Author's note: Okay, I logged on and looked at my reviews and I saw 28. um
okay. That's 27 in one day. Wow. Even if it was the same message over and
over, thanks to whoever sent the 26 "OMG you HAVE to continue. That is SUCH
and EVIL cliffhanger." Well, thank you. They're my specialty. My English
teacher calls me that sometimes cuz I do that in my stories all the time.
And thanx to RedRaspberry (I apologize for that format. it changes it from
my files. quite annoying, but I will fix it!) Sorry this chapter took so
long. me no like deadlines. Hope y'all like the next chapter! Suggestions
are welcome. PLZ R&R! Its good for my deflated ego! :C)
Chapter 4:
Place: American Academy of Magic
Time: 8:46
Lathina and her group of Second Years walked carefully over to the Quidditch sheds to look for broomsticks. As they crossed the field, Lathina remembered all the games Dragon House had won over the formidable Baislik (aak sp?) House. All those trivial things like games seemed silly now. With a flash of hurt, Lathina realized how much seemed unimportant now. her Potions essay on Truth Serums, whether or not she should get pink streaks in her hair. all that was in the past. Ahead stood dark, unfriendly times without some of her friends. Friends. Boris. A tear leaked out of Lathina's eye again, and again, she was ashamed of showing emotion at such a horrible time.
Coming back to the present, the Second Years had waited at the shed. Lathina, as a Quidditch captain, was the only one of the group that could open it. She stepped up to the door, put her hand on the dragon symbol and spoke, "Migglewiggle." The door shifted open.
"Take any working broomstick you can find." Suddenly Lathina thought of a problem. "Oh no! The toddlers! What are we going to do?" She turned to a girl. "You found the toddlers right?" The girl nodded. "Were their parents alive?" The girl shook her head. Lathina sighed. "I wonder if Ed could make a child seat for a broomstick."
Shaking her thoughts aside, Lathina grabbed as many broomsticks as she could find. There were seventeen people, and there were fifteen broomsticks. Lathina didn't see that as bad. Some of the kids couldn't ride anyway. Already, beginnings of a plan were in her head.
Suddenly, a green light passed the doorway. Lathina jumped and pulled the kids into the shadows of the room. The light passed in silence. "We have to get out of here," whispered Lathina. The group waited ten minutes and then ran like hell back to the woods.
The other groups were not back yet. Lathina ran to get the toddlers organized, but when they began to cry, she was forced to put them to sleep. Pointing her wand (13 inches, containing a dragon heartstring and unicorn hair) at the children, she whispered, "Dormintras." Instantly, the young ones were in a deep sleep. And it wasn't a moment too soon.
One of the goblins floated past the clearing, watching for signs of movement, carrying his formidable sword. Lathina and the others did not move at all. All of the sudden, a loud boom came from the library section of the building. Like a flash, the goblin wheeled around and headed that way.
Lathina got up and called to her friends, "Any Fourth or Fifth Years who are able and willing, come help me find the others. We may have to do some magic. The rest of you, move down to the cliffs. They wont think of looking there!" Lathina and a band of five other Fourth and Fifth Years grabbed some broomsticks and sped off to th library.
Rounding the bend next to the Aviary of owls, all flown off in panic from the blast, Lahtina and the others hovered above the grass, deciding what to do. The goblins were converging on the door, swords at the ready. Lathina was stumped on what to do. Attack or wait? What if Ed wasn't even in there anymore? A light in the window told her this was not so.
"You guys stay here. Have Stunning Spells at the ready if those three things do anything." The others nodded as Lathina quietly drove her broomstick to the window.
"Ed. Ed!" Lathina tapped on the glass and whispered. Ed was at a shelf of spellbooks some distance away, but a first year saw her and motioned him over to Lathina. Ed looked up, down back at the page he was on, and up at Lathina smiling. He ran to the window and pushed it open.
"Lathina! I found something!" he nearly shouted.
"Not now! There are." but Lathina didn't get to finish. At that moment, the goblins burst through the door, their eyes burning red. A whoosh behind her told Lathina her frinds had not let them down. Five voices yelled "STUPEFY!!"
Unfortunately, the spells had no effect, and they rebounded and were sent to all corners of the room. The entire group fled into the bookcases. Lathina yelled, "HIDE!"
She and Ed ran under the librarian's desk. "Well? What is it?!"
"We need a bow and arrow. This spell goes on the arrow and if we shoot it right into their heart, they die. It was used hundreds of years ago by."
"Yeah, you know Ed, I like history too, and maybe when this is all over, you and I can visit the gift shop! But now, aah. I don't know. I kinda wanna kill some GOBLINS!"
"Okay, okay!!" He thought for a second. "The display case above the mantel. There's a bow and arrow in there from the elves! Made in 406 A.D."
Lathina hadn't stayed around to hear the last part, but had snuck out to the bookcase beside it. The sight that met her eyes was total chaos. Laser-like things were shooting from the goblins' sword, rebounding off of everything in sight. Her team was ducking, running, and screaming. Lathina ran with her head down to the other side of the library and hid behind a chair in front of the fireplace. No one seemed to be coming, so she threw a piece of something at the glass. It shattered and the arrow and bow fell down.
Ducking and pulling the heavy thing behind her, Lathina managed to get back to the desk. Ed was taking out his wand as she shoved the arrow at him. "Do something!" she shouted above the screams and booms. Ed lifted the wand, ran it down the arrows length to the head and whispered, "Faline lynisus!" The arrow turned a shocking blue and began to sparkle.
"Have you ever shot an arrow Ed?" asked Lathina.
"No. Have you?"
"Once at a Muggle camp in the Rockies." Ed looked at her. She sighed. "I guess that'll have to do." Locking the arrow into the elven bow, she looked for the nearest goblin. Unfortunalty, he was right in front of her, menacingly coming toward Lathina, sword held out. Just as he threw his sword, Lathina let the arrow fly. Hoping against hope that one time in Muggle camp was practice enough, the arrow flew toward the goblin, and the sword flew toward Lathina and Ed.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Me evil. I kno. Please review! Thanks! (Hope the format works this time!) Peace and Chicken Grease!
Chapter 4:
Place: American Academy of Magic
Time: 8:46
Lathina and her group of Second Years walked carefully over to the Quidditch sheds to look for broomsticks. As they crossed the field, Lathina remembered all the games Dragon House had won over the formidable Baislik (aak sp?) House. All those trivial things like games seemed silly now. With a flash of hurt, Lathina realized how much seemed unimportant now. her Potions essay on Truth Serums, whether or not she should get pink streaks in her hair. all that was in the past. Ahead stood dark, unfriendly times without some of her friends. Friends. Boris. A tear leaked out of Lathina's eye again, and again, she was ashamed of showing emotion at such a horrible time.
Coming back to the present, the Second Years had waited at the shed. Lathina, as a Quidditch captain, was the only one of the group that could open it. She stepped up to the door, put her hand on the dragon symbol and spoke, "Migglewiggle." The door shifted open.
"Take any working broomstick you can find." Suddenly Lathina thought of a problem. "Oh no! The toddlers! What are we going to do?" She turned to a girl. "You found the toddlers right?" The girl nodded. "Were their parents alive?" The girl shook her head. Lathina sighed. "I wonder if Ed could make a child seat for a broomstick."
Shaking her thoughts aside, Lathina grabbed as many broomsticks as she could find. There were seventeen people, and there were fifteen broomsticks. Lathina didn't see that as bad. Some of the kids couldn't ride anyway. Already, beginnings of a plan were in her head.
Suddenly, a green light passed the doorway. Lathina jumped and pulled the kids into the shadows of the room. The light passed in silence. "We have to get out of here," whispered Lathina. The group waited ten minutes and then ran like hell back to the woods.
The other groups were not back yet. Lathina ran to get the toddlers organized, but when they began to cry, she was forced to put them to sleep. Pointing her wand (13 inches, containing a dragon heartstring and unicorn hair) at the children, she whispered, "Dormintras." Instantly, the young ones were in a deep sleep. And it wasn't a moment too soon.
One of the goblins floated past the clearing, watching for signs of movement, carrying his formidable sword. Lathina and the others did not move at all. All of the sudden, a loud boom came from the library section of the building. Like a flash, the goblin wheeled around and headed that way.
Lathina got up and called to her friends, "Any Fourth or Fifth Years who are able and willing, come help me find the others. We may have to do some magic. The rest of you, move down to the cliffs. They wont think of looking there!" Lathina and a band of five other Fourth and Fifth Years grabbed some broomsticks and sped off to th library.
Rounding the bend next to the Aviary of owls, all flown off in panic from the blast, Lahtina and the others hovered above the grass, deciding what to do. The goblins were converging on the door, swords at the ready. Lathina was stumped on what to do. Attack or wait? What if Ed wasn't even in there anymore? A light in the window told her this was not so.
"You guys stay here. Have Stunning Spells at the ready if those three things do anything." The others nodded as Lathina quietly drove her broomstick to the window.
"Ed. Ed!" Lathina tapped on the glass and whispered. Ed was at a shelf of spellbooks some distance away, but a first year saw her and motioned him over to Lathina. Ed looked up, down back at the page he was on, and up at Lathina smiling. He ran to the window and pushed it open.
"Lathina! I found something!" he nearly shouted.
"Not now! There are." but Lathina didn't get to finish. At that moment, the goblins burst through the door, their eyes burning red. A whoosh behind her told Lathina her frinds had not let them down. Five voices yelled "STUPEFY!!"
Unfortunately, the spells had no effect, and they rebounded and were sent to all corners of the room. The entire group fled into the bookcases. Lathina yelled, "HIDE!"
She and Ed ran under the librarian's desk. "Well? What is it?!"
"We need a bow and arrow. This spell goes on the arrow and if we shoot it right into their heart, they die. It was used hundreds of years ago by."
"Yeah, you know Ed, I like history too, and maybe when this is all over, you and I can visit the gift shop! But now, aah. I don't know. I kinda wanna kill some GOBLINS!"
"Okay, okay!!" He thought for a second. "The display case above the mantel. There's a bow and arrow in there from the elves! Made in 406 A.D."
Lathina hadn't stayed around to hear the last part, but had snuck out to the bookcase beside it. The sight that met her eyes was total chaos. Laser-like things were shooting from the goblins' sword, rebounding off of everything in sight. Her team was ducking, running, and screaming. Lathina ran with her head down to the other side of the library and hid behind a chair in front of the fireplace. No one seemed to be coming, so she threw a piece of something at the glass. It shattered and the arrow and bow fell down.
Ducking and pulling the heavy thing behind her, Lathina managed to get back to the desk. Ed was taking out his wand as she shoved the arrow at him. "Do something!" she shouted above the screams and booms. Ed lifted the wand, ran it down the arrows length to the head and whispered, "Faline lynisus!" The arrow turned a shocking blue and began to sparkle.
"Have you ever shot an arrow Ed?" asked Lathina.
"No. Have you?"
"Once at a Muggle camp in the Rockies." Ed looked at her. She sighed. "I guess that'll have to do." Locking the arrow into the elven bow, she looked for the nearest goblin. Unfortunalty, he was right in front of her, menacingly coming toward Lathina, sword held out. Just as he threw his sword, Lathina let the arrow fly. Hoping against hope that one time in Muggle camp was practice enough, the arrow flew toward the goblin, and the sword flew toward Lathina and Ed.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Me evil. I kno. Please review! Thanks! (Hope the format works this time!) Peace and Chicken Grease!