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Chapter 11- Gurple & Picasso- Part III- The Duel
The Great Hall was bursting with noise, the sixth and seventh years chattering to their friends about the new Dueling class.
The dueling teacher stalked through the double-doors and snapped his wand at the conjured black board in the front of the room ignoring the loud protesting groans of the students as they read off their partners.
Dueling Opponents Round I & II
James Potter V.S. Severus Snape- Lucius Malfoy
Sirius Black V.S. Severus Snape- Samantha Prewett
Remus Lupin V.S. Jasmine Fitzpatrick- Nikkolo Zabini
Peter Pettigrew V.S. Rudolphus Lestrange- Antonin Dolohov
Lily Evans V.S. Narcissa Black- Rudolphus Lestrange
Samantha Prewett V.S. Regulus Black- Sirius Black
Frank Longbottom V.S. Bellatrix Black- Jasmine Fitzpatrick
Jasmine Fitzpatrick V.S. Remus Lupin- Frank Longbottom
The students surveyed the board in distaste. They were all partnered with an enemy! Sam soothed her Ravenclaw friend, Jasmine, also called Jazzy, by pointing out the fact that she was allowed to switch partners with someone. In the end, it turned out Jazzy was stuck with her boyfriend and would have to fight him whether she wanted to or no and Sam had to fight Regulus whether she wanted to or not.
"Right," The professor began. He jabbed a finger at the board. "The person you see closest to your name will be your first opponent, then the last name in the row will go up. You will go up in the order you are placed in EXCEPT-!" He suddenly yelled. "You two…"
He pointed to Sam and Sirius who had just started to squabble again and poked them each in the forehead with his wand. "You two will go last. I think it will be quite interesting to watch."
He turned to the front of the room. "Well Potter? - Snape? Hurry up! Let's go!" James and Severus stood and faced each other, wands aloft, and waited for the professor to give his go. "On my count… One, two- "
Twelve duels and a visit to the Hospital Wing later, the board was chalked up and the students surveyed their scores out of fifty.
(A/N: If you don't care how everyone else did and you just want to get to Sam and Sirius' duel then skip this section.)
James was found to have beat Severus by one point with a 47 and tie with Lucius 50/50.
Sirius beat Snape by 7 points with a 49 and was preparing for his duel with Sam.
Remus beat his girlfriend Jazzy by 6 points with a 42 and lost to Nikko by 3 points with a 45.
Peter lost to both Lestrange and Dolohov by 25 and 18 points.
Lily beat Narcissa by 5 points and that was because she hadn't been looking when they tossed spells at each other; she beat Lestrange by 10 points with a 50 and received a very hearty hug from James before she hexed him too.
Sam and Regulus effortlessly won 50 each and Sam was now preparing to duel Sirius.
Frank was sent to the Hospital Wing mid-duel with Bellatrix with a great gash on his chest and was forced to forfeit his fight with both Bellatrix and Jazzy.
(A/N: Now that you know the scores…)
Finally, the din quieted and all eyes turned to Sam, decked out in a pair of ripped, curve-hugging jeans, a green, black, and silver sports bra, and an open dueling robe.
She slipped on her Etnies (under the pretense that they were custom made dueling shoes) and strode to the center of the room waiting for Sirius to come.
James' eyes widened as he saw Sam approach the center-ring and nudged Sirius in the gut. "Wha- oh." Sirius started. "Cheating skank…" Peter whispered taking out his wand.
"Leave out Pete." Sirius snapped, holding out his wand to James. He smirked. "Two can play at this game." And proceeded to remove his shirt.
James' face became smug and Peter sighed with relief. For, he thought, the rules would now be even again.
Sam gasped slightly and turned to look at Narcissa and Lily, biting her lower lip very hard, but found that both of her friends were staring in awe at Sirius' ripped abs.
'Bastard!' she thought feverishly. 'Thinks he can even the score by taking off his shirt does he?' She scowled as she felt her body heat rise when he approached, steadily looking her over. 'Damn! It was working!'
"See something you like Prewett?" He asked once he was the customary ten feet away. Sam merely threw him a scathing look and pulled her long hair into an even tighter pony-tail.
"Bow to your partners." The bored sounding professor instructed. Sam bowed low and noticed Sirius staring at her chest.
"See something you like Black?" She taunted. Sirius smiled coldly, though a very slight pink tinged his smooth cheeks. "Not on you Prewett. That potion was a better look for you, would you like me to make it permanent?"
Sam didn't know why his words got to her this time but she slapped him so hard her own body turned half from the force.
She grimaced as she held her pounding hand and he cursed her, gingerly touching his blue-red cheek. "Shit Prewett! Watch the face!"
Sam shot flaming arrows from her molten amethyst eyes. "Oh, here Black- Let me fix it for you." She jerked out her wand and pointed it between his eyes.
"Species Picasso!" She cried. Sirius' alarmingly handsome face disfigured to that of a living, breathing, work of Picasso, his facial features disarranged into something that gave Kreacher the house-elf justice.
Half the girls in the class shrieked in horror and began sobbing. Sirius whipped out his own wand and pointed it at Sam, simultaneously fixing his face and shouted angrily, "Expelliarmis!"
Sam's wand flew into the air, but she tackled Sirius to the ground and wrestled the wand away. Before he could get another spell to form in his throat, Sam had pointed a finger at his mouth. "Lingua Ligo!"
He sputtered and found himself tongue-tied and could not speak. She had just pocketed her wand and bent to help him up when he thought, 'Levicorpus!'
Sam shot into the air and she heard Severus swear loudly. From upside down she saw Sirius step closer with his wand up and she quickly pointed her own an inch away from his, er, 'family jewels'. (Probably the only thing he actually loves that was given to him from his family.)
"Prewett…" Sirius breathed, trying very hard not to sound desperate or scared. Sam smirked and raised a thin eyebrow. "Reducto."
Sirius' eyes nearly popped out of his head as he stepped back; gaping at her, not knowing what to do. Alyce Robbins, Sirius' Flavor of the Week, stepped forward but Bellatrix gripped the girl's bright blonde hair and pushed her to the floor, placing a silencing spell on her and a foot on her back. This was between Sam and Black.
Sam's face began to turn blue from being hung upside down and she found she couldn't breath. Struggling to right herself she dropped her wand and suddenly found herself whimpering in pain as the blood pounded in her temples.
Sirius looked up after waving his wand a couple of times over himself to find Sam slipping in and out of consciousness and the Slytherins starting to yell in outrage.
'Shit!' He thought. He quickly crossed over to her and dropped the spell, catching her bridal-style. "C'mon Sam…" He mumbled under his breath as he laid her on the floor with her head in his lap, tapping her cheeks.
"Oh God, please…" Sam shifted slightly and whispered something into his robes. "What?" He asked bending a bit. "I'm sorry… for being so horrible… Sirius." She smiled faintly before going slack in his arms.
He stood up with her pressed to his chest and turned to go to the Hospital Wing to find Lucius blocking his way. "What Malfoy?" Sirius rumbled impatiently.
Wordlessly, Lucius held out his arms and looked pointedly from them to Sam. "If you please, Black." Sirius scowled and made to move around him but stopped when Sam stirred again.
"Luci?" She mumbled. Sirius then saw something that he never thought he would see. Lucius Malfoy, the cold-hearted Slytherin, suddenly looked as though he would give anything in the world to share Sam's pain.
His cold grey eyes softened and he looked at her like a brother would to a much-loved younger sister. "Yeah, it's me. It's going to be alright Sammy. It'll be ok." He cooed stroking her hair. "We're here now and we're gonna take care of you." She smiled and scooted to a more comfortable spot in Sirius' arms, pushing her head into the crook of his neck.
Lucius sighed and looked highly frustrated for he wanted nothing more than to pull her away from Black immediately but did not want to disturb her from where she so peacefully slept.
"Follow me Black, I'll clear the way. Nikko and Reggie will keep any others from following." Sirius nodded instantly and followed, not really caring that he had just agreed to walk with Malfoy, Zabini, and his own evil brother, down an empty corridor.
He only wanted to make sure that Sam was ok, and he would do anything to ensure that she would be.
A/N: Hey again. So sorry for not updating sooner but I've been working really hard in school so I need to do that first. No promises when the next chapter is up but it will be a good one. Keep reading. ∞ Me ∞
