Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

The water and the rest felt so good. In fact, AJ would be A-okay with just camping out here for a while. If it weren't for those jerks in that water that would gnaw into her she would jump in and really cool off. There wasn't a spell that came to mind that would freeze the fish to where she could do that though. Better not try it out since her partner needed her whole to finish this little obstacle course of Bellaire's.

Time to move on. Her and Lux both had their fill of water, and honestly AJ was excited to see that they would be faced with next. Even though the lion was drained, she would not be stopped.

Mosquito bites were the absolute worst! As she followed her partner along their trail she scratched herself all over. Looking down she noticed that a spot on her arm was actually starting to bleed. The pain was a welcome sensation over the itching. AJ would take it.

Soon they came to a bridge, and call her crazy but Lux didn't seem to like this obstacle at all. "You okay?" AJ needed her partner's head to be in the game, but at the same time Lux was a friend and AJ wanted to reassure her that everything would be okay. "Just don't look down," she said with an encouraging smile. It had to be the height thing that was getting to her. The fourth year had no problem at all with heights, and she would try to do most of the work for them so Lux wouldn't have to.

"It's definitely too spaced out to jump over it." And Lux didn't look like she would attempt that anyways. "We obviously need to make more boards." But how? "I got it! We can just double them. Gemino should do the trick." Just as AJ was about to raise her wand to give the spell a go she heard a booming voice that belonged to none other than the transfiguration teacher herself.

Break? Was this a trick? Soon a breeze hit her face and her hair blew out behind her. "I can breathe again." The muggy and humid air was replaced with cool and refreshing air. "Maybe we should take advantage of this break and keep moving?" Or relax and enjoy it. It was only going to last for ten minutes. It was her partners call.

AJ shoved her hands into her pockets and breathed in deep. Her hand felt something hard. Did she stash a chocolate frog in there and forget about it? AJ pulled out a bottle and examined it. "What's this?"