Our 3rd World

Chapter 30: The Maze (Ravenclaw)

Chapter 30: (Sadie's POV)

PJ and I happily skip into the maze first, leaving everyone else behind. We examine the rough, dark forest green leaves as we pass by them. The two of us walk in silence and communicate through facial expressions and hand gestures, hoping no one will hear or see us. We quickly devise a plan and continue through the constantly thinning hedges. Thinner hedges meant you were getting closer. For awhile we walk at a good steady pace, both of us lost in our thoughts. We begin to get closer to the center until PJ trips and falls. To stop himself from falling, he grabs my sweater sleeve. Like. Umm... NO! I topple on top of him and make an "ump" sound. "Ahh!! PJ! Get off of me!" I yell, shoving him off. I promptly stand up, whipping off the dirt on my shorts, not offering my help to PJ. I tell him to watch where he's going, but before I can continue 4 feet soar above us.

Like a ballerina one of the jumps is graceful and delicately landed. The other jump well not so much. It was more like an army man jumping a trench or a stupid 13 year old boy trying to do parkour. Anyway, I almost instantly knew who these people were. They are Cassie and Dan. Cassie jumps lightly and lands perfectly. But Dan almost missed the hedge. "C'mon" Cassie scoffs. She helps Dan up and she takes the next jump. Before Dan jumps he glances back and winks at me. "Good luck" He mouths, turning around and jumping. I smile like a love stricken teenage girl and just stand there with that melted feeling. It isn't until PJ shakes me and drags me along until I lose the wondrous feeling. There's just something about him (Dan) that makes me feel like jelly, or as if I can't move at all. I feel stuck.

"Snap out of it Sadie, you can idolize boys later!" PJ exclaims, pulling me along by my wrist. I finally shake out of my trance and pick up my pace. My hand wriggles out of his and I sheepishly smile. I can't believe he just witnessed that.... You know what? Oh well! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Eventually, we find the center and turn out to be the 1st ones there. I scream with joy and sprawl out in the grass. The earth welcomes me and hugs my skin as I lie down. The feeling is amazing. Like please never leave me earth. So while PJ actually searches for the ball, I roll around in the dirt. The brown dirt and green grass clutter the back of my sweater, but I dot mind. As I enjoy myself, I see Dan and Cassie arrive by jumping yet another hedge. Then not too soon after them Hufflepuff arrive. Wow... Where's Gryffindor? As if on mention of their name, they arrive. "Hi guys!" I cheer gleefully.

Everyone eyes me oddly, but return to their search for their ball. But for me I just roll around. Yay! Dirt! While lying down I stretch out my arms and my hand hits something hard. "Oww!" I wince in pain. I prop myself up and look at the hard object. The round, dark blue, almost purple, object glitters in the sun. Now realizing what it is, I pick up the ball and scream, "I FOUND IT!!" Everyone's heads turn to me and at that moment Cassie falls out of the tree she's in. Hahaha loser. I burst out laughing and run out of the center along with PJ. We weave in and out of paths, quickly searching for the way out. The hedges thicken as we run clueing us that we're close to the end. We hear a faint cry in the distance, then the tussle of some bushes. Slytherin. They must have found their ball too. "C'mon! The exit is close by!" PJ yells, urging me to run faster. I pick up my pace and my feet pound against the ground. My heart races and swear drips down my forehead. Man I'm out of shape... Eh... The internet is better..

I continue to follow PJ and finally we reach the place where we started. We race out of the maze and collapse to the ground when we make it out. We made it! We've won! I let out a sigh of relief and smile at PJ. "WE WON!!!" I shriek. He chuckles loudly and pats my arm. "We sure did!" he smiles. I can't believe we won! I pull myself up just in time, to get out of the way of an on coming Cassie. She just happened to land right where I was. While I brush off my clothes Cassie curses. "God dammit! You won again!" She chucks the ball on the ground and kicks it. Well, someone isn't happy. She plops onto the ground and buries her face in her hands. I wonder what's wrong? Well... then... fine PJ! You ask her! Looks like PJ got to it before me. So while he talks to Cassie I joyfully celebrate. For the first time in a long time Ravenclaw has won..