SPOILER!!: Penelope!
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Originally Posted by
AlwaysSnapesGirl 
She was starting to figure things out a little as she looked around - this was the dueling arena, which explained why she had her wand out and why Dylan was standing over there - but then Dylan explained more. They were dueling. Okay. That made sense. She shook her head a little to try to clear her mind but nodded a little at his suggestion to always put up a shield. That made sense, of course, and she wasn't sure why she hadn't thought that...which would have only led her to more confusion, but she shook herself again and focused.
Penelope wasn't gonna throw a spell yet as she tried to get back into the dueling mindset she'd started to develop a little before the confusion happened. Focus. Focus. Watch his wand...which seemed to be moving quickly again...
Focus. "Protego!" The shield fortunately appeared instantly, and she waited for a few seconds to just keep it up until she was certain it had stopped the spell. There hadn't been any light like most spells seemed to have, but by now it was surely gone. Thank Merlin. She wasn't sure what it had been but she knew she didn't want to be hit with it.
Her turn now.
Focusing now on trying to get his legs locked together, she jabbed her wand and cast, "Locomotor Mortis!"
Oh, good. She'd blocked...Not that he was rejoicing her triumph or anything...just he liked to see her do well. Just like at the Quidditch match he and Gunter had co-commentated...It had been nothing against Ravenclaw...but his girls were on Gryffindor's team...and there was this thing about loyalty. Slytherins had it, too. In spades, even.
Hmm...
"That was the Full Body Bind...btw." Just in case she'd been curious because Dylan usually was about that stuff. So, to be helpful...not that he'd known whether or not it had even worked in the first place...but here's hoping...Yea...Anyway, back to the drawing board.
Since she was getting fairly good at blocking now...seeing as the Gryffindor had started taking his advice, he figured he could try something a little different. Dylan breathed in deeply...and then released it...Breathed in deeply....released it...He wanted to jerk her up by the legs...and that was different for him because he'd never performed this spell. Like ever...He'd have to say it out loud...
With an upward flick, he shouted
"Levicorpus!" With a flash, his magic surged forward...and because of the flash, he'd known it had worked...However, as he was preparing for that spell, Dylan missed that Penelope had also cast again...How had he missed it, the Slytherin Captain wasn't entirely sure...but he had...It was too late, of course. There was no protecting himself from something that was right there...and then hitting him full on...
Blergh!
His legs began to still and seize up on him...and he toppled backwards at once, since he hadn't been on even footing when initially hit...The Slytherin's back hit the floor hard...and for a moment, he thought he couldn't breathe. Like...the breath had been knocked right out of his lungs...
LE GASPING...