The next event.
Harry also heard the loud roar. He was helping Blackcat to her feet when he heard it.
"Harry, as my second your going to have to help me with this next event. Do you think your up to it?" Blackcat asked.
"Blackcat, I'm scared, but I will try."
Harry helped blackcat to a seat and went to retrieve his book that he dropped. As he went up the stairs he looked out onto the battlefield. He was shocked by what he saw. A large best was in the middle of the battlefield. It had the head of a man, the body of a lion and a tail of a scorpion. Harry quickly picked up his book and went over to Blackcat's side.
"Harry, are you ok, what did you see?"
"I don't know what that thing is Blackcat, but it doesn't look friendly."
"This isn't going to be good."
"Blackcat you look like you need a bit of rest. You lay down a bit. I'll let you know when your name is called." Harry said.
"Thanks Harry."She replied as he helped her to lay down to try to gain some of her energy back.
As they sat Harry opened up the book to try and figure out a way to beat that thing for Blackcat.
Meanwhile the others were slowly making their way toward the room without knowing it. Every so often they would have to defeat another guard.
"We must be close, there are more guards here than at our seats." Replied Polaris.
As another two guards fell Ken spoke up.
"Killing two birds with one stone. Easy as pie."
"Oh shut up Ken." Aldunia said.
They ducked into the shadows as two guards rounded the corners. They overheard what the guards were saying.
"You mean they escaped? We must find them before they interfere. Tell the others to search every part of the temple. Kill them if necessary. The high council will not tolerate any interference."
"Yes sir." Said the guard as he took off at a run.
As the guards rounded the corner the group looked at each other.
"Our best bet now is to really stick together." Alex said.
"Which we shall. Look that must be where Cat and Harry are. See." Kagato pointed out.
"Then that is where we shall go students." Professor Pistor said.
The group quietly made their way into the small room thru a door that Professor Pistor unlocked with a simple charm. As they walked in they began to bump into people dressed in white robes, much like the ones the seconds wore on the battlefield. Each person seemed to be attending to a fallen comrade of crying over the death of one.
"Harry, Blackcat?" Lei said as she looked around.
Harry heard Lei and called out.
"Over here you guys, over here."
The others rushed over only to find cat passed out on a bench.
"Oh my, is she hurt." Professor Lupin said as he bent down to feel Blackcat's head."
"A bit professor,"replied Harry, "if I hadn't conjured that shield she wouldn't be here."
"You did what?" Lil asked with confusion.
"A shield charm. Interesting use but effective I guess Harry. Good job." Professor Pistor said as she smiled.
"Time to get her out of here," said Kagato, "before those guards find us in here."
"She can't go, guys she wants to become a dragon druid. She doesn't want to go." Harry told them.
They all looked at Harry with confusion.
"Your not serious are you Harry." Asked Polaris.
"He is, I'm staying," Blackcat answered as she sat up, "I'm taking this thing to the end."
"This is nonsense Blackcat. Utter nonsense." Aldunia blurted out.
The Announcer's voice broke thru the conversation.
"Blackcat Mondragon and second. You are due on the battlefield."
The others looked at each other.
"Cat, your in no condition to fight. Please don't go." Said Lil.
"Guys, check out that thing. What the bloody hell is that." Flare said while standing in the entrance way. Professor Lupin walked behind Flare and looked out.
"Oh, I've only seen pictures of those in books Flare. That is a Manticore. Very rare and dangerous. See that scorpion tail. One sting from it and the person instantly dies. There is not cure for it. Its skin can repel almost all known charms. I wonder what the next task is?" Professor Lupin replied as if he were teaching one of his classes.
"Guess its our time Harry." Blackcat replied with a smile. Harry helped her to her feet and she almost fell down again.
"Cat don't, Please." Lil exclaimed again.
"Everyone hide, a guard is coming." Yelled Kagato.
The group all hid in different places as they watched the guards come and get Blackcat and Harry.
Harry and Blackcat were pushed out onto the Battlefield. The guards turned and went back into the dark room. The crowd had died down to watch.
The announcer spoke up. " In this event Blackcat you must remove the ribbon off the manticore's paw without being hurt, and go thru the door that the beast guards to advance."
Blackcat looked to Harry who was almost white. This beast was huge and the ribbon looked so small.
"Harry, I can't do this." Blackcat said while shaking from fear.
"Blackcat don't you want to become a dragon druid. Come on. Look I've faced Voldemort. You can do this, I know it, " Harry said in a warm tone,"Maybe I can help Blackcat. I know the Accio charm pretty well. We can use that to get the ribbon."
Blackcat looked at Harry, "your right. I totally forgot about that charm."
"Go for it Cat!" came the yells from the dark room.
"Shut up Lei, or they will catch us." Said Alex.
Blackcat stood in front of the Manticore. It smiled and growled at her. Suddenly its tail whipped out and nearly hit her. She Dodged out of the way just in time. It fixed its eyes on her and Harry watched. The manticore shot its scorpion tail another time at Blackcat missing her by mere inches. Blackcat then tripped and hit the ground hard. The manticore took a step forward and aimed. Harry saw that Blackcat was in trouble and went into action. He took out his wand and looked at the manticore.
"Hey, Hey you. You don't want her. Come and get me!" Harry yelled. He shot a burst of light from his wand at the creatures face. The manticore turned and fixed his evil gaze on Harry. It lunged forward and shot its tail out. The tail scraped Harry's arm, but only managed to cut the sleeve. The crowd gasped in excitement.
"Harry stay back please!" Blackcat yelled as she got up. Harry tried to watch what Blackcat was doing. He almost got hit with another swipe of the tail.
"Watch out you silly child!" Snape yelled out to Harry.
Blackcat raised her hand and a gold orb of energy appeared in it.
"Harry get the ribbon, I've got the Manticore." Yelled Blackcat.
"Easier said then done Blackcat!" Harry yelled back as he dogged blow after blow from the angered beast.
"Now Harry, Get it now!" she yelled.
Harry rose his wand and yelled out, "Accio ribbon!"
The little red ribbon around the manticore's paw untied itself and flew to Harry's hand.
As he grabbed it he was nearly hit by another tail swipe. The manticore growled angrily as Harry.
"Got it Blackcat." Harry stated as he dodged the blow
Upon hearing Harry say he had the ribbon Blackcat let the gold orb loose. It flew toward the manticore with such speed it looked like a comet. The blast hit the manticore in the chest and sent it sprawling backward. Harry saw that Blackcat was near collapse and raced to her side. The door they needed to go thru was unguarded. Harry helped Blackcat and the two raced to the door. They were barely able to enter it before the manticore made another attack. As they closed the door the tail of the manticore hit the door. Harry could see the point of the beasts scorpion tail imbedded in the door inches from him. Both he and Blackcat were breathing heavily and standing in a very dark room with no lights.
Harry also heard the loud roar. He was helping Blackcat to her feet when he heard it.
"Harry, as my second your going to have to help me with this next event. Do you think your up to it?" Blackcat asked.
"Blackcat, I'm scared, but I will try."
Harry helped blackcat to a seat and went to retrieve his book that he dropped. As he went up the stairs he looked out onto the battlefield. He was shocked by what he saw. A large best was in the middle of the battlefield. It had the head of a man, the body of a lion and a tail of a scorpion. Harry quickly picked up his book and went over to Blackcat's side.
"Harry, are you ok, what did you see?"
"I don't know what that thing is Blackcat, but it doesn't look friendly."
"This isn't going to be good."
"Blackcat you look like you need a bit of rest. You lay down a bit. I'll let you know when your name is called." Harry said.
"Thanks Harry."She replied as he helped her to lay down to try to gain some of her energy back.
As they sat Harry opened up the book to try and figure out a way to beat that thing for Blackcat.
Meanwhile the others were slowly making their way toward the room without knowing it. Every so often they would have to defeat another guard.
"We must be close, there are more guards here than at our seats." Replied Polaris.
As another two guards fell Ken spoke up.
"Killing two birds with one stone. Easy as pie."
"Oh shut up Ken." Aldunia said.
They ducked into the shadows as two guards rounded the corners. They overheard what the guards were saying.
"You mean they escaped? We must find them before they interfere. Tell the others to search every part of the temple. Kill them if necessary. The high council will not tolerate any interference."
"Yes sir." Said the guard as he took off at a run.
As the guards rounded the corner the group looked at each other.
"Our best bet now is to really stick together." Alex said.
"Which we shall. Look that must be where Cat and Harry are. See." Kagato pointed out.
"Then that is where we shall go students." Professor Pistor said.
The group quietly made their way into the small room thru a door that Professor Pistor unlocked with a simple charm. As they walked in they began to bump into people dressed in white robes, much like the ones the seconds wore on the battlefield. Each person seemed to be attending to a fallen comrade of crying over the death of one.
"Harry, Blackcat?" Lei said as she looked around.
Harry heard Lei and called out.
"Over here you guys, over here."
The others rushed over only to find cat passed out on a bench.
"Oh my, is she hurt." Professor Lupin said as he bent down to feel Blackcat's head."
"A bit professor,"replied Harry, "if I hadn't conjured that shield she wouldn't be here."
"You did what?" Lil asked with confusion.
"A shield charm. Interesting use but effective I guess Harry. Good job." Professor Pistor said as she smiled.
"Time to get her out of here," said Kagato, "before those guards find us in here."
"She can't go, guys she wants to become a dragon druid. She doesn't want to go." Harry told them.
They all looked at Harry with confusion.
"Your not serious are you Harry." Asked Polaris.
"He is, I'm staying," Blackcat answered as she sat up, "I'm taking this thing to the end."
"This is nonsense Blackcat. Utter nonsense." Aldunia blurted out.
The Announcer's voice broke thru the conversation.
"Blackcat Mondragon and second. You are due on the battlefield."
The others looked at each other.
"Cat, your in no condition to fight. Please don't go." Said Lil.
"Guys, check out that thing. What the bloody hell is that." Flare said while standing in the entrance way. Professor Lupin walked behind Flare and looked out.
"Oh, I've only seen pictures of those in books Flare. That is a Manticore. Very rare and dangerous. See that scorpion tail. One sting from it and the person instantly dies. There is not cure for it. Its skin can repel almost all known charms. I wonder what the next task is?" Professor Lupin replied as if he were teaching one of his classes.
"Guess its our time Harry." Blackcat replied with a smile. Harry helped her to her feet and she almost fell down again.
"Cat don't, Please." Lil exclaimed again.
"Everyone hide, a guard is coming." Yelled Kagato.
The group all hid in different places as they watched the guards come and get Blackcat and Harry.
Harry and Blackcat were pushed out onto the Battlefield. The guards turned and went back into the dark room. The crowd had died down to watch.
The announcer spoke up. " In this event Blackcat you must remove the ribbon off the manticore's paw without being hurt, and go thru the door that the beast guards to advance."
Blackcat looked to Harry who was almost white. This beast was huge and the ribbon looked so small.
"Harry, I can't do this." Blackcat said while shaking from fear.
"Blackcat don't you want to become a dragon druid. Come on. Look I've faced Voldemort. You can do this, I know it, " Harry said in a warm tone,"Maybe I can help Blackcat. I know the Accio charm pretty well. We can use that to get the ribbon."
Blackcat looked at Harry, "your right. I totally forgot about that charm."
"Go for it Cat!" came the yells from the dark room.
"Shut up Lei, or they will catch us." Said Alex.
Blackcat stood in front of the Manticore. It smiled and growled at her. Suddenly its tail whipped out and nearly hit her. She Dodged out of the way just in time. It fixed its eyes on her and Harry watched. The manticore shot its scorpion tail another time at Blackcat missing her by mere inches. Blackcat then tripped and hit the ground hard. The manticore took a step forward and aimed. Harry saw that Blackcat was in trouble and went into action. He took out his wand and looked at the manticore.
"Hey, Hey you. You don't want her. Come and get me!" Harry yelled. He shot a burst of light from his wand at the creatures face. The manticore turned and fixed his evil gaze on Harry. It lunged forward and shot its tail out. The tail scraped Harry's arm, but only managed to cut the sleeve. The crowd gasped in excitement.
"Harry stay back please!" Blackcat yelled as she got up. Harry tried to watch what Blackcat was doing. He almost got hit with another swipe of the tail.
"Watch out you silly child!" Snape yelled out to Harry.
Blackcat raised her hand and a gold orb of energy appeared in it.
"Harry get the ribbon, I've got the Manticore." Yelled Blackcat.
"Easier said then done Blackcat!" Harry yelled back as he dogged blow after blow from the angered beast.
"Now Harry, Get it now!" she yelled.
Harry rose his wand and yelled out, "Accio ribbon!"
The little red ribbon around the manticore's paw untied itself and flew to Harry's hand.
As he grabbed it he was nearly hit by another tail swipe. The manticore growled angrily as Harry.
"Got it Blackcat." Harry stated as he dodged the blow
Upon hearing Harry say he had the ribbon Blackcat let the gold orb loose. It flew toward the manticore with such speed it looked like a comet. The blast hit the manticore in the chest and sent it sprawling backward. Harry saw that Blackcat was near collapse and raced to her side. The door they needed to go thru was unguarded. Harry helped Blackcat and the two raced to the door. They were barely able to enter it before the manticore made another attack. As they closed the door the tail of the manticore hit the door. Harry could see the point of the beasts scorpion tail imbedded in the door inches from him. Both he and Blackcat were breathing heavily and standing in a very dark room with no lights.