Sara was trembling, as she walked into the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. What was she going to find? Stepping through the door, Sara discovered what seemed like hundreds of Cornish Pixies ... okay ... so maybe only a dozen, but it seemed like hundreds! And talk about humungous, the pixies were almost as tall as Sara, herself! Running, as fast as she could, Sara headed for cover under Professor Lawson’s desk. She needed a plan of action and fast!
Sara thought of all of the spells she now knew: Locomotor Mortis, Finite, Petrificus Totalis and, if she was willing to try: Stupefy. So, gathering herself together, Sara jumped out from under the Prof’s desk. What she met was a total surprise.
The Pixies began throwing textbooks at her, a couple tried to pick her up by the pigtails and still more of them were pelting chalk!
Deciding that the chalk hurt more than everything else, and that the Pixies were the furthest away from her, Sara pointed her wand at the six Pixies: “LOCOMOTOR MORTIS! LOCOMOTOR MORTIS! LOCOMOTOR MORTIS! LOCOMOTOR MORTIS! LOCOMOTOR MORTIS! LOCOMOTOR MORTIS!”
Sara was impressed with the outcome; she’d actually immobilized five out of the six Pixies. In order to get the last, chalk-throwing pixie, Sara yelled: “PETRIFICUS TOTALIS!” The Pixie stopped short and dropped like a rock. There would be no “Finite” spell for these horrible creatures!
Then, spinning around, Sara reached up to her head with her wand to get the two hair-pulling Pixies: “PETRIFICUS TOTALIUS! PETRIFICUS TOTALIS!” Sara screamed. Those Pixies really knew how to pull hair! The Pixies’ arms and legs snapped together and they fell to the floor with a “thud”! Sara was thrilled with the results!
Now... for the last four Pixies, who were now tearing up all of the books they could lay their hands on. Sara decided to use the Stupefy spell on them, while they were busy. “STUPEFY!” Sara shouted ... this was a huge mistake; the Pixies went crazy ... the spell hadn’t worked! She would definitely have to practise that spell...
Sick of the battle, Sara quickly yelled: “LOCOMOTOR MORTIS!” four times. The Pixies went down, and Sara was exhausted. Then, dragging the twelve immobilized pixies to the closet, Sara threw them inside.
Then, turning around, Sara looked at Professor Lawson, and said with a smile, “I’m all done Professor! See you next week!” |