Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix [102]
Harry, once again, wished Cho luck as she stepped into the circle. Maybe he imagined it, but Ginny looked hurt that Harry hadn’t wished him luck. They bowed at each other, and Professor Flitwick started his countdown.
“Three… two… one… go!”
“Expelliarmus!” yelled Ginny.
“Locomotor Mortis!” yelled Cho. The two spells met in midair, each trying to force itself into the other. Ginny and Cho looked as though they were concentrating very hard, each’s eyes were fixated on the link of the spells.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened. At the point where the two wand’s spells were connected, there was a massive explosion. Colored lights and beams shot everywhere. Harry, and most of the other people in the circle, ducked for cover. Those who didn’t were blown over, causing a massive and chaotic mess. Then, after a few seconds, the and explosions stopped.
“You can get up now!” said Professor Flitwick. “The spells have reversed their targets! Miss Chang’s legs are frozen, but she has Ginny’s wand, so she is the winner!”
Harry stood up, and clapped a little as everyone else was recovering from the blast. Professor Flitwick threw Ginny’s name into the air, and put Cho’s back in, getting ready to start the next round. He shot something at Cho’s legs, and she could move again. Cho gave Ginny back her wand.
“Everyone, everyone! Calm down, the next round is about to begin!” He reached into the hat that had considerably fewer names than the amount it started with. “The next match is… Mr. Ronald Weasley against…”
“I hope it’s you, Malfoy,” whispered Ron, louder than he should’ve.
“Mr. Draco Malfoy!”
Ron, who was looking happy before Malfoy’s name had been called, now looked almost sick as he walked to the middle of he circle.
“Be careful what you wish for Weasley,” snickered Malfoy. “It might just come true! Ha ha!”
“I’m gonna get you Malfoy, you just wait…” Ron barely lowered his head to bow, and Malfoy didn’t bow at all.
“Cats… hats… bats… go!” squeaked Professor Flitwick.
“Arachni Sorta!” yelled Malfoy.
“Megola Thagono!” yelled Ron. Millions of spiders shot out of Malfoy’s wand, like a machine gun, only hundreds at a time. They were all locked onto Ron. But, a massive mouth came out of Ron’s wand. It was like a human mouth, without any face around it, and it was at least fifty times the size. It started eating some of the spiders. Ron just blasted the few spiders that got through the mouth. He was faring better than Harry would have thought.
“Oplo!” yelled Ron. A small yellow sphere shot out of his wand, and it hit Malfoy, causing him to fall back.
“Tri Oplo!” shouted Malfoy. Three yellow orbs shot out of his wand, and hit Ron. He fell over on his back, clutching the spots where the orbs had hit him. Malfoy jumped to his feet, and pointed his wand at Ron.
“Asphyxiatus!”
Harry had never heard of this spell before, and was eager to see what it did. A small clear cube popped out of Malfoy’s wand, and landed on Ron’s stomach. It immediately expanded so that it was at least three times Ron’s size, and he was inside it. The box was also slowly but surely filling with a sand-like substance. Ron got up, just in time to notice what was happening: the box was filling up with sand, and he was going to suffocate. When it was up to his knees, he started banging on the sides of the box, but it made no sound. The box was filling much more quickly now, the sand was up past his navel now.
“Do you give up?” asked Malfoy, when the sand was up to Malfoy’s chest. Ron looked away from him, and started shooting sparks all over the sides of the box but they did nothing. The sand was up to his neck when he finally yelled as loud as he could, even though it was barely hearable through the box, “I give up!”
Malfoy tapped the box with his wand, and it immediately disappeared, sand and all. Ron collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.
“Draco Malfoy is the winner!” said Professor Flitwick, throwing Ron’s name into the air. Ron waddled back to his spot in the