Quest of the Seekers: The Timeless Conflict
Year Four at Hogwarts
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Chapter 10: The Second Artifact
The week had gone by pretty quickly considering that it was merely the first but for one person it felt like it had been no time at all.
Jacke was rocking back and forth across the grassy plains of Avalon. Avalon, the place that he and the other seekers had created with the mystical Potion of Fecundity at the end of their third year and right now, he was the island's sole inhabitant. It was only a few hours before his date with Jennifer and he wanted it to be perfect.
He suggested to Jennifer that they have their date on Avalon just yesterday when he caught her on the grounds. She was a little upset since she had been looking forward to the lake but he assured her that Avalon had a lake too which seemed to cheer her up to the idea. He had thought a date on the magical island would be good for three reasons. One, it would give them a safe topic to talk about. Two, it would ensure that no one interrupts their date. And Three, he felt that it might impress her to see a magical private island that was created in his vision even if it was a shared one. It was his first ever date date and he didn't want anything to make it turn out bad.
"If dates are this much work than I won't need to work out for any quidditch matches," Jacke said to himself in the large solemn island.
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"Tyler, don't you find it strange that Jacke insisted that we keep out of Avalon for today? I was hoping to go back and use the quiet space to get some good work done?" Reggie asked him as he was completing an Astronomy chart of the inner planets of the solar system for Sinatra.
Tyler, Reggie and Brad were in their part of the library talking amongst themselves while they worked together to get their homework out of the way. Reggie and Tyler seemed to be worried while Brad was trying hard not to smile.
"And I was also kind of hoping to be in Avalon today because we haven't been there ever since we first made it."
"Jacke has been acting strange all week. He seems to be daydreaming a lot more than usual. Yesterday, when I was playing some Exploding Snap with him on the grounds near Hagrid's Hut, I had to snap right at his eyelids to get him to wake up." Tyler recounted as he finished another sentence in his DADA assignment.
"You know what, even in Charms he was a little lost. He was in another world there too and Charms is the only class that he even pays attention too. Something definitely is wrong."
"Oh, come on Reggie, Tyler." Brad said put down his quill a little too hard. "Maybe you're just looking too much into this. It could be that Jacke has had something on his mind and needs some time to deal with it. Besides...I think I may have heard something." Brad put a hand over his mouth to hide a mischievous smile but Tyler caught it.
"Okay, what do you know? Spill it."
"It's none of our business. I never should've heard it anyway. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"Brad, tell us or I'll have to hurt you," Tyler said in the most menacing voice he could muster. He was bluffing but hopefully it could be convincing enough to fool his trusting friend. "Remember, I know a bunch of dark spells that I have been lacking practice in."
Brad visibly flinched at that threat and he thought that Tyler was very serious about that since his voice didn't have any humor whatsoever. "Alright, okay, you've made your point."
Reggie narrowed his eyes at Tyler and made it clear that he got Tyler's meaning loud and clear. "Well, let's have it Brad. I'm quite curious myself."
Brad leaned in to whisper. "I was practicing with my badger form on the grounds. I was trying to see how fast I could go to see that if I ever needed to run then I would just use my animal form in surprise. Well, as I was running through the grounds, I came across Jacke and he was talking to his friend Jennifer. I stayed in some higher grass and overheard that he thought they should go to Avalon instead for their date."
Tyler and Reggie couldn't breathe after Brad finished that. Jacke actually felt his backbone and asked a girl out. Tyler thought back to earlier this week when he saw Jacke acting funny around Jennifer before their Potions class and now it made sense of it.
"Well, at least now we know that Avalon can be used more then just a training site and a place where we could just be laying about." Reggie said trying not to make it too quiet.
"Who knew, you know, I have half a mind to be a little snake in the Avalonian grass."
"C'mon guys," Brad said with a pleading voice. "I shouldn't have even told you. It's Jacke's business, not ours. Let him be."
"Brad, calm down, we're only joking around. Maybe you better have a girl in your life. You're the only one of us that isn't having a crush or being crushed on." Tyler pointed out.
"Please, I'm not going to rush into anything. It'll happen when it happens, so, I'm going to be patient."
Tyler and Reggie shook their heads in disappointment on behalf of all teenagers.
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Jacke was in his bed reminiscing about what happened on his date with Jennifer. It was past midnight but he was still staring at the top of his bed, not really looking at it at all. His mind had been completely going over the events earlier that day and he thought it went pretty well. Nothing out of world good happened but nothing bad happened either. It was as if it was just a typical day out with a friend but it was still a wonderful time anyway. His mind went back to it from the start...
Flashback
"Wow, this place is really...mystical. It feels like the whole place is so inviting like, like back at Hogwarts."
"Well, this place was made by the same potion that was used in making the school."
Jacke and Jennifer were sitting, facing the lake and just listening to the sweet sound of nature as it was just blowing right by them.
"Well, it's incredible," Jennifer said taking a deep look around. "I mean, we're completely surrounded by the great blue ocean and even though there's that dark fog over in the distance, it's still looks good. The forest over here seems very peaceful and the rest of the island looks completely fresh and healthy with all the green grass and the small trees here and there."
"Yeah, it really is a sight. Sometimes, I still think that it was a dream or a trick on my mind thinking that the other seekers and I made this place."
"Mmm...looking at this place, it is sort of hard to imagine that it was the four of you who made it. How did it feel?"
"Making Avalon? It...it felt like we became part of something big. It's like we set the stage for a glorious future. I wonder if that's how the founders felt when they made Hogwarts."
"Could be. I guess the only way to know for sure is to ask them. Does your friend Tyler have any clue about how Slytherin felt, like a letter or something?"
"No, all that we found was that outdated diary, it didn't describe any feelings in it, just how everything happened. If there is, we never saw it because Tyler stashed it back in the Chamber."
"It's hard to believe that the school legend of the Chamber of Secrets is actually true."
"Well not all of it. Well Honestly, Tyler isn't using the basilisk in there to attack people like Brad. Why don't we forget about all that and just enjoy the breeze, okay?"
"Sounds like the best idea I've heard all day," Jennifer said as she brought her legs in and settled looking straight ahead at the lake.
They were like that for who knows how long and Jacke had his hand over Jennifer's for almost the entire time.
Jacke let out a inaudible sigh and settled in to the drowsiness that had been overtaking him this late.
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"Expelliarmus!" Jacke said as he shot a disarming spell towards Brad.
He rolled out of the way and took aim. "Flippendo!"
Jacke took the spell and flipped back and landed right on his stomach before he collected himself as quickly as he could.
The Seekers were on Avalon practicing some of their dueling skills. Brad and Jacke were working on their spells while Reggie and Tyler were training in a different way. Reggie was flying around in his eagle form while Tyler was trying to shoot him down, relying only on his elemental power. It had been over two weeks since Jacke's date with Jennifer and he was unaware that his friends knew that it had happened even if he would stopped to consider if they might. Jacke and Jennifer's relationship had hardly changed at all except that now Jacke blushed a little less around her than he usually had.
The classes were also running very smoothly and normally but the ones that stood out from them all were Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Now, with Severus being the new potions master and had a new way of running things in the potions classroom, Tyler and the others were showing a difference in their brewing. Severus would go around and either sneer, comment, compliment or recommend a change of technique while everyone brewed their potions giving them an idea of how they did but Severus was on the borderline of overdoing the snide comments on a few people. Tyler actually told what he thought to Severus and he gave Tyler his word that he would try to hold back a little on those but overall it was good having him teach. Defense classes with Potter were also running by smoothly as well. He had such a knack for pratical Defense and even the theorical portion as well. Tyler and as well as every other Slytherin would get a little hostility from Potter but it was in the area of favoritism.
The four seekers had decided to start on getting themselves to their top form to be ready for the Cosmos Tournament that was in less than a year. The four of them were actually surprised at how good it felt that they could cause so much commotion and not even have to worry about anyone seeing them. It might've been this that made them so into what they were doing. Tyler and Reggie were working on building up some of Tyler's aiming skills with his lightning powers while Brad and Jacke were working on dodging spells to build up endurance which Brad got from his earlier muggle school days with dodgeball.
Reggie the eagle landed on the floor and assumed his recognizable human form. "We're getting nowhere!"
He said this so loud and sudden that everyone immediately stopped in mid-action to face him puzzled.
"What?" Tyler said collecting himself.
"This training...we can't just do whatever pops into our head and hope that it gets us somewhere. If we want to at least stand a chance against all those experienced elemental fighters then we need to take a different approach to all this then what we're doing. At this rate, we'll never beat them."
"What makes you say that?" Jacke said feeling threatened.
"Look...just look at all this rationally. All those E battlers have had special training sessions and programs and if we need to learn how to use our powers in a way to defeat them then we need the same kind of help."
"Great Reggie, but in case this escaped your attention. No one at Hogwarts can teach us like that!" Tyler said losing his patience. He wouldn't admit it but he knew that Reggie made a lot of sense. Just starting off from nowhere wasn't going to get them ready but they had no other option.
"I know, it's just...I don't see the point if this won't work out."
Brad and Jacke collapsed on the ground in depression and Tyler went to his knees and buried his face in his hands in sheer stress. Each of them relived the humiliation and the force of the battle that they had with the All Stars back in America. Tyler could still hear the taunts from Louis Saberman and made him want to shred him to pieces.
"I guess you're right." Tyler said in a low voice that the others were barely able to hear it.
"I...I didn't mean to make it all seem pointless. It's just...it makes sense to have a teacher to show us how to be capable E battlers and what's okay and not okay." Reggie looked at the faces of his friends and felt two inches tall for making them all lose hope like this. Everyone was so ready to work hard and he had to shoot off his mouth like that.
Brad thought that maybe something big should happen to get everyone back to high spirits on building up their elemental strength. After all, he knew personally how frustrating something new like this could be. "Listen, Tyler, do you think I could borrow Chaos for a minute?"
Tyler raised an eyebrow at his friend's bizarre request. "Why?"
"Oh, nothing much really. I just want to practice a new transfiguration spell I learned and Chaos seems the right size for it."
"Sure." Tyler let out a call for Chaos to come to him. He had brought Chaos into Avalon when he had come so that he could have all the fresh and wide open spaces to slither in and catch and eat bugs. Chaos came up to his leg several seconds later. "Chaos, hey."
"Hey Tyler, why did you call me?"
"Oh, my friend wants you for a little bit to practice some magic on you. Don't worry, I don't think he'll harm you. Just cooperate with him okay?"
"Okay?"
"He's all yours Brad," Tyler said handing the snake and placing him on Brad's arms. "Just be careful. I don't want to have to hurt you."
"Don't worry. I wouldn't want you to hurt me either."
Brad whisked off towards the mansion on the island while the others just decided to lounge around on the grass since they weren't in the mood to train now. Brad didn't go to the portal out of Avalon but instead went into one of the supply rooms at the mansion where there were potion ingredients that they had sneaked from the potions cupboards since last term to make this into a mini potions lab. Brad checked one last time to see if anyone followed him before he closed the door and opened a cupboard where there was a potion that seemed to be in the making.
"Alright you," he said turning to Chaos who he had put on the other side of the table. "I don't know if you understand what I'm saying very well but I want you to open your mouth and say ahh."
Chaos, whether or not he had understood Brad's request had open his mouth.
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"C'mon, it can't be that bad."
"Regulus, don't try it. Reggie's right, we can't get ourselves ready in the way that we want if we want to be able to get back at the elementals that we met."
Tyler was with Regulus in the Slytherin Common Room around midnight and they were the only two still left awake. Tyler had come back from Avalon and was in a deep depression and Regulus had been trying to get him out of it.
"Tyler, I know that you guys might not have a teacher who is able to help you but you can't let that stop you if you want revenge. You're a Slytherin both in name and spirit. If you want this then you better go all the way to get it. You never had a teacher help you guys get this far with all the powers you've collected and I'm sure that you'll be able to get yourself ready."
"Regulus, this is different. All those other times, we had an idea of what was in our way but this isn't the same. We don't even know how to start getting ready for something that we don't even have all the rules for."
Regulus seemed to have been beaten at that point. "All right, so maybe you need to eliminate some obstacles in the way before you even start moving. Isn't there anyway for you to get the information of these E battles? Didn't you say that this was all run by a wizards sports organization?"
"Err...yeah. The Elemental Battling Association (EBA)." Tyler actually smiled but then dropped back to a frown. "Only one more problem. I don't know who is in charge or who to write to at the EBA and I don't even know where it is so I can't send an owl to the their service offices."
"Well...any wizards that you met over there that can help you?" Regulus didn't seem to want to stop trying.
"Wait," Tyler said putting a hand to stop Regulus from going further. "There is someone. I don't know if he'll be able to really help but he's the best to ask."
"What are you on about? Who is it?" Regulus said as he got up and looked at Tyler like he was going mad.
"We all met a teacher, Mr. Dale. He was the one who told us about this tournament and I think he may be able to fill in the void. Everything he told us was just in passing but maybe he might know more."
"Good, first thing tomorrow morning, I want to see you happy because you just sent off your owl with a letter to him."
"Whoa, easy there mate. I appreciate you helping me think but don't start to order me around like an incompetent house elf."
"Sorry, got caught up in the moment." Regulus rubbed the back of his head in bashfulness. "So, what else is going on with you. How did the tryouts go out today?"
"Well, I found out that Crump was made the captain of the team now that Tanner's gone and he's such a lackwit. The only thing he's managed to accomplish right was to book the field first before the other teams did. He always was the type to follow orders and he had me, Morgan and Sam doing most of the work. Lucky, all we needed was a beater so we didn't have to do too much."
"Who got it?"
"What, the beater position? You'll never believe it but Mimi, you know Morgan's new friend, she got it."
"You're joking? I didn't think she was the quidditch type."
"Yeah, well I didn't either but she was a really good flyer. She was able to use that beater's bat like an extension of her own hand. She did admit that she never did work well with anyone before but since she's already friends with Morgan, I'm sure that the two of them can work together to get those bludgers to do what they want them to do."
"That's terrific."
"Well...anyway, enough about me. What's been going on with you. I feel like you've been off on your own world. We haven't seen much of you lately. You're always rushing off somewhere."
Lately, Regulus had been off doing his own private business and all of their own group of Slytherins had hardly seen him since the first week.
"Yeah, I've just been with Severus. You know, just catching up and stuff like that."
"That it?"
"Well...no. But I don't want to say anything."
"Oh come on. That's not fair. I've shared all of this so the least you could do is do the same for me," Tyler said striking an expression of innocence.
Regulus smiled and pretended to be getting tortured by it. "Ah, alright. You broke me. He's also been showing me just some spells and stuff."
"What?" Tyler was surprised. "You mean some of his more brutal spells and curses?"
"Yeah...and some even along the lines of...illegal."
"Illegal? Like what?"
"Oh nothing much...just the unforgivables."
"What? He's teaching you those?" Tyler did sound surprised but not at the fact that Regulus was learning them but at the fact that Severus was teaching him. He, Regulus, and Matt knew very well that Severus was a Death Eater and would have undoubtably know those spells. "How did you get him to do that. When he was still here before, he didn't go around showing anyone anything."
"Yes that's true but since we're such good old friends, he offered to teach me provided that if I got caught knowing them that I wouldn't tell where I learned them from. So when we're not talking, he's teaching. We usually have the lessons during his free periods and he always puts a silencing ward in the room so no one could listen through the door. He's already risking trouble with Dumbledore if he's caught."
"With Dumbledore? Even though my cousin fears him, Dumbledore's the least of his problems. The ministry would send him gift wrapped to the dementors if anyone got wind of this."
"Yeah, so keep it to yourself."
"Okay." Tyler reassured him but then he got an idea. "But,"
"But, but what?" Regulus asked turning a glare to him.
"But, you've got to share." Knowing those spells would be intriguing and you never know when a situation would call for it. That didn't mean that Tyler was planning on ever using them but it never hurt to spread your capabilities out.
"You want to learn the unforgivables?"
Yeah. Don't worry, it's not like I'm going to use them on the first person I see. It's the dark arts and I'll admit it, I fancy them quite a bit. So, what do ya say?"
"Errrrrr...deal."
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"What are the movements for the Reductor Curse?" Laura said after scanning her book. She looked at Reggie and saw that he was staring off to who knows where. She went to him and snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Hello in there."
"Huh? Oh sorry."
Reggie was with Laura in the Ravenclaw common room refreshing on some things that needed to be memorized but Reggie wasn't able to focus.
"We're supposed to be studying for our exam next week. What's with you? You seem...like you've lost your chance for catching the snitch without even trying. Is it girl trouble already?"
"It's nothing really and I'll dismiss that last comment too. It's just that I destroyed my friends' spirits." He explained all of their troubles related to the Cosmos Tournament and the All Stars and Laura just listened and that's what he needed right now. "So now, because of my mouth, we lost our drive to work hard. I can't believe this," Reggie started pulling at his hair in frustration before he used his metamorphmagus abilities to make it go back to it's elegance. "I always am the one who brings down whatever we do and now I really brought it crashing down like a burned out broom."
"Reggie...I'm not going to say that I understand or what you should do but I have to say this: I think you were right."
Reggie turned to Laura with a bewildered stare. "Really?"
"Yeah, you were right to point out all this to your friends. They need to hear all of this to know where to go right and were not to go wrong. I'm not saying that they should always go along with what you say but I think that it's important that you brought what you bring to your group."
"Thanks."
"C'mon, don't go all sappy on me. It doesn't work for your flirty attitude."
"Ah, come on, is that all you think I am. Just books and flirting with girls?"
"You really don't want me to answer that." She said as she looked back down at her book with a toothy grin.
"Oh yeah," Reggie got up and went for one of the pillows on the nearby couch in the common room and went into a vicious assault on his friend while she laughed and begged for mercy.
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"You sent an owl to Mr. Dale?" Jacke asked with stupor.
"Yes Jacke. I thought he might be able to help us. Oh, and the brainless look, it really is you." Tyler said before breaking into a laugh.
"Honestly, you can't go one week without teasing me, can't you."
"Err, no."
The Seekers were heading towards the second floor out of order bathroom and Tyler just relayed to them what he just did earlier that morning with Regulus' faulty threat in the air. Tyler also had a little trouble as he left the owlery this morning. With his luck, he was so distracted at sending the letter that he ran smack into the seventh year Theodore Nott, his fourth year roommate Alexander Nott's older brother. Nott just happened to have been named Head Boy this year and because he didn't watch where he was going, Nott used his power to give him a detention without question. Needless to say, Tyler wasn't in the most friendly of moods. However, his friends didn't know about that and were curious about his behavior. Anyhow, all four of them were in working or everyday robes in their respective house colors for today since it was Sunday and there was nothing to work on before classes the following day. Tyler, Jacke and Brad however, wouldn't comment on that because Reggie would just brag on and on about how it was good that some of him was rubbing off on them and the sad part was that it did feel good to have the homework out of the way.
"Remind me again, why are we heading back to your chamber?" Reggie asked when they caught sight of the bathroom door.
"I told you already but I guess another time won't hurt since it didn't go through the first time. We're going to train in there with Basil. I remembered how it was when Jacke and I battled with him so I thought that it would be good training if we all did that."
"I think you mean when I battled with him while you told him the best way to squeeze the life out of me," Jacke said as he went to check that no one saw them as he was the last one to go in.
"Not the point. We could use Basil's speed and agility to build up our own for dodging attacks and stuff." Tyler went over to the floating shape of Moaning Myrtle, the ghost that haunted a toilet in that particular bathroom. "Hey Myrtle, are you actually deciding to be actually dead instead of being a loudmouth?"
Myrtle looked at Tyler with glaring knives. "Why, never in my life or after have I met such a nasty boy. You all shouldn't even be here! Can't anyone be dead peacefully anymore!" She screamed and dived headfirst into her toilet and Tyler took that as his cue to flush it.
"Tyler, could you be more cruel?" Brad said he shook his head in disappointment.
"Hey, couldn't be helped. We need her gone from here and if that is the only way then we should be all for it."
"Alright, fine, just open the hole."
Tyler retrieved the ropes and then hissed the open command to the sinks and they all watched as they separated to reveal the path to the Chamber below.
"I'll never get tired of seeing that," Reggie said as he helped Tyler set the rope on the provided hook at the back of the sinks.
"I'll go first," Tyler said as he threw himself down the pipe.
"Honestly, why does he have to be the one to go first all the time?" Jacke said as he watched his friend just thrust on ahead.
"It's his family's chamber." Brad answered and that recieved a glare from him. "Hey, you asked."
One by one, they all made it down the pipe and together walked to the chamber's entrance.
"You know, since I think we're going to be down here a lot more often, do you think we could...clean this place up a bit." Reggie said as he passed by a spot that smelled a little of grime.
"Be my guest," Tyler waved off. "If you could clean a thousand years of built up grime and rot then go ahead."
"Nevermind."
"Good." They came to the entrance with the snakes on the door staring at them and Tyler cleared his throat and put both of his arms out. "Open Up!"
As the doors opened, Jacke tapped Brad on the shoulder. "Did you think he was a little dramatic there?"
"Probably to annoy us since he feels like he's on a roll already," Brad said thinking about how things were going with Tyler earlier.
Tyler didn't want to let out anything that told them that he had heard what they were saying. 'Do they really think I didn't hear them. Even if they were whispering, I could hear them because I happen to have great hearing. Must've got it from my animagus form.'
Once inside the chamber, Tyler went for his ancestor's statue and summoned Basil. The familiar green basilisk slid out of the hole much slower than usual.
"Yes master?" It asked with a bowed head.
"For the last time, oh forget it, you'll never remember this anyway. I need you to help the four of us train for today."
"With all my apologies master, I'm unable to."
"What? Why?" he hissed with suspicion.
"I'm just starting to shed my skin and the process can take a few hours and while that happens, I'm unable to move as quickly and freely as I normally do. I would hate to disappoint you with less than my full ability to serve you."
Tyler thought back to how slowly Basil had slithered out of the statue and everything made sense. "Very well, I will return later for your services again Basil. Now go." Basil slithered back to her resting place and Tyler turned to his friends who had been waiting patiently by twittling their thumbs or wands. "I'm sorry guys but Basil isn't able to help us train today."
Tyler relayed Basil's problem and all plans of attempted training went down the drain. "Well, we were going to train blindly and this will give us more time to wait for Mr. Dale's reply." Reggie said pointing out the good in this.
Tyler just glared at Reggie and Jacke let out a breath of stress. Brad just slapped his legs and stood up from where he was sitting. "So, what do we do now?"
"Well, we're in secret chamber that belonged to my ancestor who was a little...mad with power, what do you think we could do in here since we are here?"
"Hey," Jacke said turning to what any unknowing person would call a wall. "Why don't we check in that secret storage corridor. We might find some more wicked stuff."
Tyler thought into this and thought, "Why the bloody hell not?'
They looked around and some collection of potions ingredients and some cool looking crests woven in leather and on medallions. Jacke found himself so into looking around that he ended up in the same dead end room of pouring light where he found his friend's ancestor's old journal with the map to the Potion of Fecundity just a year ago. There were three pedestals that had three beams of light focused on them. One of them was empty while the other two still had something on them. Jacke went over to the one in the far right and picked up the artifact on it. It was a large flat piece of granite or some other stone that was a grayish color. It had some weird markings on it that looked like squiqqly lines and a few runes that Jacke didn't recognize and had an hour glass on it.
"Hey, Reggie, Brad, look at this thing."
Reggie and Brad went over to him and each put a hand to hold onto the object. They didn't make anything of it but for some reason Reggie was drawn to the squiqqly lines.
"Hmm...I wonder." He said mostly to himself.
"Wonder what?" Brad said looking up to him from the artifact.
But Reggie didn't take any notice. Instead he looked over to where Tyler was. "Tyler! Can you come over here please?"
"Yeah, what is it, what's wrong?" He said stepping into the room.
"This thing...it has some lines on it that are kind of wierd. Didn't you say that parseltongue in writing looked like squiqqly lines once?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, this thing has some."
"Really?" He wondered what his ancestor stashed away this time. Maybe it told a story or something. He just wished that it could explain what happened to their family during that time. Everytime he came to this chamber, he couldn't help but wonder that. "Let me see."
Tyler went over and put his right hand over it to take it from his friends and see but the second he put his hand on it, it started to glow a ruby red and started to shake.
"What's going on?" Jacke said looking horrified at the tablet.
"I don't know," Tyler said as he tried to free his hand.
The others' hands seemed to be stuck as well and in one brilliant flash, the spot where the four boys were had nothing instead some leftover smoke.
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End of Chapter 10
Dark672: Thanks.
Tigercub16: Yes, I saw it on the second day of it's opening and saw it three times since then.
SwollenFridge: Of course it would be hard for them to train when they don't even know where to start. I've looked into that as this chapter is sure to show. I'm glad that you think that James Potter as the DADA teacher is cool. As for your last question, no, in my story Harry won't defeat Voldemort until Tyler's seventh year at Halloween. That's my plan anyway.
Author Notes:
Well, there we have it for chapter ten. This time marks the end of the tiresome year and the start of the summer. Now, I'll have more time to focus my energy on updating this story to the place that I want it before the next book comes out. Watch for my next chapter as our Seekers take a trip that is behind their time.
Review and tell me your thoughts. Oh and good spirits to the beginning of summer.
High Serpent King