This was an unexpected turn in events he had not intentionally prepared for.

Walking through a dark cave was one thing, but walking through it without his wand? His very precious wand? This was a completely different situation.

Standing outside the cave entrance, he stared at the ground where the light met the darkness of the cave. Tapping the side of his legs with his fingers in the beat of the song he had played in the Ravenclaw common room on the first night he came to Hogwarts since with the absence of his wand, he didn’t know what to do with his hands, Noel took a deep breath and licked his already chapped lips as he swallowed uncertainly. His gaze followed the ground around to the sides of the entrance, his eyes tracing the nooks and cracks all around to the top before lowering his vision to look at the middle of the entrance.

He needed some form of light which could have been easily done with his wand, but to do so, he needed to go inside. He was told he could not take anything with him but his own clothes on his back, which he obviously grumbled about when hearing so. Sucking up all the courage he had, he raised his hands and shifted them through his fluffy hair. Letting out the long breath, the Beauxbatons student took his first steps, placing his right hand on the side of the rough stone entrance before walking into the darkness, his eyesight trying to adjust to being practically blinded. While outside was noisy and full of life, even if it was in the middle of the Forest, inside the cave, it was deafeningly quiet with just a few steps inside. He could hear nothing but his calm heavy breathes, despite the fact that his heart was beating like a hummingbird’s, and his footsteps sweeping the hard cave floor as he searched for any light. Any at all.

Being an outdoor’s kind of guy, he knew he had the strength to do this task, though what he needed was his eyesight to do so! For now, all he had to rely on was his instincts, and his sense of smell and hearing. With his hand still lightly touching the side of the cave wall, staying as focused and vigilant as possible, Noel continued to slide his feet forwards, making sure he was not to step on anything sharp, and would be able to know if there was a fall in front of him, all the while keeping his senses open to any movement or possible things that would help him.

He definitely didn’t need to fall to his death in the first task.