Arc 1
Arc One
arc one: academic rivalry (in herbology)
themes: helping nurture, unlikely relationships, individuality/self-confidence
takes place over 6 weeks (September Start until October Break)
exposition/beginning:
> rivalry starts ~ why - daisha takes her lesson seriously despite teasing of ravenclaw peers. however, she fails a test whereas dirk succeeds. one-sided rivalry begins.
> daisha has confrontation with ravenclaw peers. gets into a fight, becomes mates with barty crouch jr
> daisha watches dirk study alone and respects him, before leaving to befriend sab, barty and rex who help her improve
rising action/middle:
> daisha rejects working with dirk in potions, dirk is uncomfortable with his mates, daisha and someone are gloating
> new herbology project shows up, dnd agree to a challenge in class, daisha has a late night turned early morning studying and notices dirk running in the morning, shared this with mates who tell her she is obsessed
climax:
> new project (keeping a needy magic plant alive for five days) is for partners, daisha and dirk are paired up together, they squabble and fail the initial project, get detentions
falling action/resolution/end:
> over detentions they get to know each-other, misunderstanding about each-other clears up, becoming friendlier, daisha fights pure-blood bully for dirk, he pranks ravenclaw peers for her
> they work together on an extension for the project and friend groups merge
splitting arc into ratio of six points:
part 1 : part 2 : part 3
1 : 3 : 2