Maddie grinned
'Hey Vashti!' she said happily, still brainstorming 'Yeah, you're right. We need some people on the side, at least'

Maddie was excited
'That's a great idea!' she said, smiling 'And then... once we get it up, somwone on the ouside could do Fixate, and we can all try and open it with charms... alohamora, diffindo, that kind of stuff!'

Simon had been daydreaming but at least the Professor had no idea about it and that was the way it was going to stay, well not exactly daydreaming he had been worried about things.

Simon wondered what he was suppost to do next, he had got so caught up in his own little word he had no idea what he was suppost to do so he just stood there.

Jacob thought of diffrent stratagies that they could be able to use. "We might need some back up people, just in case people get really tired." He thought about it. "People who aren't so good at casting the spell for a lond time, they could substitute for quick moments in order for others to get a quick breack before going back down. But It might make it more complex." He didn't know how to pull off Ivory's plan...

"You'll need the Bubble Head Charm we learned today, but other than that, just hit it with any spell you think could be useful!" he said, kicking it. "O ya, kicking and prying also helps, just watch no one hits you with some funky spell." He yelled with all his might, "Redecto maxima!" ,the trunk shuddered, but nothing more. "We need more people!" he called to the Huffies.

With an excited jump, Ivory turned away from the tank to the Ravenclaw Brain trust.

"Fixate! That's a great idea!!!" she said excitedly as she addressed the first year.

"Oh, oh oh, and those of us going in can even maybe time ourselves before we go in there...to know our limit you know. Then when we do go in someone on the outside could keep time. So when the time is near they can signal us to come to the glass and the people outside can warn us to hold our breaths while they recast the Bubble Charm!"

Biting her lip she turned from one Ravvie face to another. Did it make sense?

" That way those of us inside can concentrate on opening the crate while we entrust those outside with our air?" She ended on a question.

Sammy stopped in her tracks, she had a mind blank "which one was the bubble head charm?" she whispered not wanting the professor to hear her. she felt so stupid right now

Maddie smiled
'That's really great!' she said happily 'We have a great plan!'

Rhea walked over to the edge of the tank and waited for the boy to come back up. Seeing as she was one of the older ones there except for prefect Sarah and some others she figured that maybe she should give it a try.
"Hey maybe If I got in and we both hit it with different spells we might have better luck..." She looked at the other huffies. Maybe someone had a better idea.

Suddenly, the ripple of the water caused a single object to float out the crate inside the Ravenclaw tank:

nymphy wasn't sure of anything, except that standing around did nothing! "Simon, try using the Finite charm we learned last time. Anything will help!" he said, aiming a "Confingo!" at the chest, the cest was almost knocked over, but just almost. "Do something!" he yelled to the kid.




"Well right now, its just "TRY REALLY HARD AND THROW A LOT OF SPELLS AT IT OR AT LEAST DO SOMETHING" he read the last part as though from a tedious instruction mannuel, hoping it would get his point across. "We could use some help in here, by the way!" he said, randomly fireing a Bat Boegy Hex at the trunk. This didn't really do much, but it was worth the try and it was some sort of effort.

Finally...somebody who was NOT a first year. Not that she had anything against them of course - how could she, she was a Prefect after all - but a fifth year definitely would be more helpful when it came to spells. Though, that reminded her...Trixie and her memory loss might not have been that helpful after all. Bleh. "Trixie!" She still grinned at the girl before, with a gesture behind her at the tank, she added, "Well, any ideas on how we get the crate to open? Oh, and are you willing to inside the tank?" Hopefully she'd say yes.

Nancy couldn't help but frown at Alex's rather bossy way to tell her that Selena was not going to go inside the tank. Well, yes, it was quite obvious that the girl didn't want to inside but still, she could talk for herself, couldn't she? At Selena's suggestion Nancy shook her head slowly, and just as she was about to explain why that was not going to work that Alex girl did exactly that. Whatever. "Yes, exactly. What she said. Though, I think the people outside should look if the crate moves in some way or something." Just to give them something to do.

"I reckon I could be one of the people outside doing all that stuff," Vashti said with a nod. "Keep time and all that. Except...I don't have a watch. Do any of you have one?" she asked, looking to each one. Then she noticed something else now floating in their tank. "Is that a...tie?" she said aloud, staring at it.

Maddie turned around to look at their tank
'Oh, you guys, look!' she said quickly 'Somethibg's come out! We can find the crack it came from!'

Sammy pulled out her wand deciding that she was going to stay out now "Finite!" she said trying her hardest to preform the spell, then having a brain storm 'what about a bobbing pin... nah to simple' she thought if they were gonna use a bobby pin it would have been open ages ago

Abbi stood with one foot over the other by the Gryffindor tank, lucky for her she was on her own so she didn't have to dive in. She'd um, not even sure how to do that spell again if it dissipates. Heavens!

She looked around the classroom and then at the Ravenclaw tank, so smart kids in that house. No wonder they have a lot of house points.

Getting into a water. It should be fine, he did swim every summer. But he had never stayed in it more than 2-3 minutes. And although he was quite good at easy charms, he wasn't very sure about this bubbling head thing. Maybe he should stay on land... but glancing over the Slytherin group, he decided to get in. Besides, their prefect would be with them all the time, right? And the professor would watch it... the only problem was that, his clothes would get wet. Sigh... he hoped he wouldn't get sick after that.

Making his way to the Slytherin group, he smiled. "Hello. I'm Evan." he greeted, realising that he hadn't met any of them before officially. He didn't know any of their names. He should be more social. After listening to what the prefect was suggesting, he nodded to show that he agreed. Then, he asked to all of them "How can I help?"

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Suddenly, the ripple of the water caused a single object to float out the crate inside the Ravenclaw tank:

Turning toward Vashti, Ivory gave her a huge smile. "That's no problem at all remember we learned to transfigure things into clocks in transfiguration-" That's when she noticed the tie floating in the tank.

Her eyes wide and bright, she flattened herself against the glass to get a better look."Oh dear do you think someone is in the tank?" If that was the case, that made the stakes of this lesson that much higher.

Grabbing her bookbag, she rummaged around looking for something they could transfigure into a watch.

Selena nodded. Erm... she would be pretty bored on the outside then. Oh wells. Then she realized something. "No one's dressed to go swimming, it'll be a pain to go inside wearing robes, it'll get wet and cling onto you guys, slowing you down," she pointed out. And it could cause pneumonia or something. She didn't want them to get sick.

Alex didn't like being treated like a baby. "Well then have two or more people inside. I'll be one of them. I can do Glaisseo, Expelliarmus, Reducto, Incendio, Bombarda, and Histedius." She didn't mention the other spells she wanted to try out or shield charms..or charms or even transfiguration.

He looked at her...."Ummmmm, its the one we just learned in class today. You just did it like five minutes ago, remember!" he said, firing a Gouging Charm at the trunk. It kept moving......

"Fixate!" he called, immediatly the trunk halted. "Now it will be easier to open and less mobile." he said, kicking it. "Defudio!" he called, a long gouge appear along the one side, it wasn't deep which lead Nymphy to belive there was powerful magical protection on the trunk, the gashes were ualually much larger.....

Trixie nodded. "Yeah of course I would Nancy, I'm not scared of water" she grinned. Where were all her fellow older Slytherins when they needed them. "Crate to open?" she repeated and then went into thought. What ha she learnt in her past few months of Hogwarts that she could actually remember. "Well what have you tried already?" she asked confused as to what exactly Nancy was asking her. To open it? She listened to what a younger student was saying about clothes clinging and becoming ill. "Believe me I've spent time in the hospital wing already, i really don't mind going in there if that is what is required. Besides it sounds like a fun challenge" she said with a grin.

Rhea sighed. He was right, they should do something soon. So she climbed into the tank with the boy. It was rather cool against her skin but she barely had time to reflect on the feel of the water. She pointed her wand at her face and muttered"Viseo Ebullio" She knew she would probably only have enough oxygen for about two minutes but she was sure that the others would be their to go down when she came up. She looked to prefect sarah, hopefull they were on the right track and doing the right thing.
She sunk beneath the surface and pointed her wand to the trunk muttering a strong alohomora" hopefully that would work. She looked across at the boy also under water. Maybe their combined efforts would work.

Maddie reached in and grabbed the tie, placing it on her desk
'It could be useful later' she said, smiling 'So, are we ready to go in?' she asked, pulling out her wand. Oh yeah, this was going to rock!

Simon looked at Nymphy and heard him yelling at him, hang on a minute was this other child actually yelling at him, well he didn't mind a prefect yelling at him but another child and one that was only a year older than him, well that is a different matter. "I would prefer it, if you wouldn't yell at me, you are only a student." Simon said slowly, he didn't like being yelled at. "I will do something when I am good and ready." He was going to take his time now and think of the best spell to use.

Vashti felt her face grow a bit warm. "I s'pose one of you all could do it then? 'Cause I-" She paused when she heard Ivory's next words. "The professor wouldn't do that, though... That'd be dangerous to put someone in there." Unless, if there was someone in there, they might be using the Bubble-head Charm so they could breathe...but still. It was a rather risky thing to do, putting someone into a crate in a water-filled tank...