Rating: T
Character(s): Aragog
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 138
Notes: This collection will feature only obscure characters. If you look at their name in the archive, they have less than 300 stories.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Daily Prompt Inspiration Thread - Prompt - (word) sciamachy
Aragog needed to be fit. He needed to always be ready for a battle. That was why he practiced sciamachy.
Now, one might ask why a giant spider had to participate in sham fighting. Shouldn't his hugeness and ability to threaten be enough that he didn't need to practice his fighting skills?
Normally, the answered would be yes, it was enough.
Every now and then, though, Aragog was faced with predators that were not as easy to dissuade from engaging in a violent altercation.
And Aragog might be a hideous creature, but he had a wife and kids. And he needed to protect them at all costs.
So he practiced his fighting, honing his skills, so he would always be ready to defend his family when he needed to.
That was just what a husband and father did.