N.E.W.T. Class - Lesson 6

Landon was late. This wasn't good.

Professor Wilson already had a personal vendetta against Landon and that was without the Slytherin being tardy for his class. He'd probably get some points docked off, as well as get called Bond. Although, to be honest, Landon had done a bit of research on this James Bond fellow. Even though he was a muggle icon, the guy was pretty bloody cool. A secret agent who kills the bad guy and always gets the girl in the end? Yes, please. So now Landon knew it was something to which he should take offense, even if Wilson had intended for it to be that way.

Walking into the classroom he noticed that all of the tables and chairs were in the corner, creating space for dueling. Even if Landon apologized for being late, he was positive he'd be getting points taken away from the Slytherin house. And to be honest, he wasn't really all that sorry he was late. The less time he had to spend around Wilson the better.

"Sorry I'm late Professor," he commented rather loudly before walking over towards his cousin Sophia who was talking to a couple of people he didn't recognize. He grinned at her, "Hey Sophia," and also gave a nod of greeting towards the others he didn't really know.

“Adam Lyfelde, sir.” He said easily. Adam knew the Professor probably felt a little bit put out. Not many professors had to try and teach a blind student. Adam knew his mother struggled enough and she wasn’t even a qualified professor. He was grateful but there wasn’t really much he could do in the lessons unless he was doing some practical things. Working on theory was useless because Braille definitely wasn’t Adam’s strong point. In fact, he hated it which was why he didn’t often read but chose instead to listen or play music. “Well, I am pretty confident. I’ll give it a go. I might prove to be able to hold my own in a duel.” Adam wasn't sure, in fact he was pretty nervous. His mother never wanted him to be involved with any fights whether Muggle or magical and it seemed as if he needed to do it. Well, it was Defense against the Dark Arts.

''Well, boy... I will allow you to try, but... I doubt that you will be able to do much. I do hope you will be more able to do practical stuff. This is something to change the routine.'', Wilson said to Adam. He saw Landon enter, but did not want to call him out instantly.

He turned to him. ''Bond, you are here. Late! But, I did not expect anything less. Sloppy as always. But tell me, lad, how are you today? How is the girl you stalk while she is playing the violin? Has Bond managed to kill Dr. No and still get the girl?'', he asked Landon.

Okay, so how had he known about Amelia? That was a little creepy. Landon looked at him suspiciously but thought that everything else Wilson had said was slightly humorous. He got a chuckle out of it anyways but dared not let the amusement play out via facial expressions. "Oh I'm doing just fine Professor, I hope you are as well." Ignoring the comment about Amelia he launched forward, "And Dr. No is old news sir. I took care of him a while ago," he replied jokingly, though trying to keep his tone serious. "I'm after Jaws these days." Landon had found the villain of Jaws particularly interesting mainly for obvious reasons though: his size and his teeth.

Maybe Wilson would warm up to him eventually. Maybe not. Landon wasn't going to waste too much time or energy worrying about it. He still couldn't help but wonder how exactly the professor knew about his encounter with Amelia. It had been private...or so he had thought. Surely she didn't have a close relationship with this guy?

''Jaws? Why him? He is so... stupid. You should have went after Godlfinger and still, Anya Amasova does not fit the description. Honey Rider would fit the description more, wouldn't you agree?'', he asked, standing up.

''Now... let us start. As you could have seen, unless you are total morons, today's class is reserved for dueling. You all know the definition of dueling and how dueling is conducted so I am not getting into that. What I would like you to do is to choose a pair to duel with. I will choose only one... Bond, you pair up with Poe. The rest of you usurpers, except you boy, choose your pairs.'', he said.

Oh great, Belle thought. She was not a top dueler and never really had been, but this time it was for a grade so there was not getting around it. She went over to Mari, "Um care to be partners Mari?" She asked and waited for the girl's reply.

"Yeah sure Belle..." said Mariana with a sigh realizing this is going to be one long class so she drew her wand out of her pocket realizing she is going to look at Wilson for longer then she intended to. "After you.." she said as she placed her wand in line with her face and bowed.

Christy looked over at Soph, "Want to partner up with me Soph?" she asked curiously. She knew it would be bad to partner up with her cousin because they would know the other's every move so her best friend was the next option.

Belle nodded and drew her wand from the holder on her right thigh and followed the lead of holding it before her and taking a bow. "I have to warn you Mari I am not very good at this, I hope you will not think me incompetent."

She was not sure if there were any specific spells they were to use so she turned back to Professor Wilson. "Excuse me sir, but are there any specific spells you wish us to use, or is this just to gather how much we know and how well we use them on spot?" She asked.

Adam sighed. He gathered that he was going to be known as boy from now on but one couldn’t be too sure. He had a feeling the Professor meant him but he could have been off. Adam ran his hand through his hair and bit his lip. Acting in classroom situations or even being in a classroom situation with others – it was all lost on him as he’d never had the experience. Adam looked in the direction of the professor and raised his hand a little. “Um... sir? Who am I going to duel with if I’m not meant to get a partner?”