Harry, Neville and Daphne were walking towards their classes the day after the quidditch match, when they were stopped in the way by Sanctum and his goons. "You're a dead man walking, Potter." He said.
"Funny. I thought I was the Boy Who Lived." Said Harry. "I thought so." Said Neville as they walked away from the offending trio. "Those guys never know when you should stop antagonizing someone when you don't have any backup do they?" Asked Daphne. "Au Contraire, Daphne dear. They are the perfect embodiment of dumb people." Said Harry. "What's this I hear about you calling Daphne your dear, Harry?" Asked Fred as the twins fell in line besides them. "Don't worry Jester dearest, Aztec was only joking. Weren't you Aztec dear?" Said Daphne. "Yes yes, Asena dearest. You know me so well." Laughed Harry. "Why am I hearing Asena and dearest in one sentence, Harry dear?" Asked Hermione as she joined the 5. "Just fooling around Love. Just fooling around." Said Harry with his smirk.
They all walked to Transfiguration where the twins deposited them, and they walked towards Potions. "It's like those two don't trust us when it should be vice versa." Muttered Neville. "Ha! Truer words have never been said." Said Ron and Draco.
In Transfiguration, the 4 boys said," Hi Minnie!" To Professor McGonagall, who sighed in resignation and shook her head. Their assignment for the day was to turn a matchstick into a pencil. After careful consideration, the 6 managed to complete this assignment in few minutes which led McGonagall to give them 5 points each. After this not particularity difficult lecture they went to Defense Against the Dark Arts; where in they were bored to death by Professor Quirrel. As they were about to leave, Harry felt a twinge in his scar which due to their soul bond Hermione felt too. "Harry what's wrong?" She hissed urgently. "I have no clue Mione." He replied back.
Outside the class they were accosted by Sanctum and his goons. "You think you're so great Potter. I challenge you to a wizard's duel. Midnight in the trophy room. Crabbe is my second." "I decline this challenge Sanctum." Said Harry and he walked past him with Hermione. "Diffindo!" Yelled Sanctum. Harry quickly dodged the spell and it crashed into the wall. Sanctum kept on slashing his wand and Harry and Hermione kept on dodging them. All the while the others who'd gone ahead came back with Professors McGonagall and Snape. Seeing the Professor's there, Harry ended the duel by saying Expelliarmus and catching Sanctum's wand. "What is the meaning of this monstrosity!? Who did this? And why did this happen?" Yelled McGonagall. "Potter attacked me Professor. I was just defending myself." Hermione snorted in disbelief. "Right. And he was sending spells at you which destroyed the hallway." Said Snape. Sanctum nodded earnestly. "150 points from... Slytherin." Said Snape as Sanctum was smirking at Harry all the while thinking that Snape wouldn't do anything to a Slytherin. As soon as he heard Snape's words his head snapped back towards him. "But Professor, He attacked me." Said Sanctum. "We were watching the duel for the past 5 minutes Sanctum. We saw Mr Potter and Ms Greengrass only dodging the spells you were casting at them. When he saw us, Mr Potter cast a simple disarming spell at you." Said Snape. "Also detention till Christmas." Said McGonagall icily. "Ms Greengrass kindly tell me what prompted Mr Sanctum to curse Mr Potter and you?" Said Snape. "Professor it so happened that we were leaving the DADA class when Sanctum challenged Harry to a wizard's duel while saying that he thinks that he's so great. Harry declined the duel and we walked past him when he started to attack us." Finished Hermione. Hearing the story both turned towards Sanctum and said,"Detention for the entire year." And ushered all the students towards the Great Hall.