Kayla listened as the others staring grumbling about having to stay here longer and she placed her hands behind her head and leant back in the chair. "You know there is no point in whining about this. It seems to me it's another test of our patience and so maybe we should work together on writing down one list of all the points we have covered so far." She looked around at the others and shrugged. "Merely a suggestion of course."

You have all done very well and will be released as soon as it is safe for me to do so. At that time, all will be known to you, all will be explained. I know you are all getting impatient but trust me, it will be worth your wait in the end. There is much that you are yet to discover.

Jessica kept waiting, thinking that all this had a purpose. However, she was very curious what would happen next. Hopefully, they will be released soon.

Patience was not an asset of Rapunzel's at all....especially not in a circumstance like this, where their HoH was potentially in danger!

Punz sighed deeply and rested her chin in her hand, waiting, waiting, waiting until the time was right and they would receive more instructions.

Time slipped by again. How long had they been here? The other students were ready to lose their nerve. Helios on the other hand found his mind lost down a timeless river. Sitting with his legs folded atop a table, the usually brash boy was at a zen level of calm. Eyes half closed, practically oblivious to the world outside him.

Patience. Yeah, she could do that. But there were many things in game at the moment. Oh, well, it's not like they had a choice...besides, they'll be getting to the end of this soon...

She looked around for a moment and then down. Just waiting for whatever had to happen next.

Ross stood up from the seat that he wwas sitting on to stretch his legs but sat back down again knowing his nerves would get the better of him and he didnt want to get annoyed. "How long do we have to wait in this....this....this dungeon" He said to the others that were also waiting for something to happen.

Kayla looked over to the younger Hufflepuff and smiled encouragingly. "Hopefully not too much longer, so long as we're patient and are willing to take orders accordingly. We'll be alright, we're Badgers after all."

"Yea ok then" Ross said as he started to hum a tune quietly to himself to distract himself from the waiting.

I am very impressed by all of you. It is time for you to learn the truth. Take a look into the room where your Head of Household has been held, and you will see that she was never really there. All of this has been an illusion, nothing but a holographic image to test your true character, and you have all performed admirably.

Now it is time for you to receive your reward for having completed this task. Here it is, a moonstone, which is known to represent friendship. You will see in time what this stone can do, when the four become one.

The doors are about to open. Go forth always in the spirit of friendship.

Kayla picked up the moonstone and held it in her hand gently aand held it out for the others to have a look at it. Noticing that the doors had opened she put her arm around the nearest Huffie. "Let us go forth and finish this adventure."

Jessica, who had been staring at Helios because she had nothing better to do, was surprised to find out that the waiting was finally over. And relieved that Shackleton was in no real danger.

"When four become one? So I suppose the other houses get something as well and we have to put them all together as soon as we get out." Jess said as she followed Kayla to the door.

Jayne sighed happily "I love being a Huffie" she said as she admired the stone, she headed over to door "Jayne's back world!" she exclaimed

The voice of the bodiless narrator resonated through his body. His soul even if you believed such a thing.

Eyes a flutter, Helios awoke, striding towards Kayla. "A moonstone?" Without much consideration, the boy prince snatched the stone, holding it up infront of him at eye level.

Luminous hair flared a bright gold over the surface of the dark stone, leaving a shimmering lunar eclipse dancing on the wall. "Would have preferred a sunstone." With his back to Ms.Winters. The Greek wolverine casually tossed the moonstone over his shoulder to her.

Kayla was very close to punching the Prince in the mouth for snatching the stone from her but she took a breath and kept calm. That was the whole point of the exercise now wasn't it.

She watched him and listened to him patiently and with quick reflexes she managed to catch the moonstone he threw over his shoulder. Deciding it was best not to retort, Kayla simply headed for the door with the others.

Rapunzel looked up when she heard that bodiless voice narrating again. "Whaaat?" Punz muttered slowly, blinking around. "Professor Shackleton is okay? We can leave?"

She stood up and shook her hair out, trying to put the pieces together as slow as she was. "OH! An illusion! I get it now!" Punz beamed and followed Kayla to the door, curious to catch a glimpse of the moonstone. "Well that wasn't so bad, was it? Yay Hufflepuff!" Rapunzel beamed, totally proud of her house and their unity. It was all that mattered in the end - friends.

KC smiled, true, it was all an illusion, but it all made scence. Showing character throughout this whole thing. Walking out of the doors, she couldn't help but laugh, they had did it. They slightly lost their cool a couple of times, but they got through it all.

"Okay...." Eva was still having an hard time to believe how much they had been fooled. She laughed darkly and watched the stone. Taking Kayla's suggestion, she stood up and headed to the door.
"Shall we?"

Are you kidding me? An illusion? Kaika chuckled, but it was more out of relieve. Prof. Shackleton was alright, and they were about to be left free of this....more-than-weird situation.

Confusion was the perfect word for all that had happened so far, but either way, Kaika looked over at the moonstone Kayla held and followed them out the room.

Patience. That was something that Dominic Denton was not gifted with. Until finally the voice spoke again and this time it was not something pointless, but 'the truth'. Ha! Shooting an 'I told you so' look around the room when it was revealed Shackleton was not there after all was priceless. Honestly; how could she really be trapped in rooms that had not been touched for thousands of years? That thought seemed ridiculous, even now.

That was when they received a moonstone for friendship. The moonstone that Kayla Winters grabbed up first! And then spoke like she was boss in 'finishing this adventure'. Meh; who was she to talk!? That wasn't all though - another boy snatched it right from Winters - his stone, but before he could blink another eye, had tossed it back to her. To which Kayla had caught admirably, even if he wouldn't dare admit it. She would make a fair seeker though ...

Shrugging, Dominic had no choice but to follow them from the room. In the unspirit of new friends.

Ross was shocked when a huffie held her hand around his neck and started to walk out of the room with him "Yea go huffie!!!" he said

Elan stared at the moonstone and those who were with him. A test? he thought to himself. What kind of test is this?

He saw that they were free to go and he followed his housemates.