The Opposite of a Joyride -
Aubrey Davis - February 25, 2023
23rd February, 1893 — Hogwarts Quidditch Pitch
Aubrey liked the broom shed for naps. He could curl up in a broomstick tail and snooze.
He was still sleeping soundly when someone picked up the broom.
February challenge thread! must be completed by the end of Feb!
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Charity Lloyd - February 26, 2023
Charity had no interest in flying, but enjoyed giving Uncle Evander headaches.
She went to pick up a broom, but gave a screech at the sudden hedgehog appearance.
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Aubrey Davis - February 26, 2023
Aubrey woke, with a similar screech.
If he could have insisted put the broom down, he would have.
He tried wriggling, then farted in fear. He was stuck.
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Charity Lloyd - February 26, 2023
Oh, it was a hedgehog! A stinky hedgehog.
"Did you just—toot?" she asked, wielding her broom like a weapon.
They were in a standoff. She would win.
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Aubrey Davis - February 26, 2023
Nooo, Aubrey mewled, wishing he had been made a skunk.
Her broom-brandishing wasn't helping his chances. Poking his face out of the bristles, he glared beadily at her.
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Charity Lloyd - February 26, 2023
The hedgehog didn't attack, so Charity lowered her broom.
She sunk into a crouch and scrunched her nose.
"I think hedgehog spines are a potion ingredient, you know."
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Aubrey Davis - February 26, 2023
I'll put you in a potion, Aubrey chuffed angrily.
Fight, or flight? Well, he had surprise: he clawed onto the broom and let it lift off with him.
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Charity Lloyd - February 26, 2023
Charity let out a squeal and threw the broom, hedgehog and all, back into the closet.
She drew her wand and peered into the shadows.
"Where'd you go?"
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Aubrey Davis - February 26, 2023
Fortunately: Aubrey got free of the broom, launching himself onto the top shelf.
Unfortunately: he rolled off in a spiky hedgehog ball and dropped, accidentally, onto her head.
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Charity Lloyd - February 27, 2023
Charity loved animals—she really did!—but she would rather die than have to pry a hedgehog from her hair. And who knows? She just might.
"Get offffffffff!"
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Aubrey Davis - March 1, 2023
No need to be so fucking rude about it, Aubrey snuffled, sliding dramatically off her ginger head and tumbling to the floor, disgruntled. You disturbed me first.
Hmph.
RE: The Opposite of a Joyride -
Charity Lloyd - March 1, 2023
Charity stepped back, her cheeks pink and splotchy from stress of being attacked by a hedgehog.
"Just you wait—I'm going to tell the groundskeeper."
And then she fled.