Chapter 2 Duels and birthdays

Her father blinked. "What?" Nita gave him a sharp look. "Dad, I know I don't usually argue, but this is important to me. Even if I want to work as a healersome day, I want to try this. So, I asked you if I beat you in a duel, can I have a go then?" James looked at his wife and she nodded.

"Darling, I thinkyou should try. If they say that you are so good that they want to give you a try, then go ahead." She hugged her mother. Her father looked unsure. "Father,I challenge you to a wizard's duel, in ten minutes." she held her hand out and he took it. "Okay, you got it."

Nita headed to the dueling room ten minutes later, dressed in black pants, a red t-skirt and boots. Her father was dressed in a similar outfit. He worea set of black pants and t-shirt, and a pair of worn combat boots. Her mother stood on the sidelines. "Okay, nice and clean, and James, don't you hex herwith something dangerous!"

Her husband nodded. "Ok, on my mark." Nita bowed to her father, and he bowed to her. "Three, two, one!" Her father shouted thedisarming spell, and Nita stepped aside. "Rictusempra!" She aimed at her father, but he dodged gracefully. "Impedimenta!" Her father aimed at her, andshe threw up a shield. "Protego!"

The fight lasted for a half an hour in the same style. No one hit the other, and Nita could see her father getting tired. The hexes started to get morepowerful and nastier for every turn. Nita decided to show her father that she was good at this. "Incendio!" She aimed at him and right after that, shebellowed, "Insratero!" Her father was hit by the spell in his left arm and he shouted, "Stupefy!" Nita threw up a shield. "Protego reflekto!"

Her fathers curse flew back at him and he fell to the floor. Her mother beamed at her before she released her husband. "Finite." He rose from the floorand stared at her in defeat. "Ok, you may try." Nita threw herself at him and hugged the man. "Thanks dad."

After lunch, Nita and her father headed for the pitch. They released the snitch and kicked off. Her mother looked from the ground as they raced after thesnitch with the speed of light. She held her breath when they dived, only to go up in the last moment before hitting the ground. She groaned. She would neverunderstand her daughters and husbands enthusiasm about flying, but she supported them nevertheless. But it was trying to see them fly so fast, in constantdanger of falling off and breaking an arm or worse. She was relieved when they came down and joined her again.

Nita went up to her room that evening and started to write the necessary letters.

Mr. Donovan

I'm honored to be given this chance and I will gladly take you up on your offer. I just have some small questions. When will I be tested, and how? If youdecide that I'm good enough, what courses will I take? As you know I have two years left at Hogwarts and want to have plenty of time over so I can takemy Newt´s.

Sincerely yours

Demonita Potter

She folded it and started on another one.

These are my electives for the final two years at Hogwarts.

Potions (standard)

DADA (advanced)

Magical Healing

Muggle Healing

Charms (advanced)

Dueling

Wandless magic

Transfiguration (advanced)

I would also like to take muggle driving license.

Demonita Potter

Three days later, on July 31, a bunch of teenagers came by floo at 9.30. "Nita!" Padma Patil called her name as fast as she had arrived. Nita came in tothe room.

"Padma, what are you doing here?" She had just said that when the fireplace flashed again a raven haired boy her age stepped out. "Happy birthday,Nita." She looked at her friends. "Thanks, but you didn't have to.."

"I invited them honey." Her father stood by the door. "It's your birthday after all.

The fireplace went green and two redheads came out.

"Happy..."

"...birthday"

"Milady.."

"We hope..."

"...you like it."

They handed her a large box that was more than heavy. "Fred and George Weasley, stop talking like that, it's annoying!" She laughed at them. "Everythingfor you, partner." Demonita nodded. "Good."

Fred and George were two of her best friends and together they owned WWW, a joke shop in Diagon Alley. She wasn't much for jokes and pranks, but she likedthem anyway, besides, they could be used as revenge on the weasley twins, if they pranked her.

After a half an hour, all her friends had arrived and Nita found herself in front of an enormous pile of presents and cards. She began at the top.

Padma gave her a book about the History of the Ministry, Fred and George's large box was a box full of pranks (as expected). Terry gave her an amulet, formedas an eagle. Susan Bones and Hannah Abbot gave her a new bag, weightless and expanded to never be full.

Her parents had given her a new broom, a Fireflash 3000, the newest on the market, and some gold and books about healing and hand to hand combat. She thanked them all for coming and the team headed to the pitch for a game of quidditch. Her friends were the only ones who knew about Nita's skill as a seeker, so

she didn't play at school. They teamed up and started a wild fight.

Two hours later, when her friends had gone home, an owl landed on her shoulder, when she walked on the terrace.

Ms Potter

Kindly report to Alastor Moody 2pm tomorrow, for a duel and the test.

Lars Donovan