9/11 Short Stories

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It happened so suddenly none of the staff expected it, not even the Charms Professor. It was in the great school of Hogwarts in the middle of the Summer Holiday that when it happened, a bright scarlet light appeared in the near empty Great Hall and from that light something impacted the floor causing it to crash, as though it was hit with a meteor. When the Headmaster and the staff checked the crater that was made from the impact they were surprised to see that there was child in the crater, showing that he was the cause. He was unconscious and had two wounds through and through showing that he was impaled with two blades that were removed from his body and was now bleeding to death. They immediately took the child to Poppy, the school nurse, …show more content…

Rain was coming down like bullets. The sky was dark though it was day. Dumbledore opened up the double doors that lead to the Hospital Wing. He walked in and saw that the mysterious child that appeared in the Great Hall the day before yesterday was still unconscious. The strange glasses, shirts and cape that he was wearing during the incident were fixed and were folded neatly and sitting on the bed that was beside him. Poppy was leaning over the child and checking all of the bruises that the poor kid had.

The Headmaster sighed and said, “The child is still asleep, Poppy,” it wasn't a question but rather an observation.

The nurse stopped what she was doing and walked over to Dumbledore. She nodded and said, “I've done everything in my power to make sure that he was okay, but it seems that more I observe him the more wounds I find. It took me a long time to get him to have a healthy amount of blood. And wounds that were on his chest have been fully healed... They were rather close to cutting his heart and lungs. He is very lucky.”

“I see-” Dumbledore was uninterrupted buy a sudden groan. They looked over and saw that the child was finally waking up. He sat up and held his head as he grit his teeth, silently cursing the whole …show more content…

The child then turned toward them and held his sword tightly. He then attacked again but Dumbledore again Apparated with Poppy in tow, and they escaped the battle. They were out side the doors to the Hospital Wing and suddenly the doors were slammed shut and locked. The child wasn't going to let them anywhere near him without a fight.

“Headmaster... what are we going to do?” Poppy asked shakily.

“We need to get Flitwick.” Dumbledore said sadly, “He might be able to get that sword out of that child's hands... But we should really be asking is how does that child know how to wield a sword?”

The quickly made their way to the Staff Room. When they got there they explained what happened.

“Filius, we need you to subdue him.” Dumbledore said calmly. “That young man is no mere child, he knows how to use that sword of his – you were a dueling champion, so could you please put your skills to the test against him.”

Filius was surprised, he was still processing the fact that a child was wielding a sword skillfully and attacked Dumbledore and Poppy. However, Minerva spoke what was going through the Master of Charms' mind.

“You cant be serious!” she exclaimed, “How can a child wield a weapon let alone get one?!”

Poppy gave a retort, “How he got it is a mystery but he used time magic to get it

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