Needless to say this was a new experience for Hesper. She was nervous but mostly excited. Her Great Aunt Jessamine had expressed concern at her participating thinking it not very seemly but to her surprise had not forbidden it.

Her opponent was Miss Fudge from Gryffindor and that was pretty much all she knew about the other girl. Once the formalities were out of the way, she readied her first spell. "Rictusempra!"

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