Chapter Four
Jack was now surrounded, they had made a circle around him, one of the figures behind him said in a hissing voice "Looks like old Sirius doesn't it Regulus?" Then out of the circle came one of the figures, it pulled off the mask to reveal a face very similar to Sirius's. The face surveyed him with great interest; this must have been Regulus "Leave him alone... Let's head back." The other figures seemed to be staring at him but then had second thoughts about challenging Regulus's temper. With a sharp crack all of them were gone, and the conductor hit the ground with a loud thud, Jack rushed over to him "Sir, Sir are you ok?" The conductor replied with a groan of pain, Jack lifted him up and dragged him up to the train. They were now stranded half-way to Hogwarts though, the rain became stronger, the lightning danced across the sky, the prefects ran up to Jack "What happened out there, are they gone?" The Hufflepuff prefect asked shakily "They are gone, does anyone have an owl I can use? I need to alert the headmaster immediately." Jack said urgently. The Ravenclaw prefect quickly went to the prefect's compartment, returning with a beautiful Eagle Owl "Thanks" Jack said gratefully to the prefect, then he wrote a message to Dumbledore explaining the current situation, then Jack sent it off with the owl. After sending the message Jack went to check on the conductors condition, there was no change he was still unconscious. There was only one thing Jack could do; he had to take the injured conductor to safety, but how? Then Jack remembered it, he began to shuffle through his pockets and finally pulled out a silver whistle, he could call Buckbeak with it, his father's Hippogriff. He blew into the whistle as hard as he could, then he sat staring at the window for about a half an hour while explaining to the questioning students. Finally, the rustle of feathers blasted through out the pouring of the rain and Buckbeak landed next to the tracks ahead of the train, Jack quickly lifted up the conductor and hurried outside. Jack then lifted the conductor onto Buckbeaks back, and then he clambered on top of the Hippogriff. Buckbeak began to gallop along the tracks, and then they took off into the stormy sky.
Jack was now surrounded, they had made a circle around him, one of the figures behind him said in a hissing voice "Looks like old Sirius doesn't it Regulus?" Then out of the circle came one of the figures, it pulled off the mask to reveal a face very similar to Sirius's. The face surveyed him with great interest; this must have been Regulus "Leave him alone... Let's head back." The other figures seemed to be staring at him but then had second thoughts about challenging Regulus's temper. With a sharp crack all of them were gone, and the conductor hit the ground with a loud thud, Jack rushed over to him "Sir, Sir are you ok?" The conductor replied with a groan of pain, Jack lifted him up and dragged him up to the train. They were now stranded half-way to Hogwarts though, the rain became stronger, the lightning danced across the sky, the prefects ran up to Jack "What happened out there, are they gone?" The Hufflepuff prefect asked shakily "They are gone, does anyone have an owl I can use? I need to alert the headmaster immediately." Jack said urgently. The Ravenclaw prefect quickly went to the prefect's compartment, returning with a beautiful Eagle Owl "Thanks" Jack said gratefully to the prefect, then he wrote a message to Dumbledore explaining the current situation, then Jack sent it off with the owl. After sending the message Jack went to check on the conductors condition, there was no change he was still unconscious. There was only one thing Jack could do; he had to take the injured conductor to safety, but how? Then Jack remembered it, he began to shuffle through his pockets and finally pulled out a silver whistle, he could call Buckbeak with it, his father's Hippogriff. He blew into the whistle as hard as he could, then he sat staring at the window for about a half an hour while explaining to the questioning students. Finally, the rustle of feathers blasted through out the pouring of the rain and Buckbeak landed next to the tracks ahead of the train, Jack quickly lifted up the conductor and hurried outside. Jack then lifted the conductor onto Buckbeaks back, and then he clambered on top of the Hippogriff. Buckbeak began to gallop along the tracks, and then they took off into the stormy sky.