The Emeralds & The Sorcerers Stone

11. The First Challenge

A couple of hours pass and it is now around 8 pm. The friends decided to meet in the common room before leaving for supper.
The boys prepared themselves for the challenges ahead and headed to the girls room.
- E:" Are you guys ready yet?"
- A:" Not yet... we cant find the perfect outfits"
- T:"Nobody cares about your outfits, just come out already!"
- R:" If we die we have to die pretty!"
- M:" We aren't going to die Rosie"
- A:"We're ready!" the three of them walked out of the room dressed in matching black outfits.

Aliyah and her friends had just finnished eating supper and were heading to the moving staircase to try and arrive before the three Gryffindors.
Once they reached the forbidden corridor and went inside and saw that the black room had disappeared and that Filch was nowhere to be seen they slightly calmed down.
Suddenly they heard faint harp music coming from behind one of the doors.
- T:" ill go first" he whispered towards the rest
- P:" be careful..."
Theo slowly opened the door and...
- R.W:" eww dog drool!"
- H.G:"Ronald stop complaining and move Fluffys paw before he wakes up"
- H:" Hey guys... I think we have company..."
The group entered the room, looking in shock at Fluffy, Hagrids three-headed, gigant dog.
- H.G:" what are you all doing here?!"
- R:" The same thing as you"
- H.G:" Stopping Snape from taking the stone and saving the school?"
- R:" no... we're fetching the stone!"
They all started fighting and, because of the noise, Fluffy woke up.
Scared they all jumped through the trapdoor that was under one of Fluffys paws.

The 10 fell into a dark room, they landed on a bunch of vine like things.
Hermione used the light charm, lumos, to shine a bit of light onto their surroundings.
- H:" Is everyone alright?"
- A:" Why are the vines moving...?"
- H.G:" I don't think these are vines..."
- P:" ITS DEVIL'S SNARE!"
- R:" AHHH WHAT DO WE DOOO?!"
- H.G:" calm down Rose, we just have to relax "
- R.W:" RELAX?!"
- E:" I think im sinking..."
Enzo fell through the snare, leaving everyone more terrified than before.
- A:" ENZO WHERE DID YOU GO?"
- E:" Im fine! Just relax and you'll fall through the snare."
And one by one, the children slowly descend from the tangled vines falling onto a cold stone tiled floor in a dark, humid room. Everyone fell, except for Rose, Ron and Aliyah.
- M:" C'mon Rosie, relax!"
- R:" I CANT OK?"
Ron fell soon after so, Rose and Aliyah were left.
Aliyah slowly started sinking in the vines and once she finally got out of the snare, she fell on a rock, hurting her knee badly. She tried to get up but her leg was too weak to keep her standing so she decided to rest on the ground.
Meanwhile Mattheo kept trying to help Rose escape the vines and he unknowingly used the light charm making the snare move from underneath Rose and making her fall on him.
- M:"You alright Rosie?"
- R:" Couldn't be better!" she noticed Aliyah sitting on the ground, surrounded by Pansy, Theo and Enzo. " Aly, are you alright?" she said walking over " Step aside! Ill heal her leg!... this might hurt a little..."
And with one swift move with her wand she healed the wound on Aliyahs leg.
- A:" Thanks Rosieee!"
- D:" Aliyah, do you need any help getting up?" he asked avoiding eye contact
- A:" Why? So you can drop me? pft id rather not." she rolled her eyes at him, still struggling to get up " Pans, help."
Everyone except Draco took turns helping Aliya walk through the long dark corridor which led them to the next room.