Year 2, Chapter 5: The duel

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The days passed quickly, with Angelo training with Bill Weasley, along with his friends, he was a little bit better than Dillian, but he was certainly more dedicated to training Angelo and seeing his development.

"Okay Angelo, you've really made a lot of progress, just like Betty and Tonks." Bill says smiling, assuming another posture for more lessons.

"After this training... we'll do that, Angie." Tonks comments vaguely so that those listening wouldn't understand, and Angelo nods in confirmation, knowing that it's about training Angelo to dodge magic projectiles.

And so it was done, the friends separated and walked randomly around the castle, taking advantage of the fact that there were no classes that day, so they spent about 20 to 30 minutes wandering around the castle's floors and corridors, to ensure that no one would come, and finally meeting up at the castle. second largest tower, which was used for Astronomy, hiding in the telescopes warehouse.

"Seems secret enough here, now... say what we have to do Angie." Betty says, with Roderik and Tonks looking on.

"So I need your help to practice my dodging, let's start with one of you casting some spells on me." Angelo says, and the two agree.

"Okay, so that's it? Are you sure?" Roderik asks and Angelo agrees, moving slightly away from his friends, staying on the other side of the room.

"First we'll start slowly, just Betty will cast the spells, then Roderik and then Tonks, eventually I'll ask for two at the same time." Angelo says, removing his black cloak and tie, leaving only the short-sleeved t-shirt, which subtly revealed the results of his physical exercises, which slightly surprises Tonks, but Betty was a little red.

"I-I didn't know you were...training." Betty says, slightly blushing.

"Oh, I started at the end of last year with my father, now that it's showing some results." Angelo says, laughing lightly, then assumes his boxing stance, which ends up surprising the three of them then.

Then the training begins as well, with Angelo also practicing fighting moves, just to further improve his rhythm with his hands as well, spending half an hour training with his friends, noticing that the attacks that Betty used were much more precise but slower, Roderik on the other hand was faster and shot without planning, missing mostly, and Tonks was the middle ground.

With this training, Angelo notices that it was extremely difficult to dodge, considering that most of the spells hit him, but he still dodged some of them, the month then passes, arriving in March.

In Professor Snape's class, Angelo tries to find the courage to tell Merula about the object, even though it is a review class, he needs to be careful not to attract his attention, so, mixing his potion, he looks at the crow figurine, which Merula seems to notice and becomes slightly irritated,

"What are you looking at? Are you jealous?" Merula asks Angelo, who is slightly startled by her question.

"Do you think he would be interested in a dumb group of birds?" Betty says angrily to Merula.

"It's not dumb, you stupid niece of a murderer." Merula says irritated now.

"Silence, we just review the issues, as there are incompetent people who still don't understand... So maintain the quality." Snape says irritably, and the three return to focusing on the potion, but it leaves the atmosphere tense and clear that this is not over yet.

With the class ending, just a few meters away from Severus Snape's room, Merula and Betty begin to argue fervently, one getting closer to the other every time they speak.

(i know the collors of the clothes are a bit wrong, the A.I didn't managed to do it correct)

I didn't managed to do it correct)

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