Chapter 94: Dueling Club

Chapter 94: Dueling Club

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"Dialogue"

'Thoughts'

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Chapter 94: Dueling Club

Harry removed the invisibility charm after making sure no one was around.

"What are you doing here?!"

None alive at least.

"Hello, Myrtle." He greeted the annoyed ghost.

"You know me?" She was taken aback. No one bothers to even ask her name anymore.

"Wait, but you can't be here. This is a girl's bathroom!."

"But no girls are using it right now," Harry remarked.

"Besides, I didn't come here to spy on anyone."

"Then...why did you come here?"

Harry walked towards the facets at the end of the bathroom.

"Have you seen this thing open? or anything suspicious happening in this bathroom?"

"Yes!" She exclaimed loudly.

"I saw something coming out from there. Something with creepy yellow eyes."

"When did this happen?" He already had a suspicion.

"I don't know... a long time ago, I think. This was before I became...like this."

"I see...I was looking for something more recent. What about since then?. Anything else happened?" He asked.

She seemed to consider it for a moment but then shook her head.

"Why? he hasn't bothered us this year, so far at least..." Seamus commented.

"It doesn't matter. How long do you think that's going to last? Isn't that right, Nev?" Ron asked.

"Well...I'll be fine if he just leaves me be..." Neville looked around the place with a nervous look. There were over a hundred people in the room. All from different years.

Professor Lockhart did not put any age restriction in the club, so anyone who wanted to apply was welcome to do so.

"There are several students from the sixth and seventh years. " Parvati recognized the ones from the Gryffindor house at least.

"Well, it doesn't matter to me because I won't be dueling anyone. At most, I'll watch." Lavender crossed her arms.

"I think the actual dueling will be for the older students. Don't you think so too, Harry??" Hermione turned to him.

"I believe you are giving Lockhart too much credit for his planning." He replied.

'And there is no way that glory-seeking man will miss the chance to use Neville to increase his fame.'

He felt a bit bad for this, but he was counting on that to happen.

"Hey!" Lyra and Ginny approached their group.

"Hello, girls. So...you came here too, huh?. I hope Hermione didn't drag you into this too." Lavender said.

"No, we just wanted to see some actual magical duels! I mean, we haven't learned anything interesting yet..." Lyra muttered.

"Is just the beginning of your first year, what did you expect?" Harry told her.

Lyra glanced at him with interest.

"Are you going to be dueling, Neville?" Ginny collected the courage to address him.

"Duel?...me?." Neville looked startled by the question.

"I wouldn't know what to do..."

"What?, but..." Ginny became confused.

"What about you, Harry?. Well, we see you duel someone?" Lyra had an expectating look on her face.

"I have no interest in duels." His answer came out a bit more defensive than he intended. But the idea of using his skills as mere entertainment...sounded almost offensive to him.

"Really?...." Lyra titles her head.

He could understand her reaction. She probably assumed that the reason he was practicing so much was because he wanted to become a duelist or something like that.

He will have to tell her the truth one day...