Angel was still hurting a little bit but she wasn't going to let a little injury hurt her. "I'm alright." Angel was still a bit annoyed with herself. "I am really sorry, if the Professor says anything, I'll say it was all my fault." Angel still couldn't believe what she had done.

Angel looked at her partner, her foot was hurting maybe kicking the obstacle wasn't a good idea after all. "Come on." Angel looked around before she started to do the rolling again, she was careful, she continued to look at the things and saw the obstacle this one was big. "Janelle, I'm not sure if we can roll you around this obstacle."

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So, in other words.... no. Maybe he doubted his upper body strength, but she really wasn't that heavy to carry. Aaaanyway, Evie followed his lead and hobbled down the course with him. The first obstacle was an ice patch, she saw and she started brainstorming with her partner.

"What would a postman do?" She considered thoughtful. "Probably walk it across, but I think sliding me sounds less dangerous for me." And she was all about NOT getting injured, so Evie agreed with his second option very un-gracefully (normal body functions were very difficult when wrapped in bubble wrap) laid down on her side. Then she looked up at Caleb expectantly and waited for her little trip across the ice patch.

Quite honestly, a postman would probably just carry the package across carefully, but Caleb was not a real postman and was not about to carry her across out of fear of dropping her and really hurting her! He was happy she had agreed to the ice thing...that sounded more creative, and maybe they'd get more points that way!

"Alright, one, two...three!" he exclaimed, pushing her across the ice and watching as she sliddddddddd right over the ice and into the normal part of the lane once again. Success, and no one had gotten hurt!

Piggy backs rides were the way to go. Why didn't she use this mode of transportation more often? If her and Adi ever got over their little fight she was going to have to get her to piggy back her everywhere. Ohhhh... maybe she could get a piggy back ride from all the prefects just for bragging rights. That kind of thing could come in handy. Somebody could be all... did you know that I was first in my graduating class, and then you could counter with well... I got a piggy back ride from all the prefects. So neener and in your face. Okay. She was losing focus and that wasn't going to do them any favors.

They had a free lane, and AJ held on as Zander took off. Not as fast as she hoped that he would. AJ was pretty dainty and she didn't think he should be having any problems. Maybe she should lay off the tacos. Another day. Only water? What a bummer. She wanted more excitement. "Be careful not to splash me," she said in a sarcastic and joking tone.

Wait a minute. There was something else in the distance. This was definitely something living. "A dog, Zander. To your right." This time AJ had his back. She was going to show him exactly why he had the best partner ever. "I got this one." Without hesitation she began to growl and foam at the mouth slightly.

"GRRRRRRRR!"

That would teach that dog to mess with them. They had a very important delivery to make and nothing was going to get in their way. AJ continued to bare her teeth to let the dog know that she meant business. "You just have to let them know who's boss." It was true. "I saw it on the discovery channel." Fun facts, she was full of them.

She was getting the hang of walking in the burrito. Baby steps, but Brooklyn was determined to make then regal baby steps. Besides, it gave Hady time to decide she was ready. She’d gotten a nod as she’d suddenly appeared at her side. See? This is why it worked having a Slytherin partner. They understood each other. Either that, or she just knew who to choose for her partner. That was possible too. The important part was that they worked together awesome. “Course,” she said simply, still half-focused on the baby step she was making toward the lane she’d picked.

If what she could see from the people who were already doing the activity told her anything, the possibility of Hady being right was big. She refused to look stupid, so that was going to be the goal. Being the first team to not end up looking like a bedraggled postgirl and parcel at the end. So, with that, she took her first baby step into the lane. So far so good. Solid ground, and nothing was going wrong. Until step two, which seemed awfully slippery…

Toby wasn't sure he totally understood that about the layers first, so he just smiled and nodded. But then a few moments of thinking passed and... oh. OH... Ohhh.

... Moving on then, quite literally.

Okay, so... yeah, Ruby had a good plan, and Toby nodded to show he was all on board.

"Sounds like a plan to me," he said, and was maybe about to say something else when she had his hand and they were OFF. OKAY COOL. The squeaking from the bubble wrap went up a gear and Toby was pretty sure he must already be working up a sweat underneath it all, but instead of getting distracted by anything else he did his best to focus on charging along and not falling on his butt or anything (though it was probably unlikely to hurt).

After just a few steps the ice was suddenly right there in front of then, and Toby shifted his hands so he was instead gripping onto Ruby's shoulders, trying his best to steady himself while simultaneously making a conscious effort not to pull her off balance. Wheeeeeeeee.

"I'll try my best," of course he had totally heard the sarcasm in her voice. BUT STILL he couldn't get any water on the package!! What if there was a letter with the delivery and then that got soaked too and-- Wait. He was getting way too into this... Wasn't he? Oops. Yeah no nevermind, running now. Running. Still he was doing his very best not to get water all over the place as he ran through the puddle. HAZZAH thank merlin that was over. So uh, how many obstacles did Professor Moxley say there would be again...?

O____________O WHAT WAS THAT? IN THE DISTANCE? A plane???? A bird???? NO a dog. Because dogs could fly and this thing wasn't flying. Okay nevermind. And before he could even think about doing anything about it... Was AJ growling or what? Huuuuh? ALSO wait a minute here. If they could have dogs in muggle studies how come he was being forced to keep his cruppy all the way in the playpens huh? OBJECTION. Even though technically these weren't real dogs or anything BUTSTILL Zander Adair had a complaint. Enough about that though. AJ was growling. Was this another thing she did?

But oh! IT WORKED????? Girl may be mental but she was brilliant at it. "That was great, AJ!" And yes, yes it did put an extra pep in his step because he was now going about TWICE the speed! O______O MUD?!?!?!

Uh oh. I'm going to try to jump over it, okay?? 'Cause HECK TO THE NO. He was not going to get mud all over his trousers too. Water was fine, he could deal with that. But mud??? REALLY!? One.... Two.... RUNNING HEAD START and JUMP FOR YOUR LIFEEEEE

Uh oh.

Instead of landing on the other side of the mud puddle... The Gryffindor may have just landed himself smack dab in the middle of it.... And may have accidentally caused a whole lot of mud to flick upwards all over. Oops. "BLEGH, I think I got some in my mouth," and cue the gross mud cough. Also all over his clothes. And his trainers. And well, uh... Was AJ covered too?

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She was getting the hang of walking in the burrito. Baby steps, but Brooklyn was determined to make then regal baby steps. Besides, it gave Hady time to decide she was ready. She’d gotten a nod as she’d suddenly appeared at her side. See? This is why it worked having a Slytherin partner. They understood each other. Either that, or she just knew who to choose for her partner. That was possible too. The important part was that they worked together awesome. “Course,” she said simply, still half-focused on the baby step she was making toward the lane she’d picked.

If what she could see from the people who were already doing the activity told her anything, the possibility of Hady being right was big. She refused to look stupid, so that was going to be the goal. Being the first team to not end up looking like a bedraggled postgirl and parcel at the end. So, with that, she took her first baby step into the lane. So far so good. Solid ground, and nothing was going wrong. Until step two, which seemed awfully slippery…

So far so good. They had made it to an empty lane and were ready to get moving. From the looks of it they had a good agreement with how this was to work. Slow even steps one foot at a time.

Hady remained beside Brooklyn as they worked their way forward. One step. Two steps... Whoa! What th-?! Slipping a little bit she steadied herself quickly taking a smaller more careful step. Chancing a glance beside her she saw Brooklyn was doing alright.

"Ice. Small slow steps should work, if you slid to much I'll help you." She remained her partner quietly.

Dot was still happily pondering hearing a SECRET when Oleander just up and tossed her over his shoulder. Just. Like. That. In her imagination, she loved the idea of being swept up off her feet, and being thrown over someone's shoulder seemed playful and fun. In reality, she was mortified by how all he could see of her was her bum, and by the fact that he was obviously struggling to carry her. She was small for her age, but he made her feel like a hippogriff.

"I don't want any hearts. You could be my minion, but I feel like you'd be distracting to the other minions." She was blushing madly now, so it was good that Oleander couldn't see her. Good that she could blame it on being hung upside down. Stupid fair skin and freckles. Stupid...

"There's a stuffed dog thing following you. I think you're in his turf. Turn 'round and kick him!" OH A MUD PUDDLE. HELLO MUD PUDDLE.

SPOILER!!: Adi

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Benny didn't think the dog would like to be patted? O__O Which doggie didn't like that? Oh well. Maybe when they were done and made it to the end of the lane he would find the doggie.

Oh looky. They had stopped. Why had Benny stopped? "Have you changed your mind about patting the dog?" he had barely asked when he became aware that Benny was wiping away the mud. How thoughtful. But he just realised something.

"Thanks. That's much better but I just figured that my hair doesn't matter. AJ isn't around to appreciate it.'' Yeah. He never cared about his hair that much until AJ came into his life. Heh.

"Dragon! We have a race to finish! Let's go! I think I hear that doggie again.'' LOL. "And don't worry about the mud. Next time you can lift me on your shoulders.''

The doggie was done with and still Adi was asking about it. No, they were staying away from any doggies for now. "Nope...just being nice." That and he couldn't clean off his friend without stopping. Couldn't do those two things at once. Otherwise he would just let the momentum of the rolling splash the mud off but that could have just made it worse.

"You're wel---" Benny said about to say he was welcome when Adi spoke dejectedly about AJ not being around to make him care either way. Forget the Hufflepuff's words of prodding...it was that that brought the Gryffindor back to pushing and rolling his bubble-wrapped companion along. He had to continue to push his friend both physically and metaphorically out of his slump.

"Rolling along..." he mused as he gained speed again with his rolling now that he had started them up again. No more doggies for them...he wouldn't let them come close. And the finish line was oh so close.

He could feel it.

"So we out rolled the doggie?" Adi was slightly disappointed. Anyway. "Are we almost there yet?" Not that he wanted the fun to end but because of the rolling, most of the bubbles had popped and he was starting to feel the effects of the ground against his body. He voiced this to his bestie. "I think I'm good for a few more rolls but you should pick me up if we aren't there soon.'' Mhmmm. He totally was not being bossy.

Annnnd they were moving again! Rolling along... LOL. Since when did Benny get so funny? Adi shut his eyes as they moved along or as Benny would put it, rolled along. He no longer cared about mud puddles so yeah. Bring them on!

Try, TRY? No, he had to DO his best. This wasn't a game. Okay, it probably was in the professor's eyes. and everybody else's But it was so much more than that to AJ. This was war, and she wanted to be the first one to piggy back their way to the finish line. That wasn't asking too much. Zander really was doing a good job. Before long he even picked up the pace. "Great job, man." Encouragement was nice, and he deserved to hear it. AJ could appreciate when people did everything in their power to get things done.

Either Zander was used to her crazy ways or he was super good at the silently judging thing. Then again AJ couldn't see face. For all she knew his eyes could be wide as saucers, and he was counting down the minutes until he could get her off of his back. She really hoped that wasn't the case though. Maybe he just did well with weird. Not to mention that her growling was totally doing the trick. He could thank her later with a chocolate frog or something else equally chocolately.

"Thanks." Look at them working together like some finely tuned athletic machines. Holding on to Zander didn't really require athleticism, but she was holding on like a champ, and you couldn't overlook that arm strength. Playing baseball all her life really helped out.

Next obstacle up was mud, and AJ wondered how he was going to tackle this one because that was a lot of mud there. Oh, he could tell by his body tensing that he was going to jump. AJ held on a little tighter to him. Brace yourself, Zander.

O____o

They were smack dab in the middle of the mud. Surely that was not his intentions though AJ didn't mind being dirty one bit. Zander was covered, and she was covered. Was he okay? The lion heard the coughing fit, and she gently beat on his back to help him out. He couldn't go and die on her, not now. "You okay?" Had to make sure. "I'm all muddy, but I'll live." She actually heard her sister saying something about mud being good for you skin. Or was it your hair? Either way she didn't care.

How much longer before they were officially announced as being the postal service champs? Wait, there was something else coming up in the distance. What was it? As they came closer to it AJ could tell that it was a gate. Hmm... bet there was an issue with that. "Can you clear that?" She knew it was impossible, but she was in game mode.

Puck had of course been getting a kick out of how Kace was waddling about before lopping him over the stuck gate. Because really, she didn’t have to be a great postal worker did she? She just had to get the package there somewhat unscathed…whenever she saw those muggle boxes they always seemed a little dinged anyways didn’t they?

“PACKAGE DOWN PACKAGE DOWN” she called out to Kace not too loudly but a grin on her face either way she was smaller than Kace what with the fact that she didn’t have a Quidditch body…and well, she didn’t have a bubble wrap body either.

Taking a step closer to the gate she slipped her arm through one of the rails, and wiggled her body just a bit. The hardest part was the angle of course how she had to twist and contort her muscles around but her shoulder and chest were through that was the important part wasn’t it?

Exhaling she let her diaphragm collapse just enough to slip her torso through the gate. Yes, the gate wasn’t opening but she was getting through it nonetheless. Once she had popped through on the other side she mad her way over to the fallen bubbleboy package. “Kace are you okay? Any broken things?” She asked caringly because she had just thrown her friend over a fence.

Leaning down she carefully hoisted package!boy up and examined the bubblewrap…only a few bubbled popped while she threw him over and even less when she shifted the package. “Okay, Kace…there’s a puddle ahead of us over to the write we are going to have to have you walk on the left most side of the path…I’ll get wet its my job,” she nodded.

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Dot was still happily pondering hearing a SECRET when Oleander just up and tossed her over his shoulder. Just. Like. That. In her imagination, she loved the idea of being swept up off her feet, and being thrown over someone's shoulder seemed playful and fun. In reality, she was mortified by how all he could see of her was her bum, and by the fact that he was obviously struggling to carry her. She was small for her age, but he made her feel like a hippogriff.

"I don't want any hearts. You could be my minion, but I feel like you'd be distracting to the other minions." She was blushing madly now, so it was good that Oleander couldn't see her. Good that she could blame it on being hung upside down. Stupid fair skin and freckles. Stupid...

"There's a stuffed dog thing following you. I think you're in his turf. Turn 'round and kick him!" OH A MUD PUDDLE. HELLO MUD PUDDLE.

Puddle of mud was dealt with by keeping the vase safe from it, even a little jump here and there managed to keep his shoes relatively clean. Those will be taken cared of later. Once magic was allowed.

Not even sorry. He was still struggling, though her weight had diminished significantly in this position, so she will stay over his shoulder until they reached the end, which was very near, too. Luckily for him. Oleander would work out more, but he'd rather not, thank you. So, this is in no way Dot's fault. No one's, honest.

First, Maddie's ally. Now, Dot's minion? He feared what he could possibly be to Magdalena. Another laugh could be easily heard to those hanging upside down, "And what will I get if I'm your minion?" No, he's not getting the definition wrong, he simply didn't do things for free. Except for when it came to Cassia, and he still got something in return anyway.

Oleander could hear the barking but he expected a beast of a dog, something more challenging... what do you know? A stuffed dog. And all he wanted to do was laugh. Kick it? What if he kept on running ignoring the dog? The end of the line was soooo near. "I'm not comfortable doing that... do you want to?" Meanwhile, he took some of the leftover bubble wrap and made a sort of ball out of it (the tape held it together) and threw it at the dog...

...hopefully it would work?

Angel said she was alright so Janelle had to take her word for it. She was still apologizing though and that was unnecessary. "Don't worry. It's fine. We'll just keep going." And keep going they did. Angel began to roll Janelle again and they were progressing down the lane nicely.

Then Angel mentioned a big obstacle up ahead. Janelle asked, "Can we get over it?" She was still rolling, but slower now. When she finally came to a stop, she held out her hand for Angel to help her up. Ahead of them, blocking the lane, was a gate. Janelle tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. "I think our only choice is to go over it. Any suggestions?". Janelle wasn't sure if they could make it, but they had to try.

im okay" she said numbly. Kick it, was he being serious. Echo hoped not. Chasing and barking didnt sound fun either. "Im all for you to roll me.. i wont be able to run fast and probably fall" thank goodness for all this bubble wrap though. Wait.. thats when she had an awesome idea. "What if I go after it.. i am mostly protected with bubble wrap.. maybe it will scare it and i'll make like monster noises" it was kind of funny but not at the same time.

With out waiting for him to answer so started to groan loud and lower her voice as she chased after the stuffed dog. Lucky for her then plan had worked and the thing was so freaked out by Echo and her bubbles/growlings it ran for it. "I didn't think I'd be that scary.... am i?" she joked while went back to meet with Zeke. "now lets deliever me" yay for being back on track.

Kate could hear the professor's voice over the crowd of pretend postal workers and parcels. Class was ending soon, and they still hadn't made it down their lane and out of harm's way. Kate frowned. "Oh, great. If I was a real postal worker, I'd be fired," she said with a laugh. It didn't look like anybody had heard her cry for help, so Kate began to push against the floor and try with all her might to get to Hayden.

"Get ready to roll!" she called out to her friend. Kate's tiny hand grasped a piece of bubble wrap attached to Hayden, and she tugged as she tried to rescue the parcel. The ice had started to melt, though, and now there was a puddle of mud thanks to the mix of water and the dirt off people's shoes. Kate splashed in the mud then began to slide down the lane in the opposite direction.

She was still holding on to the bubble wrap, though, so she was only hoping that Hayden was along for the ride. "Hayden?! You back there?" she asked. Please say they'd get on their feet soon.

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"So we out rolled the doggie?" Adi was slightly disappointed. Anyway. "Are we almost there yet?" Not that he wanted the fun to end but because of the rolling, most of the bubbles had popped and he was starting to feel the effects of the ground against his body. He voiced this to his bestie. "I think I'm good for a few more rolls but you should pick me up if we aren't there soon.'' Mhmmm. He totally was not being bossy.

Annnnd they were moving again! Rolling along... LOL. Since when did Benny get so funny? Adi shut his eyes as they moved along or as Benny would put it, rolled along. He no longer cared about mud puddles so yeah. Bring them on!

Had they?

Yeah, he didn't hear it anymore. "I think so," Benny remarked as he managed anther role of Adi on the ground. It was getting a little harder to do so and he suspected it had to do even a little bit with the fact that he was no longer hearing the occasional pop from the array of bubbles on the bubble wrap around his friend. "Almost..." he admitted, thinking a few more rolls would do it.

The Gryffindor might have given in to the thought of switching to carrying him but he was already feeling a little tired. Beater arms or no it had taken a bit of effort to do the rolling even. Thankfully they soon reached the end and Benny could straigten up with a content sigh of relief.

"Done!"

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Bye bye, doggie.

Adi didn't know why he was obsessed with the dog. Maybe he was slowly going mad... for obvious reasons. But, more rolling! He vaguely heard Benny say they were almost there. Awesome!

And suddenly he stopped rolling. Adi opened his eyes and looked around, feeling a little dizzy. Okay, a lot dizzy.

"Well done, Dragon,'' he said after a while, having recovered his composure. "Can you help me up?" The ground wasn't at all comfortable now that the bubbles had all or most of them had popped.

She had managed to stay relatively upright as she’d taken the first step onto the slippery ice patch, but Brooklyn faltered as she felt Hady slide a little. Thankfully, the other Slytherin had steadied herself just as quickly, so it seemed like they were on their way. “I know,” she said quietly, back to taking her baby steps as the bubble wrap allowed. She couldn’t go any faster if she wanted to, and honestly, she did want to. She just didn’t want to slide and end up in a pile more than she didn’t want to be the last to finish. She trusted Hady that much. They both had a survival instinct after all.

Slowly inching forward several feet, she hadn’t realized she’d begun holding her breath until her foot hit less slippery ground again and s he’d let it go. Okay. Now they could really get moving, but first she waited to make sure Hady was still at her side. It wouldn’t work very well if the parcel got to the end before their postgirl after all, but she still didn’t want to stay in one place too long.

After a moment or two, she began taking baby steps again, reaching out to steady herself on a fence that as blocking the lane next to hers just so she wasn’t depending on Hady too much. She knew she wasn’t about to fall, anyway. She was too determined not to fall for the opposite to happen, even given the fact she was burrito-ed up in the bubble wrap. Moving forward was good. The growling she suddenly heard coming from one side was so very not good, and she chanced a look in that direction as she continued moving. “Um, Hady. There’s a dog over there who doesn’t look very happy about us being here,” she said just as quietly, as if said dog might hear. Once again, she wished she could have brought Tywin along. Her cat could’ve beat the stuffed dog easily, but he wasn’t there. Just her and Hady, and she was going to keep moving forward.

Hayden grinned. Yeah, so maybe Kate wouldn't make the best postal worker. But Hayden was sure she wouldn't either. Neither would many others in the room. Maybe with some training they would do fine, but nobody was having much luck. She looked down their lane to see how much further they had to go. They would have to hurry, considering they were running out of time.

She felt a tug and looked down at where it had come from. It was Kate, pulling her down the lane. Hayden slid easily on the ice, but closed her mouth tight so none of the growing amount of mud would get in her mouth. That would be gross. It was bad enough it was getting all over her hair and the bottom of her pants. At least the melting of the ice did mean one good thing. It wasn't as slippery and they reached the end of the ice slide faster than Hayden had estimated.

The end of the ice slide was still very slippery though, but that turned out to be a good thing. Hayden started to slide faster and she couldn't control herself since her arms were pinned to her sides from the bubble wrap. She hit the clear part of the line and the abrupt stop sent her flying. Not too much, just enough to be actually beneficial instead of ending terrible. Her knees bent and she landed upright. Quickly, she managed to get to her feet before she fell over. She was actually quite impressed with that feat, and she was glad they didn't have to figure out how to get her back on her feet.

"I'm fine," she said with a smile in Kate's direction. That had actually been kind of fun, even though her back was now covered in mud. "Are you alright?" She had been concerned with how she was going to get up, and she hadn't been able to turn her head very well besides, so she hadn't been paying too much attention to how Kate had fared on the ice. She hoped her friend hadn't gotten hurt, but it didn't look like it. That was good.

"What do you think we'll have to do next?" That patch of ice had been hard enough, and she hoped they encountered something that was easier to handle. Whatever it was, she had confidence that the two of them would be able to figure it out. Yeah! She was totally ready!

He didn't know what was good about being a minion? Dot shifted so that her nose wasn't being smushed against his shoulder blade, and so he could hear her better. "You get to never have to be to blame. You get to follow a saucy ginger mermaid pirate. You get to never have to decide anything again. I'll take good care of my minions."

What was better than that stuff? Not much.

All that tussling with the leftover bubble wrap was making Dot dizzy, and she kept smashing her nose against that stupid pointy shoulder blade. "I'm not really in a position to kick anything, Oleander. I could kick you, but I think we'd both regret that." Although he'd regret it MORE than Dot would. "Just... keep going. We're almost there. I think. I can't see anything by this lil spot on your shirt. Drooled a bit, actually. Sorry 'bout that."

As Kace was recovering from the package fall, he rolled over and he saw Puck going through the fence. She was elegant yet graceful with her movements. He wished he would have been able to do that. She got through though and he squirmed and said, "Yeah I am fine actually, it was kind of fun." he smiled. "Nope no broken things besides the tape almost coming off the bubble wrap." he wiggled to show her. "Can we do that again!?" he asked.

He felt Puck raise him up and felt himself shift. Oh great now there was a puddle ahead. Just what he needed. Alright so he was going to the left side where he wouldn't get so wet. He started to waddle over there. "Alright I am ready.." and he began walking.

Of course he had come to a complete stop after the mud thing. It was EVERYWHERE. He probably even had mud down his trousers. Merlin, sos send help please. There were many places that mud was not supposed to go and one of those places was down Zander Adair's trousers. Yes mud, please don't. Thanks. "Oh yeah, I'm good too... I think I swallowed some though," and got them all on his clothes, possibly down his trousers, and into his shoes. But pft, who's counting?

Zander Adair maybe.

But AH he couldn't just stand here!! Everyone else looked like they were about to finish and they couldn't lose!! Was this a race? Because Zander was definitely going to treat it like one. HEh. Right okay.

Running again. Mud and everything forgotten, partially. O_______O GATE!? "Uhh.... I can try?!" Wait. They couldn't use their wands. Uh. He was going to have to climb over it wasn't he? Oh Merlin. Send help please. "Hold on tight," and now to climb over the gate. One foot at a time. WAIT HE COULD TOTALLY SEE THE FINISH LINE!!! That meant the were almost done?!! YEah? Well okay no duh, Zander. That's what a finish line meant, obviously.

Finally climbing down from the other side of the gate, Zander took a few more long strides until DONE. Officially. Now, uh AJ please hop off because his back was starting to ache and he was still muddy and this was not what he was expecting when he walked into Muggle Studies today. Well played, Moxley. Well played. "I think we're done now... Yeah?"

And just like that they were sliding. Over the ice, andddddd in one piece. See? Four legs and balance and all of that. She used her weight to stop them on the other side and then shot him a smirk. Tobypuff could trust her too, see?

But what was next? What was that yapping? It was a toy dog? Stuffed dog. Not real. Did that mean they could just.... kick it like a football? Or was this one of those professors who would get up in arms even though it wasn't real and Ruby would never ever hurt a real animal? Better just to avoid it. Or distract it. Distract would be good, right?

"Here puppy, fetch!" Ruby tossed the sellotape roll out of the way, hoping it'd go after that and the coast would be clear.

"I can!" Breathe, that was! A little tight, but still doable. To prove it, Dima took a few big gulps of air, inhaling and exhaling. See?

He watched in awe as Norah created a HAT for him. Man. Not only did he have the funniest and most trustworthy partner in the class, but she was even so considerate as to try and protect his HEAD? Why had they only just met today?!

Beaming, the Ravenclaw awkwardly hopped over to the lane his partner had pointed out. Upon reaching it, Dima tried to carefully lower himself to the ground... instead flopping over and hitting it hard. A few bubbles popped, but it was OKAY. His head was safe!

"Good thing you made me this hat," he informed her seriously, wiggling a little in anticipation. "I'm ready!!"