Disclaimer: I forgot this in the beginning I don't own Harry Potter or anything about the world JKR created. Anything unfamiliar to you came from me. I also forgot that some of the powers including white lighter abilities, shimmering, particle manipulation, and the like were borrowed from Constance M. Burge's mind and show Charmed. The ability to change the weather was borrowed from X-Men. The chapter title is inspired by Thin Lizzy's song 'The Boys Are Back In Town'.

Poproxandcoke311- Andy is not a fifth Marauder like he was in the original Challenge. Many people did not like it even though got used to it after a while. That was one reason for the change. But the second reason was because it goes along better with JKR's plot, which comes into mine later on. Andy and Alyssa are together in the beginning because I wanted their relationship to be the longest one of them all and also a bit stronger at first than any of the others. I also wanted to separate the couples getting together a bit more this time around. Leaving room for a bit more flirting back and forth before they actually get together. I just thought I'd let you know because it sounded like even though you liked the revised version you were a little disappointed and I wanted to explain why I made the changes I did. Thank you for your input and I look forward to more as you continue to read!

Big thanks to my beta's (Jen and Kristin) for coming to my aid several months ago and are still going strong with me! Thanks for all your help! And to my newer beta, my cousin, thanks for all your input and listening to me rant about my plot and JKR's plot time and time again (hah).

Challenge

Chapter 3: The Boys Are Back In Town

James slipped out of the Heads common room hoping that the sound of stone scraping against stone wouldn't wake Lily as the stone paneling slid closed behind him. Hidden beneath his Invisibility Cloak James pointed his wand at what anyone else would presume an old piece of parchment and whispered, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

Thin ink lines began to wind and trace themselves across the parchment fanning into each corner. This was the Marauder's Map, a detailed map of Hogwarts castle and grounds. This piece of parchment was the Marauders guide and companion that they devised over the months of traipsing over the grounds until dawn and wandering the castle between classes. James bent low over the map and saw to his relief that the coast was clear. Folding the map, he pocketed it, and started for Gryffindor tower.

He stopped in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady who awoke with a start, "Who's there?"

James whipped off his cloak and the Fat Lady smiled at him, "Ah, Mr. Potter."

"Evening," James said with a charming smile, "Sorry to wake you."

"Another prank eh?" she said.

James nodded, "Fire Crabs."

"Alright then," said the Fat Lady swinging forward on her hinges admitting him.

James scrambled through the portrait hole and entered the dark common room, the fire long dead. "Lumos," he whispered and a beam of light fell across the room from the tip of his wand.

"Point that elsewhere, Prongs. You nearly blinded us," said Sirius in a hoarse whisper shielding his eyes.

"Sorry," James whispered back, "We have everything?" he asked looking at each of the four boys standing before him in turn. Getting an affirmative nod from each of the boys dressed entirely in black, James said, "Let's do it then."

-

James led the Marauders plus their silent partner through the portrait hole and Sirius consulted the map. "We're clear for awhile. Filch is down the Charms corridor and Mrs. Norris is a floor below us. But if we take that shortcut through that tapestry at the south end we could get around her," he whispered hoarsely.

The others nodded, "Alright. Quietly," James whispered motioning them forward folding the invisibility cloak over his arm. When they were younger it had been easy for the Marauders to huddle underneath the cloak, but now that they were older, it was much more difficult. So, instead of trying to keep the cloak over them all, they forewent the cloak unless it became necessary to use.

They walked in uninterrupted silence for about five minutes until CRASH! Peter had been so intent on watching his feet to make sure he wouldn't trip that he forgot to watch where he was walking and promptly collided with a suit of armor. The other boys froze as the sound of the crash rebounded off the stone walls of the corridor. Sirius quickly consulted the map, "Mrs. Norris heard she's heading this way," he whispered urgently.

"Shit," James muttered.

A sliver of light from the new moon glittered across a door handle, "This way," Andy muttered hurrying to the door, throwing it open, and ushering the others inside. Once inside Andy closed the door save for a tiny crack to which he and the boys peered through. Not even a minute later Mrs. Norris' familiar lamp-like eyes appeared at the end of the corridor. Peter's breathing escalated as Mrs. Norris crept closer to the door and their hiding place. Sirius' hand quietly clapped over Peter's mouth to stem the flow of ragged breath as Filch appeared at the other end of the hall.

Mrs. Norris meowed looking up at her master. "What is it my sweet? Students out of bed?" He asked holding his lantern up higher casting a golden glow over the walls and the suit of armor Peter had just collided with. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Filch sniffed, "They get away for now." He said turning to leave again, Mrs. Norris on his heels.

The Marauders and Andy waited until Sirius was sure Filch was indeed heading up to the floor above them and had no intention of returning any time soon before speaking. "That was close," Remus whispered wiping tiny beads of sweat from his forehead as Sirius glared daggers at the back of Peter's head.

"Too close," James added glaring at Pete who looked down at his feet miserably. "Watch where you're going this time alright?" Peter nodded glumly and the boys slipped from the room.

-

They arrived at their destination a few minutes later then they would have liked. "Okay," James said as they paused before a stretch of bare, damp stone wall, "Now we get in, do our thing, and get out." He said and then added looking pointedly at Wormtail, "Quietly." He turned to face the wall again and said "Purity." He and Lily had been given a list of all common room passwords in case of emergencies and the Marauders figured that pranking the Slytherins was as good an emergency as any.

Sirius snorted in disgust, "Figures it has something to do with blood when it really should be smarmy gits," he said as a door concealed in the stone slid open admitting them into the common room. The five figures entered the deserted Slytherin common room and walked down a set of stone steps to the boys' dormitories and began.

James conjured fifteen identical plastic buckets out of thin air and handed them to Peter who silently separated them. Remus pulled six bottles of Muggle dishwashing liquid from his bag and placed a double-the-bubble charm over them. Andy carefully extracted thirty thin, glass tubes from his bag and carefully laid them on the floor as Peter poured half a bottle of dishwashing liquid into each bucket. Remus cast a 24-hour sticking charm over the glass tubes half of which were filled with a glowing red substance, and the other half filled with a glittering gold. Sirius and Peter uncapped the tubes and poured one of each color into each bucket. The glowing red and glittering gold liquids did not mix together as one might have assumed they would, thanks to the nifty separating charm Remus had found.

Sirius left Peter to finish off the buckets as he joined James, Andy, and Remus in the seventh year boys' room. One by one Andy colored each of the Slytherin boys' hair to a deep red with glittering gold stripes, polka dots, stars, or lions heads as highlights. The second Andy finished with their hair Remus cast the same twenty-four hour sticking charm on their hair that he'd used on the substances now sitting at the bottom of each bucket. This would ensure that no spell could make the color disappear let alone lighten it until twenty-four hours was up, and only then would the color fade, being replaced by normal hair and skin color, for the liquid in the tubes would dye their skin different colors as well.

James meanwhile was charming the Slytherin robes to not only sport Gryffindor colors but to remain shielded from Slytherin eyes until nine that morning, when they were sure to be in the Great Hall for breakfast. He used the sticking charm on them as well as, and for an added bonus, a complicated charm sentence that would change the robes to a completely different, and rather embarrassing outfit when any spell was used to change the robes or remove the charms. Sirius added a difficult jinx to the end of the charm sentence for some added amusement.

James and Sirius met up with the other three in the hall again after they'd finished. Peter had completed his task with the buckets and Andy and Remus were done with the charms in the sixth year boys' room. Remus and James left the hall, taking five of the buckets with them for the seventh year girls' room, to do the same to them as they had to the boys. After checking to make sure all the charms were in place the four boys, minus Peter who had terrible aim when it came to levitation, put the final step of the plan into motion. A block of dry ice was dropped into each bucket and then each bucket was levitated over each bed in the three dormitory rooms just as glowing, frothy, liquid spilled over the edges of the buckets.

The Marauders and their silent partner gathered their belongings, made sure they hadn't left anything behind, and that nothing was out of place before leaving the Slytherin common room. The Slytherins continued to sleep and snore loudly completely oblivious to the havoc the Marauders and Andy had just caused.

There was nothing different about the Great Hall when Alyssa, Lily, Rachel, and Izzy walked in for breakfast that morning. The house tables were mostly full of students except for the stragglers who took forever to get out of bed. The tables were cluttered with various books and the usual display of breakfast foods and the chatter was as loud as it was every morning. McGonagall was talking with Professor Sinistra occasionally scolding a student for one thing or another, Professor Dumbledore was surveying his students over his half-mooned spectacles before becoming engaged in conversation with Professor Sprout, and the Marauders were discussing the particularly nasty loss Puddlemere United suffered against the Wimbourne Wasps.

Peter's small watery eyes darted about the Great Hall anxiously and he opened his mouth to ask again how much longer until all hell broke loose, but found due to the large role now taking up homage in his mouth that he was unable to do so. "You are going to give us away if you don't shut up," Sirius hissed. Peter blinked up at him looking very much like a chipmunk with his cheeks bulging of roll. "And stop bouncing in your seat like your sitting on pins! People are going to think you have a serious bladder problem."

"Should be any minute now," Remus said looking at his watch, "Ah, yes. Three—two—one."

A great deal of noise from the entryway made everyone in the Great Hall look up, curious as to what all the commotion was about. They didn't have to wait long as fifteen Slytherins appeared in the doorway looking murderous. Instead of sporting the usual silver and green colors associated with Slytherin, they were covered head to foot in the Gryffindor colors. Their hair was red highlighted with gold, their skin glowed first a brilliant shade of red before glittering gold, and their robes were a deep red decorated with tiny gold lions. The Great Hall erupted with laughter as the Marauders and Andy looked on with pleased expressions glad to see that phase one was going according to plan.

"Potter! Black! Lupin! Pettigrew! Rabb!" McGonagall's yell carried over the students' laughter as she marched over to the five boys at the Gryffindor table. "I assume you had something to do with this?"

"Us?" Sirius asked innocently, "Professor I am shocked that you would think we had something to do with this brilliant—this amazing—this downright hilarious display of very difficult magic."

Professor McGonagall narrowed her eyes and scowled at Sirius. "I don't find it quite as shocking, Mr. Black."

"Why, Professor, was that a complement?" James asked smiling innocently. He turned to Remus, "Did you hear that Remus she thinks we're brilliant."

"I did," Remus replied suavely, "As well as amazing."

"Not to mention downright hilarious," Andy added grinning wickedly

"Enough!" McGonagall yelled shrilly making several first year Ravenclaws behind her jump. The glowing Slytherins continued to glare. "Detention all of you!"

The Slytherins looked rather put out at the insufficient punishment the Marauders were given. "One detention! That's it?" Lucius Malfoy spat, his gray eyes glinting maliciously.

"Look at us!" Bellatrix Black shrieked, "We're covered in glowing Gryffindor filth!"

Andy looked up, "Actually it's a rather complicated but ingenious potion found at the back—"

"Shut up!" said Bellatrix through gritted teeth.

"Look at my hair!" Penny Parkinson exclaimed shrilly sounding very close to tears.

Narcissa Black rolled her eyes, "Do shut up about your hair!" Penny gave Narcissa a very dirty look but said nothing more.

Professors Slughorn and Flitwick joined McGonagall and the students watched as McGonagall and Flitwick began casting charms over the Slytherins in hopes of ridding or at least reducing the glow the Slytherins were emitting. "It won't come off there's a twenty-four hour sticking charm on them," James said matter-of-factly and he swore he saw the corners of McGonagall's mouth twitch.

"We can see that, Mr. Potter," snapped McGonagall. She sighed, "We can at least do something about the robes." She waved her wand and the Maruaders exchanged knowing, mischievous grins with Andy, knowing McGonagall had gone and done exactly what they knew she would. The entire hall was in hysterics laughing uproariously at the scene before them as fifteen distinct pops echoed around the hall. Many students slid right off their chairs onto the floor from laughing to hard, some were leaning against one another, and some of the smaller students were standing on their chairs to get a better look giggling madly.

Instead of the robes changing back to normal they were replaced with brilliant red bikinis. The Slytherin girls including Narcissa, Bellatrix, and Penny shrieked, desperately trying to cover themselves up. The wild laughter was joined by sarcastic whistles, jeers, and several disgusted sounds at seeing the Slytherin boys including Lucius, Severus Snape, and Regulus Black, among others in bikini bottoms with a roaring Gryffindor lion on the front of each.

The Marauders roared with laughter as several of the Slytherin girls, who were thoroughly embarrassed, turned to sprint out of the hall only causing the laughter and whistles to increase as they gave the hall a very good view of their backsides. On the back of the bikini's, in glittering gold, the letters G-R-R-R continually flashed.

"Professor! Do something!" Penny exclaimed to the obtuse Head of Slytherin house.

Professor Slughorn swallowed a chuckle, "I'm afraid there's nothing we can do except wait for it to wear off," he said looking rather amused.

As the chaos in the Great Hall ensued, Sirius figured that now would be the perfect time. He pointed his wand at Lucius Malfoy and muttered a few choice words. A bright pink tutu appeared around Malfoy's waist and he looked disgustedly down at it. Before he had time to even think about ripping it off Sirius muttered a few more choice words and instead Malfoy looked at the sallow faced, greasy haired boy beside him. "You know Severus, I've been wanting to tell you something for a while now," Lucius said sounding almost sweet, even though the look on his face was far from sweet and close to horrified as his voice carryied over the din.

Snape gave Lucius a very strange look. Lucius' eyes grew huge when he realized that he no longer had control over his own mouth. He looked positively horror-struck and try as he might, he could not stop the next words as they tumbled from his lips, "And I love you. I have for a very long time and I hope that you can love me too."

Snape looked as though he might vomit as Narcissa looked as though she might hit Lucius as she glared icily at him. Lucius was stuck between looking apologetically at Narcissa and absolutely horrified at what he had just said. She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out of the hall, the rest of the Slytherins following. Lucius' voice confessing his everlasting love for Snape faded away as the laughter in the Great Hall doubled once more.

Sirius got up from the table and walked over to where Rachel, Lily, Alyssa, and Izzy were caught up in fits of giggles and tapped Rachel on the shoulder. "I believe you and I need to find an empty classroom," he said with a charming smile.

"What?" Rachel asked still chuckling.

Sirius continued to smile, "Or if you'd rather a cozy broom closet. I'm not picky."

"What are you talking about, Black?"

"Back on the train—don't you remember? You said that the day you joined me in an empty compartment was the day Mafoy wore a tutu and confessed his everlasting love to Snape," Sirius recalled looking rather pleased with himself.

Rachel paled at the memory and Sirius' grin widened. And then she remembered. Rachel got to her feet and faced Sirius, "You're absolutely right," she purred running a finger over his collar. "But I think you need to be reminded of one thing before we go."

Sirius looked down at her pretty face, "What's that?"

Rachel smiled, "I said that I would join you in an empty compartment the day Malfoy confessed his everlasting love for Snape in a tutu," she paused and wrapped her fist around his tie, "And the day Hagrid shrinks." She pulled on Sirius' tie until his face was inches from her own and pointed at the teacher's table, "Does it look like he'll be shrinking anytime soon?" she asked sweetly. Sirius shook his head dejectedly and Rachel smirked, "Exactly." She let go of his tie and turned on her heel walking out of the great hall. Lily, Alyssa, and Izzy followed moments later.

"Well, at least you can say you tried, mate," James said patting a dazed looking Sirius on the shoulder, remembering how rejection felt.

"Merlin, she's good," Sirius breathed following the brunette with his eyes.

Remus raised his eyebrows at James and Peter voiced what they all were thinking, "You never give up do you? She's shot you down at least a hundred times and yet you keep going back."

Sirius looked round at Peter, "Perseverance is 9/10 of the solution to any good relationship, Wormtail."

Andy rolled his eyes, "That saying goes with sports not relationships," he said exasperatedly.

Sirius reached for his bag and slung it over his shoulder, "Not for me, and James agrees. He's been chasing after Lily since first year."

James flushed, "I will have you know that I have not asked Lily out once this year, thank you very much." Remus, Sirius, Andy, and Peter applauded. James rolled his eyes, "Sod off."

"You have to admit it's kind of cute how he keeps at it," Lily said thoughtfully as she sunk a hot pink Biting Snapdragon into a pot of soil, making sure to keep her fingers away from its small but very sharp teeth.

"It is not cute," Rachel retorted throwing soil over the roots of the baby snapdragon. Lily shrugged and Rachel turned to face her friend with her hand on her hip, "So I suppose its cute how James is always asking you out then?"

Lily shook her head, "That's totally—" she stopped at a look from Rachel and corrected herself, "Okay it's not different." Rachel smiled looking satisfied and turned her attention back to covering the snapdragon's roots with soil. "He hasn't done it this year," Lily said quietly so only Rachel could hear her.

"What?" Rachel paused looking over at James who was trying to get a snapdragon to let go of Remus' thumb. "Really?"

Lily nodded, "Not once."

"It's still early," Rachel reminded and then swore loudly when a fully-grown biting snapdragon grabbed onto her hair.

Two small sparks from Professor Sprout's wand hit between the snapdragon's jaws, "Five points for language Miss Rabb. You know better than that," Professor Sprout said shaking her head disapprovingly at Rachel. Rachel, who normally got on very well with Professor Sprout, turned her back muttering under her breath and rubbing the back of her head.

Sirius slumped down in his seat, Professor Binns' usual flat drone going in one ear and out the other. Normally Sirius would take full opportunity to take a nap during this class, but try as he might that day, he couldn't. Perhaps it had something to do with the pretty brunette sitting diagonally from him, her head leaning against her hand. Her even breathing told Sirius that she'd been snoozing for a while already and he really couldn't blame her. Listening to Professor Binns' lecture was about as exciting as watching paint dry, in fact, Sirius thought, watching paint dry would be far more entertaining. He looked around the room and noticed that everyone was slumped into some stupor or another, whether their eyes were closed or they were staring at no particular spot on the wall in front of them.

Sirius turned his attention back to the brunette that had occupied his thoughts since day one. He had tried for years to get her to go on a date with him, but like James when it came to Lily, came up empty handed. He wasn't sure if it was the thrill of the chase that kept him coming back—no-no that wasn't it. It was the fact that she could make him toe the line and stop dead in his tracks with one glare. It was the way his stomach seemed to flip-flop when he saw her smile or the way his legs turned to jelly when she said his name, even if it was said out of anger. But he had to admit that he loved making her angry. There was something about the way her eyes flashed and her cheeks flushed when she was yelling at him that he found to be incredibly sexy. He even loved that she could infuriate him so much and yet at the end of the day his heart ached for her. She wasn't like the other girls and Sirius thought that if she would give him one chance, just one chance to sweep her off her feet, she would see him in a totally new light.

Sirius tossed the quill he'd been twirling between his fingers to his desk in frustration. The only thing she saw him as was the world's biggest prat, next to James. He'd only been looking for her attention all the time he spent teasing her and playing pranks on her; and each time he asked her out, he hoped that this time it would be different, that this time she would say yes. She'd had a few boyfriends over the years and every time Sirius saw her flash a flirty, loving smile at one of them, he wished that it was him she was giving that smile to. He'd tried to get over her, but none of the girls he dated or just snogged were her and none of the relationships lasted long, thus giving him the reputation of a player.

Sirius jumped as James' head came up off his arms with a slight snore. James pulled off his glasses and ran his hand over his face and the imprint of a wrinkle in his robes along one cheek. He slid his glasses back on and noticed that Sirius was awake, which surprised him greatly. Normally Sirius would be snoring by now and he or Remus would be putting silencing charms on him every few minutes, not like it mattered since Binns was far more interested in his notes than to notice that his students were sleeping. James raised his eyebrows at Sirius quizzically and Sirius simply looked over at the sleeping brunette. "Oh," James mouthed in understanding.

He knew Sirius had liked Rachel for as long as he had liked Lily. He and Lily had become famous for their rows that normally took place in the common room since McGonagall had threatened them with a month's worth of bedpan duty after stopping one of their rows outside her classroom. Lily was always yelling at him to stop torturing Snape (even if James was defending or protecting her) and telling him that he needed to deflate his overly large ego, and James was always yelling at her for never wanting to admit that she was wrong and to get her nose out of the books for once. More than once they'd had a name calling fight that could have gone on for hours if the whole common room hadn't yelled for them to shut up. And on more than one occasion he'd stormed back into his dorm yelling, "She's so infuriating!" And the next day he'd be back to asking her out again.

He knew what she was capable of with a wand and that scared him mildly, but he loved pushing her buttons. He loved seeing her green eyes blaze and her red hair fly about when she was angry and he'd dreamt of their rows more than once, always ending with them in a passionate embrace and left him in desperate need of a cold shower. But that was dream Lily. He hated seeing her with other blokes, smiling at them, touching them even if it was on the arm because he wanted nothing more than to be the boy holding her hand. He wanted to be the boy embracing her tightly; making that smile that he loved so much appear on the lips he so longed to kiss. He wanted her and only her and all he needed was for her to give him a chance. So, he'd decided to approach this year in a different way. Not only was he taking his Head Boy duties very seriously, he was going to work harder in classes, and he was going to gain Lily's trust and maybe even her love by being her friend first.

"Dinner has never looked so good!" Sirius said sitting down at the Gryffindor table after they'd dropped their bags off in Gryffindor tower and piling mashed potatoes onto his plate.

James rolled his eyes, "You say that every night Padfoot."

Remus, Peter, and Andy chuckled. "I agree with him though. Binns was particularly dull today," Remus said as he also spooned copious amounts of potato onto his plate.

Peter nodded vigorously as he tried to swallow a the large amount of ham he'd shoveled into his mouth, "The International Confederation of Wizards summit meeting in 1692 is boring enough without Binns." Andy looked at Peter in surprise, "What?"

Andy shook his head, "I had no idea you were paying attention."

"Neither did I considering the puddle of drool that was forming on your desk," James said with a laugh and Peter turned pink as the other boys laughed looking only mildly disgusted. They were used to Peter's drooling and snoring after sleeping in the same dorm with him for seven years.

A pair of hands clapped over Andy's eyes, "Guess who?"

Andy scrunched up his face as though he were thinking hard and Alyssa kneed him in the butt. He laughed taking her hands and pulling her around so she could sit on his lap and kissed her deeply. James and Remus made kissy faces at each other as Sirius said, "Get a room! I want to enjoy what's left of my dinner."

Andy and Alyssa ignored him. "You still want me to help you with you potions homework?" Andy asked after breaking away from her lips.

Alyssa nodded, "If you wouldn't mind," she said looking hopeful.

"You know I don't," he said kissing her lips again softly. She smiled and whispered something in his ear that made a sexy grin appear on his face. "You got yourself a study date Ms. Anderson," he said with a wink.

Alyssa smiled and looked over at James, "Have you figured out when you want to hold try-outs?"

James faltered for a moment. With classes starting up, the copious amount of homework, and the prank, he'd completely forgotten about Quidditch try-outs. "I'll talk to McGonagall and see if we can book the Pitch for a couple hours this weekend," he said making a mental note to drop by McGonagall's office later that evening.

"Great," Alyssa said and turned to look at Andy again, "I'll see you in a little while," she said giving him another kiss before leaving his embrace. She smiled at Rachel who was walking up to Andy and walked further down the table to rejoin Lily and Izzy.

Rachel smirked at her twin, "Sorry my visit won't be as pleasing as hers was."

Andy rolled his eyes but laughed, "What d'ya want?"

Rachel chuckled, "Mum owled. She wants a reply from all four of us before she's—old and gray I believe is what she said."

"Okay," said Andy laughing.

She smiled and started walking away but turned and said, "By the way that prank of yours was very impressive." She walked away without a word as Andy returned to his own plate and resumed eating as Sirius stopped and watched her walk away. His eyes moved from her hair swinging gently across her shoulders as she walked, to the swing in her hips, to the bounce in her step that made her other assets bounce mildly.

Andy threw a roll (good-naturedly) at Sirius hitting him on the side of the head, "Stop gawking at my sister." He knew of Sirius' feelings toward his sister but never let it bother him because he knew that Sirius would never use her or intentionally hurt her. He also knew that Rachel was more than capable of handling herself when it came to Sirius Black and didn't bother to butt in. It was a different story when it came to other guys, even though he knew she was a big girl, he also knew that she knew she could come to him if the situation called for it. And she had on one occasion. But no matter what, he would always be protective of her and their two younger siblings. The Rabb siblings were very close and although they had arguments like any other siblings their closeness would never fade, and the twins had a particularly strong bond that had begun when they shared their mother's womb.

Sirius opened his mouth to retort but thought better of it and instead muttered "Sorry," and turned back to his plate.

That night the talk of all common rooms was the upcoming (first) task of Challenge. A bright lime green notice had been posted on all house bulletin boards while everyone was at dinner reading:

The Challenge Begins

All Challenge teams are to report to the Quidditch pitch

Saturday September 6th at 1PM.

Wands will not be required.

We encourage all students not participating to take to

the stands and cheer on those teams in your house!

The following is a list of rules everyone (this includes all

participating and non-participating students)

is expected to follow to ensure no team's immediate

removal from the running!

Challenge Rules and Regulations

1. There are thirty-six teams of four (nine teams in each house).

The teams are up against each other and looking for the top spot

or a spot near the top of the ranking list. However each set of nine

house teams is up against the other house. At the end of Challenge

whichever house the top team belongs to will be awarded three-hundred

house points. Second place will be awarded one-hundred and fifty points

and third will be awarded fifty points.

2. Non-participating students may give assistance to any team before

or after any task is completed. Should any team be caught gaining

assistance from anyone during a task they will immediately be disqualified.

3. Each team is given three tokens beside their name in their ranking.

These are chances. The five teams that come in last after the

rankings are determined at the end of each task will lose one chance.

When a team loses all their chances, they are taken from the ranks

and will no longer participate in the tasks to follow.

4. Challenge will be testing all of your abilities individually and as a

group. Everything you have learned in your classes thus far could be

applied to any task you face. Agility, wit, ability with a wand, defense

spells, group communication, and trust will all be important if you wish

to succeed.

Bring your thinking caps and good luck!

Okay guys, I'm a tiny bit put out that I've had over 300 hits on this story and have just under thirty reviews to show for it. I know it's still early on but I'd like to see my review count at least up to where it was the first time around. I'm not asking for a long drawn out review just a couple words to keep me motivated and that I'm writing something worthwhile that you all enjoy reading. I know that sometimes you finish off in a hurry and don't leave a review, which I have done myself or are just too lazy to do it (again I have done this.) But I made a new vow so that anytime I read a chapter of a fic I am going to review. I know how it feel when reader's read their stories and don't get reviewed and I don't want to leave other author's feeling the same way. So, please, if it's not much trouble, leave a review when you're done reading. It brightens my day when I look in my e-mail box for review alerts! Thanks and Chapter 4 will be up Saturday with the first task and Quidditch try-outs among other things!