So close! They were so close they could probably hop onto that damned boat in front of them, like the pirates of old!

“Alice! Did you hear that!” she yipped, grinning ear to ear. “It’s dangerous! You better jump out and swim back!”

Her grin fell when she saw Alice staring forlornly at some Longbottom-… ah. That Longbottom. If that ship didn’t capsize itself first, maybe she could drown him afterward.

Eagerly, she got a grip on the rope and tightened the sail, grinning once more. Could they …?

So, so close!