'You have held your own against the Dark Lord,' he thought with an intoxicating softness, smoothing and depressing his anxiety, 'You can hold you own against a mindless beast.'
He could. Adrian exhaled, and smiled.
The Werewolf jumped over the stag, its face pinching in violent intent. Its long hooked claws dug into the ice like hooks, pulling it across the surface towards Adrian before Sirius Black or the stag could redirect him.
"Master," Lutain warned, tensing close to his neck, "I'm ready."
Adrian shook his head, "Let me," He hissed quietly, holding his wand in a dueling pose parallel to his jawbone.
His father could curse him, but a werewolf could not.
"Impedimenta," Adrian casted flawlessly, hitting the Werewolf in its chest right as it lifted its left arm to slash through Adrian's chest.
Adrian stepped to the side, exhaling softly as the slowing spell allowed him to duck under the werewolf, pointing his wand at the wolf's back, "Reducto."
The spell collided and blasted the wolf into a tree. It groaned, wood flaking off as the entire trunk shook under the weight of its impact.
"Good strike, Master." Lutain hissed excitedly, "Black fur creature, behind you!"
Adrian slashed his wand over his shoulder without looking, "Flagrate"
Fire spells always were Adrian's specialty, it was Black's fault that he jumped right into the fire line burning strongly in the air.
Black yelped, landing on the ground in a strange sprawl. The dog fur started to shift, receding; extinguishing the blaze.
Lupin growled and shook himself free from the tree. He lowered himself into a stalk, long claws dragging as he approached Adrian cautiously.
Black paused, then grimaced and resumed his canine form to combat the werewolf.
Adrian didn't need to watch Sirius, he had his best friend to do that for him.
"Behind!" Lutain warned, giving Adrian the split second needed to duck into a roll and send the Werewolf jumping over onto the yelping black dog. Adrian's side somersaulted over a large rock, sending a throbbing pain through his chest which would most likely bruise.
A stag tossed its head angrily, each of its prongs sharp in the moonlight.
Adrian cracked his neck and pointed his wand once again, this time at the stag instead of the canine dog fight.
The deer charged, the Werewolf jumped, and Adrian casted the strongest shield he knew he could execute.
The deer recoiled from whiplash, snapping its head back with enough force it collapsed on the ground. Lupin slid down the shield, blinking in animal confusion before Adrian sent another blasting hex at the wolf, sending it skittering across the iced pond.
Lupin skittered, scrambling before his claws punctured the ice.
Adrian inhaled, and focused with a serene calmness.
Inhale.
The werewolf's lips pulled back into a silent snarl, long strands of saliva dripping from its maw as its gums twitched.
Pressure built behind Adrian's eyes, pinpointing like a thorn inside his ears digging deep, deep, deep…
Exhale.
The ice shifted, the water below bubbling unnaturally.
Crack.
Lupin froze, the hair on his back rising in instinctual fear as something was most definitely wrong.
The ice broke. Melted from a boiling fire.
Lupin fell through the ice with a high pitched yelping noise; Sirius Black instantly began to yelp in response, belly crawling across the broken ice to try and get to the shattered spot.
The stag jumped, shifting halfway through- it was an animagus like Adrian expected.
"Moony!" James Potter shouted, fumbling in his robe's pocket for something, likely his wand.
Adrian lifted his wand one more time, pointing it at James Potter's unprotected backside.
"James! Your back!" Sirius shouted suddenly human and still wiggling across the ice.
James spun, raising a shield just in time to stop a blasting curse.
"Get Moony! I'll take the Eater!" James hollered, spinning and shifting into a dueling stance.
Shite.
Adrian had dueled Bellatrix on multiple occasions, of course at that time the focus was to get Adrian to successfully cast a specific curse or spell in question. Dueling with his father was much harder, although those duels focused on Adrian's agility and ingenuity; he wouldn't ever be seriously hurt.
James Potter holding nothing back, he may be hurt.
He was out of his league.
"Stupify!"
"Protego!" Adrian summoned his shield, thankful again to his father for making sure he had mastered it.
"Stupify!" James sent again, the curse was bright red and lit up the clearing, "Stupify!"
"Diffindo!" Adrian shouted, using the moment Potter dodged to hiss under his breath to Lutain, "Dry bite!"
"But Master! My venom!" Lutain complained, getting no response he grumbled but coiled in preparation to strike.
Lutain would not kill him.
Only Adrian would be granted that pleasure.
But for now, Adrian couldn't do that. He had to just bide his time and get away.
"James!" Sirius shouted, scrambling to try and levitate the thrashing howling werewolf out of the water, "I need help!"
"Hold on!" James shouted, wanting to help his friend.
"Accio, James Potter's robes," Adrian rushed hurriedly, swishing before stepping to the side as suddenly as a matador.
James Potter pinwheeled, trying to slow his speed.
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