Chapter 42.2- Doom Days

So why were these keys responding to my summoning charms? Because they weren’t spelled against summoning. Perhaps for this very reason. But what were the chances that this stage would have the right key open to being summoned. I felt it was unlikely, and if there was one thing I had learned about this world it was that feelings were everything when it came to magic.

So I pulled at my magic and cast another summoning charm Once again, all the keys rose as one and swarmed me. Instead of just banishing them to where they had been before, I overpowered the banishing charm and sent them flying off into the distance. On the floor, there was a single glint of silver. One lonely key that had not been affected by either my summoning or banishing spells sat there unmolested. I reached forward and picked it up, bending over. I turned to he door and as I did so, I got another feeling. A niggle with my passive legilimency.

“I know you’re here Fleur. Your disillusionment is good but far from perfect” I said its a haughty smirk that I knew she would have no choice but to respond to.

And I was right. In a flash of motion, she appeared right in front of me like the word had parted like some sore of veil in reality.

“My disillusionment is perfect, Monsieur Potter” She said with a scrunched nose. I smiled.

“Yes it is, but yet I noticed you.”

“Yet you noticed me indeed. I’ll have the truth of how you did right after I have that key, Arry”

“You’d have to duel me for it, beautiful lady” I said, spinning my wand in my grip and practically daring her to send the first spell my way.

She made to say something but thought better of it, hand moving to he own wand before she gave up, instead squeezing it in her grip

“Yeah, I figured you wouldn’t want to go that route” I said. We knew who the better duelist was between the two of us, there was no doubt about it.

“Just open the door, Arry.”

“Nuh uh. You have something I want, and I have something you want. That door is warded to resist anything you could send at it and is the only way into the castle. If you don’t give me the clue for the second task, then I won’t open the door and we all find ourselves stopped here. “ I said lying through my teeth. I knew the door was reasonably warded but I had no idea if it was the only means into the castle. It was just the most obvious one. I just had to sell that I knew more than I really did.

“I could just wait for Krum and Diggory. I reckon we’d have no trouble getting the key from you three against one”

“You really don’t think that do you?” I asked, smirk widened.