HP-Hogwarts
Story So Far
Transcript
Six
The
Hunt at Ravenclaw House
Kat got to the portrait and shouted "grey lady,
grey lady!" The picture swung open, and she ran in and started
riffling through the books on the shelves. "It's got to be here."
She mumbled.
Illessa and Teressa were sat at together playing
a game of wizard chess. Teressa was obviously loosing, but Kat
didn't even notice. She was busy pulling books of shelves and
putting them back after rejecting them. "It's got to be a special
one," she muttered.
Illessa and Teressa were staring at her by now.
"What are you doing," asked Teressa. "And what has got to be
special."
Kat stopped. And turned her head to see them
for the first time. "Oh, hi! I'm trying to sort out the riddle.
I think the answer is a book, and I think it's in Ravenclaw
tower some where. I think that heals the blind is a clue to
the title, and whatever the book is it has to be unusual and
special in some way. Can you help?"
Whilst waiting for a reply Kat continued to search
the books on the shelves.
Illessa jumps up, leaving her bishop complaining
that she'd left him in the middle of a double attack and finally
shrugging and capturing Teressa's queen anyway
'No problem' she says 'do you think the book itself
will be useful or will it have something inside it? If it's
the book itself it shouldn't be too hard, but if something is
hidden in it, it could be anything, divination, medical or any
kind of herbology, potions or charms book that deals with healing
people' She starts searching the bookshelves on the opposite
side of the room to Kat muttering about what kind of title 'heals
the blind' could mean and what double meanings might be there.
"I don't know if it is just the book or something
in the book that we want. I guess I'll get another clue for
that. Or it will be obvious. How about truth? Someone else mentioned
it earlier. That truth heals the blind. I don't really know,
but it has to be in the tower..." Kat has now managed to make
it all the way round 3 of the bookshelves.
Sarah came rushing into the common room clutching
her broomstick - looking rather drenched but happy. "That was
just great but we hardly got going when it started bucketing
it down. We've all come in again." she said to everyone in earshot.
She then spotted Kat's frantic searching and without
hesitation went up to her: "Kat, I am really sorry about earlier
with your friend. It was stupid thing to do. I don't know why
...I just....." she trailed off looking embarrassed.
"What you looking for? Is it about the riddle?
Is there anything I can do to help. "
Kat looked at Sarah. "That's ok. I probably over
reacted anyway. Good to see you got your voice back." Kat grinned
at her.
"Yep I'm looking for a book I think. I believe
it's here somewhere. You can help me search. I reckon it will
be unusual when we find it. Maybe you ought to get dry first,
you looked drenched!"
Having rushed upstairs to change her wet robes
and towel her hair dry, Sarah comes back and joins the search.
"Why don't we try a revealing spell? I'm trying hard to think
of some suitable words that might cause the book in question
to - you know - leap off the shelf at us."
Sarah thought hard for a moment. "Trouble is without
the right words all the books might leap off and then we'd have
a mess to clear up."
Sarah takes out her wand "well here goes: "Reperio
Liber Occultus" - there is a flash of light...
The girls were all shocked when a number of copies
of 'Playwitch' suddenly flew out of their hiding places between
the books and landed on the floor. Some of the older boys seated
at the other end of the common room suddenly found other places
to be.
"Oh well - that was revealing all right. But has
any other book been revealed?"
Kat watched in amazement. She rummaged around
in the pile of magazines, but there were no books there. Kat
sighed. "I guess it's not here. The question is where is it?"
They had searched the books in the common room fairly thoroughly.
"I know it's in the tower, but it's not in here.
How about in the dorms? Let's start with ours."
Kat lead the way up the staircase to the 3rd year
Dorm. "You know, I think Joss' things are still here. Or some
of them at least." Kat wandered over to Joss' corner and started
to look in her cupboards.
The girls followed Kat. Sarah stayed behind a
second or two and came up with a mischievous smile on her face
as she had concealed the 'liber occultus' again in a place the
boys might find hard to find.
She watched as Kat headed for the corner that
had been Joss'. "Do you want me to try the spell again in here?
I mean maybe it is beneath a floorboard or something?"
"Ok, try it. We'll see what happens..." Kat replied.
Then she stood back out of the way....
Sarah took her wand again and said: "Reperio Liber
Occultus" - there is another flash of light...
After the flash a book appears with a life of
it's own to come out from the bottom of the blanket box at the
end of Joss' bed. It hung in the air in front of Sarah held
by the magic. It had a purple cover and silver writing across
the front saying 'Embracing the Truth'.
Kat stared at it. This had to be it. 'Truth spells?'
she thought. 'I wonder why we need them.'
* * *
Nimue stayed up in the battlements through lunch
feeling sorry for herself. She spent a good portion of the time
scanning the stormy sky for Bedivere's return to no avail.
She also did a lot of thinking about the situation
with Marvo and came to the conclusion that she would do something
when the situation presented itself.
With her mind made up she descended the narrow
stairwell to the Hall below and was surprised to find the Headmaster
at the bottom apparently just about to ascend.
"Ah, Miss Hawkwood. I understand you have been
absent for most of the day and were missed at dinner. I trust
nothing is wrong?"
Nimue looked at her feet and mumbled something
about being all right.
Dumbledore placed his hand on her shoulder and
smiled and said kindly: "You look both cold and hungry. I suggest
tea and cakes in my study will set you right for the Ball."
This invitation delighted Nimue dispelling the
last remnants of the gloominess she had been feeling earlier.
She accepted his invitation graciously.
* * *
"So what should we do now Kat? The Ball isn't
that far away so maybe people will be getting ready or do you
want to try to find them before it? You could surprise them
that you've solved the riddle when we get there....I mean you
get there ....as I'm probably not going or anything...probably"
Sarah looked even more gawky and awkward than
usual as she considered the Ball.
"Let's go and find the others. I should tell
them that we solved the riddle. I probably ought to find out
what Nimue is up to too. She was pretty upset earlier and I'd
like to know she is ok." Kat thought about what she just said
as Sarah's smile dropped.
"Oh, I didn't mean from anything to do with you.
I tried getting her and Marvo to talk, but it didn't really
work. Nimue just shouted at Marvo and stormed off."
Kat grinned. "Come on then, let's go." Kat tucked
the book under her arm and they made their way back to the 3rd
year common room.