Kitty lowered her wand, angry and stung at Skylar. "Hey, I was only trying to help!" She tried to keep the hurt out of her voice but it was hard. Maybe shouting "leave her alone" was overdoing it, but did Skylar really hold it against her when she'd saved her from the monster last year?? Kitty thought that would have brought them closer. It looked like she didn't understand her classmates as well as she'd thought.

Putting away her wand and feeling dejected, the Ravenclaw prefect went back to her spot at the bottom of the hill and tried to get back to work on her runes. In the background she heard the drama with the pixies continuing, but she was ignoring it.

Her hand shook as she brought up her wand for the second rune. Pointing at the spot where Berkana was, she shouted "Intaglio Inguz!" Nothing appeared. "Breathe," she muttered, taking a deep breath to try and calm down. She could talk to Skylar later after class.

"Intaglio Inguz!" This time it worked, appearing right over Berkana. Only one more to go...