The Wizarding World || SGE fanfic

Chapter 7 - First Flight

"Everyone step up to the left side of their broom sticks," Espada ordered.

Tedros wasn't a big fan of heights, so he was starting to feel nervous about this. He tried not to let it show, because he didn't want to look like a chicken in front of Agatha. He looked over at Agatha next to him.

She looked so confident, she always did.

Espada coughed. "Now, stick you're right hand over the broom and say 'up!'"

Tedros put his hand over the broom, as instructed. He heard the group break into chants of "up!"

He inhaled deeply. "Up!"

The broom stuck to his hand like a magnet. Agatha gawked at him, her broom still of the ground having what looked like a seizure.

"Up!" Rhian said beside him. His boom swung up as fast as Tedros's did, and hit him in the nose.

Tedros sniggered, as Rhian clutched his nose. "Shut up, Tedros!"

"I was hoping that would happen," Japeth laughed at his brother.

After that, the next person to get their broom up was Hort, then Japeth, Agatha and so on until Sophie, finally got hers up.

"Now that you have hold of your broom, I want you to mount it," Espada directed.

Once they all did so, he went on, "When I blow my whistle, I want you all to kick off from the ground, hard," he walked in between the two rows of brooms. "Keep your brooms steady, and don't go too high."

Tedros was the first to get off the ground, despite his slight fear of heights.

"Nice one, Pendragon," Chaddick says, climbing onto his own broom. "But I'm sure I could do better."

"Oh, you're on-"

"No. No. Not today, boys," Espada said.

"You're no fun," Chaddick mumbled, pushing off the ground.

More students started to get off the ground one-by-one

Agatha gripped the broom so tight that Tedros could see the blood drain from her knuckles.

"Looks like your girlfriend's scared, Pendragon." Japeth said.

Tedros expected her to make a fuss about him calling her Tedros's girlfriend but, Agatha smirked and looked up at Japeth, "So's yours."

Tedros bit back a laugh, as Japeth whirled to Aric, who was clutching the broom for dear life.

Japeth glowered at Agatha. "He's not my boyfriend!"

"She didn't say he was." Tedros said, simply. Japeth exhaled in relief before Tedros added, "She said he was your girlfriend."

Japeth practically had smoke coming out his ears. "That's it!" He pulled forward on his broom and flew straight at Tedros. Tedros swerved upward, escaping Japeth's lunge. Tedros didn't think this action through, because, Tedros had previously stood between Japeth and Agatha.

Japeth pulled his broom upwards, to avoid a collision with Agatha. As he flew up, the bristles of the broom hit Agatha off her broom and onto the ground.

She hit the ground hard. When Tedros saw this, he practically dove off his broom, to her aid.

He knelt down beside her, and Agatha rolled her head into his lap.

"She's dead!" Sophie wailed, who was the only one in the class who was yet to get on her broom.

Tedros frowned over his shoulder at her. "She's not dead."

Espada examined her leg, "Looks like a broken ankle."

"What? No, it's not broken- ah!" Agatha was trying to sit up, but that dug her heel into the grass, making it hurt more.

"You're saying one thing, but screaming another," Nicola said, landing.

Agatha dropped her head onto Tedros's chest, making him blush.

Espada started to help her up, "I'll take you to the Hospital Wing."

Tedros started helping her up as well. "I'll take her."

Espada was silent for a moment.

"I can help her walk, see," Tedros said, taking Agatha's waist with one hand and strapping her arm around his neck.

"Alright, then..." Espada said. "Take her and come back."

"Will do," Tedros nodded, and tightened his grip on Agatha, without noticing the crimson blush on the Ravenclaw's cheeks.

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Tedros and Agatha hobbled through the castle, awkwardly holding each other up.

Agatha winced in pain with every step they took. Tedros clenched his jaw. He knew that she was to stubborn to say if she was in pain.

He felt Agatha clutch his shirt. At first he assumed it was so she could keep herself upright, but it felt more like, she was making sure he wouldn't go anywhere.

He looked down at her, and her eyes looked glassy.

"This is ridiculous-" he bent down and hooked his arm around the back of her knees, and picked her up bridal style.

Agatha blinked at him, and a stunned silence.

"I figured it would be easier this way," he said. Then he felt embarrassed. "I'm sorry I'll put you down-"

"No!"

Tedros stared at her.

Agatha blushed. "I-it's easier this way."

Tedros nodded. "G-Good."

They both looked away from each other quickly.

They were silent for the rest of the walk to the Hospital Wing, looking away mostly, but kept stealing glances at each other then instantly looking away blushing.

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The Hospital beds were uncomfortable.

Tedros helped elevate Agatha's leg with cushions, as Madame Pomfrey instructed.

"Is that alright?" He asked, fluffing the pillows slightly.

Agatha nodded, "It's perfect."

They were silent for a moment. Then, they both opened their mouths to say something. Agatha got words out first.

"Thank you," Agatha said. "Thank you for coming with me."

"Any time." He smiled. He hoped that she knew he truely meant it.

"Why don't you head on back to class, young man," Madame Pomfrey said, wheeling her trolley to them. "I'll take good care of your girlfriend."

Agatha blushed. "He's not my boyfriend."

Tedros blinked. "Yeah- no we're just friends."

"Exactly!" Agatha blurted.

Madame Pomfrey nodded. "Oh.."

There was an awkward silence.

Tedros looked at Agatha. "I'll come, back later?"

"Yes! That would be great," she said.

"Right," he kissed her on the cheek and disappeared down the hall.

... You're gonna hurt your leg, Kiko had said. Agatha looked down at her elevated leg. But, you gonna be happy about it. Agatha gently touched her cheek, where Tedros had kissed. If she hadn't hurt her leg, she and Tedros wouldn't have had any of the moments they just had. She remembered the way Tedros dove off his broom to her side the second that she fell off.

Maybe in a way she was happy she broke her ankle.