First Take: Eleanie

Eleanie had been evaporated from her spot on the grounds of Hogwarts, where there had been many people waiting and watching, to an empty land without any given notice about her departure. A large volcano sat in the distance, smoking a deep black smoke. The plains were empty, void of any life, and the only thing that could be seen was that volcano.

A voice, similar to Eirina's but not quite the same, echoed around Eleanie, "You shall find and retrieve this container," an image of the container surfaced in a misty smoke in front of her, "and, do care to remember, not every task is as it seems. You will be tested on many things. Good luck."

Everything faded away, and now Eleanie was left with himself and the landscaping.

(Start time: 1PM HR Time)

(Sorry. 12:15)

Time seemed to just creak on by as Eleanie stood in the midst of Hogwarts Grounds waiting for the first task to start. No one seemed too concerned about her safety, and why would they? She spent her entire waking life at Hogwarts making herself their enemy by the awful antics she made.   At that moment, the two other champions or the students, who smeared vile comments at her, were not her concerns, but the impending doom was. Eleanie held onto her heir of calm, like a winter coat over her shoulder, but she was shivering with fear over the prospects of the first task. Her eyes darted from one face to another trying to absorb their knowledge etched in their excited faces, but she gleamed nothing. That made her terrified. If she wasn’t being so shellfish, she would probably have realized that the other two champions would probably had the same fears she did, but she would not look at the other two champions. If she did, she thought she would become ill at the sight of them. So she stood, soaking in the faces of the surrounding students, and their hated words fanning her fears until at the last moment, she began to shake for reals. For the first time in a long time, she looked onto Kaden, his kind features still ever present even to this day, and he looked onto Eleanie and smiled at her. It was the first time she wanted to grab hold, like a life raft, to his generosity, to save her from the oncoming storm of her Anxiety.

It was the last face she saw before the world blurred out of existence, before coming to a halt against a mountain side…no… a Volcano.  “Wait!” she yelled out into the void, seeing and hearing the image displayed against the smoke background, but she got no response. “That bitch!” she yelled out after the woman’s voice, but still no response. She kicked up dirt in her frustration, but decided the best thing to do right now is not stand around like a bumbling idiot and go find the stupid trinket. She had two options. The most likely place would be in the center or near the center of the mouth of the Volcano, or the treacherous terrain at the base of the Volcano. None of the two options seemed appealing, but Eleanie’s instincts kicked in. She let her feet do the running, and her mind the processing. As she ran, she peeled off her winter clothing, revealing a white tank top and blue jeans, and letting them fall where they may.

Eleanie did not move to a beeline straight to the mouth of the volcano, but dangler to the left for two reasons. One, she was assuming that if she was here, all three champions were and they would be easy picking with a surprise attack. Two, if she was going to take a walk through hell, she might as well go straight to the 7th layer of hell, meaning she was looking for a cavern straight into the belly of the beast, the active Volcano.

The ground was starting to shake and the mountain starting giving off a thicker smoke, somehow managing a deeper color than the black it was before. A few spits of lava dripping out of the mouth of the volcano, slowly scampering down the hillside. No trinket or champion was in sight.

The lava started to pour out faster and faster, overlapping over what had already dried.

The lava continued to flow, slowly out of the top of the volcano as well as out of the sides, bubbling and oozing everywhere, even coming on contact with Eleanie's path. The spell that she had casted worked, but it was still hotter then usual, a few flecks of lava causing minor burns.

The volcano continued to bubble over

And STILL she found nothing, the lava starting the flow faster and the volcano moving under her feet.

Suddenly the top of the volcano started to spurt drops of lava everywhere from popped bubbles, now having the lava coming not just from the ground but the air.

In the volcano the lava could be seen, bubbling, and popping up for only a second was a glint of metal, somehow unaffected by the lava, before it disappeared. The heat could be felt, as if it was melting skin, even though it was far within the volcano, only spurts had come up every now and then.

The egg didn't listen, only floated once more above and below the lava, as if it were taunting Eleanie.

Eleanie soared through and into the volcano, with a flash of heat that turned to ice within moments. Now, she was located in an icey landscape, in front of her was a block of ice that contained the container that she was searching for, and just behind that was a large, large manticore.

Eleanie was beamed back to Hogwarts, without the container that she was required to attain. Her time was up, and her portion of the task was forced to end.