Her heart pounded as she stood next to Professor Stewart, waiting for what was to come next. She couldn’t bring herself to look at Maddie and the others as they took off towards the castle to defend Hogwarts. It was too hard to imagine not seeing them again. Not wanting to take her eyes off the approaching Inferi, she called out to Professor Stewart “Now what? Is the fire working?”

Without waiting for a response, she commanded “Incendio!” towards the advancing Inferi, once again wondering if fire would even cause pause for a group of creatures coming up from the bottom of the lake. “Incendio!” She commanded again, more than thankful for all the times they had to use the spell in potions class over the last year. Professor Noble would be getting a big thank you for that once the whole being under attack thing was over.

After making a little barrier of fire before them, she switched back to trying her rope of fire. It was far less reliable, so having the fire line in front of her gave her a chance to get it right. "Ignisio Funem!"