You actually found it. Sarah grinned as she reached the first task and to her surprise, What the hell was happening here? She heard the prefect's instruction. No hands? No wand? Sarah looked defeated. But would it hurt to try?

She tied her hair up and placed her wand securely in, having it, she'd be tempted to use it without her knowledge. Sarah looked at the apples in the barrel. This is gonna be something. she smiled before taking a deep breath and drowning her face into the barrel of cool water and apples.

Jez slid down the corridor to a barrel on her knees/robes. Very undignified, but she had to admit, she'd been wanting to do it for a while. Jez wasted no time with pushing her long black hair away from her face - she could live with wet hair - and just plunged her head into the water. She'd done this before with her siblings, and knew a few tricks. Within moments, she had her first apple, and was ducking in for another. Jez was giggling so much she was almost swallowing water. How fun was this?!

Miss Lovegoods had conjured a stool for herself and managed to get seated with both legs crossed under her, hands gripping the seat for support, though the grin on her face told just how much she wasn't worried about falling.

They were all soo excited!

And it was infectious. "You guys are doing great!" Even the ones who hadn't gotten any apples 'cause they were TRYING their hardest to get one. One hand moved from the chair to draw her wand and vanish any water on the ground. Then she went back to watching them with an encouraging smile.

Bob students bob!!

OOC: Hey guys! You're all doing great! Just a little note that you don't have to get all the apples in one post. This is for fun! And fun can't be had in just one post, can it?

"Hey!!" greeted her. Then she took a deep breath and stuck her head in. Looking for apples. She tried to bit it. But.. Failed.

Then she tried again and she bit one. Yeah!!! an apple!!

Katie tried again to get an apple.

Bobbing for the apple, pushing it up against the edge, it was working! her teeth sunk into the apple and she lifted her head out of the water, "Yay!" Katie squealed silently, if thats possible, to herself in joy, one apple down, four more to go, hopefully it would be easy from now on, it should be, no reason why it would be, excellent!

Kennedy was ready.

Apples, here he goes.

He took his glasses off and put them inside his pocket. He didn't want them to get damaged. He hesitated before ducking in, but after a few seconds he went for. His eyes were tightly shut as his head moved around the water. When he felt it bump against something, Kennedy knew it was an apple. He went up for air and then dunked again, this time he felt his teeth connect with something round.

He's GOT ONE!

Kennedy bit down hard on it, so it wouldn't fall out of his grasp and pulled out of the water. He grabbed the apple and grinned, his curly hair now straight over his forehead almost covering his eyes.

Ugh. UGHHHHHHHHHHH. This was SO not China, and now it was like, GLARINGLY OBVIOUS that they were not going to China anytime soon.

Also, who cared about Ireland? It was like right next door. They could to the 'Emerald Isle' ANY OLE DAY.

Regardless, Tori sighed dramatically and promptly bundled all her hair up into one messy red bun on the top of her head. She rolled up her sleeves and gave August an intense stare, like, 'LET'S DOOOOOOOOO THIS.'

And then she had to say that out loud too, to emphasize her point. "LET'S DOOOOOO THIS."

She clapped her hands once, tossed an evil stinkeye glare toward Sierra Green Goblin, and then plunged her head into a barrel. Of floating apples.

GOSFOSDFLDSFLDKF!!!! It was FREEZINGGGGG!

Huff...puff...sigh.

Merlin, running as fast as she could to the third floor from the ground floor was NOT FUN. But still, she was glad that she wasn't wearing her school robes! Imagine the double hardship if ever she had been wearing robes, plus the skirt, the tie, the blouse, the heels...well, you get the picture. It certainly looked pretty, but not for running.

"Right. Bobbing for apples..." Cass said uncertainly as she eyed the probably freezing water tentatively. Then she set her lips on a grim line, tied her long hair back with a scrunchy and dived in. Sure enough, the water was COLD. O_____o

Cass instantly withdrew her head wiped the water off her face, no apple between her teeth. Then she took another deep breath, dunked in and didn't emerge for a couple of minutes, till finally, her head emerged from the water, hair matted in places and an apple in her mouth.

ONE DOWN! Four to go! Yay!

The blonde repeated the process for a few more times, not minding the people who were so lucky to have caught five apples instantly while she had to dunk in, out in and out, in and out, till she had a really red nose from the cold, slightly bloodshot eyes from trying to see in the murky waster - which was sort of a fail - and her last apple, hanging precariously from her teeth, being held buy the brown stem.

"FINALLY!" She shouted out in triumph as she set her five apples beside her as she dried herself off with magic - of course.

Ryan raced down to the place and saw everyone at tubs wit htheir heads in them.He rushed over to a a tube and plunged his face in it.It took him a few attempts to get his first and second one but he found the third one tricky to find.He plopped his head in trying to find it.

Katie couldn't help but watch Cass before she tried again, and then Katie decided to try again, alright second apple, I can do this the slytherin girl thought to herself, she bopped her head in but she couldn't even find an apple, maybe she should have checked to see where one was before bobbing, she started giggle and quickle came out of the water, and coughed once or twice, she was okay, good, she notcied that her face was really wet, so she got out her wand and dried herself, the putting her wand back so it wouldn't tempt her to use the wand to get an apple out.

Bopping back in. she knew where they were now

*bite* She got one! Katie rushed her face out with the apple out and placed it next to the first apple, she was on a roll, go Katie! So there was three to go, and then she was done, and then she would have to wait, which couldn't be so bad could it? With no waiting she got right back into it and tried to get a third apple, this one took some time though, in and out she was, because everyone needed to breath, until she succeeded, third apple woot!

The blonde slytherin wasn't giving up, she did the same progress until she had all five apples, but she seemed to get worse, probably from her jaw getting tired from biting so much, but alas, all five apples, all in a row, Katie jumped in the air pumping her fist up with a big grin, five apples, yes! Katie looked around and realized that she was going a bit slow as many others had already finished, pfft, she didn't care.

Sky searched and searched for another apple. Finally, she got one and bit into it. She pulled it out of the barrel and then pulled it out of her mouth like she had the first one. She added it to the pile of one beside her barrel. Two down, three more to go! She took a minute just to breathe and see how well the others were doing.

William bobbed for his apples. He got them all.

After her minute to breathe, Sky dunked her head back into her barrel. She really started to get serious about getting apples and ended up with…… two at once?! She pulled them out of the barrel with her teeth and repeated the same process she had done with the others. Four down, one more to go!!! She started to notice how wet she was. Oh well, she could dry off later. She dunked her head back into the barrel, searching for her final apple.

Yes! Adanna was right! Absolutely delighted - and very out of breath by the time she got there - she started cautiously toward the barrel. It suddenly occured to her that she had never bobbed for apple before. How was this supposed to be done, exactly?

She studied the actions of the students who had gotten here before she had. So you just plunge your head in and come up with an apple? But what...
Oh. You use your teeth.

Adanna put her hands on the rim of the barrel. Well, here goes nothing!
No seriously, nothing. As soon as her face was under the water, she felt an apple. A smooth, round, slippery apple. She acted too quickley and tried to bite into it right away, but it slipped off and away. Same with the next, and the next, and the next. Gracious, this would never work.

Frustrated, she came up for air. How were people doing this?? Some already had five! This task seemed nearly impossible. Still, she went back down.

It took a bit, but she finally had her hands - er, mouth, rather - on an apple. It, too, slipped. But unlike the others, which had slipped forward, this apple slipped backwards toward Adanna and made a THUMP as it hit the side of the barrel.
Of course!! Adanna navigated the apple with her mouth and nose until it was trapped between her lips and the barrel. She opened as wide as she could and bite hard into the fruit. Her teeth pierced the apple's flesh and stayed there. Success!

Face and hair soaking wet, she brought the apple above the surface and plucked it out of her mouth. One down! Adanna felt like celebrating right then and there. But she had bigger issues to attend to. She readied herself and repeated the strategy until three more red apples were joined with her first.
Four down, one to go!

Now, finaly for the last apple. She took a deep breath and dove in.

Did I get it? Sarah opened her eyes once. Ah! There's a little devil. She lunged forward and grabbed the apple. She withdrew from the barrel of water and stood still. Do I look funny now? The apple was quite bigger than she thought it was. She dropped it on a near by plate. Phew.

One down. Four to go. Can't wait for this to get over!

Sarah spotted a girl sitting and watching them. Aren't we all participating? Oh. She was the prefect. Hufflepuff right? She waved towards her. "Thank you" she smiled, "Are you going to miss this fun?" she asked.

WHAT? Now she was going to have to get WET?!?!?!?!??! Aurora tied back her hair with her green and silver ribbons and walked up to the barrels - she wasn't going to miss out on competition... but she was definitely going to be complaining about this later... to someone... She tucked a few stray strands of hair behind her ear and got ready... then...

Deep breath. One, two, three...

She lowered her face towards the barrel and began to search for an apple... every time one of them came close enough to her mouth she would try and bite on it but it would just slip away. Then... AHA! She caught the stalk of one of the apples between her teeth and stood up, grabbing the apple from her mouth and plonking it on the floor next to her... Oh yes, living in Dublin over halloween had definitely paid off... only there apple bobbing was a competition... with prizes. And most of the time you had to do it whilst wearing a lot of halloween make-up...

Right, one down... she lowered her head again...

Caroline looked around as Katie and the others started bobbing for their apples. She had seen other playing this game before. She had never tried it before, mostly for the fact that she was afraid of drowning, (yes it was always a possibly of drowning in the shallowest of water) Luckily Braeden had taught her how to swim in the lake last term.

She watched as Katie dipped her head down it the water and she was sure that she had it. But Katie came back up with nothing. Then Cass, was that Cass? She hadn't seen her in a long time. She watched as she dipped her head down in the water and tried to grab an apple. The soon came back up with an apple. Then she went back head first into the water. And in minutes she was back up with the other four apples.

Now it was time her to get on the ball. She walked over the barrel and dipped her head down into the barrel. Merlin that was coldddddddSome water had gotten up her nose, but she found a apple that she pushed up against the wall of the barrel she started to take a bite into the apple. She got it.

four more to go......

So the third floor corridor it was, right by all the suits of armor. Ness grinned as she spotted the buckets and the apples. She knew for sure what they were going to do, it wasn't something new to her. She had some experience in bobbing apples and thought this activity would be rather fun. She listened to the Griffindor prefect as he explained the instructions, she knew exactly what to do.

Right let's do this. Ness encouraged herself. She took a hair band from around her hand and tied her hair into a ponytail. She didn't really feel like wetting her hair much. She then walked over to a bucket and looked into it. Five apples that's all she needed. She took a deep breathe and then stuck her head in the bucket biting onto an apple with her small teeth. She then carefully lifted her head up and dropped the apple beside the bowl.

Four more to go, the Lochness could do it.

And now for apple number two... Urgh, she hated apple bobbing... except that one time when... she laughed and spluttered in the water a little at the memory. She moved her head back, taking a deep breath, and submerged her mouth once more, searching for an apple... right. There it was. She used her teeth to gently turn it over in the water until... AHA! She caught the stalk between her teeth and stood up, grabbing the apple from her mouth and dropping it next to her other one.

Apple number two. You have been captured.

After a bit of speed walking, Daichi had reached the floor he hoped the first clue held. And seeing the strange barrels with apples in them standing there he knew he was right. Red...fruity..chomping... Oh he knew what to do all right.

The second year listened carefully at the instructions in the hope he didnt got it wrong from what he thought they were suppose to do.

So, the game came from Ireland? That was a fact he didn't know and he made a mental note for that. Mayby they needed it later? He then listened to the instructions and looked for a barrel when it was over. Taking his hat off, Daichi took a deep breath before placing his head in the water, trying to capture an aplle with his teeth.

Drinking eachothers spit? Oh NO. That was truely disgusting..
Shuddering, Thea approached a barrel despite her disgust, and peered into it. Apples. Bobbing apples. Hm. Fun? Not really..

Kneeling by one, she tightened the bobble that already held her dark curls in a high ponytail. Taking a deep breath, she lowered her face into the cool water. It wasn't that cold, but it wasn't boiling either. It made Thea shiver slightly as she hunter for a first apple. The soft skin of one brushed her lip, and she quickly manouvered her head so her mouth was on top of it. Biting down sharply, she felt the satisfying crunch as her teeth sank in.

BOOYA.

Taking her head out, she shook her head spraying water everywhere. She dropped the apple by her bag and went in again for the rest..

After quite a bit of time trying hard, Jez managed to get her third apple. She grinned, and plunged her head back in. Two more to go.
She chased an apple around the barrel, and finally managed to get it in her teeth. Mmm. Remind her to have a quick snack on one of those apples after this was over.
And the last apple was near her ... it didn't take too much corralling to rein the elusive apple in. Jez spit the apple out into her hand and shook out her waist-length black hair, which was now completely wet. Jez didn't mind. She rummaged in her pocket until she found a piece of string, and quickly scraped her hair into a ponytail. Then she stood up to watch everyone else finish, giggling uncontrollably.

Irish? Was Jai out of his mind? Although it was an Irish game Selina had never really played it before with her family. That was saying something since the whole Skylar side of Selina's family was Irish. As in Irish-Irish. Her grandparents even lived in the countryside right outside of Dublin. But she kept her mouth shut because bobbing for apples did seem like a fun event so she was not going to complain.

So she approached the bucket and held her breath. With one preparation she blunged into the abyss that was in the crystal clear water filled with ruby red apples.

Bobbing for apples? She has never played it before, but she has to admit it does sound fun. Moving on to a barrel full of water and bright red apples. With her hands holding the edge of the barrel, Aiden takes a deep breath, hoping she would not drown, before she pushes her head into the water. With eyes still open, Aiden looks for nearest apple to her, grabs it with her mouth and finally pulls her head out of the barrel.

One down, four more to go. Do they get to keep these apples anyway?

Wow. Tori was loud.

While underwater, Auggie could hear Tori shouting to get started. He started to laught a bit and choked on some water, forcing him to yank his head out of the water. But as he did so he ended up biting onto an apple and bringing it up with him.

"Awesome." he said after pulling the apply from his mouth, his curly hair nor sopping wet. He dunked his head back into the barrell.