Clue - Harry Potter Style Mystery #2 - There's No Place Like Home

Maria Wood stepped into her residence with a bright smile on her face. She'd just come from an auction in Hollywood, California that was auctioning old props from movies to raise for charity. Since the Wizard of Oz was a childhood movie favorite, she'd gone to see the legendary ruby slippers. However, she couldn't see herself bidding against the Hollywood movie stars just to win her prize - the glass Ruby Slippers worn during the movie.

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In the library, Harry Potter took out his revolver and shot at one of the moving targets against the far wall. It was standard for Ministry of Magic agents to carry muggle weaponry ; after all, they couldn't use magic against muggles. It was cruel and useless since the muggles would probably blab to the muggle world about the magic. Also in the library was Hermione Granger, who was researching about her up-coming dig in the Egyptian Desert searching for magical artifacts lost in the ruins of Cairo.

"Good morning everyone!" Maria greeted with cheerfulness. Frowning, she shook her head in disapproval as Harry put down his revolver. Hermione lit a candle on the candlestick and waved at Maria.

"Did you win anything at the auction against the stars?" Hermione asked , obviously wondering about the Wizard of Oz . She watched it with her parents the first time she went to their office to get a check-up and cleaning. "You must have paid a lot in order to win the.." Hermione pointed to the silver box in Maria's hand.

Maria opened the box just as Draco walked in the doorway holding the lead pipe in his hand. "What's going on in here? Welcome back," Draco said as he waved at Maria. "Did you get anything from the auction?"

"Yes. I got the ruby red slippers from the Wizard of Oz." Hermione's mouth gaped wide open. Her eyes connoted the words , 'Are you serious?' "I'm not bluffing at all. Here take a peek." Maria opened the silver box and grinned. "They were at the auction for $100,000, but I had to pay close to $150,500 in order to finally beat the other Wizard of Oz fanatic."

Harry chuckled and continued to fire at the moving targets. "Oh yes, Harry. Can you please disable your firearm, or can you please just put a charm on it - so the noise won't shatter the glass?" Hermione laughed, covering her mouth and reforming herself.

"Alright," said Harry as he put away the revolver and waved his wand for the moving targets to stop moving about. 'I've got to steal those ruby slippers,' Harry thought to himself as Ronald Weasley entered the room carrying a wrench he'd found in the backyard.

"Nice shoes," Ron commented - with forced enthusiasm. Ginny wandered in shortly holding a portion of the rope that was on the swing in the backyard.

"The rope fell off the swing so- Pretty shoes!" Ginny squealed as she hurried over to inspect them. Cocking her head to the side, she watched the ruby red slippers gleamed in the light.

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Later that night ...

As soon as Maria finished locking up the ruby slippers in the office, a female guest with the knife snuck up and discreetly opened the safe. Glancing around, she stuffed the ruby red slippers into her Quidditch Team bag. Sneaking to the kitchen, she was surprised to see Harry Potter standing at the microwave - waiting for a bag of popcorn to finish heating up.

"What are you doing up and about?" Harry asked as the microwave beeped and he opened the oven door, where the smell of popcorn floated out.

"Stealing the slippers," the female guest replied as she knocked him unconscious. She switched weapons with him. Deciding the kitchen was not the safest place to hide the slippers, she headed towards the library - where she was attacked with the male guest with the wrench. He then took it to the billiard room where he was tackled by the female guest with the rope.

She switched weapons with the male guest on the floor. She headed quietly to the hall ; upon hearing voices, she exited the hall and headed towards the gym , where she was hit on the head with the candlestick. Smiling maliciously, the female guest ran to the bedrooms - but before she could make it there , she was struck with the lead pipe.

"This thing's worth $150,500!" The male guest whispered excitedly to himself as he hid the object in the only room not visited. He then made a trip back to the kitchen, where he switched weapons with the body lying there - just as it was stirring. "I'm going to make a fortune..."

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Who was it that stole the ruby red slippers? With what weapon? Where did the thief stash it?

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Answer: Draco Malfoy with the knife in the Dining Room

Solution: Originally, Cho Chang was the only guest not mentioned in the beginning of the portion. All the other weapons were taken, so therefore Cho was the starter in the office. She switched weapons with Harry in the kitchen as soon as she knocked him out. Heading towards the library, Cho was tackled by Ron with the wrench. Soon Ron was knocked out by Ginny with the rope in the billiard room. Ginny switched weapons with Ron. Ginny headed towards the hall, but then headed towards the gym - where she was hit by Hermione with the candlestick.

Hermione heads to the bedrooms, where she is hit by Draco with the lead pipe. If you can remember, only three guests were present to hear the exact value of the slippers - those three people were Hermione, Harry, and Draco. By process of elimination, Draco is now the prime suspect as soon as he knocks out Hermione. Then he hides it in the only room not visited - the Dining Room, and he heads to the kitchen, where he switches weapons with a knocked out Harry - the knife, which Cho had switched for Harry's revolver.

Draco gave back Maria her slippers as soon as she discovered all the other guests knocked out. Draco was forced to clean up the mess the whole party had made on their escapade of getting the slippers.

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