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She had known her fact would have made the lesson seem more somber, but it didn’t make it any less true. However innocent the Triwizard Tournament had been meant to be, although she rather suspected it was meant to be fraught with danger anyhow, it had been pulled into other wizards’ schemes. Dark wizards. It needed to be remembered, after all. Things rarely went as planned.
“It was the Imperius Curse”, she offered in response to his question regarding Viktor Krum, even as she had shifted over to one side to begin her thought processes regarding the task at hand. She’d read enough of the histories of the second Wizarding War and the event preceding it to know that much. Unforgivable Curses were rather terrifying, therefore she remembered them.
Like Atlas, she had partly hoped the sphinx would have made an appearance, but she understood why the creature may not have chosen to as well. The forest was a maze of its own after all.
The task itself was another story, and instead of immediately looking for a partner, she had gone over to claim a piece of parchment to write on, listing out possible ideas for a moral or skill to test. Bravery, innovation, teamwork (if the task was meant for a group)…once she had options, then she could look for a partner to flesh the idea out.
Daniel had been listening to his professor and classmates the entire journey to the maze's centre, but he hadn't spoken up. It wasn't because he didn't know anything about the topics; in fact, he was knowledgeable about the 1994 Triwizard Tournament. He had to admit that he knew very little about the IMPS competition though. But he was concentrating solely on the ground, trying not to trip over the branches.
As they reached the centre of the maze and were instructed to either partner up or work alone, Daniel had intended to go solo but instead went against his better judgment and decided to find a partner instead. He searched the faces around him, overhearing Mercer calling for Atlas but what he said next had not reached his ears. Mweh, who cared anyway.
He tore his gaze away from the oddly placed statues around them before he noticed Cailyn taking a piece of parchment. She appeared to be doing the task on her own, but it couldn't hurt to ask. She was also in Hufflepuff House so they may gain double the points if they worked together.
"Cailyn" he said quietly, approaching the older girl's side and looking down to see if she had already scribbled on the parchment.
"Can i work with you?"