"We have to go find it!", I said furiously.
"You will not! It is too dangerous," the professor said furiously while trying to sound calm.
"But!"
"No buts! Now the three of you, go back to your dormitories. Leave such matters to the higher ups. Good Night," she replied sternly.
The three of us sighed, turned our backs and walked out of the office. We reached our dormitories and sat down on the chairs in front of the fireplace.
I said, "How can they stop us from going? If we delay anymore, the chances of finding it wil-"
"Don't worry. You're not the only one who thinks this way," Shane said, cutting into my sentence.
My eyes widened and replied almost immediately, "What?"
"Yeah," Michael said calmly, almost like he was indifferent to the whole matter.
I took a deep breath and asked, "So you guys are saying that you'll join in in this expedition? Even though you'd probably get expelled."
They both nodded. I smiled and replied, "I love you guys."
"So when are we setting off?" asked Shane.
I grinned mischievously and said, "I'm thinking of tonight. We can go prepare all the necessities and head out. I don't want to lose anymore time. Time is a crucial matter."
"Okay. We'll meet here in 30 minutes then?", asked Shane. I nodded in agreement.
"What do you mean by
necessities?" asked Michael in a sarcastic tone.
I rolled my eyes and said, "Michael. No time for jokes! You know? Wands, our broomsticks, and enough clothing to keep us warm? And, perhaps some rations."
Michael shrugged and said, "I'm not joking. I'm really asking a question."
"But you sounded really sarcastic though," I said defensively.
"Okay guys! Let's just go prepare. We're wasting time here." Shane said cutting into our conversation.
I felt a little apologetic for making the unnecessary ruckus. I nodded and went up the stairs and back into my room. We met up 30 minutes later in our robes, holding our broomsticks, and we set off.
"It's bloody cold tonight and it's not suppose to be winter yet!", I shouted out. They laughed at my comment as we rode on our broomsticks to our destination.
After flying on our broomsticks for about half an hour, we stopped and I pointed to a castle and said, "This is the place. Or, at least according to the information I got. You guys ready?"
"Yeah," they both replied.
"I'm nervous though." I said taking a breath.
"Don't worry. We're here.", replied Shane putting her hands on my shoulder.
I glanced at her and gave a weak smile. I took a deep breathe and took out my wand. Shane and Michael both took out their wands and we flew towards the castle. As we were flying towards the castle other witches and wizards flew towards us casting spells at us.
I shouted, "Holy!", as we dodged the spells, breaking our formation. We fought back casting different spells. After 10 minutes of never ending spells exchanging, I cast a shield spell around me to deflect the spells coming at me.
Then, I signaled to the Shane and Michael to stop fighting and said, "Let's go! We don't have time for this. We need to preserve our energy!"
They nodded and followed behind me while deflecting the spells coming at them. We flew towards this window that was opened and closed it behind us. We got off our broom and rest for awhile. Breathing deeply, I said, "What was that about? It's like as if they knew we're coming."
"It's been a long time since I had action like this though," replied Michael, sounding a tad excited.
I smiled in agreement, still trying to catch my breath.
Shane smiled while brushing dust off her robes and said, "Okay. Shall we move on before they find us here?"
Michael and I nodded. We've decided to travel by broomsticks while in the castle since the halls were extremely spacious. Since it was spacious, flying on a broomstick would mean an easier escape during a pinch. We got on our broomsticks, levitated a few inches from the floor, just enough for our feets to not touch the ground, and flew towards the door. The door creaked as we opened it slowly. Shane took a peek outside to see if it was safe enough to leave the room.
She whispered, "Coast is clear."
We lined up in an orderly manner behind Shane, trying our best to not open the door any wider since the door makes a creak. We slowly picked up more speed as we move along the never-ending hallways.
"Where exactly are we going?", Shane asked.
A sudden realisation came to me and I jolted slightly. "Right. Where were we going again?", I whispered to myself. I think I got too caught up with all the action earlier that I've forgotten where we're suppose to go! Then, we heard a voice and footsteps in front of us. We stopped and levitated all the way to the ceiling, trying to hide presence.
Suddenly, someone shouted from behind us, " Hey! Who are you guys? Intruders?!"
The three of us jumped slightly and looked behind us. I felt my heart racing and cold sweat forming on my forehead.
"Get them!"
The wizards casted spells towards us and summoned their broomsticks. We got out our wands, ready for another round of battle.
I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them again. With a serious expression on my face, I said, "Let's go."
We defended ourselves from the witches and wizards while speeding past them, and through the extremely long and spacious hallway. At the end of the hallway, there was a medium sized hall with a strange man standing in the middle.
He stopped us and said, "The only way to get out of here is to fly through either of these two exits and up to the floors."
My eyebrows furrowed. I know we didn't have time to slowly ponder since the enemies are catching up on us. I shut my eyes and flew to the left exit giving full trust to my gut feeling. They both followed behind me.
As we flew up through the chimney, there were tons of other strange looking humans. I'm not even sure if they are humans, they look like minions instead. We decelerated our flying speed as we looked around our surrounding. My were eyes wide-opened.
"What is this place?", Shane asked.
"The people here looks like the people you see in Kabukicho's arcade.", replied Michael.
"Yeah. Now that you say it, they do. Wait.... this place looks like an arcade!", I replied.
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I abruptly woke up from my dream because everything started getting strange. To be honest, I don't know what exactly we are searching for because it just wasn't explained in my dream. The setting was all victorian at first and it ended up becoming some futuristic arcade in one of Shinjuku's Kabukicho arcade. The strangest thing is, I haven't been watching Harry Potter recently nor have I stepped into any arcade in Japan. I'm also surprised that Shane and Michael even had a cameo in my dream. The awesome part of the dream was actually having real wizard battles and flying on a broomstick. Though, it was much more exciting in my dream. I'm still learning how to better describe everything through writing. I haven't done creative writing in years. I'm trying to read more books to get back all the techniques and whatsnot. So pardon me if there are many loopholes and non descriptive parts. I'm trying. x
