Jack's POV

Colin Creevey was petrified last night while the rest of us celebrated the Gryffindor victory. So Dumbledore gave Lockhart permission to start a dueling club. The only reason I was going was because the others were going and Uncle Severus would be 'helping' Lockhart teach. It was being held in the great hall where the house tables had been pushed up against the walls. A long stage was placed in the middle of the room.

"So what do you think we'll be learning?" Ron asks.

"With Snape here, the disarming charm and shield charm" I state. "Honestly stunning always been my favourite spell" I say shrugging.

"How do you know that?" Harry asks.

"Do you forget who my godfather is?" I ask and he shakes his head. "Besides I always have trouble pronouncing the disarming charm" I add. Just then Lockfart (Lockhart) walks onto the stage calling everyones attention.

"Allow me to introduce my assistant professor Snape" Lockhart announces and I chuckle. More like you're his testing dummy. "He has sportingly agreed to help me with a demonstration, now never fear. You'll still have a potions master when I'm through with him" he tells us.

"Six sickles on Snape" I tell the Weasley twins.

"You're on" they whisper back Fred and I get the money out watching the two professors. They bowed to each other before walking to opposite ends of the stage. They get into a combative position and Lockhart counted to three.

"Expelliarmus" Snape says and a jet of scarlet light shoots out of his wand. It sends Lockhart flying and he loses his wand. The twins and I laughed loudly as Fred gave me my winnings. Lavender Brown gives Lockhart back his wand after he straighten his robes. Lockhart and Snape come down to put us into pairs.

"Jack let's start before Snape tries putting you with a Slytherin" Fred says grabbing my arm. George was already practicing with Lee. Fred and I went over to him getting into position.

"You go first" I tell Fred.

"Expelliarmus" he says shooting scarlet light at me.

"Protego" I say and a shield protects me deflecting the spell. But I notice others not following Lockhart's instruction of disarming only. Malfoy was having some sort of laughing fit while Harry was dancing wildly.

"Finite incantatem" Snape says and they stop acting weird.

"I think I should teach you how to block unfriendly spells" Lockhart mumbles.

"I'd gladly demonstrate" I tell him.

"Yes Mr Potter come onto the stage and you too Mr Malfoy" Lockhart states. Draco and I get onto the stage. We bow to each other and get into the combative position. "One two three" Lockhart says and Draco makes the first move.

"Serpensortia" he says and a cobra shouts out of his wand. I step back trying to remember the spell Uncle Severus had taught me.

"Don't worry Potter I'll get rid of it for you" Snape states.

"Allow me professor Snape, Alarte Ascendare" Lockhart says and the snake goes flying into the air. It lands on the stage hissing madly and Harry suddenly jumps onto the stage speaking Parseltongue. I finally remember the spell when Harry stopped the snake from attacking Justin Fletch-flinchly.

"Vipera Evanesca" I say pointing my wand at the snake and disappears into black smoke. "Harry lets go" I say grabbing his hand. We jump off the stage and leave the room with the other two on our tail.

"You're a parselmouth, why didn't you tell us?" Ron asks Harry.

"I'm a what?" Harry asks.

"You can talk to snakes" Hermione and I tell him.

"I know, it's the second time I've done it. I accidentally set a boa constrictor on Dudley once at a zoo, before I knew I was a wizard. It told me it had never been to Brazil and I set it free by accident" Harry explains.

"A boa constrictor told you it had never been to Brazil" Ron says confused.

"So? I bet loads of people here can do it" Harry states.

"Not a very common gift Harry" I tell him.

"This is bad" Hermione states.

"What's so bad? If I hadn't of told that snake to not attack Justin" Harry starts to say.

"Oh that's what you said to it" Ron says.

"You were there, you heard me" Harry says confused.

"We heard you speaking parseltongue Harry, snake language" I tell him.

"I spoke a different language?" he asks and we all nod our heads. "But I didn't realize, how can I speak a language without knowing I can?" he asks. "What's so bad about me stopping it from attacking Justin? Why does it matter how I did it?" he asks.

"It matters Harry" I tell him sadly.

"Being able to talk to snakes was what Salazar Slytherin was famous for. That's why the animal of Slytherin house is a serpent" Hermione explains.

"Now the whole school is going to think you're his great-great-great-great grandson or something" Ron states.

"But if that were true, I'd be able to talk to snakes too" I tell them.

"And you can't?" Harry asks hopeful.

"Didn't understand a word of what you were saying" I tell him smiling. "But Harry it sounded like you were egging the snake on. You should lay low for awhile and explain to Justin what really happened" I tell him. Harry agrees and we go back to the common room to do our homework.

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Picture above of the dueling club and picture in chapter of the real Harry James Potter.