Ella smiled and stared at her shoes after Professor Jenkins winked at her. She was probably red too, which was why her shoes seemed so interesting at the moment.

The first year continued to listen and her head snapped up when Jenkins said they'd be heading outside Hogwarts. O__O Whoa! Where would they be going? Ella was quite excited about the new adventure they would be starting and tried to recall the steps she had to go through to get through the portal the first time. First, there was the carving into the archway, then the blood spreading, and then saying the name of the rune before walking through the archway. Oh, and to think of the place! That was important!

Ella approached the archway again, pulling her wand out of her robe pocket. She found an empty spot and knelt down, trying to remember the correct spell. Something with an I...Intageous? No, Inelligent? No. Intaglio! Yes! Pointing her wand at the arch, Ella said the incantation. "Intaglio!" Then she carefully began to carve the rune Ehwaz on this side of the archway. When it was done, she spread the blood that was left on her wound over the rune and glanced at it sideways. Yup, looked covered alright.
She glanced over her shoulder, waving at the groundskeeper. "Thanks for the treats, Mr. Murdoch! See-ya!" Then after taking a deep breath, Ella said the word that would get her through the portal, thinking hard on Buckinghamshire. "Ehwaz...Ehwaz...Ehwaz!" This time, Ella was having trouble getting through. She closed her eyes, concentrating even harder on Buckinghamshire. "Ehwaz!" She said forecfully, and this time, it worked.