A Mother's Love (Harry Potter Fanfic)

Part 12

"Potter! Harry!" Harry groans not wanting to hear Draco. He is already in a foul mood with being able to hear voices in the wall. "Harry Potter, can you please look at me,"

"What is it?" He turns swiftly and has to take a step back so as to not kiss Draco being so close.

"You played a good game." Harry's eyebrows fly up. Draco rolls his silver-grey eyes and looks at the window. "I know we don't have a friendship anymore but I...just wanted to talk."

"About what?"

"How you are doing?"

"Harry!" They turn to see Hermione and Ron walking toward them. "What are you doing here Malfoy?"

"Just leaving. See ya around Pottah!" Harry does not feel any jabbing pain at the sharp rude tone. What is going on with him?

"What did he want?" Ron asks glaring at the spot Draco was moments ago.

"Nothing. Let's go to class." They walk to DADA to find a long table and Lockhart and Hazel on the table or more like a stage.

"Gather around students. In the current events, Dumbledore has asked me to start this dueling club in any case you ever need to defend yourselves. As an assistant, professor Snape has volunteered to help to demonstrate." Walking out from the crowd, the potion master stands on stage.

"Now, don't you worry, children. You will still have a potions teacher after I am done with him." Harry glances over to Hazel rolling her eyes. A grin appears on his face. This will be fun.

"A demonstration would be a good first step in showing how the students will duel. Class pay attention to the form and etiquette, and watch Lockhart get his ass handed over to him." Some students chuckle and laugh.

"Wands at the ready." The two male wizards stand face to face, lift their wands, flick them to the side, turn, and then take five steps forward in the opposite direction giving ample space for spells to be cast.

"One, two, three." Lockhart chants smirking.

"Exp..elliarmus." Snape chants and cast the spell slowly. Lockhart goes flying not even attempting to block.

"How do you even call yourself a wizard?" Hazel says looking down at the man disappointed. "Now, let me show you how a real pro fights." Severus and Hazel get into position. Tension rises and Harry watches his stepmother's smirk fall and a stoic expression appear. Her fighting face he used to call it.

Hazel makes the first move. Taking a step forward, her magic flows out and shoots into Snape blasting him to the wall. The students gasp seeing some smoke rise from the teacher's chest. Snape coughs the force that hit him and he walks back onto the stage. Snape sneers getting serious. Gold and red magic spells fly and get blocked. Hazel uses a rope spell to tug Snape on his back once more. Quickly summoning a sword to point at his throat ending the duel.

"The one thing you should always remember in a duel or a real life or death fight is never to attack in anger. If your emotions go out of control, they will cloud your focus and you will be the one on the ground. You must never give your attacker a clear shot or an advantage. If you are quick to shoot spell after spell you have a faster and stronger chance of defeating your enemy." Lockhart shoots a pathetic spell that did not even reach her. "And if your opponent is not even giving you a fair challenge, rend them unconscious and run off."

Hazel knocks out the professor before calling for a pair of students to duel first. Lockhart remains asleep on the ground during the event lifting both professors' spirits. Hazel standing on one end of the stage with her calculating gaze and Snape on the other holding his sourpuss's face.

"Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter," Snape calls and Harry can not help but puff his chest with pride. Time to get real and show the power he has been holding back.

Walking onto the stage, he looks at his stepmother bowing to her before walking to the center to meet Draco. Hazel smirks with pride. She taught him well.  The boys meet in the middle and they lift their wands staring into each other eyes. Their magic swirl and chests ache at the close proximity. Hazel licks her lips slightly nervous because she is the sole person to know the bond the two have. Their magic might not allow them to harm each other.

"Scared, Pottah?"

"You wish." they turn and take five steps forward before spinning around again aiming their wands at each other. The crowd's energy rises with anticipation and excitement. Everyone knows by now the feud between the two and is excited to see who wins.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry shoots the first spell going easy before going for the kill. Draco is blasted and flipped on his ass. Shooting a rope spell, he whips it at the boy, the rope wrapping around his arms and chest. Harry tugs him back and flips him once over. "Immobulus."

The duel ends when Hazel removes the freezing spell from Draco. Harry walks back not wanting to turn his back in case Malfoy shoots a spell. He was right as Draco casts a snake-conjuring spell. The crowd gasps and Hazel pauses hearing hissing. Not from the snake but from Harry.

'This is not good. Tom's powers must have linked to Harry when he got the scar. Shit!' Hazel gets rid of the snake and grabs the boy's arm leading him off the stage.

"Continue on professor while I speak with my stepson." Hazel does not turn around and only drags Harry beside her.