Chapter 43.5- Doom Days

He seemed to growl with rage and then arced his hand backwards before lashing to with his wand like it was a whip. From the end of his wand came a thin stream of blue flames that covered the distance between us faster than any spells had, and rocked my whole body when I blocked with a protego. The whip— for that was what it was rested against my shield for a second before Krum brought it to bear again, sending it against my shield and this time forcing me to take a step back from th force that his spell clattered agains thy shield.. This was a fire whip yes, but not a variation of the spell I’d ever come across, and that alone was impressive.

I dropped my shield once Krum drew his hand back to send the whip flying my way again, snd then I did something that I was sure he could never rave suspected. I aimed straight at him. A piercing curse covered the distance between us like a bullet out from a grin and he weaved his wand, forcing the fire to return to his side in a wide arc. It was that fire that moved and sent my spell clattering off to the side, its target left safe and unharmed. Interesting. While he blocked though, I took the chance to jump to the next platform. I did a quick count. There were four platforms between Krum and I.

He sent the fire whip my way once again as I landed, and I took advantage of the sponge-like knees my partial frog-like biology gave me to land and then jump again, jumping clear over the line of blue flames. I returned fire by conjuring two perfect spears that fell upon him from above as I returned to the ground. He moved his fire whip, drawing it back to himself and moving it to intercept the spears. I used the chance to jump across the space to the next platform. Three. From the corner of my eyes, I could see Fleur had continued her flight for the central platform. So she had finished with my birds already. With a heave, I decided to be drastic. I pointed my wand behind me, and just as I thought, the floating enchantment on the platform gave way to my direct intent. So it was Elven magic just like I suspected.

I used a levitation charm to toss the massive platform straight at Fleur while using the motion to drop to my knees and avoid the crackling fire whip. Krum was beginning to become more than just an irritation and I was not appreciating it much. I took control of the platform right in front of him and banished it backwards, forcing it to slam into Krum’s own platform. The two giant stone slabs hit and vibrated, Krum struggled to keep his balance and I used the chance to jump across the space, using an overpowered Venti to push me the rest of the way so I landed on the platform right in front of him this time. One. There was one platform between us and it was the one I had forced to slam against his.