You feel a little nervous and excited as you head to your next practice duel. You were told to meet up in one of the school ballroom halls. As you enter, you notice the hall wasn’t set up for dueling like you’d expect. Students are standing on the edges of the room with a great square dance floor in the middle. You spot Adeline Morior standing just on the edge on the far side waiting.
'Wait, is she my opponent?' You think as she turns towards you and smiles. She takes a deep bow, ready for the match.
You quickly bow in turn and step onto the dance floor. It happened so fast…
Adeline stepped off of the dance floor, took another dramatic bow but this time gently touched her want to the floor while muttering something. Next thing you know, you slip and fall hard on your back.
”Ouww!” You try to get up only to slip again. She made the floor slippery. You were suddenly forced to roll to the side as birds lunge toward you and try to hit you one at a time, slamming into the floor and disappearing. You managed to dodge them all.
You look over to see Adeline gently step onto the floor and start moving like she is ice skating. Skating to the left making an elegant and little dramatic twirl and moving back towards the right, hands behind her back.
”Have you forgotten what you’ve learned already?” She says playfully as she skates around on her side. Waiting for your response.
You try to slowly get up and notice Adeline flicking her want twice. You suddenly feel very tired and your limbs and movement feel sluggish. Did she just double hex you? You barely had a chance to finish that thought before she flicked her want again causing you to trip over your own feet, slamming hard forward onto the floor.
”Ah!” You yell in frustration. She is barely giving you a chance.
”I hope you aren’t giving up yet, we’ve yet to start this dance.” Adeline says as she comes to a halt from her skating. She smiles a compassionate and inviting smile, slowly bows down with an open right palm extended toward you, her wand balancing on it. Waiting.
You breathe out a deep sigh. She was testing you. Now inviting you to the duel. You feel a smile forming and new excitement as you slowly get up. She is right. This is a dance and you’ve yet to participate. This is the perfect opportunity to show exactly what you’ve learned.
You slowly stand up, still feeling sluggish and take your dueling position. ”Let's duel!” You say with determination.
Adeline stands up straight and smiles excitedly. ”Let’s duel…” She says taking her stance.
Task:
Considering the jinxes/hexes/spells used above, write a poem in 100 words or more on how the above match continued and how you felt when it ended. Include the jinxes/hexes/spells you cast and the ones you used to counter the attacks against you or reverse the effect on you. Remember to include what you learned from the match.
Alternatively, create your own magical jinx or hex that can be used in dueling. 150 words or more. Include what it does, how it affects someone and how it can be countered or reversed.
This task is worth 10 Beans/Sapphires and is due on March 30th before 11:59PM HOL time.