Ethan stood frozen, watching in horror as the shadows came nearer into view and turned out to be exactly was he was afraid them to be - dementors. He gripped his wand tightly as his eyes snapped to the dark figures as they hovered over the Slytherin boys. Was he too far away to cast a patronus? Probably.. and he wasn't sure that he could cast one anyway.. his mind drifted back to his previous failure, deepening the feelings of despair and panicky helplessness that were beginning to stir in him.

His breath hitched in his throat as he heard that haunting scream again and his eyes searched the pitch. The dementors weren't circling on her but she needed to get off the pitch and to safety. He had a fleeting urge to run down to the pitch to do something.. but that was soon stopped by the appearance of a couple silvery animals fending the dark creatures off. He watched the bear and moose patronuses for a moment, then the retreating dementors, then looked back to his girlfriend. Her captain was thankfully pulling her off the pitch to safety so he was going to go down and make sure she was okay.. and get her into the castle.

He turned back to those in the stands as he heard Beezus and Ness order everyone back to the castle. Yes, this was a good idea.. especially since he did not feel nearly as safe after these dementors left than he did after Vinteren took care of them the last time. No.. they were back after that and obviously were still a problem. Who knew if they were really gone for good? "You heard your student leaders," Ethan raised his voice just a little over buzz of those still chattering and still in the stands. He watched a few of the spectators leave and added, "Back to the castle, follow me." He ushered a few of the younger ones out, then walked out of the stands himself to lead them to the castle. And to find his girlfriend and make sure she was safe.