Group #3

[Charles Bones]

Charlie smiled. A rainbow. Rainbows were always a good sign, right? Right. He was determined to make the best of this and he loves rainbows. "To the rainbow, it is!" He smiled at the rest of his group. After all, he could've been saddled with a much worse group than this.

  

[Cora Ashby]

• Cora was not going to spoil the group's apparent meshing together at that one transitory moment. "I agree," she whispered so that only those closest to her standing position. She folded her hands in front of her stomach. Nodding, she smiled to her group slightly. "Fresh water and who knows what else. I'm all for going to the rainbow!"

  

[Hogsmeade Trail]

EVENT ANNOUNCER - ROUND 5
After some deliberation, your group chooses to go upward to investigate the rainbow. By mid afternoon, you finally arrive at the end of the rainbow. There is a small waterfall cascading across the rocks which means plenty of fresh water for your party. There is also a very large pot of gold that seems to be completely unguarded. As to the continuation of your journey, you can take the easier mountains to the East, or the more difficult (yet decidedly more adventurous) and steep mountains to the west.

Do you:
a. try to take the gold
b. take the easier mountains
c. take the difficult mountains

Round 6 begins June 4th

  

[Gideon Browne]

• Gold. That was actually gold.
  
  Gideon looked at the pot with wide eyes, wondering how rich one would become if he had this gold. Still, in the fairy tales people who were too greedy got in trouble. Maybe something would pop out and attack him if he tried to take some of the gold.
  
  That's why going to the mountains seemed as a better idea. The one seemed easy to climb, but the other, while more difficult seemed far more fun to climb. " I suggest we go to the mountains." Gideon said turning his eyes to the more difficult ones. " Who knows what may happen to us if we try to take that gold."

  

[Briony Fitzpatrick]

The gold was tempting, but who knew if it wasn't cursed. Plus, Briony wasn't greedy. They would get money and land, so they did not need that pot of gold. Plus, who knows what would happen to them on their way back.
"I want to take the mountains too, but the easier ones, please. I don't feel like climbing. The gold can be cursed and we don't want any bad luck... Do we?"

  

[Cora Ashby]

• Easy mountains to climb or difficult mountains to climb? Gideon wanted to take the more challenging path and this redhead, Briony wanted to take the easier one. In perfect honesty, Cora wanted to take the easier path but for her to differ in opinion than Gideon was something that scared her. He seemed to be more leader-like, but she had to defer this decision to Briony. "I agree with Miss Fitzpatrick," she said in a hushed whisper. "I vote staying away from the gold and heading straight to towards the easier to climb mountains."

  

[Charles Bones]

Gold. There was actually gold at the end of the rainbow! This was exactly what he had been hoping to find, though his group deemed to have other plans. He pursed his lips as everyone else agreed between themselves that staying away from the gold was probably the best idea. He wasn't so sure about that, though there was always the chance it was fake gold. "Awww, come on guys. What's the worst that could happen? It might just turn out to be fake gold, leprechaun gold. That can't hurt, other than add a couple of hours to our trip." Charlie shrugged. "We don't know how long we're going to be out here anyway, and we might as well live dangerously and make the best of it. There's gold! Which one of us can truly say that we don't need it?" He looked around to his group, running a hand through his hair. He wanted that gold.

  

[Gideon Browne]

• Maybe Charles was right, but Gideon did not want to risk it. Fake leprechaun gold would be the smallest issue, at this point. What if the gold was cursed? Gideon had read a book full of curses which had to do with gold and jewerly. One could easily curse the gold so if someone touched it, he died. Gideon did not want to die for a little gold. Greediness was a bad thing, besides, he was going to receive land and gold after this journey.
  
  " They gold seems tempting, but it may be cursed." Gideon said, looking at the two girls, hoping that they wouldn't want to grab the gold as well. " There are horrible and deadly curses. One of us could even die if this gold was cursed."

  

[Hogsmeade Trail]

EVENT ANNOUNCER - ROUND 6
With a lot of persuading, your group decides to pocket the gold. As of yet, it doesn't seem to be cursed. It is cool to the touch and seems to be just as bit of real gold as the galleons you were promised at the end of the expedition. Your group could return home as some of the wealthiest members of Hogsmeade. As you travel up the easier mountains, you discover that the gold has disappeared after only a few hours. It appears that the gold was leprechaun gold, after all. After three days of traveling, it seems that your path has yet again split into two. Slightly to your southwest, you can continue to climb the easy mountains. To your south east is a thin forest that appears, from your current position on the mountain, to recede into a grassy plain. Which direction do you choose to go?

Round 7 begins June 7th

  

[Gideon Browne]

Gideon knew that taking the gold was a bad idea. Sure, none of them died, and the gold was not cursed, but it was still frustating to see the gold disappear. He could become filthy rich if that gold was real. He could buy some huge house in Wellingtonshire and be rich like a Lestrange.

After three days of walking and climbing, their way was split in two again. Gideon was sligtly bored to continue climbing the mountain, besides he had a good feeling for that grassy field. The Ministry could build a village there and then they could return home, finally.

" I think we should go in the forest" Gideon suggested looking at his teammates.

  

[Charles Bones]

Charlie was disappointed when the gold disappeared, but was still in good spirits. At least he wouldn't have to worry about how he was going to lug it all back home when he killed off his group mates. Kidding! Of course he was just kidding, however he did wish that the gold had been real. He was glad that his group had managed to loosen up a bit in regards to taking it, though.

And then they were at a fork in the road yet again. Charlie stared between the two choices -more mountains or a thin forest- and tried to figure out which was best. Gideon had other ideas and nearly jumped out of his skin with excitement when he saw the forest. "Whoah, settle down there mate," Charlie said, eyeing up the boy. "I agree, though. These mountains are starting to bore me." He stretched and issued a large, fake yawn as if to prove his point, grinning all the while.

  

[Cora Ashby]

• Charlie was stupid. It was his idea to get the gold that happened to be Leprechaun gold! Leprechauns! Cora was not amused. Her lips were in a tight line and she trudged unwillingly along with the group. She just wanted to be home. Home was good. She had been gone far too long and the days were getting longer which definitely signified summer was rapidly approaching. "Forest," she agreed with Gideon and the rather stupid Gryffindor, Charlie Bones. "Forest would be the best place to go. We'd get out of this sun at least," she frowned, crossing her arms in an unladylike way to amplify her distaste with all the recent events. 'Stupid boys,' she thought, 'they always ruin things.'

  

[Briony Fitzpatrick]

Briony wasn't too surprised when the gold disappeared. After all, it would be way too easy if it was just lying there, waiting for them to take it. At least it wasn't cursed, that was good.
"I do believe that forest is a good idea. We might find something eatable there too." The redhead said, smiling. It was getting harder and harder for her to hide that she is a vampire, but if they'd know.. It would not end well.

  

[Hogsmeade Trail]

EVENT ANNOUNCER - ROUND 7
As you move to the south east, you are able to easily navigate through the thin trees. They grow sparse rather quickly and three days later, your group finds themselves waist deep in some sort of oat-colored grass. It appears to have grown wild, though there are some wildflowers here and there that sprout up and offer some sort of a distance marker. The plain seems rather flat and if a group of people were to clear the grass - it could be a good place to expand Hogsmeade on. Granted, it would be rather far from town considering the mountains, but since the Ministry wasn't quite clear on what you were to find, it might be a good discovery. You can write to the Ministry and await a response, or you can continue ahead to see what else this area might have to offer.

Round 8 begins June 10th

  

[Charles Bones]

"Oi! Look at this!" Charlie was the first to emerge from the trees to see the wheat field. How interesting. "It looks like a possible place to write to the ministry and tell them about! I mean, they weren't very clear in the first place about what they wanted!" It was Charlie's turn to be brimming with excitement and giddiness. While this had been an awesome adventure and it was something he would never forget, Charlie wanted to go home.

  

[Gideon Browne]

• Gideon agreed with Charlie. This place seemed good for a new town. It was rather far from Hogsmeade because of the mountains, but the Ministry could always invent some kind of a way to travel from the town to where they currently were. " That's a great idea, let's write them a letter." Gideon agreed and then took out a piece of paper and a quill in order to write.