Hermione and Harry: Riddle in Time (Tomione/Harmione) UNEDITED

Chapter 6

Charms was fine. They really didn't do much. And Harry's thoughts are not there. The next class was DADA. They set off to their class. And professor Merrythought was already there.

When everyone arrived, the class started.

"Alright. Today we are dueling. I've set of and already picked your partner. Now, here are the partners." she tapped the board and there it was.

Granger - Malfoy
Nott - Lestrange
Crabbe - Goyle
Dumbledore - Riddle
Etc...

It was a long list. But Harry was nervous. He's going to duel with Tom Riddle. Hermione looked at him concerned. But Hermione and Malfoy were up first.

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Hermione walked to the front. She was nervous. Not for her, but for Harry. Harry and Tom's wands were connected. Tom must not find out.

Malfoy was smirking. But of course she's Hermione. She grinned.

Malfoy strutted over, smirking. Behind him walked a Slytherin girl who reminded Hermione of a picture she'd seen in Holidays with Hags. She was large and square and her heavy jaw jutted aggressively. Hermione knows she's a Parkinson, or related.

"Face your partners!" called professor Merrythought , back on the platform. "And bow!"

Hermione and Malfoy barely inclined their heads, not taking their eyes off each other.

"Wands at the ready!" shouted professor Merrythought . "When I count to three, cast your charms, one, two, three!"

Hermione swung his wand high, but Malfoy had already started on "two": His spell didn't hit her, she sidestep quickly. She stumbled, but everything still seemed to be working, and wasting no more time, Hermione pointed her wand straight at Malfoy and shouted, "Rictusempra!"�

A jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he doubled up, wheezing.

Malfoy sank to his knees; Hermione had hit him with a Tickling Charm, and he could barely move for laughing. Hermione hung back, with a vague feeling it would be unsporting to bewitch Malfoy while he was on the floor, but this was a mistake; gasping for breath, Malfoy pointed his wand at Hermione's knees, choked, "Tarantallegra!" and the next second Hermione's legs began to jerk around out of her control in a kind of quickstep. She wasted no time, pointed the wand to herself and said, "Finite Incantatem" and her feet stopped.

Malfoy still is laughing, she pointed her wand him and said, "Expelliarmus!" and just like that, no more than two minutes, she won the duel.

She sat next to Harry, switched their wands. Harry looked at her confused. But she whispered, "Priori Incantatem". Harry nodded and gripped Hermione's wand.

And it was their turn.

"Now, top two students in my class. I want to challenge you, usually this is for the second duel in class in your year. But since you're both, excellent students, I want you to duel non-verbally." the professor said.

"Now, face your partner! Wands at the ready!" shouted professor Merrythought . "When I count to three, cast your charms non-verbally, one, two, three!"

Harry figured Tom would attack first so he shielded himself. And he was right. He felt him attack his shield. He dogged every attack he made.

Riddle looked angry. The spells he makes never touch Harry.

Harry tries not to do anything with the wand. It's Hermione's so it would not act the same way towards him. It won't work properly. He makes sure to concentrate properly at a spell, Expelliarmus! He thought. And Tom's wand almost flew out of his wand, but he still kept it. The spell didn't work well.

Suddenly, Riddle used serpensortia and there was a snake. It was advancing to Harry. He can't remember what spell Shape used in their second year to get rid of the snake. Oh! Right! He didn't say it out loud!

Harry was now panicking! He can hear the snake.

Bite. Taste. Blood.

Stop! He ordered the snake. Not really thinking. The snake stopped, and so did everyone else. He used that time to disarm Tom. And he succeeded.

Professor Merrythought got rid of the snake. Riddle was now glaring daggers at Harry. When the class ended, Riddle pulled Harry to an empty classroom.

"You're a parselmouth! How?" Riddle put his wand at Harry's chest.

Harry decided to play dumb. "Parselmouth? Oh, did what I mumbled mean something? I'm not a parselmouth Riddle. When you set that snake over me, I panicked. Then I tried to talk to it. Which surprisingly, work. What did I say mean anyway?"

Riddle eyed him. Then he said, "Stop. You said, stop. And I don't fully believe that you are not a parselmouth." he then walked away.

Outside the classroom, Hermione was waiting for him. They switched their wands and continued to the Quidditch field. Harry was going to try out for Slytherin Seeker.