Monday

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" As she spoke, Ginny Weasley looked around the empty Room of Requirement she could feel her nerves rising. True they'd been using the room to train for a long time, but only really under Harry's supervision.

Standing beside her Luna Lovegood chuckled. "Harry said he wanted us all to practice," she told her friend in a light and airy voice. "The Room of Requirement is the best place to train without getting caught."

Ginny offered her friend a weak smile. "You know what I mean. Shouldn't we be doing this with everyone else here, not just the two of us?"

Luna turned on the spot, taking in the room around them before finally facing her friend again a broad smile across her face. "You wanted to try to experiment, there's no point working out surprise tactics if everyone knows what they are."

It was Ginny's turn to let out a slight laugh, "I suppose you're right." As she spoke she lifted her wand, taking a few steps away from Luna the two of them facing off against each other. "Let's get on with it shall we?"

"As you wish," Luna replied with a smile, raising her own wand the two girls staring at each other for a few moments.

"Stupefy!"

"Expelliarmus!"

The spells shoot out from both girls wands, clashing together in the middle of them in a dazzling display of light, both Ginny and Luna taking a slight step backwards in the light, before starting to circle each other slowly, not taking their eyes off of their opponent.

"Expelliarmus!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Once again the two spells clashed together in a dramatic display of light, Ginny momentarily having to cover her eyes against the blast, before quickly regaining her composure. "We're pretty evenly matched," she called across to Luna with a smile.

Luna nodded, "that's why I thought it would be good to practice together. We can try out some different spells to-"

"Expelliarmus!"

The spell hit Luna before she could finish her sentence, throwing her wand away across the Room of Requirement. "Isn't that cheating?"

Ginny shot her friend a wicked smile. "I thought that was the point of this, to try things our opponent wouldn't expect."

As Luna bent to pick up her wand she studied her friend, her eyes filled with wonder for a moment, a look that Ginny was about to question but didn't have time.

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

"What?"

Ginny's startled question was quickly answered as Luna's spell hit her left shoe, the shoe, and by extension her foot suddenly lifting into the air. A startled scream left Ginny's lips as she found her foot continuing to rise, suddenly lifting her off the ground and tipping her upside down. "What are you doing?" As she hung upside down Ginny suddenly felt her skirt shifting, falling to the effects of gravity from her knees, to her thighs before finally turning inside out, and flashing the plain white panties she was wearing. Her hands quickly move to push her skirt back to afford herself some cover, but as she does she spots Luna lifting her wand once more.

"Expelliarmus!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Forced to let her skirt drop again Ginny lifted her wand to quickly counter Luna's spell, her cheeks flushing both from her sudden exposure and the blood slowly rushing towards her head. Struggling, Ginny finally manages to use her free foot to kick off her floating shoe, dropping her back down to the floor with a thud. Back on the ground her hands once again attempt to move her skirt back to cover her exposed underwear.

"Expelliarmus!"

Before her hands can reach her skirt Luna's next spell hits her hand, knocking the red heads wand away, but also preventing her from covering up for a few seconds longer.

"That was definitely cheating!" Ginny screamed at her friend, finally able to adjust her skirt to cover herself again, climbing to her feet and looking up at her floating shoe.

"I thought that was the point of this, to try things our opponent wouldn't expect." Luna threw Ginny's own words back at her with a smile.

Ginny paused for a moment, looking back up at her shoe, still floating on the ceiling before reluctantly tugging off her other shoe. "I'm not going to be duelling without any shoes," she shot at Luna, pouting. "We'll finish this tomorrow."

Luna stayed silent as she watched her friend storm away from her towards the door to the Room of Requirement in just her socks. As the door closed behind Ginny, Luna bent down to pick up Ginny's shoe before following her to the door. At least she'd managed to secure a second date.