Carefully walking up the narrow staircase, Yoongi kept concentrating on each step he made. So far he hadn’t encountered any difficulties but he was almost at the few missing stairs. When he stood in front of it he took a deep breath but before he could test it he felt the stair he was standing on gave way and began to crumble. Reacting fast, but not out of strategy but because he was panicking, the Gryffindor jumped over the gap before he could fall down. With his arms outstretched he managed to grab the other stair and pushed himself up. He didn’t look behind him but crawled the last few steps until he had reached the first floor.

Breathing heavily, and with a racing heart, the Gryffindor looked back now and saw that the gap in the staircase was bigger. Well, he couldn’t go back down now… But he wasn’t supposed to go back so he turned back around and walked through the room to the front window. He looked through the windowless window and checked the balcony. It looked sturdy enough so he climbed over the window sill and made sure to not look down.

As long as he didn’t look down, he would give himself the illusion that he wasn’t up high. Simple right? He hadn’t found the flag in this house so he walked over the balcony and looked at the balcony on the right side of the house. It looked too far to jump.. . and if he used the rope he would literally slam against the side wall.

Thinking and looking around, Yoongi walked back inside the house. Surely there would be something in here that he could use? And what he needed was precisely in this room! Finding a long plank standing behind the broken door, Yoongi carefully grabbed and dragged it with him through the window. Standing back on the balcony, he stooped down and shoved the plank through the space under the bars and shoved it through the next balcony.

Testing it with his hand, he thought the plank was sturdy enough to hold him. Now came the awful part. He had to cross and battle his fear. Shaking his head, the sixth year took a couple of deep breaths. He had been training his fear of heights plus he had been training in the obstacle course for a few months now. He could do this!

He made sure to not look down when he focused on climbing over the railing and instead looked at the next door balcony. His feet finding the plank, the Gryffindor stepped on it and without thinking anymore because thinking made him scared, he began to walk. With his arms outstretched to keep his balance, Yoongi walked over the plank in between the two balconies. He wondered what would happen if he fell right now. Surely the Professor wouldn’t make a course that would actually hurt them right? RIGHT?!

As he began to question, the sixth year made the mistake to look down at the cobbled road below him and the feeling in his legs was gone as he saw the height. He didn’t cry and scream like had done in Astronomy but instead his shaking legs refused to take a step and he lowered himself down on the plank. Breathing heavily and breaking out in a cold sweat , Yoongi wanted to do two things. He wanted to call for help and go on. The sorting hat hadn’t put him in the bravest house for nothing though so even though he was shaking and nearly crying, he crawled forward over the plank.

After a couple of minutes, he had managed to reach the other side on his hands and knees and climbed on the balcony of the second house. He wanted to sit down and take a break but knew he had to find a flag first.