"Alright. Let's head out." Charles motioned and lead the way toward the forest. Cassandra would take up the rear, and Richard would be left in the middle to intermingle with the student body.

They followed the path away from the castle and toward the forest. 

[b]Caelum [/b]looked down, feeling disappointed about the unicorns. Then she looked up and felt something else entirely. The new teacher. She looked away with pink cheeks as she realized she was staring. She reminded herself to walk forward, but felt awkward and self conscious, and she didn't understand why. She kept pace with Chandler and stole glances at the new teacher, Richard, form time to time when she thought no one else would notice. She'd pretend to be glancing over at something else... The horizon... The orange lights in the castle windows... any of the hundreds of dark gnarled trees that now surrounded them.  

Outside the forest it was twilight, but inside it was already night. The thick canopy blocked out the sun and the night creatures were already roaming.