Round Three - The Magic Box, Collaborative Fan Fiction Options

[evlpez]

A Magic Box has been left on the head table in the Great Hall. One by one, characters pick up the box, speculate on its contents and leave it in another location. It's clearly marked "Wizard's Box", so we know the space inside is magical and could hold just about anything. None of the characters who find the box can open it, though they will each try more than once. No charm or key works, so we never really find out what it holds inside.

• Describe finding the box in the location in which it was left in the previous post.
  
  
• What does the character(s) think or hope is inside?
  
  
• How does he/she try to open it? (Try a couple of new attempts beyond the easy choices.)
  
  
• Give the box away or leave it somewhere for another character(s) to find.

Each submission in this challenge must follow the previous one, so that all of them together make one continuing story. Please do not end your submission in such a way that it is impossible for another writer to find the Magic Box and continue the story.

All submissions must have a unique title and be posted in this topic



Note to ferrets: Remember that you are writing fan fiction as though you are the Floo-Between user you've chosen. This means that if you've chosen Snape, you are writing as though Snape is writing fan fiction, not as though he is a part of the story. Each character may write as many submissions as they wish for this challenge, as long as each submission is significantly different from their others. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday December 1st.

The Voting Booth for Round 3 will open on Sunday, November 14th. Click this text to go there.

Posts which are not prefaced by the Character Form will be deleted.

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Do not edit your submissions for this challenge once they are posted in the Forum.

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When rating submissions, please use the following score card to guide you:

Score Card

__ Ferret Points for following the mission
__ Ferret Points for technical (grammar, spelling are consistent with the author's character)
__ Ferret Points for overall creativity
__ Ferret Points for characterization
__ Ferret Points for adherence to canon
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Total out of 10 maximum Ferret Points

0 = Poor, 1 = Okay/good, 2 = Great

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[chad13]

num1chudleyfan

wizard in training
Floo Ferret


Secrets and Sneaking

Harry's breath came in harsh gasps as he peered around the corner into the entrance hall. That had been close, if he hadn't been wearing the invisibility cloak he may not have made it. Luckily forgetting the cloak wasn't a mistake he made that often anymore, especially since Ron was always there to remind him, as best friends usually do. Harry didn't feel like such a good best friend himself at the moment. He sank down on the floor to catch his breath and try to remember exactly why it was he hadn't told Ron he was going out. He didn't know, so he obviously hadn't had a very good reason, there wasn't much he could do now he decided, (even though there probably was.) He closed his eyes, it was late and probably time for him to start back to the dormitory; but wait ...

Something caught his eye, a box, a miniature metal chest really, about the size of the box Ron kept his chess pieces in, was sitting behind the suit of armor to Harry's left. Curiosity as it so often did, got the best of Harry and he reached over to examine it. Wizard's Box, he read trying to pull open the lid. "Locked," he mumbled. Staring at the box a moment longer Harry pulled out his wand, "Alohamora," he whispered, but the lid wouldn't budge. The metal felt warm under his fingers, the box although interesting, made Harry slightly uneasy, of course most things did. Harry often sensed danger when there was none, but there was always the occasion when he was right, and Harry thought that was all the time.

Afraid of trying any noisier ways to get to the contents Harry stood up. Perhaps he should consult Hermione, even if he could get the box open he had no idea what was in it, he didn't even know where to begin. Perhaps Hermione had read about something like it somewhere, he could ask her, she knew everything. Harry decided, for safety's sake, to run the box to the room of requirement before bed and consult Hermione in the morning. Maybe he'd ask Ron about it too, but Ron wasn't usually to knowledgeable about this sort of thing, at least that's what Harry thought (even though Ron was the only pure blood of the trio.) So Harry stood up once more, still unsure what (if anything) he was going to tell Ron in the morning.


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