Complicated Love Lives

Chapter Four

Disclaimer: It's not me! I didn't write the H.P series! I swear!

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"Good, I wouldn't want to take points away from my best student now would I?" he smiled and winked at Remus.

Remus grinned back and replied, "Of course not, professor."

Behind Remus, Sirius and James smirked

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"Right class, today we're going to practice dueling. Now, I DO NOT want any spells that maim or are permanent. That means no dark magic, okay?" he asked glaring at the Slytherins, who had an ability of twitching their wands accidentally, often causing another student to land in the Hospital Wing.

"Yes sir," the students chorused.

"Okay, who would like to go first?"

"I'll go first," came a cold voice from the back of the classroom. As the class turned to look, Severus Snape stalked up to the raised platform in the middle of the room, looking very much like a vampire.

"Would you like to pick your partner, or does anyone volunteer?"

"I'll do it," a voice volunteered. This time there was cheering, as the handsome, gorgeousest; (Quotation from Sirius himself) boy in the school came strutting up.

Snape's eyes if possible, darkened, as he saw his tormentor walking, no sorry, strutting up towards him.

"Hello Snivelly! How are you this gorgeous day? Wow, your hair looks different today. Oh, I know! The rain must have washed away a layer of grease!"

"Okay Mister Black, Mister Snape wands at the ready," Mr. Grevis, the teacher said, as the class laughed.

"On three, one two and go!"

However, Snape had started on two, giving Sirius no time to block.

"Stupefy!"

"That's not fair!" yelled an outraged James.

"Ah, but in an actual duel, there's no-one there to count you in, Potter. Black should have been ready," Snape said silkily, with a smirk on his face.

"Mister Snape does have a point, Mister Potter, but next time, please start after the count. Mister Snape, please go and stand in the winners square there," he pointed to a box drawn with purple magic powder. It had a huge neon sign flashing Winners, while the opposite side of the room had a duplicate sign, only it flashed Losers.

"The next pair is Remus Lupin and Rodolphus Lestrange."

The duels proceeded, with Remus winning his quickly. Although that wasn't a big surprise!

Sam was paired up with Alice Prewitt, an easy-going girl, with cornflower blue eyes.

Addison paired up with Bellatrix Black (A/N stupid little bitch!)

James paired up with Vega Dextrin, a fellow Gryffindor and Lily with Narcissa Black, etc.

Finally, at the end of the duels, the result was an even number of Gryffindors and Slytherins in each box. Sirius, Sam, Addison, Lestrange, Narcissa had lost and were sulking in the losers box, while Remus, Alice, Bellatrix, James and Lily were in the winners box.

"Now, let's pick a random pair, to have our last battle before the bell rings. Hmmm. Okay, Ms Evans, and Ms Black, please step up."

They both stepped up. Lily gulped. 'Uh Oh!' she thought, 'She's going to force me to use dark magic. Damn it!'

Bellatrix, on the other hand was thinking something completely different. 'HA, finally. I've got the stupid mudblood. Let's see what she learnt at Durmstrang.'

(A/N Lily went to Durmstrang for the first four years of her school life, years 1-4. Then she transferred to Hogwarts for a mysterious reason. Durmstrang is a school renowned for its teaching of the Dark Arts, so every one, especially the Slytherins wanted to see exactly what Lily had learnt.)

"Okay, on the count of three, one, two and three!"

Without opening her mouth Bellatrix shot a spell at Lily.

Without blinking an eyelid, Lily sent up a shield, and then sent a spell back at her, all without opening her mouth.

"She can do nonverbal magic? I didn't know that!" Sirius exclaimed.

"What's wrong mudblood? Afraid to fight me because you'll lose? Or is it because you don't know how to fight?" Bellatrix taunted.

"I don't want to waste my energy on you," Lily replied.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Whatever you think it means."

Class POV

All this time they had been shooting and dodging spells. Suddenly, Bellatrix asked a very odd question.

"Are you missing Rose, Lily dear?"

Lily had been about to raise her wand for another spell, when she froze. She turned as white as paper, and then her eyes began to glow a bright emerald green.

"What did you say?"

A/N: Dun dun duhhhhhhhh! HEhehehehehahhaahhaha. Ahem. Sorry about that. Anyway, how is life, folks. I know, isn't it great that I've finally gotten around to writing the fourth chapter? Yippee!

So what do you think? Is it good? Please review. I promise to update all my stories this school holidays!