Chapter LIV: Patronus Champions

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To kick off the year, the Ravenclaw fourth years went to Dmitri Northland's Defense Against the Dark Arts. There he taught them the 'Melafors' and the Patronus charm. 'Melafors' encased opponents' heads in pumpkins, and the spell was easily learned, and it was fun to practice on the bogart, however the Patronus charm proved to be a challenge. There was more to it than a wand movement and an incantation, the students had to think of their happiest memories in order to cast it, and even still they found it difficult to cast a full corporeal Patronus, some students were lucky to just get a fair-sized shield.

Elsa imagined the day when Professor Aster allowed her to ride a gryphon, but when that didn't work the way she wanted, she pictured the day her friends came over during the summer for Anna's birthday.

Rapunzel knew she never felt happier than the day she first met her parents, and so that was the only memory she worked with.

Hiccup pictured the day he met Valka and revealed her his dragon form, and how she was not only accepting of his ability, but she loved him as a dragon as well as a human.

All three of these memories proved to be strong enough to allow them to cast a full, corporeal, Patronus. Rapunzel's turned out to resemble her chameleon, Pascal; there it was a delightful little chameleon flicking his tongue about.

"Ah, congratulations, Rapunzel! You've casted a full Patronus! Five points for Ravenclaw for your success!" Professor Northland told her. She smiled brightly and looked to her friends as they applauded for her success. After a moment of giving praise, Elsa gave it another go.

"Expecto Patronum!" She incanted firmly and waving her wand and fueling the spell with the happiness she felt on her sister's birthday. Sure enough her Patronus went from a shield to a shape! From her incantation, her Patronus took the shape of a snow leopard, and her Patronus prowled gracefully in the air, guided by her wand.

"Ah, beautiful, absolutely beautiful Elsa. Another five points for Ravenclaw!" Professor Northland declared.

Now it was Hiccup's turn, he incanted, filling his mind with that one precious memory, and…

"WHOAH!" The room echoed. From the tip of his wand a silvery dragon sprouted forth and flew about the room. What was really curious about it was that it was not a Night Fury, it anything it looked more like a Ukrainian Ironbelly, or perhaps a Hungarian Horntail. It was flying about the room so fast that it was actually hard to tell, but the fact that it was a dragon amazed his peers.

"Now that is impressive, Hiccup. It's a bit uncommon for a Patronus to assume the form of a mystical creature." Professor Northland told him. With that he awarded another five points to Ravenclaw.

Within time, Ivan, Jenny, Kay, and Vanilla produced their full Patronus charms. Kay's happened to become something quite unusual, for a charm that was supposed to be fueled with happiness it became a thestral, a skeletal flying horse that could only be seen by people who've witnessed death.

"Kay, would you mind if I asked how you came to produce a thestral?" Professor Northland asked, and it was the question that was echoing through everyone else's mind.

"The reason why I started seeing them is not something I like to talk about, but once I started seeing this herd outside my home, I started visiting them. They're my friends now." He replied.

"Alright then." Northland replied.

Turning the attention back to his students, he saw that Jenny had produced a sweet shorthaired cat, which pounced playfully around her. She was enjoying the sight of the playful kitty until a Patronus of an eagle, casted by Ivan, flew past her.

"Wonderful, this is wonderful! I'm impressed that you're all getting the hang of this so quickly!" Northland declared just as Vanilla's horse ran past him.

After class, the Ravenclaws left the room proudly after earning all of those points for their house.

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After lunch, the Furious Flurries and their friends, now including Kay Black, met up in the Library.

"So, what did you Gryffindors think of Professor Northland's class today?" Jenny asked.

"I managed to turn my Patronus into a fox!" Jack told her.

"Mine was a lion." Merida stated proudly.

"Mine was a wolf." Emily spoke.

"I managed to create a phoenix!" Ally declared… albeit a little louder than she should have. The others sniggered at her and then the Ravenclaws repeated what their Patronus charms became. The Gryffindors were impressed, but not necessarily surprised to find out about Hiccup's dragon. They were curious about Kay Black's thestral, they went 'aw' when Rapunzel showed them her chameleon, and they were impressed to hear about Elsa's snow leopard, they were also impressed to find out about Ivan's eagle, as well as the others.

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A few days had passed, and now it was the time to announce the champions of each school, as they were being selected from the Goblet of Fire. All Hogwarts students, and the students from the visiting schools were gathered in the Great Hall.

When Headmistress Helga Hufflepuff II stepped forward to the Goblet of Fire, and the flames flared up before expelling a piece of parchment into the air. Helga snatched it and announced: "The champion of Durmstrang is: Eret son of Eret!"

Upon this, the Durmstrang shouted 'huzza' multiple times and applauded as a proud man of about fifteen, with a tattoo on his chin, stood up and took his bow before his peers and to the students of the rival schools. After receiving his praise, Eret sat back down, and the attention turned back to the Goblet of Fire. Once again, the blue flames flared and expelled another piece of parchment. Once again, Helga caught it and read: "Our champion of Beauxbatons is: Giselle Bijou!"

The ladies of Beauxbatons applauded politely as an auburn-haired, sixteen-year-old girl, with green eyes, fair skin, and an average stature got to her feet and curtsied. She blew Hogwarts and Durmstrang a kiss and sat back down with grace.

Now it was time for the final champion, for the last time the Goblet's flame flared, and expelled a piece of parchment. It fluttered down to Helga's hand and she read: "Our Hogwarts champion is: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III!"

Hiccup stood up and took notice that the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were trying to restrain themselves from laughing at his name. He didn't care; he was just simply too shocked that he was actually chosen! Still, his peers clapped for him, and he took his bow before sitting down.

"Congratulations, you're a Triwizard champion." Elsa stated.

"I honestly don't know what to think about this." Rapunzel admitted.

Jack and Merida got up from their table to congratulate Hiccup and wished him the best of luck.

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Alright, we've got a chapter that focuses on a class for once, and they've learned the Patronus charm now! Yay! We also have our Triwizard champions now!

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