The first test will be a general knowledge test, to see how much everyone knows about dragons in general. The results will not bar you from entering my squad, but they will not ensure a spot. Following the knowledge tests, a series of physical and mental tests will be given. Many of you will be cut out at that stage. The next test will be determined by the number of candidates left at that point. Samantha said, raising her voice so she would be heard by the entire class. The first test will be three days from now. she said, looking into each student's face and gauging their expressions. Any form of cheating will result in an immediate ban from my classes. she concluded, flicking her wand at the barrier that she had set up and watching it dissolve. I will now answer any questions that you might have. she said, watching everyone carefully to keep them from mobbing her.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:14 pm
I'll join and be involved! But I don't really understand what's going on... sweatdrop
Silver did not take his eyes away from the dragon until it disappeared into the distance. First day at this school and I get to see a dragon and given an opportunity to study them. Being in this school is better than I have expected Silver thought as he turned his attention and eyes to the instructor. What kind of tests? Silver asked, speaking for the first time on school grounds and revealing a Scottish accent. In his mind, Silver had already begun constructing scenarios of what these tests could be. He thought of how one must have composure and quick thinking to work with dragons, but also an affinity to beasts in general. Whilst waiting for an answer, the Silver haired slytherin's lips slowly formed a half smile.
"They include but not limit themselves to tests of communication if I have to point anything out," Theaken Thule noted to the Silverette lad after reading the individual thoughts pertaining to the question from a lightly-defended mind. 'Something very wrong with Professor Longbottom is at work here, he doesn't seem to be thinking straight as of late, which could lead to the demise of this reunion week if we don't play it smart in here,' as Theaken goes to note to himself,'Something is incredibly off if neither Lee Jordan or George and Angelina haven't gotten back from their time to babysit someone, I might wonder what it might be like to hear about how the British MoM's associates in America would have fared since I heard rumors of Mercenaries and Magical traders trading in teachings and instructions with illusions to help accelerate the combat learning progress, and if that's the case, why would the MoMs of America want to maintain secrecy like this?' as Theaken noted that these are things only Minister Shacklebolt and his associates in the Order of the Phoenix would have known about, the old Druids among Merlin's people know when things might go horribly wrong without the teachings and trade secrets being noted as of recent events. 'On top of that, we have to be ready to study guns, Amos Diggory noted to me from Arthur Weasley that guns are meant to be like Muggle versions of Wands, I suspect they're much more sophisticated than mere Wands, but then again Louis Arcus Iris of Ravenclaw House has a mum who studied guns with her parents, its not like his parents lived in caves when the Ice Ages hit compared to the rest of us in Britain these days,' as Theaken was already hearing rumors that the Jormungands were already having leaders who either literally can't be killed via Magic or they can't be killed by Vanilla Muggle Weaponry, something is clearly wrong in the situation if the rumors about those are true. 'What has this planet gone to?Has this planet gone mad with semi-reality since apparently full-blown reality is getting warped with casual ease daily?Cascading Jinxes that would harm grouped enemies might not cut it, here,' as Theaken was somewhat aware that there's rumors about America having cases where out-of-control armies of creatures were gathering while a couple of the MoM forces in the U.S were busy with the fighting over there, which made their representatives look more undermanned than normal compared to the other MoM representatives. 'Only the British MoM with Minister Shacklebolt calling the shots would be rivaling the lack of manpower around these parts, it disturbs me to admit such things,' Theaken thought before looking at everyone who already signed in for the Dragon lessons. 'Do I really need to get around to noting how worried Hannah Longbottom is when it comes to her husband, lately?Only a matter of time before the Potters find out about this and then they'll notify Shacklebolt and then we might have a huge mess on our hands,' Theaken was already feeling worried, but he goes to hide the matter in a stepford smile kind of manner for those who studied Tvtropes.org, actually.
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DeVey, Xavier: Slytherin 2nd year Xavier could only stare at the throng that seemed unable to sit still, the list passed around to everyone to sign, but apparently he was one of the few that had not. The small Ravenclaw in his year had been hesitant, but the slytherin assumed if the list would be cut down, she would lose her chance much later. Glancing over his notes, he thought to copy them down for the express purpose of others who might benefit from them, but knew the last batch of people who'd be getting one would be those hellbent on cheating to get a place in the dragon training.
While he'd hoped the dragon would scare off those who's intent was simply to get closer to Grisby, it didn't work out, and the dragon flew off. The Ravenclaws beside him would most likely have caught more minor details then himself, and he considered charming a quill to write theirs down while he was hidden amongst the crowd.
Grisby, herself, had looked down at the list. From what he could tell in the distance, had taken on far more work then she'd planned. The grin that seemed to be on her face had Xavier rather glad he'd passed the sign-up on rather then put down his name. There were a few pranksters in his house, and he recognized the smile all too well. The toilet broke? One of his own. There's a paper airplane only Gryffindor can grab? Yet another Slytherin's doing. If he could watch the proceedings however, as an observer, then he aught to be alright. There might even be blackmail material. Some of those who signed were rather wealthy and he was short on dragon hide scrapings and unicorn hair.
Taking down the names of those he'd known who'd signed up in shorthand, he'd be keeping notes on house and appearance for the rest. He jotted down 'anti-tech zones and magical barriers' by he doubted the good information would be found in easy access libraries. Such powerful methods of crowd and social control could would require more secretive means to obtain the information. Jotting down 'Valuable research?Anti-tech research/magical barriers..the best sources of good intel...and questionable and legal means to obtain them..how they are errected, taken down, weaknesses, strength..who'd be alerted, who would notice/care/not care.' beside all the notes that had been passed, he half listened to Grisby as he started on a clean page and made theories on dragons and magic. The new student actually spoke up and Xavier was rather surprised he'd been heard among the whispers and clamor that surrounded them. 'No wonder the castle holds secrets. Between echos from students and whispers from a crowd this big, the school would be our downfall.'
Brewing success one experiment at a time.
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'Come
Kia Tasha
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'down
-Requiem-Seraphim-
'Post
Fernflyer
'yer
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'glory
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'We might want to also find a way to integrate a lot of offensive spells injected into Muggle firearms, see if we can't reverse-engineer tanks and Muggle War Machines, and also see what we can do to help with the Anti-Air defenses, there's so much to do and so little time to begin with if I have to be honest,' while as far as Louis was aware, his mother still unaware as to when BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend was gonna be released, let alone the word on when BlazBlue ChronoPhantasma was supposed to be coming out sometime after that. 'The applying of such zones and fields dates back all the way to the Dark Ages when the Original Roman Empire first fell, now I'm aware on how our ancestors would feel on the Romans in general these days but then again at the same time, its like we went to take some nods from them and I can't even help but feel that later on, it won't be just the likes of the CyberConnect Corporation who'd like to keep tabs on us, as residents from another world might plan on doing the same next, mark my words,' as the likes of Louis was at ill-ease whenever he has to imagine the rumors of any group along the lines of the White Council in play. 'With guys like the WC group out there, if anyone gets branded as a bunch of convicts, its actually fortunate on them because they'd be doing far worse on you if you're any criminal worse than a convict,' as Louis was already aware that the means of warfare has to improve and fast.
"Thank you, Professor Grisby," Louis nods to Grisby before looking at everyone else while they go to gather and listen to what else Grisby will add before they get back to their plans to wait out for the first few days. 'Good thing I have a few coins in place that I designed myself, with them around the next time Auror Longbottom goes to note any plans the Ministry may have, we might not get left out in the dark with what's going on, you could get a few others to join in on the discussions if you want in, DeVey,' Louis the Ravenclaw offered, as already Theaken would be aware of the issue while Tristess over there might be interested if asked.
Instead of asking a question directly pertaining to Longbottom's health since that was essentially asking to be barred from the rest of the class, Louis instead asks,"Professor Grisby, if I had to ask an honest question, should the threat of war ever break out after what has happened a few years back when Voldemort was destroyed, which breed of Dragon would be best-suited to rely on should full-blown war start breaking out?" as Louis felt that he needed to be honest about the question, 'As long as you know there's something fight-related to do in peace-time, nothing wrong with it, its the fear that there's nothing left during peace-times I'd be more worried about,' as for some reason or another, Louis was never one to sit still at all, no matter what he tried, which is why he is willing to note on how to create new spells so the British Ministry may be able to expand their lists as soon as they can manage it. 'Handheld Flames Charms might not be too good, lately,' Theaken thought before looking at everyone else.
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ϟamanthaⒼrisby ⒹragonⓇesearcherandⒹ.Ⓐ.Member
The first test will be a general knowledge test, to see how much everyone knows about dragons in general. The results will not bar you from entering my squad, but they will not ensure a spot. Following the knowledge tests, a series of physical and mental tests will be given. Many of you will be cut out at that stage. The next test will be determined by the number of candidates left at that point. Samantha said, raising her voice so she would be heard by the entire class. The first test will be three days from now. she said, looking into each student's face and gauging their expressions. Any form of cheating will result in an immediate ban from my classes. she concluded, flicking her wand at the barrier that she had set up and watching it dissolve. I will now answer any questions that you might have. she said, watching everyone carefully to keep them from mobbing her.
'Looks like I better go and look for others to study with, otherwise we might not get a chance to be ready for anything together, and it would kill the hope for the Dragons to accept my family's apologies with what they had to do at the IronBelly incident,' Tristess Aimer thought to herself, as she goes to look around when the music starts playing when everyone is around, everyone was already paying attention to the instructions as to what was going on, exactly.
"You have a question to ask, you're welcome to do so right now, Aimer," the lady next to Aimer noted to her and wanted her to speak up, as Aimer then asked,"Is it okay if we may discuss more about the Warlocks' Convention of 1709, actually?" as this was the first question Aimer had in mind at the moment, if she needs honesty to get her point across.
Kia Tasha
(I'll join and be involved! But I don't really understand what's going on... sweatdrop )
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(( Dueling. Dragons. The works. It's only 5 pages or so, so feel free to read up on it.))
((How it started? Dumbledore's Army restart. Important figures? Longbottom. Grisby the dragon keeper. Where we are now? Just past sign-ups for linking up with your own dragon.))
Perhaps in the next post you can expect some of Longbottom's visions of the past to go in-depth, you might expect to hear more of Theodore Nott since he may or may not have brought in instructions for DeVey to brace himself with, accordingly, and more info on the Jormungands might be noted as the project goes on, what else might I add in here?
Outside spoiler: Would it be acceptable if in the next post, Longbottom might notify matters to Grisby and Charles with the instructions Shacklebolt noted to him?)
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:17 am
ϟamanthaⒼrisby ⒹragonⓇesearcherandⒹ.Ⓐ.Member
Best in combat overall? I would have to say that I prefer the Peruvian Vipertooth because of it's small size and it's poisonous fangs. Samantha said, remembering the time that she had gone on a control assignment to herd a loose Vipertooth back away form a muggle farm. The next question snapped Samantha out of her reverie, and she looked straight at the person who had asked it. The Warlock's Convention? No, I don't mind. she said, shrugging a little. Far back history was never my strong suit. she thought to herself.
Best in combat overall? I would have to say that I prefer the Peruvian Vipertooth because of it's small size and it's poisonous fangs. Samantha said, remembering the time that she had gone on a control assignment to herd a loose Vipertooth back away form a muggle farm. The next question snapped Samantha out of her reverie, and she looked straight at the person who had asked it. The Warlock's Convention? No, I don't mind. she said, shrugging a little. Far back history was never my strong suit. she thought to herself.
Louis felt relieved that he wasn't being scolded for asking an honest question like that one, which pretty much told him the following,'Go for Peruvian Vipertooth, pray that you share common grounds with the Vipertooth in question and pray that its not in a negative sense either, got it,' after using his experimental glasses to record Grisby's exact words, and then notes that Aimer might have felt down on the dumps to hear about the Vipertooth cases for reasons only she would have known. 'Weren't the ViperTooth Population also to have much of their numbers reduced during the last century?I heard it was due to a Dark Wizard faction on the loose at the time, but I don't know why for sure,' Louis had to wonder before looking at Aimer for a bit.
While everyone else was already discussing what was going on, Auror Longbottom already goes to note to Grisby on the news,"I wish to let you know about the Minister's instructions, you may want to come quickly and make sure to keep an eye out on Charles in case he does anything odd, I want no chances taken that he might do a public stunt if anything," as Longbottom was already shaking his head before pulling out a note, which was pretty much a sign to speak with Grisby in private, and pray that no one will be watching.
"So did you also hear of the rumors of the Dark Wizard attack to come somewhere in Britain?" Longbottom asked Grisby as one of her friends, His wife Hannah notwithstanding of course, as Hannah would have often noted some things in regards of Longbottom's plans along with Luna Lovegood. 'I hope George and Angelina are doing alright, Lee Jordan should have been here by now and I don't know what's taking him so long, George and Angelina are busy babysitting someone I noted who has a split personality complex of some kind, either via a mental disorder or harboring more than one soul in the same body somehow, no doubt the two are taking interest in her although I wonder why she keeps calling Hermione 'Old Hag' or other such terms,' as Longbottom already feels increasingly worried about the news he has to provide. "Are you aware that the Jormungands might be due for another attack, this time on British Soil at a nearby location yet?Minister Shacklebolt suspects it could happen at Diagon Alley, Hogsmede or even Hogwarts itself, which is why the lessons are more urgent than normal actually since some of their Acolytes, in other words the guys leading their invasion forces, can't be killed by Magical means but means that Muggles do best may dispose of them," as Longbottom goes to pass Samantha the envelope of the bad news.
DeVey, Xavier: Slytherin 2nd year A viper seemed like a bit much, but Xavier wrote it down. How he was supposed to reverse engineer tanks and guns, he had no clue. Of course, while Xavier liked history, he'd never spent much time looking it up, so it could be a chore. Searching the library would only yield a small hoard of books on Chemistry and potion brewing inevitably. A small notebook on probable enemies might come in handy.
The second year noted that some of the students had taken to clenching and unclenching or twisting their hems now that he noticed. Really, passing on a super weapon for what exactly? A Chinese fireball? At least the Viper would have finished the user off quickly. Less chance of spilling secrets that way. Xavier had figured you took a serious risk when you signed up, so what exactly were these students expecting? Rolling his eyes, he decided a question was in order. Waiting for the history lesson and personal chat to be over, he raised his hand. Two Slytherins who knew him and the Ravenclaw girl looked on, unsure if they wanted to continue on the path they signed up for. "Do you customarily pick the dragon, or will it pick you as legend goes?" Xavier was almost certain the Slytherin in him was dreaming of seeing all the ghastly looks as the hoard in unison shook where they stood upon realizing they may indeed land a Viper as a partner. He fought the smirk that threatened to make it's way across his face. The ravenclaw's face was now white as sheet, while the two Slytherins shot him dirty looks.
Brewing success one experiment at a time. Slytherin 1:Slytherin 2: Ravenclaw girl:
Why are people asking questions as if they're going to use dragons for battle? Silver thought to himself as he noted the similarities of the questions put forth after his own. I'd have to ask Uncle Alister if dragons were ever made to fight each other the slytherin thought as he recalled his family visit with his mother's side, the McFusty's, after he was discovered to be a wizard. His Uncle Alistar always told stories about dragons whenever a family reunion would take place, stories that Silver have just found out to be true despite his dismissive attitude with his Uncle's 'fables'. Taking out a notebook as well as a black pen, Silver quickly began jotting down notes on two separate pages; one about the important stuff that was said about dragons and the other on who asked the questions that intrigued him.
Silver gave out a slight chuckle as he noted that he was the only one using muggle objects to take note, everyone else were using quills. Putting the pen cap away by pinning it on his collar, he wrote down in big letters on a third page the need to check up on mind reading magic. The answer to his question from earlier by someone else other than the instructor made Silver a bit cautious on his thoughts, the answer given was something he hadn't thought about while he pondered on the test. That wasn't coincidence was Silver's final thoughts as he closed the notebook and looked up from jotting stuff down.
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 11:17 pm
ϟamanthaⒼrisby ⒹragonⓇesearcherandⒹ.Ⓐ.Member
I heard. Tell me the rest later. Samantha said to Neville, glancing around at all the children around them, subtly pointing out all the listening ears around them. Ill take a last question. Samantha thought, listening to one from a younger Slytherin about how partners were made. That depends on the person. Some people are incompatible with certain types of dragons because of the mindsets that they have, while others are particularly suited to pair with. If anyone has any urgent questions, please find me later. she said, smiling at the students and walking toward Neville. Lets go and see that the others are settling in Sarah well. she said, mentally reviewing the wards that she wanted to place around the area that Sarah would roam to keep troublemakers out.
Why are people asking questions as if they're going to use dragons for battle? Silver thought to himself as he noted the similarities of the questions put forth after his own. I'd have to ask Uncle Alister if dragons were ever made to fight each other the slytherin thought as he recalled his family visit with his mother's side, the McFusty's, after he was discovered to be a wizard. His Uncle Alistar always told stories about dragons whenever a family reunion would take place, stories that Silver have just found out to be true despite his dismissive attitude with his Uncle's 'fables'. Taking out a notebook as well as a black pen, Silver quickly began jotting down notes on two separate pages; one about the important stuff that was said about dragons and the other on who asked the questions that intrigued him.
Silver gave out a slight chuckle as he noted that he was the only one using muggle objects to take note, everyone else were using quills. Putting the pen cap away by pinning it on his collar, he wrote down in big letters on a third page the need to check up on mind reading magic. The answer to his question from earlier by someone else other than the instructor made Silver a bit cautious on his thoughts, the answer given was something he hadn't thought about while he pondered on the test. That wasn't coincidence was Silver's final thoughts as he closed the notebook and looked up from jotting stuff down.
"Don't worry, I mean you no harm and neither does anyone else in this class, okay Adriens?" Theaken responded, as he then noted that a major meeting is about to break out, already recalling to himself,'Cousin Cedric Diggory, what would you have done if you didn't wind up dead?I know that Professor Grisby most likely might have important news to talk with Auror Longbottom about because if that's not the case, Hannah Longbottom will have cause for alarm no matter what, I don't blame Auror Potter for not trusting Ex-Minister Fudge as he turned out to be very corrupt, but...dear gods, why?' as Thule goes to shake his head sideways again for a moment or two whenever he had to recall for a bit with the various lessons he had with Cedric in terms of how to fight.
*Few minutes when the screen went sepia-colored*
A young boy armed with nothing but a rune-encrusted sword and a Rowan Wand with Dragon Heartstring, the wand chose the boy in question, in front of the young lad was a teenager who looked to be in his 3rd year, the boy carrying an Ash Wand with a Unicorn Hair for the core, before the taller boy in question went to pick up the younger boy to help him from the floor.
"You haven't been taking care to use the Supersensory Charm, to get a more visible view of enemies outside of your normal line of sight, have you, Theaken?" a 13-year old noted, as the 8-year old then replied back,"How the bloody hells was I supposed to know you were going to use a Protego Duo to counter the Flipendo Duo I was going to use?If you had Legilimency all along wouldn't you have had the decency to warn me about it beforehand?" as a young Theaken then adds,"Didn't you say you believe in fair play if possible, Cousin Diggory?That wasn't funny what you did!!!" as the young Theaken goes to Accio his Rowan wand, ready for another session as he goes to cast the Sponge-Knees Curse non-verbally on Diggory while then following with the next spell to make Diggory trip,'Rictumsempra!!!' as quickly as Theaken could have casted it on Diggory and pretty much went to make Diggory trip. "That was for not warning me at all about that move, Cousin Cedric!!!" after the young Cedric Diggory wounded up tripping to the floor before having the time to re-adjust, before Cedric then asked Theaken,"Are you up for another round?" as Theaken then thought to himself, "If I say yes, can we actually share a discussion involving that sword my father's family was passing through generations?They said it might have been connected with that one court that Merlin once aided," as Cedric goes to nod to Theaken,"Sure thing, Theaken, just remember the lessons we're learning and what you've been taught and you'll do well," Cedric then said before he goes to pull out a Galleon to toss to determine who's to cast the 1st spell for the next round.
*The colors are back to normal before Theaken returns to the present*
'Those were among the better days in regards to family, weren't they, Cousin Cedric,' Theaken nods to himself in private, before he goes to look at Louis the Ravenclaw, and then makes an honest request to him,"If that's acceptable with you, Arcus Iris of the Ravenclaw House, would you mind checking on the latest Magi-mechanics in your glasses to try the new Holography Spells you've been working on, or to try to activate the Holography feature in those glasses you've been working on after placing a chip in Longbottom's Robes?" as he goes to wait on what Louis will say to that response.
"Considering that its pretty much for Old Time's sakes, sure why not?" as Louis goes to cast the following spell aloud,"Holograffeg" no wand being necessary to cast the spell but he thought that since others are gonna need to know about that spell, what better way to start than to begin with the Magical recordings going on? "Beginning public vid showings now," Louis said to everyone else as he showed the audiences what was going on at the magi-screens when Louis was sure that Auror Longbottom and Professor Grisby were away from the area.
"Anybody has questions?" Louis had to ask the audience around.
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DeVey, Xavier: Slytherin 2nd year A viper seemed like a bit much, but Xavier wrote it down. How he was supposed to reverse engineer tanks and guns, he had no clue. Of course, while Xavier liked history, he'd never spent much time looking it up, so it could be a chore. Searching the library would only yield a small hoard of books on Chemistry and potion brewing inevitably. A small notebook on probable enemies might come in handy.
The second year noted that some of the students had taken to clenching and unclenching or twisting their hems now that he noticed. Really, passing on a super weapon for what exactly? A Chinese fireball? At least the Viper would have finished the user off quickly. Less chance of spilling secrets that way. Xavier had figured you took a serious risk when you signed up, so what exactly were these students expecting? Rolling his eyes, he decided a question was in order. Waiting for the history lesson and personal chat to be over, he raised his hand. Two Slytherins who knew him and the Ravenclaw girl looked on, unsure if they wanted to continue on the path they signed up for. "Do you customarily pick the dragon, or will it pick you as legend goes?" Xavier was almost certain the Slytherin in him was dreaming of seeing all the ghastly looks as the hoard in unison shook where they stood upon realizing they may indeed land a Viper as a partner. He fought the smirk that threatened to make it's way across his face. The ravenclaw's face was now white as sheet, while the two Slytherins shot him dirty looks.
Brewing success one experiment at a time. Slytherin 1:Slytherin 2: Ravenclaw girl:
Peroxide Swing
'Git
Kia Tasha
'on
CatnippedHeels
'down
-Requiem-Seraphim-
'and
Fernflyer
'show
FranBeary
'yer
Born Backwards
'alive
iSunako Nakahara
'now
"Why are you two doing this, Louis and Theaken?Isn't there an off-chance we'll be in trouble if we get caught?" Aimer found herself asking in public, already feeling worried that she wasn't going to be able to atone to the Dragon Species as a whole if they got caught for trying to find out what's going on.
"This could be fun, its time we manage to avoid coming across as being left in the dark, right Aimer?" the lady who was nodding to the two Slytherins who appeared to be identical siblings that this is a good idea, while Aimer goes to attempt to make an honest game face to the Ravenclaw in the area except it felt forced, coming from her.
"Sure thing, no pressure on our bones taken," Aimer responds back, as she then goes to reflect to herself,'Please don't let this get in the way of my family's efforts to atone,' as Aimer goes to brace herself for whichever Dragon she winds up with.
Mayor Twihard
ϟamanthaⒼrisby ⒹragonⓇesearcherandⒹ.Ⓐ.Member
I heard. Tell me the rest later. Samantha said to Neville, glancing around at all the children around them, subtly pointing out all the listening ears around them. Ill take a last question. Samantha thought, listening to one from a younger Slytherin about how partners were made. That depends on the person. Some people are incompatible with certain types of dragons because of the mindsets that they have, while others are particularly suited to pair with. If anyone has any urgent questions, please find me later. she said, smiling at the students and walking toward Neville. Lets go and see that the others are settling in Sarah well. she said, mentally reviewing the wards that she wanted to place around the area that Sarah would roam to keep troublemakers out.
Neville goes to think to himself for a brief moment or two on what happens if the slain Tom Marvelo Riddle were somehow even more savvier than he actually was, complete with imagining how likely he would have lived through the aftermath of it if he was the only candidate against Voldemort to survive,'Things wouldn't have been the same had Tom Riddle been smarter, I doubt I would have been alive today if its true with what's said about those Jormungand nutcases,' as Neville goes to recall to himself the exact moments that happened a few years back, this time in further depth.
*The scenery gets changed to show a deep lake from Norway, Hornindalsvatnet being its name in Sepia colors and in the coldest time of the year*
Longbottom was already witnessing before him that one of the two leaders in question, an Acolyte, has already injected a seed that appeared to be a pitch-black walnut onto his own forehead, 5 minutes roughly after the injection to the forehead, the Acolyte then generated a plethora of shadowy tentacles on the back, soon to transform into hound heads with tentacles around their 'necks', so to speak, each head making a boomingly deep bark that was rather loud.
When the 'metamorphosis' was completed, the Acolyte then began to unleash all types of Wandless Magic with five times as much ease as one would have found a House-elf doing in their best non-violent days, as rather quickly, it started with non-verbal exploso curses being casted all over the place around Neville in the span of five milli-seconds, to the Acolyte Neville was stuck with being able to Shadow-Travel around the area for the next 5 seconds.
'Protego Horriblis duo!' Neville thought to himself, as already he was busy trying to block off all the shots and shrapnel coming to him, before some of the shrapnel went into his wand-holding arm when his wand got dropped, as Neville now had to focus his other arm to get the spells ready, already feeling like he had enough, Neville goes to non-verbally cast the following spell, 'Caligo Inverto' What's happening after that began with a powerful 500 mile mist suddenly appeared while the Acolyte was Shadow-traveling non-verbally all over the place, only when the mutated 'thing' that used to be a man was there, after making a landing only to be on the receiving end of the mist itself. 'Not the exact same mist that the U.S Ministry for Magic's used to dealing with if rumors are correct, but for what it is would be a very useful thing born from a useful spell,' Longbottom thought to himself, before looking at the lake after Neville goes to cast the Flipendo Incantato duo at the enemy to make sure they didn't try anything funny, and for good measure, went as far as to use the Adhero duo spell before the landing happened and even went with a full-body bind curse to top it all off.
Not before a stray blasting curse managed to hit the already-wounded wand Arm of Neville and pushed him to the ground, as now Neville could only watch in dismay while he tries to get up quickly at the lake, knowing that his arm was just hit with critical damage at the moment.
'Hermione, Theodore Nott, I got hit if anyone's listening,' as Neville was trying to get up and attempt to accio the broom to aid Harry against whatever was being unleashed after the other Acolyte went to the lake, before barely having any strength left to stand and watch.
You then noted that a certain Spring-green eyed fellow with an electricity-shaped scar on his forehead was already in the area after Neville goes to cast Magnus Sensus the Supersensory Charm to go and locate the man, already grabbing his firebolt and what appeared to be a holly wand with a Phoenix Tail feather for its core on it, except he looked like he just had a bad day as of recent happenings, as it felt rather personal on him when he goes to cast a non-verbal Sonorus spell before yelling out the loudest question one could manage without fear of avalanches:
"This is your final warning, WHERE IS TEDDY LUPIN???TELL ME NOW BEFORE YOU'RE GONE!!!!!" as the man was already not at all caring what was about to be thrown at him his way, at all.
When he goes to look at the lake showing in a lot of waving motions across the lake, before you then get to see in Longbottom's vision it was enough to give the Watcher of the Waters of Moria from Middle-Earth a run for its moolah,'I can't believe I recalled the monster from Lord of the Rings which was done by a Muggle, Tolkein or someone like that,' perhaps not necessarily in terms of raw power so much as in terms of size, as all around were a lot of Shadowy Canine heads each carrying around 21 Dark Tentacles each, which would have been enough to deter anybody else. Except the Spring-eyed man was too violently mental to care about it, except he wasn't expressing the matter outside of his voice, as if he felt that he has felt hard-earned knowledge flow through him.
The Acolyte who became the Shadowy beast of sorts in the lake was already using one of his canine heads to breathe out black flames all over the area, all the while using 6,000 degrees of heat with another flaming head, only for the man in question to just cast a Non-verbal Deflexo Cantatrix duo to counter the mess, while using Protego Horriblis Maxima to show how serious he was about his words when Fire and Ice Balls were being shot by some of the other canine heads, the man's way. Eventually one head managed to bypass the defenses and used their tentacles to whip the man brutally hard, pretty much breaking the wand arm and the legs at the same time somewhat as the man was about to fall off the broom.
'This can't be happening, Ginny, Teddy....NO, I CAN'T DIE HERE, NOT BEFORE TEDDY CAN DEFEND HIMSELF!!!!' as the man goes to get back when Neville heard his thoughts after applying Legilimency on the man in question.
One of the heads with black flames from the mouth was about to whip up the Tentacles and drag the man into the maws of the shadowy hound fangs, until the man snapped out of it when he was unable to open his eyes, non-verbally accio out the broom with his good arm when he used his non-wand holding arm, Already quickly glancing at the tentacles heading his way and then he casted the following spell nonverbally before things began to take a turn for the more serious.
It was a sign that the Master of Death has awoken, as the tentacles and one of the very shadowy hound heads themselves went turned into Stone, before the man then casted a non-verbal 'Tempus Bardus!!!' to slow down any and all enemy projectile attacks being launched his way, before quickly moving out of the way with the firebolt. After the Man has done the act, he goes to unleash a wave of what amounted to tens of thousands of wands being summoned, all of them on the skies raining the Exploding Curses on the now-growing 200 mile beast whose canine heads now had 21 tentacles surrounding their shadowy 'necks' so to speak, all of them were being smashed rapidly.
When the bombardment was over*, all that was left was a 7-foot tall Wizard with the Black Walnut-like seed out of his forehead, the Man then goes to note the seed was on the floor near Neville, while he goes to watch the Master of Death cast a non-verbal Mobilicorpus spell at the wounded Acolyte who's still alive,"WHERE IS TEDDY????" as the Acolyte is barely awake to attempt a coherent response when suddenly the Man heard of a contacting from an Otter Patronus coming in, from the likes of a rather familiar face, herself, or voice rather in this case, before the Man goes to contemplate the idea of torturing the guy outright when normally he would have tried all his options to consider.
"Harry, Neville, Nott and I have found Teddy, we've...Harry, Neville what happened????" Hermione asks the two Aurors, fellow War Veterans and Rumored fellow members of the Order of the Phoenix, the man now next to Neville being revealed to be the man named Harry,"We just managed to fight out two of the instigators behind the mess, we'll...wait, Teddy's here?Bring me to him ASAP!!!!" as Harry was already feeling a sense of modicum in relief coming to him, considering that he looked like he had just another fight of his life except this one is even by his own standards.
"Sognefjorden is where we found Teddy, and Harry, Nott wanted me to say this from him," as Hermione goes to speak out,"Take it easy, Heir of Ignotius Peverell, you've already had to fight to earn his Wisdom and you look like you've been seeing better days, aside from Teddy being in harm's way it shouldn't be so easy to rile you up like that, didn't you tell yourself to minimalize casualties after you noted you can't save everyone?"* as Harry goes to try to crack a joke at his own expense, except the combat pains were in the way of that and Neville could barely even lift the two of them up, let alone deal with the convicts and those black walnuts on the floor.
*Back at the present*
Longbottom goes to snap out of it, when he recalled the regards on Sarah happening,"I'll take it that Charles is at Hogsmede with the others, right?" as he went to pull out one of the envelopes regarding Samantha Grisby, one of them pretty much regards what happened 3-4 years back before this reunion happened, and another was in regards to Hannah Longbottom's regards to Miss Grisby. 'How am I going to help Hannah get a lot of her concerns with Samantha off of her chest if I don't pass Samantha Hannah's letter before sending her the news of the past to explain in-depth on what I recalled those years back?' as Longbottom goes to think to himself two things,'I wonder if Potter might ever get irritated enough to call someone like Hermione old hag* or anything along those lines, and two even though she and Mr. Schamander are going to be happy together sometimes I wish Luna were here,' as Longbottom goes to shake his head in terms of the terrors in recalling the exact expressions Potter had from those few years back when Teddy was kidnapped at that incident, it was part of the reason why those bad flashes appear to be happening as of recent events, the other motives and reasons would be connected with the other letter to give to Grisby after she grabs Hannah's own.
"Where's Charles?I hope he hasn't been causing any cause for alarm because while Last year's incident at All Hallows' Eve isn't too bad to deal with, its still quite bad that it was public like that," as Longbottom sighs whenever he recalled what it was like to be among those who saw Samantha Grisby in a Muggle Playboy Bunny Suit, Hannah was one of the few people who could be more troubled by it than he was since to Longbottom it was nothing that a few pills and medical swigs in the right dosages couldn't fix.* "Also I see you've been taking care of Sarah recently, haven't you?" as Longbottom had to note the regards to the Welsh Green, suspecting that the two might have met when Grisby was being taught by Charlie Weasley for how to take care of Dragons in general.
(OOC #1 : Yes, its an admitted nod to the Madoka Magica universe, a lampshading of something Mami Tomoe is capable of doing, it also doubles as a nod to the Mobile Suit Gundam multi-verse with regards to things akin to Universal Century Funnel Tech for Mobile suits, you'll probably see Louis say more things about that later on!)
(OOC #2 : Considering that if Harry gets a direct appearance again but in the more present times, It wouldn't surprise me if Theodore Nott might have had better-suited jokes in mind to tell Potter to ease up somewhat, to be honest unless its a bad idea to do this I hope to seldom show Potter's more vicious side often in here, what say you, Twihard and Pentacles?Pentacles you can take notes on what else Nott might have lampshaded if you wish to do so, I'd imagine Nott leaving a note to DeVey somewhere.)
(OOC #3 : More on Longbottom's and Grisby's conversations may be held in the next post I make!) (OOC #4: Yup its another nod to the dot hack universe, guess who originally said those words to whom and you might get a prize!) (OOC #5: I hope Longbottom doesn't come across as someone abusing Medication in there, because if he is, let me know now in the OOCS, okay?)
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:24 pm
DeVey, Xavier: Slytherin 2nd year The 2nd year Slytherin briefly considered the list of names he'd taken down, and among them, he couldn't help but wonder what the Ravenclaw wizard Iris had to do with the Hufflepuff Thule. Upon asking for names, he'd learned they were both older then he was by quite a bit, but supposedly hung out with each other. Upon the hologram showing, he'd had to question their motives, but Xavier could only assume the Hufflepuff Theaken allowed his magic, wandless if the lack of hazy smoke was anything to go by, intentionally called out the spell like he did. Not that it did much good for Xavier, as the crowds were still chatting, hoping for their perfect matches.
Wishing he was a good two feet taller, he carefully aimed the levitation spell at his feet. Rising gently with much practice, he got a quick glance of the crowd and canceled out the spell, landing on the floor with a thump that was much quieter then the squeal of the girls behind him. No less then 20 students, perhaps, and they all thought they'd get a chance. He snickered for a moment, and then it occurred to him that a meeting would be far more informative in person then listening behind the scenes. He'd have preferred trying the hologram spell out himself, just to see how useful it was, but third party opinions were the only options for the moment. The 2nd year Ravenclaw tentatively asked, "How'd you do that?", while a batch of girls squealed, asking "What else it is good for?". The girls may have been hoping for movies or boyfriends and their secrets, but Xavier just wanted to know how far the spell could be extended. Science fiction offered Hologram communication. That could be rather convenient if war broke out. Grisby and Longbottom had their backs turned for just a moment, and the mice were already playing. These little DA sessions were sure to interesting if either didn't intend to punish the mice. Ulterior motives perhaps, and would they be reported to the school for messing with skills the ministry wasn't ready to let them learn? Provided Grisby and Longbottom did this all the time, Xavier's own peers could indoctorate spells and skills neither planned on explaining away to the headmaster. Brewing success one experiment at a time.
Ok then... Silver replied in thought as he noticed that the two primary adults that were in charge were now converging and leaving the student to their own accord. Frowning upon this realization, the young muggle-born began to move away from the group. Experience has told him that this would be the most likely time for bullying to occur. Pushing past other students with his head down, Silver avoided eye contact with most of the people around him. Just get to the edge Silver thought as his hand pocketed his notebook, unfortunately his pen took a tumble on the ground; this forced him to pick it up and pause in a relatively awkward fashion.
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:55 am
((EDIT: Guy's gotta get back up at some point. I'm getting impatient.)) Evita Rose, Ravenclaw 2nd yr. The insecure second year took a leap of faith and approached the frosty crouching Slytherin. The other Ravenclaws in her year were keen on making friends with the older youths, to soak in knowledge their peers weren't lucky enough to learn yet. They were friendly enough, but the other four were associates. Quite a few students were already huddled together, scheming and plotting ways to succeed at the upcoming trials.
Looking around, carefully avoiding the older students and those who'd not been pleased with the second year getting praise from their idol, she finally reached him. Thinking frantically, Evita Rose twisted her fingers and asked, "So..um, did you sign up for the dragon?"
Balancing himself on one leg as he crouched down, someone appeared in front of him and asked a question; something Silver was thoroughly unprepared for. Uhm, what? Silver asked in a confused daze as he did not expect anyone to approach him, at least not this early on. Looking up, he only saw a the silhouette of her head as the sun was unfortunately right over her left shoulder. Squinting, Silver tried to get up so he can face whoever spoke to him, but his awkward position and less than stable posture made him keel over and fall face first into the ground which caused a flurry of colored pens to shoot out from under his robe and into the space above him; effectively creating a 'fountain' pen.
Excellent, my first encounter with a wizard and I fall flat on my face Silver thought as he slowly got up with a red and brown face, red with embarrassment and brown with the leaves and dirt.