Hooray for trees!

Nicolas walked through the forest. He'd always loved taking walks in the woods... it kind of reminded him of home, actually. However, that wasn't why he had decided to come here. He needed to get to know the grounds of the school, and since he was sure the lawn and the lake would be easy to navigate, why not start with the forest?

As he walked, the somewhat melted snow beneath his feet crunched, though he didn't really mind it. His hands were stuffed into the pockets of his coat, fingers fiddling around with some of the bandages he had in there. Perhaps he was just a little bit too paranoid, since most of his pockets were filled with bandages. But, oh well, it was habit, and it would be far too hard to change now. His hair hid his face, since he was looking down as he walked. Although, he did look up and glance around, since he didn't ant to walk into a tree or anything.

So, the young man continued on his way, the silence bothering him somewhat, but he would live with it.

"Take that! And that"

Nicolas raised an eyebrow. His curiosity got the better of him, and he couldn't help himself. He cautiously started walking toward the sound, just incase any violence was going on. He doubted that, though, and hopefully he'd be right. As he walked, he came upon the sight of a girl and some kid having a snowball fight.

Eventually, the kid ran off, and he almost laughed. He didn't want to, though, not wanting the girl to think he had snuck up on her; he didn't exactly want to get pounded with snow. Again, he couldn't help it, and laughed softly. Ah, well, if he got pounded at least snow didn't hurt much.

"Those poor kids..." he said quietly, walking into view of the female. "Hey, by the way."

"Would you like to have a kid trying to get you down and bury you in snow?......"

Nicolas laughed softly. "No, I suppose I wouldn't want that," he said. "That's why I was careful approaching you. I didn't want to get covered in snow." He shook his head, glad she hadn't thrown any snow at him. Well... yet, at least, and hopefully not at all.

He shrugged when she asked what he was doing. "Nothing, really," he replied. "Just going for a walk. What about you?" He paused for a moment. "I'm Nicolas, Nik or Nikki for short, by the way."

The male nodded when she said her name. "It's nice to meet you, Terra," he said.

"Such wimps. What do they teach these days."

Nicolas couldn't help but laugh at her statement. "Well, I don't know," he said. "But running away from a snowball fight is quite wimp-ish, I'll admit to that." The young man smiled, going silent for a few moments while he shook his head. "So, do you go to the academy?" he asked.

Nicolas nodded with a shrug of his shoulders. "Well, this is a school, after all," he said. "Without the classes not about powers, I think some people would be upset." He shrugged his shoulders once again. "Oh, and if you don't mind my asking, what's your power?"