SLYTHERIN TEAM

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the zones

items will be crossed off as you find them, good luck slytherins!

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DESERT ZONE - FIRST ZONE

• a bottle of felix felicius - can only use on a NORMAL day.
  
• sneak-o-scope - portkey to next zone

CREATURES

• blast ended skrewts
  
• boggarts
  

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FOREST ZONE - SECOND ZONE

• Omnioculars - port key to next zone
  
• bottle of calming drought

CREATURES

• spinxs
  
• pixies
  

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LAKE ZONE - THIRD ZONE

• Remembrall - portkey to next zone
  
• bottle of wound cleaning potion

CREATURES

• red cap
  
• grindylow
  

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SNOW ZONE - FINAL ZONE

• a toy broom - portkey out of arena
  
• bottle of laugh inducing potion

CREATURES

• salamander
  
• murtlap
  

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[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

third place. they were stuck in third place. theia didn't like that one bit. so far they hadn't done too badly really.. second in the first task and then third in the second... but neither of those were firsts and that got to theresa kelsey. she had wanted to ace this, known that her and scorp were a good team and good win this tournament. but now if they wanted to win, they were going to have to win both these next two tasks by miles and make up the damn points. she'd been training more than usual, going to bed late after training hard and talking tactics and trying to keep up with class work.. then getting up earlier to train before classes, often skipping breakfast to do so - much to albus' reprimanding afterward. he said it was important she didn't start skipping meals.

she saw his point, she was skinny enough and she needed the strength if she wanted the training to actually have an effect. she tended to spend the morning doing a bit of physical training - running or something of the like before everyone else was awake, sometimes practising switching fast between her human and animagus form to get used to fast switching and the like. when she'd first started doing that, her head had really spun after a while, and her limbs had ached. you didn't realise the strain it put on you to transform.. and she knew her friend's had been worried for her after that first day when she came back all aching and with a huge headache. still she was better at that now, mostly she just went for the run.. then practised spells and such in the evenings and talked ideas for tactics in the evening.

hopefully it would all pay off for today, she wasn't really very nervous anymore, it was primarily anticipation and excitement and apprehension that curled in her stomach. she'd felt better now that last time, now that she'd gotten things sorted with albus she felt better about everything and had been able to concentrate on things more. ready to go, she grabbed her wand and took a deep breath, exhaling slowly and getting ready to face whatever might first come her way. she glanced at scorp, silently asking if he was ready, and then stepped out into the arena, poised, wand ready....

[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

Third place was definitely not where he wanted to be, the only good things about third place was that they werent the last team and that gryffindor was behind them. Those damn hufflepuffs were out in front and just behind them were ravenclaw. It was just not on. Scorp wanted the top spot, he wanted to prove slytherins were just as good as every other team. He took a deep breath, he couldnt dwell on the past tasks, they needed to get first in this one if they stood a chance of winning this tournament.

Scorp had no idea what this task would involve, all he knew was he had dedicated almost all of this time to training. Even quidditch didnt compare to how much time he spent readying his mind and body for whatever task laid ahead. It didnt help that his father could at least drop him hints as to what was going to be involved. He didnt see it as cheating, merely increasing the chances of winning and damn it they needed to win...they would win.

He kept silent all morning, glaring at those who dared to talk to him and giving everyone the cold shoulder, including his best friend. He didnt need the distractions, at least not today. Now standing next to Theia he wondered how she was coping, surely she didnt like that they were currently third either. Well they were just going to have to try extra hard this task. He caught her look, the same look he was giving her, they were both ready. He allowed her to enter the task first, stepping out behind her, scanning the arena and looking to see what they could find and how they could get out of here, his wand steady in his hand, ready to be used at a moment's notice.

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dice roll number 1

ROLL TO SEE WHAT THEY FIND!
A TWO!

SOME BLAST ENDED SKREWTS HAVE APPEARED, AND LOOK WHAT THEY'RE GUARDING! A BOTTLE OF FELIX FELICIUS

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[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

The arena felt like a proper desert, the heat, the dryness, it was enough to almost make him see things that werent there. There was a couple of times where he had thought it had seen something, only to find it to be a pile of sand. Ugh this was getting rediculous. Maybe that had to dig for their items. He looked at the ground, man he really hoped not.

He kept walking, makign sure he didnt stray too far from Theia. What was more painful was he didnt know how the other teams were fairing. Had they gotten their items yet, had they run into a creature or were they like him, seeing things that simply werent there. Damn this heat, he cursed as he wiped his arm across his forehead before removing his jacket, tying the arms around his neck loosely. He could feel the sweat pouring off of him.
"Aguamenti," he cast the water charm, drenching himself in water, feeling the coolness take effect immediately. He turned to Theia and pointed his wand at her, letting the cool water hit her, hoping that she was much relieved for it rather than curse him.

Without another word spoken, Scorp continued. It didnt take long til he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him again...wait, whatever it was up in the distance, it was moving. It was real his heart lept for joy for a moment before he stilled. It wasnt an object they were after, it was a damn creature that they had to get past. What was it with creatures and them, why couldnt slytherin just have a perfect run on a task?

He stepped cautiously up towards the creature. Blast ended skrewts, he noted and they were...protecting something. He peered closer, it was an item. One of their many of the items they had to search for. The damn creatures must have sensed his presence as they turned towards him, a couple advancing towards him.
"Impedimenta," he spoke the first spell he could think of as he pointed his wand at them, hoping that his spell hit and worked.

[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

so much heat..everywhere surrounded by great, blistering desert. dust and rock and sand, all scorching, all a burning fire in colour. she was a girl who liked the sun, she would happily enjoy every ounch of summer when it came about, soaking up all the vitamin D she could in the more often than not weak british sunshine... of course lucky for her, sometimes her parent's actually took time off work to take her abroad for a holiday...but that often became rather tedious without her friend's to meet up with. yes she liked summer, but she liked it when she got to lounge about in short shorts, a crop top, a hat and some expensive shades with a cool ice drink by her side and her friend's close by to talk to...not fully clothed in such scorching weather with a task to do and nothing but a wooden stick and scorpius.

she sighed, well best make what they could of this place. she frowned slightly and took only a moment to catch her bearings...she could see nothing stretched out for ages, aside from small tricks of the mind that she knew would vanish once she'd blinked. sighing she ran a hand through her hair and realised she was still in her jacket; it was light weight but she'd wanted to wear it anyway, and now she quickly unzipped the jacket and slipped it off. theia knew she could fully well burn in such heat but she'd prefer the burns over dehydration from sweating too much or over heating. she tied the jacket around her small waist quickly and pulled her wand out of her pocket just in case, glancing at scorp to see he had also removed his jacket.

the light t-shirt was better, but not enough, and she heard the splashing of water as scorp soaked himself, feeling her suddenly dry mouth water a little. she was tempted to do the spell herself and she opened her mouth to do so when suddenly she was showered with water...right in the face. she shut her eyes quickly at the onslaught as water soaked her hair, her skin and her clothes...sweet relief! she felt it continue to drip down her neck even after he'd stopped and she pushed her soaked hair off her face so she could see, glancing at him with a frown. "could have warned me first..." she muttered, the heat not great for her mood, she sighed "but thanks," she added, feeling better now she had been 'watered down'. that was when she saw it... movement and she frowned... her gaze narrowing. a blast ended skrewt. she curled her lips. she hated those things. theia raised her wand and cried out "immobulus" thinking that perhaps if she froze it they could just skirt around it and grab what it was guarding. she heard scorpius shoot a spell at the same time and she raised an eyebrow, wondering what would happen if they both combined...

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dice roll number 2

ROLL TO SEE IF THEY DEFEAT THE BEAST!


BEAST DICE ROLL: 6 + 5 = 11
SLYTHERIN DICE ROLL: 2 + 3 = 5

OH NO IT SEEMS YOU'RE STILL BATTLING THE BLAST ENDED SKREWTS!

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[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

He heard Theia cast her own spell the same time he had cast his. Immobulus and Inpedimentia, he could only imagine what sort of catastrophy it would cause. Unfortunately the only thing the combined spells done was push them back and make them angry. Well Scorp was certainly getting angry himself. Last task it was because of the stupid creatures that they ran into that cause them loose that task and damn it he wasnt about to let that happen again.

Gritting his teeth, he thought long and hard on whether to use the spell he had used or to wait until Theia casted her spell. The slytherin jumped back as one of the creatures attempted to charge at him and it took every effort not to literally kick the thing.

Along with the frustrations of the creature, the heat and sand did not help one bit. The water he had sprayed on himself had just about all evaporated. The heat making sweat trickle down the back of his neck. Glancing at Theia he decided that he wouldnt wait for her, maybe if he was lucky she'd change her spell to his or if she cast her own spell, it would have more of an effect this time. Raising his wand, he eyed the creatures with determination.
"Inpedimentia," he spoke in a strong clear voice, his mind soley focused on the spell and the effects to would have on said creatures. Merlin he really hoped it worked this time.

[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

she frowned as the spell seemed to have little affect, even combined with scorp's. she didn't know what the conjoined spells would do but she'd hoped something at least - knock it back and freeze it? possible. all it seemed to do with piss the thing off, which in turn, pissed theia right off too...it was a vicious circle it appeared. she shook her head slightly and observed the irritated creature for a moment. if this thing was the one thing that kept them from winning, the difference between first and last place she was going to be really irritated. they couldn't afford to lose another task or they'd be out of the running entirely. this was ridiculous, really.

she ran a hand through her now dampened hair, pushing the locks off her face and frowning. she glanced over at scorp who seemed to wear a look of equal irritation and gripped her wand slightly tighter. time to blow this dumb creature back into oblivion. man it was tempting to leap forward as a tigress and just tear the thing apart limb from limb. yet she knew it'd be harder to do it that way - the thing had a tough exterior that'd hurt her fangs, and it would rather easily burn her if she tried to get all physical with it and tear it up. she didn't much fancy burning herself today, even in this horrible desert heart. she growled under her breath, wishing she could rip these damn trousers and fashion herself a pair of shirts instead or something.

she was soon starting to sweat once more, the water scorpius had doused her with she realised had already been replaced by perspiration and she pulled a face. she caught scorp's look and sighed slightly. fine she'd play it his way. he was clearly going to use the same spell and so fine she'd just use it to. the heat didn't make her so agreeable or pleasent and it was almost with annoyance that she half muttered - "Inpedimentia," her intention clear, channelling her anger through the thin piece of wand and hoping that helped to fuel the damn spell and make it work this time. if it didn't she was going to be annoyed. really annoyed.

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dice roll number 2

ROLL TO SEE IF THEY DEFEAT THE BEAST!


BEAST DICE ROLL: 6 + 3 = 9
SLYTHERIN DICE ROLL: 4 + 5 = 9

REROLL

BEAST DICE ROLL: 2 + 6 = 8
SLYTHERIN DICE ROLL: 3 + 5 = 8

REROLL

BEAST DICE ROLL: 2 + 5 = 7
SLYTHERIN DICE ROLL: 4 + 6 = 10

THE BLAST ENDED SKREWT HAS BEEN DEFEATED. YOU MAY TAKE THE FELIX FELICIUS.

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[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

Finally after what seemed like eternity the damn creatures were on their backs, their legs kicking in the air as if to attempt to right themselves. They would no longer be a problem for Theia and himself. He couldnt wait to get out of the scorching desert like arena and prayed that the object that the skrewts has been guarding was in fact the portkey that they needed.

They hadnt really been told much, just that they needed to find a portkey to advance to the next arena and then come the last arena they needed the portkey to exit the task. But then how would that work, didnt portkeys automatically work as soon as they were touched, or had they been charmed to activate only when both champions touched the object. Well if that was the case a team would literally be screwed if one of the people fell injured and could not compete. Perhaps they would alter the portkeys for that team then.

Ugh his brain was hurting, he was thinking too much. Cautiously he walked to the object and picked it up, his heart dropping. A bottle of liquid luck, there was no way that would be a portkey. Turning to Theia, he held the bottle out to her, she could have that one, he would be too tempted to uncork it and drink the potion inside of it now.

After handing the bottle to his teammate, Scorpius turned and walked on, hoping that the portkey wasnt too far ahead and hoping that they didnt have to run into anymore creatures here, they had spent far too long dealing with those Skrewts. How were the other teams fairing, were they still in the first arena, were they already finished, it sucked not knowing where the other teams were in this task and he could only pray that Slytherin came out first.

[THERESA JAY KELSEY]

it seemed to take forever before the thing was defeated, by finally it conceded, causing her to smirk as it waved it's pathetic little arms around..far to tempting to leap into her animagus form and snap them like twigs. she refrained of course, because they didn't have that time to waste - they needed to just take the object they were protecting and get the hell on their way to that portkey and the next freaking arena. she was looking forward to escaping this heat that was for sure! then again she should be careful what she wished for.. knowing her luck, the next arena will be sopping wet, lashings of rain that would plaster her hair to her face and drip cold water down her neck. then she'd beg for the heat...that was what this task was trying to do, distract, test you with it's extremes..but she could handle it.

finally the object became apparent to them they both inched forward. that was the thing, usually as soon as you touched a portkey there was only a short time before it activated.. and they couldn't leave just yet, they needed to find that other object first...she knew that much. she watched scorp touch it, holding back when it didn't glow and figuring it was just an object. when he handed it to her, she turned it over in her hands to glance at it. a.. felix felicius..she should have known as soon as she saw the flash of gold in his hands. it was tempting to uncork it and take a sip each, but they couldn't, and so she slipped it away in a pocket, out of sight out of mind right? now just onto that portkey. she glanced at scorp and frowned slightly as he started forward as blindly as herself... time to find the portkey then.

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dice roll number 4

ROLL TO SEE WHAT THEY FIND!
A TWO!

A CREEPY BOGGART BLOCKS YOUR PATH, AND LOOK WHAT IT'S GUARDING- A SNEAK-O-SCOPE PORTKEY!

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[SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY]

Wiping the sweat of his forehead, he hoped that the portkey was nearby, that they didnt have to wander this damn desert arena for much longer. What was the next arena, that he didnt care. Asl long as it wasnt scorching hot like this arena he'd be...well somewhat happy. He'd be extremely happy if they were the first team to make it out of the task.

Pausing, something didnt feel right to Scorp. A shiver ran down his back as he glanced towards Theia, wondering if she felt the same. It felt like something they had encountered before and up ahead he was right. A boggart. Perhaps his mind was playing tricks on him, but he had seen the vision only last task to know it wasnt real. He growled. It was a boggart that had held them up last time.

Something glistened in the sand just behind the boggart. The portkey, it had to be. What else would a boggart be guarding. Although hot, sweaty and ready to tear the heads of the professors that thought of this task, that small glint of the portkey got his hopes up. Raising a wand, he ignored the images in front of him.
"riddikulus," he casted the spell, hoping that this time the boggart would not cause Theia and himself so much trouble.