Alice watched her disappear with wide eyes. If she'd had any doubt that she was an illusion she wasn't harboring it anymore. She didn't feel guilty, really. In fact, Alice was proud of herself. The fact that Trelawney had disappeared must have meant she'd completed the first task.

She took a deep breath, as if trying to prepare herself, and pulled her wand from the front pocket of her robes. Then, feeling a little anxious, and somehow still confident at the same time, Alice moved along to the next Challenge.