Chapter 42.1- Doom Days
Added 2025-06-30 05:02:03 +0000 UTCThe length of polished wood slammed into my palm in one of the most reassuring feelings known to wizardkind. I briefly considered my options before deciding that searching the forest for Fleur would be a waste of time so I shot into the air at full speed, feeling the winds roar past my body with how fast I was moving. i had to weave and duck my way through the foliage that made the canopy of the Forbidden Forest before I found myself in the open sky. And then I jetted off to the castle even faster than I had accelerated upwards.
It took me a matter of minutes to arrive at the Castle’s massive door only to find it barred to me. I searched along its surface for a few seconds before I found a groove where a key ought to go. Turning around, it was only then I noticed that the pebbles and sand that made up the grounds around the entrance hd been replaced with keys. There were thousands of them easily.
“Accio key” I said, and it was only my quick reflexes that saved me as every key rose up at once and began heading my way. I banished them with another wave of my wand, sending them flying backwards and disturbing their arrangement in one fell swoop. If there had been some sort of clue there, then that was ruined.
I turned back to the door again, trying the handle and finding that it did not give. Next, I turned to the handle and tried it again with even more force. A bust. It was still locked and barred. I turned my attention to the keyhole next. It was made for a flat key, at least half again as wide as my pinky. That meant all the pinhole keys were disqualified. But was I really going to search for the right one by sorting through this mess. There had to be another way.
“Accio Hogwarts Key” I said, and just like before, every key seemed determined to heed my summons as quickly as possible. But then that gave me another idea as I banished them away again. The keys were responding to summoning charms but one common thread we’d seen with this whole competition was how good the anti-summoning enchantments could be.
