Hello everyone! This was for Charms Class in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this time.
I had to write about what would be my Boggart (you'll find out soon enough) and make it into a story. I also used the prompts:
No word 'said'
Unimaginable
Please review! Oh, and Happy Halloween y'all!
The Thing With Too Many Legs
Harry turned a corner, and walked straight into something he rather wished he hadn't.
It wasn't a Blast Ended Skrewt (for which he was grateful – his clothes were already sticking to him with a faint sheen of sweat and burning them off wouldn't help in the slightest), in fact, it didn't look like a magical creature at all.
He'd seen them before, naturally, when he was in the garden for Aunt Petunia, underneath stones that he used to look at while hiding from Dudley in Primary School And there had been that day when the zookeeper came to show them some bugs, and many of the girls had recoiled and shrieked at the snakes. But to see one, this huge, and this looming…
If Ron ever came into contact with this thing, he would die of horror. Harry scrambled to his feet, keeping his wand pointed at the huge bug, and swallowed as it began to advance. It was a thing of unimaginable size, especially due to the fact that normally it should be able to fit under a rock or a piece of concrete slab, and this one couldn't hide under a garden gazebo.
"Bloody hell." Harry muttered, channeling his best friend for a moment as he saw the bug's teeth. "Hagrid really had outdone himself, keeping this thing quiet."
The bug made a horrible clicking sound with its pincers, and Harry shuddered. Yep, this thing was carnivorous; he could see the meat in its teeth. "Okay…" He called slowly, moving away, and trying not to look at the bug's uncountable legs. "Okay… good millipede. Good millipede. Don't eat Harry now, that's a good millipede."
This unfortunately didn't work, and the millipede advanced, it's legs kicking up a storm of dust from the ground. Harry swallowed again, and closed his eyes. He might not be afraid of these things, but they were still pretty horrible. Maybe he could sympathise with Ron a little now.
The millipede made another clicking noise, and Harry's eyes snapped open. "STUPEFY!" He yelled, almost without thinking. The spell bounced off the millipede's outer armour harmlessly, and Harry swore under his breath. "INCENDIO!"
This time the millipede was affected, as one of its many legs caught fire. Harry exhaled, but this didn't stop the beast for long. It even seemed slightly angry at having one of its legs rendered useless.
You're being stupid Harry! Hermione's voice sounded in his head. It's a millipede! Find it's weak point, and use it to your advantage!
It's not that simple! Harry pleaded, to the Hermione in his mind. What is it's… oh.
"Thanks Hermione." Harry sighed thankfully, raising his wand again and pointing it at the millipede's legs. "UT GELATA!" He bellowed.
The millipede halted in its tracks. It's pincers clicked again, and Harry swallowed once more. It still had meat in its teeth. When it tried to move again, the jinx had taken its toll and the millipede wobbled around for a while, before toppling over and exposing the flesh of its underside.
"Stupefy." Harry stated, relaxing only when the millipede had stilled. Then, trying not to look at the still body of the ginormous millipede any more, he edged around it gingerly.
He met Cedric again at the end of the hedge tunnel, and they both nodded at each other. "You alright Harry?" Cedric asked. "You look a little shaken."
"Gigantic millipede." Harry gestured to the tunnel he had hastily exited. "When I say gigantic, I mean bloody huge."
"Okay." Cedric backed away from that exit. "I… I won't go down there then."