Summary: Harold Curtis is the newly instated feature journalist for the
Daily Prophet and his first job? The Triwizard Tournament of course. A poem about how one person's nightmare is another person's dream come true...
I am padfootsgirl1981 of Hufflepuff submitting for the Second Task of the Mugglenet Triwizard Tournament.
Categories: Poetry Characters: None
Warnings: None
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1
Completed: Yes
Word count: 128
Read: 2012
Published: 05/01/09
Updated: 05/02/09
1. Chapter 1 by padfootsgirl1981
Chapter 1 by padfootsgirl1981
Author's Notes:
Many thanks go to BB/Sainyn Swiftfoot for betaing this for me! This poem is told from the point of view of reporter Harold Curtis, and recounts the events of the Triwizard Tournament of 1792...
The stadium erupts in tumultuous applause,
Everyone around them knows the cause.
Three champions, cunning and brave,
Spot the damsels they must save.
Running, ducking, leaping, dodging,
The Cockatrice puts up a fight.
Screaming, weeping, fearing, berating,
Save the girl and do what’s right.
Feverish scribbles fill the page,
Documenting the beast’s fierce rage.
An early deadline, no time to wait,
Publish first and seal your fate.
A slash of claws, a beat of wings,
Gore. Blood. Red.
Disaster, confusion, chaos,
The Cockatrice leaves in its stead.
Sell me a story?
Ha! How about five?
All three Heads injured?
How the hell did they survive?
Fleeing, panicking, shrieking, disbelieving,
An attack remembered as gory;
Leaping, laughing, whooping, grinning,
You’re the reporter with all the glory!
End Notes:
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