"I think we ought to try something a little different today," Harry announced, glancing at the members of Dumbledore's Army. "Instead of learning something new, we're going to do some dueling."

There was a loud noise of excitement in the room. "I'll start pairing you up, and when we get to the final two, whoever wins can..."

"Can we face you?" Hazel Doe asked, causing several others to nod with agreement. Harry chuckled, "Sure. Winner can face me. Use any spells we've learned in here or some you've practiced on your own."

"Just don't use any that could seriously hurt someone." Hermione piped in, some people mocked a sigh. "Alright. Let's start with... Dean and... Colin."

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Tori had managed to defeat Dean, Hazel, and Zacharias by the time Hermione and Ron went up against each other.

"One Sickle," George whispered to Fred. Fred smirked. "You're on."

There was silence in the room before Hermione struck first. "Stupefy!"

Ron went flying backward and landed on his back. Tori laughed watching Fred gladly take a sickle. "Thank you."

"Shut up."

"I let her do that," Ron said, strolling over and trying to regain some of his ego. "It's good manners, isn't it?"

"Yes," Tori replied mockingly. "It was completely intentional."

"Nice Hermione, you move up. Alright... How about... Fred and Tori?" Harry suggested. The two grinned at each other while the room filled with oohs.

"I love you," Fred said. "But you're going down."

"You wanna make a bet?" Tori smirked. She stood her ground on her side holding her wand out. "Don't hold back," Harry said, standing in between the two of them before swiftly moving out of the way. "Whoever you're ready."

Fred went first. "Stupefy!"

Tori swiftly blocked it with a silent shielding charm before casting "Expelliarmus!" Fred's wand went flying before he caught it and struck back with "Incendio!"

Tori jumped out of the way, but instead of letting the fire dissolve into nothing, her arm flew out and she stopped it then and there.

She could feel everyone's eyes on her, and she could feel their confusion. She didn't know what she was doing either, it had just happened. So did the next thing.

Tori turned swiftly, turning the direction of the fire and shooting it back towards Fred, who cast the water charm to put it out. There was a look of surprise on his face, so Tori took this to an advantage, quickly casting "Stupefy!" and knocking Fred backward.

Tori grinned, going over and helping him up. She winced, realizing she had held out her hand wrapped in a bandage. "I'm alright." She assured Fred when he asked.

"How did you do that?" He then asked. But Tori shrugged, "Honestly? No clue."

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A week or so after that Angelina had to host Quidditch try out if they wanted to start practicing again. Tori wasn't sure if she even wanted to go. Fred and George had joined the team with Tori and Angelina, and it felt weird knowing they weren't going to play together anymore.

However, Ginny had shown up to tryouts, much to Tori's surprised. She knew Ginny was always interested in Quidditch, but she had never said anything about wanting to tryout.

Either way, she did brilliant.

Tori was sitting with Angelina at a table, discussing the Seeker tryouts. "Wiles is good," Angelina admitted, "But I like Ginny, she's quick and she's—"

"Tell me it's not true." Fred had come over by Tori and Angelina, causing them to glance at each other confused. His ears were red and he looked pretty angry.

"We have to replace you guys or we don't—" Angelina began, but Fred shook his head. He was looking at Tori. "I'm not talking about quidditch. I'm talking about Umbridge."

Tori held back a sigh, glancing over the room to Hermione, who dug her face deeper into her book. "What about Umbridge?" Angelina asked, looking confused at the fact that Tori couldn't meet Fred's eyes.

"You told me she made you write lines. You said she made you write about getting into a fight." Fred's voice shook with anger as he spoke, but Tori still couldn't look at him.

"You didn't tell me she had you write Silvers are Slytherins on your hand multiple times!"

Angelina gasped, looking in between Tori and Fred. She proceeded to pick up her things and head away, leaving the two of them alone.

"Why wouldn't you tell me?"

"It's not exactly a conversation starter," Tori said quietly, hiding her hand behind her back as if that was going to make him forget about it. Fred shook his head, running his fingers through his hair. "You have to tell Dumbledore."

"What's he going to do?"

"I dunno, get rid of Umbridge so she can't hurt you anymore!" Tori flinched as Fred raised his voice. "He can't do anything, Fred. It's not—"

"Don't you dare say it's not that big of a deal! Merlin's beard. It is a big deal! She hurt you in more ways than one! And now you're keeping it from me? From everyone else? I'm your boyfriend Tori! You're supposed to tell me these things!"

"Because I knew you would flip out!" Tori snapped, standing up quickly to face him. "You'd flip out just like you're doing now and do something that will get you expelled!"

"I don't care about what happens to me!"

"But I do. You want to play the boyfriend card? Fine. When did you plan on telling me you and George were going to leave school?"

"What?" Fred asked, looking at her bewildered. Tori nodded bitterly. "I overheard George and you talking about it."

"Then if you overheard you should know we haven't decided anything yet. You're acting just like..." Fred trailed off, shaking his head.

"Like what?" Tori demanded, crossing her arm over her chest. "Like what Fred? Like a Silvers?"

"I didn't say that."

"Yeah, well I'm pretty damn sure you meant it." Tori snapped. "No, I meant your acting just like my mother." The two went silent for a moment, staring at each other.

"I don't want to argue with you," Tori said slowly. "And I don't want to argue with you either. But I don't want to be finding things like that out because Hermione told me."

Tori glanced over at the girl, who was looking as if she wanted to hide behind her book entirely. "Alright. But I don't want to have to overhear that you're leaving."

"We're not leaving."

"Not yet."

They went silent once more.

"Alright," Fred sighed, taking a seat at the table and Tori followed. "Here's the plan. No more secrets. We'll tell each other what's going on."

"Fine. But the other person doesn't get to do anything irrational." Tori added. Fred seemed to have pondered the idea for a moment before agreeing. "Okay."

"Okay," Tori repeated. Fred leaned across the table and kissed her before getting up and heading towards the dormitory stairs.

"Wait." Tori stopped him once a thought came to her mind. "No more secrets, right?"

"Right."

"There's something I need to tell you. About my Grandfather."

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