HP - Shadow Monarch!

Chapter 05 - Trip 02.

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Somewhere in England.

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Snape, gazing at the colossal creature, though surprised by the sudden appearance of the monster, reacted instinctively. His experience as a guardian might not yet be in the muscle memory of this body, but it was still firmly in his mind. Using his memories and brain waves, he quickly moved to grab his wand and swung it as if he were holding daggers, spinning into a combat stance.

The serpent stared at him like prey that would be easily defeated. Snape decided to make the first move, following the memories of the old Snape, he executed a movement with the wand and pointed it at the creature.

"Bombarda!" he shouted as magic burst from his wand like a red light, directly at the creature, which seemed unmoved as the spell hit its head several meters off the ground.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!*

The explosion covered a significant part of the head, and Snape waited to see the result, but had to swallow hard when he saw the huge serpent with only some burnt marks on the right side of its face, showing no signs of actual injury.

"It seems I'm screwed, if only I had, Erza and Mirajane..." Snape murmured as he watched the serpent make the first move. With a swift motion, it attacked him with fury, not liking having its head slightly burnt.

He ran to dodge the colossal serpent, flying as he was caught by its impact right behind him, hitting the desert sand. The sand lifted by the monster's passage reduced visibility, but Snape kept his focus, quickly evaluating his options.

He looked through the dust and smoke, a huge reptilian eye emerging to see him at that moment. Snape moved the wand and used another spell in a different way than he usually did.

"Lumos!" he said, and instead of keeping the magic in front of the wand, he launched it directly at the creature, catching it by surprise. The serpent was slightly blinded by the light, giving Snape the chance to launch another Bombarda, taking advantage of its now blind spot.

"Bombarda!" The spell emerged behind the lumos and exploded in the creature's eye.

*ROAAARRRR!!* It quickly rose with its eye injured, and Snape used this to run away as best as he could.

The creature writhed for a while before closing its eye and using its intact eye to watch Snape fleeing through the desert. It began to pursue him at that moment.

"Damned body! Run faster!" Snape exclaimed, trying to keep up the pace and his breathing so as not to tire too easily. Snape didn't take long to notice the shadow above him, forcing him to accelerate.

In the desert, like cat and mouse, a human and a serpent were traversing the sand at high speed. The chase was unequal, with Snape doing his utmost to avoid the serpent's rapid and deadly attacks, continuing to cast fire spells and unable to use anything in the environment to fight the creature, since they were in a desert.

"Why doesn't Snape have magic that can turn the ground into mud..." Snape murmured as he dodged the serpent's attacks while trying to blind it. As he ran, Snape desperately looked for anything in the desert he could use to his advantage - a rocky outcrop to take shelter, a depression in the terrain where he could hide, anything. But the desert around him seemed endless and devoid of any shelter.

The serpent persisted in its pursuit, launching continuous attacks that Snape barely managed to avoid. This lasted for a while without Snape giving up and trying to survive, as hours passed, Snape's situation became increasingly precarious. His body was reaching its limit, and he knew he couldn't keep up this pace much longer. Exhaustion was building up, and each movement required tremendous effort, while he just managed to stay firm with his will to continue fighting to survive.