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About 20 meters to the right of the breakfast bar on the still somewhat green grounds that hold the elegant golden leaved autumn trees in the background, the staff have put up 4 identical, enlarged, lush green bushes: one bush for each house.
Each house's students need to work together as a team with the help of their head of house and prefects to transform their assigned bush into their very own house mascot (e.g. an eagle for the Ravenclaws, a badger for the Hufflepuffs, a snake for the Slytherins and a lion for the Gryffindors). Every house needs a mascot for the topiary race that will commence in about an hour's time.
Every student, the staff have assumed, hopefully have brought their wands with them down to the event. To work on transforming the bush you can use the cutting charm 'Diffindo'. If you, by the off chance forgot your wand, (ahem, long stares at you if you did) then Professor Myers has provided a small box of muggle pruning shearers that you can use so you can still help with the mascot creation.
When an hour has passed and all houses have transformed their bushes into a giant bush mascot of their house’s animal, you all head over with the staff to the topiary race track (Don't forget to bring your house mascot!) The track is a big wide circle where the students in X house has to stand apart at intervals like in a relay race to cover the track. Student A in each of the 4 houses will then ride their mascot to student B who will ride it to student C etc until all the mascots have crossed the finish line.
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WHAT? Evie felt like they had just started. Forget about measurements, they just had to make this leafy thing look like an eagle. As she listened to the Headmaster babble on the instructions, Evie chunked away pieces of the shrub along with the others until it finally looked... well, at least it kind of looked like a bird.
So, essentially, they were doing a relay race. That sounded fun. And they got extra points if they picked up the special items on the way. Which meant whoever animated this topiary had to have good skills if they wanted it to go fast down the track. Which meaaant, it should be a seventh year and that kinda left Sophie and herself, soooo...
"I'll go first!" Evangeline volunteered cheerfully, standing beside the eagle that they had created. Before focusing on the animation work, Evie cast a simple cushioning charm on the eagle's back so they wouldn't be prodded in the bum with twigs the whole ride.
It was time to WIN THE RACE! Evie hopped onto the Eagle's back, where she had planted the cushioning charm. With her wand still out, Evie called to her housemates. "Take your positions!" And then she swooped her wand towards the eagle and held onto a branch.
"Piertotum Locomoter!"And you damn well better be fast!
Evie's intent must have gone through with the transfiguration spell because she had to hold on tight when the topiary eagle flapped its wings and half-hopped, half-flew its way down the track that had been set up for them. It was quite exhilarating. A little bit bumpy, but fun! She had never ridden a... bush... before. As the eagle topiary made its way down the track and closer to the first classmate in line, Evie leaned over and tagged her fellow Ravenclaw on the shoulder before hopping off the eagle so they could get on. "GO, GO!"
Reagan, for one, could NOT animate anything to save her life, so...the fact that Evie Shacklebolt had stepped up and volunteered was fantastic AND a relief. In the spirit of competition, she didn't care too much about it...but her housemates seemed so PUMPED and excited...and because of that, Rea felt obligated to do her part.
So, here she was...eagerly bouncing to take the second position, awaiting the bush!eagle and Evie. She was LOUDLY cheering her on, too, despite whatever was going on between her and Sophie; whose tension was palpable whenever they were in their dorm together. But Reagan was Switzerland. Everyone was lovely in her eyes, and accepted.
...aaaaaaaand she was soaring closer and closer! IT WAS ALMOST TIME! Rea could feel her heart fluttering with the excitement as her housemate climbed off the large bird and tagged her. EEEP. Shaking just a little, she clamoured onto their topiary, looking for a place to hold onto...and also noting the comfort beneath her bum. Had Evie....? That was so thoughtful!...but she digressed...
"ONWARD, EAGLE!"...Flinging her arms around the creature's neck?, Reagan SQUEAKED as it took off! Not too fast...but fast enough that they had some momentum. BUT ALSO, this was one of the coolest things she'd ever experienced. She was RIDING on a TREE CREATURE. Was someone taking pictures? To commemorate?! She hoped so! She wanted to put this EPIC MOMENT in her scrapbook!
Once they reached a certain point, Reagan started looking around; frantically searching for...whatever item they were meant to find. What was it? A book? A QUILL?....A piece of candy....Gosh, this was stressful...
Wait...
SQUINT.
Was that a...QUIBBLER magazine?...
Hoping she wasn't grabbing the WRONG item, she snatched the gossip rag up and climbed back up onto the tree!eagle. WERE THEY GOOD?! WOULD THEY MAKE IT!? HAD THEY NAMED THEIR EAGLE?!
...so she could whisper encouraging words at it, you know...?
Almost there...
ALMOST...
"Okay...I found a Quibbler." FLAILING...Next housemate? "GO!"
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And then he was off and was doing so good and also looking good riding on that snake topiary. They were going to WIN this. The ravenclaws were sliiiightly ahead but that didn't mean anything. They would still win this. They had a great team. They were Slytherins after all. They were BORN TO WIN!
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Oh.
It was her turn!
Beaming at Dante she quickly climbed on the snake aaaand off they went, in hot pursuit of that other ravenclaw. That older one. What was her name again? Rae? Something with R. Hmm. Actually NEVERMIND her name, that wasn't relevant. She had to focus on winning this race and like finding things and doing stuff and like-
OMG WHAT WAS THAT ON THE GROUND THERE?!?!?
Really excited over her find Maggie pointed her wand at the ground next to her and said, "Accio!!" And the next thing she knew was that a whole wave of DIRT hit her in the face along with something that felt like some kind of cloth. Sneezing, then wiping at her face frantically, Maggie tried to figure out what the latter was. It looked like...a torn off piece of a FLAG. Weird. Was this relevant?
Maggie used her wand to clean her face and hair while trying to make the snake go faster. They still had to win this! And she had that flag thing! The color sort of reminded her of DOT's hair really. After a BUS had repeatedly driven over it and it had spent the last decade underground. So yeah. It didn't really look like Dot's hair. Maybe it had once upon a time.
Oh but there was the next person. TAG, you're it. Maggie jumped off, still holding onto the 'flag', ready to watch her team win. After she'd properly cleaned herself off that is. SLYHERINS, WINNING AT LIFE!
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Well it looked like they were all done with their lion topiary. At least the best they were going to get it as Headmaster Botros called time and indicated it was time to move on with the activity. Which meant it was time to race. Benny looked around to the group of Gryffindors that had been around and helping out with the cutting wondering who was going to go first like was established by the directions set forth by the older man. When no one seemed quick to jump forward, not even Zander as student leader, the seventh year figured he might as well start them off himself.
"Guess I'll go first..." he mused aloud to the group, keeping his hold on his wand instead of putting it away. Hoping the rest of his housemembers were going to move into place to take the further roles in the race. He himself needed to animate it first before he could go, climbing onto it to be ready. Focus...focus...focus on the spell. "Piertotum Locomotor!" he finally cast, pointing and aiming at the pruned lion topiary. Benny wasn't sure it had worked at first, but then the legs started moving and its head looked around as if wondering who of them was going to control it.
"Come on Mister Lion..." Benny said getting it attention. "Let's go!!!" the Gryffindor directed, the lion thankfully following his command and taking off after the eagle and the snake. He could do this...THEY could do this since it was team work between house members and mascot topiary. Eventually he was nearing the first marker where he was to be passing it off to someone.
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After pleading that another of his house mates went first, Rooney was glad that two of the older Ravenclaws stepped up for first and second position. He held his hand up and said he would take third, and headed on over to where he should be standing in the big circle. He wasn't the biggest fan of being so far away from his team and having to watch from afar, hoping that nothing went wrong and they kept their wits about them. He watched Evangeline as the race began, watching the distance between her and Reagan get shorter and shorter before the girl he had walked down from the castle with took the helm of their lovely topiary. Their flying eagle, with moving wings and everything.
And then it was coming up to him. Rooney cheered loudly for her, just as he had done for the Head Babe and would do for the rest of their team mates, whoever was going to be next. He hadn't seen who went for fourth position for Ravenclaw, but knew he'd know who it was when he got there. Hand outstretched, Roo was grateful for the seventh year tagging him into the race with her own hand, smiled about the Quibbler, gave her a high five and climbed himself up to where he saw she had been sitting.
A seat that really was a gift to his rear. A real charmer was this eagle!
Of course, there was a little bit of shrub sticking places it shouldn't, but it wasn't uncomfortable, painful or anything negative. Cushioning charms, or so he supposed one had been cast, were a necessity in comfortable living.
It was easier than he had thought it would be, maybe the eagle was used to it's movements now and wasn't as bumpy as he had seen it be for Evangeline. That wasn't to say it was a smooth ride. Rooney was very distracted by cheering himself and the eagle on that he leant a little bit too far to his left and almost took a tumble, being guided back onto his seat by a wing. See, even their eagle was keeping it's wits about it. What a Ravenclaw.
"GoOOOooOOOooooooOOOOO" He cheered, he hollered and he yelled.
This was it! THE FINAL FEW METRES BETWEEN HIM AND THE NEXT HOUSEMATE. Rooney waved from his throne - a royal wave, of course - and got prepared to slide down and tap their hand when he could. "ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY?" They had to be now. Down came the second year with a high five for the other Ravenclaw, and a gentle nudge to get on the eagle and get going. GO GO GO.
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Not to doubt Maggie's abilities, but she didn't seem the type to ride a giant snake hedge around a circuit. Then again, neither did Dot, but here she was, standing primly in line for her turn to ride... a bush. A plant, which was not on Dot's list of favorite things. She was doing this for TWO reasons only.
First, because she was prefect and had to be a good example. And second, because Maggie had, and Dot might have forgiven the younger girl but she wasn't about to be shown up by her.
As Maggie climbed down and tagged her, Dot was already scrambling up into place atop the snake. It was moving without her, slithering with a sort of more-than-snake-like zeal for winning that meant it was definitely all Slytherin. They ought to win, really, considering the fact that they didn't have plodding legs like the other... OH MERLIN, CORNER.
Dot held on for dear life and made that high-pitched EEEE sound she made when flying, but she could pretend it was parseltongue if anyone asked. Dottie the Snake Whisperer. Go go go go go go gooooo ANOTHER CORNER OH NO. She clung to the nearest branches flat out and prayed to anything listening that she didn't die from a shrubbery at a picnic.
At long last, the finish line, and her waiting teammate. Dot started sliding down carefully, ready to jump off and tag the next waiting person at the right moment.
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Okay once the tail was sort of formed by all the breaking and tearing, Zander took out his wand to clean it up a bit with just a few quick, "Flipnsnipwitit!"s. Ahem. There. NOW it looked like the tail end of a Mean Green, Lion Machine. Talk about ready to win this. Actually, Zander wasn't all that ready to do anything at the moment. Well, he was ready to fall down and sleep for an eternity. But this whole get on top of a lion and ride across the grounds things was not one of the ways he imagined his weekend to be going. Though he wasn't really allowed to complain...
So he went ahead and sat in the second position, waiting for Benny's arrival on the spot. Once his dormmate slid off of the topiary, Zander quickly climbed on top. Now er, how did he tell this thing to go??? "So uh, any day now? Let's goooo-WOAAAAAAAH," and he was off.
Merlin.
Maybe wizards should consider throwing away broomsticks all together and just traveling by topiary? It was working quite well for Zander at the moment. Even though it meant holding onto the thing for dear life itself. Which is totally what Zander was doing.
And then he could see it THE FINISH LINE. And by that he meant... He could see the next student it was being passed over to... Cough. Ahem.
Once Zander reached the next team player, he quickly slid off the lion and handed off the figurative baton. "We've got this!"
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Standing RIGHT in the middle of the action (well, technically to the side next to the line of Gryffindors waiting for their turn on the topiary) Airey was waving his arms and occasionally jumping up and down as he cheered his house on. Although one may argue he was more serenading the team than cheering for them.
"COME ON ALL YOU GRYFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINDOOOOOOOOOOOORS! COME ON LET ME HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR YOU ROOOOAAR! GO ON RACING GO, GO, GO! TILL YOU WIN THIS TOPI. ARY. RAAAAAAAAACE!"
Pebbles had a lovely singing voice as well, for the record. If anyone listened carefully enough to hear it.
Could he take a go on it too? COULD HE?
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A TOPIARY RACING??!!! MERLIN, THIS WAS SOOOO INTERESTING!!!
The young lioness decided to take the third position and waited for their lion coming. Noticing that it was Zander who was currently riding the topiary, Ava excitedly cheered on him. "COME OOOON ZANDER!!!" And once he arrived at her place, she took the turn to ride the green lion, topiary or whatever it was called. "I got this!!" She climbed on the topiary and.....
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Merlin, it was so fun and fast! "Come on, Lion! Go go go!!!" Perhaps screaming to the lion could make it go faster? Dunno. And now she arrived at the next checkpoint. Okay, whose gonna ride the Mr. Lion next?
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Poor lil Rooney. He was way too cute to be real, and Soph nodded sincerely at his distress over his plans being tarnished by people starting on the topiary already without referencing his mapping. With an encouraging smile, Soph had peeked at his work anyway, then set it into action, using both Diffindo and Flipnsnipwitit to make the eagle's form become evident in the bush, until... it was finished, thanks to grand teamwork, and they were being TOLD IT WAS RACING TIME.
AHHHHH. TWO MINUTES. SO SOON.
As the Ravenclaw team split up, Soph saluted her housemates, heading down the track to select her starting point. It would make her the fourth person to go, which was a solid place to be, as she could see where the teams were and know if she had a lot of ground to make up. A strategic spot, certainly, yes. This was the place to be. She was supposed to be a leader, so she was going to lead... even if that grand gesture of leadership just meant racing the topiary as fast as she could and hopefully finding a hidden item along the way.
When the race began, Sophie bounced on her heels nervously, watching, waiting-- and soon enough Rooney was riding the eagle her way, shouting with great energy and excitement that made HER feel even more energetic and excited, TOO! "I'M READY, I'M READY," she shouted back, giggling all the while, and she HIGH-FIVED her friend in a tag before clambering onto the eagle in Rooney's place, then TOOK OFF DOWN THE TRACK.
"Come on, eagle, the pride of Ravenclaw is on the line. Go, go, go!!" she coaxed the eagle along, entwining her fingers in between its twigs and leaves to hold on tightly, not wanting to fall off, and tried keeping her eyes peeled for... something. An object. SOMETHING that would give her house extra points, but she wasn't sure just what--
THERE! The broomstick!! Sophie actually SHRIEKED when she saw it, quickly veered her eagle over to be able to haul it up and tuck the handle of the broomstick firmly under her arm-- and she DID, just before the other houses could gain on her and snatch it! AHHHH!! "I GOT IT, I GOT IT, I GOT IT!!!" Adrenaline surging through her veins, Sophie got the eagle going again and clung to it for dear life, the broomstick tucked nicely against her body, and traveled the rest of the way down the track toward the next person in line, at which point she reached out to TAG her housemate's hand and dive off the eagle so they could take her place.
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Although Gryffindor was really bad at finding the hidden clues on the ground, they were pretty good and fast with their teamwork. He watched as Benny took the first position and raced against the other houses. He heard Flamsteed cheering in the distance. The next was Zander who succeeded as well and then oh tall Ava who seemed to be enjoying the race far too much cause Ravenclaw was still ahead.
And then it was his turn, Yoongi waited till the first year was at the checkpoint and climbed off it he climbed on on the other side. “Nice work Ava!” and he was off, following close behind the Head Girl.
…………………OH MERLIN’S BEARD THIS WASN’T FUN!
He kept grasping the leaves of the lion so tightly as if he was afraid to fall off, and he was. Luckily he remembered to keep his eyes open though so he had seen the broomstick lying there and shouted at the topiary lion to go faster “come on come oooon!” he reached with his hand , trying to get the broomstick while still running , his fear forgotten for a second because of his desire to win aaaaand …MISS! Sophie got it.
He glared at her, not really mad but hey, she did steal the object right from under his nose. He raced after her until he got to the next checkpoint. He jumped off. “who’s next?!” he called
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Zeke stepped up, he had always been fond of racing, and there was no time like the present to make the most of the skill. "Nice one, Yoongi!" he stated, high-fiving/tagging the dude before he made hand-grabby motions at the topiary. HE WAS ON THIS. Okay? Okay.
Mounting the topiary lion (cause that happened every day) Zeke leaned forward on his 'stead'... GGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. With the broomstick claimed, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to be on the lookout for, but a race was a race at any rate, so he tapped the side of the topiary with his heels, urging it forward. FORWARD HE SAID!
It was the homeward stretch now, and with the wind in his hair, Zeke just wanted to help Gryffindor get over the line. They had to win, because he wasn't in the business of losing. His hazel eyes darted left and right, centred, left and right and centred again, just in case there was something he was missing... but as far as he could tell, this was it. Was there anything else?
Reaching the end of his stint, Zeke pulled the Lion up to an abrupt halt, and slid from its back with less grace than he thought he had.
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As soon as the Slytherin prefect tagged him, Oliver jumped onto the snake...and held on for dear life. It was a lot different than he'd been expecting. He had no control over the movement. It was not like riding a bike. He wrapped his arms around the neck of the snake and just tried not to fall off. What would happen if he did? If he broke all his bones and could not tag the next person? That would be bad.
He was so busy trying not to die, that he almost forgot to look for things on the ground. Oh yeah. What were they supposed to find. Just anything? Olly spotted a quill on the ground, so he grabbed that. Hopefully that was something they were supposed to find, and had not just been dropped by a careless student. Whatever.
He was eager to be able to slide off and tag the next person. Come on, Slytherin!
WOOO! "Go Miss Sophie!!" Milo had been cheering from the sidelines as his teammates took turns on the flying eagle topiary in the race. They were winning too. He glanced over at the score and jumped up and down when the head girl had found the broomstick!
"Good job Sophie." he grinned when she had landed. No one else seemed in a hurry to jump on the topiary and after a few second hesitation where he was arguing with himself in the quiet and safe confines of his head, the first year bit his lip and then jumped on the topiary.
It spread its wings and it was off. This was the first time Milo had ever flown on his own. He had ridden a broom once with his mom but had hated it. This...wasn't fun, AT ALL. Between his screams of terror and fright Milo made his way around the race track. He looked around the ground from between his fingers. He was supposed to look for something.
Wait, what was that?? A QUILL! It was a Quill! How was he supposed to get it without falling off? The Ravenclaw tried to coax the topiary to go lower and after a few second of leaning down it did. He leaned to the side and reached out a hand. He slipped and almost hit the ground. "Ahhhh!" He wanted to cry. Holding on with his legs as best as he can, he grabbed the quill.
"The finish line, come on the finish line!!!" He sobbed in terror. The topiary carried him to the end, beating its wings until he made it back to the rest of the Claws and fell crumpled to the ground, the quill firmly grasped in his hand.
"I got it! S-someone else go." He wiped a tear and sniffed loudly. He was crying okay!
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Olympia couldn't contain her excitement. She had done her bit; the mane looked amaze and the poppies really set the Gryffindor lion out from the other team's models. *Clapping of hands*.
Bouncing about, wand in hand, Olympia shouted encouragement to her house mates. "COME OOOOON GRYFFINDOR'S!!! G R Y F F I N D O R, G R Y F F I N D O R!!"
Covering her eyes momentarily, Olympia peeked through her fingers and snorted with laughter. "Hold on Yoongi!!" She yelled.
Sparks were now emitting from her wand as her eyes widened as she watched the last of her team mates mount the lion and then.. cross the finish line?!?!?!
The third year held back the screams of excitement.... had they won?? Had they won? HELLO, HAD THEY WON???!!
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Botros was watching and taking note of everything. The students were showing great teamwork so far, maybe not the hufflepuffs they seemed to have an issue riding the topiary badger sadly. He chuckled and clapped modestly as students found the bonus items and continued on. There was one last lap left in the entire race and one last item!
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- The house who posts first gets 10 points for finishing first but is not considered a winner. The other houses get 8 points for finishing 2nd and 3rd (Hufflepuffs are excluded because they haven't reached 5 posts yet). - This last puzzle/item is worth the most and it is done.
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The moment Oliver slide of of the snake hedge animal thing Hady was ready to go! She had been watching her fellow house and team mates cheering along with everyone else. They were doing awesome!
Scampering her way up onto the snakes back she allowed it to slither on ahead forward. "Come on snake we can do this," she urged running her hand down the side of it's head in encouragement. Like it was a true snake. Well in a sense it was, right? It was moving so yeah kinda.
Around the bend they went and Hady inhaled a breath of fresh air, her hair blowing around her face. This was awesome! Strange but incredible and she loved it! "Come on, come on, almost there!" Around the bend once more and the finish area was up ahead!
Coming to a slithering halt at the finishing area the fourth year snake slide down the back of her ride to land lightly on her feet. Pulling out her wand she cast the proper spell to turn the hedge back into just that, a hedge.
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Candice watched as her fellow Lions riding the topiary.
"COME ONE GUYS..!!!!" When its was Ava' turn, she's surprise how good the first year was riding a topiary Lion. "Well done, Ava!" And next its Yoongi's. He didn't seem to have much fun like Ava did. Maybe riding a topiary wasn't as fun as riding a Horse. And Zeke was the last rider before they reached the finish line. It looked like its her turn because no one else getting on that topiary and they still have to cross that finish line.
"I'll take it from here" She tagged Zeke before got on the topiary. And she was OFF! Goooooooooooo LION GOOOOO! COME ON! COME ON!
She could see the finish line up ahead. "Just a little more MR.LION!" As soon as she passed the finish line, Candice stopped the topiary Lion and slid off from the topiary. That was a very uncomfortable ride. She's not going to ride another topiary again. Nope. This going to be her first and her last one
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THIS WAS EXHILARATING.
SO EXHILARATING. Riley watched as the teams got closer and closer. "GO TEAM," she cheered repeatedly, bouncing with excitement. Wouldn't it just be wonderful if they WON? She believed in her fellow Ravenclaws soooo much and hoped that they would. "GOOOOOOOOO TEAM." Woot woot.
"COME ON MILO," she squealed, he was so close but ..... was he cRYING? "MILO, YOU'RE FAB, YOU GOT THIS, WOOOOOOOOOO." He had ALL THE SUPPORT, Y'SEE? SDFTYHJMNBV. "GO MILO, GO MILO, GO, GO, GO MILO." See, he even got his own cheer kinda. OH OH OHHHHH
HERE HE WAS. Gah.
She was --- "I'VE GOT THIS," she assured him in a, um, not so indoor voice. She took over from him, watching the finish line draw closer and closer. Riley could SEE other houses in front but that didn't mean ANYTHING. They could DO THIS. All she had to do was hang on and ...... and unanimate the LEAVES OF DOOM (not really) ......... a problem for later, she decided.
ALMOST THERE. A few more beats of it's wings aaaaaaaaaaaand she was pAST THE FINISH LINE
........ but she COULDN'T STOP.
"HEEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEE, PLEASE."
"Also gO RAVECLAW!"
In a spur of the moment decision, Riley went for the dive roll off her trusty eagle. Desperately, she waved her wand at the still animated topiary and yelled "STOP" before trying other words. Not working.
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Ever since taking her own turn, Reagan had been bouncing around EXCITEDLY on the sidelines; screaming and shouting herself hoarse. This wasn't something she usually did...but the atmosphere was ELECTRIC, and while it was competitive, everyone had massive smiles on. Good vibes! Rea fed on them like a RAVENOUS COOKIE MONSTER! NOM NOM NOM.
...AND RILEY! HER PRECIOUS.
As soon as the Firstie broke over the finish line and clamored off the tree!eagle, Reagan POUNCED! "You were so fantastic, Riley! SO FANTASTIC." Yes, she was GUSHING at her little friend, swooping down to HUG her enthusiastically. "You all were!" She was speaking to ALL the Claws now. D'aww! Could they group hug?! SLUMBER PARTY TONIGHT IN THE COMMON ROOM?!
...and no, it didn't matter if they'd not came in first...or second...BUT THIRD - winning wasn't everything - but they'd had fun! This had been so much fun. UGH. COULD DO THIS AGAIN? Please!
Also, errr, Reagan would've taken care of their tree!eagle...but she was a Transfiguration fail. Maybe Sophie?....or Evie, again?
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The last few minutes of the race were sort of... intense. Especially with the Ravenclaw going on past the last position. Uhhh? Botros motioned for Leo or Tanner to take care of that?? He was trying to make sense of other happenings around here. The Slytherins seemed to finish first, gracefully too, closely followed by the Gryffindors. Ravenclaws, albeit not actually stopping, were last but they found two of the items.
"Alright everyone! Let's gather around and see how everyone did today," Botros extended his big arms for a big Hogwarts huddle. "Slytherins, you get ten points for finishing the race first, an extra five points for finding the quill," he beamed at little Oliver. "Gryffindors you have eight points for finishing second, no items found," he gave them a bright smile anyway. "And Ravenclaws, you have eight for finishing third, and four extra points for each item found." Abraham gave the badgers a little apologetic smile as they were unable to finish the race then turned back to the snakes, "Slytherins win by fifteen points!" He threw his arms in the air and started clapping for them.
ooc: - the first two items each value two points, the third puzzle is worth 5 and the last puzzle 10.
- Everyone who participated in this camp and the following ones will be rewarded throughout the term, so keep it up!
- We'll have more competitions along the way, so if you missed the first place this time, you can do it another.
- Lastly, this was all an attempt to spark that competitive team-spirit in the students, we hope you had fun and thanks for playing with us. :)
- Any questions/concerns can be PMed to myself or Deezerz.
- Don't forget to keep checking this to know which are the top three participants in each camp (determined by overall activity in each camp).
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Continuing his original arrangement accompanied by interpretative dance, the Gryffindor Head of House's eyes widened as Miss Messer crossed the finish line. "STELLAR JOB, MISS MESSER!" he applauded before turning his attention to the rest of Gryffindor house. "Exemplary show of creativity and teamwork, lions. ROAR ROAR GRYFFINDOR!"
Second place wasn't first, but at least they had finished the race. And, if he did say so himself in his humble opinion, they had the best topiary out of the lot which made their third place finish over all a bit more palatable.
"How about we take Mr. Lion and give him a place in the Tower Patch?" That was the name they had given the shrubbery, yes? Or was that only Miss Messer? He had been too caught up in song to hear what the others had called it. "Those with their wands, get them out and we will levitate it as a team," he instructed. Which basically meant everyone but you, Mr. Bellaire.
Although this dig beg the question...what WAS to be done with the rest of the topiary? He thought he had overheard Leobald mention bringing theirs back to the Ravenclaw common room...but that wasn't really an option for Gryffindor as they already had one. And they could just...take it...yes?
"Headmaster, that offer stands for the remaining topiary," he called out to the man. Who still owed him a stack of pancakes and waffles...BY THE WAY.
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SPOILER!!: good ol' Professor F
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Continuing his original arrangement accompanied by interpretative dance, the Gryffindor Head of House's eyes widened as Miss Messer crossed the finish line. "STELLAR JOB, MISS MESSER!" he applauded before turning his attention to the rest of Gryffindor house. "Exemplary show of creativity and teamwork, lions. ROAR ROAR GRYFFINDOR!"
Second place wasn't first, but at least they had finished the race. And, if he did say so himself in his humble opinion, they had the best topiary out of the lot which made their third place finish over all a bit more palatable.
"How about we take Mr. Lion and give him a place in the Tower Patch?" That was the name they had given the shrubbery, yes? Or was that only Miss Messer? He had been too caught up in song to hear what the others had called it. "Those with their wands, get them out and we will levitate it as a team," he instructed. Which basically meant everyone but you, Mr. Bellaire.
Although this dig beg the question...what WAS to be done with the rest of the topiary? He thought he had overheard Leobald mention bringing theirs back to the Ravenclaw common room...but that wasn't really an option for Gryffindor as they already had one. And they could just...take it...yes?
"Headmaster, that offer stands for the remaining topiary," he called out to the man. Who still owed him a stack of pancakes and waffles...BY THE WAY.
Zander didn't know what the heck Professor Flamsteed was doing over there, but he assumed it was meant to be some sort of cheering... He didn't exactly follow with an interpretative dance or anything, but hey at least the Seventh Year WAS trying to be spirited. So his spirit involved jumping up and down and shouting 'GO GRYFFINDOR' at the most opportune moments.
They weren't doing all that bad either. So Zander fully expected a Gryffindor win, hardly anything else would be acceptable. GRYFFINDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!!! And once the entire race was through, he walked over to where Professor Flamsteed stood, fully expecting to receive some great news on account of their--
What.
THIRD PLACE????????
There were only FOUR houses. So that meant they were LAST. Well, basically. No you know what, Zander didn't even care. Whatever. Gryffindor DIDN'T NEED this. Hmph. Whatever. They were leading in House Points for the fourth year in a row (and no that one fluke of a year when Hufflepuff won did NOT count). Okay, maybe he was being a little competitive. So what, maybe they didn't win the race. But their LION was better than any of the other bushes.
Small victories. They'd take those ones too.
They didn't need to win a race anyways. They won in spirit AND topiary. In Zander's humble opinion, anyways. "Everyone did fantastically," and you know... Congratulations to Slytherin or whatever. Guess they did okay too.
But he took out his wand as asked, and gave Professor F a small nod. "Aye, aye Admiral." Why they had to call him that was still beyond him.
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Ravenclaw
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington
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Ministry Department Head:
Charles Hollingberry
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Smiling at the Head Boy, the professor offered the young man a quick wink before eagerly twirling his wand between his fingers. "Alright then, I'll levitate it and you begin the moving process," he instructed, already giving his wand a swish and a flick to begin the process.
Up up up it went until the paws were about shoulder height and the the astronomer ducked down to peek at Mr. Adair from under the lion. "Aaaaaaaaanytime now, Mr. Adair."
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"Headmaster, that offer stands for the remaining topiary," he called out to the man. Who still owed him a stack of pancakes and waffles...BY THE WAY.
Botros hoped the students had as much fun today as he did! He was all beam-y and laugh-y when professor Flamsteed suggested a very good idea. "Yeah! I think it would be a great way to show off everybody's spectacular efforts today. Let's do it!" He saw that Adair was already helping out, so he would hang around here in case they needed help. Where were the other head of houses?
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