The first couple of days of the new term had passed in a blur of emotions for Celestia. She had had moments of excitement, nerves, and perhaps every emotion in between. Returning to Hogwarts seemed like exactly the sort of adventure she'd been hoping it would be -- just like it had been when she'd been a student here herself. Wrapped up in her thoughts and sense of nostalgia, Celestia was casually climbing one of the many moving staircases in the castle with her arms full of spellbooks when her foot just sort of -- snagged on something.

Celestia frowned in confusion as she tried to bring her foot up onto the next step. Her confusion was swiftly followed by the horrible, dawning realization that she had somehow forgotten to skip one of the many trick stairs in the castle; her foot was tingling painfully as it continued to sink down below the trick stair. Celestia tried several times to subtly pull her leg free herself, but no amount of tugging worked. In fact, her foot seemed to be sinking faster than anything else as she tried to pull it up.

Oh, Merlin, now what was she going to do?