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I was already expecting Harry's request to be for me to train and teach him, but upon hearing the last part of his request I blinked a little in surprise.
"Do you want me to teach and train you in dueling?" I looked at Harry with a strange expression.
"Yes," the black-haired boy nodded, and I could see he had a look of seriousness and determination on his face.
'He wants to learn to duel?' I asked myself, somewhat confused, 'Why does he want to learn this? And why out of nowhere?'
'Not that teaching him to duel is difficult, but this request was very sudden and specific...' I reflected, looking closely at Harry trying to see if his expression revealed his thoughts.
And unfortunately I could only see a determined boy, and even his feelings only showed his determination and conviction.
'If I weren't a morally upright person and a good friend I would try to read his mind with Legilimency to try to understand his motives' I thought.
And my silence and staring at him started to make the Gryffindor boy nervous.
"So, are you going to train me?" he asked me a little anxiously.
And your question took me out of my thoughts.
"Well, I made you a promise" I started to respond, "Then yes, I will train you" I nodded.
And my answer made Harry sigh in relief, "Good" he said, somewhat happily.
And Hermione then took a step forward, before starting to speak, "Well, since you've agreed to train Harry, we need to decide the days, places and times when these classes and training will take place."
And I could see that she had gone into her academic, planning mode, and I could feel an intensity coming from her.
"Err, I'm sure you can organize everything for us" I said, not wanting to come between this girl and her schedule.
"Yes, you can leave it to me" she nodded with a determined look.
"Uh, can I…" I heard Fleur speak next to me, catching our attention and making me turn to her, "Can I participate in these training sessions too?" she asked.
And looking at her I could see a somewhat nervous and shy expression on her face.
"Do you also want me to train you too?" I asked, a little surprised.
"Uhum," she nodded, "You are the most intelligent, powerful, and capable wizard I know, and being taught by you would be fantastic and an honor"
"Well, thank you" I said, feeling proud and happy to receive such compliments from her, "And I would love to teach and train you, but in that case Harry has to agree to that too."
And saying that we looked at the savior of the wizarding world, who blinked when he saw that all the attention was now on him.
"Uh... I don't see any problem with her participating in our training" he said.
And upon hearing this I turned to Fleur, smiling slightly at her, "Well, in that case then you can participate too"
"Thank you" she said, smiling too.
"Hmm" Luna hummed, looking at us thoughtfully, "You three are champions, and now you're going to train together…" she started to say.
"Well... Yes" I nodded, not knowing what she was getting at.
"In that case then do you plan to invite the Durmstrang champion as well?" she asked, tilting her head.
"Err, why would we invite him?" Harry asked with a slight frown.
"Because then all the champions would be training together, showing unity between the three schools, which is what the Tri-Wizard tournament proposes" Luna replied.
"Well, that's true..." I said slowly, looking at the other two champions present.
Fleur didn't seem very in favor of the idea, and Harry had a scowl that showed he really didn't like the idea of inviting Krum.
And it made sense that they were against the idea of inviting Krum, since neither of them had a friendly relationship or any kind of relationship with him.
And in fact, among the three of us, the person who interacted the most with the Bulgarian champion throughout the tournament was me, and our interactions were mostly hostile, at least on his part.
"You know Luna, I think it would be better if it was just the three of us" I said to my curious friend.
"Huh, why?" she asked.
"Let's just say we're not very good friends with Krum, and he doesn't like me and Harry very much either," I replied with a wry smile.
And Luna stared at me with her head tilted, before turning to Harry only to see that he was frowning.
And Harry noticed that Luna was looking at him, "Err, yes, he doesn't like me very much" he said, showing a forced smile to the blonde girl.
"But why doesn't he like you two?" Luna asked confused.
And hearing that question, Harry and I looked at each other, with strange expressions on our faces.
And Harry might not yet know why Krum didn't like him, but I knew exactly why the professional Quidditch player held a grudge against me.
"Well, actually I don't know why he doesn't like me" Harry replied with a sigh.
"I also have no idea why he doesn't like me" I quickly replied with a serious look, keeping my poker face.
And if Krum heard this he would be shocked at my shamelessness.
"Hmm, strange..." Luna muttered.
But after a few seconds she shrugged, "Well, too bad. It would have been nice to see you all together" she said, deciding to leave that topic aside.
"Probably" I nodded, before deciding to change the subject, "But well, then I guess with that the matter about our training is resolved, right?" I said, looking at the Gryffindor couple.
"I think so" Harry said, looking at Hermione beside him who nodded.
"And you don't have anything else to talk to me about, do you?" I asked.
"Hmm, no, we don't" the green-eyed boy replied.
"Well, in that case then I would like to be alone with these two beautiful girls again," I said, gesturing to Luna and Fleur, "The three of us are on a trip, and now we wanted to relax and enjoy our cakes and drinks"
And when I said that Harry and Hermione looked at the three of us, at the plates of cakes and mugs of drinks on our table, and then at the three of us again.
And then the realization hit them, making them realize that they had actually interrupted us in the middle of our trip.
And they both immediately felt embarrassed when they realized that they had completely disregarded the fact that we were in Hogsmeade to have fun and relax, and not to talk about training and studying.
"Oh... Oh yes, I understand" Harry said, scratching the back of his head with an apologetic look, "Well, we're leaving now."
"Yes, and we're sorry for disturbing your trip," Hermione said, nodding at us.
And after saying that, the two waved at us again, before turning around, going to get the third member of the golden trio who was gorging themselves on food and drinks at the counter.
And after managing to get Ron to let go of his large mug of butterbeer that he was holding as if his life depended on it, the three of them left the Three Broomsticks.
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"Well... They're an interesting trio" Fleur commented after a while, making me snort.
"You have no idea" I said.
I then shook my head, "But well, now that they're gone, we can go back to our conversation from before."
"Oh yes" Fleur said with a nod, "I remember Luna was asking me about Gargoyles and their French origin when our conversation was interrupted."
And when she said that we both looked at the eccentric girl who was on the other side of me, watching her put the last bite of cake that was on her plate into her mouth.
And she seemed to feel our gaze, as she turned to us with her mouth still full of cake, "What?" she asked, tilting her head.
And seeing her curious look and her puffy cheeks I smiled softly, "Heh, you really liked the cake" I said amused.
"Yes, it is very tasty" she nodded her head excitedly, "It is sweet, smooth, refreshing and…" and then she began to describe the taste of the cake in detail.
And looking at this sweet-loving girl I couldn't help but compare her to a gluttonous, cheerful and harmless rabbit.
'No wonder her Corporeal Patronus is a rabbit' I thought.
"Well…" I started to say, interrupting her rambling, "Since you liked the cake, why don't we ask Madame Rosmerta for another piece?"
"We can?" she asked with a twinkle in her eye.
"Of course" I nodded, "And in fact we're going to order a whole cake, since it seems like someone here really liked it too" and as I said this I glanced out of the corner of my eye at Fleur, who was finishing chewing what was left of her cake.
And swallowing the cake she looked at me, "Well, I wouldn't say no to another piece" she said, trying to maintain a refined and calm appearance, but the mint cream that was left on the edge of her lips completely ruined that.
"Uhum, just one more piece..." I smiled amused.
And looking at these two blonde girls I couldn't help but believe that saying that every woman loved sweet things.
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