Dumbledore left the class and the students began packing for their next class. Alice and her friends were about to exit the classroom when Dolohov stopped them, his hand leaning against the door and blocking their way.

"So new chick, I saw you checking me out earlier. Want to go out alone and go around the school later?" Dolohov asked her out with an impish smirk plastered on his angular face.

Alice cringed and inwardly groan. "I wasn't-" She was about to say no, when she remembered that she has to get to know him better, to see if he could possibly be the dark lord. "You know what, sure. I'd love to." She smiled back, and wished she didn't.

"Woah. Nice. You're a swell girl. I'll see you later then babe." He winked and finally removed himself from the door and went with his friends who were laughing and cheering him, except Riddle who was uninterested.

"What did I just see?" Lorna gasped and immediately grasped Alice's shoulder and shook her. "Why did I just see you agree to go with that git?"

"Seriously Alice. Have you not heard us tell you how much of a bastard he is? You really couldn't possibly be considering going out with him? He's done other girls and you'd no doubt be one of his victims."

"Uhh.." Alice struggled to answer back, but she immediately started walking to class.

"That's the wrong way." Madison chuckled and held Alice's hand as they walked towards the next class, Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Alice! Dolohov is a real jackass. Unless.. You're into guys like him?" Isla and Lorna shivered, disapproving of Alice's alleged questionable taste.

'I prefer men my age.. But considering how I look, then it'd look like I prefer old men.' Alice sighed and shrugged. "I don't know girls. Is it that wrong to go with him?"

"YES." The three girls answered in chorus, and Alice could only sigh again in defeat.

Defense Against the Dark Arts is held together with the Hufflepuffs and Alice met Flordeliza again. She waved at her, Therese and Martha, and they waved back.

"You know those three girls?" Madison asked curiously. "Those three are quite popular, especially Flordeliza. She's quite popular with the boys. With her charm and all. She's a friendly gal."

"Yes, I've noticed. We met at the train station, she helped me and accompanied me throughout the train ride and also at the carriages."

"That was nice of her." Madison commented. The professor finally arrived and the class started.

Professor Elise Hawthorne, a young woman with a strict and no nonsense attitude with a strong preference for Ravenclaws. As soon as she arrived, she reprimanded her class.

"You Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs better not lag behind and mess around my class again like last year. That applies to you too new kid. Now to start of this class, I would like to jog all of your brains with a duel. All that summer playtime made you brats lazy. Now quick. Go to your position."

Alice was completely confused, and had no choice but to follow her friends. They all lined up according to alphabetical order, standing straight and tall. Alice was nervous. The subject interested her greatly and appealed to her dark side, but she has zero experience with duelling.

"For today, we will practice Stupefy and Protego. To remind you idiots, stupefy is a stunning spell and protego a shield charm. It is of utmost importance that you brats know how to cast a shield charm, lest you get injured or jinxed because your idiotic asses don't know how to counter a stupefy or any other jinxes when in a battle. We are in dangerous times, especially with that dimwit Grindelwald marching around the wizarding world with his stupid propaganda of revealing ourselves to muggles. Pah! Damnation! He needs to pull his head over his ass." Professor Elise tutted, shaking her head and rolling her eyes. " When casting a stupefy, remember to point directly at your opponent. For safety reasons, I don't want you to point your wands at your partner's heart or head. Point at the shoulder or the stomach. And not at the crotch! It's a brilliant tactic in a battle, but not here in school when you could make a student forever erectile dysfunctional." The class giggled and males immediately covered their crotches and winced at just even imagining the pain. "For shield charms. You better think and cast quick. You do not want to be hit! That's right. Hold on to that fear and protect yourself, and your crotch. Now, face the student on your right, that'll be your partner. You, the kid on the last, lucky you. You'll be my partner."

On her right was Charles Linton, a tall gangly guy who groaned and faced Alice with a mix of nervous and bored look.

"For now, try practicing your spells in front of the wall. After three tries of both Protego and Stupefy, you will duel with your partner. Start."

The sounds of protego and stupefy reverberated throughout the classroom, with sparks hitting the magically enchanted walls. Alice breathed in and tried stupefy first. Her first try was a lame attempt, and so was the second. She closed her eyes and steeled her nerves.

'This is nothing. I've slashed with the vorpal blade, shot with the teapot cannon and used the umbrella to protect myself against the vomit of the countless bitch babies. Eugh. Bitch babies..' So Alice thought of it as the same as battling inside the wonderland, and she produced the stupefy spell well. 'See. That was easy.'

Alice grinned and casted the protego spell thrice, which also went well.

After everyone finished practicing the spells, the professor and the first student dueled. The student casted stupefy but professor quickly blocked it. Dissatisfied, professor made him cast stupefy against her thrice, but all tried failed.

"Tch. Weak! Your stance is wobbly and the way you held your hand is too tight. Godric's ass! You're trying to render me immobile, not yourself. You better practice this spell well or else you're gonna lose your damn balls." Professor scolded the poor student who was completely red in embarrassment. He hung his head in shame and went to his seat on the side of the classroom, meanwhile the class laughed at him.

"Alright! You two, you're next." Professor Elise pointed on the first two students of the line. Two by two, the students dueled with their partner and so far, none was hit in the crotch. A student tried, but was immediately caught and stupefied by Professor Elise, so no one dared to try again.

It was finally Alice and Charles' turn, they went in front of the class. Alice's initial nervousness was gone, her face ice cold and ready to duel. Charles on the other hand was nervous and frightened by how blank Alice looked. Professor Elise was alert as soon as she saw Alice's cold face. She had been in many dangerous battles back when she was working as an auror at the ministry, and Alice's face looked like the faces of those who have fought many life threatening battles and won. Hell, a face of a person who has killed even. She wasn't wrong, Alice after all battled with many of her inner demons and she wasn't exactly against killing evil people. Wary, Professor Elise clutched on her wand and preparing for what will happen.

"Go!"

"Stupe-" Charles went first, but before he could even finish casting, Alice immediately nonverbally casted a strong protego that knocked him back.

"Ouch, ouch.." Charles was on the floor, rubbing his back. Thankfully, the knockback wasn't that painful. The class were in awe with what just happened. Alice non verbally casted protego, and a strong one at that. Alice looked so weak and bony, Professor Elise doubted her part in preventing the rise of another dark lord, but after seeing how she duelled, she was convinced that she would be a good hand to have. She will help in shaping this girl up to become a powerful witch.

"I'm sorry." Alice helped Charles get back to his feet. "You alright?"

"Yeah." Charles replied, rubbing his butt a bit then stood straight.

"Alright. That was a good one. New kid, your turn to cast the stunning spell."

"Okay." Alice stepped back and went to her previous position. Charles however was intimidated. He was just knock backed by her shield charm, what more if he was hit by her stupefy? This time, he put his guard up and is wary of her. His wand pointed against her.

"Go!"

"Pr-" He could barely even utter the spell, he was hit by a blue light and was rendered unconscious. The class cheered, Alice casted stupefy non verbally too. Her face returned to normal as she heard the cheers, her face flushed red.

"Rennervate." Professor Elise casted rennervate, counteracting the effects of stupefy. Charles groaned and the teacher helped him.

"Very impressive new kid. Your timing was fast and your stance was great too. But the fact that you casted both of it non verbally already earns enough praise. You Gryffindors sure are better with acting first, talking later." Professor Elise chortled and patted her back. "Now brats, if you actually took time to see her stance and see how she held her wand, you'd stand a better chance at duelling. Next!"

Alice helped Charles go to his seat, and those who were already done clamored around her, asking her how she did it.

"QUIET! You kids back there! Class is still not over! Or do you guys want to go another round here in front, with me?" The students quickly shook their head and finally stayed silent. "Good! Stay silent and watch how the others do it too. Especially you brats who got stupefied."

Everyone got their turns and the class finished. Professor Elise gave them an assignment to learn more about nonverbal spells, and to practice stupefy and protego non verbally since tomorrow they will have another dueling practice.

The twins and Madison immediately went to Alice and excitedly chattered.

"Alice! That was so awesome! You're like, super good with nonverbal spells." Madison exclaimed. "Earlier too, during Charms."

"Yeah! How do you do it? It takes a lot of practice to be able to pull off nonverbal spells." Lorna said. It may not seem like it, but the twins do work fairly hard with their spellcasting. They have their own pride to uphold and wouldn't stand just being okay.

She didn't know exactly how to answer that. She is still new with handling her wand, but she definitely is used with battling and using her weapons. Even if it wasn't on her wonderland, the otherlands are dangerous too and she has to fight other people's inner demons.

"I just do? Well. I practiced a lot. I lived by myself for quite awhile along with uhm, muggles, so doing nonverbal spells helped me alot."

"Ah. That's why." The three girls continued to talk about subjects and of other matters, specifically how Madison was proposed too. They were all walking towards the dining hall to grab some snacks, and there they encountered Dolohov talking with another girl.