"Test" - a prequel to "Pain".
Ginny sucked in her breath sharply as she dove forward and rolled as she landed, coming to rest with her back against a crate. Almost instantly, several spells hit the opposite side of the crate, the combined power making it explode into bit-sized pieces. Ginny scrambled to her feet, rattling off spells as she hurtled towards a corner of the room. If she could get out of sight, just for one minute…
A Breaking Curse missed her leg by centimeters and she threw herself into the shadows with a sigh of relief. Using the flat magical objects on her palms and shoes, she moved up the wall until she was at the corner between the ceiling and the two walls.
She gratefully took the time as a breather and watched the mages converge on her last ground position, and smiled grimly when one turned their back to her in apparent confusion. With a flick and two muttered words, he was down and out for the count. Ginny nearly felt bad – she'd known him, but he'd volunteered to participate in her final test, and he happened to be one of the casualties.
Ginny shrugged it off and moved along the far wall until they had left their postions and had split up to look for her. She dropped down quickly once and took out three in wrist spinning action.
Only one remained, and his identity was hidden from her. At once, she knew. He was the real test. He was the one she truly had to defeat in order to win this. The others were just to confuse her, to toy with her. It made complete sense now.
The first few spells were her experiment for determining his strategy, but his tracking skills were incredibly fast. He kept locking on her position and accurately covering the area with spells aimed at sending her to the ground. And when he finally forced her down, she was terrified she wouldn't be able to take him, but she steeled herself.
He raised his wand against her, and suddenly, she knew exactly what spell he was about to cast.
"Subsisto Virga Raptor!" She cried, and her spell reversed his, slamming him to the ground. She immobilized him and planted a foot on his chest, dragging back his hood.
She stared. And stared.
Harry Potter cracked a smile. "Good job." He croaked at her.
Day 8, Test
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'Subsisto Virga Raptor' roughly translates to 'Stop Wand Thief', using an English-to-Latin online free translator, so most likely it's not exact. In case this doesn't make sense to anyone, Harry was going to use his "signature" spell on her, and Ginny's subconcious figured out it was Harry fast enough to stop him.
Next up - the pre-prequel to "Hope"! Yes, there are now two prequels! Be excited :)
