Defend

Chapter Twenty-Three I Already Read The Chapter

 "Alright, we're taking a break from Patronus' today. It's almost the end of the year, and we need to make sure that we have everything else down." Harry commands, and begins to pair people up to practice duelling.

 "Neville, you're with Eliza again, and Eliza,"

 I look at him and nod. "I know, don't use Expelliarmus on him first."

 Harry laughs. "Yep."

 I get in a defensive position. "Alright Neville, hit me with everything you got."

 His face screws up in concentration. "Expelliarmus!"

 My wand flies out of my hand and scatters across the room. Neville gazes at my disarmed wand in incredulity.

 I toss my arms around him. "You did it!" People clap for him, and Harry comes over to congratulate him.

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 "Who can produce a patronus?"

 Half of the class raises their hands.

 "Wow. Brilliant, that's a lot of people considering only about half of you could do Expelliarmus when we first started." Harry smiles at us, clearly proud of his work.

 He smiles. "Everyone who can do it, come up here and demonstrate."

 I walk to the front of the room and raise my wand. Cries of 'Expecto Patronum!' echo through the room and multiple animals jump around and slowly fade away.

 "Brilliant, now, everyone else, get practising," he turns to the small group and motions for them to follow him.

 We follow Harry while the rest of the people continue to practise their Patronus'.

 "Alright, this is probably one of our last DA meetings of the year," Harry begins as we all sigh sadly. "since there's only a couple months of school left. So I would like to say, I think all of you are pretty much fully trained and ready to defend yourselves against anything that might come your way."

 I smile in excitement.

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 "What class do we have first today?" I ask Draco as we pack our bags.

 "Defence Against the Dark Arts."

 I close my eyes and flop down on the couch.

 "Nooo!! That woman is the devil!"

 "Stop." Draco says.

 "If you want me to go to class you're going to have to drag me there," I whine.

 I open my eyes, realising what I just said and who I just said it too.

 "Oh Salazar Slytherin, I didn't really mean it! Draco please!" I squeal as he comes at me smirking.

 He grabs my wrists and pulls me off the couch towards the entrance to the dungeons.

 "Draco, no! I will literally kill you if you take me out there!" I yell, trying to maintain a straight face.

 "You asked for it."

 I wrestle one of my arms free and grab my wand. "Flipendo!" I cast, before quickly grabbing my bag and running laughing to class.

 I sit down in my seat and when Draco walks in he tries to glare at me, but ends up laughing.

 "You're pathetic." He mutters, smirking at me. I return the look and am about to return an equally sassy comment, when I'm interrupted by a pink-clad demon.