Ron and Hermione faced each other in the Room of Requirement, their wands drawn. The room was filled with several cabinets that stood against the wall, containing Sneakoscopes, vases for levitating, and smaller objects for practising Summoning with.

Though it was nearly midnight, they were both dressed in their robes for the duel; dressing gowns and slippers were hardly proper dueling attire.

"Ready, Ronald?"

Ron winced slightly. "That's what my mother calls me... "

"Well, she loves you." Hermione smiled innocently.

"Give me a break... "

"Shall we get started, then?" Hermione offered, taking a dueling stance, her wand raised firmly.

"Alright then," Ron accepted, taking a different dueling stance. "But don't expect me to go easy on you just because you're a girl - "

"Oh don't worry, Ronald, I could beat you no matter how hard you try."

Ron smirked, then shouted, "Duel!"

"Expelliarmus!" Ron uttered.

"Protego!" Hermione countered, as the spell hit her protective shield and rebounded, missing Ron by an inch as he dodged out of the way.

"Impedimenta!"

Hermione's spell hit Ron by surprise, as his knees gave way and he fell to the ground but regained his posture immediately with supreme confidence.

"Mobiliarbus!" Ron cast, sending a cabinet zooming towards Hermione.

"Expulso!" Hermione cried, annihilating the cabinet, sending splinters of wood flying everywhere.

"C'mon, Ronald! You can do better than that!" Hermione taunted, sending another Disarming Charm towards him.

Casting a Shield Charm in the nick of time, Ron deflected the spell and retaliated by yelling,

"Incendio!"

Hermione's eyes widened at Ron's daring, as a burst of flame erupted from his wand and hurtled towards her magnificently.

"Aguamenti!"

Hermione's sudden burst of water collided with the raging flames and fought spectacularly against it, extinguishing the fiery heat almost immediately.

Breathing quite rapidly, while Ron stood quite pleased with himself, Hermione stated,

"That was a lucky shot - "

"Admit it Hermione, I'm getting better... I might have a trick or two up my sleeve, you know."

As he smiled triumphantly, Hermione flicked her wand and uttered,

"Incarcerous!"

As thick ropes burst from Hermione's wand, Ron waved his wand and shouted,

"Diffindo!"

Waving his wand in different slashing motions, the ropes were cut within seconds; Hermione was unimpressed with such a display of talent and continued her assault,

"Levicorpus!"

Though Ron was immediately caught by the jinx and levitated upside-down in the air, he already knew what his next spell was.

"Liberacorpus!"

Falling to the ground roughly, having forgotten for a brief second the Cushioning Charm, Hermione's time was nigh.

"Expelliarmus!"

Ron flew backwards several feet and landed into a cabinet, his wand clattering to the ground, far from his reach.

Hermione simply stood there and smiled.

"Well Ronald, I think that about wraps up our duel... "

And walking to the exit, she waved her wand a final time, causing the trinkets in the cabinet to fall on him, laughing slightly as he grumbled in annoyance.

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