Wow! Hogwarts, without a doubt, had THE best groundskeeper. An ice skating area on the lake? Really? The man even made sure to put up the boards around it for those beginner skaters who, like Elliott, were bound to bop into them a lot. So, he was supposed to meet Ella at the lake, but now that this rink was here, he darted back into the school to search for some ice skates. There had to be some around here somewhere.

That Room of Requirement that he had only recently discovered sure came in handy, for he walked out of there with two pairs of shiny, new ice skates. He plopped them down on the hard ground and seated himself so that he could put the things on as he waited for the most popular girl in the school to come.

Sooooo... balancing all this weight on two thin blades? This was bound to be disastrous.