Black Lake/First Task

Xavier
Xavi is careful in his movements, appearing statue-like as he traces the serpent slithering down into the foliage with his eyes. He cast a Disillusionment charm on himself to hide himself and quietly bent down and picked up a rock before throwing it in the opposite direction, seeing if he could try and draw the serpent out with more sounds, all the while, making sure to keep his feet as still as he could.

He's a bit surprised at how well it worked, as he saw the serpent rushing towards him. Institutionally, he should be running right now but he had to stay put, not only because he had a Disillusionment charm on, but also because he couldn't complete the rest of what he had planned if he left. He tried casting Incarcerous, kind of praying it worked. Even though he highly doubted he could fully bind a Horned Serpent, giving it something to try and wiggle out would buy him some time. Right after that, he casted Revelio to see what exactly he was aiming

Box revealed, checkmark, he thought, using the few seconds bought by Incarcerous to pick up another rock and through it in the stream, quietly and carefully to draw it towards the river bank. He then cast Silencio to muffle his steps so he could follow the serpent and devise another trick to hopefully get the jewel and not completely harm the serpent in the process.

Judging
''Each champion is to be awarded up to ten points from each judge. Points are awarded for effectiveness, creativity and skills displayed. Scores will be tallied, so each champion can earn up to 40 points in the first task.''