."