The Witch Queen of Avalon
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 12
Aiviq was a stout older boy of the native people frozen tundra of Avalon’s North. Many called him Pidguyok meaning stout or fat. It was bad enough his name meant WALRUS! However he tried not to let the other boys comments get to him. No one was perfect amongst them and of all his people, he was warm when some of the others felt the cold.
It was not long after dawn on the third day of winter that he left his home to walk to school. Surprisingly only skriniya, snows that never reach the ground, had fallen on the already frozen tundra this year. A qanuk drifted down and landed on his cold nose. Each qanuk was unique and beautiful yet a billion of them turned the world white and buried the land in a heartbeat. The first snows of winter were upon them, and if the elders were right, this year his people would witness something most remarkable.
Snowflakes began to fall in huge amounts as Aiviq turned back home. This was more than a winter snow. This was "selamiut pirta" The Sky Dwellers Blizzard. That which foretells the coming of the great beast. "Siku pukak - Tungortok ikkuma - Selamiut Nanurjuk tingmiaq"
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It took Sasporilla Bucket nearly two days of hard riding at high speed to catch up with Blue. She followed his path of destruction the giant rampaging worm ripped through the forest like a super highway straight to him. Luckily the Erumpant's "High speed" feature formed a protective bubble around the rider curving off buffeting winds and rain, as well as keeping the temperature manageable inside.
Blue came into view just before nightfall on the second day. Sasporilla was exhausted but she pushed herself to get to her friend. His tender pink skin was covered in some kind of gelatinous oily substance that looked like muggle car oil in water and smelled of rock candy and blood. Sassy could see the travel and battle had cut his skin and scarred him. Perhaps this was some sort of healing.
Sasporilla matched her brooms speed above Blue's head. "I'm here Blue! I've found you! It's Sasporilla! I'm with you!"
But Blue paid her no attention he just pushed on forward. Sasporilla was exhausted. She had to stop but she couldn't allow him to continue on with out her. Sassy fell back and landed on Blues spine. She landed hard and skidded on the slick surface of blues gelatinous covered back. The slick oily goop covered over the protective environmental bubble provided by the Erumpant 1500 X Broom. With the last ounce of her strength, Sasporilla drew her wand.
"PRAFIGIO!" Sasporilla cast remembering a distant second year charms class.
"Now class pay attention." Professor Flitwick smiled. "Once you've levitated your ornament onto the class Christmas tree, you'll need secure it! The spell to magically secure something to anything else, is PRAFIGIO!"
"Even to something moving sir?" Sasporilla had asked.
"Yes miss Bucket!" Professor Flitwick nodded.
"How about something dirty or oily?" Billy Bombaduck shouted out from the back.
"Yes Mr.Bombaduck it will even affix an object magically to a viscous surface." Professor Flitwick frowned. "And please raise your hand in my class room! Now if you will each please come up and take turns putting up your ornaments."
The charms class came alive with student made ornaments levitating up to the tree. Much to the delight of professor Flitwick who loved seeing the light and enthusiasm in the eyes of his students when they were engaged in practical applications of charms.
"Very good Miss Bucket!" Professor Flitwick smiled as Sassy levitated her Rudolph the Red nosed Niffler skillfully up the tree. "Now a quick POP of your mouth when you say PRAFIGIO."
"PRAFIGIO!" Billy Bombaduck cast, affixing a great brownish thing that he said was meant to be a Sorting hat but looked much more like a turd, to the back of Sasporilla's pink hair. Much to the laughter and delight of the other Slytherin Children.
"You're right Professor," Billy Bombaduck sneered, "It will even stick to oily gross things."
Sasporilla lost concentration as she reached behind her. The red nosed niffler smashed on the floor as the class laughed and Sasporilla ran out of the room.
It wasn't until hours later Karry Curtis found Sassy crying in the secret court yard off the great hall, and brought her back to the Charms classroom, much to the relief of professor Flitwick.
"Miss Curtiss!" Professor Flitwick smiled, "You managed to find our Miss Bucket, Good! I am so sorry that awful child did that to you Sasporilla, I will remove it."
Professor Flitwick pointed his wand at the offending ornament and cast "CONTRAFIGIO!"
Billy Bombaduck's handmade morass fell away freely and would have been allowed to hit the ground and break, but Sasporilla caught it and placed it on Flitwick's desk.
"No need for two broken ornaments." Sassy sighed.
"Ah!" Professor Flitwick smiled handing the pink haired witch a small purple ribbon rapped yellow box. "That brings me to this."
Sasporilla took the box and pulled open the ribbon. Inside the box was....
"Rudolph!" Sassy cried.
"The red nosed niffler!" Karry sang.
"Someone always drops an ornament Miss Bucket." Professor Flitwick said. "So it's a great introduction for the REPAIRO charm."
Sasporilla hugged the small teacher. He was so touched. Professor Flitwick knew the girls home situation was hard but she was not the type of child who used it as an excuse to act badly but rather a reason to better herself. She was such a delight to teach.
Now Miss Bucket shall we finish our lesson?
"PRAFIGIO!" Sasporilla cast falling forward on her broom exhausted. The spell affixing her and her broom to Blue as warm waves of black washed over Sasporilla.
The never ending sea of trees gave way to open frozen tundra with a crash as Blue pounded forward with a thunderous roar. With amazing speed the gigantic worm slipped into the curtain of tundra night and vanished into the inky black moonless sky.
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Aiviq walked along side his grand father through the cold night air. They lead a delegation from villages across the tundra that had gathered because of the signs. Now they walked into the night with torches, towards their destiny as the elders danced in rainbow fire in the night skies above them.
"The Selamiut is beautiful is not my grandson?" Kuyarak asked.
"Yes." Aiviq smiled. "I've seen the lights, the aurora borealis, my whole life but never so bright. Never so alive."
"I'm glad you embrace your mothers teachings but I also need to know you remember the old ones. To pass on. Do you remember where the Selamiut comes from?" Kuyarak asked.
"When our people die, they go to live in the sky and become sky dwellers." Aiviq nodded.
"Head of the class." His grandfather smiled.
"Our ancestors have purpose. As Anatquq they have said for some time the great time was almost upon us. The time of Siku pukak Tungortok ikkuma Selamiut Nanurjuk tingmiaq."
"Grandpa," Aiviq cringed. "I just don't understand."
"No my boy." The old man smiled. "And as a boy I would not have even understood as much as you do now! Most of the Anatquq here only understand the mysteries of it in part. Even I do not understand it in whole. All we do know is this..."
The old man pointed his glove-covered hand to the night sky.
"See how the Selamiut forms a ring in the sky?" The old man asked.
"Yes!"Aiviq said not realizing the center of the aura was hollow. Like the eye of a great storm.
"Our ancestors guide us to the place of summoning." Kuyarak said. "The place where the great beast must come to die."
Aiviq was a stout older boy of the native people frozen tundra of Avalon’s North. Many called him Pidguyok meaning stout or fat. It was bad enough his name meant WALRUS! However he tried not to let the other boys comments get to him. No one was perfect amongst them and of all his people, he was warm when some of the others felt the cold.
It was not long after dawn on the third day of winter that he left his home to walk to school. Surprisingly only skriniya, snows that never reach the ground, had fallen on the already frozen tundra this year. A qanuk drifted down and landed on his cold nose. Each qanuk was unique and beautiful yet a billion of them turned the world white and buried the land in a heartbeat. The first snows of winter were upon them, and if the elders were right, this year his people would witness something most remarkable.
Snowflakes began to fall in huge amounts as Aiviq turned back home. This was more than a winter snow. This was "selamiut pirta" The Sky Dwellers Blizzard. That which foretells the coming of the great beast. "Siku pukak - Tungortok ikkuma - Selamiut Nanurjuk tingmiaq"
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It took Sasporilla Bucket nearly two days of hard riding at high speed to catch up with Blue. She followed his path of destruction the giant rampaging worm ripped through the forest like a super highway straight to him. Luckily the Erumpant's "High speed" feature formed a protective bubble around the rider curving off buffeting winds and rain, as well as keeping the temperature manageable inside.
Blue came into view just before nightfall on the second day. Sasporilla was exhausted but she pushed herself to get to her friend. His tender pink skin was covered in some kind of gelatinous oily substance that looked like muggle car oil in water and smelled of rock candy and blood. Sassy could see the travel and battle had cut his skin and scarred him. Perhaps this was some sort of healing.
Sasporilla matched her brooms speed above Blue's head. "I'm here Blue! I've found you! It's Sasporilla! I'm with you!"
But Blue paid her no attention he just pushed on forward. Sasporilla was exhausted. She had to stop but she couldn't allow him to continue on with out her. Sassy fell back and landed on Blues spine. She landed hard and skidded on the slick surface of blues gelatinous covered back. The slick oily goop covered over the protective environmental bubble provided by the Erumpant 1500 X Broom. With the last ounce of her strength, Sasporilla drew her wand.
"PRAFIGIO!" Sasporilla cast remembering a distant second year charms class.
"Now class pay attention." Professor Flitwick smiled. "Once you've levitated your ornament onto the class Christmas tree, you'll need secure it! The spell to magically secure something to anything else, is PRAFIGIO!"
"Even to something moving sir?" Sasporilla had asked.
"Yes miss Bucket!" Professor Flitwick nodded.
"How about something dirty or oily?" Billy Bombaduck shouted out from the back.
"Yes Mr.Bombaduck it will even affix an object magically to a viscous surface." Professor Flitwick frowned. "And please raise your hand in my class room! Now if you will each please come up and take turns putting up your ornaments."
The charms class came alive with student made ornaments levitating up to the tree. Much to the delight of professor Flitwick who loved seeing the light and enthusiasm in the eyes of his students when they were engaged in practical applications of charms.
"Very good Miss Bucket!" Professor Flitwick smiled as Sassy levitated her Rudolph the Red nosed Niffler skillfully up the tree. "Now a quick POP of your mouth when you say PRAFIGIO."
"PRAFIGIO!" Billy Bombaduck cast, affixing a great brownish thing that he said was meant to be a Sorting hat but looked much more like a turd, to the back of Sasporilla's pink hair. Much to the laughter and delight of the other Slytherin Children.
"You're right Professor," Billy Bombaduck sneered, "It will even stick to oily gross things."
Sasporilla lost concentration as she reached behind her. The red nosed niffler smashed on the floor as the class laughed and Sasporilla ran out of the room.
It wasn't until hours later Karry Curtis found Sassy crying in the secret court yard off the great hall, and brought her back to the Charms classroom, much to the relief of professor Flitwick.
"Miss Curtiss!" Professor Flitwick smiled, "You managed to find our Miss Bucket, Good! I am so sorry that awful child did that to you Sasporilla, I will remove it."
Professor Flitwick pointed his wand at the offending ornament and cast "CONTRAFIGIO!"
Billy Bombaduck's handmade morass fell away freely and would have been allowed to hit the ground and break, but Sasporilla caught it and placed it on Flitwick's desk.
"No need for two broken ornaments." Sassy sighed.
"Ah!" Professor Flitwick smiled handing the pink haired witch a small purple ribbon rapped yellow box. "That brings me to this."
Sasporilla took the box and pulled open the ribbon. Inside the box was....
"Rudolph!" Sassy cried.
"The red nosed niffler!" Karry sang.
"Someone always drops an ornament Miss Bucket." Professor Flitwick said. "So it's a great introduction for the REPAIRO charm."
Sasporilla hugged the small teacher. He was so touched. Professor Flitwick knew the girls home situation was hard but she was not the type of child who used it as an excuse to act badly but rather a reason to better herself. She was such a delight to teach.
Now Miss Bucket shall we finish our lesson?
"PRAFIGIO!" Sasporilla cast falling forward on her broom exhausted. The spell affixing her and her broom to Blue as warm waves of black washed over Sasporilla.
The never ending sea of trees gave way to open frozen tundra with a crash as Blue pounded forward with a thunderous roar. With amazing speed the gigantic worm slipped into the curtain of tundra night and vanished into the inky black moonless sky.
***********************
Aiviq walked along side his grand father through the cold night air. They lead a delegation from villages across the tundra that had gathered because of the signs. Now they walked into the night with torches, towards their destiny as the elders danced in rainbow fire in the night skies above them.
"The Selamiut is beautiful is not my grandson?" Kuyarak asked.
"Yes." Aiviq smiled. "I've seen the lights, the aurora borealis, my whole life but never so bright. Never so alive."
"I'm glad you embrace your mothers teachings but I also need to know you remember the old ones. To pass on. Do you remember where the Selamiut comes from?" Kuyarak asked.
"When our people die, they go to live in the sky and become sky dwellers." Aiviq nodded.
"Head of the class." His grandfather smiled.
"Our ancestors have purpose. As Anatquq they have said for some time the great time was almost upon us. The time of Siku pukak Tungortok ikkuma Selamiut Nanurjuk tingmiaq."
"Grandpa," Aiviq cringed. "I just don't understand."
"No my boy." The old man smiled. "And as a boy I would not have even understood as much as you do now! Most of the Anatquq here only understand the mysteries of it in part. Even I do not understand it in whole. All we do know is this..."
The old man pointed his glove-covered hand to the night sky.
"See how the Selamiut forms a ring in the sky?" The old man asked.
"Yes!"Aiviq said not realizing the center of the aura was hollow. Like the eye of a great storm.
"Our ancestors guide us to the place of summoning." Kuyarak said. "The place where the great beast must come to die."
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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, donate to J.K.Rowling's charitable foundation LUMOS! Link below! ( https://www.wearelumos.org/ )
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, donate to J.K.Rowling's charitable foundation LUMOS! Link below! ( https://www.wearelumos.org/ )