Right...Right...Dead End...Turn around again...Left...

Ella didn't seem to be getting anywhere even though she'd been walking for what seemed like forever. What made things worse was that she still felt like something or someone was following her. It made the third year incredibly paranoid! Not that that was a bad thing in this type of environment...constant vigilance.

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Ella stopped dead in her tracks and felt all the hairs on her arms stand up on end. And goose bumps...she had lost of those. She gulped, clutching her wand in a death grip as very slowly turned around.

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Acr-Acro-Acromantula!

Ella stood frozen on the spot, eyeing the giant spider with a look of completely horror. The worst part? She couldn't even think of a spell. MERLIN! WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER BRAIN?

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Willing herself to move, the third year's wand hand twitched which prompted the large spider to inch a bit closer. NOOOOOO.

And considering Ella's brain didn't want to work she did the only thing she could to prevent her from being eaten...BY A SPIDER.

She took off running as fast as she could, not daring to look back.