Maze Aurora’s Sunset Group 4 Closed

It wasn't working, although she succeeded casting the Fire-Making Spell. That might mean these spiders were illusion just like the stone back then? It couldn't be that the professors cast the Shield Charm on them because it didn't reflect the light of the spell when she attacked.

Though, she would feel much better if they disappeared after she cast that spell. She looked at Nico, trying to calm her down. "Don't worry. They are not real, because the spell doesn't work." Her father told her that not all people could think when they were panicking, and Nico seemed like she was one of them.

"I... uh, I apologize," Luna mumbled when the spiders started climbing on them. It didn't feel like how she thought it would be. Might be that the professors made it like this to make the students felt better but actually, as long as they could still see the spiders... Luna let out a sigh and wondered how to get out of this place.

"Nico, do you have any i-" Before Luna could finish her sentence, a hole suddenly appeared below her. People said talking while eating, falling and running is not a good idea, and now she knew the reason. She almost bit her tongue by accident.

She looked around her, trying to stop herself from continue falling but failed. Everything around her was sands, sands, and sands. Before she could do anything else, Luna finally landed.

Ew

Ew ew and ew. What was that smell? Luna grimaced and started coughing. It seemed like she was in a smelly place. Horrible... She started looking around, but she couldn't see anything. It was so dark... and wait, where was her partner?! "N-Nico?" She mumbled her name, waiting for an answer...

But no one answered her.

Luna looked around worriedly and was going to stand up to see where her fellow partner was, but something suddenly fell on her. "A..." She screamed, no, said it with a quiet voice. She wasn't able to say anything else, because it was the first time "something" this heavy landed on her. Maybe Nico wasn't heavy at all, but for Luna, a person who rarely dropped something on herself, she was.

After realizing that this was a human, and probably the red hair Slytherin, Luna bit her lips, hoping that Nico realized that she was still on her. At least, they weren't separated. Rolled her eyes, she wondered when her college would realize that she was lying here...

Luckily, it didn't take Nico too long to realize that, or maybe she would... die because of Nico instead of this smelly smell. She took the young girl's hand and tried to stand up. Good, nothing broke. "I... am alright. I guess you are fine?"

"By the way," Luna looked around, "It seemed like this awful smell comes from where we are. But.. do you know what kind of thing this is?"

'Y-Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for asking.' After succesfully helping her colleague up, Nico finally realised that there was a strong smell. 'O-Oh... Djees..' It smelled sweet. 'I-I'm not sure. I can't see very well..' Carefully, she stretched her arm, her hand soon hitting the walls of this space. It was disgusting and wet. A shiver ran down her spine. What was this place? 'It... It reminds me of .. pumpkin or something.' As she continued to touch the surface around her, she quickly came to realise that this room, wherever they were, was small.

But why ... why would they be in a pumpkin? And how could they get out. 'Huh...' Nico coughed, the strong pumpkin smell, occasionally hitting her nose from time to time. 'You know... This might be kinda weird to say. But ... if this is a pumpkin... It reminds me of this story I read about.' Nico gently knocked on the walls, trying to listen how thin they were. 'About ... a girl who asked a fairy to let her go to a ball. And... The fairy gave her a carriage. And that carriage was made from a pumkin. It was the base of that carriage that would bring her to the ball...' Nico pondered. 'The pumpkin was magically turned into a carriage...'

"Pumpkin?" Luna mumbled, feeling disgusted. A lot of people liked this fruit, but she wasn't in that group. She disliked pumpkin, now that made sense that she hated the smell as well. The problem was, why pumpkin? Did Nico hate this fruit too? But if she was not wrong, she had never said that to anyone...

"It seemed like we need to get out of this pumpkin this time?" Luna said her guess to the red hair, and then listened to the story that she told her. "What is... that story? Although it is hard to admit, but I don't know it. Not to mention, I doubt that any of us can turn this to a carriage." They were just first-year students. Even if Nico or Luna was good, she doubted that any of them could cast a hard spell like that.

It was not time to think about the story that Nico just said when she and Luna didn't have much information. "Can you cast the Knockback Jinx on the wall in front of us?" She didn't mind casting the Fire-Making spell again, though it might burn her and her partner as well... And she wasn't good at the Knockback Jinx, so the girl didn't have any choices other than asking Nico to do it. Hopefully, she could cast it...

Nico looked at the mushy wall and rolled up her sleeves. 'Sure. Hold on.' The redhead carefully grabbed her wand and turned the back onto the wall. Trying her best to cut the shape of a door on the nasty, sweet smelling walls. She did it carefully not to break her wand, but deep enough to get a certain shape. 'Okey, now step back Luna.' Setting a few steps back from the carved wall, Nico aimed her wand. 'Flipendo!'

Luna stepped back a few steps and let Nico did the rest. It was lucky that Nico knew that spell. She didn't want to burn her partner and her accidentally. Okay, let's hoped that she sussefully cast the spell. But to be fair, Luna wouldn't care if she failed. She didn't mind waiting, but the lavender hair hoped that Nico wouldn't be tired because that would be more horrible than casting the Fire-Making Spell on themselves.

Nico's Action: Casting the Knockback Jinx at the pumpkin wall in front of them

A whole pile of pumpkin goo flinged onto Nico. 'Oh! Gross!' She tried not to gag by the way to sweet smell. The texture of the pumpkin mush wasn't pleasant either. She sighed and tried her best to fling it off her robes. 'Okey Luna... I'm going to try again. This pumpkin won't win...' After another session of carving abit deeper with the back of her wand, she set another small steps back as she could. The space was narrow but that didn't bother her. 'Flipendo!'

Nico cast the Knockback Jinx

"It is all right, don't worry, just try it again," Luna mumbled, but it wasn't hard to hear from her voice that she was a bit worried. The smell started to become worse. Stepping back a few more steps, she pointed her wand at the place where Nico's target. "Flipendo." If one person couldn't manage to cast it, couldn't two people? It was worth trying, and she could improve her skill with this.

Luna casts the Knockback Jinx

Options:
A.) Through Metal Door (North)
B.) Grassy Path (South)

Shielding her face with her arm, Nico made sure no splashes of pumpkin goo flew onto her. As soon as the doorshaped carving flew out, Nico saw light dropping in. 'Yes! We did it! Go team!'
Excited Nico crawled out, standing up in a grassy field. 'Hm..' As the wind blew through her hair, she looked over her shoulder at a Metal Door. Odd. 'Luna... You may pick this time. What does your gut tell you? The field looks cold and... it's possible it could start raining soon. Not sure what the Metal door could lead to..' She said, walking over to the door to inspect it.