Ivy~

After breakfast, I go out to the grounds to practice my spells for charms today. I've almost transfigured one of the Giant Squid's tentacles when I hear something behind me.

I turn, and a scream dies in my throat. There's a dragon in front of me.

*****

I blink and rub my eyes, unsure if I should be expecting to wake up, be running away, or be attacking this thing. Instead I'm just paralyzed.

"Die, Muggle spawn!" it shouts, and it throws fire at me.

"Protego!" I squeak, and my force field holds up against the brunt of it. However, my sleeves are torn. And there's a minor burn on my arm.

Not dreaming, then.

I take out my wand, thinking of a spell while shouting, "HELP!"

Heidi

I wake up with a note from Jerod telling me not to worry about Madam Pomprfrey, and that I was free to go about my daily classes. After Charms with Ravenclaw, and hugs from Aisling, I am on my out of the castle to Herbology. I am not really paying attention to what is going on around me, and I am staying back from the group of Gryfindors for two reasons. 

1. Word has spread about the Slytherin boy getting me on the team, and

2. I don't really have any friends to talk to, and I don't even like to talk much.

Suddenly, Mackie screams! I look up, and see a crowd of Gryfindors up ahead. I think I hear Araxie, and is that Jerod rushing past me?

"What's going on?!" I yell. There is a cloaked figure in the hallway now. A confused panic rushes over me, and I begin hyperventilating. Calm down, don't freeze! I tell myself. More screaming, more students running around me. Jerod yells. Araxie yells. I am rooted to the spot. A surge of panicked students flees out the door to the castle grounds, followed by the cloaked figure, with whom Araxie is dueling. There is an explosion outside, and I can finally move my feet. 

"Help!" I scream as loudly as I can, feeling faint from breathing too quickly. Professor Mcgonagal, Filch, and our defense against the dark arts teacher sprint around the corner, wands held aloft. I don't wait to explain what is going on, not that I know, I just run out the same door as the other students. The breeze is ironically serene, but I barely notice. A dragon. I murmur to myself numbly, attacking a student. By the lake. I cannot believe what I see, and want to run away as far as I can, then curl up in a ball in some peaceful forest. This isn't happening. 

Cloudy Dweller says my Charrie is like an onion :)  

Aisling and I are muggles.

Asling -

 
I follow Haidi Jerod andd Araxie towords the field. I am a little suprised at Heidi for forgetting me. We were really close in the orphanage  and in our first year. Then we started drifting apart. I watched her as she pushed off the ground. I hear Jerod and Araxie yell, " GO HEIDI!!". She catches the quaffle and speeds towords the goal. Then out of nowhere a hex came and hit Heidi. I watch her fall in slow motion to the ground. I noted that the spell had come from the forest area and look around to see the person who cast the hex, thinking of revenge. I see a man dresed in black in the forbidden forest looking towards the training session. He has a wand in his hand and a evil smile on his face. I look back to see Heidi being carried up to the castle and I ought to have joined them but instead I grabbed my broom and flew into the forbidden forest. It was very dark in the forbidden forest, but I had no trouble following the strange man because his wand was glowing. He stops in a clearing filled with three centaurs, a dragon, and a woman dressed in a long cloak with a hood.The woman asks, "What took you so long?" The man answers, "I was held up by pure pleasure, in this case knocking a little girl of her broom." The centaur who I think was the leader said, "Why should we join with humans who think that knocking little girls off their broooms is funny ? Wilinder, Bane, we shall be going now." The lady spluttered, "Going.... but.. we .. . I. The man that I followed came to life and fired two killing cerses after the centaurs. One reaches its mark and the centaur Wilinder falls. The lady and the man jump on the dragon and fly in the direction of Hogwarts. I click my broom into action and speed past the trees. As I fly I promise to myself that I would come back with Heidi and take a good look around. When I land I see yet another dragon by the lake battling a girl. I know her name is Ivy but that's about it. I hear her call for help  and I go into a controlled dive. I land and shoot a spell at the dragon, but it bounces off. I hear a door bang open and I hope that it is help.

Daomi

"Oh my merfolk!" I pant, out of breath. "Are you all okay?" "Fine." "Jerod, you look like.." 

"Not good,"  he finishes. Before I can do anything more,  a girl screams. "Mackie," I whisper.  

Sorry, I posted my comment too soon. I wasn't done yet..

Heidi-in continuation

"Roll off!" Mackie directs as she dodges another spout of fire. "It is only about nine feet!"

Daomi turns white and shakes her head. I suddenly wonder if she is afraid of heights, it makes me feel as if I have a connection with her.