"You can't keep your Protego up forever, Harry!" Penny chimed as she continued to pelt his shields with 'Sand Bullets'.
"STOP!" Harry exclaimed as he released the widest ranged 'Immobulus' Charm he could. The sand in the air between him and Penny instantly froze in the air. Harry dropped his double Protego and slammed his hands together in a loud clap. All the static dust in the air was drawn into one point in space and began to pile up and compress. In less than five seconds a large rock of compressed particulates was floating a few meters in front of Harry. "Now you catch!" He laughed as he launched the hefty stone at Penny.
"Sure." Penny smiled at the oncoming stone, before said stone stopped midair and then smashed into the ground. A small flame appeared above Penny's upturned palm and quickly grew into a beach ball sized fireball.
"Are you trying to be some kind of Elementalist, or just a Pyromancer that dabbles in other spells?" Harry teased the blonde as he conjured water again and had it flow before him in a whirling shield.
"I believe that's enough." Professor Flitwick intoned vanishing both Penny's fireball and Harry's water shield with a simple flick of his wand. The two finally realized that the rest of the 'Dueling Club' had backed away from the platform and were now closer to the walls of the Great Hall. Quickly coming to the understanding that they'd gotten a bit out of hand the two apologized to their Head of House.
"Sorry Professor." Penny and Harry apologized as they gave short bows to their Professor.
"Quite alright students." Flitwick nodded back before beaming at the both of them. "I must say though; bravo Ms. Clearwater and Mr. Potter! I haven't seen Dueling like that in years! I've never seen it done Wandlessly and Silently as well; especially not when both participants haven't even graduated yet! Bravo, bravo! Good show both of you!" The Charms Master applauded and Penny and Harry both accepted his praise, it was saying a lot coming from such a respected Professional Duelist after all.
With a few flicks of his wand Flitwick had repaired the dueling platform and seamlessly taken control of the Dueling Club. Lockhart had tried to interject but all of the students had seen the man throw himself off the platform and land in an undignified heap. Platform repaired Flitwick took over instruction of the Club and set up pairs of students to practice with each other. Harry had to admit, with a competent instructor like Flitwick, the Dueling Club was actually interesting. As the students were waiting their turns to duel Harry and Penny became the center of attention for many of their peers.
"Harry!" Hermione called out as she stood before the two. "You really can use Wandless Magic! I thought people were just exaggerating!"
"That was awesome!" Mandy cheered as she looked between her two Housemates.
"I thought your original spell was amazing, Penny!" Padma gushed to the Prefect.
"It was fun!" Luna smiled at them both, a look of excitement on her face.
"Thank you." Penny smiled at the younger girls. Harry nodded to them as well with a small smile.
"Can you teach me how to use Wandless Magic Harry?" Hermione asked her eyes gleaming with the desire for new knowledge. Nobody seemed to notice the twitch on Penny's face when she heard Hermione ask that.
"Sorry, Hermione, Potter Family Secret." Harry replied as he held his hands up.
"What does that mean?" Hermione inquired looking genuinely confused.
"It means only members of the Potter Family will be taught how to perform Wandless Magic, you dumb Mudblood." Draco snarked at Hermione from outside of their group's little 'huddle'. It didn't escape Harry's notice that the blonde was close enough to be able to overhear if Harry had actually started explaining it. Too bad for him that Harry's pronouncement of it as a Family Secret meant it would be seen as Theft of Magic in the eyes of the Law. No Magical House wanted to even be accused of that crime, much less actually charged or convicted. You'd be run out of the Magical Community faster than you could say 'Nox'.
"Malfoy! Get out of here you bigoted ponce!" Mandy yelled at the Slytherin. Draco scoffed at them all as he walked away and went to mingle with his own Housemates. "He's such a prat!"
"Wait…" Hermione started; her face in its 'thinking' look. "If it's a Potter Family Secret…then why does Penny know how to do it?" All of the girls turned to look at the Prefect and the older girl looked between all of them with a neutral expression.
"Because I taught her how." Harry spoke up diverting all attention from Penny and onto him. "I wanted to be able to teach it to any potential future children. Tonks and Penny wanted to learn and they're my oldest friends and they've both promised not to teach it to anyone. That's how they know."
"Are you two Betrothed?" Luna asked innocently curious. Penny's and Harry's eyes went wide at the question. Mandy saw their reactions and a teasing smile made its way onto her face.
"Mandy…don't." Padma placed her hand on her friend's shoulder before she could speak. Padma was very familiar with Mandy's playful nature.
"Aww, spoilsport!" Mandy pouted at Padma, but the Indian Witch wouldn't be swayed.
"Oh…oh my…" Hermione uttered as she quickly put the 'pieces' together. "I-I see, to learn you have to be or 'become' a member of the Potter Family. Please forgive my rudeness, Harry." Hermione's face was a luminous red at the moment.
"Hermione…it isn't like…'that'." Harry tried to explain. Penny wasn't much help as she was almost refusing to make eye contact with anyone at the moment. The rest of the first Dueling Club meeting passed with few comments, but there was a lot of 'knowing' looks from Mandy and Luna simply smiled serenely at Harry and Penny. If Luna wasn't such a sweetheart, Harry would almost think she was doing it on purpose.
-The Next Weekend-
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