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Post by Dante on Aug 16, 2005 6:41:35 GMT -5
Good chapter, J... Slytherclaw doesn't have the best luck here, does it?
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Post by PJ on Aug 16, 2005 6:48:16 GMT -5
Excellent, J. Next bit is ready, and will be here tommorow.
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Post by idiotj on Aug 16, 2005 6:48:25 GMT -5
Thank you, Dante, Antenora edit: and PJ. But just so no one misses it (grr, bottom of the page posts, I hate those) I'm reposting it here.
Here's my icky, awful Snitch chapter.
The Quidditch field was made even larger than usual. The expanse was almost dizzying to the contestants, especially when thinking about catching a walnut-sized ball that flew as fast as a hummingbird. "There are scores of Snitches set loose on the field," Aries announced. "The teams will catch as many as they can in one hour..." And he added with a wicked smirk, "Lest they are bitten by a doxy, they can be given the antidote in a safe-enough time." "A doxy?" Dante, Ennui and Soi whispered. "They didn't say anything about a doxy..." Tyler, who was filled with confidence and house pride, shrugged. "They're just doxies. It's not like they're hippogriffs or anything." "It's not the doxies, it's the priniciple!" Ennui exclaimed. "They didn't tell us about the doxies!" "They had no right to throw in doxies." Dante agreed. "Now, contestants: on your marks...get set...watch out for the doxies, chimeras, griffins and hippogriffs...GO!" The contestants assumed Aries was kidding and rose to the air on their generic broomsticks. "It would definitely be a good idea if we split up." Ennui said to Dante. "Of course. No dilemm--" Dante stopped short as he caught a glimpse of something. It was large, goat-like--no, a lion--or a dragon. And Dante's eyes widened when he realized what it really was: a chimera. "What is it?" Ennui asked, turning around so he could see from Dante's point of view. "That's not a chimera, is it?" He exclaimed. They immedietely drew their wands, which had been fixed so that it could only hex animals, not summon, speed up, curse other humans, or do anything that might interfere with pure Snitch-catching. "Let's not provoke it." He said this quietly, even though the chimera was quite far away. "Let's just go around it. Away from it." "Do you still think it's wise to split up?" Dante whispered. "I don't know. But we have to try it."
Tyler saw a glint of something in the air. "I think I saw a Snitch." He said, his eyes intent on the spot. "Already?" Soi asked. "Yeah. I'm gonna go for it." Tyler said. With that, he zoomed ahead, getting closer to the shining glimmer. As he got nearer, he realized that it was not a snitch, but a very irate pixie. Before he had time to turn back, he was grabbed by the ears, pulled off his broom and was being carried through the air by a pixie, who was emiting a high-pitch wail. Soon, other angry pixies joined, lifting Tyler higher into the air. He was going to be dropped to his death, he was sure of it, and he could only think one thing: What would Cedric do? He squirmed and reached for his wand, only to discover that a pixie had already taken it and, when he saw, the pixie maliciously let it drop. This caused Tyler to squirm even more, despite the fact if he was let go of, he would fall. (There was a reason he was not in Ravenclaw.) They were getting higher and higher. One pixie let go; Tyler felt unsteady. Another pixie let go, and another, and another. "TYLER!" Someone shouted. It was Soidanae. "SOI! HELP!" Tyler cried. "I am." Soidanae muttered, flying towards the pixies with one hand on his wand and the other on Tyler's broom. He hexed several of the pixies and Tyler cried out in fear as he dropped closer to the ground. Soidanae finished the rest of the pixies off, at the same moment pushing Tyler's broom forward as Tyler fell. He didn't make a perfect landing: he had to grab the broom and climb on top of it, practically clawing his way up.
Dante cautiously but determinedly flew through the air, always on guard for a glint of gold from the Snitch or the awful cry of the Chimera. Something fluttered right in front of him--a Snitch! He gasped and tried to grab it, but he was too late. "Damn! How could I have missed that?" He hissed. He made a sharp turn to the right to continue his search, prowling through the air. And then, seemingly out of nowhere, a large winged creature leapt at him; there was a flash of fur and a horrible roar before he quickly got out of the way, and from a safe distance, he watched the large grey animal go off in the other direction.
Ennui spotted two doxies tossing something small and shiny back and forth. Occasionally, the object would get away and the doxies would quicky snatch it. Ennui smirked and flew towards the doxies, hexed them and grabbed the object.
"AHAH! WE HAVE OUR FIRST CATCH!" Aries exclaimed. "1 point to Slytherclaw! It's 14 minutes into the game..."
"14 minutes!" Tyler and Soi exclaimed, their eyes widening. "We better hurry." Tyler said. "Right. Be careful out there, for Merlin's sake!" Soidanae hissed, before going after. Almost miraculously, about five seconds later he saw a Snitch and despite his surprise and amazement, he was able to grab it. "Another Snitch, this one to Huffledor, less than a minute after the last catch! 45 minutes remaining..." Aries said.
Tyler and Dante were now even more determined to make a catch, since their teamates had each caught a Snitch. They circled the field furiously, growing more impatient each lap. Ennui and Soidanae were keeping an eye on each other. They would rather the game to end in a tie than for the other side to catch another snitch. Dante decided that circling the field was stupid, boring and useless, so he flew out to the center. Tyler tailed him, keeping a safe distance. Dante ignored him, since he didn't know what else to do. He flew slowly and carefully across the field until he saw a snitch flying around ahead of him. Quickly, he glanced back at Tyler who didn't appear to see the Snitch. Going straight for the Snitch would cause Tyler to follow, and since Tyler was smaller he could go a lot faster. So Dante feinted: he looked to the right, then at Tyler, pretending he was making sure Tyler didn't see anything, and charged almost full speed to the far right of where the actual Snitch was. Tyler saw this and followed Dante. As soon as Tyler was flying as fast as he could, determined to get the nonexistant Snitch before Dante, Dante turned around and went for the real Snitch. He was going nauseatingly, dangerously fast, and was almost there when, to his dismay, Tyler caught up with him. Dante could not go any faster. Suddenly, Tyler screamed and shouted "Petrificus totalus!" Dante looked and saw a chimera. Tyler's spell hit it, but it didn't do anything but annoy the chimera, causing it to charge. Tyler ducked, and the chimera rammed right into Dante, knocking him off his broom. Surely they won't allow me to plunge to my death...thought Dante. He froze in midair and was lowered to the ground by Kobolos. Sam was there, too, summoning Dante's broom, "Come on, Mr. Rubens, do you really want to lose to Tiller?" Kobolos said. Sam returned the broom to Dante. "You owe me one." Sam joked. Dante said nothing and took off.
"It's 32 minutes into the game...We're over halfway done." Aries said. "Dante Rubens had quite a fall. Tyler seems to be alright, but he lost sight of the Snitch...."
Soi and Ennui's tedious searching was interuptted by three hippogriffs, two griffins, a chimera, five large insects and four wyverns. The beasts formed a circle around Soidanae and Ennui. "Don't blink. Don't make any sudden movements." Soi whispered. "It's going to be impossible to fight the other beasts while trying to get on good terms with the hippogriffs." Ennui said. "We have no choice but to hex the lot." "We're rather outnumbered." "Really? I hadn't noticed." Ennui paused and thought of a plan. "Let's send out decoy animals. I guess we have no choice but to conjure birds." "You send the birds, and I'll get the insects out." Soidanae said. "Raidacio!" He said, pointing his wand at an insect. A stream of liquid, and then mist, hit the insects. The insects twitched and writed as they burned. "Avis!" Dozens of birds flew out of Ennui's wand. The griffins and a hippogriff started chasing after them, leaving some room for Soi and Ennui to try and escape. Soidanae was lucky and was able to get out, but as Ennui was flying a hippogriff flew in front of him, knocking him off his broom. Soidanae flew down, grabbed Ennui by the wrist and pulled him onto his broom. "Thank you, Soidanae. You are indeed a noble one, and I shall repay you one day. Not today, though." Ennui said as he caught sight of something. "Sectumsempra!" The chimera roared as its skin was slashed open. The remaining Hippogriffs were startled and flew away. Now the way to his broom was cleared. Carefully, he rose to his feet and made a dangerous leap to his, narrowly grabbing onto the handle. Quickly, he hoisted himself up and made his way to the Snitch he had seen earlier. The crowd had begun counting down the seconds left in the match, but he was almost there...so close...he held out his hand to grab it. And then, in front of him was a blur of red and yellow. The snitch was gone. Ennui hovered in the spot, puzzled. And then he heard: "TYLER CATCHES THE SNITCH AT THE LAST MOMENT!" Aries shouted as the Huffledors cheered. Ennui's eyes widened in disbelief. "I ALMOST HAD IT! I WAS SO CLOSE! Bloody hell!" Defeated, he flew to the ground.
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Post by PJ on Aug 17, 2005 0:37:13 GMT -5
And here's Part Six!!!!!! You have no idea how annoying it is, having to make all the spells italics....
Part Six - Kobolos' Task
“The contestants for Task Five will be:” Swans said, and took a deep breath. The Mug of Fire sat before her, and it had already expelled the next four names. “Antenora!...Char!...Rellim!.....aaaaaand Alice!” The entire hall exploded with cheers.
Once the ruckus had died down, Swans announced: “The Task has been set by Professor Kobolos.” Dark mutters ran through the hall. “The task is simple; the four of you will enter a maze at the same time. In the centre are four idols. The first person to bring them back to the Professor will win. The Task begins tomorrow morning. That is all.”
As usual, PJ taunted the champions. “You’re gonna die, you know.” He said to Char who was walking sombrely back to the common room. She hadn’t expected this. “Kobolos hates your guts. He’s gonna kill you.” “Shut up!” She shouted, and hit PJ in the face, and ran ahead. PJ righted his glasses and looked slightly ashamed. People were glaring at him. “Good luck.” He muttered to Antenora, and spent the rest of the day reading.
Alice spent the day studying. Although Swans claimed the task was simple, Alice knew with Kobolos in charge, it would be anything but easy. She was preparing for the worst. Rellim, on the other hand, was talking to the previous champions, trying to get some advice. She didn’t sleep well.
Morning came. The students filed down to the great hall to find a stone maze instead of food. Kobolos stood there, and was grinning maliciously. He had worn his best black cloak, and was amusing himself by drawing skulls in the air with his wand. When the four contestants had arrived, he called them forwards. “It’s easy. Go in, get the item, and bring it back here.” His grin broadened, and, in everyone’s mind, the maze suddenly seemed full of traps and enchantments. “Oh, and you get a special item to help you. He waved his wand, and a small table appeared in front of the four contestants. On it were a gold coin, an old hat, a toy mouse and a long knife. “One item is cursed, the others will help you through the maze. Choose wisely. Start.”
They seemed stunned. “What?” Rellim asked, confused. Antenora, catching on, grabbed the hat and leapt for the entrance of the maze, and jammed the hat on her head. Professor Kobolos waved his wand, and the entire maze shifted 90 degrees. “Next person.” All three contestants scrambled to get to the table. Char grabbed the coin and shrieked as it burnt her hand. She tried shaking it off, but it stuck fast. “Ooh, bad luck. You got the cursed one.” Kobolos said, grinning. Char, grimacing, ran into the maze as the coin burnt her hand. Meanwhile, Alice had the mouse and entered, whilst Rellim picked up the knife. The maze turned once more as soon as Char was in, and Alice ran into the new entrance. It turned one last time, and Rellim went. The game had started.
“And Antenora, our nicest student, is currently coming first.” Came Aries’ voice over the great hall. Antenora rolled her eyes. “Looks like she’s got the hang of her magical item, then.” She had panicked as she had first put the hat on her head. She went instantly blind. All she saw was blackness. It was terrifying. She yanked the hat off, and her sight came back. She was sure she had the cursed one. She put it on again, just to be sure, and was surprised to see a bright light hovering in front of her. She took the hat off, again, and saw nothing. She put it on, and decided to follow the light.
“Char seems to have picked the cursed item. I’m not sure what it does, but she seems to be walking awfully slowly, and she’s swearing more than usual.” Char had picked the wrong item. Whenever she ran, or moved quickly in any way, the coin burnt her hand. She was forced to slowly walk through the maze, swearing along the way. She tried prying the coin off, but it was as if it was part of her hand. She tried spelling it off, but whenever she did, it would burn even more fiercely, and she soon stopped.
Alice came to the first junction of the maze, and was debating whether to go left or right, when the toy mouse in her hands suddenly sprung to life. She shouted and dropped the mouse, and it instantly ran to the right. Alice followed it. It turned a few corners and then Alice came to a dead-end. “And Alice’s enchanted item seems to have led her astray. Kobolos, I thought you said there was only one cursed item?” Alice’s eyes narrowed. “Idiot mouse!” She kicked it, and ran back to the intersection, and went right this time. She came to another intersection, this time she could either continue onwards, or go right. The mouse suddenly appeared, and went right. Alice, resolutely NOT following the mouse, went straight ahead. She came to a crossroads, this time. The mouse appeared again, went left. Alice waited, and the mouse came scurrying back, and went straight ahead. Alice understood. The mouse was trying to mislead her, but, since she now knew this, she could always identify the right way, because the mouse wouldn’t go there. She laughed, and continued right.
Rellim entered the maze, and stumbled over an uneven pavement, and fell to the floor. “Nasty fall from Betsy, five seconds into the maze.” The Slyther-Claws all laughed. Rellim stood, her face red, when she noticed something strange. Her knife had sunken completely into the stone floor of the hall. She yanked it out, and stabbed the stone wall. The knife sank into it like butter. She grinned. “My my, Rellim seems to have figured out her enchanted item! That will be very useful.” Rellim sliced a large circle into the wall, and kicked the stone way, and climbed through the hole. She headed straight for the centre of the maze.
To the great surprise of Rellim, Alice and Antenora, they didn’t encounter any traps, enchantments, or nasty creatures. Char, however, ran into a giant snake, a living wall that tried to eat her, a mist that covered her in green spots, and a dead end that tried to close in on her, and crush her. She had done pretty well, actually, and was only a bit bruised, and spotty. And so it was that all four contestants reached the centre at the same time.
They all came out of different corridors, and all were equally surprised, except for Antenora, who was still blind and didn’t notice they were there until Char tapped her on the shoulder. She gave a quiet scream and jumped about a meter in the air, and ripped the hat off, but then she saw it was only her fellow students, and she relaxed. “All the champions have met, and are about to go into the lion’s den. Figuratively speaking, of course. Well, not really.” These words worried them. Char seemed to be thinking about jinxing her opponents, but thought better of it. The four contestants advanced down the one corridor, turned the corner, and…saw a large pile of catnip. They were all puzzled. Suddenly, their enchanted items faded away. In a moment, they were gone. This seemed ominous, somehow. “I guess we don’t need them anymore.” Antenora whispered. She seemed afraid she might alert some kind of gruesome monster ahead. They continued around the corner. Four blue balloons hovered there, and sinister faces had been drawn on them in felt tip pen.
“They’re Mind-Taking balloons! They’re going to take over our minds!” Alice exclaimed, remembering her Defence Against the Dark Arts classes. “Nonsense.” Antenora said, and popped them, one by one, with her wand. “Simple.” Char prodded the remains. They didn’t move. “Let’s continue.” Rellim suggested, and the turned the last corner, and all of them gasped.
They had suspected this, ever since they saw the catnip. Two giant cats were lying in front of them, fast asleep. Phoebe and Carabas. Kobolos’ cats. “They’re asleep.” Char said, pointing out the obvious. “I think we are supposed to sneak past them, and get to that chest.” Antenora whispered back, pointing to the chest. Char nodded. Antenora held her back. “I’ll go.” So Alice and Antenora crept past the cats whilst Rellim and Char waited tensely, their wands aimed at the cats in case they awoke. They were rather scary looking. They were the size of panthers, at least. Antenora touched the chest with one finger, and the chest screamed loudly. “Uh-oh.” Said the four contestants and Aries simultaneously. The cats awoke suddenly, and smelt blood. Char’s blood. She was the priority. They approached her, stalkingly*.
*You know what I mean. In a sneaky, stalking, panther way.
Char screamed, and ducked, as Carabas leapt at her. He sailed over her, and smashed into the concrete wall, which cracked, sending up a dust cloud. “Stupefy!” Antenora shouted, aiming at Phoebe. A red jet of light hit the cat, and bounced off. Phoebe didn’t even notice. “Incendio!” Alice shrieked, and a blast of fire hit Carabas, who was just picking himself up. The fire hit him, and dissipated. He, too, seemed unaffected. “We have to work together, or none of us will make it!” Rellim shouted, just as Phoebe pounced at Char. Char ducked once more, and the cat sailed over her again, but this time, it hit Rellim squarely in the chest. Betsy screamed and fell to the floor, hitting her head hard. Afterwards she didn’t move. “Betsy!” Alice shouted, and started forwards, but Antenora grabbed her, and yanked her back.
“She can’t help us anymore.” Char dashed to her fellow student’s side, and Antenora waved her wand and incanted: “Protego!” A magical shield instantly formed between the students and the cats. “We’re safe, for the moment.” Alice breathed. The cats prowled around the shield, testing for weakness, their eyes on Char. Carabas stopped, and glared at the shield charm intensely. His black collar started to glow. Carabas’ eyes glowed with a strange light. The golden eye upon the collar shot a beam of rainbow light, which struck the shield with a loud sizzling noise. The charm wavered. “They’re getting in!” Char screeched, hysterical. Alice and Antenora, however, used a more practical approach. “Impedimenta” “Sectumsempra!” “Incarcerous” “Glamdos!” “Petrificus Totalus” “Reducto!” “Rictusempra!” “Posionus!” “Tarantallegra!” “Stupefy!” They rattled off every spell that came into their heads, but every single one bounced off the enormous cats. “Looks like they’re in serious trouble this time, folks…”
Carabas’s collar shot another rainbow blast, and the shield charm shattered. Phoebe sprung at the startled students, but sailed over their heads, landing behind them. They were trapped. The cats’ collars started to glow again. “Get ready to jump.” Alice whispered to her friends. “…NOW!” The three girls leapt aside as the rainbow blasts sped their way. The beams missed their target, and with a bright flash of light, each cat was hit by they opposite beam. They meowed pitifully, and collapsed onto the floor, unconscious. “Brilliant! Now, they have to bring the prize back to Kobolos.” Char was already at the treasure chest.
Antenora and Alice joined her, and together they opened the chest. Within it, four small golden statues of Lindsey Lohan stood. “It’s the four fertility idols of Lindsey Lohan!” Char exclaimed, in awe. She instantly grabbed one. There was a blast and the idol exploded, sending Char sprawling. She was unconscious. “Ooh, and Char falls victim to a nasty booby trap.” Aries said, in a happy voice. “Enervarte.” Antenora said, but Char didn’t wake. She tentatively touched another statue, but nothing happened. She pulled it out of the chest. She looked at Alice. And bolted back, heading for the exit.
Alice grabbed hers a moment later, and followed. Antenora ran past a corner, but Alice grinned, and ducked through a hole Rellim had made with her knife. All she had to do was follow them back to the start! She dashed down a corridor, and climbed through another hole. Soon, she guessed, she would be there. To her disappointment, she reached the last wall and found the maze had changed! She whirled around a corner, and randomly began to choose the way. She was close. She could feel it.
Meanwhile, Antenora had also almost found her way back. She rounded a corner, and the exit beckoned. Kobolos stood there, calmly leaning against the stone wall. Antenora dashed towards him, when she heard a yell from behind her. Alice was there, too. They both bolted towards Kobolos, the idols in their hands, when they ran head-long into an invisible wall. They fell back, dazed. “I’m sorry, only one person can come out. You’ll have to settle it yourselves.” He grinned wickedly.
Antenora and Alice looked at each other blankly, for a moment, and then they both shouted “Stupefy” at the same time. The red jets of light hit each other, and rebounded into the stone walls on the sides. They froze for a moment, then they both shouted “Protego!” at the same time. “Looks like the two remaining students have to fight each other to win!” Aries said, excited. The students then circled each other, firing spells at random. “Ivus!” Alice shouted, and a thorny green vine whipped around Antenora’s shield. She transfigured it into water, and it splashed to the floor. “Rictus!” She shouted, and the earth beneath Alice shook, and she fell to the side. “Voltaire” Antenora spelled, using non-verbal incantation to send a bolt of lightning at Alice, which hit the shield before running to the ground. Alice’s shield flickered a bit, before going stable again. She leapt aside as Antenora sent another bolt at her, and aimed her wand at Antenora. “Peniadamewton!” she shrieked, and a small blue orb shot at Antenora, and fastened itself onto the side of her shield. Antenora’s eyes narrowed, and she said “Formalis.” And there was a blast like a gunshot, and a small black jet of light struck the blue orb. The spell was instantly absorbed. “It sucks up energy.” Alice said, and Antenora realised what she was doing. She sent a blast of fire at the blue orb, but it was sucked in. Antenora’s shield was consumed a moment later.
The blue orb faded away, its job done, as Antenora stood defenceless, too surprised to react. “Expelliarmus!” Alice shouted, and Antenora was blasted backwards, and her wand flew away. Antenora landed roughly, and sat up. Alice smiled triumphantly, as Antenora raised the Idol back over her shoulder, and hurled it with all her might at Kobolos, who watched. He lazily said “Arresto Mementum.” And the Idol’s descent slowed greatly, so Kobolos walked forwards, and grabbed it from the air. “Slytherclaw wins this one too, I’m afraid.” He said, smiling. Alice glared back at him, as Antenora picked up her wands. The two shook hands. “Better luck next time.” Antenora said, and smiled. Alice smiled back, and the two exited the maze.
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Post by Dante on Aug 17, 2005 2:36:56 GMT -5
Great chapter. I should have known you wouldn't be able to write it without at least one fight scene. You do them very well, and inventively. Kobolos's cats were a nice touch. Good twist at the end - you don't always need magic to win.
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Post by BMatt on Aug 17, 2005 7:16:27 GMT -5
And here's Part Six!!!!!! To the great surprise of Rellim, Alice and Antenora, they didn?t encounter any traps, enchantments, or nasty creatures. Char, however, ran into a giant snake, a living wall that tried to eat her, a mist that covered her in green spots, and a dead end that tried to close in on her, and crush her. That's pretty much the way I'd do it...
Bravo PJ, you knocked it out of the park. The entire thing was spot on.
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Post by Antenora on Aug 17, 2005 7:24:47 GMT -5
Wonderful, PJ. I liked the traps in Kobo's maze, the cats and the golden statues.
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Post by BSam on Aug 18, 2005 2:42:14 GMT -5
Very creative and funny. I liked the ending with the Kobo and the lemon. that lemon has a name, you know? heh, happyl;and
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Post by PJ on Aug 18, 2005 3:16:01 GMT -5
Part Seven
Next morning, all the students gathered outside on the Quidditch pitch, looking confused. “Listen up!” Swans shouted, and everyone was quiet. She held up a rope. “The two houses will each grab one end of this rope, and they will pull as hard as they can, until they have pulled the opposite team a certain distance, in which case, they will win. Basically, a game of Tug-O-War.” “What, like will the losers be pulled into a mud put, or something?” PJ asked, interested. Swans smiled evilly. “Well, not exactly.” She held up a broom. “The losers get pulled into an enchanted mist which will stop the brooms and make them fall about 50 meters.”
“There is only one rule: Anything goes.” Swans shouted, and kicked off from the ground, and flew upwards. The rest of the school followed her. They positioned themselves so that the grey No-Flying mist was between them. They each held their rope tightly. “Ready!” Swans shouted, and the 9 students on either side of the rope held slightly tighter. The tension grew. They were floating about 50 meters above the ground, and several winged mattresses were circling below, ready to catch anyone who fell. The heads of houses were also on brooms, and were circling the two houses. A red marker floated in the air, at the exact middle point between the two houses. The middle of the rope was also painted red, and the red marker on the rope was right beside the red one that floated in the air. The war hadn’t yet begun, so the rope was still in its original position. In the air around the middle of the rope, a greyish-sparkling mist hovered. It was the No-Flying charm, and any broom that entered it would instantly stop working. The aim of this task was to pull the enemy team into the grey mist so that they would all fall down. “Get set!” Swans shrieked, and the tension increased a bit more. PJ’s right hand was holding his wand so tightly it was a miracle it did not snap. “Go!” Swans shouted, and her wand exploded with a loud bang, signalling the start of the Tug-O-War.
And war it was. “And they’re off!” Aries shouted into his microphone as a hail of spells sped at each of the teams, hitting at random. “Nasty! Look, she’s gone all warty!” Aries shouted, disgusted, as the crowd cheered their teams on. It was PJ who shouted “Protego!” the instant the war started, so a few spells dissipated as they hit his shield, before it broke. “Protego!” he shouted again, and a new shield was erected. “Protego!” Luna shouted, joining him, and reinforcing his shield as jinxes and curses bounced off the magical wall. Ennui and Dupin soon joined the two, and between the four of them, they were able to deflect all the curses the enemy team sent at them. “Nice shield charms by the Slyther-Claws.” Aries commented. Antenora, who was the oldest Slyther-Claw, and who knew the most advanced magic, cast healing spells on her team mates who had been hit by jinxes, whilst the remaining four fired curses at the team. And all the while, the 9 Slyther-Claw students pulled the rope with their free hands, that is, except for Char, whose broom suddenly turned insubstantial (this was strange, as none of the students had performed an insubstantial curse on her…) and she fell, screaming, to the cold hard earth below her, when, suddenly, another mysterious spell caught her, and pulled her back up, by her hair, and put her back on the her broom. It was never discovered who had cast the spells, but several eye-witnesses reported Kobolos grinning hugely as Char fell, and then muttering something when she was caught and pulled back up.
Tyler had the same idea as PJ, and it was he who first created a shield charm around his team. He was soon joined by some other comrades, whilst the rest fired off their curses. “Both Houses are now protected by shield spells. How boring.” Aries commented. Robert cast a Strength-Charm on himself, but the effect was somewhat muted as his tongue had tied itself into a knot because of a particularly nasty curse Ila hat hit him with. The spell took effect, and he pocketed his wand, and pulled as hard as he could with his hand. “Thumon unthinx me.” He mumble unintelligibly, but Alice got the basic message and performed the counter-jinx on him. “Thanks.” Robert said, and grunted as he pulled with all his might, and reversed as much as he could on his broom. “Oh, everyone, look, Snicket’s trying to sleep on Pester!” Pester struggled furiously and finally managed to untangle herself from Snicket, who had been hit with a drowsy charm. He had yawned and fell onto her, sleeping lightly. Pester shrieked at him and jabbed him in the face with her wand. He stirred slightly and Pester prodded him harder. “Enervarte.” She said, and he jerked awake, almost falling off his broom. “Pull, idiot!” Pester shouted, and began pulling herself. Snicket, enraged that he had been hit, fired a volley of the Bee-Sting hex at the team, but all bounced off the magical shell. “Nice try, Snicket, but you’ll have to think of something clever to get through that shield!” Aries said, grinning gleefully.
It was the Huffle-Dor team that was currently winning; they had almost pulled the rope halfway, which meant the No-Flying mist was dangerously close to the Slyther-Claw team. This, however, seemed to motivate the house. Normal hexes, jinxes and curses just bounced off the magical shield, so they had to be more clever. “Serpentsectum!” Antenora shouted, pointing at the end of the rope which lay limp beside Tyler. It instantly transfigured into a snake. “Excellent transfiguration, Slyther-Claw.” Aries said. Tyler looked at the snake and shouted, letting go of the rope and flying away from the end. The snake hissed, and writhed, looking for prey. With the loss of one person, the other team had the advantage, and they tugged the rope, and it slowly began to head back in their direction. Rellim, who was now closest to the snake, shouted “Diffindo!” and the snake part of the rope was cut off, which fell, hissing, to the ground below. Tyler flew back and grabbed the rope stub, but had trouble getting a grip, as he had to share rope with Rellim.
By this time, the rope was back in its original position. “Incendio!” Dante shouted, taking the initiative, and a wave of fire washed over the shield before flickering away. “Why do you people bother if you know there’s a shield there?” Aries voice boomed across the stadium. “Come on!” Dane shouted, and cried: “Incendio!” again. He was soon joined by the attacking part of the Slyther-Claw house. The other house was bombarded by fire, and despite their best efforts to keep renewing the spell, the shield was slowly wearing away. “Aguamenti!” Akbar said, and a jet of water hit the incoming blast off fire with an explosion of steam. “Quick thinker, that one.” Aries said. “They might not get fried after all.” Akbar’s team mates soon joined him, and the fire-spells were blocked before they could hit the spell-wall.
Now it was the Huffle-Dors turn to attack, as the Slyther-Claw’s were out of ideas. “Obscuris!” Soidane shouted hoarsely, and a dark cloud shot from his wand, and swallowed up the enemy team, completely blinding them. “And the oldest Huffle-Dor uses a blinding charm. Ingenious!” “Attack now!” Soidanae shouted, firing a stunning charm at the shield of the enemy. A barrage of spells struck the shield of the Slyther-Claws, and big cracks formed on it. Their vision gone, the Slyther-Claws were having trouble reinforcing their shield charm. Another volley shot into the clouds, but the spells didn’t hit anything, they went straight through it! From the side of the dark cloud the Slyther-Claws emerged, moving side-ways. The Huffle-Dors were forced to move in the opposite direction so that the grey fog of No-Flying was still between them.
Alice raised her wand and shouted “Peniadamewton!” and, just like in the fifth task, a blue orb shot from her wand, and flew towards the shield of the Slyther-Claws. J. saw it, and swiftly transfigured it into a fierce eagle, which she sent to attack the opposite team. The bird clawed at the shield for a few seconds, before Derik blasted it aside. J., miffed that her bird had been killed, fiercely shouted “Galus Windus!” and a gale force blasted the other team, almost knocking them off their brooms at once. Whilst the Huffle-Dors struggled to find a counter-charm (it was Soidanae, ultimately, who dispelled the wind) the Slyther-Claws were able to pull the other team closer towards the grey mist.
A sudden idea came into Derik’s head. “Accio PJ!” he shouted, summing his rival. “Summoning students? Nifty idea.” Aries commented. “No!” PJ shouted, as he and his broom were dragged forwards, away from his team. PJ furiously blocked the spell, but the damage was done, for he had dragged his own rope backwards, helping the other team. “Wingardium Leviosa!” PJ chanted, pointing at Derik, his face a mask of anger. Derik’s broom jerked upwards, and began to rise. “PJ seems pretty angry. Maybe he’ll have a stroke.” Aries said. Derik yelled and struggled to bring his broom down again, as PJ brought it upwards. Robert, who was beside him, yanked him down, and because he was still under the effect of the strengthening spell, he yanked Derik down a bit too far. But the force of the pull disrupted PJ’s spell, and Derik righted himself, and grabbed hold of the rope, and began to pull once more.
The rope was, once again, disappointingly, in its original position. Something had to be done. Aries yawned loudly. Akbar was fed up too. He took a deep breath, and suddenly dived out from the protective shield, and sped towards the opposite team. “Oh I say!” Aries said, and moved to the edge of his seat. A few people gasped. The Slyther-Claws were so surprised they didn’t even think to hit him. He pierced the round shield-bubble and pointed his wand at the surprised students. “Combustio!” He roared, and the tip of his wand exploded, hurling half of the house off their brooms, and rattling the rest of them. Akbar, unconscious, fell from his broom but was caught by the enchanted mattresses, along with the other fallen students.
The Slyther-Claw team, several team members short, couldn’t stand against the rest of the Huffle-Dors. Within a minute the rest of the Slyther-Claws were dragged into the No-Flying mist, and their brooms suddenly stopped flying, and they tumbled below. The Huffle-Dors gave a cheer. “The Huffle-Dors have won! They’ve won!” Aries cheered. “It’s a tie! The last task will reveal the winner.”
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Post by Dante on Aug 18, 2005 3:24:23 GMT -5
I knew Huffle-Dor would win this one. Not because of the task, but to even the score. Also, I keep on forgetting who is in which House.
And: Good chapter.
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Post by idiotj on Aug 18, 2005 3:44:27 GMT -5
Now I'm going to break Akbar's rcord for Longest Time Between Chapters. If anyone wants to write fluff chapters about everyday life as Hogwarts 667ers, please do so, to fill up the waiting period.
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Post by BSam on Aug 18, 2005 4:06:10 GMT -5
yeah...about that Sam character, he seems pretty interesting
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Post by Antenora on Aug 18, 2005 5:53:54 GMT -5
Great chapter.
There's a list of who's in what house on an earlier page.
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Post by Amber on Aug 18, 2005 6:17:44 GMT -5
Now I'm going to break Akbar's rcord for Longest Time Between Chapters. I think I hold that. *shrug* This is really good, you should write more before I go on holiday.
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Post by idiotj on Aug 18, 2005 6:19:36 GMT -5
Teaser bit:
The Slytherclaws were in their common room and were eagerly awaiting their beloved heads of houses to enter, so they could have a great Slytherclaw pre-party that included Huffledor mockery and Sam's drunken antics. However, Kobolos and Sam stormed into the common room, looking rather serious, and the talking instantly stopped. "Look, kiddies, I know you all think you're very clever and that you'll win by cheating." Kobolos said, pacing quickly. "But law enforcement has gotten tighter, and it's important that you know and follow the rules. Except for maybe a few Ravenclaws, I doubt many of you are familiar with the rules, so let's review them." "Rule one: don't talk about fight club." Sam said. "Rule two: don't talk about fight club." "Rule three...Even if this house is for antisocial little bastards, you're still a team, so to try have a little teamwork, but if it's necessary to leave Char for dead, then please do so." Kobolos said. "But above all, the most important rule is..." "Rule seven: Don't get caught." "And that's about it." Kobolos concluded. "Here's something Sam and I brewed up, for good luck." Sam and Kobolos started handing out small bottles filled with a green liquid. Kobolos made a point of handing one to Char. She stared at it for a few moments, knowing better than to trust anything from Kobolos, and then nervously said "I don't want it." She gave it back to Kobolos who grinned. "Suit yourself." He said, drinking it all at once.
Snicket was discussing elaborate plans of attack while the other Huffledors watched, tired with boredem. Celinra has been amused at first, but she quickly became weary. Pandora had been bored from the start and was polishing her nails. The Huffledors were all expected to listen in polite Huffledor attention, or at least appear to be listening, or at least get Snicket to believe they were listening, which wasn't hard. Derik was listening to music, Robert was thinking up raps, and Tyler was fantasizing about Helga Hufflepuff and Cedric Diggory. Alice, Pester and Rellim were doing magical origami, Akbar was leaning back on his hands, and Soidanae was lost in his thoughts. Celinra, drooping in her chair, decided that this had gone on long enough. She had to put an end to it soon. "Er, Snicket, I don't mean to cut you off, but you've been going on about this for like...2 minutes. We have other things to get to." "Sorry, Professor." Snicket apologized. "The task is to find the Holy Grail. We thought it would be funny to send you all on a quest for the Holy Grail." Pandora said. "It's not actually holy, but it is a grail." Celinra added.
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