In Through the Out Door
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 10
Dueling club was something Sasporilla Bucket looked forward too every week. The new spells and the study of strategy combined with Karrys leadership as team captain made it an exhilarating experience. The fifth years started having a bit of trouble as all spells had to be announced when dueling yet they were learning to cast without verbalizing. It was a hard to keep it all straight.
Though Sassy was a fourth year Karry explained a couple of things she had learned about defending against silent spells.
"The tip of your opponents wand will glow a certain colour once the spell begins to cast." Karry said. "Charms are white, Hexes purple, Jinxes are blue, curses are green.
Spells can be any colour but the commonality is attack spells are green and defence spells are red. If you can see the colour of the glow on the wand tip then you have a better chance to cast a counter. Oh and Sassy."
"Yes?" Sasporilla was surprised to be singled out.
"Do you remember what you did that time in dueling club?" Karry asked. "You know where you moved so fast!"
"Yes." Sasporilla hung her head still ashamed. "That was when I hurt Ron Weasley."
"Exactly!" Karry smiled. "Practice that quick draw but try and tone down the intensity in the end."
'Okie dokie, I'll try but I won't make any promises." Sasporilla smiled.
"Students!" The headmistress called walking in waving a piece of paper. "I have an announcement!"
Everyone gathered around Professor McGonagall who grinned brightly from ear to ear.
"We have just received an official invitation to the European School Wizarding Duel Round Robin. It is being held in Geneva Switzerland on March fifteenth. You'll need to each take a permission slip and have your parent or guardian sign it so you can attend. Now lets get in some good practice before Christmas break!"
Karry and Sassy were dueling partners. Sassy concentrated on the fabric of magic as it gathered at the end of Karrys wand. She saw it change to a purple. A hex! Sassy cast a general counter hex and defected the spell as it left the tip of Karrys wand.
"Wow!" Karry said. "That was fast but I barely heard the counter hex."
"It's like time slows for me." Sasporilla said. "Once I'm in that state I just do everything fast."
"Ok." Karry said. "Try to deflect all of these. I'm going to go as fast as I can."
Karry cast Jinx after hex after spell. Sasporilla deflected everything cast at her. Professor McGonagall couldn't believe her eyes. Sasporilla Bucket was moving so fast.
"That is very impressive." Professor McGonagall said. "Is that one of your elven gifts Miss Bucket?"
"I think so Professor." Sasporilla said. "Karry asked me to practice it."
"I can see why." The headmistress said. "But the use of elven magic or abilities are illegal in competitive dueling I'm afraid."
"Really?" Karry protested. "That wasn't in the book?"
"No it's not in the guide but it is in the official rule book." Professor McGonagall said.
"May I borrow the book over the Christmas break professor?" Karry asked. "As girls team captain I feel it would be advantageous to know all the rules."
"I agree." The headmistress smiled handing Karry the very large and heavy official competitive dueling rule book.
Karry pressed her nose firmly into the rule book and was only half way through as they took the Hogwarts express home for Christmas break. Sassy sat next to Karry on the train and Zac sat across from her next to Korry. Maddy walked past the compartment and looked in saddly but didn't dare come in.
Korry stood up and slid the door open. "Maddy, you can come in."
"Are you sure?" Madrigal asked.
"Yes." Korry insisted. "The bewitchment is broken."
Maddy walked in and waved shyly.
"Hi Maddy." Sasporilla said. "Lool I don't want things to be weird with us. We're friends. I don't blame you for any of this."
"That's nice of you to say Sasporilla but I don't know how you can't hate me." Maddy said. "I almost stole your boy friend."
"No." Korry said. "Yes I was bewitched but I read the chapter from Karrys book and I've been think on this for a short while. That spell is directed for you not just to find a mate. It's to find your soul mate."
"Really?" Maddy said surprised.
"Now I'm not bewitched anymore but I still feel really close to you. I really like you Maddy and I really like you Sassy."
Maddy and Sasporilla just stared at Korry. Karry slammed the rule book closed.
"What are you saying my stupidest brother?" Karry asked.
"I'm saying now that my head is clear," Korry sighed, "I need to make a decision. Maddy or Sasporilla."
Maddy stood up. "I'm sorry Sassy. I must still be bewitching him. I don't want this."
Maddy left the car and Korry went after her. "No Maddy." Korry said. "I am not under your spell. I am thinking very clearly. I am not going to kiss either of you until I make my choice. If I was bewitched I would want to kiss you more than life itself."
"So you mean you really like me?" Maddy smiled.
"I do." Korry smiled. "And I like Sassy. I need to figure out in my heart which one of you I truly love."
Mr. And Mrs. Curtiss picked the kids up at Kings Cross station. Zac walked Karry to the car. Sasporilla was surprised to find both Buster and Porridge in the van. She climbed into the back with the dogs and giggled as she got kisses. Korry walked Maddy to her parents car. They were very pleased to meet him. Maddy had written about Korry in her letters earlier in the year. She hadn't mentioned him in a while so they were glad he was still in the game. He seemed like a nice boy. He would make their little Madrigal a good husband.
Karry kissed Zac and wished him a Happy Christmas then he helped her into the van. Everybody buckled up.
"Where is your brother?" Mrs. Curtiss asked.
"With his new girl friend." Sasporilla said.
"What?" Kolleen Curtiss asked. "What happened?"
"It's a long story mom." Karry said. "I'll fill you in at home."
Sasporilla just cried quietly. The dogs tried to comfort the sad girl but it was of little use. They just lay in her lap and let the sad girl pet them.
Korry jumped in and buckled up. "Ok I'm here."
The Curtiss women glared at him.
"What did I do?" Korry asked cluelessly.
The Curtiss' dropped Sassy and Karry off at number four Castle Road and went on home. Sassy had to pick up a few things. Uncle Nick was out of town on a case and had arranged for Sasporilla to stay with the Curtiss family over Christmas.
"I can't believe my stupid brother." Karry screamed.
"I said it before." Sasporilla said. "I don't own him, and he doesn't own me. If he needs to decide between Maddy or me then let him make his decision. What he needs to understand is would Maddy or I want a boy that had to make a decision? I mean he should know in his heart."
"Oh Sassy." Karry said. "I keep hoping this is part of the bewitchment. Maybe once the antidote is ready in a couple of months all of this will change."
"Maybe." Sasporilla said packing some delicates in a bag with some clean clothes and her make up kit. "Ok, ready to go."
The girls walked down the street to the Curtiss house hold. Kay was out front trying to build a snow man with what had fallen. She needed to borrow a bit of snow from a few yards but was well on her way to making a nice snow man.
"Hey there Outsiders?" Kay smiled. "How are girls?"
"Business as usual." Sasporilla chuckled.
"Why what's wrong now?" Kay asked.
"Might as well come in." Karry said. "I need to talk to mom about it anyway."
Kay, Karry and Kolleen went into the kitchen to discuss what had happened at school. Sasporilla sat on the floor by the Christmas tree wrapping the last of the gifts she had for her friends.
"Hi." Korry said coming in and sitting on the couch. "Want to talk?"
"Go ahead?" Sassy said continuing to wrap. "I want to finish this."
"I just want you to know I do really like you Sasporilla." Korry smiled.
"I know." Sassy said.
"I just need to be honest with both of you and myself." Korry insisted.
"I appreciate that." Sassy said coldly.
"I know you're mad." Korry said.
"I'm not mad." Sassy said putting the last of the gifts under the tree and putting the gift wrap, sticky tape and scissors under the tree. "I'm bloody heart broken Korry Curtiss."
"I'm sorry." Korry said.
"Look." Sasporilla said. "You take as much time as you need to decide. Just promise me you won't make any decision until Karry finishes the antidote. Just to make sure."
"Fair enough." Korry said. "Will you still be there by then?"
"Well." Sasporilla said. "That's my decision isn't it.
Dueling club was something Sasporilla Bucket looked forward too every week. The new spells and the study of strategy combined with Karrys leadership as team captain made it an exhilarating experience. The fifth years started having a bit of trouble as all spells had to be announced when dueling yet they were learning to cast without verbalizing. It was a hard to keep it all straight.
Though Sassy was a fourth year Karry explained a couple of things she had learned about defending against silent spells.
"The tip of your opponents wand will glow a certain colour once the spell begins to cast." Karry said. "Charms are white, Hexes purple, Jinxes are blue, curses are green.
Spells can be any colour but the commonality is attack spells are green and defence spells are red. If you can see the colour of the glow on the wand tip then you have a better chance to cast a counter. Oh and Sassy."
"Yes?" Sasporilla was surprised to be singled out.
"Do you remember what you did that time in dueling club?" Karry asked. "You know where you moved so fast!"
"Yes." Sasporilla hung her head still ashamed. "That was when I hurt Ron Weasley."
"Exactly!" Karry smiled. "Practice that quick draw but try and tone down the intensity in the end."
'Okie dokie, I'll try but I won't make any promises." Sasporilla smiled.
"Students!" The headmistress called walking in waving a piece of paper. "I have an announcement!"
Everyone gathered around Professor McGonagall who grinned brightly from ear to ear.
"We have just received an official invitation to the European School Wizarding Duel Round Robin. It is being held in Geneva Switzerland on March fifteenth. You'll need to each take a permission slip and have your parent or guardian sign it so you can attend. Now lets get in some good practice before Christmas break!"
Karry and Sassy were dueling partners. Sassy concentrated on the fabric of magic as it gathered at the end of Karrys wand. She saw it change to a purple. A hex! Sassy cast a general counter hex and defected the spell as it left the tip of Karrys wand.
"Wow!" Karry said. "That was fast but I barely heard the counter hex."
"It's like time slows for me." Sasporilla said. "Once I'm in that state I just do everything fast."
"Ok." Karry said. "Try to deflect all of these. I'm going to go as fast as I can."
Karry cast Jinx after hex after spell. Sasporilla deflected everything cast at her. Professor McGonagall couldn't believe her eyes. Sasporilla Bucket was moving so fast.
"That is very impressive." Professor McGonagall said. "Is that one of your elven gifts Miss Bucket?"
"I think so Professor." Sasporilla said. "Karry asked me to practice it."
"I can see why." The headmistress said. "But the use of elven magic or abilities are illegal in competitive dueling I'm afraid."
"Really?" Karry protested. "That wasn't in the book?"
"No it's not in the guide but it is in the official rule book." Professor McGonagall said.
"May I borrow the book over the Christmas break professor?" Karry asked. "As girls team captain I feel it would be advantageous to know all the rules."
"I agree." The headmistress smiled handing Karry the very large and heavy official competitive dueling rule book.
Karry pressed her nose firmly into the rule book and was only half way through as they took the Hogwarts express home for Christmas break. Sassy sat next to Karry on the train and Zac sat across from her next to Korry. Maddy walked past the compartment and looked in saddly but didn't dare come in.
Korry stood up and slid the door open. "Maddy, you can come in."
"Are you sure?" Madrigal asked.
"Yes." Korry insisted. "The bewitchment is broken."
Maddy walked in and waved shyly.
"Hi Maddy." Sasporilla said. "Lool I don't want things to be weird with us. We're friends. I don't blame you for any of this."
"That's nice of you to say Sasporilla but I don't know how you can't hate me." Maddy said. "I almost stole your boy friend."
"No." Korry said. "Yes I was bewitched but I read the chapter from Karrys book and I've been think on this for a short while. That spell is directed for you not just to find a mate. It's to find your soul mate."
"Really?" Maddy said surprised.
"Now I'm not bewitched anymore but I still feel really close to you. I really like you Maddy and I really like you Sassy."
Maddy and Sasporilla just stared at Korry. Karry slammed the rule book closed.
"What are you saying my stupidest brother?" Karry asked.
"I'm saying now that my head is clear," Korry sighed, "I need to make a decision. Maddy or Sasporilla."
Maddy stood up. "I'm sorry Sassy. I must still be bewitching him. I don't want this."
Maddy left the car and Korry went after her. "No Maddy." Korry said. "I am not under your spell. I am thinking very clearly. I am not going to kiss either of you until I make my choice. If I was bewitched I would want to kiss you more than life itself."
"So you mean you really like me?" Maddy smiled.
"I do." Korry smiled. "And I like Sassy. I need to figure out in my heart which one of you I truly love."
Mr. And Mrs. Curtiss picked the kids up at Kings Cross station. Zac walked Karry to the car. Sasporilla was surprised to find both Buster and Porridge in the van. She climbed into the back with the dogs and giggled as she got kisses. Korry walked Maddy to her parents car. They were very pleased to meet him. Maddy had written about Korry in her letters earlier in the year. She hadn't mentioned him in a while so they were glad he was still in the game. He seemed like a nice boy. He would make their little Madrigal a good husband.
Karry kissed Zac and wished him a Happy Christmas then he helped her into the van. Everybody buckled up.
"Where is your brother?" Mrs. Curtiss asked.
"With his new girl friend." Sasporilla said.
"What?" Kolleen Curtiss asked. "What happened?"
"It's a long story mom." Karry said. "I'll fill you in at home."
Sasporilla just cried quietly. The dogs tried to comfort the sad girl but it was of little use. They just lay in her lap and let the sad girl pet them.
Korry jumped in and buckled up. "Ok I'm here."
The Curtiss women glared at him.
"What did I do?" Korry asked cluelessly.
The Curtiss' dropped Sassy and Karry off at number four Castle Road and went on home. Sassy had to pick up a few things. Uncle Nick was out of town on a case and had arranged for Sasporilla to stay with the Curtiss family over Christmas.
"I can't believe my stupid brother." Karry screamed.
"I said it before." Sasporilla said. "I don't own him, and he doesn't own me. If he needs to decide between Maddy or me then let him make his decision. What he needs to understand is would Maddy or I want a boy that had to make a decision? I mean he should know in his heart."
"Oh Sassy." Karry said. "I keep hoping this is part of the bewitchment. Maybe once the antidote is ready in a couple of months all of this will change."
"Maybe." Sasporilla said packing some delicates in a bag with some clean clothes and her make up kit. "Ok, ready to go."
The girls walked down the street to the Curtiss house hold. Kay was out front trying to build a snow man with what had fallen. She needed to borrow a bit of snow from a few yards but was well on her way to making a nice snow man.
"Hey there Outsiders?" Kay smiled. "How are girls?"
"Business as usual." Sasporilla chuckled.
"Why what's wrong now?" Kay asked.
"Might as well come in." Karry said. "I need to talk to mom about it anyway."
Kay, Karry and Kolleen went into the kitchen to discuss what had happened at school. Sasporilla sat on the floor by the Christmas tree wrapping the last of the gifts she had for her friends.
"Hi." Korry said coming in and sitting on the couch. "Want to talk?"
"Go ahead?" Sassy said continuing to wrap. "I want to finish this."
"I just want you to know I do really like you Sasporilla." Korry smiled.
"I know." Sassy said.
"I just need to be honest with both of you and myself." Korry insisted.
"I appreciate that." Sassy said coldly.
"I know you're mad." Korry said.
"I'm not mad." Sassy said putting the last of the gifts under the tree and putting the gift wrap, sticky tape and scissors under the tree. "I'm bloody heart broken Korry Curtiss."
"I'm sorry." Korry said.
"Look." Sasporilla said. "You take as much time as you need to decide. Just promise me you won't make any decision until Karry finishes the antidote. Just to make sure."
"Fair enough." Korry said. "Will you still be there by then?"
"Well." Sasporilla said. "That's my decision isn't it.
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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.