CHAPTER 64 The Bathroom Showdown

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CHAPTER 64 The Bathroom Showdown

Elmi caught on quickly, stating, "So, they want me to drink this, and Nott is acting as a lookout."

Tracey contemplated, "Then do you think they locked the bathrooms to humiliate Elmi?"

Zabini shook his head, his tone was matter-of-fact. "Flint looks like an idiot, and in most things, he is one, but when it comes to being malicious, he is not. He thrives in that. I don't think he plans something as simple and innocent as some pranks and humiliation." 

Elmi chimed in, "Then Flint and the rest of them must be in the bathroom waiting for me to go there."

"Let's first take care of this," Elmi decided, grabbing the Gillywater and taking a big sip. Daphne exclaimed, "Are you crazy? Didn't you hear what he said?"

Elmi grinned, discreetly pulling out a vial from his bag and drinking it. Tracey questioned, "What was that?"

Elmi acted nonchalantly, "This is a purification potion; it will nullify the effect of weak curses like the one in that prank." Daphne looked skeptical, saying, "I have never heard of a potion like that. Did you invent that?"

Elmi smiled bitterly, a touch of envy in his eyes. "I am good at potion making but not that good yet. I have to take off my hat for Professor Snape for this potion; the man is a genius when it comes to potion. It is one of his old recipes that he gave me. The man thinks this one is embarrassing to make public since it can, at best, cure curses at the level of the curse of the bogies."

As Nott observed Elmi drinking the Gillywater, he quickly walked out of the Great Hall. Zabini remarked, "He left."

"Then I should go to the bathroom after a few minutes," Elmi stated. Daphne asked, "Should we come with you?"

"No, it is not going to be pretty; I have a plan, but if teachers know I walked in knowing there was an ambush, I could be punished too, so I have to do this by myself. Don't worry; they cannot use magic, or they will be leaving proof of their wrongdoing. They most likely think of beating me, as they told Zabini."

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Elmi walked toward the bathroom, and he saw Nott at the door. As soon as he saw Elmi, Nott walked in. As Elmi was walking into the bathroom, he whispered an incantation but used as little winds of magic as possible so the shield would be weak and shatter in one hit,

"Protegus Repellus"

A translucent shield appeared around him, and at the same second, a punch came towards him. The punch clashed with his shield, and Flint shouted in pain,

"For the beard of Merlin, dam it."

He shook his hand in pain as Elmi stood in front of them. Nott, Bole, and Derrick looked at him with shock and realized there was a shield around him, but Elmi didn't have his wand drawn. Elmi acted surprised and said,

"What do you think you are doing? Is this supposed to be an ambush to teach me a lesson?"

Elmi knew physically. He stood no chance since they were 3 or 4 years older than him, so he had to cast spells without making it obvious or making things up for what they could see. "Oh, the enchantment in my amulet worked; I have to thank my mother for this."

Elmi didn't give them any time to think. He ran towards Flint and pushed his hand towards his stomach as he mumbled something. Elmi had cast Tempestus Spectralis, but by spelling it out and using as little winds of magic as possible, he was able to create one only as big as his palm and pushed it directly into Flint's stomach.

Still, the magic was powerful enough to push Flint at least a few meters back, and he fell down like a puppet whose strings had been cut. The wind knocked out of him as he tried to breathe, but he was not able to. This caused greater shock among Flint's goons as they saw a peanut-sized first-year had knocked out a fifth-year boy in one hit.

Elmi jumped back and put his hand behind himself as he mumbled something. He was overcasting an Aqua Deductio, and this spell had caused the being in the affected area to lose water really fast. So, all of them started to sweat profusely. In a matter of seconds, they were drenched in sweat. Losing a lot of water so fast caused all of them some dizziness. They stumbled, and Elmi used that moment to kick Bole, the second biggest guy, on his family jewels.

The boy fell to the ground, crying in pain. Elmi looked toward Nott, and it was all it took for him to start running away as he screamed. Now, the only one standing was Derrick, and even though he was feeling dizzy, he charged toward Elmi. Elmi tried to cast a spell, but he was late, and Derrick managed to push him to the ground.

They were bigger than him, and he had no chance of defending himself psychically; Derrick started to punch him mercilessly, and all Elmi could do was defend his face with his arms. It hurt really bad, but he had to get hit, or he couldn't say it was all in self-defense. He cast another shield, and this time, he used full power.

"Protegus Repellus"

As the shield manifested, it pushed Derrick back and sent him flying from on top of him. He hit his back on the doors of one of the stalls and passed out. Elmi got up as his face was burning with pain. As he was wearing two pairs of his gloves, Flint started to get up and said,

"You are going to pay for that cheap shot, Fawley; I am going to break your face."

"We will see..." Then he mumbled something (Malediccio Bladae).

His gloves started to glow with an eerie white light. Flint raised his hands and charged at him. Elmi charged him, too. Flint was warry of the glowing gloves, but he dodged Elmi's attempt to grab him and managed to land a good punch into Elmi's body. Elmi managed to touch Flint's hand when Flint punched him. 

The pain was not unbearable at first, but as he continued to hold his hand, it felt like tens of bees were stinging his hand. Elmi used another weak Tempestus Spectralis and hit Flint in the same spot. This time, it caused him to puke. 

Bole and Derrick started to come to themselves, and what they saw caused fear among them. Elmi was in a mounted position. Elmi, with one hand, was holding Flint's neck, and with the other one, he was punching him mercilessly. Even when he wasn't punching him, Flint was crying in pain. 

A few seconds later, Elmi stopped punching Flint, put one of his hands on Flint, and mumbled something, and at that moment, untold fear bloomed inside Flint's heart. Elmi had used Tenebrae Trepidatio, but because the hand he used the spell was already touching his target, there were no black and amethyst ghostly apparitions appearing around Flint, and since he didn't want to kill Flint with a heart attack, he had weakened the curse.