Watching him fly up into the air, I couldn’t help but feel a little shocked that it WORKED. My smile widened, turning more into a twisted smirk. But my victory was short lived, however. He didn’t crash to the floor, of course I hadn’t really been expecting him to. Allowing my expression to become serious again, I listened to his commentary of what I’d just done. I was half tempted to open my mouth and tell him that flattery wouldn’t get him a grace period, but it wouldn’t have worked. Besides, I didn’t have the time to do it anyway, right after it he shouted “Electricus Minumus!”

For the first time, I was actually taken aback. Did he want to go down this path? Out of the corner of my eye I could see widened eyes of other students and the Professor had taken a couple steps forward, like he wanted to stop it. I could understand why he hadn’t though, part of me wanted to see where this was going. Not having enough time to deflect it, I took a step out of the way but still felt a current run across my skin.

Shooting him a dirty look, I did have time to block the second spell. “Defensus Erecto!” I shouted, a wall appearing in front of me. The jet of water sprayed the wall, the droplets hitting students on either side of the platform. [i]Hey, I have a wall[/i], my mind thought. Smirking where he couldn’t see it, I shot off another nonverbal spell “Reducto!”. The wall shattered into pieces and I sent them spinning toward Alex at an inhuman speed. They weren’t small pieces, just bigger ones that might knock him backward.