Ron groaned as he sat down on a chair in the library "this sucks" he commented to his friends who sighed in agreement. They had just lost to Tracey and Hermione again after which Snape had scolded them and told them to practice more.

I just don't get it" Theo complained "how are those two so strong?" "They've had two years of practice" Harry pointed out "plus both of them are exceptional in schoolwork" Draco added.

"You four will need more than just practice if you want to beat them" a voice said making all of them turn around to see Percy Weasley and another boy standing at the library doorway.

The other guy was the same height as Percy with platinum blonde unruly hair and grey eyes. He was wearing a dishevelled suit without the tie and first thee buttons open to reveal his chest. He basically looked like some drunk that just got up from the alley where he had passed out in his own vomit.

"YOU!" Draco screamed and immediately attacked the blonde man who dodged his wild attacks and said "It's good to see you too Draco" the man said to which Ron and Harry turned to Theo "who is that?" Ron asked Theo who shrugged.

"Never seen him before" Theo answered as Percy used his magic to paralyse Draco "sit down Malfoy" Percy ordered the blonde boy but both the boys sat down "not you Zed" Percy told the blonde drunk, henceforth known as Zed.

"What a weirdo" Ron whispered to Harry who nodded as Zed got up from his seat and stood beside the elder Weasley

"He may be a weirdo" Percy glared at the two boys making them wilt under his gaze "but he is your teacher"

"What?" Draco demanded angrily "I refuse to learn under that man" the blonde boy sneered as he looked at Zed.

"That's fine because you will be learning under me" Percy told Draco who continued to glare at him. "Now Malfoy, Harry, come with me" Percy led them away leaving Zed in charge of Ron and Theo

"If you boys could get up" Zed told the two Dou users who complied. All of a sudden a magic circle appeared beneath them.

"What the damn hell?" Ron swore as their environment changed from the inside of the library to the mountainside. "What was that?" Theo asked to which Zed shrugged and answered "it was a transportation spell. It's kind of like a portkey but without the dizziness and can only be used by sorcerers."

"Where are we?" Ron asked and was given the answer "on the mountains near Hogwarts, any other questions?"

"Yeah" Theo said "why does Draco hate you so much?"

Zed smirked and answered "defeat me and I'll tell you" Ron and Theo shared a look, they hadn't been able to beat Tracey, Ron wasn't too sure about a guy who was going to teach them.

"Now" Zed smirked "you'll be doing some exercises, we'll be running laps along the mountainside, doing push ups and weigh lifts"

"Seriously?" Ron groaned he hated exercising "seriously" Zed answered "now start! We've got the whole night boys"

"Why do we have to do this?" Draco groaned as he and Harry were running down the path in the forest "this is so stupid"

"Exercise is an important part of one's health" harry grumbled. He wasn't too glad about being partnered with Malfoy, but he was trying to take it in stride if only Malfoy would stop complaining.

"Hey Malfoy" Harry initiated the conversation "what's your problem with that Zed guy?" None of your damn business" was Malfoy's reply which ceased all talking and allowed harry's mind to wander to their teacher.

Percy had seemed quite strict to Harry, with a no-nonsense attitude, quite different from his normal pompous self. Harry had always held Percy in low esteem, he was nice but seemed too pompous and rule bound for Harry's liking, but tonight he had seemed like a real teacher. Smart and scary.

"Ever since I've entered this society everything seems messed up" Harry complained mentally as he and Draco continued to run.

Little did he know that after running around till they were exhausted they were going to have to do push ups, crunches, and a whole lot of weight lifting.

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The next day was a hard one for Ron and much worse for Harry. "My whole body hurts" Ron complained to Hermione who rolled her eyes at his at him.

"That's a side effect of exercising, Ron, now stop complaining harry was also exercising all of last night, and you don't hear him complaining"

"That's because he's not here" Ron growled making Hermione roll her eyes "Be as that may be, there's nothing I can do to help you. You're going to have to find something else to take you mind off it"

"Fine" Ron huffed and walked out of the common room, Ron might've been tired but at least walking around seemed to stop his muscles from throbbing "poor Harry, all that exercise last night and quidditch practice today"

Ron closed his eyes, remembering the horror he had been subjugated to the previous night; and bumped into someone

"Sorry" Ron apologized automatically before seeing the face of the person he had bumped into "Tracey Davis!" Ron realised as the Slytherin girl pushed her chocolate brown hair behind her ears.

"That's me" Tracey nodded "what about it?" here eyes narrowed at Ron who seemed uncomfortable "sorry about bumping into you" Ron apologised again "Its fine" Tracey answered and was about to walk away if Ron hadn't asked her a question.

"Um could you help me with my training?" Ron asked hoping to find some way to find some more time to spend with the girl in front of him.

"Um, I don't think I can" Tracey said her dark grey eyes widening as she saw Ron's disappointment. "Don't get me wrong" she added "I would love to help, but at this stage building your strength is all you can do. Who's teaching you, by the way? I was taught by McGonagall"

"I'm being taught by some guy called Zed, a friend of my brother's; who's teaching Harry and Malfoy by the way" Ron answered nonchalantly

Tracey gaped at Ron "Potter and Malfoy are being taught by Percy Weasley?" Ron shrugged "yeah, what's the big deal?"

"The big deal Weasley is that you brother is a prodigy, he became a grand mage at the age of fifteen, the youngest ever. He's the only other grand mage in the whole school other than the headmaster. Disciples have been trying to become his apprentice's ever since he became a Master at thirteen; learning under him is a huge deal"

Ron took all this information in with increasing anxiousness, he thought he had finally escaped the Weasley name after becoming only sorcerer as Percy and Ginny were the only other sorcerers, but hearing about Percy made him feel that he could never escape the Weasley name for as long as he lived.

"I did not know that" Ron told Tracey "well maybe you can help me after the bodybuilding stage" Tracey shrugged "I don't think I will be able to teach you anything your brother can't"

"Right!" Ron smiled a bittersweet smile as he walked away

XXXXXXX

As October began, Ron and harry finally had another thing to be excited about,

Harry and Ron had finally gotten used to the pace at which his life seemed to be running; they had finally graduated from building their muscles to perfecting their shockwave abilities and were now ready for a rematch.

"You guys can do this" Zed said in a bored tone, "it's going to be a cake walk" the four boys didn't say anything each having a look of intense concentration, "so... any questions?" Zed asked wishing Percy hadn't made him do the pep talk

"Yeah" harry said uncertainty "why is there such a big crowd here?" and indeed a large number of people had gathered around the arena to watch the fight.

"Don't worry about the people harry, this isn't a spectator sport, just focus on kicking some ass" Zed grinned but harry didn't seem to be less worried at all.

"Don't forget that we also have to complete Hagrid's essay on mokes" Theo added making Ron groan and say "I forgot" and harry sigh in defeat

Malfoy sneered at his three companions "you wouldn't be facing this problem if you had completed your work beforehand" since Hagrid's first lesson was successful he had moved them onto mokes, a breed of lizards highly sought after for their skin.

"Duly noted male Hermione" Ron mocked Draco glare at him, "cut it out" Zed told them as Snape announced out "Davis, Weasley and Nott, enter the arena"

The boys walked into the arena while Tracey entered from the other side, Ron flashed a smile at her which Tracey returned briefly before her features morphed into a determined look.

"Flirt later lover boy" Theo told Ron as they took their stances, making Ron turn the famous Weasley red "I wasn't flirting" Ron retorted, Theo was spared from answering by Snape's voice

"Contestants" both boys turned their attention to their opponent "Ready" all three of them took their fighting stances "Fight!"

Ron rushed forward a Theo let out a shockwave aimed at Tracey. Tracey dodged Theo's attack and sprinted towards Ron who threw a punch at her; Tracey sidestepped his attack but felt it nick her on the side "they learnt armaments in such a short period of time?" Tracey wondered as sheSpun around and threw a shockwave at Ron from her elbow, the redhead barely dodged the attack, but was thrown off balance. Tracey was about to finish him but a shockwave from Theo forced her to dodge.

Armament was a shockwave technique where the user let the shockwaves cover his body and then use them to attack his or her enemies in close quarter combat.

Tracey ran towards Theo who threw more shockwaves at her but Tracey just blocked them, she suddenly felt a presence behind her and evaded to the side to see Ron pass the spot she was at a second before.

"They both try to get my attention to allow the other one to attack" Tracey thought and grinned "looks like I'll have to take things up a notch" Tracey jumped at Ron and threw him over her shoulder with a twist.

Ron was able to land on his feet but was treated to a frontal assault. Ron went toe to toe with Tracey but she seemed to have increased her speed. For every attack Ron blocked, another hit him.

"I've gotten you to stand between me and Nott" Tracey smirked towards Ron "what will you do now?" Tracey saw Ron was arming his torso with more and more magic "simple defence won't save you" Tracey told Ron who laughed.

Suddenly Tracey saw some movement from the corner of her eye and jumped back as two shockwaves crossed in front of her. Tracey stared at the two smirking boys in astonishment "armaments and curving shockwaves, exactly how far have these guys gotten within a month?" Tracey wondered as did most of the people watching the match "Exactly how much did these four learn during one month?" everyone was wondering.

Tracey decided to go all out; she began a frenzy of attacks on Ron who was barely able to dodge one of three, Theo too jumped into the battle and the two boys were able to hold off Tracey, but barely. The battle altered between close quarter combat (CQC) and shockwave orbit.

Tracey fought like an animal, not giving the boys even a moment of respite. "So this is the true level of difference between us" Ron thought as he was kneed in the stomach.

"We need to end this now" Theo told Ron who smiled grimly and asked "and how do we do that?" "Move to the side and be ready to attack" Theo told him. Ron fended off a few more attacks before jumping to the left and parried against a few more shockwaves from Tracey.

"No more tricks up your sleeves?" Tracey grinned as she added more armaments to her limbs "I've still got one trick" Theo told her as he blocked her punch with the flat of his hand and instantly all her armour dispersed.

"What the..." Tracey wasn't even able to complete her thought as she was barraged by shockwaves to her side courtesy of Ron; Tracey was thrown backwards as Snape blew his whistle. "Weasley and Nott win!" the potions master announced as there was applause from the people.

"What was that thing that Nott did?" Ginny Weasley asked Parvati Patil but the answer came from behind her.

"That is what we call wave cutting" professor McGonagall said startling the two girls "what Mr. Nott did was send miniscule shockwaves at Ms. Davis whose shockwaves dispersed, this happened because the shockwaves were too small to clash with Ms. Davis' shockwaves but large enough to disrupt them"

"That's amazing" Parvati commented

"What's amazing" McGonagall added "is that they were able to learn such a complex technique in such a short amount of time"

"Next fight, Potter and Malfoy versus Granger" Ron and Theo exited the arena hi fiving Harry and Draco who entered it.

"Ready! Set! Fight!" Snape announced

If people were expecting the three contestants to run towards one another as they had in the previous fight...they were mistaken.

Hermione started to walk towards he opponent who mirrored her action. They were slowly walking towards one another. "Um Ron!" Theo called his partner "why are everyone's eyes glowing?" and sure enough everyone's eyes had a light glow to them.

"Excite your spirit to observe the shockwave orbit" Zed instructed them his glowing grey eyes never leaving the arena. Ron and Theo did as told letting their emotions wash over them to excite them and began to see what everyone else was.

Hermione's shockwave orbit seemed to form a round barrier around her but for Harry and Draco it seemed to be formed by multiple waves being ejected from their hands, circling around them to form a barrier of sorts.

"What is that?" Ron asked and was answered by Percy, "that is what we call air sphere. It's when the user uses his magic to create a barrier around him at arm's length to deflect any incoming attack. What Hermione has formed is a regular air sphere while harry and Draco are using improvised air sphere's"

As the three sorcerers entered the centre of the stage, their air spheres clashed, harry and Draco began shooting shockwaves from the palms of their hands as Hermione deflected them with waves of her own.

Harry and Draco then split up and tried to overpower Hermione from opposite sides but Hermione didn't seem to be bothered in the least at the two way attack Hermione then suddenly released her air sphere and threw shockwaves at Harry and Draco simultaneously, throwing away the two boys.

"Interesting" Percy commented "when a Percy uses a powerful shockwave at close range, it tends to push them back due to it clashing with the opponent's shockwaves, but Hermione used two shockwaves to balance herself, quite brilliant in fact"

The two boys got back to their feet and repeated their assault as Hermione pushed them back, Draco tried to punch her, but Hermione simply grabbed his hand and threw him down, harry then threw a kick at her which she blocked with her hand and then raised her foot to block the punch Draco shot at her legs from behind her.

"She's on a whole different level" Draco thought before he locked eyes with harry conveying him what to do, the two boys approached their adversary again and began attacking again, Draco was cautious in his attacks, bidding for the right moment and just as Hermione turned her attention to Harry, Draco made his move and threw a punch, which hit Hermione on the shoulder.

"What happened?" Hermione wondered as she sensed another attack from harry but as she was turning around, he was able to punch her in the knee; the only reason Hermione wasn't thrown off her feet was because she had armed her torso.

Again the two boys attacked and Hermione repulsed their attacks, as she pushed harry back, she once again felt Draco gathering magic behind her and turned meeting his fist with a punch of her own.

"So that's it" Hermione realised as she blew Harry and Draco away again, but instead of giving them time to attack again, she threw a barrage of shockwaves at them forcing them to retreat.

"Exactly what happened there?" Ron asked Percy. He was able to see the movements but what was going on in the battlefield was beyond him.

"Harry and Draco were deceiving Hermione by solidifying their magic at their forearms. As such when Hermione thought Draco's arm was two inches away, he had already punched her, using this 'deception punch' harry and Draco were able to attack Hermione, but when Hermione met Ron's punch with one of her own, she realised what they were doing and counter attacked them"

Ron and Theo then turned back to the match and watched Harry and Draco fend of Hermione as Percy continued "if you're wondering why Harry and Draco are able to hold off against Hermione now..."

"It's because harry and Draco bruised a shoulder and knee of her slowing her down, we know!" Theo cut off Percy who laughed and indeed Hermione was slowing down and looked strained.

"I'll have to end this quickly" Hermione decided and began to attack Harry and fend off Draco without paying much attention to him. "This is it" Draco realised that the match was going to end one way or another.

Draco stood in the middle of the arena and crouched down and began to gather his magic, "he's going to" Harry grinned and began to focus solely on defending himself hoping to give Draco as much time as possible.

From the sidelines, Percy saw what Draco was doing and smiled darkly as he remembered that particular stance "What willpower! These boys are willing to go to any lengths to win"

FLASHBACK

Percy looked around him as harry lay fallen and Draco was down on one knee "that moves of yours nearly killed both of you" Percy told Draco who gave him a hollow laugh. The trees and rocks in the nearby vicinity were destroyed and the two boys were bleeding heavily

"That! Is my trump card" Draco told Percy who glared at him "that is pure suicide" Percy growled out and Draco laughed "fight, fight with every last breath in your body. Remember?" Draco gave Percy a genuine, crazy smile.

Percy laughed out loud "look at you, all grown up and shit" Draco sighed as he collapsed onto the ground "now let me explain to you exactly what you did..."

FLASHBACK

Harry finally fell down after Hermione relentlessly attacked him for almost five minutes

"What is Draco DOING?" Ron demanded as Hermione advanced towards Draco from behind him

"They're dead men" Theo moaned as Hermione jumped from behind Draco intending to take him down in one blow.

"NOW!" Percy cried mentally as Draco threw out is arms in both directions and magic rolled off of them and pelted on Hermione like rain on land. As Hermione was thrown back, blood started to spurt off Draco's arms as he fell down.

Percy began to explain what happened to Ron and Theo "magic is created by the release of electrical impulses from the muscles; they tend to gather in the forearm before being released in shockwaves or spells. What Draco did was release each wave of magic directly from the surface of his skin in curved shockwaves so that it hits Hermione. Bu the downside is that this move pushes so much strain through the muscles that they start to tear apart"

And then as Hermione collapsed onto the ground, Snape blew his whistle "Potter and Malfoy win!"