Chapter 24 - Captains of the Dueling Club (1/2)

Everyone's matches were now over.

”Congratulations on finishing all your matches,” Professor Flitwick said. ”For the first year, the captain is Mr. Evergreen who has gotten 11 wins!”

Everyone except for the Slytherins clapped.

”As for the second years, the captain is Miss Bell with 8 wins and 3 losses. Congratulations!”

Everyone including the Slytherin students clapped this time.

”The captains will stay for a bit more afterwards to talk about your duties. Now, I will tell you more about the dueling club in general and what we aim to do in more detail,” Professor Flitwick said. ”The Dueling Club was decided to be made by all the Professors here. The only people that know the existence of it are student members, the teachers here, Madam Pomfrey, and the Headmaster. We-”

Before Professor Flitwick could finish, an unexpected person came through the doors.

”Headmaster, I thought you were out tonight,” Professor McGonagall said with a surprised tone.

”The meeting I had to go to was cancelled due to one of the important member having a case of Dragon Pox. He'll be alive, but he needs a while to recover. So I decided to come here and finish what you were going to say,” Dumbledore said.

”Well thank you Headmaster for coming,” Professor Flitwick said as he moved out of the way for Dumbledore.

”Good evening students. I am seeing quite a few new faces. I am glad to see each and every one of you. To continue from where Professor Flitwick was, we have realized that the education given to some of you students were not adequate. While new spells or potion recipes may be learned, there are many cases where students from Hogwarts cannot duel very well. While for now it is not necessary to learn more dueling spells as it is peaceful times, we must always be ready. The staff members will help you to be the best you can be. Use this club to make new friends from other houses that you normally would not want to talk to. Use this club to hone yourself in the art of magic. There is a lot to be learned!” Professor Dumbledore said. Everyone clapped which cued him to smile and leave the room.

”Well we haven't thanked him, but he already left the room,” Professor Flitwick said which made everyone chuckle. ”There is only one thing I would like to add. That is to also help your fellow students that are not in the club. It does not have to be people you do not know of course, but try to help your friends as well. That is all. Except for the two captains, you are all dismissed.

When Chris noticed everyone that was leaving, he noticed that one of the Ravenclaw student was Cho Chang.