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'a spot for you inside the alliance.' Bella couldn’t help it, her eyes widened with shock and dread, but she quickly hid it behind a neutral look as the headmaster's words of impressed pleasure fully reached her ears. She winced inwardly feeling sick to her stomach for answering the way she had had about pure bloodlines and burnings. She didn’t want to be a part of his alliance. She had only said what she had said to be smart like Aboli had told them to do. Bella did not want to attract the headmaster’s wrath so she had gone against everything her parents had taught her and that made her feel so full of shame and guilt. She stole a sideways glance in Apollo's direction hoping he’d understand from her eyes mouthed word that she was sorry and that she didn’t mean what she had said at all. What else could she do to survive and keep the ones she cared about here safe?
Bella couldn’t even muster up a surprised gasp as the dummies took steps forward from their positions near the walls dressed like muggles in front of them. 'They are still just dummies.' She repeated silently to herself as she watched with eagle sharp concentration as Headmaster horrible demonstrated the spell they're going to be practicing today. It seemed easy enough, but Bella hadn’t pictured herself casting her first spell under the threat of pain. Licking her lips nervously, she practiced the incantation over 10 times in her head before she went over to the wand movement in equal numbers.
Pulling her wand out Bella aimed it one of the dummies and uttered with as much confidence she could muster into the spell "Bombarda!" as she at the same time traced the wand movement into the air like Headmaster Rosier had shown them.
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