Janelle coninued on through the maze when she unexpectedly hit a brick wall......figuratively. There was a dead end which meant she had to retrace her steps. That didn't make sense though. that meant that Janelle had to go back through the darkness and with dementors on the loose, that is not what she wanted to do. Buuut, she didn't really have a choice so Janelle made a u-turn and went the other way.

This couldn't be right. Janelle was sure that she was going the way that she had been going before, but it didn't look the same. Now she was seeing water. What? There was a stream? running through the maze? Janelle knew there might be obstacles in the maze, but she was not expecting to have to cross a river. Fortunately there seemed to be a way to the other side. She just had to make her way over a few rocks and she would be good to go. Carefully, Janelle moved rock by rock toward the far side of the water. She slipped on a rock and ended up with one very wet shoe. Luckily she did not fall and made it safely to the "shore".

Even though she knew what was coming, Janelle nearly had a coronary when a dementor appeared. Even though she knew it wasn't real, her heart jumped into her throat and refused to leave. After standing frozen and panic stricken for a moment, she remembered what she was supposed to do. Patronus, she was supposed to make a patronus. Think Janelle think. Happy thoughts. How did anyone ever create a patronus in a fearful situation? Janelle tried to focus on her happy memory and not on the horrible, creepy, scary dementor that she was facing. The only way to get rid of it was to make the patronus happen. She concentrated so hard, that she felt like her head would explode. As the dementor got closer, Janelle made a circle with her wand and said, "Expecto Patronum". Her wand produced enough smoke to make the dementor go poof. Just like that, it was gone. Janelle felt like she was getting better at the spell each time she tried it. Hopefully she would have her very own patronus sometime before she graduated. For now, it was time to find her way out of the maze.