"Who?" Amaya asked as Harry and Ron rushed out the door with Ginny.
"Just come on!" Hermione said grabbing Amaya's arm, and pulling her along.
Hermione and Amaya stopped short of a crowd. The hallway was completely packed.
"Shoot!" Hermione muttered. "We'll never see anything now."
"I still don't get it." Amaya said, jumping up and down trying to see over everyone's head.
"There's no point in jumping," Hermione told her. "We'd have to fly or something to be able to-"
Amaya looked at Hermione, and Hermione looked back.
"Are you thinking, what I'm thinking?" Amaya asked.
"Only if you're thinking what I think you're thinking." Hermione told her.
They both smiled and pulled out their wands.
"On the count of three," Hermione said. "One... Two... Three!"
"Windgardium Leviosa" they said in unison, and with a flick of their wands, both Hermione and Amaya were floating in mid-air.
"I suppose," Amaya said, thinking aloud, "That great minds really do think alike."
They laughed as they turn to watch the duel. Cho and Pansy were circling each other trying to size one another up. Cho raised her wand, and was about to strike when a voice called out from down the hallway.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?" Lori's voice boomed.
She made her way through the crowd until she reached the center. To everyone's suprise, she wasn't mad or upset. In fact, she looked quite pleased with the situation.
"A duel?" she asked. "Honestly, if you're going to duel, you could atleast do it right. Don't tell me you've never been taught to."
She sighed and moved Cho and Pansy in front of her.
"Now face each other, and bow."
Cho and Pansy did as they were told.
"Now, about face, and take.. oh, let's say 5 paces."
They turns, and took 5 steps, and turned back around.
"On three, you will try to disarm your oppenent." Lori told them. "Well, as long as you don't kill each other any spell or charm is good really."
Lori back her way through the crowd, leaned against a wall, and crossed her arms.
"One," she said,"Two. . . three!"
"Expelliarmus!" Cho shouted.
Pansy's wand flew out of her hand, and hit the wall right next to Lori's head, breaking in two.
"Stupify!" Choa said again.
This time Pansy fell straight to the floor. Everyone but the Slytherins were cheering. Lori, with a smirk on her face, picked up the borken peices of Pansy's wand. She walked over to Pansy's body, and flicked her own.
"Ennervate." she said, reviving Pansy. "You lost." she told her. "You lost big time."
"She cheated." Pansy said, standing up.
"No," Lori told her. "You lost.You put up no defense what so over, and you're a what? 6th year? Come on, you should know how to duel by now." Lori returned the broken peices of Pansy's wand. "And you might want to get that fixed before classes start.
"As for the rest of you," she continued, "You may all go back to your compartments now. I believe the snack cart will be coming by soon"
That having been said, Lori parted her way through the crowd, and headed towards the front of the train. Everyone else began to walk back to their compartments. Conversations could be heard about how great Cho was. Of course, Pansy was still maintaining that Cho cheated somehow. But Harry and Ron were thinking of something entirely different: what was Lori doing on the train?
Amaya and Hermione were the first ones back in the campartment, being the last ones to leave. They picked up the books they had been reading, and pretended as if they never left. "That was shorter than I thought." Amaya told Hermione. "Well, I kind of expected that. Pansy is an overgrown flobberworm, you know." "I never would've guessed." Amaya replied sarcasticly.
Then Ron and Harry entered.
"Just come on!" Hermione said grabbing Amaya's arm, and pulling her along.
Hermione and Amaya stopped short of a crowd. The hallway was completely packed.
"Shoot!" Hermione muttered. "We'll never see anything now."
"I still don't get it." Amaya said, jumping up and down trying to see over everyone's head.
"There's no point in jumping," Hermione told her. "We'd have to fly or something to be able to-"
Amaya looked at Hermione, and Hermione looked back.
"Are you thinking, what I'm thinking?" Amaya asked.
"Only if you're thinking what I think you're thinking." Hermione told her.
They both smiled and pulled out their wands.
"On the count of three," Hermione said. "One... Two... Three!"
"Windgardium Leviosa" they said in unison, and with a flick of their wands, both Hermione and Amaya were floating in mid-air.
"I suppose," Amaya said, thinking aloud, "That great minds really do think alike."
They laughed as they turn to watch the duel. Cho and Pansy were circling each other trying to size one another up. Cho raised her wand, and was about to strike when a voice called out from down the hallway.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?" Lori's voice boomed.
She made her way through the crowd until she reached the center. To everyone's suprise, she wasn't mad or upset. In fact, she looked quite pleased with the situation.
"A duel?" she asked. "Honestly, if you're going to duel, you could atleast do it right. Don't tell me you've never been taught to."
She sighed and moved Cho and Pansy in front of her.
"Now face each other, and bow."
Cho and Pansy did as they were told.
"Now, about face, and take.. oh, let's say 5 paces."
They turns, and took 5 steps, and turned back around.
"On three, you will try to disarm your oppenent." Lori told them. "Well, as long as you don't kill each other any spell or charm is good really."
Lori back her way through the crowd, leaned against a wall, and crossed her arms.
"One," she said,"Two. . . three!"
"Expelliarmus!" Cho shouted.
Pansy's wand flew out of her hand, and hit the wall right next to Lori's head, breaking in two.
"Stupify!" Choa said again.
This time Pansy fell straight to the floor. Everyone but the Slytherins were cheering. Lori, with a smirk on her face, picked up the borken peices of Pansy's wand. She walked over to Pansy's body, and flicked her own.
"Ennervate." she said, reviving Pansy. "You lost." she told her. "You lost big time."
"She cheated." Pansy said, standing up.
"No," Lori told her. "You lost.You put up no defense what so over, and you're a what? 6th year? Come on, you should know how to duel by now." Lori returned the broken peices of Pansy's wand. "And you might want to get that fixed before classes start.
"As for the rest of you," she continued, "You may all go back to your compartments now. I believe the snack cart will be coming by soon"
That having been said, Lori parted her way through the crowd, and headed towards the front of the train. Everyone else began to walk back to their compartments. Conversations could be heard about how great Cho was. Of course, Pansy was still maintaining that Cho cheated somehow. But Harry and Ron were thinking of something entirely different: what was Lori doing on the train?
Amaya and Hermione were the first ones back in the campartment, being the last ones to leave. They picked up the books they had been reading, and pretended as if they never left. "That was shorter than I thought." Amaya told Hermione. "Well, I kind of expected that. Pansy is an overgrown flobberworm, you know." "I never would've guessed." Amaya replied sarcasticly.
Then Ron and Harry entered.