When Hadleigh noticed the name beside her for this upcoming duel all she could do was stare at it. An Auror. Seriously? Like come on be for real here. There was NO WAY she could even stand a chance. Albeit the experience she would get out of this was great but just the idea of going up against someone much older and much more experienced then herself and her fellow peers was rather daunting.

Not to mention she hadn't a clue who this Auror even was. Tyler Bellaire. Any relation to Professor Bellaire? Or Blaise? Sigh. There was no hint to how tough this guy was going to be or what his tactic was. Was he mostly for defense or was he all about taking out the other person as quickly as possible. These were questions that floated through the sixth years mind as she practiced for the upcoming duel.

When the day arrived Hady tried to keep her cool. Play it calm like always. Keep a leveled head. That was her dueling style. Never get angry or upset. Take it all as it comes and respond accordingly to the best of her abilities and this was how she vowed to herself she would handle this.

Entering the arena, dueling uniform on and clean, hair tied back into a tight braid, eyes bright she made her way towards the center of the arena. "Hello Auror Bellaire" the teen greeted politely her usual relaxed grin on her face. She may have looked very calm, like she was about to duel one of her friends for practice but inside the girl was freaking out. Hopefully no one was up in those stands watching this.

Bowing at the waist, hazel eyes locked on the man before her she straightened up, turned and walked several paces away. Fingers flexed instinctively around the smooth wood of her wand which was held at her side, raising to aim at Tyler the second she turned to face him. Only she didn't cast anything at him. Not yet. Whole new tactic was happening this afternoon.

Hady turned her wand on herself casting a quiet 'Feather-light Charm' quickly followed by the 'Disillusionment Charm'. Truth be told she had never used either one of these in a duel but the voice of a certain blonde Gryffindor was loud and clear in her head. 'You're probably the only person who can sneak up on me like that'. Sneaking up on people came easy to her. She was light on her feet, quiet, small and pretty quick. A nice balance of things that might just help her.

The incantation for the second spell was hardly our of her mouth before she was moving. Soft, calculated steps around the area. Wand always at the ready. She wasn't finished though. Not taking full advantage of being invisible would be stupid. With that when she was somewhere off to the left of Tyler she went ahead to cast her next charms the 'homing spell' which was coupled with "Flipendo Tria." She was starting off strong. No messing around. Not after the duels she had this term. No offense to the Auror or anything but if she was going to go down she was going down with everything she had.