Duel Practice

The next morning in the Black Manor, in the training room, Tiberius and Arcturus are currently in a face-off.

They both looked at each other, and Arcturus instructed Tiberius about duelling.

MC POV

Arcturus was giving me advice for the start of the duel.

"Once you finished bowing, I advise you to instantly shoot a spell with their guard down. It may be dishonourable, but it may help win the fight."

I nodded, I had no need for honour as to me. it's just a weakness and a way for your opponents to take advantage of you.

Arcturus spoke.

"Wands at the ready."

We both held our wands to our faces and bowed. I followed Arcturus's advice and immediately fired a Stupefy at him.

Arcturus deflected it with only his left wandless hand.

"Good, you have listened to my advice and casted a spell non verbally."

I didn't let him finish and continued my barrage of stupefys and basic cast. He deflected all of them with his wand.

He shot a Confringo at me, to which I casted a protego.

I channelled Force Lightning from my hand and through my wand. The lightning that came out from the wand wasn't blue.

It was purple, and it felt more powerful than my blue Force Lightning.

Arcturus used his wand to absorb the lightning and send it back to me. I rolled to the side and fired a Confringo at him.

I shot two more Confringos and used Conjuration to create a rope that binded both his legs together, and I shot a Stupefy at him.

Arcturus looked impressed at my tactics and moved his head to the side to avoid being hit by the spell.

With a click of his fingers, the rope burned, and with a swish of his wand fire appeared behind him. The fire turned into a flaming dragon.

The dragon roared at me, and Arcturus looked at me with curiosity, wondering what I would do next.

I raised my wand and tried using transformation to turn the flaming dragon into stone. It worked as the dragon slowly turned to stone.

It tried reaching for me but failed as it was completely turned to stone.

Arcturus looked at me with shock, and then he looked excited.

As the dragon was finally turned to stone after a long time, it dropped to the ground and shattered to a thousand pieces or more.

I think that was Fiendfyre Arcturus used to create the flaming dragon.

I turned to Arcturus and raised my wand, but he pushed me back by raising his right hand. The impact was painful, but I endured it.

I got back up and prepared to fight again.

"That's enough Tiberius, you have impressed me in the past, but nothing can compare to what you have done just now.

You have used Transfiguration to turn my flaming Fiendfyre dragon into stone. You have great talent in duelling, too. We will continue after lunch."

He continued.

"And you may be wondering why when you used your lightning, it was purple.

I'll tell you why, the wand makes our spells stronger, and your lightning is somewhat of a spell, and the wand made it stronger. The lightning caused me a bit of pain.

I am sure that the lightning you just used is the second stage of your dark power."

Interesting, my Force Lightning has a great potential due to causing a bit of pain to a Wizard as strong as Arcturus.

We began heading to the dining room, and we began eating. Kreacher was saying praises, saying that I was a true Black, unlike Sirius.

"Not only is the young master hard working, but he has great talent. His hard work and talent will help raise the Black family further.

Sirius is not worthy of having a son like the young master." Kreacher said the name Sirius in an angry tone.

Kreacher is a loyal pawn in the future as he is completely devoted to us. I have many questions in life.

Did the Peverells actually meet death, or did they create the Deathly Hallows themselves?

The cloak is with the Potters, the resurrection stone is in the Gaunt Ring, and the Elder Wand is in the possession of Dumbledore.

After lunch, we restarted our duel, and Arcturus remained unfazed by my attacks. Deflecting them with his hands.

I shot spell after spell, and he deflected all of them, but I was improving. He managed to disarm my wand using using Expelliarmus.

As a result, I used wandless magic and my Force Lightning. I combined my Force Lightning along with Incendio.

I shot a ray of fire and lightning, and Arcturus deflected it with his hand once more. The ray that was deflected destroyed the training dummies.

Arcturus smiled at how destructive my attack was.

"Very good, Tiberius, combing lightning and fire can cause quite the destruction. Now it is time to show you my other ability."

A dark purple aura surrounded him, and I was forced to kneel by an unknown force. I looked up and saw Arcturus with purple eyes staring at me. It was getting hard to breathe.

The aura faded, and Arcturus walked up to me.

"That is my magical aura. It allows you to destroy things around you should you wish it. If you continue making me proud, I will teach you it."

I nodded. The power that Arcturus displayed was incredible. His skill at duelling and magical might was something I wanted.

We began duelling for hours and got better and better at the art of duelling.

Soon, it was now dark, and Arcturus told me to get to bed, and I did so.

I then went on my bed and drifted off to sleep.