the wrong choice // d.l.m.

fourteen

"gather round!" professor lockhart yelled as he stepped onto the runway that was sat in the large room. "gather round. can everybody see me? can you all hear me? excellent. in light of the dark events of recent weeks, professor dumbledore has granted me permission to start this dueling club, to train you all up in case you ever need to defend yourselves."

y/n stood excitedly next to her friends, as she was more than eager to use actual magic and spells.

"let me introduce my assistant, professor snape!"

y/n watched as snape stepped onto the platform, his arms crossed and his face hard as stone. he definitely had better things to do.

the two men walked close to each other, held up their wands to their faces, bowed, and then turned and walked in opposite directions.

snape then called out, "expelliarmus!" sending lockhart flying about 15 feet backwards.

y/n laughed with her friends, laughing so hard tears began to fall from her eyes.

"an excellent idea to show them that, professor snape, but if you don't mind me saying, it was obvious what you were about to do." lockhart said as he stood up quickly to regain his composure. snape just stared at him, clearly not impressed.

"perhaps it would be prudent to first teach the students to block unfriendly spells, professor." snape glared at him, yet still smiled a sarcastic grin.

"an excellent suggestion, professor snape! let's have a volunteer pair. potter, weasley, how about you?"

"weasley's wand causes devastation with the simplest spells. we'll be sending potter to the hospital wing in a matchbox. might i suggest someone from my own house? malfoy or y/l/n perhaps?" snape suggested as he shrugged.

y/n wasn't surprised professor snape called out her name, as he admired how tough and determined she was. he had taken a liking to her quickly and he was now her favorite professor in the whole castle.

y/n went to step up but draco put a protective arm in front of her. he, instead, stepped up and turned towards her before whispering, "i've got this, beautiful."

draco and harry walked towards each other and held up their wands, "scared, potter?" malfoy spat.

"you wish."

the two then turned and walked away. before lockhart could count to three draco was quick to yell, "everte statum!" which flung harry quite a ways backwards.

draco held a proud smirk on his face and y/n just stared at him. harry stood up swiftly, drawing his wand.

"rictusempra!"

draco was then the one to be flung backwards as y/n put her hands to her mouth, watching as he hit the ground hard. snape picked him up by his robe and shoved him back into the duel.

"serpensortia!" draco yelled as a snake flew out of his wand. y/n gasped lightly as the snake slithered right towards harry.

after the failed attempts to get rid of the snake by lockhart, it continued to hiss at all of the students around. the snake slithered up dangerously close to y/n's face as she stood, holding her ground.

harry could be heard speaking to the snake, but y/n paid no attention to him, only focusing on the serpent in front of her getting closer by the second. the snake hissed loudly, causing y/n to finally take a few steps back, she now looked a little frightened.

not long after, the snake turned towards harry.

"vipera evanesca!" snape yelled and pointed his wand at the snake, it finally turning to ash.