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"I will accept his invitation."
Lucifer was surprised at Charlus' answer.
"What do you mean? I thought you would duel with me."
Charlus smiled.
"I didn't say I wouldn't. How long will I duel with that guy. I'll be done with him in no time."
"Whatever you say. I think you are just trying to avoid me."
Charlus smiled at Lucifer's arrogance and walked towards Nasper.
"You are going to regret this Potter. I am going to crush you so bad-"
Charlus took out his wand and bowed to Nasper. Then he turned around and walked to his position.
"Mr Aubert. Please start the duel after reciprocating the respect that Mr Potter has displayed. Have I taught you nothing?"
Nasper bowed quickly and went to his position. As soon as he got there he readied his wand and started firing off spells.
"Expelliarmus!"
Charlus was ready for the spell and cast a Protego. The charm bounced off of the invisible shield around Charlus. Professor Reinhart was impressed that Charlus had learnt a spell that students would typically learn at the end of their 2nd year.
Nasper was frustrated as to him it looked like his charm had missed.
"Expelliarmus!"
The spell bounced off again and Nasper became even more frustrated.
"Is that all you can do Potter? Avoid my spells? Never learnt any spells?"
Charlus wanted to cast a spell on Nasper immediately, but he remembered the basics of Dueling that he learnt from his teacher. He was taught to never give into taunts and only strike when the time was tight. He never practised it with his teacher but the person in front of him was prime material.
He maintained his Protego for the next 3 minutes while Nasper exhausted two-thirds of his magic. Nasper quickly became tired and he stopped casting to take a breather. Charlus noticed this immediately and stopped his protection charm. He immediately struck.
"Expelliarmus!"
The spell struck Nasper right in his chest and Nasper's wand went flying into the air. Nasper went flying into the wall behind him from the force of the spell.
Professor Reinhart noticed the sudden outburst of magic and saw that Nasper was slumped to the wall.
"What happened? Mr Potter, did you use any spell other than the disarming charm. Perhaps the Push Back jinx?"
Charlus shook his head.
"I used the disarming charm Professor. I don't know why this happened."
"Let's leave that for later. Will anyone take Mr Aubert to the infirmary? He seems to be hurt. Nothing fatal thankfully."
A girl volunteered and took Nasper to the infirmary. After the scene settled, Charlus went to Lucifer who had just finished dueling with his partner.
"You done? We can finish that duel you were talking about."
Lucifer looked at Charlus as if Charlus was an idiot.
"You think we didn't see what you just did to that Nasper? Do you think I am an idiot? A masochist?"
Charlus laughed.
"I wasn't the one asking for it. You were the one who said you would crush me. I want to see how I would fare against you."
Lucifer hit his forehead with his fist.
"Damn you Lucifer! Why did you have to go mess with this overpowered bastard?"
Charlus laughed.
"Are you coming or not?"
"What else will I do."
Lucifer reluctantly went with Charlus to duel. They both bowed to each other and took their stance. Lucifer immediately tried to defeat Charlus before he could even react.
"Expelliarmus!"
Charlus repeated what he did with Nasper with Lucifer and waited for him to tire out. After a few minutes, Charlus noticed that Lucifer was slowing down. When he finally took a breather, Charlus stopped his shield.
"Expelliarmus!"
"Expelliarmus!"
Lucifer had been waiting for Charlus to think that he had become tired. He had observed Charlus' previous duel and decided to counter-attack when Charlus was least expecting it.
However, the spells clashed with each other and a connection formed between the two spells. Charlus' spell slowly pushed Lucifer's towards Lucifer. The huge ball of energy that was forming almost made contact with Lucifer.
"Disseminabunt."
Professor Reinhart decided to interfere. If the ball of energy hit Lucifer, the constant energy from both the boys would add up and impact him and it would leave him in the infirmary for the next 3 days.
The energy dispersed and the spells were cancelled.
"I think that is enough from you Mr Potter. Trouble seems to follow you. Please do not duel anyone anymore. The infirmary might not be able to handle everyone."
Charlus rubbed the back of his head and smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry Professor. I got carried away."
It happens. However, I am interested in you. You have a lot of magical power in your body. More than what kids your age should normally have. Do you know why?"
"I think it's a family secret Professor Reinhart. You should ask my godfather."
Charlus learnt from Nicholas Flamel that while Sirius was not aware of the involvement of Nicholas Flamel in the rescue and awakening of Charlus, he was aware of Charlus' blood complications.
"I will talk to him when I meet him no doubt. It is very curious to see someone like you, Mr Potter. Very curious."
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It was a complete turnaround. Charlus became confident ever since he came back from the Flamel Manor. He performed several times better in every subject than he had in the short time that the Professors had taught him before he had been selected to study under Nicholas Flamel.
While his performance was excellent, his attention wasn't on par. Charlus was caught dozing off in multiple classes. Out of all of his classes, the Herbology class was the one where he was caught the most. He gave excuses saying that the class was boring and that he wouldn't be able to go through that boring herbs more than once, he still received detention. Per class. He had a total of 10 hours of detention, all for one weekend. It took him two weeks to lose one weekend. To him, that was a fair trade.
Weeks rolled by. Charlus had received over 30 hours of detention. The professors were particularly strict because they felt that Charlus was not paying attention because he felt he was too special for their class.
"I am telling you. He will fail his finals when they come. He hasn't paid attention in a single class since coming here I am sure! I will personally invigilate his test so that he won't cheat. We should call his guardian too. Instill some sense into the boy. That much arrogance will do him no good."
Charlus was unaware that he was causing that huge of a predicament for himself. The real reason he was caught dozing off was that he was putting extra work into controlling his powers. This put a toll on his body and exhausted him. He couldn't just tell everyone that reason so he lied and said that the classes were boring. He wasn't worried about his finals since he had already learnt everything from Nicholas Flamel.
Beauxbatons | 17th February 1989 | 11 AM
Sirius was sitting in Madame Maxime's office with Charlus beside him.
"What did Charlus get caught for this time headmistress?"
Sirius asked Madame Maxime.
"He is not here because he has pranked someone, Mr Black. He is here because he has been repeatedly been caught not paying attention in class. It has happened over 30 times till now. We have given him as many detentions but he hasn't changed. We hope that you will find a way to make him change his ways. We care for every student and seeing a student waste his future in front of our eyes saddens us."
Sirius listened to Madame Maxime with doubt. As far as he knew, Charlus was very diligent and paid attention to most of his classes due to his interest in magic. If he had stopped, something must have happened.
"I will talk to him, Headmistress. In private. Charlus, Why don't you come with me for a walk?"
Charlus walked outside the office and followed Sirius onto the pavements of the Academy.
"Well, I find it hard to believe that you are skimming classes. Did something happen?"
Charlus shook his head.
"No!! I tried to explain it to the professors but they don't seem to understand. I already learnt what they are teaching us. If you want, I will prove it to you in the finals. I will get into the top 5 of my year."
Sirius laughed.
"Top 5? Just pass. That will be enough. But if you don't, you are in some serious trouble. You said that you would go back to Nicholas Flamel to study? That will depend on your results. Okay?"
Charlus nodded with seriousness."
Beauxbatons | 28th April 1989 | 9 AM
"You all have your papers in front of you. Each of you is given 2 hours to solve the paper. I am watching all of you carefully, so DO NOT CHEAT. I repeat, DO NOT CHEAT."
The invigilator sat at the desk in the front of the examination hall and observed the students. She had been told by the herbology teacher to pay extra attention to the student named Charlus Potter.
Charlus read each question on the paper carefully. He sighed with relief when he found all of them familiar. It was a Herbology paper so most of the questions were centred around identifying plants and their characteristics. He started writing down the answers confidently onto his answer sheet.
The invigilator noticed that Charlus was writing with focus and not looking around at others. She also noticed that he hadn't even stopped to think while writing the answers. Even if he knew the answer sheet, he would have to stop and think to recollect the facts. He definitely wasn't under the effects of a potion since potions were detected when students entered the examination halls.
Charlus quickly wrote all the answers and put down his pen. He bundled up his answer sheets and put them aside. He then chose to sleep. The exam wasn't difficult, but it was irritating. He had another exam immediately after the Herbology one so he decided to keep his mental state at it's highest. He wanted to get the best results so he could prove to the Professors that he had nothing against them.