#4 - Practice

It ended in a tie. Ryan had hoped to win, but supposed it was better than losing. He wiped his forehead with his sleep, feeling rather worn out after spending most of his morning duelling. He had worked up quite an appetite too.

'I think it's time for lunch,' Ryan said, putting his wand away. 'Thanks for the duel, Ruby. This was fun. See you at flying lessons later?' He'd have asked if she wanted to walk to the Great Hall with him, but Ryan needed to stop by his common room first so that wouldn't work.

He gave her a friendly wave and hurried out of the chamber, now looking forward to feasting after having worked so hard. He was proud of his progress though, and really hoped they could all duel again sometime. It wasn't often Ryan had something he was good at or felt proud of, so duelling was already becoming one of this favourite things.