 Heaths are friends, not food! (don't kill!) Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
The last time Heath took charge in a DADA class, he nearly got another student killed; there was no way he was doing that again! He looked to the others, hoping another student or the headmaster would come up with a plan… but where was the headmaster? Grim realization hit him as he searched in vain for the man. He left us for dead… Whatever Trent was looking for, Heath hoped it put a deadly curse on him! Serves him right for leaving them to the spiders! Anger suddenly overpowered his fear, and a determined fire burned in his eyes. No, he was NOT dying here! Heathcliff Ellison Jones was no one’s pawn!
So now what? A million scenarios ran through Heath’s mind until Ashley’s voice jerked him out of his thoughts. Oh, that was a good idea! If they got the spiders talking, maybe that would distract them long enough for the students to come up with a plan of attack? Or not… Heath blinked, his eyes following the direction of Claudine’s spell. The spiders were bound to retaliate now; they were out of time!
Something someone else (Phoebe) said gave Heath an idea. He looked at her with a nod. “Maybe you’re on to something,” he said, “Not a patronus, but what if we all send up red sparks at the same time? The combined signal should be big enough to alert Professor Willaimson or Professor Fuller-Thompson.” They’d need another professor’s help! They couldn’t hold off the spiders indefinitely, and they couldn’t count on Headmaster Trent (wow, that was something Heath never imagined he’d think!). He didn’t voice those thoughts out loud, so as not to scare the younger students.
“Ready?” He paused a moment to see if anyone else would go along with his plan before aiming his wand into the air. “Vermillious!” He watched the jet of red sparks shoot from the tip of his wand. Would anyone else cast the spell? If not, would his work on its own? Just in case it didn’t, he’d need a plan B, but what?
Then it dawned on him! If they could apply his “multiple spells at the same time” idea to Arania Exumai, maybe they could take out enough spiders to run back the way they came! But how could he communicate that to his classmates without also tipping off the acromantulas? He tilted his head down to whisper in Claudine’s ear, “If that fails, we aim your spell the same way at the same time and run. Okay?” He couldn’t risk saying the name of the spider repelling spell out loud, in case the acromantulas overheard, but he hoped she’d understand what he meant by “your spell”. More than anything, he hoped their classmates would catch on when and if they saw them both cast Arania Exumai at the same time!
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |