Roughly a minute must have past, because Toby could suddenly move again. He took a few steps and stared around, even more confused than before, because that balloon had taken him by surprise. He blinked, still looking for Soph, and this time had the sense to also keep an eye of for any attacking water balloons.

As he turned back to the general fray, Toby realised he was just in time to stop one from freezing him again. He raised one hand and snatched it out of the air, before drawing his arm back and chucking it right at the 'goal' type area again, all in one movement. As the balloon his its target and burst, Tobias smiled to himself, knowing that he couldn't have planned anything quite so smooth if he'd tried, and that it was likely that not a soul would have seen it.

The Hufflepuff darted off, roaming the classroom-turned-gymnasium, still partly looking for Soph and partly watching his own back.