It was your first day at Hogwarts after having missed the first couple years for “family reasons”, and you were already late to your DADA class. As if Snape didn’t seem to hate you enough already from when you were introduced to him earlier on. As soon as you walked through the doors he called you up to the front, asking the class for anyone willing to take you on in a duel as a punishment for being late.

Mattheo lifted his head from his arms, paying attention as you glared at Snape, a small smirk spreading on his face. You watched as he lifted his hand, volunteering. It had to be an easy win for him, after all he’d been told that he was the strongest pupil in Hogwarts his whole time there.

You rolled your eyes, you had absolutely no “professional” training, this was your first official duel and you didn’t even know how it was supposed to work. Not that you were given much time since Mattheo launched an offence spell straight in your direction. Without even thinking you raised your wand and cast a defence spell as though it were nothing, cancelling out his spell. He hesitated, lowering his wand as he looked up at you. No other students had ever been able to combat his magic as though it meant absolutely nothing, with no reaction what so ever. You watched as his jaw clenched. He wasn’t sure whether he was meant to feel belittled, intrigued or just pissed off.

“What’s your name.”