Chapter 83: Flashback!
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She said happily with his reasoning, "now then" she said as she began loosening the buttons on her sleeves, "since you have a duel coming up I think it's best if I leaned you a hand in getting ready."
Magnus blinked, "really?" He asked not exactly having expected that, though something told him he shouldn't have been surprised.
"Oh yes, I'm not about to let my newest and favourite nephew get his posterior handed to him in a duel, even if it is by another one of my nephews."
Andromeda said as she walked a bit away from him taking her wand from her sleeve, "now show me what has you so confident that you can handle your cousin in a duel, and then I'll show you how a proper Black duels."
Magnus smirked confidently as he took up a duelling stance and began to cast, confident in his ability, not noticing the smirk on Andromeda's face.
Less than an hour later he would know what real skill was, and that Bellatrix wasn't the only Black sister that should be feared.
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Magnus felt as if his lungs were on fire, his legs felt like lead weights and every muscle in his body felt like it pulling itself apart…. but he felt so great as he rounded the last corner of the black lake at a dead sprint.
The evening before last had been a real eye-opener for him when he had duelled against Andromeda. Well, it wasn't exactly a duel, more like a cat playing with a mouse it found amusing.
Magnus had never thought he was really that good but when he got a look at what Andromeda was capable of he realised just how lacking he really was. It was both jaw-dropping and humbling at the same time.
She had moved so elegantly yet precisely, with barely any wasted movements, to avoid what few spells he was able to cast before she returned fire even faster.
She had put him on his arse two dozen times in the first half an hour of their two-hour training session that night and he hadn't even landed a hit.
And she had done the same exact same in the two other training sessions they had the day after. Before she began to instruct him properly on how a Black is meant to duel.
Showing him how to hold himself and his wand for the best casting, informing him on just how different the styles were for male and female Blacks.
How female Blacks moved with grace and were always fluid and moving, and how males were the opposite, solid and strong never retreating only advancing letting their magic protect them.
It was a formidable style of duelling that Andromeda had demonstrated for him with aid of one of his training dummies as an opponent and he could see how such a style was both effective and very intimidating. He had been eager to learn.
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Flashback:-
"Protego," Magnus chanted as he raised his wand up once again to block a spell from one of the training dummies as he advanced before another spell came flying.
He moved his wrist to intercept the spell as it came at him before flicking it aside and moving his wand forward as he called out, "Expelliarmus," as his wand tip flowed and the wand of the training dummy fell clattering to the floor.
The sound of clapping filled the air as Andromeda applauded, "very good, much better." She commented as she walked over to pick up the wand as Magnus took a few deep breaths to recover in this his tenth time repeating the set.
"You can take a break now if you want," Andromeda said as she put the wand back into the dummies hand, "I'm impressed you've lasted so long, your stamina is very impressive for someone your age and experience."
"Thanks," Magnus said as he walked over to the side of the duelling ring and picked up his bottle of water to get a drink.
Andromeda watched him for a moment before speaking again, "you're coming along quite well, you're both quick with your casting and with your wand and from what I've seen of your spell repertoire you're far more advanced than I had originally thought you were."
Magnus smirked as he put his water bottle down, "thanks, I'm sure both will be a surprise for Draco when we duel tomorrow."
Andromeda gave a sly smile back, "indeed, I don't think that he'll be the only one surprised with just what you can do" she said before a thought crossed her mind.
"Though do try to restrict yourself some, some of those spells you used beforehand won't exactly be viewed in the best light."
Magnus frowned slightly knowing what she meant, he had demonstrated all of the spells he knew or had read about before on her request, he hadn't exactly held back and she had been rather shocked at just what spells he knew.
"Yeah," he said as he put his wand back into his holster, "I'll stick with the more light ones I think."
Andromeda nodded, "that would be best, while dark spells are allowed in honour duels it wouldn't exactly put you in the best light if you started hurling the likes of bone breakers and blood-freezing curses over a matter so slight as this," she said before shaking her head with amusement, "I still can't believe you know them, your only first year"
Magnus shrugged, "what can I say," he said with a smirk, "I like reading, must be the Ravenclaw in me," he said with a grin.
Flash back end:-
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As Magnus slowed himself as he came to the end of his lap he couldn't keep the grin off his face as he breathed quickly and deeply. He was rather looking forward to putting Malfoy in his place later that day.
True he may have been slightly worried at first but now he was more than confident that he'd be more than a match for the blond ferret.
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