"Perfect!" Anna said, pushing herself off that trusty wall once again. "Now, one, two, three or so of you bring it to the headmistress. I'm so excited to see this letter be sent off to...whoever. Just think - HOGWARTS!" Anna hoped they were all right. What if they got their hopes up and the treasure turned out NOT to be their beloved school?

"And the boy in Ravenclaw is Ryan....Ryan....," Anna started, forgetting his last name. "Ryan Lee!"

Thanks Anna! Steelsheen replied. She took the parchment from Celandine and drew up the final letter. "Ok, hows this" she said as she presented the letter to the group:

In Response to those who test us,

We come bearing the news you are waiting for. We, the Noble Lions, Honest Badgers, Crafty Snakes and Wise Eagles have banded together in our time of need to solve the riddles you've presented to us, and we believe we have the treasure in hand. There were eight clues given, and all eight pointed to a separate letter. Individually, the letters are: H, O, G, W, A, R, T, S. Banded together as one, our letters all spell HOGWARTS, the name of our beloved school and home. We bring this parchment to you in hopes that we've found the treasure you speak of, and that the treasure will lead us home where we all belong.

Signed:
The Noble Lions
-- Allie Johnson (letter H)
-- Cale Newell (letter W)

The Honest Badgers
-- Sheeta Aatariis (letter A)
-- Maddox Darcy (letter R)

The Crafty Snakes
-- Regina Roa (letter T)
-- Clifford Cardeen (letter G)

The Wise Eagles
-- Celandine Toussaint (letter O)
-- Ryan Lee ( letter S)

Maddox read through the letter. It was pretty much perfect. He hoped it would be good enough, and the answer was correct. "I think its perfect everyone. Ladies good job of writing it." He said to steelsheen and anna.

"Alright, so, if it's done, can we get it to the headmistress now?" Anna asked. "I'm sort of anxious to see if it brings us, well, you know - HOGWARTS!"

"Yup!" agreed Allie. "I think we should go right now!"

"It's great!" Cale exclaimed, reading over the letter. "Awesome job, everyone," he said, grinning at everyone in the room. Hmmm, Ryan had never showed...he wondered what had happened to his Ravenclaw friend. "Yes, I agree, let's get it to Rae!" he said, practically bouncing in his chair with excitement.

*Sheeta took a look at the letter. She smiled and looked at the Gryffindor prefect bouncing in his chair... what a silly boy he had turned into with the glee of getting back a school. But then again, Sheeta hadn't had a chance to experience the true school so maybe it was justified. She turned back towards Reggie.*

"Good job, Reggie! I like it!" Sheeta remarked.

"Ok, so who is going to Professor Rae's office?" she asked.

Cale frowned. Once again, he was unable to help with delivering the letter. Sigh. "Well, maybe all of you could go?" he suggested. "I mean, we're done now, right? So, should we all just head out to our own schools and the girls go deliver the letter?" he asked. "Or should we schedule a time to meet up again if anything else happens?"

"Maybe..if we get another letter, we meet here that night?" Allie suggested. "Since we don't know what is going to happen?"

Awww, Cale still wanted to go over to Belle's at least once before the school year ended. Anna gave him a symnpathetic look, wishing there was some way she could actually sneak him over without either of them getting caught. It was no use, though. The school year was so close to the end. "Well, I'm not going with them to deliver the letter, Cale. After all, I'm not one of the students with a parchment, so I'm not really sure I need to help deliver the letter...unless you girls need me to go, that is. So maybe, when we do leave, you can walk me out?" Anna suggested. "I'm not sure when I'll get to see you again."

She blushed, realizing the entire group had probably heard what she'd just said. She turned her head and stared blankly at the wall, trying to take the focus off the conversation that had made her blush.

"Oh, I see. You guys want to be alone." she teased.
"Well, come on guys, we better go deliver the letter." she said, gesturing to Cela, Steelsheen, and Sheeta, to leave with her.

"Alright then lets go." Steelsheen said as she rolled up the parchment and stood up. She looked back at the remaining Cooper boys "We'll keep you updated whatever happens." she smiled as she opened the door and left the Spare Locker Room, with the rest of the first years in tow.

Cale quickly glanced at his watch. They had time before curfew set in. He smiled over at Anna. "Sure, I'll walk you out," he told her, grinning broadly. He then turned to the girls as they started to head out the door. "Allie can keep me posted at Quidditch practice, right?" he asked, winking at the first year. "Good luck you guys!" he called as they left.

"Well, I'll see you later," he said, waving goodbye to the remaining people as he headed towards the door, with Anna following close behind.

Allie ran back to the spare lovker room, hopefully they hadn't left yet.
She opened the door, to fin dthat they were still there.
"Good....meeting...continue..minister.." was all she managed to say. She sat down trying to catch her breath.

Anna smiled and grabbed Cale's hand, leading him towards the door of the spare locker room. There wasn't anything she wanted to talk to him about, of course. Nothing specific, at least. She just wanted to spend as much time with him as possible. Before the reached the door, though, Allie came running back in, out of breath and excited about something. Just to prevent any awkward moments, Anna slid her hand out of Cale's, a little disappointed that she didn't get to talk to him afterall. Oh, well. The parchments were definitely important, too.

"Wait, huh?" Anna asked, wrinkling up her face in confusion. "THE MINISTER? What about the minister? He's not here is he?"

"The Minister?" Cale asked, jumping up in shock and whipping his head around anxiously. "What? Oh no! Are we going to get arrested? Are we breaking some kind of law?" He was too young to go to Azkaban! Although, he would have Anna there with him, but that wasn't really a GOOD thing. "What happened?" he asked, his eyes bulging out a bit.

Once she caught her breathe, about five minutes later, she laughed.
"Oh No, dont worry its nothing bad!" she explained. "Professor Rae said we should figure out a way to make this treasure hunt, a reason for Minister Cooper bring back Hogwarts."
She sighed.
"You guys don't know how relieved I am that your still here, I never ran that fast in my life!"

"So he's not here?" WOOT! What a relief! Sighing and grinning at his own overreaction, he plopped back down in his chair. "Wait, what? We have to figure out a way to make this...worthwhile to Cooper?" he asked, wrinkling his eyebrows.

"Yes." said Allie. "Maybe if we put it in a song, that also worships him and his wife he will listen!" she joked, remembering the Muggle Studies homework at the beginning of the term.

Anna's wide eyes relaxed a bit, and she let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding in. "Oh, well that's a relief! For a moment there, I thought the minister was here, and that you'd seen him in the headmistress' office! I was thinking the worst!"

Anna took a few deep breaths and continued her walk back into the area she'd been sitting in before. "However...what's this about turning the treasure hunt into reason to get Hogwarts back? I mean, yeah, we knew that, but how are we supposed to convince him to change his mind over a few pieces of parchment? He won't fall for it..."

"AHHHHH!" Anna yelled, feeling a sharp pull at her sides. Somehow, just as luck would have it, Anna's bracelet had gotten hooked onto the cuff of Cale's shirt. It had probably happened when the two had been holding hands a minute earlier. So, of course, right as Cale plopped down in his chair, he pulled Anna right along with him. The pull had taken her by surprise, and she'd landed in his lap, flipped sideways, and then finally landed on the ground in a heap.

"CALLLEEEEEEE!" she yelled into the ground. "Thanks a lot!" She tried to roll over and give him an irritated look, but that didn't last for long. Giggles took over and she was laughing uncontrollably.

Cale's eyes widened as he felt a tug on his arm, and all of a sudden Anna was on the floor. Confused and slightly dazzed at how quickly everything had happened, he suddenly realized why his girlfriend was on the floor. Oops.

"Sorry, are you ok?" he asked, first full of concern, but once he realized that she was laughing, he started to chuckle a bit himself. He helped her off the ground and into the chair next to him and turned his attention by to Allie. "So, erm, we have to write a song to convince him that we need Hogwarts back?"

Celandine arrived back at the spare locker room and smiled slightly when she noticed there wasn't a gaggle of students outside. She slipped inside and quietly took a seat; thinking hard. She spoke one word, barely audible;

"...Slytherins..."

and continued to think; her brow furrowed in concentration.

Steelsheen followed the girls back to the room, barely noticing anything else around them. Partly fatigued and confused, she brushed against Celandine just as her friend whispered something under her breath. Did she say Slytherins?she wondered as her head turned towards the Ravenclaw. "Wha?" she asked bewildered.

Allie giggled a little bit before saying, "Are you okay?"
"I'm not exactly sure how too, but I'm sure we can figure something out. Thes parchmants are kind of a big deal, I mean they are from Orders that have been disnbandade a long time ago."
Allie giggled some more about putting it into a song.
"Probably not. But I'm sure he would love that. It was are Muggle Studies at the beginning of the term, to write a song praising wither the minister, his new wife, or both." she said rolling her eyes. "Of course if you want to write a song, I guess we could, but then theres the problem of music, and who is going to sing it..."