𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚢|𝚂𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔

Chapter 12

꧁The Goblet of Fire꧂

"Alastor Moody." He writes his name on the board, the chalk sounding like it could snap

"Ministry malcontent. And your new defence against the dark arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me, end of
story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?" Everyone looked at him shocked,including Maddison
"When it comes to the dark arts, I believe in a practical approach. But first, which of you can tell me how many unforgivable curses there are?"

"Three sir." Hermione answered

"And they are so named?"

"Because they are unforgivable. The use of any one of them will..."

"Will earn you a one way ticket to Azkaban.Correct. Now the ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do.I say different! You need to know what you're up against! You need to be prepared.
You need to find somewhere else to put your chewing gum besides the underside of your desk Mr. Finnigan!" The students and Maddison jumped at his sudden rant

"Aw no way, the old codger can see out the back of his head." Seamus said

Mad-Eye throws the chalk at Seamus anger blazing through his eye

"And hear across classrooms! So, which curse shall we see first?" He yelled, turning to Ron "WEASLEY"

"Yes..." Ron squeaked out

"Stand. Give us a curse." He snapped

"Well, I was told about one." He said, his eyes trained on Maddison
"The Imperius curse."

"Oh, yeah, your sister would know all about that." He said his mechanical eye turning to Maddison "Gave the Ministry quite
a bit of grief a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why."

His eye left Maddison and he pops open a jar with a spider in it.

"Hello. What a little beauty."
He uses his wand to send it around the class "Don't worry. Completely harmless."

He lands on one of the pratail twins

"But if she bites... she's lethal!" Mad-eye said, Draco laughs.
"What are you laughing at?"
Mad-Eye sends the spider onto Draco's face.

"Talented isn't she? What shall I have her do next? Jump out the window? Drown herself?" He said excitedly, Mad-Eye has the spider over a bucket of water, it's struggles helplessly.

"Scores of witches and wizards have claimed
that they only do did you-know-whose
bidding under the influence of the Imperius
curse. But here's the rub, how do we
sort out the liars?Another.. another..
Come on come on. Longbottom is it? Up."

Neville stands fear showing his eyes.

"Professor Sprout tells me you have an
aptitude for herbology." Mad-eye states

"There's the um... The Cruciatus curse" Neville nervously stutters out

"Correct! Correct! come come. Particularly
nasty. The torture curse."
Mad-Eye mutters a spell and a bright light hits the spider, it starts squirming in pain and squealing,

Maddison looked away at the pain on Nevilles face, knowing how it was hurting him to watch an innocent creature go through something his parents had to face

"Stop it! Can't you see it's bothering him, stop it!" Hermione screeches Mad-Eye stops. Neville is isturbed. Mad-Eye picks up the spider which is still making a distressed noise.

"Perhaps you could give us the last unforgivable curse Miss Granger." He asked her, even though Maddison knew he already knew Hermiones answer
Hermione shakes her head. He casts a spell and the spider disintegrates.

"The killing curse. Only one person is known to have survived it. And he's sitting in this room."
He approaches Harry's desk and takes a drink.

After the lesson was over Maddison approached mad-eye"what were you thinking Alister" Maddison always had respect for mad eye, he was her,Sirius and James old mentor. But this, this was to far

"I don't know what you mean Weasley" he said in his usual gruff voice

"Using the Cruciatus curse in front of Neville, you know what happened to poor Alice and Frank, I respect you mad-eye, but that was to far"

"He has to get over himself, Weasley, in the real world he is going to experience the Cruciatus curse"

"Brilliant isn't he! Completely demented of course. Terrifying to be in the same room with, he's really BEEN there you
know." Ron boasted

"There's a reason those curses are unforgivable, and to perform them in a classroom. I mean did you see Neville's face." Hermione said as Maddison appeared behind them

"Neville?" Maddison asked placing a comforting hand on his shoulder

Mad-Eye approaches them and pats him on the other shoulder.

"Son. You alright?" Mad-eye asks him in which Neville just nods.

"Come on, we'll have a cup of tea. I want to show you something"

Older students are placing their names into the flame and others are applauding, Cedric is one of them. Maddison, Ron and Harry are walking round

"Eternal glory, be brilliant wouldn't it? In three years from now we'll be old enough to be choosen." Ron said

"Yeah well rather you than me." Harry replied

"Rosie, did they have this when you went to school?, I mean this is a high cool stuff you know and your old, no offence though"

She feigned offence "no we never, but I'm sure if we did, I'm sure James and Padfoot would have been the first to sign up"

The twins enter the hall cheering.

"Thank you thank you, well lads we've done it." George cheered

"Cooked it up just this morning." Fred continued

"It's not going to work." Hermione sang

"Oh yeah? And why's that Granger." Fred and George were now standing beside her

"You see this? This is an age line. Dumbledore
drew it himself." She told the twins pointing at the line

"So?" Fred sassed

"So" she closed her book "a genius like Dumbledore couldn't
possibly be fooled by something pathetically dimwitted such as an age potion."

"That's why it's so brilliant." George told her

"Ready Fred?" George asked

"Ready George" Fred nodded

They jump inside the age line, and themselves and everyone expect Hermione cheer. They put their names
in the flame and do a high-five. The flame fires up and they're
flung across the room onto the floor. When they get up they have full heads of grey hair and beards.

"You said."

"Fred You said.." They roll around fighting on the floor and the crowd cheer, Maddison comes over and grabs the two by the scruff of their robes

"Get to the hospital wing now" she hissed

The room suddenly becomes silent as Viktor Krum walks in and puts his name in the flame. He looks at Hermione and she smiles, Maddison noticed this and winked at Hermione making her blush.