Wow!
That was all Draco Malfoy could mannage after his first year at hogwarts.
Sure he had been told about it and it's many mysterious qualities,
but he never quite understood just how much hard work that really went on within the huge stone walls of that school.
Anxious to finally do something besides studying, he decided to take a relaxing stroll down Diagon Alley. He had just bought a chocolate frog, and was about to turn a corner, when he litterally bumped into ron weasly.
"Watch where you're going Malfoy" The boy said, sounding eritated. "Wouln't want you around waving your pretty little head in where it shoudn't be!"
"Oh yeah" Draco replied sounding quite serious "You just can't admit it when someone's better than you!"
"Why i oughtta!" Ron began, but he was interupted.
"Now, now...... children" Lucius Malfoy said while sticking his serpentlike cane between Ron and Draco "You wouldn't want to make any more of a bad name for yourself, would you weasly..."
"Sir I!" Said Ron, who was then incapable of speech because his sister Ginny was dragging him away by the ear.
Draco then greeted his father, and the two of them went about their buisness in knockturn alley. Just then, Draco saw something that he had never seen before... it was a beautiful thing, a WONDERFUL thing! It was a shining silver, like the moon and stars on a dream-filled night, And it had wheels green as emeralds that you would need to spend lifetimes searching to see the likes of. "I HAVE to have that... that.... erm.... whatever it is!" draco said as he stood there gawking.
"What that is son" said the shop keeper who turned around to see draco stairing at it "Is a muggle sport device with a bit of a magical twist!" The shop keeper pointed to the glass case it was on display in and it opened at the top so that Draco could lift it out. "What does it do?" Draco said, slightly shaking himself and looking tward the store keeper. "It is a Airskate board, You fly while balancing on it, and you can do some neat tricks if you practice hard. We're even having a tournament here at knockturn alley. The winners of the contest will be qualified for the World Championships in America, as well as the muggel x-games!"
By now, Draco was already over at the counter with an enourmous sack of galeons.
soon, he was walking down Diagon Alley with his new Airskate board. Then, something suddenly occured to him.... what would his FATHER think about all this?!? He decided it best not to tell him that he had bought something that had originated as a muggle invention, and that he would be spending the next four months at a summer magic tutoring program.
He finaly got the chance to try out his new board when his father got called away from the huse to do, as he said it, "Matters that needed attending to."
Draco got out into the yard, and stepped on his board. He felt a strange, burning feeling... then, as suddenly as it started, it just stopped. "What's wrong with this thing?" he tried to say, but it came out more like "Espesss sayets tsyem athesssssss?" he didn't understand it, he couldn't figure out what had happened to him. Then, as he looked down onto the Airskate board, there was a metal snake entwined around his feet, it wasn't to tight, but it secured his feet to the board. Suddenly, he found out what the board had done to him... he had, after all, bought it from knockturn alley. He realized that this board made him speak parsletoungue..... and ONLY parsletoungue!
"Efeissss phitsss"(oh well) he sighed, "epsss teseathhh sieten shrssssss" (at least i can still use the board) He said as he soared into the air.
It was exciting! It was like being on a better broom without a wedgie! He had so much fun practicing dives and spins, that he hardley even remembered he could only speak parsletongue. After several hours, he landed back on the ground.
Much to his dismay, he remembered he couldn't speak human anymore. "shasss afethesss" (practice over) he said as the silver snakes around his ankles unwound and drew back into the skateboard. "Remind me not to buy anything from knockturn alley again unless I'm with my father." he said as he started walking twards the house. WAIT! he was speaking ENGLISH! he almosed hugged a shrubbery! "So you only speak parsletoungue while ON the Airskate board..." draco said, and he shrugged and walked inside.
"PLACES! PLACES!" said the shopkeepers of knockturn alley. "The first Annual Ally Rally Airskate board tournament is about to begin!"
Draco had never seen the place so crowded! every wizard and his brother must have been there, stuffed into the sides of that small, dirty alley to watch the race. There were even quite a lot of racers. So many in fact, that draco couldn't see them all! the shops were, of course, closed. because even if they were open, no one would crawl through THAT kind of a crowd just for something they could easily buy with no problem any other day.
"And..... BEGIN!"
Suddenly, boarders started flying everywhere! they were bumping and coliding and "apessss!" (hey!) draco said as he felt a hard bump on his shoulder from another board "staressss ashfey terrssss!" (watch yourself ya brute!) He looked around, and he saw familliar, and now terrified, face. "Longbottom?!?" He mannaged to say in english. Nevel was so terrified upon seing malfoy speak parsletoungue, that he spedd ahead so fast, he actually caught the lead!
Strange as it may seem, they then crossed the finish line that suddenly appeard around the corner. To his own, and everyone else's for that matter, surprise, Nevel Longbottom got First place. And to think it was all because draco HAD to mess up his chances and forgett he spoke parsletoungue whenever he road on his board.
"And now, we will be announcing the names of those who will be competing in the Worldwide Championships, and the muggle x-games!" Said an announcer as he held up a scroll of parchment.
"Nevel Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasly, Markus Flint, Harry potter, Tom Green, Hermionne Grenger, and Stella Slytherin! They will all be competing together in the name of England!"
The crowd let out a loud cheer, but Draco was far from moved.
He wondered how they could possibly get anywhere in the championships with a team like THAT, let alone surviving in the same L.A. hotell!
Draco wondered why in the world he had entered this tounament.
He could have just bought the Airskate board and messed around with it at home.
"Hey Malfoy!" said a voice from behind him "Looks like were on a team together!"
It was Markus Flint, one of the most dentaly-deformed slytherins of the mellenium,
who's two front teeth could easily have been mistaken for large yellow double doors.
"Yeah whoopie." Draco said sarcastically while waving his hand in Flint's face "but if you've noticed, we're not alone..."
That was all Draco Malfoy could mannage after his first year at hogwarts.
Sure he had been told about it and it's many mysterious qualities,
but he never quite understood just how much hard work that really went on within the huge stone walls of that school.
Anxious to finally do something besides studying, he decided to take a relaxing stroll down Diagon Alley. He had just bought a chocolate frog, and was about to turn a corner, when he litterally bumped into ron weasly.
"Watch where you're going Malfoy" The boy said, sounding eritated. "Wouln't want you around waving your pretty little head in where it shoudn't be!"
"Oh yeah" Draco replied sounding quite serious "You just can't admit it when someone's better than you!"
"Why i oughtta!" Ron began, but he was interupted.
"Now, now...... children" Lucius Malfoy said while sticking his serpentlike cane between Ron and Draco "You wouldn't want to make any more of a bad name for yourself, would you weasly..."
"Sir I!" Said Ron, who was then incapable of speech because his sister Ginny was dragging him away by the ear.
Draco then greeted his father, and the two of them went about their buisness in knockturn alley. Just then, Draco saw something that he had never seen before... it was a beautiful thing, a WONDERFUL thing! It was a shining silver, like the moon and stars on a dream-filled night, And it had wheels green as emeralds that you would need to spend lifetimes searching to see the likes of. "I HAVE to have that... that.... erm.... whatever it is!" draco said as he stood there gawking.
"What that is son" said the shop keeper who turned around to see draco stairing at it "Is a muggle sport device with a bit of a magical twist!" The shop keeper pointed to the glass case it was on display in and it opened at the top so that Draco could lift it out. "What does it do?" Draco said, slightly shaking himself and looking tward the store keeper. "It is a Airskate board, You fly while balancing on it, and you can do some neat tricks if you practice hard. We're even having a tournament here at knockturn alley. The winners of the contest will be qualified for the World Championships in America, as well as the muggel x-games!"
By now, Draco was already over at the counter with an enourmous sack of galeons.
soon, he was walking down Diagon Alley with his new Airskate board. Then, something suddenly occured to him.... what would his FATHER think about all this?!? He decided it best not to tell him that he had bought something that had originated as a muggle invention, and that he would be spending the next four months at a summer magic tutoring program.
He finaly got the chance to try out his new board when his father got called away from the huse to do, as he said it, "Matters that needed attending to."
Draco got out into the yard, and stepped on his board. He felt a strange, burning feeling... then, as suddenly as it started, it just stopped. "What's wrong with this thing?" he tried to say, but it came out more like "Espesss sayets tsyem athesssssss?" he didn't understand it, he couldn't figure out what had happened to him. Then, as he looked down onto the Airskate board, there was a metal snake entwined around his feet, it wasn't to tight, but it secured his feet to the board. Suddenly, he found out what the board had done to him... he had, after all, bought it from knockturn alley. He realized that this board made him speak parsletoungue..... and ONLY parsletoungue!
"Efeissss phitsss"(oh well) he sighed, "epsss teseathhh sieten shrssssss" (at least i can still use the board) He said as he soared into the air.
It was exciting! It was like being on a better broom without a wedgie! He had so much fun practicing dives and spins, that he hardley even remembered he could only speak parsletongue. After several hours, he landed back on the ground.
Much to his dismay, he remembered he couldn't speak human anymore. "shasss afethesss" (practice over) he said as the silver snakes around his ankles unwound and drew back into the skateboard. "Remind me not to buy anything from knockturn alley again unless I'm with my father." he said as he started walking twards the house. WAIT! he was speaking ENGLISH! he almosed hugged a shrubbery! "So you only speak parsletoungue while ON the Airskate board..." draco said, and he shrugged and walked inside.
"PLACES! PLACES!" said the shopkeepers of knockturn alley. "The first Annual Ally Rally Airskate board tournament is about to begin!"
Draco had never seen the place so crowded! every wizard and his brother must have been there, stuffed into the sides of that small, dirty alley to watch the race. There were even quite a lot of racers. So many in fact, that draco couldn't see them all! the shops were, of course, closed. because even if they were open, no one would crawl through THAT kind of a crowd just for something they could easily buy with no problem any other day.
"And..... BEGIN!"
Suddenly, boarders started flying everywhere! they were bumping and coliding and "apessss!" (hey!) draco said as he felt a hard bump on his shoulder from another board "staressss ashfey terrssss!" (watch yourself ya brute!) He looked around, and he saw familliar, and now terrified, face. "Longbottom?!?" He mannaged to say in english. Nevel was so terrified upon seing malfoy speak parsletoungue, that he spedd ahead so fast, he actually caught the lead!
Strange as it may seem, they then crossed the finish line that suddenly appeard around the corner. To his own, and everyone else's for that matter, surprise, Nevel Longbottom got First place. And to think it was all because draco HAD to mess up his chances and forgett he spoke parsletoungue whenever he road on his board.
"And now, we will be announcing the names of those who will be competing in the Worldwide Championships, and the muggle x-games!" Said an announcer as he held up a scroll of parchment.
"Nevel Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasly, Markus Flint, Harry potter, Tom Green, Hermionne Grenger, and Stella Slytherin! They will all be competing together in the name of England!"
The crowd let out a loud cheer, but Draco was far from moved.
He wondered how they could possibly get anywhere in the championships with a team like THAT, let alone surviving in the same L.A. hotell!
Draco wondered why in the world he had entered this tounament.
He could have just bought the Airskate board and messed around with it at home.
"Hey Malfoy!" said a voice from behind him "Looks like were on a team together!"
It was Markus Flint, one of the most dentaly-deformed slytherins of the mellenium,
who's two front teeth could easily have been mistaken for large yellow double doors.
"Yeah whoopie." Draco said sarcastically while waving his hand in Flint's face "but if you've noticed, we're not alone..."