CHAPTER 3
THE FIRST TROLL
"BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!" yelled an advertiser for Jojo's Circus. "WE ONLY HAVE FIVE LEFT!" Jojo's Circus was one of the largest entertainment events in all the wizarding world, and also the most controversial. Even though Jojo advertised that his circus was 'as safe as the Minister of magic surrounded by thousands of guard dragons', it certainly seemed that it was as safe as a thousand dragons surrounding the Minister of magic. While the circus featured several feats of amazing magic and wonderful marvels, it also featured very dangerous creatures (something Hagrid, the keeper of the keys at Hogwarts, would certainly love). The circus was home to a dragon (a Welsh Green to be specific), mermaids, trolls, and much more.
Jojo's Circus was a traveling circus that went all around the Wizarding world strutting their stuff, and they happened to go to Hogwarts for the first time in several years (decades, rather, after an enslaved hippogriff pecked the headmaster to death). Julius took Cleo to the circus, of course, and paid for all expenses with the last galleons he had. He then found the best seat he could possibly find.
"This is so exciting", said Cleo to Julius, who was munching his popcorn. "I hope they have a unicorn. I love unicorns. Or maybe they have a sphinx. That would be cool, due to my Egyptian name. How 'bout you, Julius? Julius? JULIUS!" Cleo was getting really mad, for Julius was apparently doing nothing but munching popcorn. He then bounced out of his seat, which caused several Slytherins to laugh.
"I guess I like them all", said Julius. "I just hope they don't have trolls. I hate trolls". He breathed real hard at the thought of trolls, for they had destroyed his family, and his life. But his thoughts diminished once he heard a loud drum roll. The lights focused on one tiny section of the tent, which had nothing but a rope. Several seconds later, a goblin slid down the rope and landed on the ground with a twirl. The crowd then clapped at this feat while the goblin bowed.
"Thanks you, ladies and gentlemen, for your delightful applause", said the goblin. "I am Jojo McGee, the founder of this circus, and I am very envious of you! I am so envious, I am ready to rip the gizzard out of my dragon! Want to know why I am so envious? BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT TIME!" The whole crowd then clapped and Jojo hurriedly ran away. Several men in tight clothes then leaped out and began to do several summersaults and other gymnastic moves, several girls in nothing but phoenix-skin bikinis started to wave their hands and dance around (after that sight, McGonagle reminded Dumbledore to never take the children to the circus), and the famous Welsh Green stomped out with something that looked like a smile. The bikini models then opened a strange looking box, and two bludgers suddenly shot out. The bludgers circled around the audience, and sometimes threatening them by really getting close to one person (resulting in many gasps), but once they were away from the audience, the dragon burned them down one at a time. The dragon, bikini models, and gymnasts then retreated as Jojo came back onto the stage.
"If you thought that was great", exclaimed Jojo, "then you will have a heart attack once you see what we are about to bring out! Our first attraction is one that we took a little bit of extra time to conjure up! From the Highlands of Scotland, we present you with Tommy the Troll!" There was a loud drum roll from the back of the room, and a trumpeter played a 'tah-tah!'. A very loud thumping noise was heard, and it grew louder and louder as time went by. Julius recognized the noise, but he thought it was impossible. However, a large, lumbering shape came out of the shadows, and all of Julius's fears had come true- it was a troll, more specifically one of the trolls of the Blackstone gang that had killed his parents.
The Blackstones were a group of trolls who had mutations that had caused their I.Q's to be come larger than average. They had felt left out, for they were at the genius level while the other trolls couldn't even speak, so they left their society to come to ours. They fought for their rights at the Ministry of Magic, but one of their earlier laws described trolls as 'beasts' and could not be represented in front of the Ministry. Angus Blackstone, the namesake leader of the gang, grew very angry, and vowed to destroy every Wizard they possibly could. From then on they harassed, disturbed, and even killed Wizards, three that had been Julius's parents and baby sister. From then on Julius had hated trolls and vowed to get a job that would include the destruction of their kind.
However, he didn't have time to worry about that at the moment. The troll was obviously a Blackstone, due to the way his face was shaped and the thick, black armored hide he wore.
"BOYS!" yelled the troll. "Time to get busy!" Suddenly, a hole on the right and left side of the tent (luckily not anywhere near the stands) blew open, and suddenly two similar trolls walked through the holes, armed with spiked- tipped clubs, large daggers, and an immense sword. The then handed the sword to the third trolls and they were stomping around the tent. Everyone, especially the kids, began to panic.
"Nobody panic!" yelled Dumbledore. However, no one heeded his advice as the trolls began swinging at anyone they saw and ripping chunks out of the tent. "Leave...well, try to leave in an orderly fashion!" I looked at Cleo's face and saw fear. I never wanted her to feel that way, especially by a stupid, vile troll. She wasn't the only one. Everyone was panicking, even Jojo. However, the Welsh Green got loose, and since dragons have a war-like nature, he began to combat the troll. At first he slashed at the troll with his razor-sharp claws, but it deflected of his thick hide. The troll banged his club at the dragon, but it only broke his right wing. The dragon then breathed flame towards the troll, who dodged the blast, which in return caused the tent to go on fire. Before the dragon can blink, the troll ran up to the dragon and bashed his head with the club.
"I CAN'T STAND ALL THIS DEATH!" yelled Cleo. "LET'S GET OUT!"
"Follow Yvonne out of the tent", said Julius.
"What?"
"You have to listen to me! I have to destroy this trolls."
"You can't! You're only a third year!"
"I'm more like a seventh year and you know it! These trolls were some of the same trolls that killed my parents! No you go with Yvonne or I will have to force you to go!"
"Goodbye, Julius. See you in heaven sometime soon". Even though he was sympathetic towards her and wished she could be in his arms at that moment, he knew it just wasn't the right time. He jumped of the stands and landed with the thud, which attracted the attention of one of the trolls.
"HEY!" said the troll whom Jojo called Tommy. "It's that kid from the Highlands! I guess I'll be the one to finish the job for boss". He then charged at Julius with his club raised, but Julius just aimed his wand at Tommy.
"You killed my father", said Julius with the utmost hate. "Prepare to burn in hell!" He then lifted up the wand higher, and once Tommy got at close as he possibly could to Julius, he raised his wand higher, and with all the rage in his body shouted one word – "TROLLAMENDUS!" With the shout of that one word, a dark blue light covered the troll up, and within seconds he was down on the floor, unable to move. Trollamendus is a spell that is used to make a troll unconscious for several hours. Julius had never conjured up the spell before, but he had seen his father do it before he died. The other two trolls must've heard the commotion, for they turned around when they saw the troll go down.
"GET HIM!" yelled one of the trolls. Julius found one of the wires that the gymnasts used and grabbed it. He walked a high up on the stands as he could and then let his feet go, causing him to swing on the wire. Once he was in a close enough range with one of the trolls, he let go and landed on his shoulder. The troll jerked around trying to get Julius off, but he aimed his wand in the troll's eye.
"LUMOS!" yelled Julius. A bright light shot right from the wand and straight into the troll's eye, causing the troll to be blind. Julius then grabbed his switchblade (he carried it just in case his wand ever failed him) and slashed the troll's throat with it. He leaped off the troll and landed on what he saw to be the feet of the third troll, who was armed with a large mace.
"You will die for that!" yelled the troll. The troll lifted up his mace and swung it around the room, missing Julius but reeking havoc on the large tent. Large chunks of ceiling began to fall, but Julius rolled and dodged them all. He needed to think up of a plan fast.
"There we go", said Julius. He found a large dagger in one of the troll's pockets, and decided that it was his only hope. "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" The spell caused the dagger to lift up in the air, and as the troll lifted up his mace Julius caused the knife to zoom forward and go through the troll's skull. Julius zoomed as fast as he could out of the tent and once he was outside he heard a loud boom, which was the troll's fall.
"Excellent, young Julius", said a voice from afar. "I couldn't have done better myself". Julius whipped is body around and saw an old shape that he saw everyday at dinnertime- Albus Dumbledore. Julius's life would never be the same.
THE FIRST TROLL
"BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!" yelled an advertiser for Jojo's Circus. "WE ONLY HAVE FIVE LEFT!" Jojo's Circus was one of the largest entertainment events in all the wizarding world, and also the most controversial. Even though Jojo advertised that his circus was 'as safe as the Minister of magic surrounded by thousands of guard dragons', it certainly seemed that it was as safe as a thousand dragons surrounding the Minister of magic. While the circus featured several feats of amazing magic and wonderful marvels, it also featured very dangerous creatures (something Hagrid, the keeper of the keys at Hogwarts, would certainly love). The circus was home to a dragon (a Welsh Green to be specific), mermaids, trolls, and much more.
Jojo's Circus was a traveling circus that went all around the Wizarding world strutting their stuff, and they happened to go to Hogwarts for the first time in several years (decades, rather, after an enslaved hippogriff pecked the headmaster to death). Julius took Cleo to the circus, of course, and paid for all expenses with the last galleons he had. He then found the best seat he could possibly find.
"This is so exciting", said Cleo to Julius, who was munching his popcorn. "I hope they have a unicorn. I love unicorns. Or maybe they have a sphinx. That would be cool, due to my Egyptian name. How 'bout you, Julius? Julius? JULIUS!" Cleo was getting really mad, for Julius was apparently doing nothing but munching popcorn. He then bounced out of his seat, which caused several Slytherins to laugh.
"I guess I like them all", said Julius. "I just hope they don't have trolls. I hate trolls". He breathed real hard at the thought of trolls, for they had destroyed his family, and his life. But his thoughts diminished once he heard a loud drum roll. The lights focused on one tiny section of the tent, which had nothing but a rope. Several seconds later, a goblin slid down the rope and landed on the ground with a twirl. The crowd then clapped at this feat while the goblin bowed.
"Thanks you, ladies and gentlemen, for your delightful applause", said the goblin. "I am Jojo McGee, the founder of this circus, and I am very envious of you! I am so envious, I am ready to rip the gizzard out of my dragon! Want to know why I am so envious? BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT TIME!" The whole crowd then clapped and Jojo hurriedly ran away. Several men in tight clothes then leaped out and began to do several summersaults and other gymnastic moves, several girls in nothing but phoenix-skin bikinis started to wave their hands and dance around (after that sight, McGonagle reminded Dumbledore to never take the children to the circus), and the famous Welsh Green stomped out with something that looked like a smile. The bikini models then opened a strange looking box, and two bludgers suddenly shot out. The bludgers circled around the audience, and sometimes threatening them by really getting close to one person (resulting in many gasps), but once they were away from the audience, the dragon burned them down one at a time. The dragon, bikini models, and gymnasts then retreated as Jojo came back onto the stage.
"If you thought that was great", exclaimed Jojo, "then you will have a heart attack once you see what we are about to bring out! Our first attraction is one that we took a little bit of extra time to conjure up! From the Highlands of Scotland, we present you with Tommy the Troll!" There was a loud drum roll from the back of the room, and a trumpeter played a 'tah-tah!'. A very loud thumping noise was heard, and it grew louder and louder as time went by. Julius recognized the noise, but he thought it was impossible. However, a large, lumbering shape came out of the shadows, and all of Julius's fears had come true- it was a troll, more specifically one of the trolls of the Blackstone gang that had killed his parents.
The Blackstones were a group of trolls who had mutations that had caused their I.Q's to be come larger than average. They had felt left out, for they were at the genius level while the other trolls couldn't even speak, so they left their society to come to ours. They fought for their rights at the Ministry of Magic, but one of their earlier laws described trolls as 'beasts' and could not be represented in front of the Ministry. Angus Blackstone, the namesake leader of the gang, grew very angry, and vowed to destroy every Wizard they possibly could. From then on they harassed, disturbed, and even killed Wizards, three that had been Julius's parents and baby sister. From then on Julius had hated trolls and vowed to get a job that would include the destruction of their kind.
However, he didn't have time to worry about that at the moment. The troll was obviously a Blackstone, due to the way his face was shaped and the thick, black armored hide he wore.
"BOYS!" yelled the troll. "Time to get busy!" Suddenly, a hole on the right and left side of the tent (luckily not anywhere near the stands) blew open, and suddenly two similar trolls walked through the holes, armed with spiked- tipped clubs, large daggers, and an immense sword. The then handed the sword to the third trolls and they were stomping around the tent. Everyone, especially the kids, began to panic.
"Nobody panic!" yelled Dumbledore. However, no one heeded his advice as the trolls began swinging at anyone they saw and ripping chunks out of the tent. "Leave...well, try to leave in an orderly fashion!" I looked at Cleo's face and saw fear. I never wanted her to feel that way, especially by a stupid, vile troll. She wasn't the only one. Everyone was panicking, even Jojo. However, the Welsh Green got loose, and since dragons have a war-like nature, he began to combat the troll. At first he slashed at the troll with his razor-sharp claws, but it deflected of his thick hide. The troll banged his club at the dragon, but it only broke his right wing. The dragon then breathed flame towards the troll, who dodged the blast, which in return caused the tent to go on fire. Before the dragon can blink, the troll ran up to the dragon and bashed his head with the club.
"I CAN'T STAND ALL THIS DEATH!" yelled Cleo. "LET'S GET OUT!"
"Follow Yvonne out of the tent", said Julius.
"What?"
"You have to listen to me! I have to destroy this trolls."
"You can't! You're only a third year!"
"I'm more like a seventh year and you know it! These trolls were some of the same trolls that killed my parents! No you go with Yvonne or I will have to force you to go!"
"Goodbye, Julius. See you in heaven sometime soon". Even though he was sympathetic towards her and wished she could be in his arms at that moment, he knew it just wasn't the right time. He jumped of the stands and landed with the thud, which attracted the attention of one of the trolls.
"HEY!" said the troll whom Jojo called Tommy. "It's that kid from the Highlands! I guess I'll be the one to finish the job for boss". He then charged at Julius with his club raised, but Julius just aimed his wand at Tommy.
"You killed my father", said Julius with the utmost hate. "Prepare to burn in hell!" He then lifted up the wand higher, and once Tommy got at close as he possibly could to Julius, he raised his wand higher, and with all the rage in his body shouted one word – "TROLLAMENDUS!" With the shout of that one word, a dark blue light covered the troll up, and within seconds he was down on the floor, unable to move. Trollamendus is a spell that is used to make a troll unconscious for several hours. Julius had never conjured up the spell before, but he had seen his father do it before he died. The other two trolls must've heard the commotion, for they turned around when they saw the troll go down.
"GET HIM!" yelled one of the trolls. Julius found one of the wires that the gymnasts used and grabbed it. He walked a high up on the stands as he could and then let his feet go, causing him to swing on the wire. Once he was in a close enough range with one of the trolls, he let go and landed on his shoulder. The troll jerked around trying to get Julius off, but he aimed his wand in the troll's eye.
"LUMOS!" yelled Julius. A bright light shot right from the wand and straight into the troll's eye, causing the troll to be blind. Julius then grabbed his switchblade (he carried it just in case his wand ever failed him) and slashed the troll's throat with it. He leaped off the troll and landed on what he saw to be the feet of the third troll, who was armed with a large mace.
"You will die for that!" yelled the troll. The troll lifted up his mace and swung it around the room, missing Julius but reeking havoc on the large tent. Large chunks of ceiling began to fall, but Julius rolled and dodged them all. He needed to think up of a plan fast.
"There we go", said Julius. He found a large dagger in one of the troll's pockets, and decided that it was his only hope. "WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!" The spell caused the dagger to lift up in the air, and as the troll lifted up his mace Julius caused the knife to zoom forward and go through the troll's skull. Julius zoomed as fast as he could out of the tent and once he was outside he heard a loud boom, which was the troll's fall.
"Excellent, young Julius", said a voice from afar. "I couldn't have done better myself". Julius whipped is body around and saw an old shape that he saw everyday at dinnertime- Albus Dumbledore. Julius's life would never be the same.