Chapter 101 – Revenge
Walking through the secret tunnel, all of its defenses were already disabled. We couldn't hear the chaos above us from here, as if we were in a completely different world. Reaching the end, it didn't surprise us that the hatch was open, its magic keeping the dark water from flooding us.
"Ready?" I asked, and Quincy, with a nod, bit down on some gillyweed and jumped, disappearing into the water.
I didn't hesitate to follow her, and we were swimming fast, heading towards the surface and the ship of the Durmstrang students. Feeling the freezing water bite into our bodies wasn't something one could be prepared for. I expected it to be cold, but to hurt like this? Damn...
As we approached the surface, I could see some flashing lights, probably wild spells, going over the lake's surface. I couldn't let myself be distracted, so I kept my eyes locked on the ship's bottom, not that far from us. As we got closer, I nodded at Quincy to head towards its anchor, and we used it to scale the vessel, me going first.
When my head popped up at the top, I couldn't help but let out a relieved sigh as I saw our classmates and Professor Lockhart there, working hard to disable the magical defenses of the ship.
"Conrad!" One of the others called out as we climbed up, using spells to dry and warm ourselves up.
"Good work, everyone! How are we?" I asked, unable to help myself, and looked towards the school, seeing the battles going on, watching some of the explosions and loud screams carried forward by the strong wind.
"We are fine, but the ship's defenses are giving me a headache!"
"Nobody's hurt, yes?" I asked after hearing the Professor's words, making the rest chuckle, knowing what I meant, "We will wait for Victor; he should be able to unclog it with ease!"
"If he comes."
"Professor, please, be a bit more positive!" I grunted as it was no time to be depressed. If we don't try to be optimistic, then why are we even trying anything? Should we just flop down and die?