It was time for the second Charms Challenge. Hady's confidence was back and better then ever. After seeing her score for the previous challenge and then going home for break and spending the entire time home with her new siblings she was ready for anything. Anything but spiders that is. Just don't go having a room full of spiders and she would rock this.

Wand already in her grasp the Slytherin made her way to the door stopping before it her eyes falling upon the note that was on it. Okay, so not so much a note but more of a list of directions. Reading over it once, twice and then a third time she was sure to make an easy mental note of the steps she had to complete. First she had to go East. Then she had to acquire the basket and move all the items in her way into the basket. Next she would come across some ectoplasm which she would have to clean up. After that there would be a parchment under some type of paperweight that she needed to get her hands onto. Lastly all she had to do to finish was read the parchment or whatever. Fairly simple honestly. Or so it seemed. Maybe the tricky part was that it had to be completed in a matter of forty five minutes?

East. Basket and items. Ectoplasm. Paperweight. Parchment.

The very first thing she would have to do is go east. Well after she opened the door and stepped inside that is. Reaching out her hand she tried to open it. Locked. Seriously?! Really she should've expected that. Taking a step back and pointing her wand at the lock on the door she recited clearly, "Alohomora" while moving her wand in somewhat of a backward 'S' shape. Hearing the soft click that meant it had unlocked Hady reached out and this time managed to pull the door open. With the door banging shut loudly behind her to signal the start of the challenge Hady went over the steps once again as she was instantly confronted with several different entrances. Only one would take her to where she needed to go.

East.

Step one was to go east.

That was all she needed to focus on now. East. Had to go east. Now which way was east? Staring out at each entrance to the maze wasn't doing her any good. That's what she had a wand for. A wand that could tell her the way! Yes Hady Yes!

Laying her wand flat on the palm of her hand she spoke clearly, "Point me!" The wand spun around and around before coming to a stop pointing to which entrance she wanted to take. The Four-Point Spell was indeed a handy one. Closing her fingers around her wand once more she headed down the correct path. The only sound coming from the soles of her shoes padding along the floor to accompany her. This was very different then caring for a baby doll. Following a bend in the path she continued onward taking the next turn as well...not that she had much choice. There was only one way to go right now.

East. Basket and items.

Right in front of her were the items alright. Smack dab in the middle of her path. No sign of a basket to put it all into though. "Accio basket!" she commanded making an arch with her wand. Expecting to see the basket float at her from somewhere in the pile of items on the floor Hady was caught off-guard when it came soaring quickly around the corner up ahead straight at her. "Whoa!" Just in time she grabbed it out of the area setting it down at her feet. Now to move the items into the basket. Quickly. So Wingardium Leviosa wouldn't do it. It would take to long. A grin spread across the girls face as she pointed her wand at a bottle of ink, lets see if this worked.

"Depulso!" she swept her wand in the direction of the ink bottle towards the basket. Please work. PLEASE WORK! The rainbow colored ink bottle flew upwards into the air and shot to the left a few feet landing in the basket at her feet. Score! Nice work Lynch! With a satisfied smirk now resting on her lips she went ahead to cast the banishing charm several more times. A book, fork, an empty box of Valentine's Day candy, one sun and planet sock (did Airey know about this?), a stuffed cat and lastly a pillow all went into the basket. An odd choice of items but who was she to really care. Now if only muggle basketball back in elementary school had been this easy she would've really gotten somewhere!

Using her foot she lightly pushed the now filled basket off to the side of the path and went on her way. Another turn into an empty path. Then another turn an-

Oh my gosh!

Ewwww!

GROSS!

There was goo on her shoe! GOO!

Slime. Gunk. Ick. Ectoplasm.

Whatever you wanted to call it. It was on her shoe. She had stepped in it. Hady let out a very audible groan and lifted her foot up off the ground. This very clearly had to be step three. Wrinkling her nose in clear displeasure she aimed her wand at her own right shoe. A three leaf clover shape was made while she gave the incantation, "Skurge!" It only took a moment and her shoe was clean once more but before putting it back down Hady turned her wand onto the ectoplasm that was right there in her footpath. "Skurge!" The three leaf clover movement of her wand was made. This was preformed several more times while walking the entire length of the the path. That had been disgusting but at least she knew how to get rid of it all.

Letting out a breath she went around another turn only to be back where she started? HUH?!

Hadleigh turned in a small circle her eyes trained on the before her when she came to a stop. No, she hadn't come full circle for if she had there would be many more entrances to the maze. So this had to be the way out. Was she finished already?

Chewing her lip she went over the directions in her head...again.

East. Basket and items. Ectoplasm. Paperweight!

Now where was the paperweight. Hady spun in a circle once more this time more slowly her hazel eyes looking more towards the ground. Just off to her left was some type of dragon statue paperweight. That had to be it! The small edges of a sheet of parchment poking out from under was all the conformation she needed on that. Kneeling down she went ahead and tried to lift it up only she wasn't able to. Sighing she shook her head. That's right it's supposed to be heavy. Still sitting on her knees she pointed her wand at the really cool paperweight casting the 'Feather-light charm' on it. Now it would be light enough to move. Pushing the paperweight off of the parchment the teen picked up the last part to the task.

It was blank. Turning it over in her hand only to see that the other side was blank too she frowned at it. Fine. Okay note time to make words appear. Tapping her wand lightly on the center of the parchment and doing some squiggly wiggly type movement with the wand she stated simply, "Aparecium." This was going to work, yes?

Slowly letters began to form shaping themselves into words. 'You have no completed you challenge'. YES! It was time to get out of there and probably not with much time to spare either. Dropping the parchment onto the floor for the next person she got back up onto her feet, turned around and pulled the door open. She was done. Gone.