Chapter 9: Duel

Edwin accepting to be Draco second in the duel was surprising to Theodore which cause him to be more curious about his new friend, after they had gone far enough from Griffindoor table Theodore stopped Draco and Edwin " Are you two serious about the duel?"

" No " Draco smirked" I'll tell Filch about the duel and they will get caught out after hours, smart right"

"No!!" Edwin shout catching the attention of Draco and Theodore" We cannot let them off so easy... they accused me of being a thief and are asking for it plus you challenged the duel so you'll seem like a coward"

Theodore was stunted by Edwin, the calm and annoying person was angry after being called a thief out of all the things that he had called Edwin " Mud-blood, muggle-lover" he had never once gotten angry or at least a bit upset by the name-calling and would shrug it off. " your upset by being called a thief? " Theodore asked

" Yes... I'm deeply offended" Edwin said with a frown

" well I guess beating Potter in a duel will show him" Draco added " And I bet he doesn't even know any spells"

" Just hope you two know what you're doing"

" yeah... I just remember I got something to do later " Edwin said

Theodore stared at Edwin as left the grand hall " should I bring Crabbe and Goyle " Draco asked

" Maybe ask Edwin later... I have to do something" Theodore said as he hurried out of the grand hall and tired to see where Edwin was heading.

Edwin frown turned into a huge smile on his face as he would be dueling in his first year, but for the duel to be successful he would have to do a lot of planning since it was the fake duel that sent Harry on his path to Voldemort in his first year, Edwin created a plan in his head as he went to Filch's office.

Filch was in-front of his office Edwin walked up to Filch " what do you want " Filch hissed

" I overhear some students today and they said that they will be dueling at the trophy room at 12:20 on the dot"

A huge smile appeared on Filch face it seem that Edwin had brought a great present for him" who is the students?" Filch asked

" I don't know" Edwin stated" but I heard it when passing the Griffindoor table "

Edwin was headed back to the grand hall but as soon as he banked the corner Theodore was there bracing against the wall " why were you at filch office"

" He stopped me and was asking about the Weasley Twins" Edwin stated

" I know you went and tell him about the duel " Theodore confronted Edwin " why did you stop Draco in the first place if you were going to tell Filch"

Edwin knew that he could try to lie but Theodore might be suspicious of him and tell Draco " I told Filch that the duel is 12:20 so we could get off of there in time and I just want to duel is that a crime?"

" That explains nothing and makes no sense Potter could simply tell on us then Filch would know that we are out of bed "

" Don't worry about that " Edwin Smirked " And how did you know that I told filch about the duel ?"

" I didn't... I was just suspicious " Theodore smirked, " did you relay got angry by being called a thief ?"

" of course not" Edwin laugh" and could you please not tell Draco about Filch knowing"

"sure"

The day had passed and was near midnight after Theodore had found out about the plan he decide to tag along and Edwin had spent the rest of the day in his room practicing first-year charms Vermillious, Vermillious Duo and Vermillious Tria at first Edwin would barely get any sparks at first but after practicing he could do all three, the charms are used for signals but are also considered a minor dueling charm.

On the way to the trophy room, Edwin started to sing and hum

" All the other kids with the pumped up kicks "

" you'd better run, better run, out run my gun"

" be quiet we are trying to sneak out and not draw attention " Theodore Hissed " and no humming "

The trophy room was filled with pictures of students and trophy in a glass case all around when the turned they saw Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville " taught you'd be too scared to show up " Ron shouted

" be quiet " Hermione hissed

" Scared of what you muggle lover ?!" Draco hissed " I see you had to bring your girlfriend along to help you"

" Leave her out of this" Harry shouted

" come on why do you have to fight" Neville cried out"

" what cat get your tongue Edwin" Ron hissed " Or you're too scared to say anything now... I bet you can't even cast a spell "

Edwin's heart started to race and a smile rose on his face" Fuck it " Edwin whispered Theo had heard him wanted to know what he meant before he asked Edwin rose his wand with a check like movement and shout " Vermillious" a red spar flew out of his wand hitting Ron in his stomach leaving a small burnt mark,

After the first spell, Edwin cast another missing Harry which caused the glass behind him to break the duel had started Theodore first caught up and cast Vermillious hitting Harry, the Griffindoor run behind the trophy to gain some protection but one after another Vermillous was cast destroying their cover.

Hermione was the first to attack back with vermillous but it didn't hit anyone Ron and Harry who rushed out of what remained of their cover and run after Draco and Edwin, Ron had chosen the wrong opponent to attack being close to Edwin Ron taught he would have the advantage but he was stopped st the wind out knocked out of him with a liver chop dropping him to the floor.

On Harry side wasn't any luckier he landed several punches on Draco before Theo pulled him off and started to help,

" ahhhh" a scream came with a punch to Edwin face it was Neville who had thrown the punch Edwin before Anything could go further Hermione shout" Filch is coming"

Everyone stopped Edwin look at Ron who was now struggling to get up saying " this isn't over ", Harry with a burst mouth and Neville with his hands still in the air "Let's go we won"

After the Slytherin had left Hermione helped Ron up " we have to get out out of her Filch is coming" Ron shout

" He isn't I just said that to part the fight" Hermione stated "let's get out of here I'm sure someone hears that commotion"

"Yeah" Harry stated

When the left they saw someone coming it was Filch " shit he must have heard " Ron said " we have to run " the Griffindoors ran headed to the third floor