Waiting, she was still waiting. Her runes were glowing, and her potion was in the soil. AJ even chanted more times than was probably necessary and she was still waiting. She chanced a glance at her watch. Two whole hours had already gone by? Goodness... this meant that she was bad at runes, right? Which was something that she pretty much already knew, but to have it pointed out like that was sort of a slap to the face.

One more little chant for good luck wouldn't hurt. AJ cleared her throat and practically shouted the chant at the tree. C'mon, tree... you can do better than that.

"Sowilo sowilo sowilo, u u u u u u u u u, s s s o o o l l l, ju ja ji je jo, us as is es os, j j j e e e r r r a a a, si se su sa su, u u u u u u r r r r r r, s s s s s s s s s."

Her watch confirmed that another hour had come and gone. Man, this was starting to get a bit depressing.

Wait a minute... were some of the white spots actually starting to fade? Her eyes lit up and hope was there once more. She could do this. Even if she managed to to be the last one here-- oh no, that couldn't happen right? AJ eyed the first years. What if she was even worse than them? A lot of people had already finished and here she was still struggling.

The four hour mark hit. Things were happening though, and she tried to remain hopeful. Before her very eyes the plant was all healed. There wasn't a white spot in sight. She had done it, and it only took her four hours and thirty minutes.