Hmm, so they couldn't play around with the fire? Not fun. It's not like they weren't protected. But, if housepoints were on the line, Destiny wasn't going to be bad. Nope.

So, now the fun part. Making fire shoot of of her wand. Destiny waslked over so she was overlooking the open space and made sure there was no way she would accidentally light someone on fire, or something, or herself. Pointing her wand, Destiny did the flame-shape, flickity twist motion along with a quiet 'Incendio!'

Aha! We have fire!! Destiny felt like a caveman, inventing fire and stuff.

"It's not like anyone is going to catch fire or anything..." she mumbled to herself, staring at her wand. She was soooo looking forward to 'accidentally' casting incendio at someone and watching the flames bounce right off, buuuut now she couldn't.

"Incendio." she spoke quietly, pointing her wand away from everyone else, and doing the weird flame flick twisty thing. A little flame burst from her wand. Nothing big, though she wasn't really trying at the moment. She would do that when, and IF, she would get near the evil snare. But for now, little flames were fun to do, because they were little and fire-y!

*teehee* FIRE...!!!

Mmm, Fyo knew theees spell.

The fourth year was not too sure if he liked the idea of ... harming a bit of Devil's Snare, though. Suure, it might be a 'bad' batch, sure it might want to EAT CHA, but it was, in the end, a plant. A plant best left ALONE, to be more precise.

He practiced the wand movement once more, the little flick-twist at the end and then, after a few more moments of silence, decided he was ready to cast the spell. He had, after all, done it before. More than one time.

"Incendio!"

A little, quite controlled flame burst out of the end of his wand. It wasn't the type that could harm, but that was because Fyo had ... not tried to make it that way. He grinned at the sparkly thingy, then EYED it.

"Alright. Looks like most of you have the hang of it. If you don't think you do feel free to practice a few more times before approaching the door." Wand drawn, Truebridge flicked it at the door and it flew open....


It was pitch black in there.

He flicked his wand again and the darkness spell lifted just enough to see that the room was completely FULL of undulating Devils Snare.

The air felt menacing.

"Do not enter the room until you are told to. You may approach the door just a few at a time and cast. We'll drive it back and eradicate it all."

ooc: Just... don't kill your character off. The Professors wouldn't let that happen. Otherwise have as much or as little success as you think its appropriate for your character and their age. You have a few hours.

Bunz uncovered one eye when the door creaked open. She just had to see what it looked like inside there. Just a peek.

So dark. So pretty. So full of life... just look at those tendrils already sneaking out the door and creeping toward the students' ankles...

It was .... time.

Fyo was PRETTYY sure he did not want to do this. The fourth year took a step forward ... then another ... and then another. The door was there, and his hand shook a little, not because he loved the Devil's Snare or anything, but because he was not the kind who could ... harm. People, of course not, but a plant? No, not even that, not even that.

He COULDN'T do this.

But he had to. He had to, had to, had to and ...

"Incendio!"

Fiery but a little reluctant, the flame leaped out of the tip of his wand. The Devil's Snare was, of course, not too nice about it, and its tendrils reached out and ... "Incendio!" Help, help, this wasn't his idea of a lesson!

Must. Not. Be. Dead'ed.

Evelyn jumped backwards when the door flew open, holding her wand in defense just in case anything wanted to surprise them. Not that it could. She was pretty far back from the door in the first place and if anything did happen to jump out, it would get all the students up front instead. Not that that would have been a good thing. Or funny. Definitely not funny...haha

Watching one of the Gryffindors of course move forward and cast the incendio spell, she raised a brow when it seemed like it wasn't doing a very good job. The plant seemed to be, coming after him. Okay...that wasn't creepy...? Well, the plant can't get any worse than that right? Just kill it before it gets you. Easy enough. Yuuup. Yeesuuurrey! Ooookaay.

And she still wasn't moving towards it. 'Come on Ev! You can do this! You can face the Forbidden Forest, you can face Professor Kazi with all his creepy and scariness, AND you can face this plant. A plant!' How much was in there again? Stupid snare and all of it's...stupidness. Turning away from the entertainment devils snare, she closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, trying to persuade herself to get closer.

Maybe tricking herself would do the trick. Like the fact that it wasn't a deadly plant that would strangle you to death. Or the fact that if you panic, it would just kill you faster. Or the fact that one could actually die from this plant. OR... 'No! No more persuading.' Oh yea, she would probably be a great teacher in the future *insert eye roll!*. But now, she didn't feel so confident anymore. She knew the spell but what if she got close and couldn't do it anymore. Was that even possible? What if she turned into a muggle right then near the snare, and it got her!?

Okay, so procrastinating wasn't going to fix the problem. She had to do this. Had to get close to the plant. Why she did it in the second lesson was beyond her. 'Oh, that's right. The Professor was using my wand.' Nooot a happy day. Hurry! Someone take her wand and scoot closer to the snare! No, just kidding. 'No one better touch it!' she yelled in her mind, glaring at everyone just as a precaution. Hmm, maybe she would just go when everyone else had a turn with it. Then maybe the snare plant would be less, viscious-y? Then it actually would be easy as pie for her! Yes, she would wait.

Shumeeta skipped back a bit when the door flewww open. The devil's snare was there an' the tomboy wasn't sure if she liked that. Sure the plant was her idea of a colouful adventure but ...... but NOTHIN'!

She was ready for this!!

Silly snare. Didn't it know it was up against people who knew how to overcome it? Shumeeta felt sorry fo the plant as she thought of stepping forward. From the corner of her eye, she saw a Slytherin girl who seemed to be hesitating. Whyyy?!! Shumeeta shook her head then turned to the snare.

"Incendio."

Destiny turned just in time to see Truebridge open the door. Oh. My. Merlin. What was that? It was like a forest of demon Devil's Snare. All swaying all crazy. It looked like it was doing this weird funky dance, but in reality it was trying to eat everyone. The professors wouldn't let it eat her would they? Yeah, they probably would. Bunbury would thats for sure.

At least they didn't have to go in yet. Couldn't they just stay outside the door and kill it? Destiny was perfectly fine with that. She didn't need 'first-hand' experience. She was also fine with killing this plant. It tries to eat her, it must die. But Evelyn's snake tried to eat her, but she didn't want to kill that. Weird.

Now Destiny had to muster up the courage to get close enough. At least she wasn't the only one hesitating to go up there. Evelyn looked like she was having a mental fight with herself. 'Wonder who will win? And Evelyn was supposed to protect Destiny. Not that she agreed to or anything, it was just common sense. She was the brave one. But it didn't look like she was moving any time soon. Soo here it goes.

Destiny took one big step closer to the door. It was a start. At least she was slowly getting there. She gave Evelyn a 'you better come with me and protect me' look. If she didn't come, Destiny would have to drag her up there with her. She would rather face the ghost of Severus Snape right now. At least he couldn't hurt her, 'I think..' And with that thought, Destiny took another big step closer to the door. Only one more big step until she was to face the door of doom.

And without even thinking, Destiny took the last step. The snare was coming out the door trying to eat her already. And they still had to go in there? Truebridge was crazy. Bunbury was crazier. Destiny was craziest for being so close to the door. Maybe she should back away?

That idea left her when a piece of Snare caught her ankle. And Destiny, being the not-so-common-sense-smart that she was, tried to free her ankle. Which only caused the snare to wrap tighter. What was that stupid incantation again? 'Incendio! Incendio!' Teach that snare some manners. As soon as the little flame shot out of her wand, the snare caught on fire, and literally bit the dust. 'Stupid snare and its stupid ways.' Now can she leave?

Mina stood back with her wand tightly in her hand, as forbidding feeling set up residence in her stomach. Oh yes, the thought of a room full of Devil's Snare was one thing, but to see it was another. She was the tiniest bit terrified now.

Hello, it's a plant. You have a wand.

She swallowed and blinked her eyes as she stared into the darkness, as tendrils slowly coming from the door. Remain calm. Yes, that was easier said than done, wasn't it. You wanted to play with fire, here is your chance now.

Glancing to her sides, she noticed only a few students approaching the door. Should she go as well or wait? Looking at her hand again, she turned her wand in her hand. Best to just get this over with, no point in delaying it. Stupid voices had to choose to sound resonable now, just her luck.

'Fine, I'll do it.' she told herself after she took a deep breath. Raising her wand, she moves closer. Nothing had come at her, yet at least. Maybe she ould get lucky and not be pulled in. Wishful thinking again? Shaking her head to silent the voices, she kept moving with her wand held tightly in her hand, at the ready.

Closer and closer she moved as a small tendril creeped across the floor. Still staring into the darkness, she felt it. The tendril had found her ankle and was wrapping itself around her tiny ankle. Looking down, she froze. It was expected, right? She didn't really think she would get that close before she would be caught. Now, she had to remember to stay calm. Calm.....

Wait, why is it tightening it's grasp. I'm not fight it! She stared down at it and a ping of panic hit her. This wasn't good at all. Hello. wand? Pushing her panic to the side, she raised her wand and aimed it. With a simple flame moment, she flicked her wand at it. "Incendio! The tiniest flame shot out, but it barely scared it. In fact, she was sure it upset it more than anything, as it tightened around her ankle move and started to pull her.

Great, she made it angry and it was going to pull her in and kill her or something. Great, she was going to die at the young age of eleven and not get to see another quidditch match. Stupid girl. It's just one tendril right now. Best to free yourself before you are grabbed by more. The annoying voice was right, like always. She raised her wand again and flicked. "Incendio!" This time a large flame shot out and attacked the tendril, causing it to release her ankle. Stepping backwards, she raised her wand again. She needed to be ready if she was grabbed again. The tendril laid on the ground, not moving. She knew it wasn't dead, it was just playing. It was smarter than it was given credit for. Narrowing her eyes at it, she stood her ground.

Wait, it was moving again and behind it more tendrils were coming forth. It really wasn't the time to panic. She needed to remember that as she tightened her grip on her wand again. "Incendio!" The flames were getting a bit larger, but not large enough to completely kill them, but enough to draw them back. She didn't really want to kill them, yet at least.

What was Destiny doing? No don't go there! Did she not see the monster that awakened in that room?! "Psst...Destiny." she whispered as quietly as she could. Don't want the snare hearing her or anything. "Deessstiiinny! Come baaaack..." What was that look for, huh? No way was she getting anywhere near that devilish plant. If Destiny wanted to go closer, than she was on her own.

Until the plant grabs her that is. Which it did. Evelyn watched as the snare grabbed her friend's ankle. And well, just by watching that happen Evelyn freaked out and panicked. 'It has Destiny! She's going to die! Panicking! Why am I not moving? Or helping?' Still debating whether or not to go closer to the door and cast the incendio at the plant, she practically looked like she was jumping around in a circle. Definitely a mental war going on there...mmmhhmmmmm.

She completely missed Destiny killing the part of the snare that wrapped around her ankle and instead shouted out, "Okay!" Taking a deep breathe, she turned and marched STRAIGHT TOWARDS the snare plant...and when she got there!... she hid behind Destiny and peaked over the girl's shoulder. Yup, definitely devils snare in there. "Freakish plant." sneaking her wand out towards the side, she waited a moment before she squeaked, "Incendio", and watched the tiniest flame come out of her wand and go towards the plant. It didn't even reach it before it disappeared. "There we go. Job well done."

Celandine was busy thinking about Copernicus. So far Cela hadn't needed to cast the flame freezing charm, nobody was casting flames outside of where the....

EEEEEK SNARE!

A nasty tendril wrapped itself around her foot and gave her a huge yank and tugged her towards the door.

"Incendio!" Cela's wand flicked around in the appropriate shape and out with a twist and a roar of flame reflecting the depth of her thoughts and feelings about Cope, spread from her wand and hit the snare. It pulled back into the room and the piece that had been burnt off, let go of her foot and wriggled around, trying to grab hold of her again. She blasted that too until there was nothing left but ash.

Were her shoes okay? Yes? Good.

Destiny was too busy thinking to hear Evelyn call her name. She was just thinking about the snare and the fire. It was hard to think when she was scared, well more like terrified.

Nodding at the now dead snare, Destiny felt someone behind her. Oh, Evelyn. Was she actually scared? It was bad when Destiny was braver than her. It was usually the other way around. 'Oh no, we are switching..'

Destiny watched as Evelyn made her fire. If that was even fire. 'What was that? Thats not going to protect you!' She knew Evelyn could do better than that. Maybe she was saving the fire for when they actually entered the room?

"Switching? Pfft...yea right." she mumbled to herself, not even realizing that she was practically said that in Destiny's ear. "That, my friend, was a flame. It was a pretty good flame too." she nodded, smiling and backing away. "Did you not see the whole, Phwoosh, thing going on there?" she said, trying to imitate what a flame would sound like...if it had a noise.

"That plant is like, totally scared now." Or maybe it was just her that was scared. She did what she was supposed to do. Okay, so she did half of what she was supposed to do, but getting that close to the snare was enough for her. "Yuuuup."

Time to be *dead'ed*, maybe?

The Devil's Snare was ... totally unsympathetic about the fix Fyo was in - the fact that he did not want to harm the plant, but would have to. A tendril flew at him, and wrapped itself around his ankle. The fourth year gasped and, for several moments, was too stunned to react. He did not even struggle, because he was too astounded to do that, but the plant did not slacken its grip on him.

Oh my gosh, what was HAPPENING?

Then he seemed to ... wake up. Or, at least, realize that he was quite a capable wizard, not paralyzed, and had his wand. As the tendril wrapped itself round his ankle even tighter, he yelped out a quick "Incendio!" A big, yellowish flame shot out of his wand, and the tendril suddenly let go of him.

"EEK!"

He jumped away, and took one, deeeeep breath.

Then he took another.

POOR hiiim.

A flame? Who was Evelyn kidding? Destiny never seen a flame that looked liked that before. She smiled when Evelyn described it. 'That was not a Phwooosh! It was a Pssssssssssssh. I know the difference when I hear it.'

It did not look like that snare was scared. It looked angry. Angrier than what it looked liked before Evelyn threatened it with an itty bitty flame. 'If it is so scared, why is it still coming towards us?' Destiny then realized that more of the plant was trying to reach her. 'Oh crud. Incendio!' That flame didn't actually kill the plant but at least it stopped bothering her. 'Now that is how you scare a plant.' And that was Destiny's cue to back away.

A flame rose from her wand and attacked the snare. It wasn't enough though and only seemed to aggravate the plant. Shumeeta gasped as a springy vine reached out and tried to grab at her.

"Oh no you don't!" she said, giving her wrist a flick and twist movement to produce a larger burst of flame. This time the snare retreated but of course, it was back almost at once. Arggh!!

Evelyn scoffed, putting her hands on her hips and staring at Destiny. "Noooo. It was totally a Phwoooooosh." Duh! Shaking her head, she watched as the snare seemed to be creeping out of the door. All spider-ish looking. Yeesh. Shivering at the thought of a spider plant, she took another hesitant step backwards away from it and stared until Destiny spoke again.

"Do you know how much snare is in there?" she asked, gesturing to the door. 'Gah, was just trying to make myself feel better...*tear*' But, she couldn't breakdown and cry right then and there. For one, Evelyn didn't cry in front of others! *Pfft* And two, the snare could get her, so back away!

"Yup, looks like you are doing a great job." she mumbled, smiling and nodding her head towards her friend. "Now just keep doing that. You'll have it dead eventually." And then she wouldn't have to get close to it again. Muwahaha!

It was of ... no use. The little flames that were the result of an unwilling mind could only keep the Devil's Snare at bay for a few seconds. Fyo gasped - *gasp* - as the plant struck out once more and, this time, it was more successful than it had been, last time. It wrapped itself around his ankles - yes, BOTH ankles - wrapped itself hard..

... and before he knew it, the plant had given a mighty pull.

Fyo lost his balance and almost fell, courtesy the not-so-nice actions of the not-so-nice plant and, even as he struggled to his feet, the Devil's Snare had begun to crawl over his jeans, and give him another tug. "Incendio!" Fyo cried and, this time, the need to be quick - no, it was NOT desperation, merely the realization that he had to be ... faster than usual, riiight now - helped him produce a good, sizable flame. The Devil's Snare let go at once, he panted a bit, and then repeated the spell.

"You're a naughty plant, and I'm going to call you Kazi!Snare from now on," the fourth year mumbled, as he brandished his wand at the tendrils.

Be scared, plantie-wantie! Be VERY scared.

'No. It was most definitely a Pssssssssh.' Why was it so hard to tell the difference between a Phwooosh and a Pssssh. Destiny watchd as Evelyn kept backing up. Soon she would be down the steps and out the tunnel. But Destiny wouldn't blame her, not at all.

Thinking about exactly how much snare was in that room, Destiny started to back up again. She watched in horror as the boy she had tripped in the tunnel get attacked by the snare. To laugh or to run away? Destiny came to the conclusion that that was not funny at all. 'A lot more in there than out here?' she asked, but she knew the answer already.

Destiny was not doing a good enough job, that was for sure. It seemed like the snare knew everytime she would back away. Like that made it angry or something. If plants could growl, this one would be growling the loudest. The snare started to creep out towards Destiny very slowly, trying to be a sneaky snare. It should have been easy to take care of, just point her wand and kill it right there, but Destiny decided to tease the snare first. So jumping over the snare wasn't the brightest idea in the world, but she was having fun.. Until she accidentally jumped right on the snare. 'Eeepp.' she squeaked as the snare started to wrap around her foot. Doing the first thing Destiny thought of doing, she slid out of her shoe and backed away. 'Incendio, incendio, incendio!' That tendril was no more as well as Destiny's shoe. 'Its on snarey!' Now she needed a shoe..

"Pssh, whatever." Evelyn mumbled, crossing her arms. It was still a Phwooosh noise, buuut, she'll just leave it at that. No use in arguing over it. Kinda silly to argue over it actually...

'Well duh there was more in there than out here.' Resisting the urge to roll her eyes, she watched the Gryffindor boy fight with the snare. She had to admit, it was funny to watch. Snorting, she covered her mouth to try and keep the laughing silent, but she ended up having to turn away so he wouldn't see her laughing. Watching other people being attacked by the snare she enjoyed, but being attacked herself...not so much.

Hearing Destiny practically squeak though, Evelyn quickly turned, pointing her wand towards the snare...but Destiny already beat her too it. She raised a brow when she saw something look like a shoe being slowly dragged back into the room by the snare and then noticed her friend being shoeless on one foot. Tricky tricky. Smirking, watching the plant and shoe burn, Evelyn leaned against the wall, content on just watching, but not participating. Well, apparently the snare noticed that too, and Evelyn didn't realize that it was creeping towards until it quickly wrapped around her angle and gave a mighty tug. Having no choice but to fall to the floor, her head had made a loud thud when it connected with something hard, possibly the floor too, but you never knew what was around in this creepy and dirty shack.

Confused for a moment, and possibly seeing little hippogryphs flying around above her, she felt herself being tugged again. "What?" Holding her head with one hand, she tried to sit up to at least see what the problem was, but it was hard when being dragged towards the door. The door was getting closer? What? It finally dawned on her that the snare had gotten her, also the feeling of a few more tendrils of snare wrap around her legs had clued her in as well. Gripping her wand, she pointed it at the snare. "Incendio." Okay, ow, piercing headache time. The flame wasn't as strong as it should have been, but it was enough to get a few of the tendrils off of her legs, though not enough to get all of it off. She was a little too dazed to really get a strong flame at the moment... "Destiny? Where are... Incendio!...you?" Or Josh. Where was Josh?

'Pssh, exactly what I've been saying!' There, Destiny was right. But that didn't matter now. Destiny was shoeless and she was afraid of stepping on something and getting a splinter. They hurt. And now her socks were going to get dirty. 'Perfect.'

Destiny turned away from her burnt, dead shoe when she heard a thud. 'Ghosts?' Now would not be a good time for the ghost of Severus Snape to come. Destiny didn't need him to bother her while she was defending herself against Devil's Snare. 'Do you think-- Evelyn? Where are you?' Great now Evelyn was kidnapped by a ghost. But she could still hear her, so she shouldn't be far.

Ohhh, she was being dragged by the Devil's Snare.. 'Evelyn! You're being attacked!!' Just in case Evelyn didn't know that already. Destiny could only stand and watch as the plant dragged her friend closer and closer to the door. Not even waiting for the professors to help, Destiny started to run after Evelyn. Buuut her sock got stuck on something, and next thing she knew she was falling. 'Stupid splinters!'

From her spot on the floor, Destiny noticed Evelyn was not being dragged anymore, for now anyway. Jumping up, quickly, she finally made it over to Evelyn. Again, Destiny was not being smart. She tried to pry the tendrils off of Evelyn with her hands. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid!' The plant started to coil around her hand and her wand. At least she had one free hand right? With that free hand, Destiny took off her other shoe and started to beat the snare with it. She would have laughed since this reminded her of the time where she beat the snare with the broom, buuut she was too scared to even smile.

At least the beating with the shoe loosened the grip the snare had on her wand. Putting down her shoe, she grabbed her wand out of her right hand with her left. Could she even do a spell with her left hand? She didn't have time to think so she just pointed it and shouted 'Incendio!' Now that was a flame to be proud of.

"Alright, we're running out of time." Ethan stepped past the students and blasted the remaining snare himself, only sparing the smallest look at Annie since he knew she'd be a little... upset even if it wasn't exactly the pleasant kind of snare.

There was such a thing as pleasant Devils Snare in her eyes.

"Time to head back, finish packing and we'll see you all at the feast."

Truebridge waited for the students to head out through the tunnel then he helped Annie gather the Snare ash and sealed the tunnel behind them as they left.

ooc: Thanks for playing, we're out of time so see you at the feast