Week Three - Task 07. - “Weasley's Swamp”

[Katherine Laurier]

"So far, so good!" you grin to your teammates encouragingly as you make your way up to the Fifth Floor.

You look down on your parchment and read the words 'Weasley's Swamp'. You are intrigued that this is your next location and you wonder what you might have to do to get the next badge; you only hope you don't have to get in the water for it, since you know that the swamp goes from one side of the corridor to the other.

Luckily, as your team arrives and approaches the swamp, you can see the badge peeking out, and it wasn't beneath the waters. The only problem is that it's on the other side of the swamp.

Task:
Get across the swamp to find the item! Play a game of Crossy Chicken here: https://plays.org/crossy-chicken/ Each step forward you take is worth 1 point. Your points are visible on the top left corner of the screen. Coins are scattered around the game world. Walk to them as fast as you can to pick them up. Your coins are visible on top right corner of the screen.
Take a screenshot and make sure the number of coins and points are visible. Submit the screenshot below. For full beans and sapphires, you must have at least 10 coins and your top score must be at least 20 points.

Alternatively, similar to how it is believed Filius Flitwick left a patch of the Weasley's Swamp as a tribute to the twins, in at least 150 words, write a tribute to any known Ravenclaw, whether in the form of poem, prose, short story, letter, or other form of creative writing.

[River Fenwick]

https://imgur.com/ZodAx5y

[Luna Ravenlong]

https://imgur.com/a/Szc5zAW

[Helenarosequeen Granger]

Luna Lovegood was one of the most underrepresented, misunderstood, undervalued, and underrated Ravenclaws. Not only was she brave and proved her bravery through her role as part of the Dumbledore's Army in the Battle of the Department of the Mysteries and in the Second Wizarding War, she was also extremely sharp, witty, uncannily humorous, very observant, calm, and had a knack for pouring out the unfiltered truth. Take for example when she casually recognized Harry at Bill and Fleur's wedding, calling him "Harry" as if it was too obvious and everyone else already knew. It takes rare caliber or the best observational skills to achieve such a feat. Maybe supreme sense of always searching for something out of the ordinary helped. She was relentlessly ignored or teased, and nicknamed "Loony" or mad, and Hermione didn't spare her criticism, but come to think of it, she made herself very useful to the Golden Trio and most importantly to Harry Potter supporting and understanding him during some of the most rocky moments of his life, after the death of Sirius, when he could see thestrals, when he needed to get into the Ravenclaw Common Room for clues to retrieve the lost diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw, you name it. She brilliantly answered the door knocker riddle too. Her intelligence may have been otherworldly and quirky, silly to some, but it was still intelligence nevertheless. She was brutally underestimated each time, but she proved herself worthy satisfactorily. She was the only one who could comfortably ride and recognize thestrals and had an affinity for them. She was brave at the Malfoy Manor not wanting to escape at the cost of Harry and Ron staying imprisoned, she actually helped them escape though she got rescued too in the end. And she for sure made for one of the most memorable happy moments of relief and comfort for the Golden Trio when they discovered their large pictured framed by tiny golden letters reading "Friends" in the ceiling of her bedroom.
And we can't help but be impressed by how maturely she took the prank of people hiding her things despite the pain of her mother's death, successfully honoring her mother's words that lost things have a way of coming back in the end, even if not always in the way we expect, in the process. That was something only she could have told Harry when he needed to hear it the most.
She was also a very loyal friend and a dedicated member of the DA, as proved by when she said that she missed the DA meetings and proceeded to describe how it felt as "it was like having friends".
And if we are to believe the story's version in the movies, where would Harry be if she hadn't rescued him from under the Invisibility Cloak in the train where Draco Malfoy left him, thanks to her Spectrespecs and the Wrackspurts, and hadn't mended his nose with an Episkey.
Hermione might've relentlessly failed to appreciate Luna's otherworldly objects like Nargles but we must admit that these were, if nothing else, sources of comic relief.
Along with everything else, in my opinion, Luna's best quality was her self-confidence and ability to be herself. Despite all the sidelining and disbelief she faced, she stuck to her own beliefs and continued to be herself. She taught us to stand strong and root for ourselves even if almost the whole world doesn't. Ginny was the only one who showed some respect for Luna's quirkiness throughout the series, even buying copies of her Quibbler, but she honestly deserved to be celebrated more.
She married Rolf Scamander, grandson of Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein in the end, and it is only fitting for her to have a happy ending that she greatly deserved. I think she made the perfect marriage to keep her happy for life.

[Janne Halla]