Elder Blood Witcher 342 Keep Your Nose Outta My Mind

The next few days were slightly awkward between the duo, their interactions were timid and deliberate. Most of the time they kept to themselves, making sure not to extend their discomfort to Nerissa. Reima had actually had to start taking blood from his room mate Damien, he had stock of blood-replenishing potions so he didn't feel any effects of it but Reima was sure he couldn't continue this forever...

Cla.s.ses continued as usual, except Moody's... Ciri and Reima had both been taught how to "Resist" the imperious curse.

Flashback :

Ciri had just entered Moody's cla.s.sroom and was silently dreading what the man would come up with next. His attention seemed to be primarily on Harry which helped her avoid his attention, even if it was impossible to completely evade him.

Moody "Today, we'll be learning about the Imperius curse in a more... Practical manner. You will be subjected to the curse to see if you can resist it, positive reactions will improve your overall grades so you better try seriously." he growls.

Hermione "But Professor, that's illegal!"

Moody "Hogwarts and the Ministry may have some similar rules but they are different ent.i.ties, as Hogwarts has existed before the Ministry was even founded, it can skirt around some rules... This includes being taught to resist the unforgiveables." he grins in a way that causes the cla.s.s to shiver.

"Now, line up, everyone will get a chance so don't rush hehehehe." he gives a low chuckles at his joke.

Eventually a line if formed out of the students and one by one, they each fail to resist the curse. Draco Malfoy barks like a dog and p.i.s.ses himself, Neville starts to think he's a mole and headb.u.t.ts the floor in an attempts to dig through it, Ron screams as he thinks he's covered in spiders... Slowly all students except Harry and Ciri are tested.

Ciri steps forwards, reinforcing her occlumency shields as she doesn't wish to give up any sensitive information...

Moody points his wand at her, "Imperio"

She's. .h.i.t and feels a sense of ease overtake her, as if everything will be all right. A gentle voice tickles her ear, "Reveal your secrets". Immediately as she hears this she rejects it completely, she isn't so disoriented that she'd put herself, Nerissa and Reima at risk. "No." she states, surprising the room and Moody himself. Growling to himself Moody tries again, "REVEAL. YOUR. SECRETS!" the voice shouts in her ear, her willpower being frayed by the deafening sound but she manages to resist still. "NO!"

...

Moody releases the spell, "Very well-done... Miss Rivia, take a seat." he slowly says, the students not being able to tell his thoughts on what'd just happened.

Harry then steps forward and gives a similar demonstration, except more violent than Ciri's. He breaks out of the spell in a rage and punches Moody in his already scarred and crooked nose.

Moody backs away while holding his sore nose but congratulates Harry regardless. "Good work Potter, sit, you deserve it."

With Reima and the 7th years :

Reima was sitting in the Defence of the dark arts cla.s.s room when Moody stumbles in, his nose looks slightly red but maybe it's just cold outside. He grins at everyone and begins to explain that he'll be casting the Imperious on everyone to see how well they can resist it. Some of the cla.s.s look to want to object but Moody's reputation is well known to them and so they respect his judgement on the matter, after all this could prove useful in future.

Again, the students line up. All failing with only Cedric Diggory coming close to actually resisting it, even Damien started mimicking some sort of bird when it was cast on him. Reima was last and steps forward but unconsciously guards himself when he sees a grim smile on Moody's face.

"Imperio"

...

Reima "Er, Professor did you cast the spell?" he asks confused.

...

Moody looks at him surprised but shakes his head, "Ah-Uh, I must've cast it wrong... Let me try again. He shouts "Imperio!"

...

Again Reima feels nothing, he scratches his head, not sure if he's just immune or Moody's having a bad day.

Moody "Aha! You scratched your head, you fail!" he shouts, more desperately than anything else.

Reima "Er, this is just an old habit of mine.."

Moody "Yes, but I caused it! Now sit down, I'll have to mark your absolute failure." he says frantically.

Reima shrugs, sits and listens to the rest of the lesson.

Flashback End :

Truly, now that he's heard Ciri's side of the story Reima thinks he just wanted to spite her by causing him trouble. Not that he really cares about his grades, it's just annoying to think that a pest like Moody could actually bother Reima... He'll just take solace in the fact that he cut his leg off.

Either way, Reima was happy that he and Ciri could resist the Imperious curse. He wasn't really sure how Ciri would do but apparently she has enough will power to resist it.

Reima shakes away his thoughts and continues reading the book on lunar cycles, he'd found out that the next full moon would be after the champions were chosen. It didn't effect the moon if he was in the tournament so he found it satisfactory for his purposes. It's a shame they missed the upcoming cycle due to astronomy cla.s.s being held on the day, even more so that even after it ended the clouds were overcast and blocking it's light completely.