Chapter 9
Elisabeth jumped up.
"Dad, could you put two stretchers in my room?" She asked, turning around.
"Sure, come on you three." James smiled.
Marie gave Elisabeth her book back, so she could put it away.
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Fifteen minutes later the bags were dumped, the stretchers set up, book back on it's place and the four back in the living room.
"So what we gonna do now?" Jake asked, while James made his way back to his seat.
"Those four are playing a game, maybe we could join?" Elisabeth said.
"What kind of game?" Jennifer asked.
"Harry, what ya playing?" Liz said, walking over to her brother.
"Raven." Harry answered. (A/N: Maybe you know the TV-show. It's on BBC1 at 8.30 English time. Well, this is a magical board game based on that show.)
"May we join?" Jake asked.
"I got a better idea." Keith smiled.
"What?" Harry, Elisabeth, and the two twins asked at the same time.
"Why don't we go to the RR (A/N: Room of Requirement) and play it in there, for real!" Keith beamed.
"First ask mom and dad if it's ok with them." Harry said smiling.
So they asked and got permission, but only if an adult went with them. Sirius and James where happy to comply to that. Sean decided to join as well.
~~~In the RR~~~
Everybody looked around. They had found themselves in front a forest.
"Sirius, you'll be Raven." (A/N: The host.) Keith ordered.
"Ok, now it would be nice if I had some guidelines to know what to do." Sirius muttered and a roll of parchment appeared. "COOL!"
"So, what are they suppose to do, oh almighty Raven?" James joked.
Sirius unrolled the parchment and began to read.
"Welcome young warriors, you have answered my call. Her you will be tested on strength, skills and brains. In the forest behind me, eight standards are hidden. You have to look for the path to your respective standard. To find your path you have to look for your colour. But watch out, if you get off the path you will be attacked by demons. WHAT IS THIS CRAP?!"
Everybody laughed.
"Bye, bye, Sirius." Keith jelled, while the eight children ran into the forest.
After a few minutes Elisabeth emerged with a yellow standard. Harry was next with a red one. Jenny had a green standard, Jennifer purple, Jake blue, Keith orange, Sean brown and Justin PINK!
"Why does my son have a wussy colour?" Sirius looked horrified.
"Bad luck like his dad." James laughed.
"Lets get on with it." Keith said impatiently.
Sirius looked on the parchment again.
"The standards have seven black feathers on top, these are you're lives, if you succeed in a challenge you may keep them, if you fail you'll lose one. Come young warriors, to 'the old troll'. WHAT DID I DO TO DESURVE THIS?!"
They walked to 'the old troll' laughing at Sirius, who was grumbling under his breath.
At 'the old troll' Sirius turned to the 'warriors' again.
"Sean, you ask the troll for his riddle."
Sean took a few steps forward and knocked on the wooden door. An other roll of parchment appeared. He gave it to Sirius, who read it again.
"I'm going where I need to go, but I'm facing the wrong way. I'm crossing water, but I don't get wet. I'm moving my arms, but I'm not swimming. What am I doing? Take out the chalk and slate from your bags and write down your answer. DON'T PEEK!"
The eight did as they were told and scribed down their answers.
"Now, Jake you first. Put your slate trough the small door at the bottom of the door in front of you, make sure you put your whole arm inside, else the troll won't take your answer. If you answered right the troll will give you a treasure ring, if you answered wrong you'll lose a live."
Jake did as he was told, but had answered wrong. He had to pull himself free. Next up was Justin, he had also answered wrong. Now it was Elisabeth turn, her hand emerged with a golden ring in it.
"Well one, Jenny."
She got a golden ring as well. Keith had to pull himself free, as did Jennifer. Sean and Harry both received a treasure ring.
"Well done warriors, but four of you failed to give the right answer, you will lose a live. Now, I'd like to know what you answered. Keith?"
"Sailing."
"Jennifer?"
"Ditto."
"Jake?"
"Flying."
"Justin?"
"Swimming."
This made the others laugh and Sirius looked dumbstruck.
"Euh, ok, Elisabeth, you were the first to have the right answer, would you tell us what it should have been?"
"Rowing." She smiled.
"That is indeed the answer we were looking for, you may keep the treasure rings. You will be collecting them as reward for completing a challenge. Let us move on to 'the old forest'. IS EVERYTHING CALLED OLD AROUND HERE?!"
They cuddled.
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When they arrived, Sirius had decided he was framed into being Raven, but found arguing didn't help, so he was stuck with the job.
"Ok, pay attention now. For this challenge, you will have to climb up to this tree and then get the treasure ring that is hanging there. You will have to jump to get it. Don't worry, you will be secured by Ravens rope, no harm will come to you. WHY IN THE WORLD DID I AGREE TO THIS? Justin you go first."
Everybody, except Sean, succeeded in this challenge. (A/N: I'm not going to describe it, 'cause I don't feel like it. And for all of you who know Raven: I'm also leaving out 'the way of the warrior'.)
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After that they went to 'the eyeless demons'. All demons wore robes, the hoods of these demons were so long, they couldn't see. They were carrying long sticks.
"See, that pole behind the two demons? There's a treasure ring on it. You will be competing against each other in this challenge. Two warriors will take one of those two sticks. You have to use them to get the ring, but the demons might not be able to see you, the can still hear you. At the end of the sticks there are bells. You have to walk 'the path of the silent warrior'. Those sticks the demons are carrying are deadly, if they thatch you will lose a live. You will also lose a live if the other warrior beats you to claming the treasure ring. Harry, Elisabeth, you two go first."
Harry and Elisabeth both made it past the demons, but Elisabeth was just a bit faster and clamed the ring. Then it was the Doors twins turn, but both got hid by the demons. After that Keith suffered the same fate, but Sean made it to the other side and clamed the ring. The Black twin made it to the other side, but Justin was the one to clam the ring.
Just as they were about to move on to the next challenge, Lily came into the room.
"Time to eat, you can finish this tomorrow or so."
The children cheered and ran to the dining-room, Sirius close behind. James followed a lost slower with Lily.
"You know, this is really interesting. You should come and watch tomorrow and see how Elisabeth and Harry will beat everybody else and Sirius making a fool out of himself." James cuddled and Lily smiled.
"I might do that." She said while giving him a kiss on the cheek.
A/N: Please review or I might stop this fic, since I only got one review for the last chapter. Thank you Dutch Lily Flower.
Elisabeth jumped up.
"Dad, could you put two stretchers in my room?" She asked, turning around.
"Sure, come on you three." James smiled.
Marie gave Elisabeth her book back, so she could put it away.
~~~~~~
Fifteen minutes later the bags were dumped, the stretchers set up, book back on it's place and the four back in the living room.
"So what we gonna do now?" Jake asked, while James made his way back to his seat.
"Those four are playing a game, maybe we could join?" Elisabeth said.
"What kind of game?" Jennifer asked.
"Harry, what ya playing?" Liz said, walking over to her brother.
"Raven." Harry answered. (A/N: Maybe you know the TV-show. It's on BBC1 at 8.30 English time. Well, this is a magical board game based on that show.)
"May we join?" Jake asked.
"I got a better idea." Keith smiled.
"What?" Harry, Elisabeth, and the two twins asked at the same time.
"Why don't we go to the RR (A/N: Room of Requirement) and play it in there, for real!" Keith beamed.
"First ask mom and dad if it's ok with them." Harry said smiling.
So they asked and got permission, but only if an adult went with them. Sirius and James where happy to comply to that. Sean decided to join as well.
~~~In the RR~~~
Everybody looked around. They had found themselves in front a forest.
"Sirius, you'll be Raven." (A/N: The host.) Keith ordered.
"Ok, now it would be nice if I had some guidelines to know what to do." Sirius muttered and a roll of parchment appeared. "COOL!"
"So, what are they suppose to do, oh almighty Raven?" James joked.
Sirius unrolled the parchment and began to read.
"Welcome young warriors, you have answered my call. Her you will be tested on strength, skills and brains. In the forest behind me, eight standards are hidden. You have to look for the path to your respective standard. To find your path you have to look for your colour. But watch out, if you get off the path you will be attacked by demons. WHAT IS THIS CRAP?!"
Everybody laughed.
"Bye, bye, Sirius." Keith jelled, while the eight children ran into the forest.
After a few minutes Elisabeth emerged with a yellow standard. Harry was next with a red one. Jenny had a green standard, Jennifer purple, Jake blue, Keith orange, Sean brown and Justin PINK!
"Why does my son have a wussy colour?" Sirius looked horrified.
"Bad luck like his dad." James laughed.
"Lets get on with it." Keith said impatiently.
Sirius looked on the parchment again.
"The standards have seven black feathers on top, these are you're lives, if you succeed in a challenge you may keep them, if you fail you'll lose one. Come young warriors, to 'the old troll'. WHAT DID I DO TO DESURVE THIS?!"
They walked to 'the old troll' laughing at Sirius, who was grumbling under his breath.
At 'the old troll' Sirius turned to the 'warriors' again.
"Sean, you ask the troll for his riddle."
Sean took a few steps forward and knocked on the wooden door. An other roll of parchment appeared. He gave it to Sirius, who read it again.
"I'm going where I need to go, but I'm facing the wrong way. I'm crossing water, but I don't get wet. I'm moving my arms, but I'm not swimming. What am I doing? Take out the chalk and slate from your bags and write down your answer. DON'T PEEK!"
The eight did as they were told and scribed down their answers.
"Now, Jake you first. Put your slate trough the small door at the bottom of the door in front of you, make sure you put your whole arm inside, else the troll won't take your answer. If you answered right the troll will give you a treasure ring, if you answered wrong you'll lose a live."
Jake did as he was told, but had answered wrong. He had to pull himself free. Next up was Justin, he had also answered wrong. Now it was Elisabeth turn, her hand emerged with a golden ring in it.
"Well one, Jenny."
She got a golden ring as well. Keith had to pull himself free, as did Jennifer. Sean and Harry both received a treasure ring.
"Well done warriors, but four of you failed to give the right answer, you will lose a live. Now, I'd like to know what you answered. Keith?"
"Sailing."
"Jennifer?"
"Ditto."
"Jake?"
"Flying."
"Justin?"
"Swimming."
This made the others laugh and Sirius looked dumbstruck.
"Euh, ok, Elisabeth, you were the first to have the right answer, would you tell us what it should have been?"
"Rowing." She smiled.
"That is indeed the answer we were looking for, you may keep the treasure rings. You will be collecting them as reward for completing a challenge. Let us move on to 'the old forest'. IS EVERYTHING CALLED OLD AROUND HERE?!"
They cuddled.
~~~~~~
When they arrived, Sirius had decided he was framed into being Raven, but found arguing didn't help, so he was stuck with the job.
"Ok, pay attention now. For this challenge, you will have to climb up to this tree and then get the treasure ring that is hanging there. You will have to jump to get it. Don't worry, you will be secured by Ravens rope, no harm will come to you. WHY IN THE WORLD DID I AGREE TO THIS? Justin you go first."
Everybody, except Sean, succeeded in this challenge. (A/N: I'm not going to describe it, 'cause I don't feel like it. And for all of you who know Raven: I'm also leaving out 'the way of the warrior'.)
~~~~~~
After that they went to 'the eyeless demons'. All demons wore robes, the hoods of these demons were so long, they couldn't see. They were carrying long sticks.
"See, that pole behind the two demons? There's a treasure ring on it. You will be competing against each other in this challenge. Two warriors will take one of those two sticks. You have to use them to get the ring, but the demons might not be able to see you, the can still hear you. At the end of the sticks there are bells. You have to walk 'the path of the silent warrior'. Those sticks the demons are carrying are deadly, if they thatch you will lose a live. You will also lose a live if the other warrior beats you to claming the treasure ring. Harry, Elisabeth, you two go first."
Harry and Elisabeth both made it past the demons, but Elisabeth was just a bit faster and clamed the ring. Then it was the Doors twins turn, but both got hid by the demons. After that Keith suffered the same fate, but Sean made it to the other side and clamed the ring. The Black twin made it to the other side, but Justin was the one to clam the ring.
Just as they were about to move on to the next challenge, Lily came into the room.
"Time to eat, you can finish this tomorrow or so."
The children cheered and ran to the dining-room, Sirius close behind. James followed a lost slower with Lily.
"You know, this is really interesting. You should come and watch tomorrow and see how Elisabeth and Harry will beat everybody else and Sirius making a fool out of himself." James cuddled and Lily smiled.
"I might do that." She said while giving him a kiss on the cheek.
A/N: Please review or I might stop this fic, since I only got one review for the last chapter. Thank you Dutch Lily Flower.