Together [HP]

"One, two, three." Both men raised their wands sharply over their shoulders at the same time.

Snape yelled, "Expelliarmus!" There was a flash of blinding red light, and Lockhart was knocked off his feet.He flew backwards off the stage, hit the wall, and slid down, curled up on the floor.

The Slytherin students applauded immediately, Snape just gave them a faint look, and they immediately fell silent.

Hermione jumped up and down on tiptoe. "Do you think he's okay?" she asked screaming, putting her fingers over her mouth.

Lockhart staggered to his feet, his hat off and his wavy curls standing on end.

"Well, you see!" he said, staggering back onto the stage. "It's a disarming charm. As you can see, I lost my wand. Ah, thank you, Brown Miss. Yes, Professor Snape, it's a very good idea to show them this trick, but don't mind me saying that, your intentions for doing this just now are obvious. If I want to stop you, It's a no-brainer. I think, in order to increase their knowledge, they might as well let them see..."

Snape looked murderous.Lockhart probably noticed as well, and only heard him say, "This is the end of the demonstration! Now I'll come among you and divide you into groups of two. Professor Snape, if you'd like to help me..."

They walk through the crowd and make pairs for everyone.Lockhart asked Neville and Justin Finch to form a pair, and Jacqueline stood opposite Pansy without hesitation.

But Snape walked up to Harry and Ron first. "The dream team should be broken up, I think," he sneered, "Weasley, you could make a pair with Finnigan. Potter..."

Harry subconsciously moved closer to Hermione.

"I don't think so," said Snape, with a cold smile on his face. "Malfoy, come here. Let's see what you can make of the famous Potter. As for you, Miss Granger..."

"I have an idea," Lockhart said cheerfully, "I seem to have seen one of my favorite students from Slytherin just now," he smiled at Snape, who was still looking sternly He, "That's right, that's right." Lockhart looked in Jacqueline's direction, and Jacqueline glanced at the door quickly, considering whether he could slip out, "Jacqueline, come here, come here. You and Miss Granger's team."

Jacqueline's face was turning pale, and she reluctantly walked over.She looked at Hermione with a mixture of murderous, guilty, and angry eyes, thinking about the most offensive spell she knew, and wondering how to surprise Lockhart with one.

"I think," Snape snorted, "Professor Graham still wants her to go back safely for Christmas, Miss Millicent, you and Miss Granger are paired."

Jacqueline immediately retreated behind Pansy as quickly as possible, and Hermione just glanced at her with her chin up.

Malfoy walked over arrogantly, with a smug smile on his face.Behind him was a Slytherin girl, tall and strong, stocky, with a thick chin thrusting forward menacingly.Hermione gave her a forced smile, but she ignored it.

"Face your partners!" Lockhart returned to the stage, shouting, "Bow!"

Harry and Malfoy barely nodded, they stared at each other intently.

"Wand up, get ready!" cried Lockhart. "When I count to three, I'll cast a spell to disarm the opponent. Just disarm. We don't want accidents. One, two, three."