CHAPTER NINE
The Hogwarts students had been gone all of five minutes when something strange happened. A whooshing noise was heard in the direction of the bushy forest and a second later Jarvis Ancol, Lisa Turpin's muggle partner, fell to the ground with a sickening thud. Lisa dropped to his side, her brow furrowed. Jarvis, who was as fit and healthy as the next person, was out like a light. Something was wrong. Very wrong.
Harry drew his wand and marched towards the forest in the direction of the whooshing noise while Hermione, who had also taken out her wand, levitated Jarvis to a height hat made him easier to direct to a cabin. The other Kedron members followed her while Harry poked around the bush.
"What's the matter with him?" Georgia asked, leaning over the unconscious boy with concern.
"He looks like he has been stunned." Blaise said, prodding Jarvis in the side with his wand.
Just as Susan was about to tell Blaise to stop poking the unconscious and defenceless boy a yell erupted from outside. It was Harry and he was backing out of the trees, shooting spells at something or someone. A moment later a group of hooded figures carrying wands followed Harry out into the park area. They were also shooting spells at the grossly outnumbered Harry.
"Oh my God!" Sally-Anne squealed when she saw the twelve hooded figures, "Are they Death Eaters?"
She sounded scared, almost terrified. Draco glanced out the window not believing his eyes. The twelve figures certainly looked an awful lot like the black hooded Death Eaters of whom his family associated with, but they couldn't be. His father would have surely warned him of such an attack.
Draco didn't get to think a moment longer on the subject because Hermione, Lisa, Ron, Sally-Anne, Blaise and Susan had all drawn their wands and were heading outside to join the battle. The muggles were going into a state of shock and Draco knew they had every reason to. Without a wand, he felt naked and vulnerable and he couldn't take being held back from another dual again. He should be out their fighting with the rest of the magical students.
"What do we do?" Matilda cried hysterically.
"We've got to hide!" Daniel insisted, already glancing around frantically, looking for a good spot.
"No we don't!" Georgia argued, "There are twelve of them and only seven of us with wands. We've got to help Harry and the others."
The muggles and Draco looked at Georgia sceptically. There was no way they could win wandless, but it was better than sitting around waiting to be found and meeting the same end as Jarvis.
"What do you suggest we do exactly?" Baylie asked.
"How good are you at playing chicken?" Georgia responded with a daredevil smile.
X
There was no way Draco was going out there unarmed.
As Georgia helped the muggles out the back window in the hope of creating an element of surprise, Draco felt a new wave of anger over his missing wand wash over him. When the last muggle was out the window, Draco's anger string snapped and he rounded on Georgia.
"Aren't you coming?" Georgia asked, turning to face him.
Draco clenched his hands together and tried a few breaths before he spoke.
"Not with my wand." He replied.
"Now is not the time Draco." Georgia said as a stray spell smashed through the front window.
"Now is the perfect time. A wizard dual is going on out there and I could help with my wand. Tell me where it is!" Draco seethed, his calmness quickly evaporating.
"Us muggles are going out there and we don't know a stitch of magic! What are you so afraid of? A couple of spells?" Georgia said, turning the argument back onto him.
The only thing Draco was afraid of was that the hooded figures really were Death Eaters and they would report to his father about him playing 'chicken' without a wand.
"My wand Georgia! Give I to me right now." Draco yelled, moving in front of the window to block Georgia's exit.
"No!" she spat, getting angry herself.
Draco felt the anger escalated into an uncontrollable rage. How dare this muggle stand before him and bluntly refuse him the one object he needed most. Georgia made him want to do something irrational. Draco felt he could do anything right at that moment, even hurt a defenceless girl, and he almost did.
Before Draco could stop himself, he had raised his palm threateningly, read to strike the petite Georgia. As soon as it was done, Georgia's eyes had widened with fright, her face went pail and she bent, protecting her head and face with her arms.
They stayed like that, frozen in time, until Draco backed down. Georgia slowly stood up straight, tears forming in her eyes and memories forming in her mind. She didn't want to deal with another foster father. It was time to give up the game.
"It's under the cabins in a hidden gap." She whispered.
Draco, who couldn't even look Georgia in the eye, leapt out the window quickly in search of the hidden gap that held his wand. As soon as he left, Georgia crumpled to the floor beside the unconscious Jarvis in a flood of tears.
A/N: Short chapter, I know but I left on a cliffhanger so hopefully who ever is reading this will keep reading. Anyway, I haven't been getting many reviews, which leads me to think that no one is actually reading this. So if you are reading and you want me to keep writing (and I do update pretty quickly) please review, even if it is to bag the shit out of my story. Thanks.
The Hogwarts students had been gone all of five minutes when something strange happened. A whooshing noise was heard in the direction of the bushy forest and a second later Jarvis Ancol, Lisa Turpin's muggle partner, fell to the ground with a sickening thud. Lisa dropped to his side, her brow furrowed. Jarvis, who was as fit and healthy as the next person, was out like a light. Something was wrong. Very wrong.
Harry drew his wand and marched towards the forest in the direction of the whooshing noise while Hermione, who had also taken out her wand, levitated Jarvis to a height hat made him easier to direct to a cabin. The other Kedron members followed her while Harry poked around the bush.
"What's the matter with him?" Georgia asked, leaning over the unconscious boy with concern.
"He looks like he has been stunned." Blaise said, prodding Jarvis in the side with his wand.
Just as Susan was about to tell Blaise to stop poking the unconscious and defenceless boy a yell erupted from outside. It was Harry and he was backing out of the trees, shooting spells at something or someone. A moment later a group of hooded figures carrying wands followed Harry out into the park area. They were also shooting spells at the grossly outnumbered Harry.
"Oh my God!" Sally-Anne squealed when she saw the twelve hooded figures, "Are they Death Eaters?"
She sounded scared, almost terrified. Draco glanced out the window not believing his eyes. The twelve figures certainly looked an awful lot like the black hooded Death Eaters of whom his family associated with, but they couldn't be. His father would have surely warned him of such an attack.
Draco didn't get to think a moment longer on the subject because Hermione, Lisa, Ron, Sally-Anne, Blaise and Susan had all drawn their wands and were heading outside to join the battle. The muggles were going into a state of shock and Draco knew they had every reason to. Without a wand, he felt naked and vulnerable and he couldn't take being held back from another dual again. He should be out their fighting with the rest of the magical students.
"What do we do?" Matilda cried hysterically.
"We've got to hide!" Daniel insisted, already glancing around frantically, looking for a good spot.
"No we don't!" Georgia argued, "There are twelve of them and only seven of us with wands. We've got to help Harry and the others."
The muggles and Draco looked at Georgia sceptically. There was no way they could win wandless, but it was better than sitting around waiting to be found and meeting the same end as Jarvis.
"What do you suggest we do exactly?" Baylie asked.
"How good are you at playing chicken?" Georgia responded with a daredevil smile.
X
There was no way Draco was going out there unarmed.
As Georgia helped the muggles out the back window in the hope of creating an element of surprise, Draco felt a new wave of anger over his missing wand wash over him. When the last muggle was out the window, Draco's anger string snapped and he rounded on Georgia.
"Aren't you coming?" Georgia asked, turning to face him.
Draco clenched his hands together and tried a few breaths before he spoke.
"Not with my wand." He replied.
"Now is not the time Draco." Georgia said as a stray spell smashed through the front window.
"Now is the perfect time. A wizard dual is going on out there and I could help with my wand. Tell me where it is!" Draco seethed, his calmness quickly evaporating.
"Us muggles are going out there and we don't know a stitch of magic! What are you so afraid of? A couple of spells?" Georgia said, turning the argument back onto him.
The only thing Draco was afraid of was that the hooded figures really were Death Eaters and they would report to his father about him playing 'chicken' without a wand.
"My wand Georgia! Give I to me right now." Draco yelled, moving in front of the window to block Georgia's exit.
"No!" she spat, getting angry herself.
Draco felt the anger escalated into an uncontrollable rage. How dare this muggle stand before him and bluntly refuse him the one object he needed most. Georgia made him want to do something irrational. Draco felt he could do anything right at that moment, even hurt a defenceless girl, and he almost did.
Before Draco could stop himself, he had raised his palm threateningly, read to strike the petite Georgia. As soon as it was done, Georgia's eyes had widened with fright, her face went pail and she bent, protecting her head and face with her arms.
They stayed like that, frozen in time, until Draco backed down. Georgia slowly stood up straight, tears forming in her eyes and memories forming in her mind. She didn't want to deal with another foster father. It was time to give up the game.
"It's under the cabins in a hidden gap." She whispered.
Draco, who couldn't even look Georgia in the eye, leapt out the window quickly in search of the hidden gap that held his wand. As soon as he left, Georgia crumpled to the floor beside the unconscious Jarvis in a flood of tears.
A/N: Short chapter, I know but I left on a cliffhanger so hopefully who ever is reading this will keep reading. Anyway, I haven't been getting many reviews, which leads me to think that no one is actually reading this. So if you are reading and you want me to keep writing (and I do update pretty quickly) please review, even if it is to bag the shit out of my story. Thanks.