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Bazinga 
Minerva looked at Ethan with eyes watering from the dirt. "Yes, actually I could use some help. Could you clean my face since I can't really see to do a spell?" She really was ready for the dirt to at least be away from her eyes and mouth. She could wait to get a shower later for the rest, but the dirt was stinging in her eyes.
Once she could see again she began looking for more gnomes. She would have to be more careful this time. As she walked she wondered if there were any gnomes left. Maybe her and Ethan could work together, she knew he wasn't in the same house, but since all the Hufflepuff Gnomes were gone she could help the claws.. Just as she was going to turn and ask him she spotted another gnome. Taking off towards it she reached down grabbing it up "Gotcha"
Ethan gave Minerva a sympathetic smile.
"Of course," he said, as he walked over to her. He could easily do a cleaning spell.. who would want to walk around with dirt on their face.. and at least it wasn't anything worse, though he'd take care of it if it was.
"Scourgify," he commanded, pointing his wand at her face.
"Much better," he grinned, seeing his spell worked for the most part. She would definitely be able to see now and probably wouldn't be tasting dirt anymore.
And Hufflepuff got second place? Well, that was somewhat annoying, yet relieving to the boy. Annoying because he was tired of degnoming, not to mention Ravenclaw might end up in last place.. and relieving because now he wouldn't have to worry about his girlfriend getting hurt from being too nice to the gnomes and she could sit down and recover from her dizziness.
And now to get Ravenclaw caught up.. seriously, how many more could there be? Finding a blue one seemed harder now, and he assumed that was due to there being hardly any left. The boy crept slowly along the garden edge.. was that a flash of blue. Ethan stopped and narrowed his eyes. It was blue! He quickly crept up on the gnome and, once directly in front of it, reached down and grabbed the top of its head. As he tugged on the gnome, he spotted Minnie up ahead with another gnome.. Wait, what was she doing? All the Hufflepuff gnomes were gone, right? Spotting the blue ribbon around its neck, the boy shot her a grin. How sweet of her...