Because he was in first place, Harry was the first to enter the maze, and he did so by striding into the big hole in the twenty-foot tall hedge with all the confidence he could muster. But as soon as that wall closed behind him, silence completely enveloped him. It was dark, but not so much that Harry needed light to see. Still he didn’t want to want to trip over any roots or get ambushed by something, so he conjured a ball of light that hovered above his head. Feeling better, he pressed on.