You Got Pranked! Open!

Apparently the girl I pranked’s name is Corvus! Also she thinks I should control My emotions. Apparently she is also not friend material and doesn’t have that many. Well I had already said that I was going to be her friend. As I turned to tell her this much screams cut through the halls. I turned to grab my wand from by back pocket but Corvus was already running.

I grabbed my wand and started running after her. I played Soccer and was really fast so I pulled ahead of her pretty quickly. After all what kind of Soccer player would O be if I couldn’t be faster then my teammates and opponents. Heck, what Kind of a friend would I be if I let my other friends run into danger first! I slowed down just a little bit so that she could catch up to me.

“You can’t just run head on into danger without a plan.” I told her and then paused. I always ran head on into danger without a plan. I always had to keep my friends safe. “At least let me go first so that I can get hit first by whatever this is.” I begged her. Inskidded around the corner and saw….

"I do have a plan."

I said quietly, but I really didn't. I looked to the empty hallway. I was indecisive. I knew it was a stupid idea to run into danger, but I was curious what it was. But now, I knew I had to listen to the logical part of me.

"Okay, I don't have a plan."

I said and looked at the direction where the scream was coming from.

"Perhaps we shouldn't go... Perhaps it is dangerous..."

I said quietly. I looked at her.

"I changed my mind, It's a stupid idea to run into danger. We should head back to our dorms."

I declared, trying to look and act calm.

"I don't want to play hero."

I never wanted to play hero. As I turned to leave, slightly ashamed that I almost did something utterly stupid, as I noticed that Flame was looking at something in the corner. I turned around and saw a man, dressed in dark robes, wearing a mask. I didn't know who he was, but I instantly knew that he was dangerous.

"Shit..."

I murmured under my breath.

"Run!"

I told to Fawkes and began to run myself, my hand still clenching my wand. I heard the man running after us. I was already planning to look for a teacher, tell them about this man, whoever he was.

Suddenly, a spell hit me. I fell to the ground.

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As the man turned towards us wearing all black and a mask. Corvus and I ran. I heard a thud and saw that Corvus got shot by a spell. Working out for Soccer had made me pretty strong so I grabbed her and hoisted her over my shoulder. Then I took off running again around the corner and another.

I saw a crook in the wall and pulled Corvus and I into it. Luckily then man ran past. I propped Corvus up against the wall and did the reversing spell I had learnt the other day in one of my classes. Then I questioned her. “Whi was that Corvus? And why did he have a mask and shoot you with a spell?” Then I pulled the piece of fabric I had ripped off his cloak when he ran by and muttered the tracking spell one of my other friends had taught me. The cloack piuglowed and a faint line shot through the air.

I turned to look at Corvus. “I am going after him whether you like it or not. No complaints. You can either come with me or go get a teacher.” than I ripped off a piece of my cloak and handed it to her after I had done the spell. “To find me.”

I slowly stood up, the spell left a small pain in my limb, but I could still walk and stand. I have faced worse.

"You are certainly not going anywhere!"

I declared in a worried, demanding voice.

"A-Are you serious?! That man is probably an adult. A trained wizard! Much more powerful than both of us combined!"

I said quietly.

"It is even in the muggle world dangerous to go after a creepy looking stranger. So in the wizarding world, it's suicide!"

I said almost coldly.

"We should rather go back and search for the person who screamed before. Check if they are okay."

I paused.

"Or even alive..."

I added in a quiet voice.

"We should stay together!"

I was trying to do the thing what was the most logical. Following the solution which wouldn't get us both killed.

"Come! It's dangerous!"

I was worried. I was overthinking. How did that stranger get into the castle in the first place.

"After we help that person, we will reach out to a professor. Trust me, it is safer this way."

I tried to keep a calm, low voice, but I was slowly loosing it when Flame started to go after the man. I grabbed her by the shirt and pulled her towards me.

"You are certainly not going after him!"

I started walking to the direction where the screams came from a couple of minutes ago.

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“Aw come on!” Flame said whining. “He’s a bad guy we need to get him!” Flame really wanted to go after him for 2 reasons. A. It looked like fun!
B. No One hurts her friends and gets away with it! But Corvus would not let her go. The piece of fabric in her hand was still glowing and would lead them to this guy until she undid the spell. Flame had an idea. “I have like lots of friends here so what if we found all of them and Then went after the bad guy?”

Okay at this point Flame really wanted to run. She twisted around and flipped Corvus onto her back forcing her to let go. “Come on Corvus it’s a Bad Guy!” Flame got a feeling that complaining to Corvus wouldn’t do anything so she switched tactics. “Okay then miss grumpy pants,” she said with a hint of frustration “We will go get a teacher give them a piece of this tracking spell and THEN we will track down this bad guy by ourselves at the same time as the teacher.” Flame thought that maybe this would go somewhere. “That way it will be safer cause an adult will be doing the same thing!”

"Why are you always this eager to get into trouble?"

I questioned quietly, after letting out a frustrated sigh and running a hand trough my raven hair, unwillingly revealing my scars. I regretted doing so, but I was too frustrated to care right now.

"We are not looking after a dark wizard. That is suicide!"

I declared coldly.

"He is probably much more powerful than us both combined. In fact, he could kill us with a simple spell. We will not do something that stupid!"

I said quietly and started to run into the direction the scream have been coming from earlier.

But as we ran through the corridors, we noticed that there was no one in sight. I was devastated to realise, that this was a trap.

"This was a trap..."

I murmured in with fear in my voice. I looked around me carefully.

"We should definitely get a teacher!"

My hand clenched around my wand. I was frustrated and scared.

Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my body. I fell to the ground, grunting in pain. I have been cursed somehow. I didn't know how it what curse it was. How it was caused, I only knew that whoever that man was, he should be stopped immediately.

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"I am not eager to get in trouble!" I said defensively. "I just don't want my friends to get hurt that's all." Then Corvus mentioned it being a trap"A trap?" I asked. But that means he is after us! We need to figure out what we did! Also, We definitely need a teacher!" I thought best on my feet so I started pacing back and forth thinking over everything I could have done to annoy this guy. Just then I heard a thud and Corvus went down again beside me. Something in my head clicked!

This guy (or girl!) had only been shooting at Corvus! that had to mean that was who he was after right?

The guy turned to look at me. He raised his wand threateningly And I faked raising my wand and dropping it. He shot a Spell. I side stepped and then shot a stunning spell at him when he wasn't looking. He hit the ground with a thud and I ran grabbed his wand and snapped it over my knee.

I walked back over to Corvus, Did the reversing spell and then showed her the 2 pieces of hiis wand and pointed to him. We walked over quietly and pulled back his mask to Find....

I stood up, letting out a small whimper of pain.

"W-What was this?"

I questioned quietly, my body was still shaking. I was breathing quickly and heavily. My mind racing. My heart beating too quickly. I wanted to cry, but I didn't. I didn't want to show weakness. I never showed weakness, ever.

My hands were shaking however as rapidly that I wasn't even able to reach for my wand. Knowing that it would fall out due to the shaking of my hand.

My calculating blue eyes widened as Flame caught the person off guard and removed their mask.

I walked closer to the person. My blue eyes widened as I noticed a skeletal face. The man was literally a skeleton. Only bones. I have read about these creatures. They were some kind of undead. He probably used to be a dark wizard and before he died, he probably preformed ritualistic magic, which resorted their spirit being alive, while his body was decompositing, until he only remained a skeleton. Now he was like a ghost, but took physical shape as a skeleton.

I was terrified seeing this. These kinds of creatures could not be killed (because they already were dead). Nor defeated. Undead magic was too powerful for humans to comprehend.

I looked at the skeleton Which was laying on the ground in front of me. I immediately recognized it from a book I had been reading. It was an undead probably an old dark wizard. One problem was. You couldn’t kill them because they were already dead. I had absolutely no idea what I should do and that was a problem because I always knew what to do. Then a thought came to me. I looked over at Corvus Whi was just as shaken by this discovery as I was.

“I think all his magic was in his wand.” I say slowly. “Because I broke it down you think he is gone?” I questioned her quietly. Then a whole new idea came to mind. “If I did my reverse spell do you think it would undo whatever spell was cast to bring him to life?!” I could feel myself growing excited at the thought of discovering a way to gix this mess.

I looked at Corvus again excitement dancing in my eyes. “I could try it if you want! I think it might actually work!” I stand up and hug her. She makes a surprised noise at me.

I looked horrified to the ground.

"Our magic isn't in our wands either... You break someone's wand, they buy a new one. And he."

I looked at the skeleton on the ground.

"Considering he was a dark wizard, he can probably do wandless magic. Magic without a wand."

I said quietly. My voice was low, my blue eyes had a dark expression.

"We would need to get him into Askaban. Or some powerful permanent curse that keeps him unmoving. B-But the terrifying part about that would be, that he would be still conscious. Forever. What a twisted fate this man chose for himself."

I murmured and shook my head.

"Who would want to live forever? I certainly wouldn't."

I murmured and stepped back.

"We should definitely tell someone."

I said quietly.

"You should stay here, look for him that he will not escape. I am searching for a professor."

I ran away, looking for a professor. Leaving Flame alone with that strange creature.

But out of some reason, I didn't find anyone. No one was there. I kept looking everywhere, but everything was empty. This was all too strange. I felt like in a weird nightmare.

I ran back to Flame.

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