MTLNOVEL Chapter 9: Chapter 9
Chapter 9:
"Are you really going to attack a girl, Longbottom? Have you no manners."
"She insulted my friend!"
"I don't give a shit if she insulted the queen of England, you're not attacking one of my housemates, so put down your wands. Now."
Longbottom glared at him with a murderous passion. Harry could tell that he was having a hard time, he seemed as if he had barely slept at all, and it was obvious his new status as the Wizarding World's most hated individual was starting to slowly break him. He also spotted that the Gryffindor was using his left hand and hidden his right - any other day he would've smirked at the clear sign of Umbridge's torture, but not anymore.
Daphne and Pansy, who were stuck in the middle, deftly moved to the side and hovered right about Weasley's bag.
"This is none of your business, Potter," he spat his name as if it was shit in his mouth - training his wand higher in the air.
"True," Harry conceded. "But then again, I'd be insane if I miss the chance to humiliate the saviour of the wizarding world."
In a fit of rage, Longbottom jabbed his wand at his neck. "Try me."
Harry scoffed, completely unfazed. "Arseholes try, I just do."
The words had barely left his mouth before he went into action. The clear and present danger was Longbottom, not only did he have the experience through many of his fabled adventures and the Triwizard Tournament, but he was also heralded as the best dueller in his year - which would've been true if Harry hadn't been tanking his own performance to keep his cover - but he also had his wand jabbed into his neck. Weasley was barely an issue, but he wanted to completely humiliate Longbottom, so taking out the redhead first would be optimal.
Trusting that Neville had no experience in wordless magic, he used his arm to forcefully struck against the Gryffindor's elbow pit, almost managing to disarm him completely from the sheer shock. With Longbottom indisposed for a couple seconds, Harry trained his wand at a petrified Weasley.
"Stupefy!"
Harry made sure that the spell was as weak as possible, he didn't really want to hurt the redhead. However, it still had enough force to throw him a few feet backwards, and when Harry realised what was going to happen, he cast a small cushioning charm on the floor below, where his unconscious body fell.
"Ron!" Hermione shouted, immediately kneeling beside him in the most dramatic fashion Harry had seen.
"Two on one," he remarked at Longbottom, ignoring as all the Gryffindors needlessly huddled around Weasley and the shocked silence of the Slytherins. "Next time, bring more guys, will you? This is just way too easy."
Neville's cheeks were flushed, and his eyes were almost feral. "Expelliarmus! Stupefy! Incarcerous!"
Harry easily side-stepped the first spell before blocking the other two, making sure to use loud incantions while doing it.
"Using the big boy spells, are we now? I'm almost flattered."
Longbottom howled in fury and cast another two jinxes at him, which he flawlessly dodged, looking more as if he was dancing than evading. Wanting to have some fun, he cast a tripping hex at him. The Gryffindor fell face first, and the Slytherins began laughing.
"Are you okay?" Harry asked mockingly. "My bad, that was a little hard. I gotta say, I'm really disappointed in you, Longbottom, I expected you to be way better at this thing. I'm- honestly, I'm stunned."
"Stupe-"
He stopped him with a quick silencing charm. "What? Sorry, I can't hear you, you're gonna have to speak up."
Roars of laughter filled the room, and Harry could see that even some Gryffindors, like Seamus and Lavender, were amused by his actions. Longbottom began trying to cast the counter-curse on himself, but was unable to do so, given how he didn't know anything about non-verbal casting. It looked like Granger was about to go and help him, but was stopped before she could.
"What is going on here?" Snape's voice was cold and low, and yet, it was easily heard even with how loud the classroom was. At once, all the Slytherins stopped laughing and the Gryffindors scatter to their seats, hoping to reduce the point-loss everyone knew was coming.
"Longbottom and Weasley tried to attack us, Professor." Daphne spoke, a hint of glee hidden beneath the sweetness of her voice.
"That's a lie!"
"They didn't do anything wrong!"
"They called Hermione a mudblood!"
"Silence!" Snape hissed, quieting the classroom completely. "Patil! Thomas! Granger! Five points from Gryffindor each, one more interruption, and I'll double it."
Once everyone had settled down, Snape turned back to Greengrass.
"Potter came to our defence, and when he did, the two of them tried to attack him, but Potter defended himself, easily beating them."
Snape arched an eyebrow at him. "Easily, did we?"
Professor Snape had an intense hatred towards him since the first day at Hogwarts. He was the only Slytherin that didn't receive that patented Snape bias and barely got As in his classroom, without needing to tone down his performance. Harry could feel a sarcastic remark forming in his head, but shook it off and opted to not say anything instead.
"Is this true?" The potions master asked the rest of the Slytherins, receiving an outstanding "Yes!" from everyone. Longbottom was about to say something, but Granger elbowed him to shut him down.
"Very well," Snape drawled, clearly conflicted. "Longbottom, Weasley, twenty points from Gryffindor each for starting a fight with your peers." The Professor turned directly to him, his eyes analysing him as if he were a complicated potion. "Potter, ten points from Slytherin for participating in a fight rather than calling a teacher."
Harry bit down his complaint. "Yes, sir."
"Professor," Granger spoke. "Ron is unconscious."
"Then what are you waiting for? Go take him to the infirmary!" He barked and Hermione nodded, levitating the redhead and leaving the dungeons, but not before giving Harry an incredibly pointed glare as she passed by him.
"The rest of you, back to your seats! There are to be no more distractions during this class."
Longbottom didn't even look at him as he sulked back to his seat, but he did share a glance with Parkinson and Greengrass, one that promised a talk as soon as the class was over.
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