Hey everyone. Here is another chapter for Little Moments. This Chapter was brought to you by November Event: Marauders Map Madness, and The Library (MC and Collections Goals) on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For Marauders Map Madness my prompts were 9. Charms Building (emotion) Excited, and 10. Defense Against the Dark Arts Dungeon (spell) Expelliarmus. For The Library (MC and Collections Goals) I chose 60. A Vampire's Monologue by Armarillo Lestoat and the task was to write a chapter of my MC this week (50 points). This is the were Bellatrix first got her love of dueling. I hope you all enjoy How Bellatrix Got Her Dueling Skills.
Bellatrix Black watched in shocked awe as her father and uncle play dueled with each other during Thanksgiving break from Hogwarts. She wanted to join them but seeing it wasn't allowed for students to use magic outside of Hogwarts she'd have to make herself happy with watching them. Maybe she'd learn the spells they were using when she returned to Hogwarts after break.
"What spell is that one?" she asked her mother.
Her mother sighed. "Don't worry about what spell that was," The older woman sneered as though women dueling was the most craziest thing she could think of. "You will learn the proper way to be a proper young woman. That way we can find you a nice pureblood match."
Bellatrix rolled her eyes at this and turned back to watching her father and uncle. She could learn to duel and be the proper young woman her mother wanted her to be. Plus dueling looked more fun than the prissy stuff her mother would rather she did. She'd leave that to Andromeda and Narcissa. They could be mother's pleasing little women. She'd rather fight like a man.
"What's wrong, little Bella?" asked her uncle stooping next to her.
"Mother said I can't duel," she stated crossing her arms sullenly across her chest.
"I don't see why you can't duel." The smile that colored her uncle's voice gave her hope of one day being as good as he and father were. "I saw you asking some questions. If Druella won't answer your questions your father and I will." He tsked at some random thought that crossed his mind. "To think that Druella used to be one of the best duelers back when we were all in school."
Bellatrix's eyes widen in shock. Her mother had been one of the best duelers back when she was in school but she would answer her own daughters questions. Bellatrix looked excitedly at her uncle and father. She had so many questions that she wanted to ask about dueling and she didn't know where to begin. "I have so many questions," she stated the excitement growing in her voice.
"What do you want to know, my little Bella?" her father asked.
"What was that spell you used that made Uncle Orion's wand fly out of his hand?" she asked in a tiny voice.
"It's called Expelliarmus," her father explained to her. "It disarms your opponent and let's you get the upper hand in your duel. It's used as painless means to end the duel."
Bellatrix kept asking question of her father and uncle for the rest of the night gleaning all the information she could from the older men about dueling. She was excited to go back to Hogwarts and the new dueling club that they'd started. Maybe she'd become one of the best duelers in her year like her mother before her. She couldn't wait.
I hope you all enjoyed How Bellatrix Got Her Dueling Skills.