[Charms] Team 1, Stage 2!

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn frowned a little at El, since she obviously still wanted to try the key. Maybe after this time he'd let her go next since he couldn't just keep avoiding it. Bray would have to let her go sometime before she got mad and started to notice the small handicap she was getting.

"Yes, Fay, I would so eat you." He said, smirking a bit and rolling his eyes. But it seemed that El was going to let them go first, or at the very least she didn't want to but didn't want to object. "Alright.. I guess I have to pick the door." Bray mumbled, pursing his lips a but as he looked around.

He looked back towards the purple door which they already tried and saw it was in front of the pit of nettles and decided he'd just go over that. Spying the door that was in front of the pit of water, what was decided to 'represent' Ravenclaws, he made his decision. "Alright Fay, let's try Gold." After he said that he made his way to the door and stood in front of it, digging the key out of his pocket.

[Felicity Locke]

Felicity grinned back at Bray. "I'd probably taste like chocolate. You know I look delicious." She stuck her tongue out at him and winked back at Ellie. "That's why we need you here. Moral support, stopping fights, and an amazing wicth all in one!"

She turned her attention back to Bray and skipped up behind him. "Gold it is then." Felicity grabbed up her wand from behind her ear and held it in her right hand.

Fay waited until Bray inserted the key before she grabbed the key along with him. "One...Two...Three." On three, Fay turned the key --along with Bray of course-- and hoped that whatever was behind the door wouldn't eat her.

[Professor Daniel Hubbles]

The key is slowly turned in the lock and you feel the friction from it moving, after almost three quarters around it becomes tough, very tough and it would be a struggle for one person to turn, but with two it makes lighter work of it. Suddenly a sound fills the room, the sound of the lock clicking and the door slowly swinging open.

On the other side is an open room which has tables, desk, chairs, bookshelves, in fact it was a replica of the Charms classroom and placed on the teachers desk was a chest. Everything seems to be normal until the first person steps over the threshold and into the room and from what was the floor of the classroom suddenly becomes the ceiling as the room turns upside down.

Non of the furniture falls to the floor as the sticking charm had been cast on all, but with a 12 foot high room and the chest stuck to the teacher’s desk which in turn was stuck on the ceiling, nothing in this room is quite what it seems.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn grinned a bit at Fay. "Yeah, yeah. I better stop letting you steal some of my good chocolate, before you turn into a giant bar!" Then he turned his attention back to the golden door and on three he turned with Fay.

At first it was easy, but he was a little anxious and almost expecting the door to explode. Then the turning started to get more difficult and he pushed harder then it clicked and the door swung open.

"Uh, is it just me, or is that the Charms room?" Taking his wand out of his right hand and putting it back into his more dominant left hand he stared into the room. "I'll go first." Bray said, not really trusting this to be just the Charms room. When he walked in he found himself quite confused as all the furniture disappeared around him. "Huh?" He groaned and looked up, seeing that the ceiling wasn't quite right.

After staring for a minute, he realized the room was upside down. "This is just to mock short people, isn't it, Hubbles? Let's put the furniture 12 feet up so the tiny kid can't reach it!" He growled and turned back around. "I guess it's safe?"

[Felicity Locke]

Felicity blinked at the room. "This has to be a trick or something." And, of course, she was right. Once Bray stepped into the room, the furnature all flipped to the ceiling. Felicity walked into the room and blinked up at the ceiling.

"Knowing Hubbles, it very well may be." She threw a smirk at Bray. The poor boy often got snide comments about his height. And Fay usually never had troubles with such things. She was 5'8" of course.

"Well, anyone have any ideas about what we should do?"

[Ellie Rook]

Ellie smiled at Fay. It was nice to haves like that. Chocolate, honestly. Ellie nodded at Bray and followed the two to the gold door. Seeing as the walk way was only big enough for the two of them, Ellie walked slightly behind, he palm sweating in the grasp of her wand.

Ellie held her breath as they turned the key. She was ready and waiting, wand out pointed at the two Ravenclaws. As the key turned she saw the two struggled. She was sure it wasn't going to open. However, with a little muscle the key clicked and the door opened. Ellie was surprised. She laughed. "Of course the one you pick opens." She said to Bray.

From where Ellie was standing she could see a glimpse into the room. It looked familiar from what she could see. It wasn't until Bray said 'Charms room.' did it hit her. Had they won, beaten the game? Ellie thought it was impossible.

Bray walked in the room and Ellie stepped up to join Fay standing at the door. The second Bray's foot touched the room, it flipped. Ellie's eye squinted. She wasn't sure what she had seen. But as she heard the Ravenclaw's all clear, she stepped into the room after Fay. She looked around. She smiled at Bray, she was of average height and didn't feel quite the same way. But she certainly wasn't twelve feet tall, and therefore, she wasn't much help.

Ellie looked up. She was standing right below Hubbles' desk, or an imitation of Hubbles' desk. She looked up, and noticed a chest on top, or hanging below? the desk. Ellie wondered. "What's that?" she asked, pointing directly above her head.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn grinned back at El and shrugged at her. "I guess I just have the magic touch?" Sticking his tongue out at her for a moment, he continued to look around, well up, at the room.

"I bet he did, somewhere in the castle he's laughing at me." He frowned and continued to stare up at the ceiling. Bray frowned a bit, wondering if they had to bring the ceiling to them or if they'd have to being themselves to the ceiling.

Then when El mentioned something, he looked up to what she pointed at. This certainly wasn't like the usual Charms classroom, but it was obvious that whatever was in the chest had some sort of answers. "I don't know, perhaps it's.. a box?!" He said, laughing and rolling his eyes. "I'm guessing that it's our job to look in it now."

[I just realized that it was chest as in box, not like a human anatomy diagram
makes a lot more sense to me now.]

[Felicity Locke]

Felicity looked to where Ellie was pointed. She raised one eyebrow and tilted her head back. "Well, I think the question is how do we get it down?" Fay frowned, tapping her chin again.

"I would say just use the Accio charm, but it's banned from the lesson." She glared up at the ceiling. "Stupid rules."

Fay was about to suggest us a human chain, but that would probably end badly. Plus, she'd probably get stuck down at the bottom. Felicity looked around the room, trying to see if she could use something to grab the box, or knock it off the ceiling at least.

( It's crappy, I know ._. )

[Ellie Rook]

"I guess it is." Ellie said, still gazing up at the box. Everything seemed to be stuck to the ceiling, most likely with a charm. Ellie wracked her brain. Charms was her favorite class, she had to come up with something.

"Accio...no." Ellie said shaking her head at Fay. "I don't really want to deal with a dragon too!" She said with a smirk. "Although I'm sure we could handle it." She laughed. "No, but I think..."

Ellie thought she had an idea. Well, two ideas. One might not work. "Ok, how about this. Do you think that the Descendo charm would work even though its stuck with the sticking charm?" Ellie thought. She really hoped this idea would work.

"Or one of us could float up and check it out, with the help of the Hover charm." Ellie would rather try the idea that didn't involve a team mate casting a spell on another team mate first.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn laughed a bit. "Yeah, accio is definitely out. I forgot my suit of armor to be fighting off dragons, after all." He rolled his eyes then looked back up towards the chest. Tapping his wand against his thigh in thought, he sighed a little.

"I don't really thing that a Descendo would work while the sticking charm is there. I really wouldn't put it past Hubbles to have made it a permanent sticking charm." He smirked a bit, amused by how perplexing the chest was they could always levitate someone up there to inspect it, after all.

But when El said that as her second option, she did make it sound like it would be dangerous and out. "I think we should do that, or at least give it a shot. We're all Quidditch players here, and if accio was allowed we could've summoned out brooms and all checked it out." Bray turned to El and gave her a reassuring smile.

"I think Fay's better than me with the hover charm. Who wants to fly without a broom?"

[Ellie Rook]

Ellie smiled at Bray. What see would give for a broom right now. Here kidney sounded good. Ellie hated being a worry wart, but she knew Hubbles wasn't going to make this easy. It was meant to be dangerous; heart pounding palm sweating dangerous. It was almost as though the group thought that they were going to screw up before it even started. Ellie thought that she had better get more optimistic before they went on any father. They won't fail!

"Yeah, I've never done the charm before. I wouldn't trust myself." She said, and so Fay was volunteered to do the charm. Bradyn asked the question and Ellie knew the answer. "I'm the lightest." she said. "It will probably be easier for Fay to charm me."

Ellie wasn't afraid however. She felt natural in the air, as long as there were no birds up there. Then again, she had always had a broomstick under her.

Ellie took down her long hair which was falling out of the pony tail and swept it back up to waste some time. She stepped directly below the chest and turned toward Fay. She gave a reassuring smile to Bray. To Fay: "Beam me up Scotty."

[Felicity Locke]

Felicity sighed and pouted. "Yea, it would've been much easier to just fly there." She glared up at the chest, and to wherever Hubbles was, silently cursing him for not allowing them to bring their brooms.

"I don't know whether to feel honored or tricked." She eyed Bradyn, pursing her lips. "Because either you're bluffing and trying to get out of doing any actual work, or you're actually admitting that I'm good at something." Fay shrugged after a while and turned back to Ellie.

"This might feel a bit weird." Felicity muttered the spell and flicked her wand. She noted Ellie's feet not touching the ground any long, and grinned. "All systems go?"

[Professor Daniel Hubbles]

All systems are not go!!! After a second of hovering above the ground there is a force on Ellie’s legs and she drops and her legs feel like they are being pushed into the ground…how odd…why is the spell not working correctly??

[Ellie Rook]

Ellie continued to look up as Fay got ready to go. She nodded to her. Eyes locked on the chest, Ellie heard Fay mutter the charm and a warmth filled her legs. As she rose, the warmth seemed to extend higher and higher. Ellie smiled, but then she felt something. "Let go." She said. It felt as though someone below her was tugging at her legs. She looked down, and no one was there. Ellie began to descend. When she hit the ground, a pressure sprung up her legs as though they wanted to be forced into the floor. Ellie winced and then the pain was gone, the spell had lost its hold.

Ellie collapsed, her legs giving out from under her. Breathing heavily, she blew her bangs out of her eyes. "Well," she said said, getting up wobbly. "That didn't work." She sighed. "Why didn't the charm work?" She asked.

[Felicity Locke]

Felicity clenched her teeth. There was an extra pressure on her wand, fighting against her charm. Finally, the charm broke and the pressure was released from her.

"I don't know, but something was fighting against my spell. Something else broke it." She brushed her hair out of her eyes and glanced back around the room. "My guess is that Hubbles placed more enchantments on this room than we first thought."

Felicity placed her hand on her hip and glared around the room. "You know Professor, a hint would be very well appreciated!" Fay shouted to no one in particular. She was starting to get annoyed with this lesson.