Blink.Blink. Ella just kind of stood there for a moment looking at the crazy amount of gnomes in the garden. Her classmates were getting right to it and she knew she needed to get going if she wanted to help Hufflepuff win. What she didn't know, was how difficult it was going to be to get a gnome.

Channeling her awesome spy skills, the stealthy fourteen year old began to lurk, looking for Hufflepuff gnomes. Yes LURK, Theodore would be proud.

After a couple of minutes of quiet observation, she spotted one nearby in the dirt happily noming on things that it shouldn't be. Heh. She almost felt bad about disturbing it, almost.

Creeping up on the gnome, Ella tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and crouched down as quietly as she could, slowlyyyyy reaching out her hand towards the creature. That's right, easy now and

...

"Gotcha!" She cried, latching on tightly to the gnome's arm. Meep!