Drop in the Ocean

Ethan watched their practice session. He kept on giving Celeni pointers.

“Celeni, you’re doing a great job!” Joyce uttered

“Thanks!”

“Ok team, showers!” yelled Ethan.

Everyone was excited for their game tomorrow. Ethan said that they had good chances of winning now that Wood is a bit disoriented.

“Joyce, come on, let’s go!” Celeni yelled

“Go ahead… you need your sleep”

“What about you, Joyce?”

“I’ll follow, I still need to go to the library anyway.”

“Alright, see you in the dormitory!” Celeni & Ethan waved goodbye.

When everyone was out, Oliver popped out from one of the empty lockers.

“I couldn’t breathe!” he said. Their wands were tucked in their robes, & both of them set off to the Forbidden Forest.

It was already nine o’clock pm when they heard the voices.

“…while everyone is bothered by the heir of Slytherin. Very clever.”

“There’s a match tomorrow… we can set out the blynx there.”

“Who will it be after?”

“A girl from Ravenclaw. She’s Muggle born.”

“Will she be playing Quidditch?”

“Yes. A Keeper”

There was a rush of panic in Joyce’s body, someone from Ravenclaw? The voice spoke again.

“Her pet Owl is what we’ve been looking for all our lives. It has the power to heal, we can make a fortune!”

“How will the blynx help us?”

“They fly, it can capture her, surely the owl will go look for her. If not, we can tell her to call that Owl.”

“Ssh! I can sense someone”

Oliver & Joyce ran back to the castle.

“Don’t worry, your Keeper is not a girl right.” Oliver reassured her

“The substitute?” Joyce asked

“Yes”

Then Joyce cried, and Oliver was puzzled.

“It’s Celeni.”

And Oliver stood stunned.

Both of them went straight to the library. Joyce did not lie to Celeni and Ethan. She did have to research for something.

“Here a blynx!” Oliver told her while Joyce was writing down information about Lockhart.

“It says here that it is a rare monster that is controlled by wizards.” The blynx was colored blue and it had scales on its back, like a dragon.

“It’s really big” Oliver told Joyce. “It’s going to be easy to spot on the Quidditch Field.”

Joyce was not listening to Oliver.

“What are you doing?” Oliver asked

“I need to get high grades. I mean we may get expelled if we’re caught, so might as well get expelled and get full marks. I mean, Defense Against Dark Arts is the subject that I’m having trouble on. I’m not a big Lockhart fan like Celeni.” Joyce explained and then looked at Oliver.

Oliver can still tell that she was just trying to make herself happy. She was still teary-eyed for her friend. Oliver knew how she felt, Quidditch was his best friend and if they lose he’s always sad.