Through the Looking Glass 10
Mass Chaos and M.C. Escher
Meh. No more Ron bashing.
No more Ron to bash. ^_^
He may pop up in an Omake.
Speaking of which. Last one was inspired by Rekmond. No pairings…
For now. Next year probably.
Year 4 yes.
Wonderland starts to invade Hogwarts.
Hermione gets some R&R.
… We've lost the D20 of Life…
You lost it?
The D20 of Life is how we figure some stuff out.
D20s are Dice with twenty sides, usually only used in Tabletop RPGs.
Anyways, Uhhh… Nekobaa is a kneazle/nekomata hybrid… Kneazle powers, nekomata looks…
Sorry about that. Anyways, this chapter the Insanity known as Wonderland invades Hogwarts… And that's it really.
Also, we will be taking part in the NaNoWriMo challenge.
NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month 30 days to write a 50k word rough draft.
Note the Rough Draft bit. Quality doesn't matter either, just Quantity. It could have more plot holes than Swiss cheese and have them bigger than the Pacific Ocean. Just needs 50,000 words. Will try to update before than though…
Many, many references this chapter virtual sugary items of choice to all who notes every one. Bar the obvious Harry Potter and AM: A references. Uhhh…
Let's see, Summery, check, notices, check, annnddd… What else? M. C. Escher reference is a freebie.
That's it… Anyone who doesn't get the Main Stairwell reference… is unobservant…
Yeah… Moving On!
Through the Looking Glass 10
Mass Chaos and M. C. Escher
With Chesh January 16, 1993 5:00 AM
The Cheshire Cat trotted down the hall, unseen to nearly all, looking around. When he came to the main stairwell he grinned. So many possibilities to cause so much chaos.
2 hours later 6:30 A.M. Main Stairwell
Minerva McGonagall was at the top of a stair looking down, straight down. The sight was dizzying. She had seen many things in her thirty-odd years at Hogwarts, but seeing the Main Stairwell changed so it was like M. C. Escher's Relativity really took the cake. Little did she know that this was only the beginning. The insanity known as Wonderland has come to Hogwarts.
Ravenclaw CR 7:30 A.M.
Ravenclaws were over all level headed and logical, but seeing their common room turned into a deadly obstacle course rattled all of them.
Closest to the girls' dorm was a pair of swinging axes. A brave/stupid second year shot a paper airplane into the blades and it was cut cleanly. Whimpers from all years were heard.
Closest to the boys' dorm was a shaft of light. One of the Muggleborns, having been an adventure flick fan before Hogwarts, shot his arm out and back seconds before the trap stabbed his arm. A collective gulp. "We're all going to die here." A seventh year wept.
Past that were other traps, lava pits, more swinging blades, patches of unusual grass, squares with holes, and other obvious traps. The Muggleborns were certain that if there were so many obvious traps there must be at least several dozen more that they couldn't see.
Hufflepuff CR Same Time
Cedric Diggory had though he would find nothing scarier than the dementors. He was proven wrong, very, very wrong. He knew that the Hufflepuffs would all have similar fears. The difference would be which creature it was. "Animatronics," Said a terrified first year.
Slytherin CR Same Time
Draco Malfoy was drumming his fingers on his arm while glaring at the swamp between him and the common room entrance. He clicked his tongue and walked forward. He would be able to find a shower outside of the common room; hopefully he'd be able to salvage the strange outfit his clothes had been changed into.
Gryffindor CR Same Time
Gryffindor was best off, at first glance. When inspected most people would agree that Gryffindors had the worst luck. Somehow the common room had been changed to a vast savannah. Doorways to the dorms and the exit stood out like sore thumbs. The dorms were unprotected by the local wildlife. The exit, however, was in the middle of a pride of lions.
Staff Room 3 hours later
Four students were sitting in the Staff Room, well three were, and the fourth was hiding under a couch, away from the seagull that had attacked her. Cedric and Harry were staring at the clown in the corner, when they looked away the clown would move, but only if they looked away.
Malfoy was covered in muck and trying to get it off using vanishing spells.
"So, Ravenclaw common room is a death trap, Slytherin is little more than a swamp, Gryffindor is a savannah and Hufflepuff is an Animatronic hell." Severus Snape said.
"Yep." The Ravenclaw chirped from under the couch. "Yes." Harry and Cedric said not looking away from the clown doll. "Yes, Slytherin is slimy." Draco Malfoy said offhandedly. Harry laughed at that.
"Can we get outside help on this?" Flitwick said. "I don't think we can dismantle this on our own."
"I agree with Fillus." Dumbledore said surprising the staff, he rarely asked for help.
"This is far beyond what any of us could do." Lupin said looking at Snape. "Even just the stairwell is beyond us."
"Seirra Estraz might be able to." Snape said.
"No, she couldn't." Elisha said from her place under the couch. "She messed up a spell and is on bed rest until her hip and leg heal. Even she could get here she wouldn't be able to do all of this in one night."
"Then who did it?" Sinistra said. "Who could?"
Snape walked over to the clown doll, wand out. One of the few things that could creep him out, clowns. He pointed his wand and muttered a destruction spell. He did not expect the clown to just absorb the spell and launch itself at his neck. The Potion's Master managed to put his arm up before it wrapped its thin arms around his neck. He stumbled back and fell over as the clown slowly squeezed and twisted. He heard a screech and someone straddling his chest, before he blacked out.
She saw Snape fall back and the clown around his neck, instinct to destroy any and all clown dolls she saw took over.
20 minutes later
Snape found himself on a couch. His neck was burning. He sat up quickly and looked for the clown that had nearly killed him.
"Stay down." He heard McGonagall said. "Ms. Estraz destroyed it."
"What?" He did as the woman said.
"Ripped it apart." Lupin said. "I've only seen Greyback be more vicious."
"She's acting like it was her mortal enemy." Flitwick said. "Though if I remember correctly, she had to deal with an evil clown several years ago."
Snape was silent. "Who are we going to call?"
Elisha, from her place under the couch, had to resist the urge to reply 'Ghostbusters'.
"Albus is talking to some Unspeakables." McGonagall said. "He'll be back in a few hours."
"We should check on the students." Flitwick said. "Ms. Estraz?"
"Yeah?" She looked up.
"Show me how to get through the common room." He said, getting up.
"'Kay." She got up and followed her head of house; hopefully they would be able to rescue the other Ravenclaws.
Next Day Great Hall 11 AM
The students had been moved into temporary housing as the Unspeakables scratched their heads trying to figure out the magical insanity. The main staircase was first on the list. It was also the easiest to undo.
"Who would do this?" Hermione asked. "Never mind the could." She was quiet.
Harry shrugged his shoulders, though he had a good idea. "Maybe a magical creature?" Which describes Chesh to a tee. Alice whispered.
"Why not a human?" Elisha joined the conversation. "Humans can do something like this."
"Not that fast." Harry said. "At least I don't think so."
"I doubt it was a human." Luna agreed. "But what could do stuff that fast?"
Harry shrugged and went back to his book.
Three days later Slytherin CR 8:30 PM
Draco Malfoy was certain that he was being watched constantly. He didn't know by what, but he knew he was being watched. Though, sometimes he saw a skeletal cat from the corner of his eye, but when he turned his head it was gone.
He put it from his mind and went to bed.
3rd Year Slytherin Dorm 9:30 PM
The Cheshire Cat swished his tail as he sat on top of Draco Malfoy. This one would be fun to play with. The cat seemed to sink into the boy, into his dreams.
Draco's Dream
Draco was having an odd dream. At first it was him beating Potter at Quidditch, and then it got weird once he landed Snitch in hand. Instead of the Pitch his dream had showed him he landed on a giant mushroom.
"Meow." The skeletal cat said. Draco stared.
'What the hell?' He thought.
"Well? Are you just going to stare?" The cat said. Draco screamed and jumped back and off the mushroom.
"Yo-you can talk!" He declared as he climbed back up.
"Yes." The cat said. "My name is Chesh."
"Chesh?" Draco blinked. "Um… I'm Draco." Draco saw no harm in saying so.
"I know." The cat grinned, Draco shivered at the sight.
After the introductions, Draco's dream became a nightmare, one he thankfully forgot come morning.
February 1, 1993 Great Hall 9:30 AM
The students had slept soundly the night before back in their dorm rooms. Several students had woken up with creepy dreams, not bad ones, just creepy. No one could really remember beyond it seemed to be another world. The teachers merely told them to forget the dreams and carry on.
It wasn't until a pair of Ravenclaws found what seemed to be a wasps' nest did anyone think it was strange. The nest was large and produced flies made of iron bolts. A simple Flipendo got rid of them.
February 28, 1993 Quidditch Pitch 10:30 AM
This is your fault." Draco Malfoy accused his rival. It was the end of the Gryffindor/Slytherin Quidditch match and the players were stuck in the air due to the Zombie/Inferni. "And they're called Inferni, not zombies."
"It is NOT my fault, and they are Zombies." Harry retorted. The pair continued to argue over the Inferni/Zombie issue as they creatures below were taken care of which took three hours.
End Chapter
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