Two weeks went by, and today was the tournament that would decide who would
be in the advanced DADA would be starting in a couple hours right after
dinner, and Alex and her friends was getting ready for it "Hermione, how
do you think you will do?" Alex asked "I wish I knew, I just hope I'm good
enough to get into advanced DADA," Hermione said, looking unsure "You'll do
fine, just remember all the spells we been reading up on, how about you
Ron?" Alex ask, turning to Ron "I guess, I'll do alright, but I'm glad we
don't need to duel six and seventh years" Ron said, looking glad "then
lets go, I'm hungry," Alex said, as she led her friends out.
Just as Alex and her friends reached the great hall, an extremely unpleasant voice stopped them in their tracks "Evans, I challenge you to the first duel!" Alex heard Draco say "Are you sure you want to loose this early?" Alex asked, turning to Draco. "I wont loose, and besides, you owe me for this," Draco said in a voice that chilled Alex's friends to the bone "Then I accept your challenge. So be prepared to stay in basic DADA," Alex said, as she went into the great hall with her friends.
Once seated on their table, Ron turn to Alex "Alex do you think, you can beat Malfoy?" Ron asked hopefully "Yeah no problem," Alex said looking confident "Alex, just make sure you come out of this alright." Hermione said, also worried "Don't worry, I will, but I don't think Malfoy knows what he just got himself into, so I think I'll have some fun with him, before ending the duel," Alex said, then spying Dumbledore heading toward the head table "I'll be back," Alex said, and got up to talk to him.
Before Dumbledore got seated, Alex quickly spoke "Professor Dumbledore, I need a favor." Alex said "If I can, I will allow it" Dumbledore said, turning to Alex "Malfoy just challenged me to the first duel, so can we be the first duelists?" Alex asked hopefully. "It can be arrange, just please be careful. Crystal would not be pleased to hear you got hurt," Dumbledore said, as Alex nodded "You don't need to worry about me, but Malfoy might need some help when I'm done with him," Alex said grinning, as she left Dumbledore.
Once dinner was over, Dumbledore banished the four house tables, and instantly conjured bleachers placed along the walls for the first through fourth years, and then conjured chairs for the rest of the years. "Please everyone, head to your new seating arrangements," Dumbledore called out, and the students left the benches they were on and went to the new seats. Then
once it was clear, Dumbledore banished the benches, and conjured a large dueling area, right in the center of the great hall.
Once the students had settled down, all of the professors came, who sat on the sidelines, watching everything, as Sirius and Remus, got on the dueling platform.
Once on the platform, Sirius first spoke "We will be having five duels a day until we can decide who the lucky top ten students for each year are, the rules are simple, none of the unforgivable curses are allowed, this also includes permanent curses, anyone using them, will be expelled or sent to Azkaban, did I make myself clear?" Sirius said decisively, as everyone nodded "Good, now we have the first two duelists, would the lovely, beautiful, charming and very talented Alexandra Evans please come up?" Sirius said as he bowed to Alex, whom blushed at the statement, as she entered the dueling area, and once she was
in place "Her opponent, is the dreadful, rude, incompetent-" Sirius was cut
off, by Remus "Draco Malfoy please come up quickly before he can think of anything more to insult you with," Remus said, as a glaring Malfoy step onto the stage.
Once Draco was in place, Sirius glared at him "You both know the rules, now
shake hands, and head to your places," Sirius said, and both Alex and Draco
went to each other and shook hands. "Lets make a wager Evans, if I win, you be my girlfriend," Draco said with a grin. "I will, if you agree to forget
that stupid crush on me, if I win," Alex said, as Draco accepted it, and both turned to walk ten paces.
The second Alex got to her place "Expelliarmus!" Draco yelled, but Alex quickly ducked, and spun around. "Incendio!" Alex yelled, but before the spell hit. "Protego!" Draco said, stopping the spell from hitting him.
Once Draco stopped Alex's spell "You are good Evans, now try this, AVIS!" Draco shouted, and a hundred birds flew at and about Alex, almost blocking her view "Great got no choice, please let them think this was a spell!" With that thought, Alex called upon her fire element, and at the same time waved
her wand, to make it appear as if she had cast a spell, that sent a column of fire around her, destroying the birds in her firestorm.
As the column of fire finished off the birds, the top of it arched, and fell right on Draco, making him scream "Evans, what are-" Draco yelled, but was cut off, as the inferno engulfed him.
On the sideline, Sirius and Remus only could watch, as the fire engulfed both Alex and Malfoy "What is Alex doing?" Remus asked uncertainly. "I wish I knew." Sirius said, just as the fire on Alex's side faded out, to reveal a bouncing pink ferret. "Hey look, Alex is a ferret!" A Slytheryn shouted and the Slytheryns started laughing, but it soon stopped, as the fire on Draco side also petered out, to reveal a grinning Alex, holding two wands. "How did she- No never mind, Alex is declared the winner!" Sirius shouted, and quickly went up to Alex "Alex, what did I tell you about transfiguring people?" Sirius said, in a warning
tone. But Alex knew, he thought this was amusing. "Not to do it." Alex said truthfully "Well then let's go," Sirius said walking Alex off the stage.
Once on the floor, Snape step up to Alex "Aren't you forgetting something?"
Snape said menacingly "Oh yeah I did, here can you give Malfoy this" Alex said, handing Draco wand to Snape" no not that, I want you to transfigure Draco back normal" Snape said callously "Do I have to?" Alex ask Sirius, "Sorry to say it, but you got to do it." Sirius said, as Alex nodded, and with a flick of her wand, Draco was back to normal "Evans, you'll pay for this humiliation!" Draco started "Quietus" Alex shouted, and Draco was voiceless "Evans attacking a student Detention-" Snape started, but was cut off "with Sirius for a week" Sirius said, looking to Snape" Alex attack a student during my class, not yours professor Snape." Sirius said, with authority, then turned to Alex "Alex I hereby place you in advance DADA, since the skills you have right now, you would probably take out all of your opponents, without any trouble, so please you have to sit this one out "Sirius said, with a grin" yes professor" Alex said, and went to the bleachers to sit.
Also during the first week, thanks to petitions from all of Gryffindors, Snape's detention for the misfired curse on Draco, was overruled by Dumbledore. Snape was also forced to give the detention to Draco for shooting the curse. This of course didn't sit at all well with Snape, and he made the Gryffindors life in the classroom even more unbearable then usual.
In the course of two weeks, ten students from fifth, sixth, and seventh years, were chosen, and to Alex's relief, Ron and Hermione was not only in advance DADA, they dueled in the finals, making them the top duelists next to her.
Once the Dueling tournament ended, life at Hogwarts continued on as normal,
but as the days passed, there was a change in Alex, a change that would erase all doubts about accepting a boyfriend, and within the first week of the next month, she finally made the decision, to ask a boy who she was started
to like, to the dance on Halloween, but one fear was in her mind. Would he
accept her, if he found out about out about her past?
Just as Alex and her friends reached the great hall, an extremely unpleasant voice stopped them in their tracks "Evans, I challenge you to the first duel!" Alex heard Draco say "Are you sure you want to loose this early?" Alex asked, turning to Draco. "I wont loose, and besides, you owe me for this," Draco said in a voice that chilled Alex's friends to the bone "Then I accept your challenge. So be prepared to stay in basic DADA," Alex said, as she went into the great hall with her friends.
Once seated on their table, Ron turn to Alex "Alex do you think, you can beat Malfoy?" Ron asked hopefully "Yeah no problem," Alex said looking confident "Alex, just make sure you come out of this alright." Hermione said, also worried "Don't worry, I will, but I don't think Malfoy knows what he just got himself into, so I think I'll have some fun with him, before ending the duel," Alex said, then spying Dumbledore heading toward the head table "I'll be back," Alex said, and got up to talk to him.
Before Dumbledore got seated, Alex quickly spoke "Professor Dumbledore, I need a favor." Alex said "If I can, I will allow it" Dumbledore said, turning to Alex "Malfoy just challenged me to the first duel, so can we be the first duelists?" Alex asked hopefully. "It can be arrange, just please be careful. Crystal would not be pleased to hear you got hurt," Dumbledore said, as Alex nodded "You don't need to worry about me, but Malfoy might need some help when I'm done with him," Alex said grinning, as she left Dumbledore.
Once dinner was over, Dumbledore banished the four house tables, and instantly conjured bleachers placed along the walls for the first through fourth years, and then conjured chairs for the rest of the years. "Please everyone, head to your new seating arrangements," Dumbledore called out, and the students left the benches they were on and went to the new seats. Then
once it was clear, Dumbledore banished the benches, and conjured a large dueling area, right in the center of the great hall.
Once the students had settled down, all of the professors came, who sat on the sidelines, watching everything, as Sirius and Remus, got on the dueling platform.
Once on the platform, Sirius first spoke "We will be having five duels a day until we can decide who the lucky top ten students for each year are, the rules are simple, none of the unforgivable curses are allowed, this also includes permanent curses, anyone using them, will be expelled or sent to Azkaban, did I make myself clear?" Sirius said decisively, as everyone nodded "Good, now we have the first two duelists, would the lovely, beautiful, charming and very talented Alexandra Evans please come up?" Sirius said as he bowed to Alex, whom blushed at the statement, as she entered the dueling area, and once she was
in place "Her opponent, is the dreadful, rude, incompetent-" Sirius was cut
off, by Remus "Draco Malfoy please come up quickly before he can think of anything more to insult you with," Remus said, as a glaring Malfoy step onto the stage.
Once Draco was in place, Sirius glared at him "You both know the rules, now
shake hands, and head to your places," Sirius said, and both Alex and Draco
went to each other and shook hands. "Lets make a wager Evans, if I win, you be my girlfriend," Draco said with a grin. "I will, if you agree to forget
that stupid crush on me, if I win," Alex said, as Draco accepted it, and both turned to walk ten paces.
The second Alex got to her place "Expelliarmus!" Draco yelled, but Alex quickly ducked, and spun around. "Incendio!" Alex yelled, but before the spell hit. "Protego!" Draco said, stopping the spell from hitting him.
Once Draco stopped Alex's spell "You are good Evans, now try this, AVIS!" Draco shouted, and a hundred birds flew at and about Alex, almost blocking her view "Great got no choice, please let them think this was a spell!" With that thought, Alex called upon her fire element, and at the same time waved
her wand, to make it appear as if she had cast a spell, that sent a column of fire around her, destroying the birds in her firestorm.
As the column of fire finished off the birds, the top of it arched, and fell right on Draco, making him scream "Evans, what are-" Draco yelled, but was cut off, as the inferno engulfed him.
On the sideline, Sirius and Remus only could watch, as the fire engulfed both Alex and Malfoy "What is Alex doing?" Remus asked uncertainly. "I wish I knew." Sirius said, just as the fire on Alex's side faded out, to reveal a bouncing pink ferret. "Hey look, Alex is a ferret!" A Slytheryn shouted and the Slytheryns started laughing, but it soon stopped, as the fire on Draco side also petered out, to reveal a grinning Alex, holding two wands. "How did she- No never mind, Alex is declared the winner!" Sirius shouted, and quickly went up to Alex "Alex, what did I tell you about transfiguring people?" Sirius said, in a warning
tone. But Alex knew, he thought this was amusing. "Not to do it." Alex said truthfully "Well then let's go," Sirius said walking Alex off the stage.
Once on the floor, Snape step up to Alex "Aren't you forgetting something?"
Snape said menacingly "Oh yeah I did, here can you give Malfoy this" Alex said, handing Draco wand to Snape" no not that, I want you to transfigure Draco back normal" Snape said callously "Do I have to?" Alex ask Sirius, "Sorry to say it, but you got to do it." Sirius said, as Alex nodded, and with a flick of her wand, Draco was back to normal "Evans, you'll pay for this humiliation!" Draco started "Quietus" Alex shouted, and Draco was voiceless "Evans attacking a student Detention-" Snape started, but was cut off "with Sirius for a week" Sirius said, looking to Snape" Alex attack a student during my class, not yours professor Snape." Sirius said, with authority, then turned to Alex "Alex I hereby place you in advance DADA, since the skills you have right now, you would probably take out all of your opponents, without any trouble, so please you have to sit this one out "Sirius said, with a grin" yes professor" Alex said, and went to the bleachers to sit.
Also during the first week, thanks to petitions from all of Gryffindors, Snape's detention for the misfired curse on Draco, was overruled by Dumbledore. Snape was also forced to give the detention to Draco for shooting the curse. This of course didn't sit at all well with Snape, and he made the Gryffindors life in the classroom even more unbearable then usual.
In the course of two weeks, ten students from fifth, sixth, and seventh years, were chosen, and to Alex's relief, Ron and Hermione was not only in advance DADA, they dueled in the finals, making them the top duelists next to her.
Once the Dueling tournament ended, life at Hogwarts continued on as normal,
but as the days passed, there was a change in Alex, a change that would erase all doubts about accepting a boyfriend, and within the first week of the next month, she finally made the decision, to ask a boy who she was started
to like, to the dance on Halloween, but one fear was in her mind. Would he
accept her, if he found out about out about her past?