First Task

THE FIRST TASK

One by one, the champions are chosen to enter the maze. The maze is located near the forbidden forest, with people sitting around the area to see the task.

You will first Roleplay a post about how your champion gets through the maze and then see's the Sphinx, don't go further than that. Remember, there will be obstacles in your way, but not like magical creatures and etc. These obstacles will be like the one where Harry had to step through that mist which turned the world upside down and etc. Remember, there will be various hints and puzzles throughout the maze which will indicate which direction to go to. You can also use other spells to help you go through the maze. Remember that the task is a test of logic and intelligence.

You are not allowed to summon any help, have any objects with you (besides your wand) or anything like that.

You will have to make this all up. You will be marked on your creativity, so make it interesting! Length doesn't matter.

You have 3-5 days to post your first RP.

Good job, you have finished the first part. The second part is where you have to answer the riddle. It is not so much as a riddle as merely an interesting and confusing question. Your character may RP how there thinking about what the correct answer is. Whatever your answer is, you have to explain why you think that answer is correct, whether in RP or not. You will get points if you explain why you think that your answer is correct, even if it is not.]

The sphinx spoke: "To go ahead to the last part of the maze, you must answer my question. Now, if you are ready.." The sphinx paused, then spoke the riddle. "There was once a town with just one healer. A sickness emerged in this small town and all the people got sick, except the healer. Some of them healed themselves, some of then went to the healer, but the healer only cures people who do not cure themselves. However, one day the healer got sick. So who cured the healer?"

[Remember, this question does not have a simple answer. Think of an answer, and look at the sentence carefully to see if that answer is right. And remember, explain your answer.]

Christabelle listened to the riddle, looking puzzled for a moment. She sat there in thought for a moment racking her brain over and over as she replayed the riddle in her mind. The healer couldn't heal someone who healed themself so no one healed the healer because the healer was only sick for one day... she trailed off in thought realizing that couldn't be the right answer. She sat in thought for several more moments and then it hit her what the answer was.

"Time healed the healer." she said in reply to the Sphinx's riddle, "Because the healer couldn't heal them self and the healer was only sick for one day. Also the healer only cured people who couldn't cure themselves." She finished taking a deep breath waiting.

The sphinx thought about the answer for a while, staring at the girl. Then it nodded. "Thats an acceptable answer which demonstrates quite a bit of intellect," it said. "You may pass." With that, the sphinx moved out of the way, clearing the way for the last part of the maze.

[Now, you can RP the last part of the maze, where you go and take an object. We will let you know what the object is later, however, it currently serves as a portkey, which will transport you back to the beginning of the maze]

Christabelle smiled having gotten the answer right and passed the sphinx. She let out a grateful sigh having gotten that out of the way. She knew sphinxes could be extremely dangerous creatures. She would have assumed that would be why she had to answer its riddle to get past. She had been extremely grateful that she hadn't gotten wrong and had to do something to protect herself from what the creature might have done to her.

She continued walking down the path. After several minutes she found her feet entangled in devil's snare. She felt it crawling up her leg, wrapping itself tightly around her. She knew better than to fight against it and had her wand pointed down. She silently cast blue-bell flames on it knowing that they didn't like dry, light things. It quickly released its hold on her and she ran as quickly as she could from it making the first right that she had seen.

At the end of the path she had chosen she had found the center of the maze. She ran for it knowing she would find something that would get her out of it. At least she was hoping it would. She jumped over several patches of anti-gravity mist, just barely missing all but one which caught her and she quickly reversed it with finite incantatem.

Once she reached the center of the maze, she didn't even look at the object in front of her she grabbed it to find herself transported back to the beginning of the maze.