"Is that the best you can do, Junior Auror?" Alastor yelled at her as his walking stick let out a sound similar to a large bell being rung. The icicles shattered into powder long before they got to him. "I've taught you better!" With a flick of his wand a long, green light lashed out at her almost like a whip. Tonks had never stopped moving and even still the whip-like spell nearly lashed her. She watched as a few strands of her hair fell to the ground.
"Damn it, Mad-Eye!" Tonks growled at him. The spell lashed at her again and again as she ducked, dodged, and ran. Then Alastor finished a second spell he'd been casting with his walking stick! The grizzled man slammed the stick into the floor and the tiles that made up the practice range began to flip like they were on an axle! The effect spread from around Alastor in a circular wave and Tonks grimaced as she had to split her focus to avoid the whip-like spell and had to watch her footing to avoid being tripped up by the animated tiles. With a grimace she pulled her own wand and countered the 'Animation Charm' on the floor tiles. With her split focus she only managed to deflect the whip, instead of dispelling it like she wanted to.
"Constant Vigilance!" Alastor barked at his protégé as he yanked up a few tiles from the floor and transfigured them into wolves. The small pack quickly went after the still running Tonks. The Metamorph hissed at the pressure, still having to avoid the whip-like spell while the pack closed in on her. With a few loops of her wand the tiles between her and the transfigured wolves became quicksand. The transfigured beasts quickly became trapped and Tonks had just enough time to dispel the green whip spell before shifting her focus back to the trapped wolves.
"I'll show you vigilance." Tonks muttered as she used her wand to quickly undo the transfigurations, leaving a few stone tiles sitting on the floor, before she shielded against a barrage of spells from both of Alastor's foci. If it wasn't for his Magical Eye, and its ability to see through obstructions, she'd have already used a smokescreen or even the Similitudo to distract him with a copy. While maintaining her shield she conjured a few fireballs wandlessly. The orbs of flame rocketed outwards from behind her shield and came at Alastor from multiple directions. The old man had to use one of his foci, the walking stick, to cast another dome shield over himself. With the loss of half of his offense Tonks had enough focus to take the tiles lying on the floor and banish them at Alastor.
"Now you're thinking!" Alastor gave his form of encouragement as he stopped his assault to conjure a shield that would block physical objects, since his dome shield only blocked magical attacks. The tiles smashed into the new shield and Alastor flicked his wand to vanish the dust. Tonks smirked as she already had her hands up and framing Alastor between her fingers.
"Cube!" Tonks cast her own unique, self-created spell. The six square, inverted shields formed around her instructor and locked him inside. Nothing could get out through physical means, and she'd seen how only incredibly focused spells could break it when Harry had used highly pressurized water to cut through it last summer.
"Well, at least you're getting better at multi-tasking." Alastor chuckled. Tonks knew he was buying time to cast a spell that could potentially get him out, so she responded to split his focus.
"Yeah, you know what the best part about my Cube Spell is?" Tonks grinned as she used her wandless Magic to hold the Cube while she moved her wand into a complex weave of movements. "Nothing gets out, but things can get in!" She jabbed her wand forward and the tiles on the floor liquefied before rushing forward in a torrent of what looked like cement! The liquid stone quickly began to fill up the cube as Alastor swung his wand to vanish it as fast as possible.
"Not bad, lass, not bad at all!" Alastor praised his protégé before the top of his walking stick glowed brightly. With a bang her Cube Spell was dispelled and her liquid stone splattered across the floor. "But I've dealt with weirder combinations!" He jabbed his wand forward and a conflagration leapt forward towards the young woman. Tonks wasn't impressed by the incoming flames though. A simple 'Flame-Freezing' Charm and she might as well have been basking in a warm summer breeze. She retaliated with a series of 'Severing Curses' and Alastor only laughed as he knocked them away with his wand.
"Look out below." Tonks retorted as she slammed her heel into the floor. Alastor felt the floor tremble with his good leg, and only had a second to react. Stone pillars erupted from the floor and the Senior Auror launched himself backwards with a spell from his wand to avoid them. Regaining his footing the old man grinned, his protégé was definitely improving! He hadn't had a challenge like this since the war! He jabbed each of the stone pillars with the top of his walking stick. A second after they were touched they all detached from the floor and went rocketing towards Tonks!
"Catch or dodge?" Alastor questioned her and Tonks chose a third option. The stone pillars morphed under the motions of her wand, the transfigured rocks flowed around the Metamorph without coming close to touching her. With a grin she sent her creation forward. A large, snake-like, stone golem gave a roar that sounded like stones grinding against each other as it slithered towards Alastor. While her golem rushed the Senior Auror directly Tonks took off again in a jog to flank him.
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