Where in the World is Hogwarts Castle
Chapter 2: The Phantom Duelist
Merlin walked silently through the forbidden forest. Hogwarts was in sight, and he was looking for a job. Not that he could go around named Merlin. With two taps on the ground, his body altered into it's disguised state. He had made himself look like a wingless Azarel. His eyes no longer had that glowing quality that Azarel's did, but they still had a certain sharpness to them. He ran his hand through his long blonde hair. Then he transfigured a leaf into a mirror to admire himself.
"Perfect." He said
Then he realized he still had Azarel's commanding voice. He quickly changed it. He admired his bright blue eyes in the mirror.
"I hope you don't mind, Azarel." He said softly.
From then, a new man walked towards Hogwarts castle. He was no longer Merlin. He was Alseric. Alseric Dawbmoor.
**With Harry**
Harry and Sirius made it to the dungeon where the dueling club was to be held slightly early. The two split up and cast cushioning charms all across the floor. Harry cleansed the dungeon of filth with a quick "scourgify" while Sirius put up a charm to ward off rats. Harry turned a rat he saw scurrying outside the ward into a set of bleachers and set them against the wall, and Sirius painted the floor and made a dueling circle. The two had finished right before the students started to arrive.
The two of them waited in silence until the last of the students, and Snape showed up. Several other members of the staff showed up to watch. Even Madame Pomefrey.
"Welcome to the dueling club everyone. Since today is our first class, we're going to test your skills. I suppose we'll start off with an introductory duel between Myself, and Professor Snape. Does anyone have any questions about the art of dueling before we begin?" Sirius asked
After several seconds without a raised hand, he spoke again.
"Very well." Sirius announced, before raising his wand in a salute
Snape did the same. A green firework went off and the duel begun. And ended in one swift motion. A simple banishing charm sent Snape flying into the wall. The cushioning charms broke most of the hit. Then Snape's wand soared neatly into Sirius's hand.
"Good duel." Sirius said, a childish grin playing across his face. Sirius offered a hand to pull Snape up. Snape declined the hand.
"OK, that duel was entirely too easy. I'm now going to make a duel between Snape and my invisible friend." Sirius announced
Everyone laughed.
"I'm not joking." Sirius told them "Come here."
Harry walked over to his godfather.
"Imanust!" Sirius said loudly. Harry had a wave of water splash into him. For a fraction of a second, Harry's outline was visible.
"You see? Now then, we're having a duel between Professor Snape and my invisible friend. Lumosfuschia." Harry was illuminated by a bright red light,
Harry and Snape saluted, and the duel ended just as quickly, in a similar manner. "Aries!" Harry yelled. And Snape flew backwards like he'd been hit by a charging ram. Harry picked up the professor's wand and tossed it to him.
"Now that you get the gist of it, everyone line up in four lines. Slytherin and Hufflepuff girls, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor girls, Slytherin and Hufflepuff boys, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw girls." Sirius announced
Everyone shuffled about for a bit until they were all in their correct places.
"Now then. The first person in each of the Girl's lines may step forward." Sirius told them
The match was boring. In fact, all the matches were. None of the children used anything more complicated than a stunner. They usually lasted much longer than a duel should, and each and every one of them was hopeless. Except for Magnus Needlewind. Magnus swiftly dispatched his seventh year opponent with a jackhammer hex.
"Can you duel against your invisible friend?" Magnus asked after defeating the fifth opponent
"Well..." Sirius started before turning his head to Harry.
Harry nodded vehemently. (He was still lit up from the light spell.)
Neither of them had any clue as to the other's power.
END!
Merlin walked silently through the forbidden forest. Hogwarts was in sight, and he was looking for a job. Not that he could go around named Merlin. With two taps on the ground, his body altered into it's disguised state. He had made himself look like a wingless Azarel. His eyes no longer had that glowing quality that Azarel's did, but they still had a certain sharpness to them. He ran his hand through his long blonde hair. Then he transfigured a leaf into a mirror to admire himself.
"Perfect." He said
Then he realized he still had Azarel's commanding voice. He quickly changed it. He admired his bright blue eyes in the mirror.
"I hope you don't mind, Azarel." He said softly.
From then, a new man walked towards Hogwarts castle. He was no longer Merlin. He was Alseric. Alseric Dawbmoor.
**With Harry**
Harry and Sirius made it to the dungeon where the dueling club was to be held slightly early. The two split up and cast cushioning charms all across the floor. Harry cleansed the dungeon of filth with a quick "scourgify" while Sirius put up a charm to ward off rats. Harry turned a rat he saw scurrying outside the ward into a set of bleachers and set them against the wall, and Sirius painted the floor and made a dueling circle. The two had finished right before the students started to arrive.
The two of them waited in silence until the last of the students, and Snape showed up. Several other members of the staff showed up to watch. Even Madame Pomefrey.
"Welcome to the dueling club everyone. Since today is our first class, we're going to test your skills. I suppose we'll start off with an introductory duel between Myself, and Professor Snape. Does anyone have any questions about the art of dueling before we begin?" Sirius asked
After several seconds without a raised hand, he spoke again.
"Very well." Sirius announced, before raising his wand in a salute
Snape did the same. A green firework went off and the duel begun. And ended in one swift motion. A simple banishing charm sent Snape flying into the wall. The cushioning charms broke most of the hit. Then Snape's wand soared neatly into Sirius's hand.
"Good duel." Sirius said, a childish grin playing across his face. Sirius offered a hand to pull Snape up. Snape declined the hand.
"OK, that duel was entirely too easy. I'm now going to make a duel between Snape and my invisible friend." Sirius announced
Everyone laughed.
"I'm not joking." Sirius told them "Come here."
Harry walked over to his godfather.
"Imanust!" Sirius said loudly. Harry had a wave of water splash into him. For a fraction of a second, Harry's outline was visible.
"You see? Now then, we're having a duel between Professor Snape and my invisible friend. Lumosfuschia." Harry was illuminated by a bright red light,
Harry and Snape saluted, and the duel ended just as quickly, in a similar manner. "Aries!" Harry yelled. And Snape flew backwards like he'd been hit by a charging ram. Harry picked up the professor's wand and tossed it to him.
"Now that you get the gist of it, everyone line up in four lines. Slytherin and Hufflepuff girls, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor girls, Slytherin and Hufflepuff boys, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw girls." Sirius announced
Everyone shuffled about for a bit until they were all in their correct places.
"Now then. The first person in each of the Girl's lines may step forward." Sirius told them
The match was boring. In fact, all the matches were. None of the children used anything more complicated than a stunner. They usually lasted much longer than a duel should, and each and every one of them was hopeless. Except for Magnus Needlewind. Magnus swiftly dispatched his seventh year opponent with a jackhammer hex.
"Can you duel against your invisible friend?" Magnus asked after defeating the fifth opponent
"Well..." Sirius started before turning his head to Harry.
Harry nodded vehemently. (He was still lit up from the light spell.)
Neither of them had any clue as to the other's power.
END!