Wizard Chess
The Game, the Challenge, the Champion
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A/N:In the last chapter, I messed up. I said this takes place over summer. It doesn't. It takes
place during the year. So get that summer thing out of your minds for this
story!
DISCLAIMER:See chapter 1.
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Chapter 2:
The Challenge
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The next morning,
Ron awoke, trying to dismiss the last night's dreams from his head. He dreamed of riches, winning the chess
tournament, the envy of everyone, including that loser Malfoy, and more. 'That will never happen, so I shouldn't get
my hopes up,' thought Ron. Groggy, he
dressed to go have breakfast.
At breakfast,
Hermione informed Ron of an interesting add she found in the Daily
Prophet. It read:
TOURNAMENT!
All wizard chess players ages 11-17
can attend a tournament
being held at Hogwarts on the weekend
of September 16.
Send in the registration form by
owl. All skills welcome!
PRIZES:
1st place:A new chess board, set and
700 galleons
2nd place:A new board and 200
galleons
3rd place:A new set and 100 galleons
Ron gasped as he
saw it. Suddenly, he burst into a mode
of hyperenthusiasm. He would enter the
tournament! No one at Hogwarts could beat
Ron, and he knew that, so the challenges would be small. With the age limit,
most of the players would definitely go to Hogwarts. This would be excellant!
At his first class,
Potions, the excitement did not help Ron deal with Snape whatsoever. In the back of the room daydreaming about
winning and preparing a strategy, Ron ended up with detention.
"WEASLY! You are not in fantasy land! You are in my
class. 10 points from Gryffindor!"
barked Snape. His mood turned out worse
than it ever was. By the end of class,
Ron had a detention and Gryffindor had twenty less points.
Transfiguration
didn't work out much better. He
recieved a detention there, too. At
least in Astronomy he managed to behave, but only because he had nothing else
to think about. The next morning he
sent a school owl out with the registration form. He also wrote to his parents about it.
He didn't end up in
as much trouble the weeks that followed. Finally, on Friday, September 16, the tension built. What if he didn't
do well? What if he lost? Later that night, his parents even arrived
to witness the event. He recieved the
ladder of play. He would be playing
Malfoy first. He might try something
dirty, but officials would be there to prevent cheating. Hermione was quite
good at chess, not as good Ron, but good. She would play Neville. She
would win. Ron would beat Malfoy. Then, one step up the latter, the next
opponent was Hermione. He stood in
shock.
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A/N:How do you like this so far? This chapter was sort of hard to
set up the tournament without it being too cheesy. I hope it's not too cheesy. This chapter is also sort of a
transition. Sorry it's so short. You'll
figure out why Ron's shocked next chapter...