Arthur Otley and the Order of the Arthropods

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Just in time
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You leap out of the clock just in time, you could already feel the magic sucking you down.

Breathing hard you look back at the clock face and see the hands of the clock spinning madly backwards.

"You have changed your mind about changing your mind have you?" Slumblebore observes, his bushy eyebrows raised. "Well you can come and see me at any time and change your mind again if you want."

"I... I... Thank you sir," you stammer. You are not quite sure why you changed your mind at the last minute, but it just didn't feel... right.

"Well as you are not going anywhere just yet, let's get talking about the problem we have right now," says Slumblebore. "I'm talking of course about what we are going to do about the evil presence in the school dungeon. I fear it is something that may threaten the very existence of Hogsnorts."

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1. You sit down in a chair next to Slumblebore's desk and prick up your ears. ~ Go to number 145