When Harry came to, he couldn't see anything. He reached for his wand.
"Lumos!" He looked around the room. Its walls were made of stone. The room
was empty except for Ron, fast asleep, on the far side of the room. Harry
started to run towards him, but the room started shaking. A crack started
forming in the center of the room. Harry started to jump across it, but it
was widening too quickly.
"Ron! Ron! Wake up!" the ground stopped shaking, but the gap remained. Ron
still didn't wake up. Harry chucked a rock at him. "Ron! Wake up!"
"Mum, is that you?" Harry was having flashbacks. "No! It's Harry! Look!" Ron looked around and seemed very awake when he saw the giant pit in the middle of the room. "Wha-what happened?" "I'm not sure. The room just split in half, while you were dozing." "Oops," said Ron sheepishly. "How do we get out?" as soon as he said that, right behind Harry appeared four indentations in the stone wall, shaped like hands. "What's that?" he asked, pointing at them. "What's what?" asked Harry turning around. "Oh. I don't know. Wait, it has something written.
From this room you must escape, So take a broom or find a way, To get across this deadly pit, Without getting hurt or nicked, It might be easy, It might be hard, Just get across, And don't get scarred, Take your hands, Take them all, And then put them in the wall.
Ok. you need to find a way to get over on this side of the room so you can put your hands in here," Harry indicated to the hands in the wall. "Now how am I supposed to do that?!" "How am I supposed to know? Wait. do you have Rocky with you?" "Why yes, I do. But he's sleeping." "Well wake him up! There has to be something in here that can be made to fly." "Um, Harry? There is nothing here. at all." "What about rocks? Does size matter?" "I have no idea! And I really don't want to test it going over a giant hole in the ground!" "What other choice do we have?" "We could try to blast our way out with our wands." "If that doesn't work, are you willing to try out my idea?" "I guess. I can test out the rock over nice solid ground." "Ok, it's settled then." Harry took his wand and yelled "Desamenito!" a brilliant light hit the wall and bounced away, then fizzled out. "What kind of spell was that?? I've never heard it before." "It's supposed to make whatever it hits disappear for five seconds. I used it just to test my theory that the walls were immune to magic. Now then, let Rocky do what he does best." "Ok, here goes nothing! Repolius lentisiosa!" then he grabbed a rock and rubbed it against Rocky's fur. The rock floated up to Ron's head and stopped. Ron reached his hand towards it. He clasped it with both hands and started moving forward. "It holds!" he exclaimed. "Good! Now come slowly across." "Ok, here I come," Ron floated over nice and easy, but when he got halfway over, he stopped. "Harry! I can't get any farther! There's some sort of invisible barrier or something!" "Turn back!" Ron went back over to his side. "What happened? When I threw a rock at you, it went over just fine." "Well, I sure couldn't get across." "Hmm. lets think. What makes you different from a rock?" Ron looked insulted. "You know what I mean!" "I know. I mean, I know what you mean. I don't know why the rock went across and I didn't," they thought about this for a good ten minutes. Finally, Ron said,
"Brrr, it's cold in here. I'd kill for some warm pumpkin juice or some hot chocolate." "That's it Ron! Heat! You couldn't get across because you have body heat, and a rock doesn't! Brilliant!" "Wow, thanks, but what can we do about it? I remember learning about a freezing charm, but I don't remember what it was. If only Hermione was here. I know she would say, 'Ron, you should pay more attention in class! Everyone knows that to cast a freezing charm around something, you simply say 'Frezlo aurn kriles!' Wait! That's it! Frezlo aurn kriles! It's amazing how well I know you guys." "It's a good thing you do! Now get on with it!" Ron cast that around himself, enchanted the rock again, and floated across with ease. "Made it!" Ron practically yelled. "Good, now I think we just put our hands in these hands," they did that, and the wall slid open like a door. "We made it! We're free!" that was the last thing spoken before a pair of gloved hands covered their mouths and mumbled something under their breath. Everything went black.
"Mum, is that you?" Harry was having flashbacks. "No! It's Harry! Look!" Ron looked around and seemed very awake when he saw the giant pit in the middle of the room. "Wha-what happened?" "I'm not sure. The room just split in half, while you were dozing." "Oops," said Ron sheepishly. "How do we get out?" as soon as he said that, right behind Harry appeared four indentations in the stone wall, shaped like hands. "What's that?" he asked, pointing at them. "What's what?" asked Harry turning around. "Oh. I don't know. Wait, it has something written.
From this room you must escape, So take a broom or find a way, To get across this deadly pit, Without getting hurt or nicked, It might be easy, It might be hard, Just get across, And don't get scarred, Take your hands, Take them all, And then put them in the wall.
Ok. you need to find a way to get over on this side of the room so you can put your hands in here," Harry indicated to the hands in the wall. "Now how am I supposed to do that?!" "How am I supposed to know? Wait. do you have Rocky with you?" "Why yes, I do. But he's sleeping." "Well wake him up! There has to be something in here that can be made to fly." "Um, Harry? There is nothing here. at all." "What about rocks? Does size matter?" "I have no idea! And I really don't want to test it going over a giant hole in the ground!" "What other choice do we have?" "We could try to blast our way out with our wands." "If that doesn't work, are you willing to try out my idea?" "I guess. I can test out the rock over nice solid ground." "Ok, it's settled then." Harry took his wand and yelled "Desamenito!" a brilliant light hit the wall and bounced away, then fizzled out. "What kind of spell was that?? I've never heard it before." "It's supposed to make whatever it hits disappear for five seconds. I used it just to test my theory that the walls were immune to magic. Now then, let Rocky do what he does best." "Ok, here goes nothing! Repolius lentisiosa!" then he grabbed a rock and rubbed it against Rocky's fur. The rock floated up to Ron's head and stopped. Ron reached his hand towards it. He clasped it with both hands and started moving forward. "It holds!" he exclaimed. "Good! Now come slowly across." "Ok, here I come," Ron floated over nice and easy, but when he got halfway over, he stopped. "Harry! I can't get any farther! There's some sort of invisible barrier or something!" "Turn back!" Ron went back over to his side. "What happened? When I threw a rock at you, it went over just fine." "Well, I sure couldn't get across." "Hmm. lets think. What makes you different from a rock?" Ron looked insulted. "You know what I mean!" "I know. I mean, I know what you mean. I don't know why the rock went across and I didn't," they thought about this for a good ten minutes. Finally, Ron said,
"Brrr, it's cold in here. I'd kill for some warm pumpkin juice or some hot chocolate." "That's it Ron! Heat! You couldn't get across because you have body heat, and a rock doesn't! Brilliant!" "Wow, thanks, but what can we do about it? I remember learning about a freezing charm, but I don't remember what it was. If only Hermione was here. I know she would say, 'Ron, you should pay more attention in class! Everyone knows that to cast a freezing charm around something, you simply say 'Frezlo aurn kriles!' Wait! That's it! Frezlo aurn kriles! It's amazing how well I know you guys." "It's a good thing you do! Now get on with it!" Ron cast that around himself, enchanted the rock again, and floated across with ease. "Made it!" Ron practically yelled. "Good, now I think we just put our hands in these hands," they did that, and the wall slid open like a door. "We made it! We're free!" that was the last thing spoken before a pair of gloved hands covered their mouths and mumbled something under their breath. Everything went black.