Beyond the Invisibility Cloak
~~~ Book 1 in The Mischief Series ~~~
~~~~ Chapter3 The Night of the Living Poultry~~~~
The stone path ended in a dark wooden room surrounded by old ripped furniture. Nick made his way into the room and stared at the queer chamber. No light illuminated the room. " Lumos," I said. A light emerged from the end of my wand revealing a few cobwebs in the corners.
" Nice place you have here," Nick said sitting on one of the tattered chairs. "No don't." It was to late. Ben's warning echoed through the shack as the chair blew to pieces sending clouds of fire into the air. Cloth and shards of wood shot into the air as we saw our new companion go up in flames. As the smoke cleared we saw what had once been a Hogwarts robe in a singed heap of material. Clyde kicked the robe as if Nick was hiding under it. "At least now you can keep your pumpkin juice," Clyde noted shaking his head. "I tried to warn him," Ben said. I looked around and sat against a beam holding the shabby shack up. "You guys are such idiots."
I heard the voice but had no idea where it was coming from. "Come on people look," the voice said again. I recognized the voice but it was some how different. Higher pitched. I looked up towards the ceiling but only saw the horizontal beams that lay across the whole shack. A small bird was perched on one of the beams. The bird I recognized as a peregrine falcon had dark brown feathers that almost matched the color of Nick's hair. "Bingo," said the bird, "We have a winner". The bird flew down and landed on my shoulder. I looked at it puzzled. "Nick?" The falcon hopped off my shoulder and landed on the floor. In the blink of an eye Ben and Clyde walked up to it. "That's where the voice was coming from," I said pointing at the bird. The bird started changing and as if the chair hadn't killed him Nick stood where the bird was once. "You are an animagi," Ben told startled. " Of course I am. Who do you think started the 'rumors'," Nick said laughing at our faces.
After we got over the initial shock we all started laughing. We laughed for about ten minutes before we collapsed a started to breathe again. Nick listened as Clyde explained how the chairs had been charmed to explode when intruders sat in them. Clyde also pointed out which chairs were not rigged. We explained to Nick our prank and now knowing he was an animagi new exactly how to pull it off.
I quickly pulled out some capsules and poured a bit of the potion into each. Ben was briefing Nick on the exact mission while Clyde thought up the terms for returning the teachers back to normal. Nick was going to have a bag full of capsules and would fly overhead dropping one in each of the teacher's goblets. We finished in an hour and went upstairs for dinner. The feast tomorrow night would be a very memorable act. Then the teachers will disappear and everyone will celebrate.
At the great hall we ate dinner. Huge platters of chicken, Goose and Turkey were served all around while Clyde, Nick, Ben, and I waited for the right moment to pull it off. We were about to pull our usual dinner prank. Nick was new at the idea but was intent on helping. "Now what was that charm Professor Flitwick taught us today," I said keeping my voice down. "Restoreutcio," Ben said. " Okay here's the plan. As the platters come around we bring dinner to life." The first platter came by Clyde and with the charm cast the roast goose bounded up and jumped on the Slytherin table. A first year Slytherin girl started screaming as the goose tackled here chair over. When all the prank had taken place the turkey had formed a hit gang while the geese would just try to knock people out of they're seat. The chickens however had started there own royal rumble beating the stuffing out of each other. It all stopped however when Harmy Pottle the head of the school was tackled by a turkey who knocked him out of his chair. His hands flew to the air and all the mahem stopped.
~~~ Book 1 in The Mischief Series ~~~
~~~~ Chapter3 The Night of the Living Poultry~~~~
The stone path ended in a dark wooden room surrounded by old ripped furniture. Nick made his way into the room and stared at the queer chamber. No light illuminated the room. " Lumos," I said. A light emerged from the end of my wand revealing a few cobwebs in the corners.
" Nice place you have here," Nick said sitting on one of the tattered chairs. "No don't." It was to late. Ben's warning echoed through the shack as the chair blew to pieces sending clouds of fire into the air. Cloth and shards of wood shot into the air as we saw our new companion go up in flames. As the smoke cleared we saw what had once been a Hogwarts robe in a singed heap of material. Clyde kicked the robe as if Nick was hiding under it. "At least now you can keep your pumpkin juice," Clyde noted shaking his head. "I tried to warn him," Ben said. I looked around and sat against a beam holding the shabby shack up. "You guys are such idiots."
I heard the voice but had no idea where it was coming from. "Come on people look," the voice said again. I recognized the voice but it was some how different. Higher pitched. I looked up towards the ceiling but only saw the horizontal beams that lay across the whole shack. A small bird was perched on one of the beams. The bird I recognized as a peregrine falcon had dark brown feathers that almost matched the color of Nick's hair. "Bingo," said the bird, "We have a winner". The bird flew down and landed on my shoulder. I looked at it puzzled. "Nick?" The falcon hopped off my shoulder and landed on the floor. In the blink of an eye Ben and Clyde walked up to it. "That's where the voice was coming from," I said pointing at the bird. The bird started changing and as if the chair hadn't killed him Nick stood where the bird was once. "You are an animagi," Ben told startled. " Of course I am. Who do you think started the 'rumors'," Nick said laughing at our faces.
After we got over the initial shock we all started laughing. We laughed for about ten minutes before we collapsed a started to breathe again. Nick listened as Clyde explained how the chairs had been charmed to explode when intruders sat in them. Clyde also pointed out which chairs were not rigged. We explained to Nick our prank and now knowing he was an animagi new exactly how to pull it off.
I quickly pulled out some capsules and poured a bit of the potion into each. Ben was briefing Nick on the exact mission while Clyde thought up the terms for returning the teachers back to normal. Nick was going to have a bag full of capsules and would fly overhead dropping one in each of the teacher's goblets. We finished in an hour and went upstairs for dinner. The feast tomorrow night would be a very memorable act. Then the teachers will disappear and everyone will celebrate.
At the great hall we ate dinner. Huge platters of chicken, Goose and Turkey were served all around while Clyde, Nick, Ben, and I waited for the right moment to pull it off. We were about to pull our usual dinner prank. Nick was new at the idea but was intent on helping. "Now what was that charm Professor Flitwick taught us today," I said keeping my voice down. "Restoreutcio," Ben said. " Okay here's the plan. As the platters come around we bring dinner to life." The first platter came by Clyde and with the charm cast the roast goose bounded up and jumped on the Slytherin table. A first year Slytherin girl started screaming as the goose tackled here chair over. When all the prank had taken place the turkey had formed a hit gang while the geese would just try to knock people out of they're seat. The chickens however had started there own royal rumble beating the stuffing out of each other. It all stopped however when Harmy Pottle the head of the school was tackled by a turkey who knocked him out of his chair. His hands flew to the air and all the mahem stopped.