READY|SET|FIRE

READY SET

It was 6:30pm on a Tuesday night. Professor Malfoy knew that soon the students that had signed up for Duelling club would soon be arriving in the Great Hall for the first meeting. Professor Malfoy was wearing a nice long-sleeved white shirt with medium grey pants and suspenders. He was no longer wearing a tie, he wanted to be loose and not so tied up for this. The Death Eaters running the school only agreed to allow dueling club to take place because they were under the impression it would help train the students to fight for their cause once they were abled. Scorpius however, secretly wanted it for the exact opposite reason. No one besides the other Order Members knew was he true plans were. Some students who had been to Order Meetings would have a hint of this knowledge but the rest of the student body probably assumed his allegiance was neutral. He didn’t abuse or torture the students, but he wasn’t exactly challenging the Death Eaters in public either. Professor Malfoy didn’t mind if his students thought he was neutral as long as they believed that he cared about them and their education. Which he did. He truly enjoyed the part of his job where he could mentor and mold these young minds. Professor Malfoy enjoyed his part as a role model, something he didn’t have much of when he was their age.

Professor Malfoy was already in the Great Hall. He was using his wand to setup the room. Moving the dining tables and benches so they were stacked along the east wall. He was also setting up the old dueling deck. It was large platform that raised about 4 feet off the ground. It stretched across half the room it seemed. The platform was painted a deep blue color and was decorated with the different phases of the moon. Once it was set up, Professor Malfoy stood on top of the platform as he waited for the students and other professors who wished to be there, to slowly trickle into the room.

Once a large number of students had arrived, Professor Malfoy cleared his throat and spoke, ”Gather round everyone, c’mon. Over here” he said motioning with his arm to get the kids who were scattered all around the room to come and congregate around the platform. ”Can everyone see me? Here me?” he waited to see if anyone protested ”If you see a first year or someone shorter behind you… let them come in closer alright?” he added. He knew it was rough for the first years who were always so much shorter than the rest of the student body. Once he was certain most of the students could hear and see him he continued, ”Excellent. Ok. You all are in DA and DADA but this club is the help you further your skill level in actual application of spells. We are going to try and make sure that you are improving on your database of spells, as well as your speed and delivery of the spells. Each house will have 2 house leaders. Your leaders will be in charge of setting up duels every other tuesdays so you get that one on one time with someone in your house, year, and skill level to aid in your progress.” Professor Malfoy was walking up and down the platform, turning every now and then to make sure that everyone was listening. ”Tonight, we are going to focus on how to block unfriendly spells. Now” he paused ”I’m looking for two volunteers to demonstrate their ability to to stop unfriendly spells during a duel.” Professor Malfoy eyed to room looking to see which two students would be the first to step up on the platform.