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OtterySt.Catchpole · 04-01-2010, 07:47 AM

Have you all gone to wish the April babies a Happy Birthday

Cold wind rushing past you at a couple hundred miles an hour will usually wake you up, no matter how strong the stunning spell. Remus woke up falling from the sky, the dark clouds rushing past and the bright shiny city beneath. The satchel was still at his side that was good but somewhere along the way he'd lost his broom, and that was bad.

"How would Bond get out of this?" Remus thought to himself.

"He's over here! Still alive?" he heard the sound of voices, and he looked around men on brooms. The airship captain had obviously wanted confirmation of his death, or his capture.

"Excellent!" Remus thought, "Now I know how James would do it." He spun around in the air and lay on his back, going limp, pretending to be unconscious. Let them come in closer and then ....

When last we left our intrepid heroes ...

"Except there's like a thousand spear men," someone in the crowd yelled, "Hey!" on hearing that Ottery amended, "I mean spear carriers pointing at you. Oh and this gryphon here," Ottery remarked as the beast snapped its dangerous beak at him. A beak strong enough to crack a coconut in one snap and sharp enough to cut steel.

"I'm not dead either," the woman knight remarked throwing her golden spear back at Professor Mandelbrot. In a vengeful swift throw that would find its mark.

There was a loud shrill scream and a sound of thunder.

The scream had been Parvati Patil who along with Lavender Brown had just walked out into the courtyard in time to see the professor struck down. As she saw the spear slamming into Professor Mandelbrot, he fell to the stone floor where he lay crumpled like a piece of paper. Ottery took out his wand and a dozen spears came at him. The dark haired boy spun around quickly and deflected a few of them, dodge a few others and fell down firing spells at the soldiers while Seamus, Dean, Luna and Rolf fired their spells trying to help the boy.

"This isn't looking good," Seamus said firing a fireball.

Dean merely nodded too busy intently concentrating on his spells.

"Kill them all!" the leader of the invaders cried out and her gryphon came at Ottery ready to snap his head off when suddenly there was a crack of thunder and a large lighting bolt struck in the middle of the castle courtyard causing a cloud of smoke and as it cleared there before them all powerful and majestic appeared Dumbledore.

"A bit melodramatic don't you think, Mandelbrot?" the headmaster asked.

"I thought I did well ... maybe not Oscar worthy but at least a Bafta or something," the Professor said laying the spear down next to him and standing up.

Everything stopped. Everyone, students and soldiers alike, turned to look at Professor Dumbledore, his sudden entrance having caught everyone's attention. "Besides, don't you usually leave these big little productions for your end of term exams?" Dumbledore asked goodnaturedly.

"I was testing the children Headmaster. You never know when Hogwarts might suddenly find herself invaded ..."

"Simultaneously, by an army of gryphon riding wizards, steam powered mecha, and demons."

"You forgot the dragon in the dungeons," the professor added from where he was sitting on the floor. "They're a bit of a specialty of mine. Used to try taming them once upon a time."

"What dragon?!" Dumbledore asked.

From atop one of the castle towers Draco Malfoy could be heard screaming down to them asking for his mommy, when suddenly a giant dragon tore through the battlements spreading its dark bat like wings to make it's final stand amidst a sea of purple fire. Draco was holding onto what was left of the tower wall which leaned precariously sideways.

"Wow, like in Sleeping Beauty," Ottery remarked. "I love that movie."

Professor Mandelbrot winked.

"You mean none of this ... is real?" Seamus asked.

Rolf who was cringing before a gryphon poked at it with his wand, and the beast snapped at him, "Feels real real to me."

With a wave of his hand, Professor Dumbledore made it all go away. The images shimmered and faded like smoke. The students looked around them. Ottery watched with an annoyed look as his heroic Ron disappeared. The school courtyard, the tower, the dragon, the cringing Draco Malfoy and the spear wielding soldiers as well as the Gerwalk mecha all were nothing more than wisps of smoky imagination.

"You mean it was all just ..." Dean started.

"An exercise to test our strengths and weaknesses. You wanted to see how we'd handle ourselves in a dire situation," Luna remarked. "Or you were trying to see if any of us were carrying shadow wraiths on our person."

"Right on the first one I'm afraid Ms. Lovegood," the Professor said good-naturedly. "No shade wraiths here."

"So it's not the end of the world?" Seamus asked again, incredulously.

"'Fraid not," Professor Mandelbrot replied smiling wickedly. "You all did remarkably well."

"Next time try to keep the world ending to a dull roar. I thought the Hufflepuffs were having a party in their dormitory," the Headmaster explained.

Calliope and Storm looked at one another. She looked away first and Alex sighed as she started walking away. Ottery crossed his arms and noticed Argent sitting in a corner of the room grooming himself. During the whole debacle he had seen an unfamiliar boy running around the school grounds wearing a Slytherin uniform. Possibly one of Professor Mandelbrot's imaginary invaders disguised as a student but Ottery had recognized everyone else in the dream battle. Every detail, every student, everyone had been the real Hogwarts to a meticulous degree. And during the whole invasion nowhere was the cat to be seen, yet here was Ginny, and Neville and there was the cat in the corner grinning daringly.

"No one leave please, I've still got assignments to hand out!" Professor Mandelbrot exclaimed.

Dumbledore gave Ottery a knowing smile and walked towards the great oak doors of the secret tower training room for the Secret Saturday Morning Marxist Reading and Action Adventure club, on his way to whatever secrets and machinations kept the headmaster busy.

AN:It's late no time for replies kiddies ...

I do so hope you all liked the action though ...

now that's a tease, no?

04-01-2010, 07:47 AM	#90 (permalink)
OtterySt.Catchpole SS Featured Artist DA Poet Rupert is My Man! SS100 Triumphant Aethonan Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Wicked House Posts: 18,909 Hogwarts RPG Name: Ottery St. Catchpole Gryffindor Third Year	A few mysteries laid open but ... I promise more mischief w/Argent :O Paris & Kellybear r luv :Read Otty 's fics:Gone With the Wind:I♥Rupert Have you all gone to wish the April babies a Happy Birthday Cold wind rushing past you at a couple hundred miles an hour will usually wake you up, no matter how strong the stunning spell. Remus woke up falling from the sky, the dark clouds rushing past and the bright shiny city beneath. The satchel was still at his side that was good but somewhere along the way he'd lost his broom, and that was bad. "How would Bond get out of this?" Remus thought to himself. "He's over here! Still alive?" he heard the sound of voices, and he looked around men on brooms. The airship captain had obviously wanted confirmation of his death, or his capture. "Excellent!" Remus thought, "Now I know how James would do it." He spun around in the air and lay on his back, going limp, pretending to be unconscious. Let them come in closer and then .... When last we left our intrepid heroes ... "Except there's like a thousand spear men," someone in the crowd yelled, "Hey!" on hearing that Ottery amended, "I mean spear carriers pointing at you. Oh and this gryphon here," Ottery remarked as the beast snapped its dangerous beak at him. A beak strong enough to crack a coconut in one snap and sharp enough to cut steel. "I'm not dead either," the woman knight remarked throwing her golden spear back at Professor Mandelbrot. In a vengeful swift throw that would find its mark. There was a loud shrill scream and a sound of thunder. The scream had been Parvati Patil who along with Lavender Brown had just walked out into the courtyard in time to see the professor struck down. As she saw the spear slamming into Professor Mandelbrot, he fell to the stone floor where he lay crumpled like a piece of paper. Ottery took out his wand and a dozen spears came at him. The dark haired boy spun around quickly and deflected a few of them, dodge a few others and fell down firing spells at the soldiers while Seamus, Dean, Luna and Rolf fired their spells trying to help the boy. "This isn't looking good," Seamus said firing a fireball. Dean merely nodded too busy intently concentrating on his spells. "Kill them all!" the leader of the invaders cried out and her gryphon came at Ottery ready to snap his head off when suddenly there was a crack of thunder and a large lighting bolt struck in the middle of the castle courtyard causing a cloud of smoke and as it cleared there before them all powerful and majestic appeared Dumbledore. "A bit melodramatic don't you think, Mandelbrot?" the headmaster asked. "I thought I did well ... maybe not Oscar worthy but at least a Bafta or something," the Professor said laying the spear down next to him and standing up. Everything stopped. Everyone, students and soldiers alike, turned to look at Professor Dumbledore, his sudden entrance having caught everyone's attention. "Besides, don't you usually leave these big little productions for your end of term exams?" Dumbledore asked goodnaturedly. "I was testing the children Headmaster. You never know when Hogwarts might suddenly find herself invaded ..." "Simultaneously, by an army of gryphon riding wizards, steam powered mecha, and demons." "You forgot the dragon in the dungeons," the professor added from where he was sitting on the floor. "They're a bit of a specialty of mine. Used to try taming them once upon a time." "What dragon?!" Dumbledore asked. From atop one of the castle towers Draco Malfoy could be heard screaming down to them asking for his mommy, when suddenly a giant dragon tore through the battlements spreading its dark bat like wings to make it's final stand amidst a sea of purple fire. Draco was holding onto what was left of the tower wall which leaned precariously sideways. "Wow, like in Sleeping Beauty," Ottery remarked. "I love that movie." Professor Mandelbrot winked. "You mean none of this ... is real?" Seamus asked. Rolf who was cringing before a gryphon poked at it with his wand, and the beast snapped at him, "Feels real real to me." With a wave of his hand, Professor Dumbledore made it all go away. The images shimmered and faded like smoke. The students looked around them. Ottery watched with an annoyed look as his heroic Ron disappeared. The school courtyard, the tower, the dragon, the cringing Draco Malfoy and the spear wielding soldiers as well as the Gerwalk mecha all were nothing more than wisps of smoky imagination. "You mean it was all just ..." Dean started. "An exercise to test our strengths and weaknesses. You wanted to see how we'd handle ourselves in a dire situation," Luna remarked. "Or you were trying to see if any of us were carrying shadow wraiths on our person." "Right on the first one I'm afraid Ms. Lovegood," the Professor said good-naturedly. "No shade wraiths here." "So it's not the end of the world?" Seamus asked again, incredulously. "'Fraid not," Professor Mandelbrot replied smiling wickedly. "You all did remarkably well." "Next time try to keep the world ending to a dull roar. I thought the Hufflepuffs were having a party in their dormitory," the Headmaster explained. Calliope and Storm looked at one another. She looked away first and Alex sighed as she started walking away. Ottery crossed his arms and noticed Argent sitting in a corner of the room grooming himself. During the whole debacle he had seen an unfamiliar boy running around the school grounds wearing a Slytherin uniform. Possibly one of Professor Mandelbrot's imaginary invaders disguised as a student but Ottery had recognized everyone else in the dream battle. Every detail, every student, everyone had been the real Hogwarts to a meticulous degree. And during the whole invasion nowhere was the cat to be seen, yet here was Ginny, and Neville and there was the cat in the corner grinning daringly. "No one leave please, I've still got assignments to hand out!" Professor Mandelbrot exclaimed. Dumbledore gave Ottery a knowing smile and walked towards the great oak doors of the secret tower training room for the Secret Saturday Morning Marxist Reading and Action Adventure club, on his way to whatever secrets and machinations kept the headmaster busy. AN:It's late no time for replies kiddies ... I do so hope you all liked the action though ... now that's a tease, no? __________________ Last edited by OtterySt.Catchpole; 04-01-2010 at 08:02 PM. Reason: Made it prettier ...