Sorry about the delay guys! I've been SWAMPED with stuff. Have been in and out of hospital, college getting way too stressful, mental health deteriorated quickly and all sorts of other stuff.
*Susan*
As we woke up the next morning, the sun was just starting to climb the sky.
"September..." I yawned.
"Wake up sleepy head! You do realise you'll be learning Apparition first thing?" Julie answered.
"Yes! I'm excited about that. I am only worried what will happen today. A day at Hogwarts is never a day without any drama. Like last night!" I answered
"Lighten up, you! It's as if anything would happen!" Vera said,
"Uh, I hate to remind you that there would not be a day in Hogwarts without drama!" I replied
After changing and washing, I walked downstairs. Dan and Oliver were playing Exploding Snap and Vera and Julie were going over the 45 Minute Advanced Magical Defense material.
"Morning, Susie!" someone said from behind me.
"Tasman!" I said and hugged her. I haven't seen Tasman since I was six.
"How are you, it's been ages!"
"Still recovering from the attack I emailed you about"
"Are you okay?" She asked
"Yeah. Still a little wobbly on the bone front, but okay in general. How's your mom?" I replied
"Not too well, actually. That Umbridge woman hates her, and does everything she can to try and kill her. Since Avada Kedavra has been completely banned, and the wands don't respond to it, Umbridge has been using other Unforgivable Curses to make her life hell. She is in hospital for Crucio bodily damage" She explained
"I'm sorry. Umbridge is a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher here. We've had a few problems with her last year!" Vera joined in
"She nearly killed Julie for attacking her last year!" I said
"Monster." Tasman said
"Ahem, ahem. Susan and Tasman see me in my office!" Umbridge's annoyingly high pitched voice resounded from a hidden speaker.
"Right." We said together.
"Oliver, Dan, Harietta, huddle!" I said
We huddled up.
"We will come with you, and hide behind the door. If we hear any screams or shouts, barge in and attack. We cannot let her have the satisfaction." Julie said
"Then, we all run and scatter. It's much harder to keep track if you don't know who she's chasing!" I said
"Plan!" We all said together and left.
On the Grand Staircase.
*Tasman*
"Okay guys, stay a little bit away from us, so she doesn't suspect that you're with us" I said to the others.
"Good idea" Julie said and they waited until Susan and I were on the landing before they started moving.
As we walked into her office, the screeching noise of the cats on the walls gave me the urge to destroy all the plates.
"Good morning girls!" The high pitched voice of the monster came out.
"Good morning, professor. Would you mind telling us, why are we here?" Susan asked calmly.
"You are here...." She said and used her wand to create a a bubble shape. The bubble shape was a glass cage.
"Let us go, you monster!" I screamed
*Julie*
"There's the scream..." Vera said
"Let's go!" We said together
As we barged into the room, Umbridge has imprisoned Tasman and Susie in a glass cage, which I recognised immediately.
"Don't get close!" I shouted
"Why?" Julie asked
"It's a cage that tightens with every step closer we make." I answered.
"Quick, I know what to do!" Vera said and very quickly cast a non verbal spell to free them.
"How..." Oliver asked
"Simple. It was a non verbal cage spell. A nonverbal spell works to counteract it. A verbal spell would have an opposite effect!" I replied.
*Tasman*
"Thanks Vera!" I said
"Yeah, thank you so much!" Susie agreed
"No worries. Time to go. Umbridge is in her confiscation area. It won't be long until she's outta there!" Dan said
We ran out of the office.
"What do we do?" I asked
"Simple. Carpe Retractum" Susie replied and pointed her wand at the ceiling of the Grand Staircase. As she was pulled away from the floor to hang in the air on a red bolt of light coming from her wand, we did the same.
"There you are, little children" Umbridge groaned
"What's wrong professor? Tired of us hanging around?" Susie said
"Susie, I have a plan, but it's dangerous!" I said
"Don't even think about it!" Dan said.
"It's our only hope! Finite Incantatem" I said and began to fall.
"Levicorpus!." I whispered and pointed my wand at Umbridge.
Umbridge was lifted off the ground, over the gap and I finished the spell.
"Carpe Retractum" I said and my was hanging in the air on a red bolt of light, pointed at a railing. I caught Umbridge's wand as it fell.
When she ended up on the ground, I sighed.
I jumped over the railing and finished the spell. I hated heights, so doing something like that was a moment of utter fear.
"Tasman!" Julie yelled at the top of her lungs out of relief and hugged me when she came downstairs.
"You are madly brilliant, do you know that? That was mad and scary, but flipping brilliant!" Julie asked
"Thanks. I knew it'd work."
"Tazzy!" Susie shouted. She liked to call me Tazzy
"Don't ever do that again. I admit, it was brilliant but you had us hanging on a thread of fear" she said
"You and your puns, Susie!"
"What?"
"Hanging by a thread..."
"Ah, right."
We giggled.
We went downstairs to check on Umbridge. She laid on the floor motionless. But, she violently got up (how did she survive a fall like THAT? I mean, that was right from the top of the staircase!)
"You little....!"
I gave her a cheeky smirk before we all went to our first period class.
*Oliver*
After lunch, we all gathered in the Common Room.
"That was an amazing morning!" Julie excitingly said.
"I know. Advanced Potions and Advanced Magical Defense were the bomb!" Susie answered
*Tazzy*
Susan walked up to the table.
"What's this?" She asked as she lifted up a piece of an envelope.
"It's a torn piece of an envelope. I wonder why it's here." I replied
"There is a note with it! Tasman, your challenge is to find all the pieces of the envelope."
"Oh, that is McGonagall's challenge for me. I need to find all the pieces of the envelope to learn how to use the new spell she created. I better get on it!"
"Someone should go with you!" Dan said without drawing breath,
"Why?" I asked
"Oh, you know, after this morning..."
"I'll be alright Dan, It's not something like attacking Umbridge or anything"
"Wait.... Why won't McGonagall just teach you the spell. That's what she ALWAYS does. Something is not right here....!" Susie said
"It's alright Susan. I'll be alright. I better get on it!" I replied and walked out of the Common Room and went onto finding the missing three pieces of the envelope.
It was strange to find the staircase completely empty. It was lunch break after all. As I picked up the second part of the envelope, I felt a gentle tap on the shoulder. I turned around.
"Professor McGonagall!" I said
"My goodness, am I glad to have found you." She replied, with a blank expression on her face.
"What's wrong, Professor?"
"Follow me!" She commanded
I nodded and followed her up the staircase. She opened the door that led to Umbridge's office.
"Professor, why are we going in here?"
Silence.
"Professor?"
Then, I have seen the great, ugly brute that Umbridge was walk out to the door in her -just as ugly- pink dress and fluffy, hell pink hat.
"Professor!" I shouted at McGonagall.
"No need for this, child. She's under my control!" McGonagall said
"The Imperio Curse...." I answered
"Correct, little girl."
I tried to run away from the scene, but Umbridge managed to grip my wrist.
"Let me go!" I yelled at Umbridge
"After what you've done to me this morning? Not a chance"
She dragged me into her office and locked it, locking McGonagall out. She also ended the spell as she locked the door.
"What... is..... going.... on?" I heard her ask through the walls.
"Umbridge, what is it that you're planning to do with me?" I asked her, annoyed
"You will see!" She said cast a spell at the floor. I was consumed by a trap door. There was a dark slide, that led me somewhere. I don't know where.
I was enclosed in a room. An empty, dark room, lit by a single candle.
There were no doors or windows to the room. It was just an empty, dark box.
*Susan*
It was now 9 o'clock at night.
"Guys, I am worried." I said to the others.
"Is she still not back?" Julie asked
"No. She went out at lunch. She wasn't in class, or at dinner. I am really worried."
Then McGonagall walked in.
"Professor!" Vera exclaimed.
"What is wrong, Vera?" McGonagall asked
"Professor, Tazzy is missing. We haven't seen her since lunch. She wasn't in class, we haven't seen her at dinner or she hasn't shown up at all in the Common Room since. Do you know where she is? She went out on your envelope quest." Vera replied
"Hold on, what envelope quest?" McGonagall inquired, obviously confused.
"Here" I said, giving her the note she sent with the piece of envelope.
McGonagall looked at it intensely.
"This is my handwriting but I have no clue of what it is about. I've never sent her out on any quest. I would have taught her the spell."
"See! I told you!" Dan said.
"Professor, can you tell us what you've been doing at lunch?" Julie asked
"Julie!" I hissed.
"It's okay Susan. That is a very good question. I don't know. All I know is that I was at Professor Umbridge's office at 12:13. Why?" She answered
I looked at the others. They nodded. We all knew what had happened and we ran out of the Common Room and into Umbridge's office. No one was in.
*Julie*
"Okay, no one is here." I said
"Yeah, but Tazzy's scrunchie is here. And I can bet Umbridge was here." Susan replied
Dan walked up Umbridge's desk.
"Guys listen! 'Now that I have captured her, the others will come to get her. I will be ready for them!'" He read out.
"It's a trap! I knew it. What do we do? We don't have a clue of where she is keeping her."
"But, I might..." McGonagall said, walking out of the shadows.
"Professor."
"I remembered something. At around 12:15, I remember being myself again. I heard something happening inside Professor Umbridge's office. Wasn't sure of what it was, but I definitely heard the floor creaking and as if it was opening up." She explained
"So, there MUST be a trap door of some sorts in one of the floors. Open-able with magic!"
"And I think I know where it is." Dan said and stomped on the part of the floor he thought is the trap door.
"The floor sounds very different here!" He continued
"It very much does! Everyone, stand back!" I shouted.
Everyone stood back as far as they could.
"Bombarda!" I yelled
The part of the floor exploded, revealing a secret passage.
"Okay. We've found a passage. Now, what?" Oliver asked
"One of us, and one of us only goes in" I replied.
"I'll do it." Susan said, standing tall
"You know her a lot more than we do. Go on. We will find a way to you!" Dan answered.
"Good luck!" I said to her
*Susan*
I jumped in. The passageway was dark and damp. It was a spiral that led further and further into darkness. Further down.
I dropped onto hard floor in a dark, windowless and door-less room, with a single candle to keep light.
"Susie?" I heard Tazzy's gentle voice coming from a corner.
"Tazzy" I said and hugged her.
"How did you....?"
"Long story. We have got to find a way out."
"There isn't. This place has no windows or doors. It's just a box!" She explained
"Or is it?" I asked
"What do you mean?"
"It COULD just be an illusion. Finite Incantatem!"
The spell rushed through the room, revealing a door, a window and...
"Umbridge!" We shouted, backing up against the window.
"Well done for figuring out it was just an illusion. But I have a bone to peck with you" She said
"Um, no. Stupefy!" I yelled and Umbridge went flying through the air, hitting head first against the wall.
We ran across to the door.
"Alohomora!" Tazzy shouted
The door opened and we stormed out, trying to find our way
"How do we find a way out?" Susie asked
I put my wand in my left palm.
"Point Me!" I said
The wand spun in my hand and pointed north.
"Let's go." I said and we ran along the cold, dark corridor. We have realised that we were in the dungeons.
We have seen the great lights of the entrance hall and we sighed with a huge relief.
"We do well as a team, Taz!" I said
"Totally, Susie!" I replied and high-fived her.
"Tazzy!!" Everyone else exclaimed
Group hug.
Professor McGonagall came up to us.
"Professor..." Tazzy said
"I am glad you're safe. I have not sent you on an assignment like this" she replied
"I know. It made sense when I've seen the blank expression on your face when you led me to Umbridge's office. You were under the Impero curse." I said
We have all went to bed that night. But none of us slept.
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This is a fan fiction blog on Hogwarts year 2014 - 2021. This blog is written in the first person format to give characters and events the real, detailed and true sense of being there. The blog follows Julie Sharmons, a normal teen from the south of Scotland who found out she was a witch and that she has a twin brother and together with their friends, they fight the new generation of Death Eaters and new obstacles along the way.
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Chapter 6 of Year 2: "The Great Hall Panic!"
Hi guys! Sorry about the delay. I've been super busy with college and personal issues that delayed me writing this as I could not see past another day at a few points of Autumn and the first part of December.
Enjoy!
Listening to "Nothing Left" by Delain. You might see the inspiration from the song running through the chapter. The song (especially the music) gives me a sense of danger and suspense.
*Julie*
We walked through the Great Hall to the Gryffindor table where we sat down. Susan was still shivering and coughing from the river incident and her hair was still quite damp. I hugged her tightly.
"Thanks Julie!" She said
"It's alright, Susan!" I replied.
"I hope that this year will be a bit calmer than last year." Dan hoped.
"Something tells me that last year was just the beginning." Susan replied
*Harietta*
Then, the Great Hall door blasted open with Death Eaters coming from both the door and the windows.
"Everyone, under the tables, now!" Professor McGonagall ordered from the podium.
We immediately did as she asked, no arguing there.
*Susan*
"Hey, Sharmon kids. Come out. We know you're here!" Draco called out
"What do we do?!" Julie whispered.
"Stay down just now... Then we do whatever it takes to get them out of here!" I whispered back
"Come out, come out. Wherever you are!" He continued.
"Don't move!" Me and Julie whispered.
"What do you think we're gonna do? Do the can-can?!" Dan asked
"Shusht! They're coming this way!" Julie hissed and we put our heads to the ground as we heard Death Eater footsteps going past.
People from the back of the hall crawled out of the Great Hall through the door. We crawled forward to listen into their plans.
"We will find them next time, master!" a female voice I knew so incredibly well spoke.
"No way!" I gasped quietly
"What?" Daniel whispered
"It's Caitlin Taylor! A childhood friend of mine!"
"Looks like he has more friends than we first thought!" Julie answered
"Yep, and looks like Caitlin has gone off her head!" I answered
"Master, what do we do?" Caitlin asked Malfoy
"We leave it for now. We will be come back soon!" he commanded and they disappeared into the black clouds of intense smoke like they appeared in the Hall of Prophesy.
We laid on the ground, frightened to even go out in case they appeared again.
*Julie*
"Do you think it's safe?" Harietta asked
"I'd say yes, Harietta." I replied and crawled out from underneath the table I was hiding under.
"I don't know.... I feel an incredible force of negative magic in the air." I continued
"Julie.... They are gone!" Dan replied
"I know! But there is something not right..."
"Julie, come on! Stop making everyone panic! Honestly, drama-mama!" Dan giggled
"Enough, you two!" Susie replied
"Spoil sport. Let them have a go at each other!" Vera laughed.
We were going out of the Great Hall after the sorting hat ceremony and the feast. I knew that the dark magic has not left Hogwarts.
"Stop you four!" Malfoy jumped in front of us.
"You don't learn a lesson, do you?!" I replied
"Come on, let's show them what 2nd year Hogwarts students are made of!" Susan shouted
*Susan*
Then, the magical lights from the ceiling went down. The darkness was petrifying.
"Hey, I thought magical lights don't go out like Muggle ones do!" Dan shouted
"They don't! Someone must have used a light-extinguishing spell" Julie said
"Nox?" Dan asked
"It extinguishes light from a Lumos spell, you nitwit!" Julie replied
"Alright, alright! I get it!" Dan replied
"Can we squabble about spell later, like when are safe?" I asked
"OK, ok! So, what do we do? It's not like we can turn the lights back on! This isn't Muggle lighting!" Dan said
"Yep, I know. We must try to get the lights back on and protect ourselves!" Jules replied
"Em, Julie, should it not be the other way around? I mean, if we don't protect ourselves we will be overtaken by the forces of evil?!" Dan asked his twin sister
"Yes. Well...."
Then, an unfamiliar feeling of empty space had suddenly overtaken me. Like, there was no one there!
"Susan, help!" Harietta screamed in terror.
"What is happening?!" I asked myself.
Silence fell over the room. It was so motionless and quiet, that you could hear the loud sound of crickets from the garden outside.
I stood there, shocked and petrified. The silence was too scary for words.
"HELP!" Harietta yelled in the distance.
Everything in my head clicked. I knew what was going on, but I had no idea n which direction the Death Eaters along with my siblings and friends have gone. I ran out of the Great Hall and into the front courtyard, where a huge circle of Death Eaters waited outside.
"Tell us, where the Pendant of Traeh is!" Malfoy asked
"So, that is what they want! And my adoptive parents were right....!" I whispered to myself.
"I don't know where it is? How am I supposed to know where it is when I don't even know what it looks like?!" I replied
"You know perfectly well, don't you?" Caitlin asked.
"Caitlin, you KNOW that I don't. We've been inseparable friends since from our childhood."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever!" She replied
"I've had it with this darkness. Lumos Totalem!" I shouted.
*Lumos Totalem is fan spell I created, the spell is a super powerful, super dense variation of the Lumos Spell. It is hurtful to the Death Eaters and disperses them. To Hogwarts students and to anyone, that is not a Death Eater, the spell is no more than a short burst of really intense light. It affects the Death Eater marks, by causing them to burn, to slither about (like we've seen that they can in the Goblet of Fire, causes the Dark Mark on the arm to burst with light, which can petrify them -almost like the Petrificus Totalus spell for Death Eaters-*
Within seconds, the light from my wand burst out, and the Death Eaters and Draco Malfoy disappeared into nothingness. The magical lights from the Great Hall and the surrounding areas came back to normal.
"Susan, thank you!" Harietta ran over and hugged me. she was at least head smaller than me and such a sweet girl.
"It's ok, Harietta! Don't worry!" I replied
"Yeah, thanks Susan!" Julie, Dan, Vera and Oliver said together.
"Yeah, what happened to you?" I questioned
"The Death Eaters apprehended us and moved us to the Entrance Courtyard." Vera answered.
"Days! We have so make sure that we don't get caught out in the dark again!" I replied.
"How did you know about that spell?" Dan asked
"I read about it in my Advanced Spells Book for the 45 minute Advanced Magical Defense Class." I replied
"Amazing! Wish could learn that..." Dan answered
"Um, Dan, you DECIDED not to take any of those advanced classes!" Julie said
"I'll be fine!" He replied
"Alright, suit yourself!" Julie answered.
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Enjoy!
Listening to "Nothing Left" by Delain. You might see the inspiration from the song running through the chapter. The song (especially the music) gives me a sense of danger and suspense.
*Julie*
We walked through the Great Hall to the Gryffindor table where we sat down. Susan was still shivering and coughing from the river incident and her hair was still quite damp. I hugged her tightly.
"Thanks Julie!" She said
"It's alright, Susan!" I replied.
"I hope that this year will be a bit calmer than last year." Dan hoped.
"Something tells me that last year was just the beginning." Susan replied
*Harietta*
Then, the Great Hall door blasted open with Death Eaters coming from both the door and the windows.
"Everyone, under the tables, now!" Professor McGonagall ordered from the podium.
We immediately did as she asked, no arguing there.
*Susan*
"Hey, Sharmon kids. Come out. We know you're here!" Draco called out
"What do we do?!" Julie whispered.
"Stay down just now... Then we do whatever it takes to get them out of here!" I whispered back
"Come out, come out. Wherever you are!" He continued.
"Don't move!" Me and Julie whispered.
"What do you think we're gonna do? Do the can-can?!" Dan asked
"Shusht! They're coming this way!" Julie hissed and we put our heads to the ground as we heard Death Eater footsteps going past.
People from the back of the hall crawled out of the Great Hall through the door. We crawled forward to listen into their plans.
"We will find them next time, master!" a female voice I knew so incredibly well spoke.
"No way!" I gasped quietly
"What?" Daniel whispered
"It's Caitlin Taylor! A childhood friend of mine!"
"Looks like he has more friends than we first thought!" Julie answered
"Yep, and looks like Caitlin has gone off her head!" I answered
"Master, what do we do?" Caitlin asked Malfoy
"We leave it for now. We will be come back soon!" he commanded and they disappeared into the black clouds of intense smoke like they appeared in the Hall of Prophesy.
We laid on the ground, frightened to even go out in case they appeared again.
*Julie*
"Do you think it's safe?" Harietta asked
"I'd say yes, Harietta." I replied and crawled out from underneath the table I was hiding under.
"I don't know.... I feel an incredible force of negative magic in the air." I continued
"Julie.... They are gone!" Dan replied
"I know! But there is something not right..."
"Julie, come on! Stop making everyone panic! Honestly, drama-mama!" Dan giggled
"Enough, you two!" Susie replied
"Spoil sport. Let them have a go at each other!" Vera laughed.
We were going out of the Great Hall after the sorting hat ceremony and the feast. I knew that the dark magic has not left Hogwarts.
"Stop you four!" Malfoy jumped in front of us.
"You don't learn a lesson, do you?!" I replied
"Come on, let's show them what 2nd year Hogwarts students are made of!" Susan shouted
*Susan*
Then, the magical lights from the ceiling went down. The darkness was petrifying.
"Hey, I thought magical lights don't go out like Muggle ones do!" Dan shouted
"They don't! Someone must have used a light-extinguishing spell" Julie said
"Nox?" Dan asked
"It extinguishes light from a Lumos spell, you nitwit!" Julie replied
"Alright, alright! I get it!" Dan replied
"Can we squabble about spell later, like when are safe?" I asked
"OK, ok! So, what do we do? It's not like we can turn the lights back on! This isn't Muggle lighting!" Dan said
"Yep, I know. We must try to get the lights back on and protect ourselves!" Jules replied
"Em, Julie, should it not be the other way around? I mean, if we don't protect ourselves we will be overtaken by the forces of evil?!" Dan asked his twin sister
"Yes. Well...."
Then, an unfamiliar feeling of empty space had suddenly overtaken me. Like, there was no one there!
"Susan, help!" Harietta screamed in terror.
"What is happening?!" I asked myself.
Silence fell over the room. It was so motionless and quiet, that you could hear the loud sound of crickets from the garden outside.
I stood there, shocked and petrified. The silence was too scary for words.
"HELP!" Harietta yelled in the distance.
Everything in my head clicked. I knew what was going on, but I had no idea n which direction the Death Eaters along with my siblings and friends have gone. I ran out of the Great Hall and into the front courtyard, where a huge circle of Death Eaters waited outside.
"Tell us, where the Pendant of Traeh is!" Malfoy asked
"So, that is what they want! And my adoptive parents were right....!" I whispered to myself.
"I don't know where it is? How am I supposed to know where it is when I don't even know what it looks like?!" I replied
"You know perfectly well, don't you?" Caitlin asked.
"Caitlin, you KNOW that I don't. We've been inseparable friends since from our childhood."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever!" She replied
"I've had it with this darkness. Lumos Totalem!" I shouted.
*Lumos Totalem is fan spell I created, the spell is a super powerful, super dense variation of the Lumos Spell. It is hurtful to the Death Eaters and disperses them. To Hogwarts students and to anyone, that is not a Death Eater, the spell is no more than a short burst of really intense light. It affects the Death Eater marks, by causing them to burn, to slither about (like we've seen that they can in the Goblet of Fire, causes the Dark Mark on the arm to burst with light, which can petrify them -almost like the Petrificus Totalus spell for Death Eaters-*
Within seconds, the light from my wand burst out, and the Death Eaters and Draco Malfoy disappeared into nothingness. The magical lights from the Great Hall and the surrounding areas came back to normal.
"Susan, thank you!" Harietta ran over and hugged me. she was at least head smaller than me and such a sweet girl.
"It's ok, Harietta! Don't worry!" I replied
"Yeah, thanks Susan!" Julie, Dan, Vera and Oliver said together.
"Yeah, what happened to you?" I questioned
"The Death Eaters apprehended us and moved us to the Entrance Courtyard." Vera answered.
"Days! We have so make sure that we don't get caught out in the dark again!" I replied.
"How did you know about that spell?" Dan asked
"I read about it in my Advanced Spells Book for the 45 minute Advanced Magical Defense Class." I replied
"Amazing! Wish could learn that..." Dan answered
"Um, Dan, you DECIDED not to take any of those advanced classes!" Julie said
"I'll be fine!" He replied
"Alright, suit yourself!" Julie answered.
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Friday, 10 January 2014
Chapter 5 of Year 2: "Hogwarts Train Party Crashers"
I am SO sorry for the delay of this chapter! I have been so incredibly busy with college work, church activities and other things that I just did not have time!
Enjoy the chapter!
A few days later, we boarded the Hogwarts train. Vera, Dan, Susan and I found an empty carriage to sit in. Dan brought the game of Exploding Snap but after all the 'explosive' events we've been through in the months that passed, we have decided to keep from playing.
"Oh come on! Just one game!" Dan begged as I read the new spell book and Susan decided to practice a few spells she learned.
"Vermiculus!" she whispered and turned Dan's box of Exploding Wizard Cards into a worm.
"Susie!" He groaned. It was his favourite box.
We laughed out loud. On the other hand, Dan was mortified as he could not get his cards back to normal.
"Alright, alright! Finite incantatem!" Susie smiled and turned the worm into the set of cards that it originally was.
"Is there anymore space here? Everywhere else is over capacity!" Oliver asked.
"Sure. There's space for plenty more!" Susie replied
Oliver brought his new friend in along with him as they sat down.
"Hi! I'm Harietta Flemming!" the sweet, platinum blond hair girl said as she sat down next to me and Susie.
"Hey! I'm Susie. This is Dan, Vera and Julie." Susan introduced us all.
"Pleasure to meet you, Harietta!" I greeted her.
"Julie! My mum told me how you, your siblings and the Potter Trio have fought Malfoy in the DoM!" Harietta explained
"Your mum?" I asked
"Yeah. Lillian Flemming. She works with Hermione Granger." Harietta answered.
Then, the train violently stopped. Everything had gone cold, dark and gloomy, with the bright moonlight peeking through the window. That had made things twice as spooky.
"What's going on?" Dan asked.
"This is not a Dementor attack. Otherwise, we would feel no emotion whatsoever. And I feel pretty happy but freaked out right now!" I replied.
"Explain, how do you know that? Mum told me about Dementors before but she never told me that!" Harietta asked
"Simple. Julie's a book worm and a library basher." Dan answered, plainly.
"Just because you detest the library so much, we actually have to drag you in!" Susie huffed back at him.
"Hey, no over exaggeration, OK?" He groaned
"It's the truth that you can't admit. You should be ashamed, Daniel!" I giggled.
"Right. Guys..... We are in a middle of a spooky we-might-get-attacked-anytime situation and all you do is argue over how much you guys like the library? Where ARE your priorities?" Oliver asked
"You're right. Come on, let's find out what's going on!" Susie got up and went outside the carriage.
*Susan*
Now everyone that was outside of their carriages were panicking. None of them had an exact idea of what was going on.
I walked up to the window, to see black cloudy trails flying around the train.
"Death Eaters. How am I not surprised?" I asked and walked further up the corridor.
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A few days later, we boarded the Hogwarts train. Vera, Dan, Susan and I found an empty carriage to sit in. Dan brought the game of Exploding Snap but after all the 'explosive' events we've been through in the months that passed, we have decided to keep from playing.
"Oh come on! Just one game!" Dan begged as I read the new spell book and Susan decided to practice a few spells she learned.
"Vermiculus!" she whispered and turned Dan's box of Exploding Wizard Cards into a worm.
"Susie!" He groaned. It was his favourite box.
We laughed out loud. On the other hand, Dan was mortified as he could not get his cards back to normal.
"Alright, alright! Finite incantatem!" Susie smiled and turned the worm into the set of cards that it originally was.
"Is there anymore space here? Everywhere else is over capacity!" Oliver asked.
"Sure. There's space for plenty more!" Susie replied
Oliver brought his new friend in along with him as they sat down.
"Hi! I'm Harietta Flemming!" the sweet, platinum blond hair girl said as she sat down next to me and Susie.
"Hey! I'm Susie. This is Dan, Vera and Julie." Susan introduced us all.
"Pleasure to meet you, Harietta!" I greeted her.
"Julie! My mum told me how you, your siblings and the Potter Trio have fought Malfoy in the DoM!" Harietta explained
"Your mum?" I asked
"Yeah. Lillian Flemming. She works with Hermione Granger." Harietta answered.
Then, the train violently stopped. Everything had gone cold, dark and gloomy, with the bright moonlight peeking through the window. That had made things twice as spooky.
"What's going on?" Dan asked.
"This is not a Dementor attack. Otherwise, we would feel no emotion whatsoever. And I feel pretty happy but freaked out right now!" I replied.
"Explain, how do you know that? Mum told me about Dementors before but she never told me that!" Harietta asked
"Simple. Julie's a book worm and a library basher." Dan answered, plainly.
"Just because you detest the library so much, we actually have to drag you in!" Susie huffed back at him.
"Hey, no over exaggeration, OK?" He groaned
"It's the truth that you can't admit. You should be ashamed, Daniel!" I giggled.
"Right. Guys..... We are in a middle of a spooky we-might-get-attacked-anytime situation and all you do is argue over how much you guys like the library? Where ARE your priorities?" Oliver asked
"You're right. Come on, let's find out what's going on!" Susie got up and went outside the carriage.
*Susan*
Now everyone that was outside of their carriages were panicking. None of them had an exact idea of what was going on.
I walked up to the window, to see black cloudy trails flying around the train.
"Death Eaters. How am I not surprised?" I asked and walked further up the corridor.
I walked over to the central carriages, where the pets are kept while travelling. The carriage was unsurprisingly dark but very quiet. The train suddenly moved forward and back, causing me to fall over. I kept the grip on my wand extremely tight to ensure that I was ready to fight whoever of whatever came. One of the cloudy trails flew in, revealing Barty Crouch Jr and Malfoy.
"Well, hello there. Did your friends leave you all alone?" Barty asked in a cutie wee voice.
"Apparently so, Crouch. Or should I call you Couch?" I asked calmly.
"Haha. Very funny, Sue" he replied snappily.
"Don't you DARE to call me Sue. Stupefy!" I fired.
Crouch flew all the way to the back of the carriage.
"Levicorpus" Malfoy spoke, with his wand pointed at me.
I was listed off the ground. With the memory of the attack in the forest of Sargent family home, I tossed about angrily.
Malfoy without looking at me waked up to the door and let go of the spell when I was over the water. When I fell in, I panicked as I hated deep, open waters. Even swimming in the sea made me fear for my life. I sunk deeper and deeper into the freezing cold river and I had no other choice but to try to swim. I sunk deeper and deeper still, but managed to case the bubblehead charm so I wouldn't drown.
"Julie, Julie, can you hear me!!!!" I thought
*Julie*
"I fell down to the ground as I heard Susan's desperate cry.
"Julie, Julie, can you hear me!!!!" I heard in my head
"I can hear you! What's happening?!?!" I thought and shouted
"Who is she talking to?" Oliver and Harietta asked
"Her sister, Susan. They have a mental connection with each other" Dan explained
"Help me out. Please! Malfoy just tossed me overboard with Levicorpus into the river! HELP ME OUT, I'M SCARED TO DEATH OF DEEP OPEN WATERS!" Julie screamed.
"Don't worry. We're on our way!" I replied
"What's going on?" Oliver asked
"We must help Susie. Malfoy just threw her overboard with the Levicorpus spell."
I explained without taking in air
"Let's go!" Vera commanded. So, we all left our carriage and went up to the animal carriage.
*Vera*
"So, what do we do?" Julie asked
"Guys. I've got an idea. But you need to agree to it!" I said
"OK. Go for it" they replied
"I'm gonna go after Julie into the deep open. I'm a competent swimmer so I should be up on the surface with her in a matter of seconds. If she sank deeper, you do not worry about me when I don't come back up after those few seconds. Meanwhile, you need to be able to stay up here and ensure safety for others on board." I explained
"You're going in to the river? No way, you're not!" Oliver replied
"Oli, I'll be alright. All I need is the Bubblehead Charm. I won't drown." I said and ran off into the tracks and jumped into the river.
*Julie*
"Is she nuts?" Harietta asked
"Nope, and our priority right now is to help the others. Lets go!" I said and they walked back to be with the others.
*Vera*
I swam deep into the heart of the river, looking for Susie. But, I couldn't find her.
"Susan?" I asked through the bubblehead charm.
But, I spotted her on the river bed. She wasn't moving. And no breath protection. The bubblehead charm must have somehow ended.
I grabbed her hand and pushed the water with the other. It wasn't easy.
I took my wand out.
"Carpe Retractum!" I shouted. The spell's light hung onto a hook they I knew was there on the bridge and we were pulled up. With Susie on my back, I tried to climb up the wall of the bridge. As a competent climber, blinding walls wasn't difficult. But, climbing it with Susan on my back was.
Yet, we made it to the top of the wall and I carried her on my back into the animal carriage.
I laid her on the floor of the carriage.
"Susan, can you hear me? Susan? Susan!" I kept asking, desperately. I felt her pulse and heart beat. They were there, but very faint.
I then remembered a nonverbal spell mum taught me from infancy. A spell that helped to resuscitate people. I used my wand to move it in 8's and wavy lines in the pattern mum taught me. And it worked!
"Susie!" I exclaimed
"Vera... What happened?" She asked slowly.
"It would seem that your Bubblehead Charm stopped working after a while that you were underwater. It's ok, everything's ok." I hugged her.
"Who brought me out? Was it you?" She asked
"Yep. Don't stress, everything is ok. The Death Eaters are gone and we're on our way to Hogwarts " I explained as I helped her to get up and walk to our carriage.
"Susie!" Julie exclaimed and hugged her as she saw Susie.
"I'm ok, Jules. I'm ok. Thanks to Vera" Susie replied
"Thanks Vera. Susie and I owe you big time!" She hugged me and said
"It's ok. Anything for a friend" I smiled
We sat down and talked all the rest of the way to Hogwarts.
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