Luckily for the girl (Rhea), help was at hand.

A spell cast from another girl (Skylar) encouraged another vine to shoot out of the ground. It followed the path of the first vine and wrapped around the gnome and TUGGED.

A ripping sound sounded in the air as the vine around the girl's leg started to rip...

The use of the Diffindo spell from the other girl (Rhea) was exactly what she needed. It hit the vine at the place where it had started to rip and, after a much louder ripping sound, the vine was free from the ground and from the girl.

The two vines that were wrapped around the gnome were now free to send it flying backwards. There was a soft THUMP as it landed on the grass, rooted there and unable to move.

Well done, ladies.


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The boy's (Kyle) lack of concentration was going to start to cost him.

The flick did nothing for tightening the vines around the gnomes. Instead, the gnome who still had use of its feet started to wriggle. It wriggled this way and that until it was free from most of the vines surrounding it.

In a mad bid to try and get to the boy, the gnome started to crawl its way to him, dragging the other wrapped up gnome along with it.


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Son of a garden gnome was right.

When the girl (Jessa) reached down to grab it, the gnome leg go of her leg and grabbed onto her arm, instead. It scratched and clawed its way up her arm before settling near her elbow.

SWIIIIIIIING!


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The girl's (Junia) shrieking earned her a giggle from the gnome sitting on its shoulders. It tugged at her ears again, hoping to annoy her some more. TUG TUG TU-

All of a sudden, the girl's spell hit the gnome's foot and, frozen, it fell backwards and landed with a THUMP on the grass behind her.

The gnome clinging onto her middle started trying to swiiiiiing on her. The Immobulus Charm flew out of the girl's wand and missed the gnome clinging onto her middle by mere inches. Instead, it flew and hit the head of the third gnome who was about to climb up the girl's leg.

The force of the Ensnarement Charm cast caused a thick, strong vine to shoot out of the ground and wrap themselves around the frozen gnome's legs, rooting it in place.

Now she just had a gnome clinging to her to worry about...


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Gnomes rarely listened to humans, kid (Eddie).

Fire might not be the best way to tackle gnomes but it did the trick. The fire spell singed the biting gnome's hair and part of the boy's trousers. The gnome let out a loud GRUNT of anger and disapproval but before it could do much more about it, the Ensnarement Charm shot out at it.

But his spellcasting wasn't the only one cast. An older boy's (Henry) stronger vines shot out of a rock and the two combined spells did what one might not have: they wrapped around the gnome and rooted it securely in place.

Now if the younger boy could just do something about the gnome that was still clinging onto his leg, he would be free...

Meanwhile, the older boy might want to do something about the gnome that was flying at him from behind and clinging onto his leg. Claw, scratch, claw....


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Gnomes aren't polite, did you know?

The gnome that was clinging onto the boy's (Nathan) leg only clung harder, its fingers digging into the boy's calf. Clearly, it wasn't about to let go just yet.

But the strength of the Banishing Charm made the gnome let go of the calf it was clinging onto. It fell with such a large THUMP onto the ground that the gnome wasn't about to move anytime soon. This probably worked in the boy's favour. No sooner had the Ensnarement Charm been cast, vines shot out of the grass and wrapped themselves around the gnome.

Well done, kid.


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Careful ingenuity might just work in the boy's (Ronan) favour.

The gnome that was gripping onto his middle clung harder, digging its fingers into him. But before it could get a proper grip, the boy's fingers reached under him and started to pry it off. The gnome let out a loud and disgruntled GRUNT and before it knew what was happening, the hand had slipped off.

But one hand still clutched onto the boy's shirt for dear life.

All the while, the vine that was wrapped around the gnome tugged harder, pulling both the gnome and the boy downwards...


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There was a lot of fire in the young girl (Emmeline) and it showed.

The gnome that she had grabbed spun round and round and round, getting dizzier by the second. When she finally released the gnome, it flew with such a force that it might have looked like it had been thrown by someone much older and much stronger than a second year.

The gnome fleeeeeeeeeew...

.... and landed with a THUMP on an older man's (Noah) lap.

There was a moment when the gnome swayed, clearly confused by the sudden appearance of the new man. Then, sensing weakness, it did the only thing it saw fit.

It bit the man. Straight into that finger of his.

Wakey wakey.


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The use of Finite from another girl (Hattie) worked and vines stopped growing around the older girl's (Kitty) leg. Her leg was still frozen but at least she didn't have to worry about a clawing, scratching gnome or vines trapping her in place, did she?

All she had to worry about was getting rid of the gnome that was still frozen and latched to her leg...


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A gnome that had been running towards an older girl (Olivia) started to slow down drastically as the spell hit it. But the gnome still tried to battle the force of the spell, looking very much like it was trying to battle strong gusts of wind.

Losing defeat, the gnome, instead, ran towards one of the younger girls (Maisie). The sparks cast from her wand singed the grass around her and made the oncoming gnome pause for a second...

... and then it continued running.

There was a great leap of faith before it latched itself onto her leg.

SWIIIIIIING.

Thankfully for the girl, help was at hand.

A force of the spell cast from the Head Girl caused a thick vine to shoot out of the ground and wrap themselves around the gnome. In doing so, they also wrapped around the younger girl's (Maisie) leg, trapping the gnome against her calf, just like it did with the Head Girl. The gnome wriggled against the younger girl's leg, trying to free itself from the vines but there was no budging.

Maybe the three older girls (Hattie, Olivia and Kitty) could work together with the younger girl (Maisie) for this...

Teamwork, right?


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Having trouble, Prefect?

Gnomes hardly listened to what humans told them to do. If that was the case, gnome infestations wouldn't be a thing. So the girl's (Noelle) shouts only earned herself a giggle from the gnome that was clinging onto her.

Her level of concentration needed some improving. At her spellcasting, a very thin vine shot out of the ground and wrapped itself around the gnome's leg. It gave a great TUG to try and pull the gnome downwards but the gnome wasn't having any of it. It clung on HARDER, digging its fingers into her back in an attempt to stay on.

There was another TUG and the gnome started moving downwards, girl and all...