In His Shadow (A Harry Potter Fan Fiction)

Chapter 39- Stunning

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Hello everyone! I hope you all had a good summer and got the GCSE/A Level results you wanted!

I haven't posted as regularly this summer as I'd hoped, which is why I decided to update twice today. :)

I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 39

Harry walked around the Room of Requirement, smiling at everyone,

“Learning how to stun someone is very important. If you need to get away from an enemy quickly, stunning them should give you a bit of extra time to run. Now, get into pairs and practise.”

I turned to Fred and raised an eyebrow,

“Be ready for my skills.”

He laughed,

“You really think you’ll do well on the first time?”

I rolled my eyes,

“I was joking, but if you actually think I’m going to-”

“Stupefy!”

Fred’s spell hit me hard. I flew backwards through the air and landed on the cold, hard floor.

I shut my eyes and groaned. I heard footsteps coming towards me, and Fred gasped,

“Ava? Are you alright? Did I hurt you?”

I kept my eyes shut and smiled,

“Fred Weasley- congratulations on stunning your best friend when she was halfway through a sentence. 25 points to Gryffindor.”

Fred hit my arm,

“I thought I’d hurt you.”

I groaned again,

“Well. I landed on the floor with quite some force. If you could just help me up, I’m sure I’ll feel slightly better.”

He took my hands and pulled me up. I started to brush any dirt off of myself while he started to talk again,

“I genuinely thought I’d hurt you. I was really worried that we’d have to go and get Madam Pomfrey. Then I would have had to explain why you’d been stunned, and that-”

I shouted,

“Stupefy!”

I smiled with satisfaction as Fred landed on the floor with a thud. He moaned,