Following the Second Task, many rumours circulated about how Margot Letzel and how Camille Avery managed to vanish like that. This time round, it occurred to people a lot quicker that Camille had managed to defy the Dark Lord. What was even more shocking was the fact that she was the daughter of a rather loyal Death Eater, and being a Death Eater in her family has been kind of a tradition, ever since her grandfather, Avery SR, attended Hogwarts the same time as Tom Riddle.
These rumours also came up with wild things what would happen to Camille for defying the Dark Lord. Most of them were along the lines of being tortured into madness or being killed. More of the crazy ones were along the lines of Camille being ripped to shreds by a dragon or thrown into the Black Lake for the Giant Squid to eat. Or perhaps she would be hung from a tree in the Forbidden Forest on the full moon so Werewolves would eat her. Helena thought it was more likely that she would face her punishment in the Third Task.
But the most anxious person to await for her fate was none other than Camille herself. She had been avoiding her father a lot, and when he forced a conversation upon her, she avoided his gaze. It had apparently been spread that her father had shouted at her and threatened to torture her himself, but apparently Voldemort told him not to. All was to come in the Third Task. This is how Helena knew that the Third Task was going to get a lot more meaner than all the Tasks put together, but she couldn't come up with what would happen, due to Voldemort's unpredictability when he was angry. He wasn't going to let her get away with it lightly, Helena personally knew that herself.
Katie, however, didn't seem worried by this. She was already setting her eyes on the end of year exams, which Helena found pointless as she had discovered that revising made her feel sick. And the fact that she knew it all already. Though, she tended to forget a lot of things so once a day, she went to the library with Katie and went over notes with her. If she did it more than once a day, then she would be sick to the stomach of revising. Katie didn't seem to have this side-effect and Helena considered her lucky that she didn't. Whilst Helena wasn't going over a few notes or in lessons or just chilling out, she was wondering what the Third Task might be, but so far no clues have been given out, which seemed rather odd as it was now only a month away. The rumours continued to circulate that it would be like gladiator's and they had to fight to the death. Helena highly doubted this, but it wouldn't surprise her if it was. She knew Voldemort's sense of humour wasn't particularly humorous. Or rather, it was extremely clinical, cold, and unmerciful.
The suspense of waiting was becoming unbearable everyone and hardly anyone could focus on the end of year exams due to it. It was a very mild distraction. Not to mention no one wanted to infiltrate with Camille, as they feared that they too would be defying the Dark Lord. Helena was not afraid, but Helena didn't wish to get caught up with someone like her. Everyone avoided her, not going to her for help and no one there to give her help. Helena strongly suspected that she was going to go in to a depressed state. She didn't even feel sorry for her, as she has acted coldly towards her for part of the year for no reason. Yet, she couldn't blame her for wanting to rise up against Lord Voldemort. but she found it rather dumb to do it in front of everyone. And to speak his name aloud was the dumbest shit she's ever seen. Even Helena herself knew it was fucking dumb to say his name. Like, it was the last thing that would do if you wanted Death Eater's on your tail and it leading to you being tortured or perhaps worse.
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Hardly a day before the Third Task, the clue for the Task got released. Helena thought that this was rather odd, but it seemed to come to her that maybe Voldemort was enjoying all the rumours, though many now got very overused, some may have even been repeated, they also became less interesting and less bizarre. Or that he truly struggled to come up with the idea of what to do to finally punish Camille Avery. Or maybe the long wait was a part of it.
The riddle was:
Determine the truth, prize the larks. Be wary. Miss, leave, disclaim, no tangle.
And Helena's initial reaction was that she sucked at anagrams and she could not do them, and it took her hours to figure out 'Tom Marvolo Riddle'. Admittingly, it got released far too late for her to figure it out. She supposed that she just had to wait for tomorrow, and see what the arena will bring...
Author's Note: I actually created the anagram by myself and it took ages, as I am not very good with solving them or creating them, as I have recently found out. Anyhow, this chapter kind of repeats itself, but you get the idea. Also I'm sorry how it weirdly progresses, as not much happens but the time seems to pass by as the paragraphs go on. I hope you're enjoying the story, as I find it both exciting and difficult to write at times, but I guess that's just the sign of good writing, right? Also, sorry that some of this chapter is a bit informal, as it's from mainly Helena's point of view and I think that's how she would react to it, without me getting mad at me. Anyway, have fun and I may or may not make another one of these, as this is my first Author's note in this Fanfic! Well, bye!