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Post by Amber Lloyd on Mar 16, 2024 18:24:28 GMT 10
While the appearance of the letter seemed to prove her theory to be true, the memory of the cursed room still didn't let go of her.
Amber really felt down about the whole experience, not just because of the pain. It was also because she had failed. Or rather, she felt like she had failed herself.
If her determination hadn't wavered in the end, would she had won? Or had it already been to late up to that point?
Had she let down her defence regarding those stones and its curses? Was that why she had failed? Would training her defences help? How could she do that?
In her mind the image of Hathmore popped up.
Yeah, he would surely love to help her or come up with a training regime. But when she thought back to the last DADA class, she'd rather not ask...
Well, she should continue with this fun riddle instead of pondering over that. It had time for later!
Post by Amber Lloyd on Mar 16, 2024 21:07:41 GMT 10
Amber grinned widely as the letter appeared.
"Yes!"
She was on a good way to solve this riddle. Now, how to fill the other blank spaces...
Though when she read the almost complete 'blessed' word, the bad room wanted to make itself present again.
"No, no, no! Stay away! Positive thoughts, positive thoughts!"
What was fun to her other than solving a riddle?
Quidditch, petting animals and creatures, running around outdoors...
Yeah, now she really wanted to go outdoors again. Perhaps back into the forest, collecting more ingredients.
The forest was the most fun regarding this because she had a proper excuse to climb on trees. Although, she of course didn't really need one.
Amber could hole up in a tree all day long, reading a book or maybe be joined by a friend to talk about Quidditch or other fun activities. Perhaps when it was warmer, she could persuade her friends to do exactly this...
"T!" Amber announced the next letter.
She looked closely at the chest. Yeah, this was a good choice of letter! The first word really should benefit from it, and even the fourth word started to make sense to her now. Only the second and last one still puzzled her…
Last Edit: Mar 16, 2024 21:18:07 GMT 10 by Amber Lloyd
Post by Amber Lloyd on Mar 16, 2024 21:50:34 GMT 10
Amber cheered as the letter appeared exactly where she had predicted it would be. And in even more places! But there were still two problematic words left…
Perhaps if she could decipher the meaning of the sentence…
But bitter what blessed what?
Hm, effects? It would fit into the blanks of the last word. But this second one…
Amber pondered over it for a while before she decided to just continue filling up the other blanks. Perhaps a letter would appear also in the second word? Though which letter should she use… “C!”
Somehow, her mind was drawn to this one. Perhaps because she associated two favourite things with this one: Caine and creatures. Or creatures and Caine?
Amber didn’t know which one came out on top. If one would ask her to make a choice, she couldn’t. She couldn’t imagine a world without either of them.
Caine and creatures were both fun and adorable. Yes, the description fit quite well with both of them, especially with Caine and his antics.
Amber rolled her eyes with a grin, then stared at the chest, eagerly awaiting the result.
Post by Amber Lloyd on Mar 17, 2024 2:23:31 GMT 10
Her grin was replaced with her thinking face as the letter appeared but no additional ones. It hadn’t helped her at all…
Well, it did confirm for her the last word, but the second one was still a wild guess. Amber wracked her brain deciphering the word, trying to come up with the missing letters. A moment later, she blinked at the word.
Was that it? Had she found the word? That would be outstanding!
Amber laughed at her choice of words but the excitement got the better of her. She quickly got back up to her feet and settled down in front of the chest on her knees.
While would love to announce the complete sentence, she decided to test the waters before doing so. Only if she was sure, she would procede. Better safe than sorry!
“O, please!”
She hoped, it would appear in the first place of the word.
Post by Amber Lloyd on Mar 17, 2024 16:05:39 GMT 10
The initial frustration of the word was blown away as this time the letter appeared were it was supposed to. That made it easy!
Amber beamed at the chest and exclaimed the phrase.
“Bitter potions may have blessed effects!”
Expectantly, she wriggled with her toes and stared at the chest as if to urge it on to reveal if she was correct or not. Although, Amber was quite sure she would win this time.
Last Edit: Mar 17, 2024 16:06:17 GMT 10 by Lena: Fixed: formatting error
Post by Amber Lloyd on Mar 17, 2024 16:26:37 GMT 10
Amber fell into a loud cheer and grinned widely at the chest. This made completely up for the whole morning, and especially the last room at the staircase.
But yeah, the phrase was correct. Like bitter medicine, likewise bitter potions might help on various occasions. After all, there were a ton of helpful potions. Potions Amber wanted to get to know to help her friends, family and creatures.
This was the reason while Amber had decided to aim for continuing the class next year. Even with Professor Snape. Although, she sometimes wasn’t so sure if this was such a good idea…
She gladly collected all the goods, going over it one by one, packing it away were it was supposed to go in her bag, then stood up again.
However, she needed to shake her right leg a bit to wake it up. Kneeling hadn’t been such a great idea after all…
As soon as the prickling feeling was gone, with a last glance out of the Astronomy Tower, Amber headed down the long staircase.
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