"Gryffindors," Crabbe grunted to Goyle and Pansy Parkinson as they walked down Diagon Alley pointing at a small group huddled about ten feet away.

"Don't start anything, Crabbe, Goyle. School starts in two days and we can't risk anything starting up and getting expelled. I'm going to go and get fitted for my dress robes. Now don't do anything hasty," Pansy, the surprising voice of reason said before she walked away.

Crabbe and Goyle looked at each other before walking over to a bench and sitting down and taking out comic books which they started to read. Unbeknownst to them, the group of Gryffindors started walking towards them.

Seamus Finnigan was the first to speak.

"Wow, didn't think that I'd ever live to see the day when I saw a Slytherin reading," he said loudly.

Crabbe and Golye looked up, trying to decide whether they had just been insulted or complimented.

"Yeah, usually those Slytherins have to be read to by their mommies to understand anything!" Dean Thomas piped in as the group burst out laughing.

Crabbe and Goyle stood up together.

"Are you talking to us?" Crabbe asked, glaring at Seamus and Dean.

"Well, do you see any other Slytherins walking around here?" Seamus asked, looking around.

Crabbe and Goyle looked around.

"BOO!" Dean shouted at them while they were turned around. They both jumped up and fell backwards. The whole Gryffindor group laughed as they started to walk away.

"Mudbloods!" Crabbe called.

The whole group turned around as now due to Code 552, the use of the word "Mudblood" was outlawed in wizarding areas namely thanks to Hermione Granger.

"Did you call us Mudbloods?" Dean asked.

"I did say Mudblood," Crabbe said shakily.

"Did you call us Mudbloods?" Dean asked again, more vehemently this time though. "If I were to say yes, would the law be on our side?" Crabbe asked Goyle quietly.

"No!" Goyle immediately answered.

"No, I did not call you Mudbloods, but I did say Mudblood," Crabbe answered back.

"Do you wish a duel?" Goyle quickly added.

"The question is do you wish to duel?" Seamus piped in loudly.

Both Crabbe and Goyle and Seamus and Dean pulled out their wands.

"I'll back you up," cried Goyle and Crabbe took a step towards Seamus and Dean.

"Are we to duel? Then let us start on the count of three," Seamus said as he backed up.

"One...Two...," he started.

"Wait!" Pansy cried as she came out of Madame Malkins, "Don't fight! Put away your wands. This isn't the time or place to duel!"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Why waste your time trying to keep peace, when it obviously doesn't want to be kept?" said a voice from the other side of the now empty street. Everyone looked to see Ron walking down the street.

"Ron. Don't try and start something. Help me keep the peace. We all received Dumbledore's notice that if any Syltherin is caught dueling with Gryffindors, the punishment will be extremely harsh, especially after the duel that broke out three days ago between those six years," Pansy pleaded, trying to save hers, and he friend's skins.

"Peace? You want me to help you keep the peace after a Slytherin killed Charlie two weeks ago? I have grown a hatred for all Slytherins, peace and you," he said while quickly pulling out his wand.

"Fine then," Pansy said as she held up her wand and yelled, "Expilliarmus!"

Ron ducked and ran towards her. The crowd parted around them as Pansy and Ron started to duel.

Fifteen minutes later, neither Pansy nor Ron had done much harm to each other, although they had nearly blown up half of the street that they were on. Pansy was stopped from throwing another hex at Ron when she felt her wand slip from her hands. Looking up, she saw Ron's fly away too and together, they flew towards Professor Dumbledore, who had been standing at the end of the street for the majority of the duel.

"My children," Dumbledore began, "this is the third duel I have stopped this week alone in Diagon Alley. I must request that you refrain from dueling any more, both in or out of school, or you will face certain expulsion. Now I'll keep all of you wands for safekeeping," he said as all of the wands flew towards him. Dumbledore gave a slight nod of the head and walked away.

"Well, that's a way to stop a duel," Pansy said after she, Crabbe and Goyle had watched all of the Gryffindors walk down the rest of the street.

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AN: well,here's the second chapter! Thanks for reading and please leave a review!!! Luv you lots!