A new chapter YAY! To give you all this chapter i'm failing maths, art and not to mention history... lol xshoebugx Anyway thanks again to xxTunstall Chickxx for doing a wonderful job. And now onto the show:
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Kel looked up from her homework to find Charlie looking at her oddly, a strange expression on his face.
Over the last few days homework had gotten heavier and heavier causing Dom and Kel to study more then ever before, although the palace homework had been bad it
made this workload seem like a summer holiday. Gradually the trio had fallen into the pattern of life at Hogwarts and of late people had stopped staring and
muttering when they walked past, although this couldn't be said for all.
Kel looked back up to find Charlie still looking at her, book held open in his hands.
'What?' said Kel, irritably.
Charlie grew red, not seeming to notice and thought a moment before answering.
'This is the third time I've told you,' Charlie said, his voice ever calm. 'But you've got to go to sword practise. Neal and Dom just went up to the dorm to get their swords and said they would be down in a sec.'
It was Kel's turn to grow red this time as she muttered thanks, before swearing and running to get her sword.
Over the last few days Kel had been short tempered, the workload finally catching up on her and not only that she was sick of not being able do to something the other students had been able to do for years. Kel, Dom and Neal were the worst in almost every subject and Neal only being able to stay ahead of the others by reading so many books, but when it came to the actual magic he was in the same boat as Kel and Dom.
Kel charged into her dorm, ignoring the shocked expressions of her fellow dorm
mates. She quickly walked over to her chest and pulled out her sword and glaive.
She heard the small gasps of the girls around her and quickly walked out the room. Although Kel had been practising with her weapons almost everyday for a week her dorm mates had still not gotten used to the sight of them.
Kel skipped down the stairs, taking three at a time before trotting over to where Neal and Dom were talking to Charlie, Bill and a few others of their dorm mates. Spotting her Dom tapped Neal on his shoulder and drew his attention to Kel.
'FINALLY!' Exclaimed Neal with mock anger causing Charlie and Dom to laugh while Bill gave Kel a exaggerated role of his eyes.
Kel was forced to laugh along with them when seeing the other boys' wary faces, it seemed that Dom and Neal's other dorm mates were slightly scared of Kel. Which wasn't surprising since Kel towered over all of them.
The trio quickly said their goodbyes before climbing out the portrait hole. A few days ago Professor Dumbledore had shown them a private room where they could practise their weapons.
Kel, Neal and Dom were just turning the corner when Charlie came running up to catch them, Bill trailing behind.
'Wait,' Charlie panted trying to catch his breath as well as the trio 'Can we come and watch?'
Kel threw quick glances at Dom and Neal to see if they minded Charlie and Bill coming to watch. Seeing they didn't, Kel nodded her head with a smile.
The small group of five slowly made their way to what Dumbledore called the Room of Requirement. Once there, Neal walked out side the door three times before opening the door to reveal a large indoor practise court.
Once through the door Charlie gave a low whistle. Dom turned and gave a large smile in response.
Kel started her warm ups with her glaive, starting slow and gradually getting faster until the glaive was just a blur in her hands. Quickly she led herself through a pattern dance before placing down her glaive and picking up her sword.
Kel came out of her dance to find Bill and Charlie looking at her, awe on their faces. While Dom and Neal had just given her a passing glance, Bill and Charlie had watched to whole thing amazed at her speed. Kel quickly put her mask in place afraid she would blush before joining Neal in a duel.
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Kel walked out the room behind Neal and Bill, Charlie and Dom at her side, extremely pleased with herself. Bill and Charlie had spent the time looking from duel to duel, mouths agape. On the other hand Kel had fought both Dom and Neal and beat both, barely breaking a sweat.
Kel joked with Dom and Charlie while walking back towards the Common Room, while Neal and Bill had both walked over to the library, talking about a book they had read. Once in the Common Room Kel excused herself to shower, Dom and Charlie doing the same.
Kel walked up the stairs which led to the girls' dorm rooms and turned left entering her room. Walking across the empty room she picked up her towel and walked into the bathroom. Over the last few days Kel has finally gotten used to using the shower with out burning herself, and now she quickly turned the taps with ease. Waiting till the room was filled with steam Kel hopped into the shower, letting the warm water calm her.
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Kel waited in front of the fire waiting till Charlie or Dom came down stairs. Listening to conversations Kel noticed that Quidditch had become a popular topic of late. Many talked of who the new captain would be and was about to find out when Charlie came and sat down next to her, a large box of jelly beans in hand. Although Dom had seemed to fallen in love with the sweet treat Kel could not see the attraction that they held.
'What's Quidditch?' Asked Kel breaking the silence.
'Mhm?' Charlie startled, taking his gaze away from the fire. 'Quidditch?
Quidditch is like the wizarding world's sport. It's really quite fun to play,' he said, smiling at some old joke. 'You fly around-'
'Fly!' Kel said loudly causing many first year students to turn around.
'Yes, flying,' Charlie said now laughing out loud. 'You fly around on broomsticks trying to shoot a ball through some hoops. You must really come to the next game, it's to hard to explain, you have to see it.'
Charlie was still laughing when Neal and Bill came back into the Common Room, piles of books in hand.
'God it's crowded in here,' said Neal as soon as he had reach where Kel and Charlie were sitting. 'And where's Dom?' He asked when he noticed his cousin's lack of appearance.
'Well,' Charlie began, smiling a bit sheepishly. 'He had a shower about an hour ago and when I was last in the dorm he was asleep.'
Neal laughed out right at that, Bill joining him. 'Of course, typical Dom,
Let's go wake him.' Neal finished with a gleeful grin, mischief twinkling in his eyes.
He quickly grabbed Kel's hand, dragging her up the stairs to the boys' dorm, Charlie and Bill following behind them. Kel for the first time walked into the boys' dorm and was amazed at how messy a room could be. Four beds lined the walls of the circular room, sheets unmade. Around the room things were thrown, piles of books, broken quills, bits of parchment and on top of it all Dom slept. The four friends crept over to the far bed and quietly stood around the mattress trying to decide what to do to Dom.
In the end it was Neal who decided what to do, and quickly made his hands glow in green magic. Suddenly Dom was covered in freezing water, and as quickly as it had happened the four friends ran out the room leaving a shouting Dom sitting in their wake.
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