CARRIAGE! Uh oh. Uh oh. This was bad. Simon glanced over quickly at Zander, but the other third year had already taken charge. Hold on tight? Zander wouldn't have to say it again as Simon immediately grabbed the railing of the carriage in front of him.

Woah.

That was a REALLY sharp turn. Simon grabbed the front of the carriage hard to steady himself and clenched his teeth. And a very close miss too. Once they were speeding ahead and he was steadied, Simon grinned at his partner. "Nice steering, mate!" he said. Yeah, they made a great team! He glanced at their Abraxon who was charging ahead. Poor thing, he thought and hoped that the Abraxon would get a nice deserved rest after this race.

Another flying object came towards them? Was that a snowman? Stop it. He had to focus. "Reducto!" he exclaimed, moving his wand in the sideways v-formation. The snowman burst into small pieces of snow that had started to turn into ice. MERLIN. Simon blinked. He had forgotten how cold it was out here when they were racing. It was really cold out here, wasn't it?.

"Watch out! Incoming ice, hard snow, or whatever you call it. Don't worry, I've got it," he said, warning his partner. He quickly performed the Shield Charm to make sure that they wouldn't get hit too hardly by the newly formed ice. "Protego!" He cast the charm so that it encompassed Zander, him, the Abraxon, and their carriage. When the charm wore off they had more flying objects headed their way. Seriously? Were the Professors trying to kill them?! He hoped not. "Reducto! Incendio! Reducto!" he shouted as he moved his wand, trying his best to stop the incoming objects from hitting one of them or spooking out the Abraxon.