The Elementals by Namacub95 (best book club books for discussion .txt) 📕

bound in roots and unconscious."

"Hagrid is keeping an eye on them as we speak." Professor Downes added. McGonagall turned her gaze from the teachers to the six teenagers before her; all but Scorpius and Rose looked confused or scared.

"Why is it whenever something happens in this school there is always a Potter or a Weasley at the centre of it." McGonagall asked, Rose and Albus shifted uncomfortably but said nothing.

"It wasn't our fault!" Shauna declared "We were just out walking and these Death Eaters attacked us!"

"They aren't Death Eaters." Scorpius and Rose mumbled.

"I wasn't accusing you of anything Miss Longbottom." McGonagall said calmly. "Miss Weasley and Mr Malfoy are also right, the people who attacked you are not Death Eaters."

"Then…if they aren't Death Eaters then who are they?" Albus asked. McGonagall frowned slightly

"They most likely are member of the Cult of Dorchadas." She said.

"The Cult of what?" Keith asked sounding thoroughly confused.

"Dorchadas." Scorpius and Rose said in unison.

"What do they want with us?" Alice asked. "Is it something we did?"

"No Miss Downes rather it is something you are." Came a voice from the portrait behind McGonagall's desk. Professor Dumbledore smiled at the teenagers "Five of you are more special than you could dream and that is why you were attacked."

"So we were attacked because were special?" Albus asked not following a word that his namesake was saying.

"Yes, the Cult are looking for five elementals they most likely do not know exactly who their targets are. The members who attacked you tonight are most likely scouts."

"Let me guess." Shauna said "They were scouting for the five elementals weren't they?"

"A very good guess Miss Longbottom." Dumbledore's portrait said "I am afraid all we can do for now is guess as to what the Cult is planning but Minerva." Dumbledore's eyes rested on McGonagall "You must make sure that those members do not escape and report back to the Cult."

"I'll send for some aurors and they will be held in Azkaban." McGonagall said with a nod.

"We must now move on to another pressing question." Dumbledore said looking at Scorpius and Rose "We have already two elementals. We must know who the other three are."

Albus, Alice and Keith all looked at each other and stepped forward.

"Us Professor." They said.

"And what about you Miss Longbottom?" The portrait asked.

"I was just there." Shauna answered with a shrug.

"There is no point in hiding the truth from you then." Dumbledore said "No doubt you are wondering what I am talking about."

"Well yeah." Keith answered. Dumbledore looked at McGonagall and gave a small nod

"The wizarding world is in danger." McGonagall began. "The only ones who can stop this Cult from destroying all we hold dear is you five."

"Us?" Albus asked "What can we do about it?"

"You no doubt have heard the story from your parents about five elementals." McGonagall said "Well that story is not mere fiction for a young child's bedtime story, it is pure fact."

"You mean...that story...everything is true?" Alice asked.

"Yes Miss Downes it is true."

"Whoa..." Keith breathed.

"You must not tell anyone of tonight's events or what I have told you six." McGonagall said sternly.

"Why Professor?" Keith asked sounding disappointed.

"Mr Downes information as valuable as this must be kept to yourselves. If Cult members discovered that you and your sister are elementals they would target not just you two but your family as well! It is of the utmost importance that this information remain secret."

"Yes Professor." Keith said suddenly become serious.

"Good. Now it is late and no doubt after tonight you will be happy to see your beds." McGonagall said "Go straight to your dormitories and remember that you must tell no one of what has just occurred."

The six teenagers all nodded and filed out of the office leaving the three teachers and headmistress alone.

"Morgana can I trust you to find Benjamin. Since two of the elementals are in Gryffindor I would like him to be present." McGonagall said. "Preston will you find the other professors as well please.

"Yes Minerva." Professor Harries and Professor Davies said walking out the door.

"You look troubled Naomi." Professor McGonagall said noting the look on Professor Downes's face.

"Minerva." Professor Downes said sitting down in the chair "Tell me honestly...is there a chance that Keith and Alice could be killed?"

Professor McGonagall frowned at the Potions professor, she had gone from a calm and collected teacher to a terrified mother in the space of five minutes. With a sigh Professor McGonagall looked her in the eye.

"Yes Naomi, there is a definite chance that all of them could be killed." She said.

Chapter 12: Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw

By mid November a severe cold snap hit the Hogwarts grounds. Frost lay on the grass and the temperature plummeted yet that didn't stop upcoming the Quidditch match of Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw.

"Place your bets! Place your bets! Put galleons on your favourite team!" Fred Weasley and James Potter yelled. Rose rolled her eyes at the two.

"Are you quite sure that we're related to them?" Rose asked turning to Albus.

"Positive but sometimes I wonder." Albus replied.

"I wonder the same thing about Nicky sometimes." Keith piped in his mouth full of cereal. Rose rolled her eyes at Keith and grabbed another slice of toast. Albus laughed at Rose and Keith before returning to his cereal as well.

It had been a week after the 'incident' on Halloween. At first they had all been really awkward around each other but gradually they returned to normal, well as normal as five elementals could be.

"Morning!" Scorpius said sitting down beside Rose in his quidditch uniform.

"Hi Scorpius." Everyone said in unison.

"What are Fred and James yelling about?" Scorpius asked.

"They are taking bets on the match." She said with a scowl "I swear if I had been made a prefect those two would have detentions by now."

"Calm down Rose." Keith said "They're only having some fun…besides I've put five galleons on Alice to win."

"Hey! What about me?" Scorpius exclaimed.

"Look Scorp. You're one of my best mates but Alice is my sister and she would kill me if she found out I bet against her."

"Good point." Scorpius pointed out.

"Alice! Alice! Over here!" Albus waved at Alice. Scorpius looked up and saw Alice standing frozen with nerves in the doorway of the Great Hall. She looked like she was seriously considering resigning from her position at that moment.

Alice walked quickly to the Gryffindor table where Albus, Rose, Scorpius and Keith were. She slid in between Rose and Scorpius and looked down at her hands.

"After today's match, tell your cousin Louis he can have his old spot on the team." Alice said to Rose.

"You'll be fine." Rose said sliding her over some pancakes.

"I'm not hungry." Alice said looking up pushing the plate away again.

"You have to eat something. Besides they're your favourite." Rose said.

"C'mon Downes." Scorpius said lightly punching Alice's arm "If you don't eat then I can't kick your ass at Quidditch."

Alice gave Scorpius a small smile and grabbed the plate of pancakes.

"I think you'll find that I kick your ass today." She said.

"Whatever Ali-baba." Scorpius said earning him a punch on the arm from Alice.

"I told you yesterday. If you ever call me that again I will punch you."

"Downes!" Alice turned to see a furious Alan Morrison standing behind her. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Talking to my friends." Alice replied glaring at him.

"He's Slytherin." Morrison declared indicating Scorpius.

"And you're Ravenclaw." Alice said calmly. Scorpius resisted the urge to laugh and glared at Morrison who was turned a bright shade of red, whether it was from embarrassment or anger Scorpius couldn't tell.

"Which of our tactics did you tell him?" Morrison glared at the two of them.

"Oi!" Keith jumped from his seat "She didn't say anything to him you prat! Get a life! It's only a bloody Quidditch match!"

"Keith!" Rose hissed as most of the students had turned to look at them.

"Keith, just drop it mate." Albus said. Keith gave Morrison a hateful glare and sat down again. Morrison returned his glare to Alice and Scorpius.

"If you ever give me cause to think that you are jeopardizing our team's chances of winning a match. Make no mistake Downes, you will be off the team before you can say "oops"" Morrison warned before turning and stalking off.

"Prat." Alice said before getting up. "See ya on the pitch Malfoy."

"Can't wait Downes." Scorpius replied with a smirk.

The journey down to the Quidditch Pitch was uneventful to say the least. His team mates Thomas Zabini, who was the Slytherin seeker and Elena Moffett, who was a fellow chaser accompanied him.

They slid into the changing room just as Anthony Flint began giving his "pre match pep talk".

"Remember men!" Anthony said earning fierce glares from the three female members of the team "…and ladies. The Ravenclaws are a tough bunch; I'm not going to lie to you. Their tactics are well thought out, their beaters are brutal, their chasers are experienced and well trained their seeker is like lightening…"

Scorpius smirked If only he knew how true that was he thought.

"…But that isn't the point! You are SLYTHERINS! You are the most cunning team out there! I'm NOT encouraging you to play dirty but whatever you do WIN THAT BLOODY MATCH!" Anthony yelled causing the team to jump slightly.

Scorpius and Elena crept away to get their brooms.

"That Anthony, he can sure as hell fuss." Scorpius said.

"Yeah, I think he likes screaming at us." Elena replied with a smirk.

"He probably means no harm."

"But he's really short on charm."

"You have quite a gift for rhyme." Scorpius pointed out with a laugh.

"Yes, yes some of the time."

"No more rhymes now, I bloody well mean it!" Anthony barked at Elena. There was a brief silence

"Anyone want a peanut?" Thomas asked holding up a bag of salted peanuts that he kept in his pocket.

"ARGH!" Anthony yelled "JUST GET OUT THERE!"

The Slytherin Quidditch team jogged out onto the Quidditch field and was met by loud cheers and some boos.

"The Slytherin Quidditch team have arrived!" Roxanne Weasley was commentating "We have Captain and Beater Anthony Flint! Chasers Elena Moffett, Ally Burton and Scorpius Malfoy! Other Beater Lisa Ellis! Seeker Thomas Zabini and last but not least Keeper Brendan Alley!"

The Slytherins mounted their brooms and zoomed into the air. Scorpius flew over the crowd spotting Albus, Rose, Keith and Shauna.

"Go Scorpius!" Albus, Rose and Keith yelled together.

"Knock 'em dead Blondie!" Shauna yelled, using the nickname which made Scorpius cringe he made a mental not to kill Alice after the match.

"The Ravenclaw team are now walking onto the pitch!" Roxanne announced and Scorpius hovered near the Hufflepuff tower to watch them. "There is Chaser and Captain Alan Morrison! Followed by Chasers Annabeth Richards and Jacob Roe! Following them is Seeker Alice Downes! There is Beaters Joshua Burke and Bradley Owen and finally Keeper Faith West!"

The Ravenclaws got a lot more cheers than