In Through the Out Door
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 24
Sasporilla Bucket walked down to the Black Lake weeping uncontrollably. The only boy she had ever loved had chosen another girl over her. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she stumbled and fell upon the rocky shore. She didn't want to get up. She just wanted to lay there and cry.
A drop of water splashed on the back of her head. A deep guttural warble echoed across the lake. Sasporilla just laid there and cried.
Francis roared.
"I can't understand you anymore Francis." The young witch screamed. "I can't do anything anymore!"
The tip of the squids giant tentacle gently stroked Sasporillas hair. It moved over and touched the bracelet on her wrist. There was a heavy splashing of water that sprayed the pink haired witch. She looked up and saw a man with a fish like face and tentacled arms and chin standing waste deep in the black lake.
"It's been so long since I took human form, I fear I've forgotten just how I'm suppose to look."
"Francis?" Sasporilla sniffed. "Is that you?"
"Yes." The man said. "I was Francis Yule an animagus. I chose to stay as a giant squid after the Horrors of war I had witnessed. It's a peaceful life at the bottom of the black lake."
"I never knew you used to be human." Sasporilla started to cry again.
"The loss of ones powers is devastating I know." Francis said holding up a tentacle that was missing the end. "I have seen the bracelets before and know the damage they can do but I fear something else makes you cry tonight."
"My boy friend chose another girl over me!" Sassy wept.
"Would you like me to crush him?" Francis mused, "or drown him at the bottom of the Black Lake?"
"NO!" Sasporilla yelled. "I'm furious he dumped me but I'll see no harm come to him because of it! Do you understand?"
Francis looked at her curiously for a moment and said "Yes."
Francis lowered himself into the water whistling a tune. The same piece of classical music that was played at the tournament. Her bracelet vibrated. Sasporilla looked down at it as a giant tentacle splashed down beside her and sprayed her with water. Sassy stood there drenched as Francis laughed and swam away.
"Well." Sasporilla chuckled. "At least no one can tell I've been crying."
Sassy walked slowly back to the castle. Small lights from the tips of wands floated in the dark night air like fireflies.
"Sasporilla!" Karry yelled catching site of her soaking wet friend walking up the hill. "You're drenched. You'll catch your death unless you get dry and warm."
Karry pulled Sasporilla, still weeping into the Hufflepuff common room, covered her with a blanket and sat her before the fire. Professors Sprout, McGongall and Lee-Ashwolf were happy to see the girl back safe and sound. Though the Headmistress was keen to punish her for running off.
"You had us all worried to death." Lyra said handing her a mug of tea.
"Sorry." Sasporilla sniffed and shivered. The cocoa was warm and probably tasted good but Sasporilla was numb. She just stared at the fire trying to lose herself in it but the bracelet kept her from doing just that.
"Music." Sasporilla blurted out coming to the surface of thought.
"What music?" Karry asked.
"The music from the tournament!" Sasporilla said humming 'Oh Fortuna' by Orff as well as she could. The Markebinden bracelet vibrated wildly. "There's dome connection between that piece of music and the Key of E minor."
Nick and Myron barged into the Hufflepuff common room. A temporary easement had been place on the common room entrance to allow friends and family in. Professor McGonagall new all to well the pain young Sasporilla was going through.
"You found her!" Nick shouted running over and hugging her. "You're grounded for the summer for running off like that, after I kill you for running off like that and then I'll forgive you and lift it anyway so what's the point?"
"I love you too Uncle Nick." Sassy hugged him very tight.
"Hey don't hog all the hugs!" Myron smiled.
Sasporilla managed a half smile then dropped into Myrons arms crying. In all the world Myron Wagtail was the one adult she felt comfortable enough around to let out her feelings.
"It hurts so much!" Sassy wailed.
"I know." Myron hugged the young witch and stroked her hair. "When will it stop raining Myron? When?"
"Soon Sassy." Myron assured her. "Soon."
Professor McGonagall called for a special music player to be brought down from the library by Miss Pince who was accompanied by one of the schools technical wizards, Melvin Lazarus.
Melvin saw Sasporilla crying and abandoned the cart carrying the disc player. He ran over to the crying pink haired witch and said her name. "Sasporilla?"
Sassy turned and saw young Melvins face and how sad, concerned and a touch angry he was. The sides of her mouth attempted a smile, but she was still to upset. She grabbed the young boy and hugged him. Melvin hugged her and smiled.
"What ever is wrong," Melvin said. "I know we can make it better."
"Ahem!" Miss Pince said. "Would you please set up the phonograph Mr.Lazarus."
"Of course Miss Pince." Melvin sat Sasporilla in a large arm chair. "My apologies."
"Doesn't he remind you of someone Myron?" Nick Owlmore smiled. "Young hopeless nerd in love with the sweetest girl he'd ever laid eyes on?"
"Don't know what you're talking about mate." Myron smiled.
The trolley with the phonograph was wheeled closer to Sasporillas chair. Miss Pince had brought down a recording of "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff. It was in the Key of D, but it's the only one they had.
"I don't see how this will help Irma?" Headmistress McGonagall asked.
"I'll let our brilliant young technician explain the modifications he's made." Miss Pince said.
"Thank you." Melvin said sweating a bit with all eyes turned to him. "Music is sound and sound is vibration. The vibration can be altered in pitch and frequency, even over all key by swiveling the dials between the needle and the arm."
"You made these changes?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yes Headmistress!" Melvin said proudly.
"From whom did you get permission to tamper with Hogwarts property?" Professor McGonagall asked looking over her glasses at the boy.
"Um, a, I, a." Melvin stammered.
"Who cares!" Lyra yelled. "Let's crank it up and see if it unlocks that damn bracelet!"
Melvin turned the dial to E minor as instructed by Professor Pince. He turned the crank getting the phonograph going, then gently placed the needle into the disks starting groove.
Melvin walked back over to Sasporilla and sat on the arm of her chair, taking her hand warmly in his and smiling.
Sasporilla thought him an odd young boy. He looked at her with eyes much older than his natural age. Perhaps he to was an old soul like her.
The music that came out sounded almost the same, but some how darker, more menacing.
Sasporilla Bucket walked down to the Black Lake weeping uncontrollably. The only boy she had ever loved had chosen another girl over her. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she stumbled and fell upon the rocky shore. She didn't want to get up. She just wanted to lay there and cry.
A drop of water splashed on the back of her head. A deep guttural warble echoed across the lake. Sasporilla just laid there and cried.
Francis roared.
"I can't understand you anymore Francis." The young witch screamed. "I can't do anything anymore!"
The tip of the squids giant tentacle gently stroked Sasporillas hair. It moved over and touched the bracelet on her wrist. There was a heavy splashing of water that sprayed the pink haired witch. She looked up and saw a man with a fish like face and tentacled arms and chin standing waste deep in the black lake.
"It's been so long since I took human form, I fear I've forgotten just how I'm suppose to look."
"Francis?" Sasporilla sniffed. "Is that you?"
"Yes." The man said. "I was Francis Yule an animagus. I chose to stay as a giant squid after the Horrors of war I had witnessed. It's a peaceful life at the bottom of the black lake."
"I never knew you used to be human." Sasporilla started to cry again.
"The loss of ones powers is devastating I know." Francis said holding up a tentacle that was missing the end. "I have seen the bracelets before and know the damage they can do but I fear something else makes you cry tonight."
"My boy friend chose another girl over me!" Sassy wept.
"Would you like me to crush him?" Francis mused, "or drown him at the bottom of the Black Lake?"
"NO!" Sasporilla yelled. "I'm furious he dumped me but I'll see no harm come to him because of it! Do you understand?"
Francis looked at her curiously for a moment and said "Yes."
Francis lowered himself into the water whistling a tune. The same piece of classical music that was played at the tournament. Her bracelet vibrated. Sasporilla looked down at it as a giant tentacle splashed down beside her and sprayed her with water. Sassy stood there drenched as Francis laughed and swam away.
"Well." Sasporilla chuckled. "At least no one can tell I've been crying."
Sassy walked slowly back to the castle. Small lights from the tips of wands floated in the dark night air like fireflies.
"Sasporilla!" Karry yelled catching site of her soaking wet friend walking up the hill. "You're drenched. You'll catch your death unless you get dry and warm."
Karry pulled Sasporilla, still weeping into the Hufflepuff common room, covered her with a blanket and sat her before the fire. Professors Sprout, McGongall and Lee-Ashwolf were happy to see the girl back safe and sound. Though the Headmistress was keen to punish her for running off.
"You had us all worried to death." Lyra said handing her a mug of tea.
"Sorry." Sasporilla sniffed and shivered. The cocoa was warm and probably tasted good but Sasporilla was numb. She just stared at the fire trying to lose herself in it but the bracelet kept her from doing just that.
"Music." Sasporilla blurted out coming to the surface of thought.
"What music?" Karry asked.
"The music from the tournament!" Sasporilla said humming 'Oh Fortuna' by Orff as well as she could. The Markebinden bracelet vibrated wildly. "There's dome connection between that piece of music and the Key of E minor."
Nick and Myron barged into the Hufflepuff common room. A temporary easement had been place on the common room entrance to allow friends and family in. Professor McGonagall new all to well the pain young Sasporilla was going through.
"You found her!" Nick shouted running over and hugging her. "You're grounded for the summer for running off like that, after I kill you for running off like that and then I'll forgive you and lift it anyway so what's the point?"
"I love you too Uncle Nick." Sassy hugged him very tight.
"Hey don't hog all the hugs!" Myron smiled.
Sasporilla managed a half smile then dropped into Myrons arms crying. In all the world Myron Wagtail was the one adult she felt comfortable enough around to let out her feelings.
"It hurts so much!" Sassy wailed.
"I know." Myron hugged the young witch and stroked her hair. "When will it stop raining Myron? When?"
"Soon Sassy." Myron assured her. "Soon."
Professor McGonagall called for a special music player to be brought down from the library by Miss Pince who was accompanied by one of the schools technical wizards, Melvin Lazarus.
Melvin saw Sasporilla crying and abandoned the cart carrying the disc player. He ran over to the crying pink haired witch and said her name. "Sasporilla?"
Sassy turned and saw young Melvins face and how sad, concerned and a touch angry he was. The sides of her mouth attempted a smile, but she was still to upset. She grabbed the young boy and hugged him. Melvin hugged her and smiled.
"What ever is wrong," Melvin said. "I know we can make it better."
"Ahem!" Miss Pince said. "Would you please set up the phonograph Mr.Lazarus."
"Of course Miss Pince." Melvin sat Sasporilla in a large arm chair. "My apologies."
"Doesn't he remind you of someone Myron?" Nick Owlmore smiled. "Young hopeless nerd in love with the sweetest girl he'd ever laid eyes on?"
"Don't know what you're talking about mate." Myron smiled.
The trolley with the phonograph was wheeled closer to Sasporillas chair. Miss Pince had brought down a recording of "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff. It was in the Key of D, but it's the only one they had.
"I don't see how this will help Irma?" Headmistress McGonagall asked.
"I'll let our brilliant young technician explain the modifications he's made." Miss Pince said.
"Thank you." Melvin said sweating a bit with all eyes turned to him. "Music is sound and sound is vibration. The vibration can be altered in pitch and frequency, even over all key by swiveling the dials between the needle and the arm."
"You made these changes?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Yes Headmistress!" Melvin said proudly.
"From whom did you get permission to tamper with Hogwarts property?" Professor McGonagall asked looking over her glasses at the boy.
"Um, a, I, a." Melvin stammered.
"Who cares!" Lyra yelled. "Let's crank it up and see if it unlocks that damn bracelet!"
Melvin turned the dial to E minor as instructed by Professor Pince. He turned the crank getting the phonograph going, then gently placed the needle into the disks starting groove.
Melvin walked back over to Sasporilla and sat on the arm of her chair, taking her hand warmly in his and smiling.
Sasporilla thought him an odd young boy. He looked at her with eyes much older than his natural age. Perhaps he to was an old soul like her.
The music that came out sounded almost the same, but some how darker, more menacing.
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Play the actual piece of music as you read!
O Fortuna
Velut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detestabilis nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem egestatem potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem Sors immanis et inanis rota tu volubilis status malus, vana salus semper dissolubilis, obumbratam et velatam mihi quoque niteris; nunc per ludum dorsum nudum fero tui sceleris. Sors salutis et virtutis mihi nunc contraria est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite |
O Fortune,
like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing and waning hateful life first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it poverty and power it melts them like ice. Fate - monstrous and empty you whirling wheel, you are malevolent, well-being is vain and always fades to nothing, shadowed and veiled you plague me too now through the game I bring my bare back to your villainy. Fate is against me in health and virtue driven on and weighted down always enslaved. So at this hour without delay pluck the vibrating strings; since Fate strikes down the strong man, everyone weep with me! |
The first notes shook the Markebinden bracelet and Sasporilla felt it click. Then as it continued on the beats more clicks until finally in it's grand finale the Markebinden bracelet snapped open and fell from Sasporilla Buckets wrist dropping to a pile of ash on the floor of the Hufflepuff common room.
Teachers and students alike cheered and ran up to Sasporilla to congratulate her. Sassy hugged them and shook hands but what she really wanted was to try some magic! She pulled her wand and cast "LUMOS!" Light poured from her wand. She pulled water from the vase and fire from the hearth. She felt so alive again.
Melvin wheeled the phonograph trolley following Miss Pince out of the Hufflepuff common room. He was satisfied to know that his changes had helped the girl he was so madly infatuated with. Even if she barely knew he was alive.
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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.