44 Preparations!
{Rigel's Bedroom, Hogwarts}
{2nd Sep 1991}
{3rd Person POV}
Rigel wasn't expecting to meet Rita this soon but Narcissa's attack against him had been quite swift. The one advantage of being a 1st year was that there were just 2 introductory classes every day for the first week and the rest of the time was left free for them to explore and get used to the castle. After going through a boring charms lecture with them learning the incantation and wand movements of the Wand Lightning charm, Rigel had walked straight back to his room.
He wasn't sure about the battle prowess of the witch who was the gossip queen of the wizarding world, but he needed to be sure. There were several precautions he needed to take in order to break her. Since his advent into the wizarding world, Rigel had focused on a systematical learning curve, he learned easier spells first and focused on improving his magical theory before he moved on to more complex spells.
'Plus I haven't figured out a way to increase my Mana control, I wonder if I'm even able to learn this spell...' Rigel thought as he looked at the theory and wand movements for the Stupefy spell.
'''...The Stunning Spell also known as the Stupefying Charm, or Stunner for short, is a charm that stunns or knocks out a target, rendering them unconscious. This charm was exceptionally useful in dueling, as it can quickly end a duel without causing lasting damage. Though the effectiveness of the spell can be mitigated as it is not that useful against creatures with magical resistance as it only stuns them for a few seconds to minutes...'''
'''...The wand movements for the stunning spell is a circular whipping slash with its end pointing toward the target as shown in the figure. The longer the slash, the more powerful the spell as it can use more mana. In addition to the simple wand movement, its three-syllable incantation makes it the easiest and fastest offensive charm in a dueler's arsenal...'''
'''...The incantation of the Stunning charm is Stupefy, pronounced in three syllables as STEW-puh-fye. At the same time, the intent behind the spell needs to be to knock out your opponent unconscious specifically...'''
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Rigel closed the book on combat magic and took a deep breath. The wand movement for the spell was a complicated motion when depicted in the book but it was the easiest motion to do. All he had to do was imagine throwing a stone at a target and move his wand in that manner. He pulled out his wand from the inventory and looked at the other end of the room.
His room was rather bland and he wasn't sure what damage the spell would do to an inanimate object. He flicked his wand toward his trunk and levitated it to the other end of the room.
'This would do for now but I really should check out the Room of Requirements tomorrow,' Rigel thought as he stood in front of the trunk. It was easy to imagine changing the shape of a match to a needle because it was a visual change. What was he supposed to imagine with someone being stunned? With no idea what to do all he could think about was someone slumping over after being clocked in the temple.
He pulled his wand toward his body and flicked it toward the trunk in a wide arc flick, "Stupefy~"
A red bold of mana left his wand and collided with the trunk. With no mark left behind telling him if the spell was a success or not, the panel that appeared in front of him was his only clue that the spell had worked.
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[New Spell Learned!]
[Stunnning Charm: Level 1 {2/1000}]
[The Stunning charm is an offensive spell that knocks a target unconscious. The size and magical difference don't matter but someone's magical resistance could cause the spell to have diminutive effects.]
[Magical Resistance: 10%]
[Wand Movements: Whip -> Flick]
[Mana Cost: 5 Mana]
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'Magical Resistance, this is the first time I've heard this stat. Do I have one as well?' Rigel thought but nothing propped up. With no notification or panel giving him information, he could only push this to the back of his mind to be figured out at a later date.
'No time to waste, I need to learn 2 more spells.' Rigel thought as he picked up the book again and focused on the second spell.
'''...The Impediment Jinx is a jinx that hinders the movement of the target, slowing it down or stopping it in its...'''
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{Outside Slytherin's common room, Hogwarts}
{2nd Sep 1991}
{3rd Person POV}
Rigel had been keeping track of the time and he had used half of his mana to practice the three spells in case he needed it. Although he was pretty sure that she wouldn't resist, it was better to take a few precautions.
He walked out of the common room 5 minutes before the allotted time and his senses quickly locked onto the magical beetle that was hiding over a painting. Rigel looked straight at Rita and grinned.
"Are you really trying to hide and gather intel right now?" Rigel asked and then he extended his hand. "Hop on, you won't be able to enter the common room on your own, you don't want Snape and Dumbledore to know about you being here do you?"
Rita stayed put in her place hoping this was a nightmare but when Rigel's eyebrows lifted slightly she flew up and landed on his palm.
"Don't worry I won't squash you..." Rigel grinned as he closed his fist lightly. He whispered, "Katharos" and the dark green door appeared once again. He walked through the common room and although a lot of people paid attention to him, no one really spoke to him though which allowed him to swiftly reach his room. The display from yesterday still lingered in everyone's mind, especially now that everyone was aware of how many snake scriptures were actually in the common room.
"~Mischefss Managedsss~" Rigel spoke in Parseltongue and his door opened. He walked in and closed the door behind him as he let go of the beetle. Rita, still in her beetle form hovered in front of him for a moment before she swiftly transformed.
Rigel looked at her alluring figure and the low-cut dress she was wearing and grinned.
'This would be fun...'
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AN- First Lemon with a canon character!
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