Chapter Nine: Jenna

Jenna had always practiced dueling with her mother, so she was excited. She loved the warmth that filled her when she used her wand. Her mother had taught her many spells just in case dueling came up in class. Then she was aware of Tom sitting next to her.

"Tom, how'd it go with Albus?" She asked. Tom mumbled something.

"All right, lets see. Slytherin? Scorpius Malfoy and... Jenna Le Fay!" Flitwick said.

Oh no. Jenna thought, people were staring at Scorpius and searching the Slytherin group of a girl. Jenna stood up and walked up with Scorpius. Whispers burst in the crowd.

"Wait, thats Markus Le Fay's daughter?"

"Isn't Le Fay a Quidditch player?"

"I didn't know Le Fay got married!"

"I knew it! They look so alike."

Jenna never liked the publicity when it came to her father, the famous Markus Le Fay Quidditch player. Except the worst thing was that she was with Scorpius. Everyone knew he must've learned something from that horrible cousin Rodmin.

Jenna and Scorpius stood in front of the Slytherins while Professor Flitwick picked some students from Hufflepuff.

"Cedric Chang and Leanne Otterburn!" Yelled Professor Flitwick. Jenna looked at the Ravenclaws and saw that others were also staring at Lucy. She had a brother! Jenna didn't know who Leanne Otterburn was, but she had the face of a Slytherin and that was normally a bad thing. Cedric and Leanne clambered up next to Jenna and Scorpius.

Jenna really didn't know what her problem with Scorpius actually was but it was that feeling you got and you just hate them. But she hated Rodmin even more.

"Hmm. Ravenclaw, lets see."

Please not Rose, please not Rose. Rose seemed to have a problem with her and Jenna didn't know why. She had been trying to treat her courteously but Rose just ignored her. It wasn't because she was a Slytherin though because she treated Tom well, obviously Albus and James were treated compassionately. Lorcan, Lysander and Lucy were her friends so Jenna didn't understand, and if she was faced with Rose, she would most likely blast Jenna of the stage and would ferociously curse her. Well, maybe Jenna was getting to overboard with this.

"Rose Granger and Lysander Scamander!" Surprise, surprise. Jenna grumbled while Rose and Lysander rose from their seats. Jenna wondered why Rose's last name was Granger instead of Weasley. She pushed the thought away.

"Gryffindor, lets see."

Scorpius had a delighted look on his face, if Albus came up Scorpius would target him.

"Lupin Fletchly and Jenny Thompson!" Jenna saw that Lupin was taken aback by this while Albus was patting him on the back to go up. Scorpius seemed sad but didn't let it show.

"Right then, boys, girls on the stage with your house partner." Said Professor Flitwick. Jenna heaved herself onto the stage and Scorpius followed. They took a corner of the stage.

It was made of cloth and stone. The cloth was padded and probably for someone who was a klutz and could be protected while landing on the stage at the same time. The stone to hold the stage and the weight of students up, obviously.

"Right, on the count of three, I want you to use charms on your opponents. No violent spells though. All right, am I clear?" Professor Flitwick announced. They all nodded.

"One." Jenna took out her wand and thought of a spell to use.

"Two." It seemed so much like Quidditch tryouts.

"Three!"

Lysander parried and yelled."Stupefy!"

Leanne went limp and her wand dropped. Jenna saw Scorpius advance.

"Petrificus Totalus!" Lysander flicked his wand.

"Protego!" The blast that shot out was repelled and Scorpius ducked. While Lysander was distracted, Jenna moved and got ready.

"Aguamenti!" Water burst out from the tip of her wand. The blast hit Lysander and the force knocked him out. Jenna could see Professor Flitwick look at her with surprise, Jenna's mother told her that was year 5 or 6 work. Jenna was proud at this.

"Stay away from Lysander, he's determined." Jenna whispered to Scorpius. Scorpius nodded and blasted a spell at Cedric.

"Flipendo!" Cedric's eyes widened and he was thrown back of the stage.

"Hufflepuff have one member left!" Announced Professor Flitwick.

"No surprise there." Jenna heard a Slytherin mumble. Some Hufflepuffs looked enraged. Jenna was glad she wasn't there to be in an argument between a Hufflepuff and Slytherin.

"Expelliarmus!" Jenna yelled. Just as Leanne started to come up, Jenna had disarmed her. She could see Leanne grumble and shoot a look at her.

"Impedimenta!" Jenna whipped her head and saw Rose's extended hand pointing at her. Jenna tried to block it, but it was to late. She couldn't move.

Jenna saw Rose give her a look of triumph. Seriously, what was her problem? Scorpius saw the situation and advanced.

"Oppugno!" Some flowers in a pot flew out and whizzed towards Rose. She lost her balance and fell of the stage.

"Ravenclaw have one member left!" Professor Flitwick said. Jenna was so distracted with Rose that she completely forgot about Lysander, Jenna looked where he had been knocked out and saw that he was soaked and was retrieving his wand from the floor. Jenna looked around and saw that most Slytherins were engrossed in the duel. Some Hufflepuffs were covering their eyes as if watching a gruesome battle. The Ravenclaws looked like they would die, two of their best students and one of them is out and the other stumbling around. On the Gryffindor table, Albus was looking at Lupin intensely.

"Incendio!" Jenna turned to see Jenny Thompson wave her wand at Scorpius.

"Scorpius! Watch out!" Jenna yelled. Scorpius turned to see Jenny's hand extended and a stream of fire bursting from the tip of her wand.

Scorpius waved his wand but he was too late. His sweater caught on fire and he was viciously patting it. While Scorpius was hopping around, Jenna pointed her wand at Jenny.

"Tarantallegra!" Jenny started to tap her feet, then wave her arms and suddenly she was dancing. Lysander pointed his wand at Lupin and Jenny then stepped on his foot.

"Ouch!" Lysander howled. Jenny looked sorry and then she fell of the stage. Scorpius's sweater was now burned and he got his wand and pointed it at Leanne who was cowering in the corner.

"Rictusempra!" Leanne was now giggling and shouting. "Stop it! That tickles, haha!" Jenna, Lysander, Lupin and Scorpius looked at Leanne in awe. She was smiling and chuckling. Then she yanked her foot in the air, obviously her foot was now being tickled. She lost her balance and fell of the stage.

"Stupefy!" Scorpius recovered from Leanne's giggling fit and a red jet of flight flew towards Lysander and he fell to the floor.

"Mobilicorpus!" Jenna flicked her wand and Lysander was moved of the stage. The Gryffindor's were now chanting.

"Lupin! Lupin! Lupin!" Jenna could see that Lupin was sweating. Scorpius advanced and waved his wand.

"Expulso!" The space in front of Lupin exploded and Lupin staggered and jumped of the stage.

"20 points to Mr. Malfoy and 20 points to Ms. LeFay." Flitwick announced. The Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors all groaned.

"Nice job Jenna." Scorpius said while shaking Jenna's hand. Jenna nodded.

"You too." As Jenna walked back to the desks people congratulated her.

"Right! Settle down, settle down, Dumbledore wants to teach you all how to duel, ever since Lord Voldemort has died, he still wants to keep everything safe. This was just a starter, next lesson we will be learning the cushioning charm, always useful in duels. You are now dismissed." The students bustled out and into the hallway, squeezing to get past each other. Jenna rushed towards Tom.

"Tom! Wait up!" Jenna yelled. Tom turned around.

"So, 40 points for Slytherin, eh? Pretty good." Tom said.

"Yeah."

"Where'd you learn how to do that Jenna?" Asked a voice. It was Rose Granger.

"Oh, my mother. She was a skilled dueler." Jenna answered. Rose nodded and walked away angrily.

"What's wrong Granger? Jenna's to smart for you?" Sneered Scorpius next to them. Rose shot a look at Scorpius and walked away. Scorpius ran over to Tom and Jenna with Davos and Bane behind him.

"You showed her Jenna, you really did." Scorpius said boastfully. Jenna was blushing now, she couldn't wait to tell her mother and father, they would be so proud!

"Oh! Tom, you were great! Making me end up in the Hospital Wing, your acting skills are great!" Scorpius said.

"What are you talking about?" Jenna questioned. Tom and Scorpius looked at each other.

"Well, I've been asking Tom a favor. I want him to pretend he hates me, while he actually doesn't. The Gryffindor's will be fooled." Scorpius explained quickly.

"What! How...that's-that's..." Jenna looked at the two boys.

"Outrageous!" She finished. "Absolutely outrageous!" She couldn't believe it.

"Um, guys, we're gonna be late. We got Flying next." Davos said.

"Flying! Flying! They already held the tryouts!" Tom said.

"Well, either way, we're still gonna be late!" Bane said. The five Slytherins rushed towards the field near the Forbidden Forest. Some broomsticks had been set out on the ground. Madame Hooch was already there, talking to some Hufflepuffs and Slytherins.

"Sorry we're late Madame Hooch!" Jenna exclaimed. Madame Hooch looked up and saw the children.

"That's fine! We're always late sometimes." The Hufflepuffs looked disapprovingly at them.

"Right! Everyone, choose a broom!" The students scrambled to a broom.

"Who has played Quidditch before?" Some students raised their hands.

"Ah, I see. Some of you have tried out for the teams?" Madame Hooch received nods.

"I want you to pick up your broom," Madame Hooch instructed. "Then mout it. Like this." She showed the students how to mount the broom and waited.

"Right, on my count, I want each of you to ascend. I will demonstrate."Madame Hooch kicked off the ground and soared in the sky. Some Hufflepuffs looked in awe at her. Madame Hooch landed and said, "Cedric, you first." Cedric looked at the ground and kicked off. He whizzed through the sky and landed safely back down. Madame Hooch nodded to a Hufflepuff girl.

"Allison, you can go." She beckoned. Allison, shakily rose off the ground. She hovered in the air but bit by bit she was able to make her way down. When she came of her broom, her face had turned a sickly shade of green. A boy was now in the air when someone nudged her.

"Hey! Jenna!" It was Tom, he was hissing at her, he moved to the back of the crowd and she followed.

"What?"

"Look, I just want to say, about what Scorpius said. Okay? It's just so I can gain his trust so he'll think I'm his friend. Also, Albus hates me now. I told him everything." Tom explained. Jenna looked at him.

"I'm really sorry Tom." Jenna said thoughtfully.

"That's okay, I've still got you guys, don't I?" Tom smiled. They rushed back to their spots in the crowd, it was Scorpius's turn. Scorpius was gliding over the trees.

"How impressive!" Exclaimed Madame Hooch. As Scorpius landed, Jenna was mounting her broom. Madame Hooch nodded at her.

She kicked the muddy ground and soared into the air. The wind was strong, but she was flying at high speed. She could see the castle. It was majestic. She saw people pointing their fingers at her and shouting. She descended, taking in everything as she rushed to the ground and them slowly cushioned herself on to the ground.

"That was, excellent!" Madame Hooch said. Tom, Davos, Bane and Scorpius were all clapping her on the back.

"Good luck Tom." Jenna whispered to herself. Tom adjusted himself on his broom and flew in the sky, doing tricks. People gasped and gaped at him.

"He's good." Scorpius managed. Tom finally flew down when he had finished an amazing trick. He let go of on hand on the end of his broom and fell off on purpose while he rocketed to the ground on his feet. As he sprang of the broom, Madame Hooch made her way towards him.

"That was excellent my boy, you must be Tom Riddle? Aria told me all about you." Jenna could see Tom blushing as Madame Hooch walked away.

"Right! Well, first day, it was great, wasn't it." Jenna said to Tom.

"Yeah, yeah it was." He answered back as they headed of to dinner.