Duel in the Castle

By

Angelina

The night was a dismal one. Rain fell in sheets across the highlands of Scotland; the cold seeping into every home, underneath every blanket, and chilling young and old alike to the very bone.

The scene was vastly different, however, inside the Great Hall of the large castle that lay hidden away among the hills. The floating candles twinkled brightly, dispelling the harsh downpour that played across the enchanted ceiling, as they cast their glow on the scene far below.

It was time for another duel at Hogwarts, the hall packed with fifth year students as they all crowded around the long, rectangular stage set up specifically for that night's duel.

Robin stood in a crowd of many students, all clothed in black robes accented with lining and ties of either green, blue, yellow, or red.

Though the hall was full of students, Robin could clearly see some of his teammates across the stage, glaring at him with less than pleasant eyes. Conner stood tallest, a lightning bolt scar peeking out behind his black hair. Wally stood next to him, his red hair standing in stark contrast to black robes two sizes too big and obvious hand-me-downs from his numerous older brothers. On the other side of Conner stood a young red-headed girl, Wally's younger sister and youngest of the Weasly bunch. Robin nearly spat in contempt as the surname flashed across his mind. The Weasly girl was hanging off of Conner like her life depended on it.

Next to Wally stood a curly haired blonde with buckteeth and a mean scowl, Artemis, known for her know-it-all attitude, her insufferable need to be right, and her love of books. Robin suspected that she currently had half the library crammed into a bag he had no doubt she magically extended without any of the professors' knowledge.

His thoughts were interrupted, however, by one of the professors yelling out over the student body, "Silence!"

A greasy haired man with striking navy eyes and pure midnight robes climbed up to the raised stage, drawling out the rules to the duel in his ever-present monotone. Professor Wayne, the potions master and head of Slytherin house, he was feared by all in the student body save for several lucky Slytherin students. Robin happened to be one of those students.

"Yes, yes, I do believe they get it," the voice of a wizened Professor Canary, head of Gryffindor house, rang out as the blonde professor finished deemed it prudent to interrupt Professor Wayne for sake of brevity.

Robin rolled his eyes, of course they got it, this was only their fourth duel this term! Only a git would forget the rules in the span of a few weeks. He didn't know for certain why the school insisted on having so many duels, but he believed it was because of the rumours Conner and his lot were spreading around about the Evil Lord returning. Frankly, Robin couldn't bring himself to care the reason for the duels, as long as he got to fight other students without getting in trouble, he was happy.

"Very well then," the monotone of Professor Wayne broke him out of his musings, "pick your student."

Professor Canary nodded, selecting an over-eager Conner from the crowd. The boy took his place on stage and brandished his long, holly and phoenix feather wand.

"You!" Snape pointed directly toward him and Robin could feel Roy's (his lackey in rule-breaking activities) hands on him as he offered him up for the duel. Roy grunted a quick good luck as the crowd pressed him closer to the stage in their eagerness to get as close a view as they could of what would surely be an epic duel. After all, mortal enemies rarely got to fight one another without the possibility of expulsion.

Robin sneered at Conner as he stepped firmly onto the stage, drawing his dragon-core wand from a specially sewn pocket in his robe's wide sleeve, "you ready, Kent?" he spat the boy's surname with malice.

"Whenever you are, Grayson," Robin almost smirked when he heard his venom return in Conner's voice, he always knew how to pick a fight with that boy.

"Remember, only aim to disarm you partner, not to harm him," said Professor Canary as the hall of students hushed into a deadly silence.

Both Robin and Conner walked towards each other, wands held before them, ignoring the few subdued shouts of encouragement they received from the crowd of students.

"Bow," Professor Wayne's monotone drawled out.

They both bowed stiffly, neither taking their eyes of the other. Turning around sharply, they walked back three long strides before turning to face each other again.

"Wands at the ready," Robin wished the professors would just get on with it already; he had been waiting for this chance for weeks.

"Begin!" the word hadn't even finished leaving Professor Canary's mouth when Robin was shouting out his spell.

"Stupefy!"

"Protego!" either Conner's spell had been too late, or too weak to stop his (Robin preferred to think the latter), because the boy went flying back and tumbled off the stage, falling in a heap in front of his friends where he remained motionless.

Megan gasped and threw herself on him in concern, Artemis coming behind, shouting dirty looks at Robin at the same time as babbling off instructions to Megan. Wally stood above the two girls, fixing Robin with a deadly glare.

Robin blew on the tip of his wand as if to blow away imaginary smoke from one of his best stunning spells.

"Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard!" the chant arose from the Slytherin students, starting out soft and beginning to grow into a loud chorus.

Robin raised his arms and smiled, reveling in the praise of the moment. He even received the rare proud glint that flashed across Professor Wayne's eyes before they became impassive again.

Suddenly, something in the back of Robin's mind clicked into place as he watched Wally.

"Draco Malfoy!" Robin shrieked as he realized the character he had been cast as. "Wally you're having a Harry Potter dream, aren't you?"

Wally, or should he say Ron, looked up sheepishly at him, his face rivaling the colour of his hair. "It's not my fault! You're the one who insisted on watching it last night!"

"Arg! That's the last time I ever let you watch a movie with me again. Now, hurry and wake up so I can get out of this nightmare!"

With Robin's shout still echoing in his head, Wally awoke with a start.

Robin looked up from his copy of Companion Guide to Harry Potter and fixed Wally with a pointed look, "Harry Potter dream?"

Wally nodded vigorously, "please don't kill me."

"I'm not the one you have to worry about, when Batman finds out you dreamt of him as Severus Snape, you are so dead."

Wally gulped audibly before something occurred to him, "how do you know I was dreaming of Batman as Severus Snape?"

Robin quirked an expressive eyebrow at him, "please, I was trained by Bats, and you just confirmed my suspicions. And speaking of Bats…" the young acrobat gesture behind him.

"Wallace West! You are banned from anything having to do with Harry Potter," Wally cowered in fear as Batman stepped out of the shadows he had been lurking in with a feral growl.

"Do I make myself clear?"

"Y-yes S-s-ir," the speedster stuttered as he desperately tried not to wet his pants.

"Good," Batman stalked past him with a swish of his cape and glared at his protégé.

"You got it, boss!" replied Robin to his unspoken command.

Batman glared again.

"Eesh, you've got to cut it easy with the names thing, boss."

Batman glowered.

"Ok, I'll stop with the boss."

And with that, the two were whisked back to Gotham by the Zeta tubes, leaving a still quivering speedster in their wake who would forever be terrified of Severus Snape.

A/N Oh dear, this was bound to happen at some point in time. I apologize for the existence of this, but I did have fun writing it There may be more done in the crossover, stay tuned to see what on earth I can pervert next!

More Disney movies are to follow, should I do Beauty and the Beast or Snow White next?

In case anyone couldn't figure out who the characters were, I have a cast list below:

Robin- Draco Malfoy

Wally- Ron Weasly

Conner- Harry Potter

Megan- Ginny Weasly

Artemis- Hermione Granger

Roy- Crabbe or Goyle, whichever you like best.

Professor Canary- Professor McGonagall

Professor Wayne- Severus Snape