Harry Potter World Oneshots

by Eureka Incorporated

These are my oneshots to do with the world of Harry Potter. They are mainly written as assignments for the Hogwarts Challenges and Assignments Forum

The prince is gone. I know this before the maid discovers his empty bed. I know this before the queen knows it.

I know that the queen's herald will shortly come to summon me to the palace. I know that I will go. I know that the queen will order me to find the prince. I know that I will refuse. I know that the queen will be unwilling to beg but as I will not give in, that she will eventually implore me.

I know that I will demand a room in the castle and the Book of Spells. I know that I will look through the Book of Spells in great detail, reading every spell and every footnote. I know that nothing that might work will be found.

I know that I will have to create a new spell. I know that I will look for words with the right rhythm to become a spell. I know that I will think of the word "reveal". I know that I will trace it back to its Latin roots; "Revelio". I know that this on its own will not be enough to find and bring the prince home. I know that the word "human" could possibly work, but that the rhythm is wrong. I know that the Latin for it, "Humeinam" will not have the right rhythm either.

I know that "Humeinam Revelio" might not work. I know that circumstances are not ideal. I know that something might go wrong.

I know that I will write the spell in the back of the Book of Spells anyway. I know that I will go out onto a balcony jutting out from the castle.

I know that most of the kingdom will be there, waiting for any news. I know that the kingdom will have been talking of nothing else for days.

I know that I will raise my wand and that a premonition of something going wrong will come over me. I know that I will cast the spell nevertheless.

I know that a strange fuzz will appear on the ground outside the castle. I know that a villager will reverently take the prince's Invisibility Cloak off his motionless body. I know that the queen will not now have a son. I know that I will have made a mistake.I know that the queen will have to be restrained from having me killed, and instead have me banished.

I know that I will go over and over my theory. I know that I will realise what I did wrong. I know that I should have said "Hominum Revelio" instead of "Humeinam Revelio". I know that I will write a firm annotation in the back of the Book of Spells to be careful when creating new spells. I know, probably no one knows better, how hard it is being cursed with the ability to do magic.