Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Friendship
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 6
Sasporilla found Drooble in the halls just outside the kitchen where he sat on a wooden crate marked fresh eggs and honey smoking his pipe.
"Miss Sasporilla?" Drooble said surprised to see the young witch. "Today is not your day in the kitchens but we are always glad to see you."
"I'm sorry to interrupt you sir." Sasporilla smiled warming the house elfs heart with her humble respect. "I've just been talking with our home elf, my grand aunt, Miss Daisy."
"Ah cousin Daisy has told you of your blood line." Drooble cheered jumping off the crate, grabbing Sassy by the hands, and dancing excitedly. "Drooble is happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy!"
Sasporilla danced joyously with house elf finding there was nothing else to do but lose ones self in the excitement of the moment.
After a vigorous dance they collapsed onto a 100 lb sack of potatoes.
"Drooble I need to respectfully ask for your help in two matters." Sasporilla said seriously.
"Respectfully ask for Droobles help!" Drooble smiled so proud.
"Yes sir." Sasporilla nodded.
"Anything that is in my power to do for Sasporilla Bucket." Drooble grinned. "I will do for sure. What do you need?"
"I need you to train me in the elements of water and fire." Sasporilla smiled nervously.
"Yes, Yes, yes, yes, yes.... yes!" Drooble insisted.
"And I need to find Weerlow?" Sasporilla said. "Do you know how I can find him. Miss Daisy says he lives in the dark forest."
"Uncle Weerlow, yes I know exactly where he lives." Drooble said. "I can take you there tomorrow if you like?"
"Yes please." Sasporilla smiled hugging Drooble excitedly.
"Good, good, good, good, good!" Drooble laughed. "We'll go right after breakfast."
"Bingo!" Lyra yelled as she spotted Sassy and ran up to her, grabbing the young witch by the arm. "There you are, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"Why what's wrong?" Sasporilla asked.
"Nothings wrong." Lyra smiled. "I signed us up for dueling club and it starts in 15 minutes."
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Dueling club was held in a large room adjacent to the defence against the dark arts class room. Not one of Sasporillas favorite classes but one she saw the importance of.
As they came through the door Sasporilla and Lyra caught the attention of the 2 teachers who ran the dueling club. Professor Moody who smiled and said. "Ah I see our new members have arrived." And professor Snape who rolled his eyes. "Late as usual."
"Traffic baby." Lyra laughed.
Sasporilla looked around the spartan room. Only an ornate stage stood long and thin in the center. A small crowd of boys stood around stage waiting anxiously for the dueling to begin.
"Now everyone gather round." Professor Moody said from the stage. "Dueling is not something you may ever have to do in real life."
"Like math." Lyra shouted.
"5 points from Hufflepuff." Snape glowered at her. How her impudence reminded him of Potter senior.
Lyra was about to blow him a raspberry when Sasporilla gently grabbed her arm, silently mouthing the word "STOP."
"Unfortunately though." Professor Moody continued. "As long as there are dark wizards using dark magic and hot headed immature wizards and witches, there will be aggression. In this club we will be learning how to directly defend against attack."
"Take out your wands." Professor Snape said. "Pick a partner and practice the most basic of self defense spells. Expelliarmus."
Sasporilla new this one. Her class had been shown it just last week in Defense against the dark arts.
Sassy and Lyra found a safe corner and practiced taking turns knocking the wands from each others hand with Expelliarmus before the other could. Lyra was fast but when Sasporilla won the draw it through her friends wand clear across the room.
After 15 minutes or so of practice professor Lupin called all of the students to the side of the stage. The young wizards gathered quickly. Sassy and Lyra hung to the back.
"Ok duelers." Professor Moody cheered hyping up the crowd. "What is the first rule of dueling club?"
"If it's your first day you have to duel." The crowd cheered back with whoops and hollers.
"Correct!" Professor Moody said excitedly. "And we just happen to have...?"
"Two new members!" The crowd shouted. "Duel, duel, duel!"
"All right." Snape hissed holding up his hands to silence the unruly crowd. With a flick of his wrist he pointed an icy finger at Lyra. "Miss Lee-Ashwolf you are first."
Lyra jumped onto the dueling stage showing no sign of fear.
"Who will duel this lovely young lady?" Professor Moody asked of the crowd.
There were several eager volunteers from Slytherin and Gryphindor as usual but one hand appeared from Hufflepuff.
"Mr.Diggory." professor Snape grinned. "Our 'OFFICAL' tri-wizard entry. Please take the stage."
Cedric jumped up amid the cheers. Diggory was not just the Tri-wizard entry along with the Potter boy, but he was also the dueling club champion.
"How are you Lyra?" Cedric asked smiling politely.
"Ready to put the boots to ya dude." Lyra laughed stepping side to side like a prize fighter.
"Ready." Professor Snape said.
Cedric held his wand up straight in front of his face. Lyra looked at this as odd. Then looked at her own wand.
"Ahem" Professor Snape cleared his throat catching Lyras attention and slowly placed his own wand before his face.
Lyra got it. Starting stuff. She placed her wand up before her face and looked at her professor's who nodded approval. Cedric slashed his wand down and to the right signaling his readiness. Lyra followed suite with her Professors approval.
"Begin!" Professor Moody Barked.
"Flipendo!" Cedric Diggory cast before Lyra could complete Expelliarmus, flipping the young witch end over end to the back of the dueling stage.
Applause erupted from the crowd. Sassy ran up to Lyra. "You ok?"
"Ya, you get the number of that truck?" Lyra laughed.
"Well done Mr.Diggory." Professor Snape hissed. "Miss Bucket, you're next."
Cedric came to Lyras side helping her to her feet then down of the stage. "Sorry. Didn't mean to hit you that hard."
Sasporilla stood at the far end of the stage feeling every eye in the room on her.
"Any volunteers to duel our next lucky contestant?" Professor Moody called out.
"Ya, I'll give it a go!" Ron Weasley from Gryphindor called.
The crowd cheered, the only thing better than watching Cedrics awesome performance as a skilled duelist was watching Weasley screw up.
Ron looked at Sasporilla who dug her wand out of robes inner pocket..
"Look," Ron grinned, "I know you're a first year. Do you know any spells?"
"Not really." Sasporilla said. "Just Expelliarmus."
"Ok, let's just use Expelliarmus then ya?" Ron reassured her.
Sasporilla nodded her agreement. As the professors took up their positions.
"Ready." Professor Snape said.
Ron snapped his wand to attention as did Sasporilla, both knocked themselves in the nose and forehead with their wands. The crowd laughed, this was going to be good. They then slashed their wands down & to the right and assumed there starting positions.
"Begin!" Professor Moody Barked.
Time seemed to slow around Sasporilla. She saw the hand of Ron Weasley begin to move. Strands of magic spun onto his wand as he opened his mouth to begin the incantation. To the crowd it looked like Sasporilla drew lightning fast. The professors barely heard her say Expelliarmus! Ron Weasley spun around his wand. His arm twisting unnaturally at the wrist with a loud crack and he hit the stage with a thud.
Everyone looked at Sasporilla for a second until they turned there attentions to Ron who was holding up his broken wrist weeping.
"Uh oh." Professor Moody said. "That'll need attention."
"I'll take him to the infirmary." Professor Snape said helping Ron to his feet and out of the room.
Sasporilla felt sorry and ashamed. No one saw her as she slipped out of club room as all eyes turned toward the loud 'slap' at the side of the room. Cedric Diggory rubbed his cheek as Lyra scolded him for stealing a kiss.
"How dare you!" Lyra screeched. "I'm not a toy for you have your way with Cedric Diggory! You most certainly not my type and I don't approve of your advances!"
"I'm sorry." Cedric tried to apologize. "I thought we had a moment there."
Lyra looked around for Sasporilla but didn't see her.
"What is your type?" Cedric asked.
"Not boys." Lyra snapped running off to find her friend.
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Sasporilla found her way to the infirmary where Ron sat on the side of the bed holding his wrist. Madam Pomfrey carried over a small tray and sat it on the bed next to him. Rons friend Harry and Professor Snape stood at the end of the bed as Madam Pomfrey checked the wrist.
"Yes." Madam Pomfrey nodded. "That's broken alright, but easily fixed."
The matron of the infirmary took her wand from the tray wand waved across then touched Rons wrist. The bruising and pain began to subside and he sighed with relief.
"Now lay back here for a few minutes and I'll be back to check on you." Madam Pomfrey smiled and walked back to her desk.
Herminoe Granger and Ginny Weasley burst in through the infirmary doors and ran past Sasporilla to Rons side.
"Are you allright!" Hermione asked looking at Rons arm.
"Ya." Ron said bending it slowly. "Just a war wound. Hazard of the dueling club. Its a man thing. You girls wouldn't understand."
"you can be a bit f a condesending Prig." Ginny said to her brother. "You know that?"
"I'm so sorry for hurting you Ron." Sasporilla said coming a bit closer.
Everyone looked over at her making Sassy very self-conscious. Ron blushed as Ginny and Hermione burst into laughter.
"Please don't laugh." Sasporilla pleaded. "I didn't mean to hurt him."
This made the 2 girls laugh all the harder.
"Its a man thing." Ginny mocked.
"You Girls wouldn't understand!" Hermione joined in.
Harry couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. Even professor Snape cracked a small thin smile.
"Big manly man," Ginny mocked, "got his wrist broken by a little girl!"
Sasporilla started to cry. She felt so bad. Not only had she broken Ron Weasleys wrist but now his friends made fun of him for it. The girls went over and tried to comfort Sassy.
"Don't cry." Hermione said tenderly. "We always kid each other like this. We don't mean to be mean and we know you didn't mean to harm Ron."
"What spell did you use?" Ginny asked.
"Expelliarmus." Sasporilla said.
"I wasn't ready." Ron said.
"Give it up Ron." Harry said. "Looks like we've found a natural dueler."
The girls kept laughing as they calmed Sasporilla down.
"Good shot." Professor Snape said as he slipped past and out of the infirmary.
"I just wanted to disarm him." Sasporilla said quietly.
"Dis-arm?" Ron laughed. "You almost ripped it right off!"
Everyone laughed including Sasporilla.
"I am sorry." Sassy said walking over to Ron.
"No harm, no foul." Ron said holding out his hand. Sassy took his hand strongly in hers and shook it. Ron winced as they shook.
"Guess it's not quite there yet." Ron smirked.
Everyone laughed.
Sasporilla found Drooble in the halls just outside the kitchen where he sat on a wooden crate marked fresh eggs and honey smoking his pipe.
"Miss Sasporilla?" Drooble said surprised to see the young witch. "Today is not your day in the kitchens but we are always glad to see you."
"I'm sorry to interrupt you sir." Sasporilla smiled warming the house elfs heart with her humble respect. "I've just been talking with our home elf, my grand aunt, Miss Daisy."
"Ah cousin Daisy has told you of your blood line." Drooble cheered jumping off the crate, grabbing Sassy by the hands, and dancing excitedly. "Drooble is happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy!"
Sasporilla danced joyously with house elf finding there was nothing else to do but lose ones self in the excitement of the moment.
After a vigorous dance they collapsed onto a 100 lb sack of potatoes.
"Drooble I need to respectfully ask for your help in two matters." Sasporilla said seriously.
"Respectfully ask for Droobles help!" Drooble smiled so proud.
"Yes sir." Sasporilla nodded.
"Anything that is in my power to do for Sasporilla Bucket." Drooble grinned. "I will do for sure. What do you need?"
"I need you to train me in the elements of water and fire." Sasporilla smiled nervously.
"Yes, Yes, yes, yes, yes.... yes!" Drooble insisted.
"And I need to find Weerlow?" Sasporilla said. "Do you know how I can find him. Miss Daisy says he lives in the dark forest."
"Uncle Weerlow, yes I know exactly where he lives." Drooble said. "I can take you there tomorrow if you like?"
"Yes please." Sasporilla smiled hugging Drooble excitedly.
"Good, good, good, good, good!" Drooble laughed. "We'll go right after breakfast."
"Bingo!" Lyra yelled as she spotted Sassy and ran up to her, grabbing the young witch by the arm. "There you are, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
"Why what's wrong?" Sasporilla asked.
"Nothings wrong." Lyra smiled. "I signed us up for dueling club and it starts in 15 minutes."
**********************************************
Dueling club was held in a large room adjacent to the defence against the dark arts class room. Not one of Sasporillas favorite classes but one she saw the importance of.
As they came through the door Sasporilla and Lyra caught the attention of the 2 teachers who ran the dueling club. Professor Moody who smiled and said. "Ah I see our new members have arrived." And professor Snape who rolled his eyes. "Late as usual."
"Traffic baby." Lyra laughed.
Sasporilla looked around the spartan room. Only an ornate stage stood long and thin in the center. A small crowd of boys stood around stage waiting anxiously for the dueling to begin.
"Now everyone gather round." Professor Moody said from the stage. "Dueling is not something you may ever have to do in real life."
"Like math." Lyra shouted.
"5 points from Hufflepuff." Snape glowered at her. How her impudence reminded him of Potter senior.
Lyra was about to blow him a raspberry when Sasporilla gently grabbed her arm, silently mouthing the word "STOP."
"Unfortunately though." Professor Moody continued. "As long as there are dark wizards using dark magic and hot headed immature wizards and witches, there will be aggression. In this club we will be learning how to directly defend against attack."
"Take out your wands." Professor Snape said. "Pick a partner and practice the most basic of self defense spells. Expelliarmus."
Sasporilla new this one. Her class had been shown it just last week in Defense against the dark arts.
Sassy and Lyra found a safe corner and practiced taking turns knocking the wands from each others hand with Expelliarmus before the other could. Lyra was fast but when Sasporilla won the draw it through her friends wand clear across the room.
After 15 minutes or so of practice professor Lupin called all of the students to the side of the stage. The young wizards gathered quickly. Sassy and Lyra hung to the back.
"Ok duelers." Professor Moody cheered hyping up the crowd. "What is the first rule of dueling club?"
"If it's your first day you have to duel." The crowd cheered back with whoops and hollers.
"Correct!" Professor Moody said excitedly. "And we just happen to have...?"
"Two new members!" The crowd shouted. "Duel, duel, duel!"
"All right." Snape hissed holding up his hands to silence the unruly crowd. With a flick of his wrist he pointed an icy finger at Lyra. "Miss Lee-Ashwolf you are first."
Lyra jumped onto the dueling stage showing no sign of fear.
"Who will duel this lovely young lady?" Professor Moody asked of the crowd.
There were several eager volunteers from Slytherin and Gryphindor as usual but one hand appeared from Hufflepuff.
"Mr.Diggory." professor Snape grinned. "Our 'OFFICAL' tri-wizard entry. Please take the stage."
Cedric jumped up amid the cheers. Diggory was not just the Tri-wizard entry along with the Potter boy, but he was also the dueling club champion.
"How are you Lyra?" Cedric asked smiling politely.
"Ready to put the boots to ya dude." Lyra laughed stepping side to side like a prize fighter.
"Ready." Professor Snape said.
Cedric held his wand up straight in front of his face. Lyra looked at this as odd. Then looked at her own wand.
"Ahem" Professor Snape cleared his throat catching Lyras attention and slowly placed his own wand before his face.
Lyra got it. Starting stuff. She placed her wand up before her face and looked at her professor's who nodded approval. Cedric slashed his wand down and to the right signaling his readiness. Lyra followed suite with her Professors approval.
"Begin!" Professor Moody Barked.
"Flipendo!" Cedric Diggory cast before Lyra could complete Expelliarmus, flipping the young witch end over end to the back of the dueling stage.
Applause erupted from the crowd. Sassy ran up to Lyra. "You ok?"
"Ya, you get the number of that truck?" Lyra laughed.
"Well done Mr.Diggory." Professor Snape hissed. "Miss Bucket, you're next."
Cedric came to Lyras side helping her to her feet then down of the stage. "Sorry. Didn't mean to hit you that hard."
Sasporilla stood at the far end of the stage feeling every eye in the room on her.
"Any volunteers to duel our next lucky contestant?" Professor Moody called out.
"Ya, I'll give it a go!" Ron Weasley from Gryphindor called.
The crowd cheered, the only thing better than watching Cedrics awesome performance as a skilled duelist was watching Weasley screw up.
Ron looked at Sasporilla who dug her wand out of robes inner pocket..
"Look," Ron grinned, "I know you're a first year. Do you know any spells?"
"Not really." Sasporilla said. "Just Expelliarmus."
"Ok, let's just use Expelliarmus then ya?" Ron reassured her.
Sasporilla nodded her agreement. As the professors took up their positions.
"Ready." Professor Snape said.
Ron snapped his wand to attention as did Sasporilla, both knocked themselves in the nose and forehead with their wands. The crowd laughed, this was going to be good. They then slashed their wands down & to the right and assumed there starting positions.
"Begin!" Professor Moody Barked.
Time seemed to slow around Sasporilla. She saw the hand of Ron Weasley begin to move. Strands of magic spun onto his wand as he opened his mouth to begin the incantation. To the crowd it looked like Sasporilla drew lightning fast. The professors barely heard her say Expelliarmus! Ron Weasley spun around his wand. His arm twisting unnaturally at the wrist with a loud crack and he hit the stage with a thud.
Everyone looked at Sasporilla for a second until they turned there attentions to Ron who was holding up his broken wrist weeping.
"Uh oh." Professor Moody said. "That'll need attention."
"I'll take him to the infirmary." Professor Snape said helping Ron to his feet and out of the room.
Sasporilla felt sorry and ashamed. No one saw her as she slipped out of club room as all eyes turned toward the loud 'slap' at the side of the room. Cedric Diggory rubbed his cheek as Lyra scolded him for stealing a kiss.
"How dare you!" Lyra screeched. "I'm not a toy for you have your way with Cedric Diggory! You most certainly not my type and I don't approve of your advances!"
"I'm sorry." Cedric tried to apologize. "I thought we had a moment there."
Lyra looked around for Sasporilla but didn't see her.
"What is your type?" Cedric asked.
"Not boys." Lyra snapped running off to find her friend.
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Sasporilla found her way to the infirmary where Ron sat on the side of the bed holding his wrist. Madam Pomfrey carried over a small tray and sat it on the bed next to him. Rons friend Harry and Professor Snape stood at the end of the bed as Madam Pomfrey checked the wrist.
"Yes." Madam Pomfrey nodded. "That's broken alright, but easily fixed."
The matron of the infirmary took her wand from the tray wand waved across then touched Rons wrist. The bruising and pain began to subside and he sighed with relief.
"Now lay back here for a few minutes and I'll be back to check on you." Madam Pomfrey smiled and walked back to her desk.
Herminoe Granger and Ginny Weasley burst in through the infirmary doors and ran past Sasporilla to Rons side.
"Are you allright!" Hermione asked looking at Rons arm.
"Ya." Ron said bending it slowly. "Just a war wound. Hazard of the dueling club. Its a man thing. You girls wouldn't understand."
"you can be a bit f a condesending Prig." Ginny said to her brother. "You know that?"
"I'm so sorry for hurting you Ron." Sasporilla said coming a bit closer.
Everyone looked over at her making Sassy very self-conscious. Ron blushed as Ginny and Hermione burst into laughter.
"Please don't laugh." Sasporilla pleaded. "I didn't mean to hurt him."
This made the 2 girls laugh all the harder.
"Its a man thing." Ginny mocked.
"You Girls wouldn't understand!" Hermione joined in.
Harry couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. Even professor Snape cracked a small thin smile.
"Big manly man," Ginny mocked, "got his wrist broken by a little girl!"
Sasporilla started to cry. She felt so bad. Not only had she broken Ron Weasleys wrist but now his friends made fun of him for it. The girls went over and tried to comfort Sassy.
"Don't cry." Hermione said tenderly. "We always kid each other like this. We don't mean to be mean and we know you didn't mean to harm Ron."
"What spell did you use?" Ginny asked.
"Expelliarmus." Sasporilla said.
"I wasn't ready." Ron said.
"Give it up Ron." Harry said. "Looks like we've found a natural dueler."
The girls kept laughing as they calmed Sasporilla down.
"Good shot." Professor Snape said as he slipped past and out of the infirmary.
"I just wanted to disarm him." Sasporilla said quietly.
"Dis-arm?" Ron laughed. "You almost ripped it right off!"
Everyone laughed including Sasporilla.
"I am sorry." Sassy said walking over to Ron.
"No harm, no foul." Ron said holding out his hand. Sassy took his hand strongly in hers and shook it. Ron winced as they shook.
"Guess it's not quite there yet." Ron smirked.
Everyone laughed.
PLEASE REMEMBER
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.