"Ahem, quiet everyone!" Harry shouted to the DA all of whom were talking and chatting about various subjects ranging from schoolwork to gossip to unorthodox subjects, "We need to take roll before we begin practice," Harry finished.

Ron began calling off a list of names, "Ginny!"

"Here" came a strong voice beside Harry.

"Neville!"

"Yep" came a barely audible nervous voice.

"Luna!"

"Yes…" a dreamy voice spoke from the crowd.

Ron continued to call out the names of the DA as its member each gave their own response. However upon the thirteenth name called, "Rox!"

There was silence.

Looking around, Ron called out again, "Rox!"

More silence.

Ron was about to call out the name again when Seamus spoke up annoyingly, "He's in the back over there," He pointed to a blonde boy with striking blue eyes. His eyes were pointed at the ground and he stood against a pillar far in the back of the crowd, "He never talks," Seamus continued, "Pretty sure the bloke came here a few days ago,"

Rox's eyes came up and met with Harry's and Ginny's. Upon seeing that other people were looking at him, his eyes quickly dropped again.

Ron gave a nervous nod before continuing.

When Ron was all done, Harry stepped up, "Alright, it looks like we're all today. Before I begin I must say that I'm very proud and glad that you all have mastered the Patronus spell. However, I have no idea what to say to Filch and the toad when two dozen shiny animals come rushing down the hallway for no reason nor rhyme…kinda like last week," A chorus of giggling and snickering came from the DA as they thought it would have been funny if they started a stampede of Patroni in the halls, but quieted down as Harry continued, "So next time if anyone wants to see their Patronus then either come here or cry Dementor before conjuring your Patronus. Anyways, it has been awhile since we have practiced our dueling capabilities so everyone pair up,"

Immediately, Seamus and Dean looked at each other and exchanged an enthusiastic high five while Hermione crossed Harry and paired up with Ron. All of the members moved around looking for their friends and loves while Harry waited patiently for everyone to be paired up.

Amidst the entire bustle however, one person stood still resembling a sculpture. After everyone had paired up, Rox was standing alone in the middle.

Wasn't he by that pillar just now? Harry asked himself as he looked at Rox. After contemplating on what to do Harry said, "Alright everyone! Face each other and begin!" And with that the room became filled with noises and different colored light.

As the myriad of duels raged around him, Rox caught sight of Harry walking up to him and looked down to the floor again.

"Hi, Rox was it?" Harry asked kindly.

Rox said nothing but slightly nodded, his eyes still to the ground.

"Looks like you have no one to duel with. That won't do…" Harry said before calling out, "Ginny! Can you come over here please?"

Ginny quickly petrified Cho Chang, who had fallen to the ground stiff, before running over to Harry and Rox, "What is it?"

"Can you duel Rox for me? I'll take over for you," Harry said not just for Rox's sake, but for Cho's as well. He knew as well as anyone the animosity between those two girls.

"Oh…Alright, but don't go easy on her! She uses the innocent girl act WAY too much," Ginny reluctantly said.

"You're awesome," Harry said. He then ran over to revive Cho who was still doing a good impression of a piece of drift wood.

"Don't expect me to go easy okay?" Ginny said happily as she pointed her wand at Rox. In response, Rox silently pulled out his wand and held it in front of him.

Giving a smirk, Ginny shot a stunning spell at Rox. Rox ducked as the spell flew over his head and responded with his own stunning spell. However, before the red spell can even leave his wand, it exploded and sent Rox slamming into the far wall behind him and slumped to the ground.

All duels stopped as Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny ran over to his aid.

"Hey Rox, you okay there mate?" Harry asked as Ron watched him worriedly.

Remaining silent, Rox slowly stood up. Luna, who was standing beside him, heard the faintest whisper flow into her ears.

-Don't worry…-

"I think he will be quite alright" Luna told everyone slowly.

Harry looked at her for a bit, then said, "Alright then everyone, let's get back to work. Rox you can take a break if you want,"

Rox slightly shook his head and held his wand in front of him again. With that, the duels continued. Everyone showed how unique their dueling styles were. Throughout the entire time, any spell Rox tried to use would explode and send him to the ground. Every time though, he would get up silently and resume dueling Ginny, who was getting increasingly worried his condition. After about three or four hours of constant training everyone was tired out and ready to head back to the dorms.

"Good work everybody. I never thought you would all become this skilled. We'll meet again in about four days. Goodnight to you all," Harry concluded and with that everyone left the room.

Everyone except for Rox.

Harry and Ginny were about to leave when they noticed that Rox was still there, only now instead of looking at the ground he was looking at a stained glass window that had formed on the wall in front of him. The stained glass art was that of a tall man with long red hair smiling at him and a shorter girl with short black hair getting her hair ruffled up by him. She was also smiling.

"Rox c'mon. You need some sleep after the amount of hits you took," Ginny said softly as Harry nodded.

After a moment of silence, Ginny shrugged sadly and left, Harry walking behind her.

As Rox looked at the window, the moon appeared through the clouds and shone down on him through the window as a tear fell from his face.

-Axel-

-Xion-