Chapter 12

Caldron gambling

One out of the mine it is not fare before they come to a large open area with five sets of squares.

Task 16 caldron gambling

"Now this is the second to last task today and it is rather simple is all you have to do is answer some questions. Now in front of you are 150 squares. Each team member that is picked will stand on the first square. I will then ask you haw many squares you would like to move forward. Each square will const you 2 caldrons and you may pick up to 10 squares at a time. I will then ask you a question. If you get it right then you move the number of squares you have picked and doubled the number of caldrons you have gambled. On the other had if you get the question wrong then you will stay where you are and lose the caldrons you have gambled. Now the questions will be on anything and will get harder as you go on. At the end on the path are 4 keys that will open a box. The first team there will get to pick a key first last will have to take the final key. What you will fine in the boxes I do not know. But I can tell you there are some nice things. This game will go on till all of you have got to the end. So pick you team member and we will start" says Katrina

The fore ramming team picks their team members Griselda is picked for Cackles. All fore teams get the first 4 questions right and are level after fore

Cackles academy – 40 Squares and 160 caldrons

Redwitch academy –40 Squares and 160 caldrons

Blackbroom College- 40 Squares and 160 caldrons

Pentangles academy – 40 Squares and 160 caldrons

"Well done all of you have many caldrons now be careful not to lose all your good work. But there was one thing I did not tell you at the start Demysandra have sent fore of her servants to play the game as well. After each round they will now move the number of squares you have picked. If you get the question wrong then you will stay where you are but they will move so think about how many squares you want to move before you say? For every square they have at the end of the game will be take 1 extra caldron form you at the end. If they catch you then you will be eliminated from the tournament and lose the number of caldrons that you have at that time from your total" says Katrina

Round five starts and Pentangles pick 10 squares aging, as they need the calderas. But they get their question wrong as do Blackbroom but they only picked 5 squares. Redwitch and Cackles picked 10 squares as well but the both got their question right

Cackles academy – 50 Squares and 200 caldrons

Redwitch academy –50 Squares and 200 caldrons

Blackbroom College- 40 Squares and 160 caldrons (lost 10 caldrons) (enemy 5 Squares)

Pentangles academy – 40 Squares and 160 caldrons (lost 20 caldrons) (enemy 10 Squares)

In round six Pentangles go for six Squares but aging didn't get their question right. So blackbroom had a chance to go in front. They picked five Squares and got their question right. Redwitch And Cackles battle head to head both going for 10 spaces each and getting there questions right

After 6 rounds

Cackles academy – 60 Squares and 240 caldrons

Redwitch academy –60 Squares and 240 caldrons

Blackbroom College- 45 Squares and 170 caldrons (lost 10 caldrons) (enemy 5 Squares)

Pentangles academy – 40 Squares and 160 caldrons (lost 32 caldrons) (enemy 16 Squares)

For the next 4 rounds Redwitch and Cackles did not bat and eyelid as the both kept getting there questions right and moving 10 squares. Pentangles got a smile on there face as well the got the next 4 right gaining 6 squares each question. Blackbroom did not have the same luck as they got three wrong and only one right only getting five squares.

So after ten rounds

Cackles academy – 100 Squares and 320 caldrons

Redwitch academy – 100 Squares and 320 caldrons

Pentangles academy – 64 Squares and 256 caldrons (lost 32 caldrons) (enemy 16 Squares)

Blackbroom College- 50 Squares and 190 caldrons (lost 40 caldrons) (enemy 20 Squares)

Now in round 11 things started to change all 4 team took ten squares. But Redwitch got their question wrong changing things. The fore team picked ten squares in round 12 and 13 as well Blackbroom and Pentangles were just saying anything that they thought was right and it was paying off. This angered the Redwitch girl, as she acutely knew the answers. This made her lose focus and she got the next two wrong. The other girls from Redwitch were not happy

So after 13 rounds

Cackles academy – 130 Squares and 380 caldrons

Redwitch academy – 100 Squares and 320 caldrons (lost 60 caldrons) (enemy 30 Squares)

Pentangles academy – 94 Squares and 316 caldrons (lost 32 caldrons) (enemy 16 Squares)

Blackbroom College- 80 Squares and 250 caldrons (lost 40 caldrons) (enemy 20 Squares)

This put Cackles on 20 squares from the end so they take 10 squares. But Griselda gets the question wrong. Redwitch take 10 squares as well but also get the question wrong. But Blackbroom and Pentangles get there questions right

Cackles academy – 130 Squares and 380 caldrons (lost 20 caldrons) (enemy 10 Squares)

Redwitch academy – 100 Squares and 320 caldrons (lost 80 caldrons) (enemy 40 Squares)

Pentangles academy – 104 Squares and 336 caldrons (lost 32 caldrons) (enemy 16 Squares)

Blackbroom College- 90 Squares and 270 caldrons (lost 40 caldrons) (enemy 20 Squares)

It takes Griselda three more rounds to get to the end and Cackles academy end up 420 caldrons only losing 40 caldrons.

Redwitch wows go on however and five rounds later having got their next five questions wrong are still there with only 320 caldrons and having lost 180 caldrons. What's more their enemy had 90 Squares and was only 10 away. So Redwitch took nine squares and to there relief got the question right. So now with 356 caldrons and 109 squares. However even thou redwitch got the next right giving them 356 caldrons and 119 squares they got the next three wrong and lost a team member and 359 caldrons from there total

Pentangles took another six to get to the end taking five 10s and a 6 but getting one wrong on the way so they got 428 caldrons but lost 78 caldrons giving them 350

Now Pentangles needed blackbroom to get less caldrons they did so they looked on with fare as Blackbroom went on. Blackbroom needed 11 tarns to get to the end that would 710 caldrons with out the losses. But they took five more giving them a loss of 230 caldrons giving them 480 caldrons. Pentangles were heartbroken as the looked at the board

Cackles academy – 1500 caldrons

Blackbroom College- 1144 caldrons

Redwitch academy – 808 caldrons

Pentangles academy – 639 caldrons

"Well that task has changed a lot Pentangles you are still bottom and Redwitch you dropped right down to third and could still go out Blackbroom you have done well and have moved up to second and Cackles you stay in first. Now you each have key it is time to open your boxes" says Katrina

Fore boxes appear in front of the fore teams. Cackles open there's first. Inside are a silver caldron and a card with the words well done and 3mins written on it. Black broom open there's and find a red caldron and a card with 2mins written on it. Pentangles find a blue caldron and a card with 1min written on it Redwitch academy. Redwitch find a black caldron and a card with 30sec written on it

"Well you all have caldrons lets add them to the leader board" says Katrina

Cackles academy – 1510 caldrons

Blackbroom College- 1140 caldrons

Redwitch academy – 809 caldrons

Pentangles academy – 644 caldrons

"Now lets move on the last task of the day and for one of you it will be the last," says Katrina