"I one hundred percent think that has something to do with it," Zelda said, voice going up half an octave with the stress of the situation. Clearly, Mr. Darrow didn't understand -- which made sense. This was not an average situation and since he had not attended Hogwarts when he had - he had actually been missing in the wilderness for several of those years - it was unlikely that Mr. Darrow had encountered enchanted mistletoe before. Which meant - and her heart dropped - that she was going to have to explain it to him if she wanted to get home in time for dinner.

(If she was late getting back because of this, probably her father would ask her about it, and probably Zelda would be so flustered that she'd have to admit it.)

Zelda clutched her present for Xena to her chest. "It's a classic Hogwarts prank," she said, "The mistletoe locks you in place until the people trapped under it - um. Do the mistletoe thing."

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