Hermione stared at the two for a few seconds before turning to Neville, "Neville, would you please go a bit away from here? I would like to have a word with these two."
Neville knew that his friend was being teased by the whole class and the worst of them all were the Gryffindors, especially Ron. He nodded and silently headed off to the dormitory while Ron mimicked Hermione and Harry chuckled.
Hermione frowned as she controlled her irritation, "Maybe you guys never noticed but Alex who shared a compartment with you on the Hogwarts Express, had used magic nonverbally. He probably never took the duels seriously and don't you ever forget that the person who invented those gameboards was also him. Maybe you should learn to gauge your opponent's strength before claiming to be one of the best."
The two of them looked at each other, Harry seemed utterly confused while Ron looked like he had swallowed a whole pie.
"Also, Ron. Maybe people will actually consider you as a good dueller if you used magic instead of your fists to win your fights." Hermione said and stormed off, not giving them a chance to have the last word.
******
Aman stared wide-eyed as a twenty-feet tall giant fell, cracking the ground while his friend jumped off of its shoulder.
"Bro, you told me that you will fight people seriously from now on… I feel sorry for Neville."
"That's his fate. Forget about that guy and tell me what you learned from this?"
"That you can kill giants?"
"No you- Aargh. Why do you frustrate me so much?"
"Sorry sorry, I was just trying to liven up the mood. I noticed that you used only one type of spell…"
Alex nodded, "Good. Which type?"
"Explosion!"
"Yes, now do you know the specific spells that I used?"
"Umm… no? they all looked the same."
"I expected as much. Alright, note down whatever I say from now."
Aman nodded and took out a parchment and a quill before walked over to the dead giant and used the large nail of the giant as a table.
"Reducto, bombarda maxima, bombarda and confringo. Now, do you know the difference between these spells?"
"I think so… reducto blasts objects while bombarda and its stronger version can blast anything. Confringo… does the same?"
Alex shook his head, "Nah. Reducto simply turns things into dust and the explosion is just aa visual effect. Basically, it looks like it explodes but that's not what happens. If you focused on the fight just now, you would've noticed that reducto doesn't produce any heat or flames.
Next, bombarda and as you said, it's stronger version according to most wizardkind. These spells produce intense heat and can be used on people.
While bombarda is weaker that bombarda maxima, for some witches and wizards it is a limiter. When a person practices bombarda for a long time, its strength can rival if not, in some cases surpass maxima. You will understand when you see it with your own eyes."
He pointed at the dead giant and for the sake of his friend's understanding, muttered, "Bombarda Maxima."
The giant's nose was blown to bits and blood scattered everywhere while the smell of burnt meat entered their noses.
Both of them had little change in expression but Aman seemed to be forcing himself to withstand the amount of gore being displayed.
"It doesn't matter what my own limit is as this extra word in the spell and the extra wand movements seal the spell's destructibility to a certain point. This spell was actually created for people who hit a limit while using the base spell bombarda.
Those who don't hit the limit can keep practicing to strengthen up their bombarda and they are also able to control the output of the spell unlike maxima. In some cases, although rare, bombarda's output can surpass the output of bombarda maxima. Now get back a bit… I'll show you bombarda."
Aman ran until he reached the walls of the stadium while his friend was already standing beside him.
"Although it is one of the most destructive spells, its biggest drawback is that a decent cheld charm, A.K.A protego can easily nullify it."
Aman knuckled his head, "Yeah yeah, be a good teacher and show me."
"Alright, alright. Bombarda…" Alex said as he pointed his wand at the giant's finger, where a small explosion occurred, but it was too small. He then waved his wand again and said, "Bombarda".
The finger exploded and before Aman could recover from what he had seen, he heard his friend mutter the incantation again, only to see the whole corpse explode and a thin layer of translucent glass like film appear in front of him.
Even inside the protective sphere, they could feel the shockwave and soon after, the flames hit the defensive spell which lasted for only a second before it cracked, causing both of their avatars to burn.
They opened their eyes in the cubicle and looked at each other's faces in surprise.
"Isn't that a bit too… destructive? Why is your defence so weak while your offensive spells are so… I don't even know what to say!"
Aman looked at him like he wasn't human while Alex was lost in his own thoughts.
"Oye! Say something!"
"Well… the last time I used it, it wasn't this strong. And about my defensive spell… that was the first time I used it.
Like, I know most of the spells' incantation and wand movements but I don't have enough time to try them all. I know a stronger version of protego anyways, so I thought I don't really need it."
Aman rubbed the bridge of his nose as he stared at him, "My brother, look at me. Sometimes, it is important to be good at the basics too. Do you understand me?"
"Yes yea, listen now. While bombarda explodes at the point of contact, Confringo explodes from inside out, making it way more deadly."
He conjured two wooden cubes and a hammer before he brought down the hammer on one of the cubes that he had placed on the floor, breaking it.
Next, he opened the cubicle door and threw the remaining cube outside before casting confringo, which made the cube burst, leaving the pieces burning.
He closed the door back again and said, "Bombarda is pushes the target due to the explosion and does not guarantee the target's death while confringo just … you saw what happened.
Anyways… let's go back. This sphere needs some taking care of. Luckily Myrtle isn't here tonight."
*****
The next day in the morning, Alex and Neville put in a knut each and entered the game board.
Neville looked at Alex who stood silently without moving a single step and took a deep breath before he used the only spell that he had been practicing for the past two months.
"Incendio!"
Alex sighed when he saw a small fire ball come out from Neville's wand and all he felt was the heat as it disintegrated before it reached him. He then shood his head and raised his wand upwards before smoke was spewed out of his wand, masking the duel from prying eyes outside.
After he was done, he looked at Neville who stood in one place as he tried to cast the fire spewing spell again. He flicked his wand at Neville's direction, disarming him with the expelliarmus. Neville's wand flew towards him in a parabolic ark before Alex caught it.
One more flick of the wand later, he began examining the wand while Neville hung up in the air, struggling to get back down.
"Hmm… Contrary to my expectations, the core of this wand is not unicorn hair. Interestingly enough, the reason you are so bad is because of the wood.
Ash wood and Dragon heartstring as the core… the user of the wand learns very fast but… the ash wood works well only in the hands of its original owner.
Your father was a great wizard, Neville. Unfortunately though, wielding his wand doesn't make you great."
"G- Give me back my wand, please."
"Silencio~" Alex muttered and Neville's mouth was shut for good.
"You need to accept the reality, my friend. Both the Longbottoms were sadly killed by the Lestrange… your parents suffered in their hands and now… they can't even live a normal life.
Meanwhile their son, Neville Longbottom is spewing out tiny fireballs like an utter idiot.
I'll let you in on a secret, Neville. You see, Bellatrix Lestrange will be broken out of prison by Voldemort soon. Oh don't look at me like that, please. Voldemort will- STOP FLINCHING!"
Alex stared at him for a few seconds before walking around him,Oops, sorry I lost my cool there. If only people feared my name like that instead… anyways, back to the topic… The dark lord is coming back and I feel like it is my responsibility to guide you in the right direction.
Oh yes, I forgot to tell you… I saw the future. Atleast bits of it… and do you want to know what I saw in the past few years?"
Neville nodded. While he wanted to get out of the place, he was also curious.
"I saw your granny being tortured for your whereabouts. I don't have the context but I saw her being killed when she refused to give them any information after three whole days of torture.
Poor old woman… tried to save an idiot like you, only to experience the same thing your parents went though. Tell me, did you ever try to get better at magic?"
Alex tapped his wand on Neville's lips, dispelling the curse.
"I… practice every day with Hermione. You know how good she is.", Neville said while tears streamed out from his eyes and rolled down towards his hair.
"She's probably teaching you charms and other basics. If you want to get revenge or at least protect your grandma, you will have to learn magic that is highly offensive in nature and to do that, you will have to change your wand.
If you wait for a year or so, I'll make you a wand myself. But I feel like it is better to buy a wand from Olivander before that.
I want you to trust me, Neville. If you don't, I can show you what I saw and also give you the same experience that your grandmother had before she was killed."
"I… I trust you." Neville stammered, more out of fear than trust and the moment he completed the sentence, he was back on the ground.
"If you do trust me, put your thumb print on this contract.", Alex said as he conjured a parchment out of thin air.
"Thumb print?"
"Yes, with your blood. Let me help you out…"
A nearby stone was transfigured into a sharp blade which Alex used to cut Neville's wrist. Blood dripped from the cut and while Neville stared at it horror struck, Alex bonked him on his head.
"Place your thumb on the wound and press your thumb at this area. If you delay anymore, you will die. Both here and outside. I created this gameboard after all, so I know how to escape its shackles."
Neville did as he was told and felt like he had lost something the moment his thumb touched the parchment. After everything was done, Alex healed the cut before staring at Neville.
"I'll give you a book and from today onwards, I want you to use it like a personal diary. Write what you do every day and also the things that Harry is up to.
Check the last page every day as you will receive instructions from me in that page. Don't depend too much on Hermione. She is good at certain things but she doesn't understand the concept of revenge.
I'll teach you personally when you get your own personal wand. Oh, and keep everything that happened inside, a secret." He said as he stressed on the last word.
Neville nodded and a second later, saw Alex pointing his wand at him.
"Wai-"
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