Paragraph 6 : Cheers

They were standing in the little room which featured the three arched windows. The potion was ready, and if you let out the fact that its color was a suspicious purple, it didn't seem like anything horrible. It was even reminding of Butterbeer, given that the potion was very liquid, with white foam on top. Ann wondered at this time if Butterbeer already existed in 1712, but was quickly brought back to reality when Eleanor put a glass of the potion to her lips, and started drinking it with a facial expression that quickly betrayed disgust. Ann, Judith and Sigismond remained silent, anxious to know what would happen. Did they make a mistake ? Finally, Eleanor opened the mouth as if she was going to throw up, but instead said :

You can go back to your Common Rooms. I just need to go to the Ravenclaw Common Room, and put a note in the bag of several fellow Ravenclaws

Ann reacted instantly :

What will be on the note ?

Eleanor replied, with a face still slightly twisted by her potion drinking experience,

Go to the statue of David The Blood Quencher

Judith voiced her concern :

What is the connection with the book ?

Eleanor, now rid of the taste - and of the after-taste - of the potion, replied :

I don't know. It must be the intuition

Ann was clearly disappointed, and said in a desperate tone :

This potion is just a piece of junk. Maybe there was something else to do to make it work. Maybe it's just an outdated recipe. Maybe our modern ingredients don't work the same as the 1712 ingredients

Eleanor was undisturbed :

Even if it fails, it just means that we will not find the book this way. Our friendship is more important than finding the book, or finding who set up a trap for us to fall into. Sigismond's mother already told us that you did the right thing. Now, I am going to the Ravenclaw Common Room. See you later

She smiled at them, went to the door, waved briefly at them, and left.