A/N Please Read: And here we are People! New Chapter of The Merlin's Cup! Sorry guys I have to change back to the Two weeks schedule which means two chapters in a month. This will be until the end of this year, I will move to Chapter per week in January!
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This is going to be a long Story that will introduce new characters and expand the Wizarding World! To those who came here after reading Griffin's Prophecy, the interlude story by the name of The Summer of 1995 is there and has some important stuff hence I recommend reading it.
This chapter is unbetaed.
Other Schools arrive at Hogwarts!
"Dialogue"
"Dialogues in Different language"
'Thoughts'
(Visions)
*Dreams*
{Written Letter}
{Spell Casting!}
Now without any more meaningless drabble! On to the Chapter!
⨳⨳※※※~Russia VS Egypt!~※※※⨳⨳
October 6th, Dueling Arena
The newly build Dueling Arena build on the grounds of Hogwarts was packed to brim with around 15000 spectators from around the world waiting excitedly for the first Dueling Match of the Tournament.
There were fan club's and groups from both competing nation with various banners, scarfs, hats which had faces of the there respective Champions. There was a separate section for press and another for the scouts of Dueling Teams from around the world.
Another sections was reserved for the Royal families of various nations and there entourages along with ICW box reserved for the was Delegation of ICW employees. Lastly there was the Champions Boxes which were private room for champions to enjoy the match with there friends and family.
The oval shaped stadium surrounded the oval field of grass which was the battlefield of the dueling match and was covered by strongest protection wards erected by some of the best warders ICW could provide.
Seating in the Hogwarts Room Harry observed all this and whistled saying "Wow! Crowd is larger than the world cup!"
Beside him Hermione snorted saying "Of course it is! This is the first time the tournament is taking place cause before either there were no champions who passed the first stage or if they did pass they were either of dead or maimed for life"
Every single person in the room shuddered thinking about the severity of the grim fact. Susan patted bushy haired witch on the shoulder "Could have done without that fact Hermione"
Sirius, Daphne, Neville, Hannah and Fleur agreed to the comment with a nod while Harry chuckled as Hermione blushed red giving her an one armed hug saying "Never change 'Mione"
Just than at the ICW box Dumbledore stood up with his wand on his throat casting Sonorous! before starting "I, ALBUS PERCIVAL WULFRIC BRIAN DUMBLEDORE, HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS, CHIEF WARLOcK OF MAGICAL BRITAIN AND SUPREME MUGWUMP OF INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATUON OF WIZARDS, WELCOME ESTEEMED GUESTS TO THE FIRST MATCH OF THE MERLIN CUP DUELING TOURNAMENT! RUSSIA VS EGYPT" pausing as the crowd roared before continuing "NOW PLEASE WELCOME ON THE STAGE OFFICIAL ANCHOR OF THIS TOURNAMENT, ICW REPRESENTATIVE MR. JAKOB JORN HAGEN! THANK YOU"
A Middle aged man dressed in official ICW robes came forward as the aged headmaster took his seat taking over his job saying "THANK YOU SUPREME MUGWUMP! NOW WITHOUT A FURTHER A DUE PLEASE WELCOME OUR REFEREE FOR DUELING TOURNAMENT! MAXIMINO ZEFERINO PINHERIO" gesturing towards the field down below where an elderly looking wizard entered from the official entrance dressed in the ICW robes and bowed to the crowd.
"PLEASE WITH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE WELCOME, THE KOLDOVSTORETZ TEAM! LED BY CROWN PRINCESS OF MAGICAL RUSSIA, NATASHA RURIK ROMANOV!"
Gesturing towards left from were the team of 11 dressed in Violet battle robes led by Natasha came out and stopped in the middle of the field before turning to the left where the Royal Box of Russia was. 10 took a knee showing there respect to the Tasarina of Magical Russia Daria Romano nee Rurik while the Princess bowed from the waist down.
Above in the box Daria nodded with a smile and the team stood up going to the right settling in the room for the participants.
Jakob once again started "ONCE AGAIN PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER AND WELCOME AMUNET TEAM! LED BY EGYPTIAN CHAMPION, HEBA BAKIR!" gesturing towards the right entrance.
People watched the right gate as the Amunet team entered wearing sandy brown robes walking straight towards the their room on the left side of the pitch.
"THE RULES OF THE DUELING TOURNAMENT ARE THAT OF THE UNDER 20. THE COMPETITORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE ANY SPELLS COULD KILL, MAIM OTHER PERMANENTLY! ANY COMPETITOR USING SUCH SPELLS WILL BE GIVEN 2 WARNING AFTER WHICH THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED BY THE MATCH ALONG WITH A PENALTY FOR THE TEAM. THERE WILL BE 10 DUELS! THE TEAM WITH MAJORITY, WINS! NOW FOR THE FIRST MATCH WILL START IN 5 MINUTES!"
Neville frowned asking "Why the 5 minutes? Shouldn't they…. You know just start?" to no one in particular in the room.
"They are giving time to each to pump themselves cause you this is going to be nerve racking for anyone and go over there strategy for the match" Sirius answered which got nods from Fleur, Harry and Daphne.
Russian Team Room
Natasha looked at her team with a proud smile on her face as her team was ready to face the noise. She sighed clapped her hands saying "Okay we have practiced for this in past month. We are here now and we are going to win! We are going to make Coach and every supporter of us out there! Are you with me?" yelling the last part fill of energy and enthusiasm.
"YEAH!" the team roared except for Stepan and Pavel
Natasha asked "I DIDN'T HEAR YOU! ARE YOU WITH ME?"
"YEAH!" the team roared back
Natasha beamed at all of them before saying "Okay now everyone take your seats and be ready for your turn, Pavel you are up first! You kn…"
But short blonde cut her snapping "I know what to do Princess!"
Standing beside him Stepan smirked "You know a true leader should trust their team to do what they feel is right for the team. Your current behavior is very unbecoming of a lady of your station, Princess"
Natasha seethed internally before taking a deep breathe saying in an even tone "Just go out there and do your best"
Pavel sneered "Oh I will do better than that I will win the blood match!" as he walked out of the room standing at the entrance gate waiting for his name to be called.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN THE FIRST MATCH WILL BE BETWEEN PAVEL SEMEOV VS SAIFUL GADWAT NAGI!"
Both competitors came in the middle of the field, Referee Zefrino came to the middle saying "Now gentle man you know the rules, 3 warning of foul play after that immediate disqualification, am I understood?"
Getting nods from both champions he continued "Good, contestants ready?"
After getting a another pair of nods he stepped out of the field and Jakob announced "LET'S DUEL!" making the crowd go wild.
For next minute nothing happened as both competitors stood there in complete silence as the wards canceled out the voice from the crowd. On one side Pavel Semenov was a 5' tall guy with short blond hair and brown beady eyes trained on his opponent.
His opponent on the other hand was a 6' tall tan skinned well build man standing alert watching his opponent waiting for him to make the move, like a Hawk.
{Karsotka!} Pavel started with stunner
Saiful smirked as he moved out of the way of the spell before countering with his own silent spell chain from with speed and fluidity of a dancer as he glided on the field.
Jakob announced "AND THERE IT'S THE FIRST SPELL OF THE DUEL BY PAVEL SEMENOV AND A SKILLFULL DODGE BY SAIFUL GADAWAT NAGI! HE COUNTERS WITH A SILENT SPELL CHAIN!"
Pavel was immediately on the defensive as he brought up the shielding charm and was back paddling until a shield break broke it and forced him to dodge to his right before going on attack, {Vzryv!} {Plamennyy ship!} {Taran!} {Almaznyy disk!} first 2 left and right before other 2 silent casts.
"PAVEL RETURNS THE FAVOR!"
Saiful once again showed his dodging skills as he evaded the blasting curse, flame thorn and a wasteful silent shield breaker until last silent spell struck true cutting his shoulder making making stumble back.
"AND HE LANDS A BLOW TO THE SAIFUL'S SHOULDER!"
Seeing his opportunity Pavel went on full offensive unleashing a constant barrage of the spells making Saiful go on full defensive and dodging for his life.
"PAVEL KEEPS GOING ON THE ATTACK INCREASING THE PRESSURE ON SIAFUL!"
When a single cutter made a contact to Siaful's torso the crowd gasped think that was it for the Egyptian competitor and so did Pavel that is until what seemed to be Saiful disappeared in dust flowing away in the wind. leaving Pavel and everyone in the stadium flabbergasted.
"WHAT IS HAPPENING!? I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES! SAIFUL TOOK A CRITICAL HIT AND DISAPPEARED! WILL IT ACCOUNT FOR DISQUALIFICATION FOR PAVEL!?"
In his room Harry had a shocked expression on his face as he exclaimed "What did just happen?!" voicing the question of everyone hand in there mind along with a question of where Saiful really was?
That was answered when a spell came from behind hitting Pavel on his back throwing him forward. He landed face first he groaned standing up looking around for the source of the spell he saw another curse coming form his diagonal right from corner of his eye.
He barrel rolled out forward dodging it before returning to his crouched position looking at the last position from where the spell came but didn't have time to formulate a strategy as another spell came for him and that started struggle for defense.
"THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! SAIFUL IS INVISIBLE AND ATTACK PAVEL FROM EVERY DIRECTION! IT LOOKS LIKE PAVEL IS AT THE END OF HIS WITS AND ALL HE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS DODGE EVERY SPELL COMING HIS WAY!"
But Saiful slowed down after 5 minute of continues spell work before stopping due to fatigue which also gave his tired competitor time to recover which we didn't like so he conjured two metal spikes and banished them at Pavel.
Panting heavily Pavel managed to finally conjure a shield to save himself but spikes never came as they were transfigured by Saiful into two wolves which were now attacking running towards their target.
"IT SEEMS SAIFUL IS GETTING TIRED AND HAS CHANGED HIS TACTICS! WILL THIS BE THE OPENING FOR PAVEL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF?!"
Pavel caught on his opponent's strategy and started his counter by first killing the conjured wolves with explosion curses following with {Raskryt' Cheloveka!} trying to find his opponent.
The spell worked showing as his wand pointed towards the his left. Without waiting for a moment he sent a banishing curse followed by a levitation charm but once again it was for naught as his spells were simply dodged by Saiful who was now getting tired of this and made his move to end it.
"AND HE DOES! HE STARTS HIS COUNTER BUT SAIFUL MOVES FROM HIS SPOT"
Dropping his disillusion spell Saiful started to duel in earnest as he moved ever closer towards his opponent with a feral grin on his face but unlike other times Pavel encountered with is own offense.
Both were now looked in a battle of stamina as they used every thing in there repertoire along with conjurations and transfigurations. Saiful was sticking to charms for knowing he had to converse his stamina to deal the final blow while converse to him Pavel was flinging his wand in the air like a man possessed.
"THEY ARE BOTH ON OFFENSE! WHAT A STUNNING DISPLAY OF THERE DUELING SKILLS!"
The dead lock between two broke when Saiful cast a quicksand charm on the ground below his opponent and waited for it take effect going on defense for a while.
Seeing this Pavel gets more and more aggressive in his attack smiling in glee which didn't last long as after a couple minutes he felt himself going down. He looked down only to see himself getting sucked into the ground.
"PAVEL IS IN FOR IT, HE IS TRAPPED IN A QUICKSAND TRAP SET BY SAIFUL! WILL IT BE IT FOR THE RUSSIAN DUELIST?!"
That moment of distraction cost him dearly as in that minute he was blasted 10 feets back by a banishing charm from Saiful who followed it by a disarming him effectively ending the duel.
"AND IT IS! SAIFUL DISARMS PAVEL SEMENOV AND WITH HE WIN THE FIRST DUELING MATCH OF THE THE TOURNAMENT! SCORING FIRST WIN FOR EGYPT! SAIFUL GADAWAT NAGI TAKES THE WIN!"
The crowd supporting Egypt cheered the loudest among others on the announcement while the supporters of Russia sulked at the first defeat.
Down on the battle field all as both duelists returned to there team rooms, Pavel entered his room with his head down sulking while his team especially Stepan who was looking at him in disgust.
"You did well Semenov, don't hang your head down" Natasha encouragingly with a small smile on her face before turning to the next teammate who was up to go next, Tasisiya Levedeva.
The princess smiled saying "Do your best out there Ms. Levedeva" patting the girl on shoulder.
"NOW FOR THE NEXT MATCH WILL BE BETWEEN TASISIYA LEVEDEVA VS NIDA IBAH NEJEM!"
This time both dueler's come to arena and the match started without any preamble. Nida was the first one to shoot the first spell which Tasisiya dodged and countered with a her own stunner.
"MS. NEJEM GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE TO START WITH AND MS. LEVEDEVA DODGING RATHER SKILLFUL TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HER THINNER FRAME! RETALIATING AT END"
Nida cast a shield which took the spell before she started her attack sending a silent cutting curse, bone crusher, leg lock curse, banisher and disarming spell.
Tasisiya blocked the cutting curse before dodging the bone crusher by swiveling to her right and jumping the leg lock curse. That was a mistake as she missed the banisher by hair margin as she landed back on the ground and swiveled left.
"EXCELLENT SHOW OF ACROBATIC SKILLS BY MS. LEVEDEVA! ONCE AGAIN GOING ON OFFENSIVE!"
She returned the favor by casting a stunner, a blinding curse followed by a binding curse and disarming curse with a silent cutting curse aimed at the ankle.
"IT LOOKS LIKE THE CUTTING CURSE FOUND IT'S MARK INJURING MS. NEJEM! WILL THIS BE IT FOR THE EGYPTIAN DUALIST?"
Nida dodge but the last one caught her in the ankle make her loose her balance and fall forward on the ground but she barrel rolled forward and sat in a crouched position wincing as she applied a healing charm on her hurt ankle.
"MS. NEJEM IS ON THE DEFENSIVE! NOW AND LOOKS LIKE SHE HAD HEALED HER ANKLE!"
It was a disadvantageous position which Tasisiya knew but didn't want to make the same mistake as Pavel as such she cast a body binding charm with a disarming hex following it.
"MS. LEVEDEVA KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON MS. NEJEM!"
Nida was on the defensive as she back paddled and dodged the disarming curse before counter with a her sandstorm curse kicking up the dust from the ground into the air forming a tornado and directing it to her opponent.
"MS. NEJEM TURNING THE TIDE OF THE FIGHT WITH A SINGLE AREA WIDE SPELL!"
Tasisiya was not ready to face something like this but that didn't faze her as sent her own gale of air dispelling the sandstorm tornado but she was too late to realize that it was diversion technique.
"MS. LEVEDEVA COUNTERING WITH A GALE OF WIND OF HER OWN AND THAT SEEMED TO BE A MISTAKE AS IT WAS JUST A DIVERSION TO COVER THE SPELL CHAIN OF MS. NEJEM! A BRILLIANT STRATEGY BY EGYPTIAN DUELIST!"
7 curses traveled towards her all of them looking dangerous so she dodged them but a bone crusher caught her left forearm making her reel with pain as her eyes teared up as she cradled her now broken arm.
"OOO…. IT LOOKS LIKE MS. LEVEDEVA'S LEFT HAND IS INJURED BY THAT BONE CRUSHER FROM MS. NEJEM! THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT IN THE RUSSIAN ROOM! IT SEEMS TEAM IS DISCUSSING ABOUT FORFEITING THIS MATCH DUE TO THAT INJURE?"
Nida smiled as she thought it was the end of the duel as her opponent was on her last end of ropes. She moved forward shooting spells to bind and disarm Tasisiya. But she was disappointed as the Russian duelist didn't give up as she kept rolling around dodging every spell thrown at her which was starting to annoy her.
"WELL THEY BETTER MAKE THEIR DECISION FAST AS IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR MS. LEVEDEVA AS MS. NEJEM KEEPS HER ASSAULT GOING ON HER! I DON'T THINK SHE CAN DODGE FOR LONG!"
The annoyance and anger led to carelessness on her part was proving good for Tasisiya as the accuracy of her spell work decreased a bit which birth the plan in Russian's mind as she said loudly "Come on is that all you got! I am injured for magic's sake show your skill and end it!"
"WHAT IS THIS IT SEEMS MS. LEVEDEVA HASN'T GIVEN UP AND IS INSTEAD TAUNTING MS. NEJEM! IS THAT A WISE CHOICE ON HER BEHALF?"
This enraged Nida who yelled "STAND STILL YOU LITTLE VERMIN!" as she shot another bone crusher which landed right of her target.
"WELL IT SEEMED TO WORK AS MS. NEJEM LOOKS ANGERED!"
Tasisiya smirked as she applied a numbing charm on her injured hand discreetly as she continued to act like a person in pain waiting for an opening to attack and end the duel.
The opening came quickly as Nida stopped for a couple of seconds which was enough for Tasisiya to attack with a silent spell chain of stunner, disarming curse, full body bind curse and a banishing curse. Nida tried but couldn't react fast enough to cast a shield due to surprise and fatigue which cemented her defeat.
"WHAT! IT SEEMS MS. LEVEDEVA HAS TURNED THE TABLES ON MS. NEJEM AND ENDING ON A SHOCKING NOTE! WITH HER WIN AND EARNING THE POINT FOR RUSSIAN TEAM!"
As soon as Tasisiya got back to the team room Natasha was by her side "You did it Ms. Levedeva and we are all proud of you, now let's get you to Mediwitch so that you can get your arm treated"
Tasisiya smiled saying "Thank you captain it wouldn't have been possible without your training" as one of the there healer came to take to the medical bay of the room.
"Okay Ms. Popova you are up next, do your best!" Natasha said patting the younger girl on the back as she moved towards the exit of the room.
"THE SCORE IS TIED 1-1 WILL THIS MATCH PROVE TO BE THE TIE BREAKER? WELL LET'S FIND OUT AS MS VERA POPOVA FACES MS LAILA SHAFIQA ABBAS!"
Both contestants came out on the field stand 20 feet apart from each other looking at each other intently as the referee repeated the standard rules for them before starting the count down.
As the count down reached 1 both started with there offensive salvos that were aimed to end the duel before it could get started properly. Vera was using every charm, hex and jinx she knew in past month with the help of her captain.
"AND IT BEGINS! BOTH DUELISTS ARE ON THE OFFENSIVE NONE OF THEM ARE BACK DOWN! THEY ARE IN A DEADLOCK….."
Her opponent was not a slouch as Laila with her flexible belly dancer like grace danced around every single one of them like there was some kind of tune only she could hear. It looked like she was not concerned about dueling.
"…..MS. ABBAS LOOKS LIKE SHE IS DANCING AROUND THE BATTLEFIELD! LOOK AT HOW GRACEFUL AND UNCARING IN HER MOVES ARE! SHE IS DODGING EFFORTLESSLY AND KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON HER OPPONENT! THAT IS THE TRUE TESTAMENT TO HER SKILL!"
Her moves were unpredictable and so were the angles of her attack which was making it hard for Vera to keep track of but she didn't back down as she tried to keep up with her but was always a hair's breadth away from getting hit.
Vera decided to change her strategy as instead of running to keep up with her opponent she stood steady on a single spot still dodging and started her counter {Ledyanoy landshaft!}
"AND MS. POPOVA BALANCES THE BATTLE WITH A EXCEPTIONAL SHOW OF THE WAS AREA WIDE ICE ELEMENTAL SPELL!"
The area wide spell turned 50 meters of terrains around her covered in ice which Laila didn't expect and slipped on loosing her balance a bit before she regained it at same time Vera turned her shoes into the ice skates.
That turned the tables as now Laila was finding it hard to move while Vera was skating on the ice like a professional as she started attacking Egyptian with leg locking curse followed by the banishing and disarming curse.
Laila simply raised shield as she balanced her feet on the ice as she tried to maintain the shield under the constant assault from her opponent before she decided to drop it and once more showed her flexibility by doing a split on the ice letting the spell fly over her head.
"AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAN WORKED AS MS. ABBAS IS HAVE DIFFICULTY TO STAND UP STRAIGHT ON THE IC…BUT WHAT IS THIS! ONCE AGAIN SHOWING HER INCREDIBLE FLEXIBILITY!"
Vera admired the quick thinking shown by her opponent as she started aiming low sending {Confringo!} {Diffindo!} {Incarcerous!} {Stunner!}
"MS. ABBAS IS NOT FAZED BY THIS AS SHE KEEPS HER ASSAULT GOING!"
Laila still on the ground body rolled left letting the hex hit the ice breaking it exposing the ground beneath which sparked an idea in her head. As such she got in crouched position and leaped on to her left hoping that her opponent would take the bait.
"IT SEEMS MS. ABBAS HAS NO OPTION BUT TO RUN AWAY! IS THAT IT FOR THE EGYPTIAN DUELIST!"
She succeeded, her strategy was to wait and shield until the she saw the blasting curse coming and leaped left at the very last moment. It went on until the the after 3 leaps her opponent caught on and stopped using the blasting hex but she got what she desired, a space to enough to move around.
"MS. ABBAS HAS STOPPED RUNNING IT SEE- OH WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT THE QUARTER OF THE ICE COVERED GORUND IS CLEAR! IT SEEMS THAT WAS MISS ABBAS'S STRATEGY WORKED AND IT SEEMS THAT MS. POPOVA HAS CAUGHT ON THAT!"
That didn't deter Vera, as she continued her spell casting trying to be as efficient as she could be. Her instinct was telling her to summon the shards of the ice, transfigure them and use them but she remembered what her captain told she need to conserve her energy which was already running pretty low by that point.
"IT LOOKS LIKE MS. POPOVA IS HAVING SOME TROUBLE GOING ON"
Laila spotted the obvious sweat and fatigue as she struck like viper launching a counter using a silent spell and transfiguring the ice shards into a large spikes and banishing it at her opponent.
"AND IT SEEMS MS. ABBAS HAS NOTICED IT TOO AS SHE GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE!"
The tired Russian duelist dodged the them with a great difficulty and was just able to raise a weak shield which shattered with a gong sending her back to by couple of steps by the sheer force of impact.
"MS. POPOVA BLOCKS THE SPIKES LAST MINUTE BUT FEELS THE IMPACT!"
Laila didn't give her time to recover as she followed with leg binding curse, stunner and a disarming spell.
"BUT MS. ABBAS DOESN'T GIVE HER A CHANCE TO RECOVER! I WILL IT BE THE END OF THIS DUEL…"
Vera couldn't react fast enough which proved fatal as in a blink of an eye her legs were in tight rope, she was stunned and without a wand, laying on the floor.
Referee Pinherio enervates Vera who looked ashamed of herself as she stood facing her opponent as Referee declared "The winner of the 3rd Dueling match is Laila Shafiqa Abbas from Egyptian team!"
"AND IT IS! LAILA SHAFIQA ABBAS WINS THE DUEL! TIP THE FAVOR IN THE EGYPTIAN TEAM WITH 2 WINS!"
As Vera walked back to Russian team room she didn't look at anyone instead ran straight towards the bathroom.
Natasha with a look of panic on her face looked at Andre who gave a nod as she ran to handle the younger girl. Andre looked at the boy who was sitting silently in the back of the was room with his face set in stone.
"Konstantine!" Andre barked gaining the young mans attention continuing "You are up next!"
The young man stood up from his seat and walked towards Andre and stopped in front of the vice captain offering his arm to him. After a manly forearm shake, Konstantine walked out of room.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN FOR THE NEXT MATCH WE HAVE MR KONSTANTINE KUZNETOV FROM RUSSIAN TEAM FACING SUHAYL NASEEM BOULOS FROM AMUNET ACADEMY OF MAGIC!" Jakob announced gaining thundering applause from the stadium.
Both took the position on the there marked spots ready to begin as the Jakob made the announcement in to the audience as referee counted stood between them and started counting them down.
From the moment first spell was fired it was clear to every single person that this was going to be a battle of speed. Suhayl was casting the spells that at the rate of the a spell in 5 second but met his match as Konstantine used his superior reflexes dodging them left and right.
"WELL LOOK AT THAT! MR BOULOS IS SHOWING EXCEPTIONAL SKILL OF SPEED CASTING BUT IT SEEMS HE IS NOT FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH MR. KUZNETOV!"
He responded in a similar manner {Reducto!} {Lacerous!} {Incarcerous!} {Flippendo!} {Confrngo!} trying to get an idea of his opponents reaction time.
"MR. KUZNETOV STARTING HIS COUNTER OF HIS OWN!"
{Castra Clypeus!} a heavy shield sprang up in front of Suhyal covering his whole body defending him from the spell chain. The shield vanished at the last spell forcing Suhayl to dodge the blasting curse by side stepping it.
"MR. BOULOS GOING TO DEFENSIVE AS HE SUMMONS A SHIE…. AND NOW HE IS ON THE OFFENSIVE ONCE AGAIN WITH SUCH A SKILL!"
Konstantine smirked as he knew that his opponent was slower at dodging than he was a spell casting which was a weakness he was going to exploit at the right time.
"IT SEEMS MR. KUZNETOV IS CHOOSING TO PLAY IT DEFENSIVE AND MR. BOULOS ISN'T SLOWING DOWN!" Jakob announced gaining the cheer from the Eqyptian supporters in the crowd
Suhayl was on his toes as noticed the smirk on his opponent's face which was not a good sign for him as it meant there was some strategy forming Konstantine's mind. But he shook his head out of those thoughts as he resumed his assault but was needing more concentration on every spell as he tried to land a hit on his target, which were limbs of the Russian Duelist. He finally celebrate inside as he landed a hit on his opponents leg breaking his right fibula shattering it with a bone shattering curse.
"OHHHHHHHH! THAT SEEMS MR. KUZNETOV IS HIT IN HIS RIGHT LEG! WILL HE BE ABLE TO CONTINUE? OR WILL HE FORFEIT THE MATCH RESULTING IN ANOTHER WIN FOR EGYPTIAN TEAM?"
Konstantine bit his tongue hard to stop himself from crying out loud from the pain as he fell on the ground face. Even in his pain he knew he could win if he endured it long enough as his opportunity was here so he put a numbing charm on his leg and stood up.
"AND THE ANSWER IS NO! MR. KUZNETOV IS UP AGAIN. THAT FOLKS IS A TRUE SHOW OF FIGHTING SPIRIT! BUT WILL HE BE ABLE TO DEFEAT MR. BOULOS?"
He brought his wand casting {Stupefy!} {Confirngo!} {Diffindo!} {Bellum Malleo!} {Incarcerous: Argenteus Catena!} {Levamen Lancea!}
"AND HE IS ON THE OFFENSIVE ONCE AGAIN…"
Suhayl didn't stop on that small victory as he kept flinging the spells at his now limping opponent seeing that it was his chances to win the duel but before a single spell could leave his palm he saw the crimson streak coming towards him which he ducked his head but didn't have enough time to do the same for the blasting curse and once again cast a shield.
"MR. BOULOS SUMMONS THE SHIELD ONCE AGAIN GOING TO THE DEFEN…."
It worked as the spell dissipated by shield but the shield breaker did as it's name implied the translucent red pavis shield into tiny pieces.
"…..OH BUT THE SHIELD BREAKER IS NEUTRALIZES IT!….."
Suhayl didn't have any time to recover as he found himself bound in the silver chain and than being electrocuted from the lightning spell. The pain made him loose his consciousness and convulse in pain on the ground.
Referee Pinherio ran to check on the Egyptian duelist after checking him he stood up saying "MR SUHAYL NASEEM BOULOS IN INCAPCITATED AS SUCH MR. KONSTANTINE KUZNETOV WINS THIS MATCH!"
The Crowd of Russian supporter went wild as they chanted KONSTANTINE over and over again in happiness. At the same time team medics came to the arena to retrieve the injured duelists out. They levitated unconscious Suhayl back to infirmary and helping Konstantine too.
As they entered the Russian team room Natasha complimented him "You did great out there Mr. Kuznetov, now go and get some rest" patting him the shoulder before getting out of the way.
She turned to the rest of her team. They had a determined look on their faces with Stepan who had a cocky grin on his face which frustrate her to no end. She turned to Olga sitting with other female members of the team.
"Okay now we have two duels before the lunch break, Ms. Yegorova will be going out next and after her, Cousin Sidorov will go for the last duel, any questions?" Natasha instructed.
Her question was met with silence so she nodded saying "Okay than, we are tied to once again due to brilliant effort of Mr. Kuznetov and Ms. Levedeva, let's keep that up and win this bloody Match!"
Just than the announcement came "NOW FOR THE NEXT MATCH! WE HAVE MS. OLGA YEGOROVA FROM KOLDOVSTORETZ AGAINST MR. HASHIM THARIM NAJJAR!"
As soon as the announcement ended, the duel began!
Olga fired the first silent spell chain {Stupefy!} {Depulso!} {Bombarda Maxima!} {Confundus!}
"MS YEGOROVA STARTS WITH AN OFFENSIVE! TRYING TO BUILD PRESSURE ON HER OPPONENT!"
Hashim dodged the stunner but caught the banishing charm square in his chest sending f him flying 10' back landing on his back laying on the floor. Even though he was a little disoriented he rolled away from the path of the explosion curse, that hit the floor send debries flying towards him, cutting him and bruising him all over the body.
"AND IT SEEMS SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL! MR. NAJJAR TOOK QUIET A HIT! AND THE DEBRI FROM THE GROUND DIDN'T HE-"
When the final spell came soaring towards him he pulled himself up {DIRE!} Bringing the shield up tanking the last spell before attacking back with his own spell chain {Sahm!} {Depulso!} {Reducto!} {Ignis Funem!}
" -BUT WHATS THIS HE SHIELDS! BEFORE GOING TO OFFENSIVE!"
Olga was ideal either as she sent another chain {Percutio!} {Tarantallegra!} {Epoximise!} {Depulso Maxima!}
"AND SO DOES MS YEGOROVA!…"
Just as the last spell left her wand she saw 5 arrows aimed towards her soaring through the air. She moved out of their path and put up a shield to defend from the blasting curse before dropping the shield, casting {Glacius!} freezing the flame rope coming for her ankles.
"SHE DODGES ARROWS, SHIELDS FROM THE BLASTING CURSE AND FREEZES THE FLAME ROPES IN THERE TRACKS!"
Hashim dodged the first piercing spell and the jumped to avoid the dancing feet charm but as he landed his dragon hide boots caught the mending charm not fusing but sticking his on the ground making him stuck in the spot.
"UH OH IT LOOKS LIKE MR. NAJJAR IS STUCK IN PLACE! WILL IT BE THE END FOR HIM?"
Seeing two more spells coming towards him waved his casting {Evanesco!} vanishing his shoes and diving to his left at the last second, barely avoiding a strong banishing charm.
"AND THAT WILL BE NO! AS HE DODGES THE INEVITABLE BUT HE IS NOW BARE FOOT IN THE DUEL!"
Olga not wanting to give her opponent to have chance to get back on his feet started her third chain {Lumos Solem!} {Ventus Laminae!} {Stupefy Duo!}
"AND IT SEEMS MS YEGOROVA ISN'T EAGER TO GIVE US A CHANCE AS SHE SENDS A SILENT SPELL CHAIN AT HIM!"
Hashim covered his eyes from the bright light in his crouched position which was a huge mistake as the his body was covered in the cuts and his robes torn all over. He dodged the crimson streak by luck as fell on his back on the ground.
"OHHHH! THAT SEEMS BRUTAL AND LUCKY AT THE SAME TIME! MR NAJJAR IS ON THE GROUND AND IT LOOKS LIKE SEVERELY INJURED! IS THIS IT FOR HIM?"
But he didn't stay there for long, groaning he got on his feet as fast as he could attacking {Ignis Pila Maxima!} at his opponent, {Bombarda!} at the ground in front of her followed by {Incarcerous!} and {Expelliarmus!}
"ONCE AGAIN HE SHOWS HIS ENDURANCE! HE STANDS UP AND COUNTERS WITH A ELEMENTAL SPELL"
Olga smirked as she raised her wand {Aqua Fons!} which extinguished the fire ball but as side effect created large steam that blocked her view of incoming spell still she ran ten steps right which was wise decision as she saw rest of the assault strike the ward boundary.
"MS YEGOROVA REPLIES IN THE SAME MANNER USING THE ELEMENTAL SPELL HERSELF BEFORE MOVING AWAY! A WISE CALL!"
Taking advantage provided by the steam Olga cast {Gravibus Nebula!} adding to the steam before applying sonorus charm on her neck yelling {BOMBARDA!} before silencing her steps and started doing the same thing as she moved around in the cover of the heavy steam switching between three explosive spells sending them in the general direction of her opponent.
"MS YEGOROVA SEEMS TO BE APPLYING A NEW STRATEGY! SHE IS RUNNING AROUND HER SIDE OF ARENA. HER MOMENTS ARE COVERED BY THE STEAM!"
Hashim's smirk vanished as he saw curse coming from every direction possible. This forced him to go on a defensive as he cast a silent low level dome shield around himself called, The Dome of Montu!
"ONCE AGAIN MR NAJJAR IS ON THE DEFENSIVE UNDER HIS DOME SHIELD!"
Though it being a low level shield it was heavy to maintain and that was starting to take a toll on Hashim. After 2 minutes when the bombardment stopped he dropped it panting. He looked at the state of ground him only to find himself to be surrounded by a debri.
The steam disappeared only to reveal Olga who was panting herself but not due to magical exhaustion instead cause of running around. For next 20 seconds nothing happened as both caught their breaths.
"IT SEEMS BOTH DUELISTS ARE EXHAUSTED AND AT THERE LIMITS!"
The match resumed with Hashim levitated the debri around him and sent them hurling towards Olga. But they only travel have the distance between them falling on the ground due to the lack of magical power behind it.
Olga ended the match officially with a stunner that hit her exhausted opponent square in the chest.
"AND WITH THAT STUNNER, MS YEGOROVA WINS THE MATCH ! WITH THAT THE TOTAL SCORE IS KOLDOVSTORETZ 3- AMUNET 2!" Jakob announced receiving the roars of cheers from Russian audience.
Once again the team medics moved to get now magically exhausted Hashim out of the arena while Olga with a proud smile on her face walked back to her team room where she was greeted with cheers and hugs by them.
"Well done Ms Yegorova, now go and rest" Natasha said with a smile on her face as she hugged the tired girl tightly before releasing her and turning to see rest of her team. She sighed looking at Stepan saying "Cousin Sidorov you're next ju….."
The boy in question sneered "Just watch and learn how to win a duel!" as he walked out of the room with his nose up.
"FOR THE 6TH DUEL OF THE MATCH WE HAVE MR STEPAN SIDOROV FACING AMEL HALIANI ALFARSI" Jakob announced making the audience go wild with excitement,
After the count down by referee Pinherio from his platform on the side the duel started and from his spot Harry looked felt irritation that was aimed towards Russian duelist. He mused out loud. "Is it just me or that Sidorov fella reminds you a certain blond pounce Everyone chuckled agreeing with him.
"MR. ALFARSI SENDS STARTS THE DUEL WITH A ROOKIES CHAIN!"
Stepan dodged first spell chain by ducking underneath it before sending his own {Reducto!} {Petrificus Totalus!} {Rictumsempra!)
"…..WHICH MISTER SIDOROV DODGES AND COUNTERS….."
Amel simple raised his shield before dropping it and countering {Percutio!} {Confringo!} {Diffindo!} {Depulso!}
"…MR. ALFARSI SIMPLY DEFENDS BEFORE GOING BACK ON OFFENSE…"
Stepan moved left and dodging it before conjuring three daggers and banishing them at his opponent followed by {Secernere Transire!}
"…AND AGAIN LIKE A CLOCKWORK MR. SIDOROV DODGES AND RETURNS THE FAVOR WITH CONJURATION AND A VICIOUS CROSS CUTTING SPELL!"
Amel dodged the daggers by swiveling to left but was too late to as a crossed cutting curse struck him on the side of his torso opening a gash just below his rib cage. He continued his momentum of trying at the very least cause him to fall on his right, wincing in pain.
"OOOOOOO! IT LANDS AND IT LOOKS LIKE MR. ALFARSI IS IN TROUBLE!"
Stepan smiled smugly as he lazily sent a stunner to his now injured opponent thinking his victory was guaranteed but was surprised by the shield by his opponent who was now in a crouched position.
"MR. SIDOROV FIRES A STUNNER BUT WHAT'S THIS! MR. ALFARSI IS UP AND SHIELDS IT!"
Amel cursed his ignorance to the healing magic at that moment and simultanously thanked his captain who forced all of them to learn the numbing charm as he applied it to his wounded area.
"BUT THAT DIDN'T DETER Mr. SIDOROV WHO CONTINUES HIS ASSUALT!"
But he didn't get a moment to revel in newfound relief as his opponent continued his assualt on him. Seeing spells coming towards him he rolled backwards with a great deal of effort and sprang up to his feet, counter with a renewed vigor.
"MR ALFARSI IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE OFFENSE AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE SURPRISED MR. SIDOROV!
Russian duelist didn't expect the counter and was surprised but recovered at the last second as he was hit by a banishing spell square in the chest sending him back by few meters followed. He laid on the ground and sit up only to see a stunner coming for him, {Protego!} he cast before rolling to his left and jumping back up on his feet.
But that was shattered by a shield breaker, it made Stephan recoil back a step which proved fatal as he was struck hard on his chest with a petrification curse which effectively ended the duel for him.
"AND THAT'S IT! MR. ALFARSI IN SURPRISING COME BACK WINS THE MATCH AND EQUALS THE SCORE TO 3-3 FOR BOTH THE TEAMS!"
The Egyptian champion was taken by the healers while Referee enervated Stephan who with his head hanging ran back to the Russian team.
The whole team was smirking except for Natasha who was pinching her nose as she didn't want to patronize her cousin anymore and making him her outright enemy.
"Enough! We are a team! So act like one" Natasha snapped at her team who were snickering at Stephan stopping at her harsh remark.
She took a deep breath saying "Ms. Alkseeva you are next, do you your best"
"I will Princess!" the younger girl said with such a confidence that it made Natasha smile.
"FOR THE SEVENTH DUEL WE HAVE ALINA ALKSEEVA FROM RUSSIAN TEAM FACING ABDELLATIF SAEED ALFARSI EGYPTIAN TEAM!" Jakob Hagen announced as the duelists took place down in the arena.
As referee Penherio counted them down from his floating platform Abtellatif took the advantage of Alina's second of nervous and went on the offensive sending his first spell chain {Glacius!} {Confringo!} {Os Ruptor!}
Alina barely manages to shield the ice spell but the blasting curse disoriented her which gave a way for the bone breaking curse to hit her left forearm breaking it. She was quick to apply the numbing charm on it and starting her counter{Refulgeo!} {Percuto!} {Flumen!} {Depulso!}
Abdellatif covered his eyes but that proved fatal as the piercing struck his right thigh. He lost his balance leaned on the left as he conjured a shield which absorbed the lightening curse but was weakened enough for the banishing curse to shatter it and send back a few feet.
Alina smiled at the small success but didn't anticipate her opponent to stand up and sent his spell chain {Ossum Claustra!} {Spicula Metallica!} with the the last one as silent cast.
She didn't have time to react as a result she had her right femur shatter into pieces which made her scream in pain and curl up on the ground. A spike broke emebedded itself in her stomach.
"OOOOH IT LOOKS LIKE MS. ALKSEEVA IS IN PAIN! IS THIS IT FOR RUSSIAN DUELIST! WILL RUSSIA FORFEIT THIS MATCH?"
"Halt the duel!" Referee Pinherio yelled as he took off running towards the Russian duelist laying on the ground.
But Abdellatif didn't stop as to end the life of his opponent sent a Lightening curse ignoring the warning. His curse impacted a strong shield absorbed it cast by Referee Pinherio who was standing in the front of girl to check on her asking "Mr. Alseeva can you…."
"THAT'S A RULE VIOLATION BY EGYPT! THIS MIGHT COST THEM THE MATCH" in a calm tone.
But didn't finish as he felt two more spells hit is barricade of shield. He spun around only to see Abdellatif casting like a mad man. He held the shield while ICW officers stunned and restrained the boy.
Up on the Hogwarts watching gallery Harry had a grim look on his face as he saw the Egyptian duelist being ruthless to his opponent who was already down. The knight inside the emerald eyed teen wanted to show the bastard his place but he knew he couldn't, shouldn't and have to wait for his chance.
Referee Pinherio put a stasis charm on Alina before announcing "MS. ALKSEEVA IS NOT ABLE TO FIGHT AND IS IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. MR. ALFARSI FOR ATTACKING A REFEREE AND A DOWNED OPPONENT IS FORFEITED HIS VICTORY ALONG WITH A PENALTY OF SITTING OUT IN THE NEXT MATCH!"
"THAT'S BAD NEWS FOR EGYPTIAN TEAM AS THEY JUST LOST THEIR WIN KEEPING THE SCORE 3-3!"
At same time watching Alina getting taken to the infirmary Alyona stood up and her way to Natasha with a her brown eyes glowing with power as she reassured her captain "Don't worry princess, I will take care of them" as she walked towards the arena entrance.
"THE NEXT DUEL OF THE WILL BE BETWEEN ALYONA KOZLOVA AND SHAIMA THAMINA MUHAMMAD!" gesturing towards the arena where both duelists entered.
After the official countdown both Shaima went on attack but Alyona showing her skill swerved left right and ducked them without attacking once.
"ONCE AGAIN EGYPTIAN TEAM IS ON OFFENSIVE! IT SEEMS TO BE THEIR STRATEGY TO ATTACK FIRST AND FINISH BEFORE THEIR OPPONENTS HAS A CHANCE! SO FAR IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING"
Shaima kept casting at her best speed while moving around the at which point both started circling each other with one attacking and other simply dodging every single spell.
"MS. KOZLOVA SEEMS ON THE FENCES AS SHE IS ONLY DODGING WITHOUT COUNTERING!"
After few minutes seeing that her opponent was tiring Alyona acted casting {Terrae Ligaturae!} {Stupefy!}
The audience watched in awe as the earth, dust, stone and grass rose up encircling Shaima's limbs, holding her still and spread eagle with stunner inbound struck it's mark, rendering the girl unconscious.
There was a moment of stunned silence that was followed up by a roar of cheers and the announced "UNBELIEVABLE! MS. KOZLOVA WON THE DUEL WITH TWO SPELLS UNDER 10 MINUTES! AND THIS WIN RUSSIA'S TAKES THE LEAD!"
Alyona canceled her spell before walking back to her team room with her head held high.
As she entered Natasha patted her back "Nicely done Ms. Kozlova"
"Thanks, Princess" that's all the the girl said before passing with her blood coming from her nose.
Natasha caught her and was starting to panic as she lightly slapped her cheek asking "Ms. Kozolova! Alyona! Alyona!" before she looked at Andre informing "Andre I am taking her to infirmary!" as she tried to prop girl up.
"Let me Princess!" Andre stepped forward picking Alyona in his arms bridal style as he moved towards infirmary.
Natasha tried to clam her worries down before turning to Kristina who was already on the move. They shared a quite nod before the younger girl walked out.
"NEXT DUEL WILL BETWEEN MS. KRISTINA ORLOVA FROM RUSSIA WILL BE FACING MS. GHALIYA ZAIDA ALI FORM EGYPT! THE SCORE IS 4-3 IF EGYPT MANAGES TO WIN THIS THEN THEY WILL BE TIED AND 10th MATCH WILL DECIDE THE WINNER BUT IF RUSSIA WINS THEY WIN THE DAY!""
Kristina entered and her eyes went to the Russian box where family of all the team members were seating. Among the royals and the rich she saw her parents and siblings who were cheering for her. She gave a small smile and waved back.
Her attention was back on the matter on the hand and focused on her opponent who was standing in 20 feet opposite her.
{Reducto!}{Stupefy!}{Incarcerous!}{Expelliarmus!} Kristina went on the attack as soon as Referee ended the countdown trying to put the pressure earlier on her opponent at same time trying to get a gauge of her opponents timing.
"MR. ORLOVA IS STARTING ON OFFENSE FOR THE CHANGE TRYING TO TAKE MS. ZAIBDA BY SURPRISE!"
Ghaliya dodged all spells with relative easy by weaving around them and countered {Augue!}{Ventus}{Depulso Maxima!}
"MS. ZAIDIA IS UNDETERRED BY IT AS SHE DODGED IT AND COUNTERS!"
{Fluvius Aquae!} Kristina cast before following it up with a shield to block the banishing curse. The steam that resulted to from it provided a cover that Kristina acted quickly sending a cutting curse followed by a blasting curse and knockback jinx.
"MS. ORLOVA THINKING QUICK ON HER FEET AND USING THE SIDE EFFECT TO HER ADVANTAGE! A GOOD TACTIC!"
"BUT AN OBVIOUS AS MS. ZAIDA USES IT TOO!"
Much to her chargin her opponent had as similar thought as she was forced to duck a incoming skull crushing spell aimed at her skull but got a slight cut on the nape of her neck and is thrown back few feets back from her position due buldgeoning curse hitting her shoulder.
"MS. ORLOVA DODGES THE SKULL CRUSHER AT THE LAST MINUTE BUT CAUGHT THE CUTTING AND BULDGEONING CURSE!"
She stands up wincing as her shoulder muscle throbs in pain and swells only to see that the spell exchange cleared the fog only for her to see that her spell chain struck it's mark as Ghaliya's right thigh was bleeding while the girl was on her knees shaking her head disoriented from the blasting curse.
"AND MS. ZAIDIA LOOKS SAME AS SHE RECOVERS FROM TAKING THE FULL BRUNT OF MS. ORLOVA'S SPELL CHAIN!"
Kristina seeing a chance to end a duel sent a stunner and disarming curse. Much to her surprise they struck their target. But not wanting to celebrate too soon she waits for Referee to announce it and stand alert.
"THAT SEEMS TO HAVE DONE IT! MS. KRISTINA ORLOVA WINS THE DUEL! CEMENTING RUSSIA AS THE WINNER WITH 5-3!" Jakob announced and every supporter of Russian Team exploded in cheers.
Kristina turned ran back into the Russian team room and went straight towards Natasha hugging her tightly "I did it Princess! I did it! I did it!…" as she jumped up and down in glee.
Natasha chuckled patting the girl on back "Yes you did, Ms. Orlova!"
Here the formal address Kristina broke the hug flushing red in embarrassment as she apologized "I am sorry Princes it's just I was so happy an….."
"It's okay Ms. Orlova I understand now let's give the news to the rest of her team shall we?" Natasha cut the girls rambling and patted the girl on the shoulder leading her towards the infirmary. After informing their injured team members of their victory they planned a party to celebrate their victory after everyone fully healed.
Once they came back from infirmary only to see a Tsarina Daria Romanov was seating in the couch while all other team members were on their knees their heads down facing the her. It was an action that both followed soon.
With a soft smile on her face Daria commanded "Rise all" and after all of them stood up she looked at them saying "All of you performed very well today out there. But I advise not to let this victory go to your head" before looking at Natasha "Princess I would like to talk you in private, if you will follow me" as she stood up and started walking out without looking back knowing her daughter was following her.
As they exited the team room they were joined by guards who followed them in silence.
"I heard from Andre that Duke is gathering allies, did our network know who they are?" Natasha asked in a concerned tone
"You don't have to worry about that Natasha you have your hands full now with tournament. I will handle the Duke you concentrate on winning this tournament" Daria answered softly.
Natasha protested "But I should know mother! I am the Heir Apparent to the throne"
Daria smiled "You are but it's not your time to get involved in the politics besides your staying here this year as such it's unnecessary for you to worry about the matter of states. And when time come I know you will be a better queen than me, for now enjoy your youth and once you comeback home we will discuss your betrothal"
"Betrothal mama?" Natasha asked in shock.
Daria nodded "Of course you are off age, capable of handling yourself and proving a goo leader if that match was any indication. Your fame will invite many suitors to our door it will be a lengthy process but I promise you, I will choose the best for you as I always have"
"I- Of course mother" Natasha answered swallowing her protest for the moment.
Daria cupped her daughters face "I will see you on the day of the First Task dear, Dasvidaniya" kissing her daughters head.
"Dasvidaniya, Mama" Natasha replied kissing her mothers hand.
Daria walked with her personal guard to rejoin the rest of the Royal Russian caravan while Natasha starts making her way back to the arena to gather her team and start the party.
A/N: Okay how was it? was it up to the mark? was it worse than before? Tell me through Review or PM ME! I want to know it all!
Harry's unblocked core 60 (It didn't change since June. I thought about unlocking it during his vacation but then it came to me that he needs to acclimate with his current core first, so I scraped that idea)
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