TMD: Sophie's Hogwarts Years

Chapter 3: The Scavenger Hunt

As soon as the non-Ravenclaws have left their table, they all turn to look at Nancy Nevis and her three dorm mates.

"Hey, Nancy," Elizabeth calls. "Did you hear our plan?"

Nancy glances over, "I've got better things to do than listen to your boring conversations?"

"Alright." Sophie rolls her eyes. "We're doing a scavenger hunt to find all the classrooms. It's a competition between the other houses, and the winner gets a pile of sweets."

"Awesome," Imogen Optine states, looking to Nancy for whether their apparent leader agrees.

"I guess we do need to know where to find our classrooms," Nancy sighs, trying to sound too cool for silly games.

"Let's go!" Elizabeth shouts, and the eleven Ravenclaw first-years race from the hall, earning some laughs from the older students, who don't know what they're planning.

Upon arrival at the Ravenclaw common room, Harrison knocks twice with the eagle knocker.

"I make two people out of one."

The corridor is silent as they try to decipher the riddle.

"A camera?" Lucile suggests.

Neither the door nor the eagle knocker moves.

"Nice try!" Elizabeth pats her friend on the shoulder.

"A picture?" Gaius answers, using the same train of thought as Lucile, but neither moves again.

"A mother," Nancy speaks clearly and Harrison snickers immaturely. "Shut up, my younger brothers are twins."

"It was a good suggestion," Florian agrees to keep the peace.

"This is too hard," Robin Sallow complains. "It's nearly half past; I'm just going to knock on the door; maybe someone's inside."

As Robin walks forward to knock, she catches her reflection in the shine of the eagle knocker and blurts out, "A mirror!"

Slowly, the door begins to open.

"That was awesome." Imogen jumps, hugging Robin.

"We don't have much time," Sophie announces as they rush inside. "Leonard, go get your map."

"I thought you understood my plan." Leonard grins, running towards the boy's dormitory.

"We can't use our maps," Elizabeth claims. "Isn't that cheating?"

"No, it's genius," Gaius argues. "Don't you think the other houses are asking older students how to find each classroom?" He points out.

"I suppose," Elizabeth agrees, feeling uneasy.

"We have an advantage; we should use it," Nancy agrees.

Leonard lays his map out on a desk, and the rest gather around, searching for the charms classroom somewhere in the six towers, seven floors and two dungeons of Hogwarts School.

"It's already half-past," Harrison announces.

"We can't leave until we find it," Sophie says.

"We're going to lose," Nancy complains.

"It doesn't matter if we lose the first one; we have a map," Florian reminds them. "There it is, on the third floor." He points at the location on the map.

The Ravenclaws spill out of their common room with a clear route to the charms classroom in their mind. However, they must travel down two flights of stairs, across to the opposite corner of the castle, directly below the Gryffindor tower. As expected, when the Ravenclaws turn the corner, they find all three other houses waiting for them.