"Be quick," Adrian whispered, gently smoothing his thumb over a stray feather which stuck out near Hedwig's eye. She affectionately clicked her beak, her glaring eyes somehow calm. She spread her wings, flapping twice with an audible clap. She ascended, white wings flapping away into the afternoon sky and out of sight.
Adrian admittedly didn't understand the Triwizard Tournament. It wasn't something he had heard of before, through whispers in the walls or Nagini's hisses. It seemed unplanned, random and a variable he didn't know anything about.
It was possible the entire scenario was a twisted form of chance, an ironic twist that somehow was not related whatsoever.
Yet, that still didn't address how Skylar got his name in the cup; the ward was cast by the Headmaster himself so evidently a very powerful curse breaker or wizard would be needed to befuddle the cup.
Perhaps father is involved, and he thought you too useless to be of help.
Adrian left the tower, shuffling through his bag to make sure he had his finished essay for Care. Lutain peered up sleepily from his bag, mumbling nonsense before he drifted back off to sleep.
Adrian shook his head and smiled affectionately at his friend, making sure not to jostle him too badly as he traveled across the stone pathways.
The sky was overcast but still bright, a few birds flew overhead and tittered happily despite the quickly approaching chill in the air. Not too many students were outside, especially since the tournament had quickly offered new classes for this year with a mixture of new subject topics.
Adrian descended stairs towards Hagrid's hut, pausing in his steps when he saw Skylar Potter walking alone down towards the same building. What was more unusual, was the mediocre job he was doing at hiding behind the stone obelisks, staying low to the ground.
Skylar on his own was abnormal, generally his two lackeys followed him closely and stuck to his every movement. Given with this new behavior, Adrian instantly was curious and suspicious as to what he was doing.
Adrian followed a fair distance away, tilting his head as he spotted Draco emerging from the forest at some point and heading up towards the castle.
Skylar was following Draco? What was Draco doing in the forest in the first place?
The two spotted each other, and with the grace of two wolves preparing for battle they drew their wands and shouted words Adrian couldn't hear over the distance.
Adrian drew closer, pulling out his own wand when he saw the first flash of a red stunner.
He shouldn't interfere, mostly because he didn't entirely know the situation. Why was Malfoy on his own, unprotected near the Forbidden Forest? Why was Skylar following him to begin with? Where was Skylar's own crowd of people, and why had they began attacking almost instantaneously.
Then again...Draco was alone, and spells were already flying.
Nobody would be around to stop you, or witness.
Adrian worried his bottom lip, already feeling himself become persuaded to the concept of flinging a few curses. After all, nobody except Skylar was around to see it.
Malfoy needs to know that he won't always be protected.
Adrian gently removed Lutain and his shoulder bag, resting it carefully near the base of a stone obelisk. He advanced, pressing his back to the rock as a misguided spell singed the grass with a blue smoke.
Just one curse. Maybe two.
Adrian exhaled through his nose calmly, and stepped to the side and into visible range.
Draco saw him first, jolting in surprise with Adrian's appearance. Evidently, he hadn't expected anyone to intrude on the mock duel, both participants were looking worse for wear.
Skylar looked behind him in confusion, nearly stumbling with Adrian's sudden appearance, "Adrian!"
Draco glared, lip curling back angrily, as if Skylar's acknowledgement suddenly confirmed that Adrian was in fact real. "Stay out of this Selwyn!"
"Oi! Don't talk to him like that!"
"What, all chummy with Potter, Selwyn?"
Adrian's cheek twitched as he brandished his wand, "I'll be honest; I am sick of both of you."
Draco snarled, "Time to teach you some manners, titillando!"
Adrian twisted to avoid the clear hex, eyes widening at the action. He didn't think Draco would lash out so quickly, he had anticipated a monologue.
Adrian's jaw tightened and he brandished his wand sourly. If that was what he wanted.
Skylar shouted in protest, shooting off a stunner at Malfoy who took cover behind a rock.
Hagrid or a teacher would notice all the spells being fired, they weren't exactly being subtle.
"Langlock!" Skylar snapped out, nearly hitting Draco when he peered out from the stone.
"Flipendo!" Malfoy snarled, shooting off the jinx twice at both Adrian and Skylar.
It caught Adrian off guard, hitting his leg and knocking him back onto a decently sized rock protrusion on the side of the hill. The breath was knocked out of him soundly, leaving him wheezing and blinking spots from his vision. He had idiotically thought that Draco would go for one of them, not both.
Merlin, Adrian was performing mediocre in a fight against Draco. No wonder his father had...had left him in the dark.
His temper snapped and he dragged himself to his knees and glared at Draco, if possible his eyesight would have been tinted red.
Draco paused, and his breath hitched as he realized what was about to unfold.
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