Chapter 28: Head of the First-Years
The two stood ten feet apart and bowed slightly.
"Begin." Narcissa announced.
Hermes moved almost the instant the word left her lips, wand jabbing forward: "Rictusempra!"
A silver flash raced toward Regulus. Opening with a Tickling Charm — not vicious, but very sudden.
Regulus did not move his feet. A casual flick of his wand sent an identical silver flash from its tip; the two spells collided in midair and exploded into a shower of glittering sparks.
"Locomotor Mortis!" Hermes followed up instantly. A blue bolt skimmed barely above the floor.
Regulus merely tapped the ground. An invisible barrier rose before him and the Leg-Locker Curse struck it like a ramp, deflecting sideways before fizzling out against the wall.
"Impedimenta!" Hermes fired a third spell, angled to conceal its trajectory.
"Impedimenta." Regulus uttered the same incantation. The twin spells met in the center with a dull double thud.