Picking up the thread, A Dare Options

[McGonagall's Cat]

<title- Lavender First Picks Up The Thread>


As Lavender Brown walked down the steps to the Common Room from the Girls Dorm She noticed

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Crookshanks

playing with a piece of thread. He seemed to have found the begining end of the thread on the steps and was rolling around, tangling it into a snarled up knot. With one swat it hurled into the Common Room, where he playfully attacked it again.

Lavender was going to breakfast and not particularly interested in the thread, until it wrapped around her ankle as she tried to walk over to her best friend Parvati Patil who was sitting near the fire waiting for her.

"What is that?" Parvati asked as Lavender untangled her foot.

"I don't know what's going on with it. I just noticed Hermione's cat playing with it on the steps over there." She answered pointing toward the stairs.

Parvati picked it up, noticing that it ran out of the room through the Portrait Hole. Since Crookshanks had lost interest and was now sitting on the rug near the fire licking his paw, she began to wrap the loose thread around and around the knot, forming a tiny ball.
She and Lavender followed the thread along, through the opening, down the hallway, wrapping the thread around the small ball as they went. They chattered on about having been invited to Trelawney's room for a private reading later that day.

"I can hardly wait!" giggled Lavender. "I just know she's going to tell me that cute Ravenclaw boy is destined to be in my future!"

"Well, I'm hoping to learn how many puppies my Mum's dog will have when she has her pups next week!" Parvati said enthusiastically.

As they turned the corner, still giggling and planning for their "private tea", the thread lead them to the top of one of the moving stairways. As they stepped onto it, it began to move. Parvati shreiked, almost losing her balance with the lurch, and the small ball of thread went flying through the air to






OK, here is the challenge: You have to pick up the thread, whoever you are, follow it a while through some interesting rooms/places/situations, and hand it off to (another character)...

who then picks up the thread and continues to wind it around and around into a ball as they continue through some interesting rooms/places/situations, and hands it off to (another character)...

who then picks up the thread and continues to wind it around and around into a ball as they continue through some interesting rooms/places/situations, and hands it off to (another character)...


The same character can pick it up again later... They can do many amazing things while it is in their possession... we can each write as many scenes as we care to write...


Go ahead! I DARE YA!!!

Through January 18th, 2004. 
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edited 1/18/04   This is now on-going       No time limit.

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Impossible Distrations

Harry was sitting under the tree where he saw his father in Snape's pensive. He had a pile of books laid out on the ground in front of him. He was trying hard to concentrate on his Potions report that was due in half an hour, but he was having a hard time.

Harry kept getting distracted by the constant giggling of Hermone and Ron who where sitting on the other side of the tree. The worst part was that Ron insisted on doing the same replay of his winning block during the game the night before.

Harry finally got tired of all the distrations. He gathered up his books and threw them half-heartedly in his bag. He started back up the hill to the castle.

Ron yelled, "Harry! Where are you going mate?"

Harry turned to the couple, "I've got studying to do. I don't have time to watch you flirt with Hermione all day. Why don't you two just start dating and get it over with. You obviously like each other or am I the only one here who sees that.?" Harry walked off at a fast pace.

Ron's face turned beet red. He gave Hermione a very confused looked. Ron stood up to follow Harry.

"We need to talk. You can follow him later." Hermione told Ron as she pulled him back down beside her.

Harry got half way up the hill when Hedwig flew down toward him. Harry smiled thinking that Hedwig was going to land on his shoulder for a bit of affection. Instead Hedwig dropped a ball of thread directly on Harry's head.

Harry picked up the ball of thread up as he was rubbing his head. "Blasted owl," Harry mumbled as he looked around and saw thread scattered all over the courtyard.

Harry began to wind the thread tightly around the small ball that he picked up. He walked through the courtyard and then back down the hill again trying to get the thread cleaned up. Harry walked around Hagrid's hut and started toward the willlow tree. Harry found this to be very peaceful.

In the distance Harry heard the bell ring for the next class. "Oh no! I am late for potion." Harry dropped the ball of thread and ran toward the castle.