confrontation (Alec/Azzurra)

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Zelphar had taken a train to London, something which he would normally never do. It was technically against the rules at Grant's, but it was very loosely enforced. Most of the time, so long as you came back before dark and were sober, they didn't care where the hell you had been all day. He leaned against the ledge on the bridge over a broad river, frowning. A typical English day, it was overcast with the looming threat of rain. A single drop struck Zelphar on the nose, and he sighed lightly.

He actually would not mind getting drenched in a complete downpour, the idea was appealing. It would at least relieve the heat that had hovered over the area since a few weeks ago. It was only July, not doubt it would get even more oppressive come August. His thoughts drifted to Azzurra, normally he spent the day with her, but today he could not bring himself to go into the Cabrini home. It was too painful to see his best friend in the world reduced to nothing more than a ghost of her former self.

While he knew it was important for him to be there for her, Zelphar also knew that she probably wanted a little bit of space as well. He would be there tomorrow, that he was sure of. But as for now, all he had to do was scowl at the river drifting lazily below him, and wish for rain. The sound of footsteps on the bridge alerted Zelphar to the presence of another person, he slowly looked over at...

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Alec wasn't really doing anything in particular that day; just walking down the street and contemplating getting a job. He still hadn't heard back from Puddlemere United, despite Raychel's promise to put in a good word with the Captain. Not that it really mattered; Alec was living comfortably with his parents, who let him do basically whatever he wanted. In fact, the only annoying thing about living at home was his little sister.

Alec headed across the bridge, just casually walking. He noticed a boy perhaps two or three years younger than himself. The boy looked familiar- Alec realized that he must have gone to Hogwarts as well. Perhaps even been in his House. But Alec couldn't remember his name, so he doubted that the boy knew him. Nodding slightly to acknowledge the other person's prescence, Alec continued forward.

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No, Zelphar was not going to let this opportunity pass, his anger that had been buried beneath everything else he had to deal with was resurfacing. Just looking at Alec made him ill, and he just smiled and nodded in his direction as if he had never done anything wrong. Zelphar side-stepped to block his path. "What the hell do you think you were doing?" Zelphar said, nothing but pure hatred in his tones, it took all of his self-restraint to not punch Alec square on the nose right then.

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Alec raised his eyebrows; who was this kid and what the heck was his problem? "What are you talking about?" Alec asked, putting his hand out in front of him to push the boy away if he got any closer. Clearly this boy knew exactly who Alec was, even if Alec didn't know quite who he was.

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"I think you know perfectly well what I'm talking about," Zelphar said voice nearly trembling with rage, his anger was dangerously close to boiling over. He had held it in for so long, kept it restrained, this was now taking its toll on him, he was like a lake of petroleum, all he needed was a spark and he would explode. "You didn't think you'd get away with doing something like that to Azzurra, did you?" Zelphar pressed on, not yet reaching for his wand, but he was close to it.

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Alec knew exactly who this boy was now. One of Azzurra's friends; Zelphar, if Alec remembered correctly. He had been hoping to avoid something of this sort, but Alec supposed the boy with a crush on Azzurra wasn't likely to be happy with him having sex with her. Alec reached for his wand. "And what are you going to do about it?" he asked, disgust in his voice. He pushed the boy away lazily.

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Zelphar stood strongly, he barely moved when Alec pushed him. He pulled out his own wand. "Something that I should have done a long time ago," was all Zelphar was able to say. He non-verbally performed the first spell that came to mind, even if it was illegal for him to do magic just then, at least there weren't any muggles around. He had launched a stinging hex. Zelphar kept his wand at the ready, he knew it was stupid to duel with a wizard two years his senior, but he was too infuriated to care.

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Alec was highly unsurprised when Zelphar attempted to curse him, though he was impressed with the boy's use of non-verbal spells. However, Alec deflected it with a simple shield spell. It was one of his better spells. Pausing, Alec waited for Zelphar to attack again. "Aren't you a little young to be dueling?" Alec asked. A ministry owl would likely swoop by any moment.

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"Aren't you a little too free for a rapist?" Zelphar snapped back, nonverbally casting another hex. If it hit its target, then it would knock Alec back several feet. A pretty lame spell, but it would give him enough time to think up something stronger and be able to cast it before he could retort. Zelphar didn't care if he got expelled from Hogwarts, it would be well worth it if he could do some damage to Alec.

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Alec raised his wand to block the spell but was too surprised by Zelphar's comment to follow through. The hex knocked him back a few feet. Alec's face turned red, he was growing angry with this stupid boy. Alec non-verbally sent a leg-locking curse Zelphar's way, taking a couple of steps forward.

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Zelphar found himself toppling over as his legs were locked together, but he thankfully knew the counter curse and was able to recover, but it took unnecessary time. He kept his wand out, unsure of what to do. He cast another nonverbal spell, liking having the advantage. Normally they weren't taught that before NEWT level, Zelphar had learned on his own. He kept a blocking spell at the ready, it made sort of like an invisible shield around him.

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Azzurra had been out shopping with Kyrenia and Aria when she found that she could no longer stand to be inside a store. Mumbling something to her sisters, Azzurra nearly ran out of the store. She began walking down the streets, not really caring where she was going. Then she saw the bridge.

Zelphar was dueling Alec, in broad daylight. There weren't any Muggles around, but Azzurra knew Zelphar could still get in big trouble for using magic when he was underage. She ran toward her friend, grabbing his wand arm. "Zelphar, stop!" Azzurra yelled, pulling him back a bit, probably because she had surprised him. "You're going to get expelled!" Azzurra took a step in front of Zelphar and found herself facing Alec. She froze.

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"I don't give a fuck," said Zelphar, he had waited too long for the opportunity to get at Alec. He was going to kill him for what he had done to Azzurra. However, he had no choice but to stop, if he were to use any sort of spell now, Zelphar risked hitting his best friend in the entire world. He scowled and lowered his wand, but kept it out, his grip still tight around the handle.

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Alec jumped back to his feet after being knocked over by Zelphar's spell. He held his wand out, but paused when Azzurra put herself in front of Zelphar. Alec didn't quite know what to do now that he was face to face with her. "Hello Azzurra," Alec said, somewhat awkwardly.

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Zelphar was still angry, he could not control himself, his fury was eating away at him. "Don't you talk to her!" Zelphar snarled at Alec, wishing that Azzurra would get out of the way so he could really hand that guy's ass to him. No doubt he wasn't good at dueling, and he knew that he could use magic to his benefit. Zelphar just considered himself lucky that there weren't any muggles to witness this.