"Mom" I yelled, "The Ministry and the Dangerous Animal Defense and Survival is looking
for people to help them fight dragons!" "So what?' she said in a low mad voice, "your
only a 12 year old kid with NO experience with this kind of thing!" I threw my hands up
in the air, flipped my hair over my shoulder and stalked off to the garden.
Now, you might think I'm of my rocker, what with wanting to go fight dragons
and stuff like that. But I'm not. So here's the story: I live with my mom and step-dad ( my
real father died in an explosion and work, ant they never found his body) my 3 older
brothers .So I'm the baby, and everyone, I mean everyone, either A. spoils me, or B.
totally ignores me. I'm fine with either one, personally.
Enough with my family, since I'm the youngest, I've always been left out, so I kind
of do things on my own. I spend a lot of time outside, you know with really weird
creatures and some slightly odd people, I mean Fred Wilson is totally obsessed with weird
creatures, like poisonous red snails, snakes, things that are flying rats (I think). Katie
Brians isn't odd at all. She's just practical ( and a practical joker) and sort of serious and
sensible.
And now that I've just told you my best friends and my life's story, your
wondering who I am and how come I want to fight Dragons and stuff? Well I'm Nichella
Clemins, I am 12, I'm fairly tall (kind of) and have waist length red hair and hazel eyes
and I live in Americia in a fairly average town and I know a little bit of magic. All right
now you really think I'm off my rocker, don't you? Well, I'm not. The reason I want to
fight dragons is because their currently on a major killing spree and that they're horrible
and deadly. Now on with my story!
As I was storming out into the garden and ready to run away, ( I have a pretty bad
temper that I need to learn to control) I thought Why don't I just run away, then another
inner voice said, but it's wrong! then I thought well, I've always wanted to be the center
of attention, and both inner voices agreed to go and run away.
Later that day, after I had packed all my jeans and shirts and stuff like that, I told
my friends my plan, Katie thought I was stupid to do that, but she admitted that I really
had guts to do that!, and Fred wished he could come so he could at least see the dragons,
and maybe take one down. And then I got my first brilliant and really stupid idea, I
suggested that they come.
Well obviously, Fred yelled yes and ran home to pack. Katie took a while longer,
but in the end she agreed. Then while they were packing I ran home and grabbed my Flyer
broom,( even if it needed polishing) I figured that it would be useful. We met up and all
three of us had various styles brooms and we headed out.
Boy was it a long trip, we had to head to northern England and find the camp.
Finally we landed and spoke to the man in charge, William. William said " I am really glad
to see you." and " I am extremely happy that you brought your brooms because they will
be very useful." I was glad that he made no comment on our age.

The next day we got up and ate breakfast wondering what we were going to do.
William answered our question. He shouted " All new people come here!" We did.
William told everyone that we were to try and defeat the dragons any way we thought
humanly possible. Then he dispatched us all over the place, 3 to 7 in a group and one
medic per group.
I headed out with Fred and Katie and a few others, we circled around on our
brooms looking for dragons. While we were looking around when Katie and I were
listening to a conversation between a few men and women.
One of the men, Jon I think, said "I wonder what made the dragons turn?" Then
Sally asked, "What do you mean?"
"I mean the dragons were once rather peaceful and they gave advice out to anyone
who asked."
Raeja commented, "Anyone have a guess why they turned?" With the air of
someone commenting on the blue sky.
Tim continued " I heard that Ovilo, you know the crazy crackpot fool, has this
idea that he should be able to control the world..."
"Yeah!" Harmoney piped up, "I remember that, do you think he somehow
persuaded the dragons?" she implied.
Sally opened her eyes wide and said in a very low voice that I had to strain to hear,
" I just remember when I interviewed him for the Ministry, he said that he had
always had a gift with dragons!"
"So let me get this strait" Raeja said, "You think Ovilo, somehow gained control
over the dragons and is using them to get revenge?"
Harmoney said "Yes" very softly.
Well you can just bet we flew over to Fred and told him everything! He flipped
out. So for that night we made plans to find out where Ovilo was and then to fly there.
Well, we found out a lot of scary things about Ovilo. For one thing, he has killed
several people, put 1 or 2 in a hospital, has been is jail a few times for various reasons.
Joy, this psychopath, is possibly controlling already dangerous animals, and we have to
defeat him. God I'm scared! Well, At least nobody knows where he is, yet.
Now I wish I just stuck to my own personal business. I know where Ovilo is, or is
rumored to be. In Scotland. Brilliant, just about the last place I want to go.
Katie is pretty hard to fool she kind of figured that I knew where Ovilo is. With
Fred's help, they got it out of me and later that day, we headed off to Scotland. Fred in
hopes to free the dragons. Katie hoping that we would succeed and come out alive. Me,
dreading this adventure and praying to just stay alive.
I noticed as we were flying to Scotland that Fred was edging up and leading more
often. hhhmmm, kinda suspicious. Then as we were nearing our destination, Fred was
telling us where we should turn. I'm very suspicious and now I'm only eating and drinking
what I get. Not quite sure if Katie is trustworthy.
We have arrived! I'm not sure if we're in the right place. Fred seems to think so.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
Fred's still in the lead. I want to walk right in the side door but then Fred steers us
between a tree and the house and that's it's the way in. I panic 'cause how should he
know how to get in?
We suddenly fell down a slide and came face to face with none other than...Ovilo!
I got up only to see Fred talking to Ovilo like, like, a father, a supeior! Fred smiles an evil
smile and starts to say something but I yell "You A Traitor! NO! Who Else Is!!!?..." Then
Ovilo laughs and says in a horrible voice " Faithful Fred has delivered me the one and
only one who can destroy me, You!" he pointed a me. And reached for a wand and said a
curse. I leaped outa the way and hurriedly shouted the deadliest curse I could think of.
Ovilo just laughed and swatted it away, and whispered " going to kill your old man, your
dad?" I yelled "he died a long time ago!"
"No No foolish little girl, I faked my death!"
And then I realized that he, Ovilo was right, he was my dad, he was going to kill
me and that Katie was my friend, she was still trying to kill him.


At that point I realized that I was definitely going to die and. that there was no
way outa this mess and that I should at least try to save Katie.
Then I also realized that I had had a good life and that I accepted who I was, my
faults, my friends and my family. I had an inner peace.
Then as Ovilo raised his wand to send the curse, I grabbed Katie's hand and
remembered a very simple spell used to ward off stinging bugs and Blast-Ended-Skrewts.
It is SUTCETORP( Protect us written backwards)Katie caught on just as Ovilo, my dad
shouted "LLA RO ENO LLIK!!!" While we bellowed "SUTCETROP!"
Then an odd thing happened, an invisible wall of hope and love and good things,
that lifted up your spirits, appeared guarding us from Ovilo's curse. That's the only way I
can describe it. The curse rebounded, killing Fred and Ovilo, my father.
Katie got us out and directed us back home, not to the camp. I was a wreck,
emotionally. When we got home I just took what my mom through at me, lectures, and
her checking me over, stuff like that. Then came the paper stories.
For days, the Papers told the story, interviewed me, Katie, our families, friends and
Fred's family. Everyone was shocked. Especially my mom when she found out who Ovilo
was. Well, needless to say, I got my fame, glory and was accepted at Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizzardy. This has been what I always wanted, fame and attention, but
with a horrible twist. This is my story of Hope, Courage and Wisdom.