Chapter 152: Chapter 151: Round 2!
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'Fuck fuck fuck!' Percy yelled as the stone walls of the castle came closer and closer, he closed his eyes and put his hands up telling the cape to stop immediately.
And just as he was about to hit the wall the cape stopped, billowing over him.
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Percy landed on the sixth corridor roof and skidded across the tiles. He finally stopped and got back on his feet. Sighing the demigod looked over his clothes and cape, luckily the cape wasn't damaged, but his clothes were.
'Fine….round 2,' Percy growled, he was going to master this thing, even if it was the last thing he did. Well obviously it won't be the last thing he did, if it doesn't work out he could just stick to using his wings instead.
Percy got ready and jumped, 'up,' Percy thought picturing himself flying the cape safely. And again, he crashed. He tried a third time, and again he crashed. Though he did manage to do a loop before that.
The fourth time he had enough control to land properly, though he did kind of drop himself there. Again and again he tried, and again and again he failed. But on the 12th try, he managed to get a hang of the cape.
It was all about visualizing, the speed at which you wanted the cape to go, the height and the angle. It took a few tries but Percy got the hang of it. He flew back into the Forest and landed on his feet safely.
Kelly yawned as she woke up and rubbed her eyes. She looked up and blinked, she spotted the cape around Percy and yipped.
Percy chuckled, "relax Kelly," he then lifted off the ground and hovered in mid air, "I think I got the hang of this thing."
Percy took off the cape and started to record every single pattern and rune he carved into it, in case he needed to make another one. He kept the notes he made inside the mokeskin pouch around his neck, just to be sure they didn't get in the wrong hands.
'I need to improve this thing though,' Percy realised, 'if I can somehow summon it towards me...yeah, yeah that could work. If I can summon it towards me then I don't need a wand to accio it! It can be like my emergency parachute!'
And so Percy spent the better part of the day working on a way to summon the cape to him without the use of a wand. By the end of the day he had an idea, but it wouldn't be completed anytime soon.
Eventually Percy and Kelly had to come down for dinner. As he mentally prepared himself for the stares someone called out for him, "Percy! Wait!"
Percy blinked in surprise, he turned around and saw Harry run down to catch up to him. "Hey Harry, what's the rush?" Percy stopped and asked.
"I need to talk to you," Harry looked around, "in private."
Percy looked confused, but one look from the younger man and he knew he was serious. Percy nodded, the climbed down to the first floor corridor and walked down until they were in an empty region.
"Okay, we're alone, so what's the big deal?" Percy asked in a whisper.
"I know what the first task is," Harry whispered back.
Percy's eyes went wide, "what?"
"Yes, Hagrid told me yesterday to meet him in the woods with my cloak. He was….well I think he was out on a date with Madam Maxim, and he told me to follow them under the cloak. He took her deep into the woods where he showed her what Fleur had to fight, what you and I had to fight," Harry took a deep breath, "dragons. It's dragons."
Percy's eyes went wide, "oh fuck me. Are you serious?"
Harry nodded, "yes, I am. I saw four of them, four for each of us."
"Do you remember their breed? Anything else we can use?"
"Well...I know one of them was the Swedish Short-snout, and the other was a Chinese Fireball. I don't remember the other thing's name, but it was long and green, thin neck too."
"Welsh green, has to be," Percy hummed, "and the last one?"
Harry gulped, "t-the Hungarian Horntail."
Percy's eyes went wide, "fuck me. Shit….no...no this is good. This is good. We know what we are fighting now, we can prepare for it. Thank you Harry, I don't know how my chances would stack up against an actual fucking dragon if I went in there unprepared!"
Harry nodded, "you're welcome, Maxim would have told Fleur, and I also saw Kristoff hiding in the woods, so Krum would know too. I thought it was unfair if you didn't know also."
Percy smiled, "thanks Harry, you're a real friend. Don't worry, now that I know what we are up against I'll make sure that we both walk out of this alive. I'll brew up some fire resisting portions tomorrow, we can use it with the dragon."
"We aren't allowed to carry potions with us remember?"
Percy grinned, "oh Harry Harry Harry, did you forget what they said? We can bring a wand, and with that we can summon anything we want. So all we have to do is make a box containing everything we will need and then summon it to us after the match begins!"
Harry's eyes went wide, "that's brilliant! I can use the summoning charm!"
"Exactly! And you know what, you can summon me if you want! That way I can help you fight the thing! Technically it won't be interfering since you called me into the ring with only your wand!"
Harry chuckled, "I don't think they will allow that."
Percy shrugged, "fine, whatever. But I swear Harry, I'll figure out a way to repay you, I swear." Harry smiled and they quickly walked back to the Great Hall.
Percy and Harry split ways, Harry sitting with Hermione in the Gryffindor table and Percy going to the Badgers. He sat down in his usual spot, between Gordan and Juan, he greeted them both and quickly began to dig in.
Halfway through the meal someone tapped Percy on the shoulder. He turned around and was surprised to find Fleur standing behind him looking down with hate.
"Fleur I-"
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