Practice of the Dark Arts
written by Peeves Tresconova
A series about a man who goes to Hogwarts, his journey there, and then the path he makes as he leaves and goes through life as a wizard.
Last Updated
05/31/21
Chapters
6
Reads
818
Chapter 3: First day at School
Chapter 3
Hi, sorry I couldn't post, but school work and the such keep me busy, hope you all enjoy the third chapter, again, all rights go to J.K.Rowling and her amazing work.
3rd Person Pov:
“This is the most boring train ride I have ever been on” Peeves thinks to himself as he sits in a compartment on the train, he had made preparations so that he would be the only one in this carriage, he made sure to do everything normally, he got his bag at the right time at the right place, booked a carriage to himself, of course this cost extra, but it was not unnatural for some rich kids to want a compartment to himself and that is what his idea for booking a carriage was, he didn’t get a super lavish one as that would label him as a super rich person, and would draw unneeded attention from the students and staff here, all he wanted to do was get into the school, get the information that he needed and then get out as soon as possible, it may take a couple years, but was patient, he had waited far longer for things that he weren’t as important as what was happening now. After that, he had got his ticket, still acting the part of a nervous new first year about to start school, got on the train, found his carriage, cast a few talismans on it to make sure that nobody could hear, see, or listen in on him, or feel his trace if they were a sensor. Then Peeves had finally allowed himself time to relax, he ordered a couple drinks, but frowned at how diluted they were, “I swear I started out drinking stronger stuff than this, and that was at the age of 6” he grumbles to himself. After that, a bunch of kids pass by my window talking about some random popular kid, but I don’t really care for that. Finally, after about another hour, we finally arrive at the school, but it’s more like a castle now that I think about it. Right away I see the black horses pulling the chariots, but I know why I can see them, since I've killed so many and have seen them die before me, but I don’t really say anything about it. Sadly, I am placed in a 4 man carriage with 3 other people, thankfully, they don’t talk much on the ride there. After that is a blur of going from place to place being dragged around by a 7th year showing us where all the things we needed were located in the school. Finally, we got to the great hall where we could finally get something done instead of wasting time for the slow people to understand where a toilet or where the restricted section is in the school, or where the green house was. After the hat does it’s weird song about the 4 founders of our school, we finally get to the important part, i’m pretty sure I know where i’m going though.
So after waiting for about another hour, I finally hear “Peeves McFarlin, please come to get sorted.” With a fake look of enthusiasm in my step I walk and sit onto the stool, then the sorting hat is placed on my head, for some reason, it gives a small gasp, then in my head I hear, “Lord Windigo, what are you doing here?” I reply with,”A certain wizard forced me too, of course I could take him out easily if I wanted to, in fact many people do, but he is needed to keep the world and mostly this school in order, so for now I will do as he says, and when he is no longer needed, then i’ll eat him.” The sorting hat gives a small gasp, “Very well then I will tell them Slytherin, is that ok Lord Windigo?” “Go ahead, but if you tell anybody, I will kill you” I tell the sorting hat back. “Ahem, yes Peeves McFarlin, you are cunning, tricky, and have a wealth a knowledge, so then you are a Slytherin!” He shouts out to the entire hall of students. The Slytherin side gives a large yell, and a lot of clapping later, Peeves is asked to go sit at the Slytherin table where a large number of higher years congratulate him happily. “Quiet, now then let us continue,” that’s when he realizes that they have only finished half of the alphabet, “Ugh” is heard from him as he puts his head onto the table. A group of Slytherins next to him all give a chuckle as they are also bored of how long it is taking for the sorting hat to do its job. Finally, after about an hour and a half, the last person is sorted to a table. Then Dumbledore stands, “Welcome to Hogwarts young students from all around the world, my name is Albus Dumbledore... (it’s the same speech he says in the first book). Immediately after his speech, food immediately starts to appear in the table, “Now then, enjoy your dinner!” He booms across the hall, i’m about to start eating when suddenly, a horde of owl start to fly in from the windows, dropping letters, gifts, and the like. I don’t expect to get anything, when suddenly, a black envelope with a normal seal gets dropped in front of me, I look up, the owl is pitch black, with piercing yellow eyes, “ahh I see, a job is it,” I discreetly open it and take a look inside,
“Hello there Peeves, I hope you are enjoying your time there, what is it, what’s the time, 5:15 now? Man they sure do make it hard on you, forcing such a purposeful time limit on you huh? Now then, I want to tell you a few things, an old friend is at my house right now staying for who knows how long, I’m gonna keep him company and help him until he can get back on his feet. He really likes to go to Diagon Alley though, and look at all the specialties, mostly the book store, in fact he “accidentally” stays for too long, and comes home late, you know what I mean, so just letting you know if you ever decide to come home, that he might be there, good thing is that he says that he’ll pay us about 20,000 galleons and take us out for drinks when he’s all good again. He has brown hair, wears glasses, and has a brown vest usually, also he’s super funny, you should come back as soon as possible.”
Your Brother
Arion McFarlin
I immediately dis coded the message, time limit is as soon as possible, pay is 20,000 galleons, it’s to look like an accident, I have a description, a place, and a very important deadline that I have to make. Now how do I plan this while at school, that will be the only hard part, usually I would just break into a police station or get money from an information broker, but now that i’m at Hogwarts, I don’t have that luxury anymore. “What to do, what to do?” He says to himself as dinner is coming to an end, “I could make it on the weekend, but that’s too far away I think to myself, or I could make it look like a suicide, but no, he seems to be very happy with the way he is, and it could always be traced back to me. The worst part is that I have almost no information about him. I’ll think about it later when i’m not so tired. Ugh this is frustrating!” He snarls to himself before an idea pops into his mind, yes that works, it could let me find him easily, go out and make it look accidental, it’s perfect, why didn’t he think of it before? Well it makes sense, he hasn’t used those powers for a millennial unless you were talking about his fights with a certain somebody, but never for an assassination, he preferred to use spells, melee or ranged weapons that were normal as the way he normally took out targets. But it seems that school will force him to use some of his lesser, but more potent powers for the first time in a long time. After, dinner, he finally heads towards his new assigned dorm in the Slytherin Hall, luckily it seems that his roommates had not arrived yet, and would be late. This gave him plenty of time to set up the protective charms that he would need for the new year, some of these included, detection spells, protection against harm spells, protection against projectiles, intruder alertness, numerous trap spells on every belonging he had, silencing spell, anti eavesdropping charm, illusion spell, and his own spell that hid all other protection spells, he called it the cloaking charm. Now he was ready, and a couple hours later, Peeves snuck out of Hogwarts to do his assignment, the first of many things that he would accomplish at this prestigious high school for the gifted.
Ok, that's number 3, hope you liked it, forth one will probably be out tomorrow. Owl if you want to be in it.
3rd Person Pov:
“This is the most boring train ride I have ever been on” Peeves thinks to himself as he sits in a compartment on the train, he had made preparations so that he would be the only one in this carriage, he made sure to do everything normally, he got his bag at the right time at the right place, booked a carriage to himself, of course this cost extra, but it was not unnatural for some rich kids to want a compartment to himself and that is what his idea for booking a carriage was, he didn’t get a super lavish one as that would label him as a super rich person, and would draw unneeded attention from the students and staff here, all he wanted to do was get into the school, get the information that he needed and then get out as soon as possible, it may take a couple years, but was patient, he had waited far longer for things that he weren’t as important as what was happening now. After that, he had got his ticket, still acting the part of a nervous new first year about to start school, got on the train, found his carriage, cast a few talismans on it to make sure that nobody could hear, see, or listen in on him, or feel his trace if they were a sensor. Then Peeves had finally allowed himself time to relax, he ordered a couple drinks, but frowned at how diluted they were, “I swear I started out drinking stronger stuff than this, and that was at the age of 6” he grumbles to himself. After that, a bunch of kids pass by my window talking about some random popular kid, but I don’t really care for that. Finally, after about another hour, we finally arrive at the school, but it’s more like a castle now that I think about it. Right away I see the black horses pulling the chariots, but I know why I can see them, since I've killed so many and have seen them die before me, but I don’t really say anything about it. Sadly, I am placed in a 4 man carriage with 3 other people, thankfully, they don’t talk much on the ride there. After that is a blur of going from place to place being dragged around by a 7th year showing us where all the things we needed were located in the school. Finally, we got to the great hall where we could finally get something done instead of wasting time for the slow people to understand where a toilet or where the restricted section is in the school, or where the green house was. After the hat does it’s weird song about the 4 founders of our school, we finally get to the important part, i’m pretty sure I know where i’m going though.
So after waiting for about another hour, I finally hear “Peeves McFarlin, please come to get sorted.” With a fake look of enthusiasm in my step I walk and sit onto the stool, then the sorting hat is placed on my head, for some reason, it gives a small gasp, then in my head I hear, “Lord Windigo, what are you doing here?” I reply with,”A certain wizard forced me too, of course I could take him out easily if I wanted to, in fact many people do, but he is needed to keep the world and mostly this school in order, so for now I will do as he says, and when he is no longer needed, then i’ll eat him.” The sorting hat gives a small gasp, “Very well then I will tell them Slytherin, is that ok Lord Windigo?” “Go ahead, but if you tell anybody, I will kill you” I tell the sorting hat back. “Ahem, yes Peeves McFarlin, you are cunning, tricky, and have a wealth a knowledge, so then you are a Slytherin!” He shouts out to the entire hall of students. The Slytherin side gives a large yell, and a lot of clapping later, Peeves is asked to go sit at the Slytherin table where a large number of higher years congratulate him happily. “Quiet, now then let us continue,” that’s when he realizes that they have only finished half of the alphabet, “Ugh” is heard from him as he puts his head onto the table. A group of Slytherins next to him all give a chuckle as they are also bored of how long it is taking for the sorting hat to do its job. Finally, after about an hour and a half, the last person is sorted to a table. Then Dumbledore stands, “Welcome to Hogwarts young students from all around the world, my name is Albus Dumbledore... (it’s the same speech he says in the first book). Immediately after his speech, food immediately starts to appear in the table, “Now then, enjoy your dinner!” He booms across the hall, i’m about to start eating when suddenly, a horde of owl start to fly in from the windows, dropping letters, gifts, and the like. I don’t expect to get anything, when suddenly, a black envelope with a normal seal gets dropped in front of me, I look up, the owl is pitch black, with piercing yellow eyes, “ahh I see, a job is it,” I discreetly open it and take a look inside,
“Hello there Peeves, I hope you are enjoying your time there, what is it, what’s the time, 5:15 now? Man they sure do make it hard on you, forcing such a purposeful time limit on you huh? Now then, I want to tell you a few things, an old friend is at my house right now staying for who knows how long, I’m gonna keep him company and help him until he can get back on his feet. He really likes to go to Diagon Alley though, and look at all the specialties, mostly the book store, in fact he “accidentally” stays for too long, and comes home late, you know what I mean, so just letting you know if you ever decide to come home, that he might be there, good thing is that he says that he’ll pay us about 20,000 galleons and take us out for drinks when he’s all good again. He has brown hair, wears glasses, and has a brown vest usually, also he’s super funny, you should come back as soon as possible.”
Your Brother
Arion McFarlin
I immediately dis coded the message, time limit is as soon as possible, pay is 20,000 galleons, it’s to look like an accident, I have a description, a place, and a very important deadline that I have to make. Now how do I plan this while at school, that will be the only hard part, usually I would just break into a police station or get money from an information broker, but now that i’m at Hogwarts, I don’t have that luxury anymore. “What to do, what to do?” He says to himself as dinner is coming to an end, “I could make it on the weekend, but that’s too far away I think to myself, or I could make it look like a suicide, but no, he seems to be very happy with the way he is, and it could always be traced back to me. The worst part is that I have almost no information about him. I’ll think about it later when i’m not so tired. Ugh this is frustrating!” He snarls to himself before an idea pops into his mind, yes that works, it could let me find him easily, go out and make it look accidental, it’s perfect, why didn’t he think of it before? Well it makes sense, he hasn’t used those powers for a millennial unless you were talking about his fights with a certain somebody, but never for an assassination, he preferred to use spells, melee or ranged weapons that were normal as the way he normally took out targets. But it seems that school will force him to use some of his lesser, but more potent powers for the first time in a long time. After, dinner, he finally heads towards his new assigned dorm in the Slytherin Hall, luckily it seems that his roommates had not arrived yet, and would be late. This gave him plenty of time to set up the protective charms that he would need for the new year, some of these included, detection spells, protection against harm spells, protection against projectiles, intruder alertness, numerous trap spells on every belonging he had, silencing spell, anti eavesdropping charm, illusion spell, and his own spell that hid all other protection spells, he called it the cloaking charm. Now he was ready, and a couple hours later, Peeves snuck out of Hogwarts to do his assignment, the first of many things that he would accomplish at this prestigious high school for the gifted.
Ok, that's number 3, hope you liked it, forth one will probably be out tomorrow. Owl if you want to be in it.
