1.1.1 This is a pretty short chapter. Like chapter 4. It'll get soooooo
much more exciting in the next chapter. This ones ok but a little flat.
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1.1.3 Chapter 5
Tai and Brian sat in the library at lunchtime doing schoolwork. Tai had gotten over her foreboding feeling about the library a few weeks ago. Her curiosity about the books was too much to keep her away.
Tai was doing pretty average in school. She had a bit of trouble with charms still but she managed to do a few simple spells and only occasionally had slip-ups (Like when she was trying a flame charm to light a fire she got a little frustrated with it and chucked away her wand and set her desk on fire using her quill as a wand instead). Transfiguration was also a little difficult. The objects always turned out as very strange looking creatures or a ball of flame. Occasionally she came up with a warped version of what she was trying to create but they seemed to like sprouting limbs and running away. Fortunately though, because she didn't have to listen to Professor Binns but got to read about History in the Library she was now up to second year level.
Tai was doing her charms homework. It was to research a particular charm that she was having a little trouble with. She yawned loudly and laid her head on the book. She knew exactly what the charm was supposed to do. She just couldn't do it. She turned her head on the side and a small book supporting a large bookshelf, where one of the legs had broken off, caught her eye. Because she was absolutely bored (and Brian had an assignment for Snape that was due next period that he hadn't finished so she couldn't disturb him) she decided to have a look at it.
"Accio." She said softly and then added "Repairo" before the whole bookshelf came tumbling down. She caught the book in her hands. It had strange runes on it that she'd never seen before, yet they seemed familiar. 'They must be one of those strange languages of magical creatures.' She thought. She let the book fall open and looked at the runes. She stared at them a moment, trying to work them out and then suddenly she could understand what they said. "Brian." She was barely audible but her tone was so intense he looked up.
"What?" He frowned worryingly.
"Look at this book." She handed it over to him. He shuddered and paled as soon as he'd touched it. "What's wrong?" Tai asked urgently.
"I don't know. It just feels… wrong. What was so amazing about it?"
"Look at the letters. Stare at them for a moment and then you can understand them." Brian squinted.
"I can't see anything. Here." He handed her the book. "I don't like it. It feels weird." Tai accepted it and felt it hum happily under her fingers. "What does it say?" Brian asked.
"It says; Open oh Elf-gate and carry this one into the world that the Faerie Folke created. Faerieland!" She looked up.
"Sounds like a load of rubbish to me. There's no such thing as faeries."
"How would you know? If all the faeries live in Faerieland then no one would see them anyway."
"Well the spell didn't work did it. If it had maybe I would believe you."
"I bet I'm right. I only said the spell in English. What if it only works in the faerie language?"
"Maybe if you could speak it. But you can't. End of story." He turned back to his assignment. Tai fumed. She'd prove to him it could be done.
"I could read it couldn't I? What makes you think I can't say it?" Brian looked up in alarm.
"Don't Tai! If it does work then you, or both of us, could be sucked into Faerieland or something like that." Tai smiled mischievously. "Tai, I'm serious! Don't!"
"Oh come on. It'll be fun. Besides, you don't believe in Faeries. They aren't real so the spell won't work. You have nothing to worry about." She smiled innocently and looked back at the book.
"Panta a Elda-Ando,
Ar kold si mine,
Mir i palurin,
Ta i Sidhe Hos ontane.
Sidhenoore!"
Nothing happened. Tai's face fell and Brian relaxed.
"If you ever scare me that much again I'll kill you!" said Brian. Tai looked at him with a foul look but the effort was wasted. He was rubbing his eyes warily. Tai sighed. She really wished faeries were real. She stared at the book. It hummed insistently. It was almost like it was telling her to read the spell again. It was forcing her mouth to form the words. She resisted a second but gave in.
"Panta a Elda-Ando,"
…her voice was intense and filled with an alien power….
"Ar kold si mine,"
…A breeze that came from nowhere, whipped lightly at her auburn hair…
"Mir i palurin,"
…Excited whispers filled the room…
"Ta i Sidhe Hos ontane."
…The whispers turned to a roar and the wind was now gale force…
"Sidhenoore!"
Silence. Tai looked around, confused. Then suddenly, she heard a quiet but wild music filtered into the room. It grew louder and more erratic until it reached an unbearable intensity. Filling her ears with a deafening melody. Brian and all the other students in the library, except Tai, covered their ears, trying to block out the sound. Windows rattled dangerously, on the verge of shattering. Books fell out of shelves and the whole room shuddered violently. Suddenly, a huge explosion threw people, still standing to the ground, knocked them off chairs or into bookshelves and caused a few bookshelves to teeter dangerously. Tai looked up from where she was lying. The whole room was a wreck but she didn't notice. She only saw the strange blue light in the middle of the room. It beckoned to her and she rose to her feet, still clutching the book, to walk over to it. Every step she took caused the light to grow larger and stronger and resolve itself into a shape. When she'd reached it, it had formed into the shape of a door. She reached for the handle but hesitated. Should she open it? It could be dangerous. She might never be able to back. It might not even lead to Faerieland but some place else. It could go anywhere! She pushed all those thoughts to the back of her mind. The door called to her too strongly for her to just walk away. She clasped the handle. She was going through it. That was final.
"What are you doing?" The icy voice sent shivers down her spine. She turned to face Professor Snape. She tried desperately to think of an excuse. But what sort of excuse could you think up for this?
"I-I…"
"You what, Miss Yang? I would really like to know just what you are doing." Tai fidgeted nervously. She was only too aware of the gate behind her. It was calling to her. Telling her to step through it. She desperately wanted to do as it asked. She looked around the room and saw Brian, Gemma and a few other people she didn't know, standing around the room looking shocked and dazed. She looked back at Snape. He was waiting for her to answer. "What is that door behind you?" he asked when she still hadn't spoken.
"The spell said it led to Faerieland." When Tai heard herself say it she new she was going to be expelled. This was worse than her black hole episode. This time it had been purposeful. She looked expectantly at Snape. He was staring at her but was obviously immersed in his own thoughts. The silence intensified. Tai desperately wanted, needed, to throw herself through the gate behind her. She unconsciously edged closer to it. Snape came out of his reverie and opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Gemma.
"Death-Eaters!" she cried. Snape spun around to face five of them. There was no choice. He worked it out quickly in his mind.
"Through the portal!" He screamed at them. Tai swung open the door and let Brian, Gemma and Snape through. The next girl hesitated and was his by a spell. Her mouth hung open in a silent scream as she fell to her knees. Tai realised, terribly, that this was Elsie, the second year girl from the feast. She panicked and flung herself through the gate, leaving the others in the library to decide their own fate.
Voldemort screamed in frustration. The potion he had created to entrap Snape had taken 3 weeks to brew but all that had resulted in his hard work and patience had been mindless slaughter but Snape hadn't been one of the dead. Any one of those children could have become loyal subjects. He should have gone after Snape himself. His hapless Death-Eaters hadn't had the gall to pass through the strange blue portal. They would pay for that later. He had to think of a way to find Snape. Even create his own portal. Snape would pay for his evasion.
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I'm sorry I had to stop it there. So you'll have to tune in next week. Can I plz have some reviews? I'm dying here! I only have three! Chapter 6 is gonna take a little longer because it's going to be longer but it'll be worth it. Believe me. The next part will be exciting. Well I think it will be anyway. I've only half thought up what's gonna happen next. The school hols are coming up tho so I should be able to do write more often.
P.S pleeaaasse review!
1.1.2
1.1.3 Chapter 5
Tai and Brian sat in the library at lunchtime doing schoolwork. Tai had gotten over her foreboding feeling about the library a few weeks ago. Her curiosity about the books was too much to keep her away.
Tai was doing pretty average in school. She had a bit of trouble with charms still but she managed to do a few simple spells and only occasionally had slip-ups (Like when she was trying a flame charm to light a fire she got a little frustrated with it and chucked away her wand and set her desk on fire using her quill as a wand instead). Transfiguration was also a little difficult. The objects always turned out as very strange looking creatures or a ball of flame. Occasionally she came up with a warped version of what she was trying to create but they seemed to like sprouting limbs and running away. Fortunately though, because she didn't have to listen to Professor Binns but got to read about History in the Library she was now up to second year level.
Tai was doing her charms homework. It was to research a particular charm that she was having a little trouble with. She yawned loudly and laid her head on the book. She knew exactly what the charm was supposed to do. She just couldn't do it. She turned her head on the side and a small book supporting a large bookshelf, where one of the legs had broken off, caught her eye. Because she was absolutely bored (and Brian had an assignment for Snape that was due next period that he hadn't finished so she couldn't disturb him) she decided to have a look at it.
"Accio." She said softly and then added "Repairo" before the whole bookshelf came tumbling down. She caught the book in her hands. It had strange runes on it that she'd never seen before, yet they seemed familiar. 'They must be one of those strange languages of magical creatures.' She thought. She let the book fall open and looked at the runes. She stared at them a moment, trying to work them out and then suddenly she could understand what they said. "Brian." She was barely audible but her tone was so intense he looked up.
"What?" He frowned worryingly.
"Look at this book." She handed it over to him. He shuddered and paled as soon as he'd touched it. "What's wrong?" Tai asked urgently.
"I don't know. It just feels… wrong. What was so amazing about it?"
"Look at the letters. Stare at them for a moment and then you can understand them." Brian squinted.
"I can't see anything. Here." He handed her the book. "I don't like it. It feels weird." Tai accepted it and felt it hum happily under her fingers. "What does it say?" Brian asked.
"It says; Open oh Elf-gate and carry this one into the world that the Faerie Folke created. Faerieland!" She looked up.
"Sounds like a load of rubbish to me. There's no such thing as faeries."
"How would you know? If all the faeries live in Faerieland then no one would see them anyway."
"Well the spell didn't work did it. If it had maybe I would believe you."
"I bet I'm right. I only said the spell in English. What if it only works in the faerie language?"
"Maybe if you could speak it. But you can't. End of story." He turned back to his assignment. Tai fumed. She'd prove to him it could be done.
"I could read it couldn't I? What makes you think I can't say it?" Brian looked up in alarm.
"Don't Tai! If it does work then you, or both of us, could be sucked into Faerieland or something like that." Tai smiled mischievously. "Tai, I'm serious! Don't!"
"Oh come on. It'll be fun. Besides, you don't believe in Faeries. They aren't real so the spell won't work. You have nothing to worry about." She smiled innocently and looked back at the book.
"Panta a Elda-Ando,
Ar kold si mine,
Mir i palurin,
Ta i Sidhe Hos ontane.
Sidhenoore!"
Nothing happened. Tai's face fell and Brian relaxed.
"If you ever scare me that much again I'll kill you!" said Brian. Tai looked at him with a foul look but the effort was wasted. He was rubbing his eyes warily. Tai sighed. She really wished faeries were real. She stared at the book. It hummed insistently. It was almost like it was telling her to read the spell again. It was forcing her mouth to form the words. She resisted a second but gave in.
"Panta a Elda-Ando,"
…her voice was intense and filled with an alien power….
"Ar kold si mine,"
…A breeze that came from nowhere, whipped lightly at her auburn hair…
"Mir i palurin,"
…Excited whispers filled the room…
"Ta i Sidhe Hos ontane."
…The whispers turned to a roar and the wind was now gale force…
"Sidhenoore!"
Silence. Tai looked around, confused. Then suddenly, she heard a quiet but wild music filtered into the room. It grew louder and more erratic until it reached an unbearable intensity. Filling her ears with a deafening melody. Brian and all the other students in the library, except Tai, covered their ears, trying to block out the sound. Windows rattled dangerously, on the verge of shattering. Books fell out of shelves and the whole room shuddered violently. Suddenly, a huge explosion threw people, still standing to the ground, knocked them off chairs or into bookshelves and caused a few bookshelves to teeter dangerously. Tai looked up from where she was lying. The whole room was a wreck but she didn't notice. She only saw the strange blue light in the middle of the room. It beckoned to her and she rose to her feet, still clutching the book, to walk over to it. Every step she took caused the light to grow larger and stronger and resolve itself into a shape. When she'd reached it, it had formed into the shape of a door. She reached for the handle but hesitated. Should she open it? It could be dangerous. She might never be able to back. It might not even lead to Faerieland but some place else. It could go anywhere! She pushed all those thoughts to the back of her mind. The door called to her too strongly for her to just walk away. She clasped the handle. She was going through it. That was final.
"What are you doing?" The icy voice sent shivers down her spine. She turned to face Professor Snape. She tried desperately to think of an excuse. But what sort of excuse could you think up for this?
"I-I…"
"You what, Miss Yang? I would really like to know just what you are doing." Tai fidgeted nervously. She was only too aware of the gate behind her. It was calling to her. Telling her to step through it. She desperately wanted to do as it asked. She looked around the room and saw Brian, Gemma and a few other people she didn't know, standing around the room looking shocked and dazed. She looked back at Snape. He was waiting for her to answer. "What is that door behind you?" he asked when she still hadn't spoken.
"The spell said it led to Faerieland." When Tai heard herself say it she new she was going to be expelled. This was worse than her black hole episode. This time it had been purposeful. She looked expectantly at Snape. He was staring at her but was obviously immersed in his own thoughts. The silence intensified. Tai desperately wanted, needed, to throw herself through the gate behind her. She unconsciously edged closer to it. Snape came out of his reverie and opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Gemma.
"Death-Eaters!" she cried. Snape spun around to face five of them. There was no choice. He worked it out quickly in his mind.
"Through the portal!" He screamed at them. Tai swung open the door and let Brian, Gemma and Snape through. The next girl hesitated and was his by a spell. Her mouth hung open in a silent scream as she fell to her knees. Tai realised, terribly, that this was Elsie, the second year girl from the feast. She panicked and flung herself through the gate, leaving the others in the library to decide their own fate.
Voldemort screamed in frustration. The potion he had created to entrap Snape had taken 3 weeks to brew but all that had resulted in his hard work and patience had been mindless slaughter but Snape hadn't been one of the dead. Any one of those children could have become loyal subjects. He should have gone after Snape himself. His hapless Death-Eaters hadn't had the gall to pass through the strange blue portal. They would pay for that later. He had to think of a way to find Snape. Even create his own portal. Snape would pay for his evasion.
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I'm sorry I had to stop it there. So you'll have to tune in next week. Can I plz have some reviews? I'm dying here! I only have three! Chapter 6 is gonna take a little longer because it's going to be longer but it'll be worth it. Believe me. The next part will be exciting. Well I think it will be anyway. I've only half thought up what's gonna happen next. The school hols are coming up tho so I should be able to do write more often.
P.S pleeaaasse review!