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SPOILER!!: Monique, Jermaine and Noel Quote:
Originally Posted by Monique Bernard  Monique slowly and cautiously headed toward her assigned cave. Her hand automatically drifted toward her hip... too bad her wand wasn't there to give her comfort. No, it was all her at the moment. She was completely and totally alone.
She stopped a couple yards ahead of the entrance. She looked right and left. This was it. After taking a deep breath she finished off the remaining distance to the cave. She could feel her heart beating wildly as she peered into the cave. It was dark. It was a good thing that she'd been living in a dungeon for the past few months, otherwise she might be completely against going into a cave unarmed. But now, a dark cave was less scary intimidating.
She ran her hand along the wall of the cave as she took her first steps inside of it. She hummed the French National Anthem quietly to herself as she walked. Pretty soon the darkness overtook her and all she could see was darkness. Despite this she continued onward using her hand on the wall as a guide. Quote:
Originally Posted by Noel Laurent 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. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jermaine Rousseau Jermaine was prepared to conquer anything that was thrown his way in this tournament... that was right up until his wand had been taken. Now here he was, alone and unarmed about to go into an unknown cave.
Stopping right outside the entrance to the cave he looked around and carefully listened for any odd noises that may alert him of danger ahead. Even though it was light outside he could tell by looking in the cave that it was nothing but total darkness inside. Yep, his wand sure would come in handy now. Instead of his wand though he would have to rely on his keen sense of hearing, touch, and smell to guide him through the cave and ultimatly to his wand. Of course that would only be half of the task. He would still have to make it back out of the cave. But at least on the way out he wouldn't be unarmed.
Taking a deep breath he instinctively reached for his wand only to find an empty holster. Right, that was the whole reason for him going into the cave... to retrieve his wand. Before entering the cave he told himself he could do this. The Goblet had chosen him which meant he was a champion, he was capable of handling anything that interfered with him getting to the end of the last task and ultimately becoming the winner.
Stepping carefully into the cave he put one hand on the wall and held the other out in front of him to help guide him along. He then proceeded to take very slow cautious steps making sure not to trip over anything or fall in any holes all the while listening carefully for any clues of things around him.
He could and he would do this.
He was not about to let a little darkness deter him from getting his beloved wand back.
As you enter the cave, the last bit of light from the outside is extinguished as the entry squeezes closed behind you. Without your wand, you're pitched into darkness and no matter how you try to adjust your eyes, it is without use. There are no shapes, no shadows, nothing.
That is, until you notice a faint glow around what seems to be a twist in the cave. As you draw nearer, it illuminates the area around it, but if you look further past, it is again black. Light, and heat, radiate from the now visible bush, indeed, radiate from each seed.
A fireseed bush.
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