The Hogwarts Games

Chapter 3, The Second Challenge

There was a funeral for Johnny and he was buried on Hogwarts grounds. All of the competitors including myself were preparing for the second challenge. I was practicing dueling, Transfiguration,Charms, Potions, Herbology, Divination, and so much more things. Finally it came the time for the second task. We were all gathered into the Forbidden Forest.

"Today we will be playing a game of Capture the Flag. There will be four flags, each representing a house symbolizing the house crest, name, and colors. On each team one person will guard their flag and the other will go seek the other flags" Donaldson said. He waved his wand and all of us were dressed in jumpsuits with our house colors on it."Begin".

We all went to our flags. Me and Angelina had a discussion and we came upon an agreement in which I was the Flag Seeker and she was the Flag Protector. I raised my wand, muttered an incantation, and rapped the top of my head hard with my wand. A cold, trickling feeling traveled from my skull to the tips of my toes. I was a human chameleon.

"Silencio"I exclaimed pointing my wand at my legs and feet. The running noise immediately vanished.

I finally found the Hufflepuff base. The flag was hovering a few feet above the ground. The black badger glowed surrounded by a yellow canvas. In black floating letters was the word:

HUFFLEPUFF

In front of the flag was Victoria Clearwater. Tears were streaming down her face. She was in a yellow and black jumpsuit. Her long, red velvet hair was tied up in a ponytail. I crept up to the flag slowly. I drew my wand when I was behind her and muttered:

"Stupefy"

A jet of red light shout out fo my wand and hit her in the back. She fell forward, unconscious. I grabbed the flag and started running. I finally made it to the base and I set the flag down. A stream of yellow light shot up in the air and hit the air. I ran back out and started searching again.

I came across a stream. I scooped my hands full of clear water. I poured it into my mouth and drank it. I stood up and turned around and saw Ariana standing on a hill. Jake Clearwater is running up the hill and their shooting spells at each other. Finally a jet of red light shoots out of his wand and she slumps to the ground, unconscious. I run after Jake immediately. Finally I manage to hit him with a tripping jinx and then a stunning hex. I run to his unconscious body. I pick up the Blue glowing flag and start running to the base. I finally make it to the base and set down the flag. A jet of blue light bursts in the air.

I run back out and start searching around. I finally come across a steep hill. There stands Jennifer Chambers sneering and laughing. I rapped myself on the head and a warm feeling trickled from my skull to to the tips of my toes. I was visible again.

"You really need to stop being so mean"I exclaimed.

She looked around in horror and saw me. She drew her wand but I was too quick for her I shjot a quick stunning spell at her. It missed her.

"Avada Kedavra"She shouted and a jet of green light shot out of her wand and shot at me. I ducked and it hit a tree, exploding it.

"Stupefy" I shouted and a jet of red light shot at her and hit her squarely in the chest. She flew backwards and hit a tree trunk.

"Mobilicorpus"I muttered and I lifted her body and dropped it into a nearby stream, leaving her there to drown.

I ran and grabbed the glowing red Gryffindor flag and ran to the base. I planted the flag down and a jet of red light shot into the sky. It cut short though. The four flags lined up with each other and combined. They formed a floating, glowing purple, flag bearing the Hogwarts Crest. A jet of purple light shot into the sky.

Slytherin had won the second challenge.