SPOILER!!: Char!
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Originally Posted by
Tegz 
She was sinking into the snow with all her steps, though it did crunch underfoot in a really satisfying way. She wasn't pacing herself exactly, not on purpose... honestly she could totally go faster if the snow wasn't sinky, so she was kind of FORCED to pace herself. But there! the giant snowball mound thing! Char didn't linger at the bottom of it, or try and overthink how she was going to tackle it...
UP the mound. UP. Nobody really told you that it would be THIS hard to run in snow, it might have been easier if it was more packed down, like if you were at the back of the running kids, it might be okay! But Char was at the front, she was a PIONEER. UP THE MOUND.
UP!
A few times she had to lean forward and scramble up with her hands too, thankfully they were covered up with gloves to make it more comfortable, but eventually she got to the top of the mound....
.... and got distracted turning to look back the way she came at the snow Yetis and the kids running in a stream behind her, though a few were ahead of her and were passing her even as she stood there.
Then a kid who was much smaller than her (side note, it was SO COOL being one of the big kids!) fell down right next to her and reminded her she was in a RACE. And she started running agai.... but stopped and looked back at the kid. FIRSTIE right? She beamed at him.
"Want to run with me?" Or...uhh.... "Or crawl?" Because this next part looked kind of like they needed to get down low! Four triangle tunnels? Char dropped to her knees and started crawling on her hands and knees. Follow the Char!butt, kid!
Carlton stood, out of breath with his hands on his knees. He wondered if healer Reed would remember he was in the run and come save him if he passed out in the tunnels. He hoped so. Because what lay before him did
not bode well for him at all. That was, until someone spoke to him. HAVE MERCY ON ME.
He looked up at the older student and recognized her from class. She seemed all knowing and smart. Yes. He wanted to run with her definitely. Then she could carry him if his legs gave up on him. Piggy back ride?
"YES!" Carlton exclaimed, resisting the urge to jump on her back. Maybe that was against the rules. And he didn't really know this person. Maybe that was not only against the seminar rules but also social rules. So he stayed put and glanced down at the tunnels. HORRIFYING.
"Okidoks, let's crawl." He got down on his hands and knees and went into the same tunnel as the older Gryffindor girl. So the tunnels weren't
very long but it felt like they could stretch out forever so, just in case there was some magic in the air, he grabbed a hold of her foot.
"Don't leave me here in the Yeti-home!" He called to her.
"'Cause I got your foot." It is now his. And he proceeded to crawl through the tunnel but NOT loosening his grip on her foot. She was his way to safety, he would not give that up.