betsy's
The sound went off. That meant the second task had started. Betsy sprinted into the forest with the speed of a cheetah hunting a wildebeest. She had no idea where Piper was. She saw some champions to her left and right. But after a minute or so she was all alone in the forest. She stopped to catch her breath. So far she hadn’t seen any creatures but she was only a minute into the second task so she wasn’t fooled. She thought to herself how lucky she was that the moon wasn’t out. And how lucky she was that it wasn’t a full moon. She breathed a sigh of relief and hurried off some more. Ten seconds later she tripped over a root and landed splat into a pile of mud. She looked up with mud all over her face and wiped it off onto her sleeve with disgust. Then she saw a stone centimeters from her head. She was thankful she hadn’t landed on it. She looked at the stone, it had writing on it. She picked it up and it said: aquula. She wondered what this meant. It so clearly stated it on the stone. Then she thought of it. “It means water or stream in Latin!!” She said out loud. She looked around and sure enough, the mud was coming from the stream not to far from her. When she got to the stream she new she had to fallow it. But which way?
Suddenly out of the trees a Bugbear approached her. It stood seven feet tall, it roared and started after her. Betsy screamed and ran away, going north with the river. The Bugbear was too fast for her and tackled her to the ground. “What am I doing? I’m a Witch!” Betsy thought to herself. She pulled out her wand and shouted “Stupefy!” The spell through the Bugbear backwards but didn’t knock him unconscious. Betsy stood over the Bugbear and shouted it again. This time it hit him in the eye, and it was knocked out. Betsy turned and ran with the stream, knowing it would lead her to Piper, and not wanted to go in the direction the Bugbear had come from incase more were to fallow. She ran for about two minutes before seeing a Grindylow in the water. She sent a variety of stupid spells toward it including the tickling spell, and the jelly leg curse before screaming “Petrificus Totalus” . The Grindylow was petrified. Then she sent the curse to seven other Grindylows. She continued her sprint down the stream when she saw Piper. Piper was bound to a tree with a rope.
Betsy lifted her wand to release Piper but before she could do anything a centaur pulled out between them. Betsy blinked. “Um Hi. Can I get to my friend Piper?” She asked stupidly and nervously. The Centaur replied. “The stars are bright and far, but hopeful.”
“Um…. ok, is that a yes?” She asked stupidly again.
“There are many unanswered questions in the forest.” The Centaur replied again.
Betsy sighed. This was going no where. “Ok, well, I’m just going to take my friend and be on my way. Diffindo!” The ropes broke and Piper fell gracefully to the ground.
The centaur looked betrayed and pawed the ground angrily. “To retrieve your friend you need to answer me this question. What is the wisest creature in the forest.”
Betsy thought about this for a long time (about 2 minutes). Then she answered. “The Centaur.”
Weirdly enough the Centaur let her pass. Who knew sucking up could get you so far. Betsy used the “point me” spell to find her way out of the forest. With Piper at her side they recognized a Kelpie, and lit its tail on fire before it could kill them by using the Incendio charm. Hand in hand they sprinted out of the forest. Relieved, Betsy dropped to the ground exhausted before she could see the scores the judges had put up. The stone was still in her left hand.
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