SPOILER!!: Vashti
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So far the Shield Charm had been incredibly helpful in this class - well not just this class, but this entire term. Handy little spell, it was. Using the time she had while the charm was still active, Vashti tried to wipe more of the shaving cream and feathers off her and tried to make Secretariat goes faster so she could finish this race.
Only problem was that the shield went away faster from her lack of concentration and, though the feathers had graciously stopped, another obstacle soon came up. And no, it wasn't the music (though that was a distraction and basically an obstacle because of that). A strong gust of wind began blowing, and Vashti felt as if she were slowing down (though she hadn't done anything of the sort) and soon came to a standstill.
Oh come ON.
At least the wind was causing most of the shaving cream and feathers to blow off, but now she was stuck. But she was a Quidditch player - she'd played in a storm before. This wind shouldn't be a problem, right? But it kinda was. Secretariat wasn't a broom and she wasn't over a hundred feet in the air and going a hundred miles an hour. So yeah, this was a bit more difficult.
While considering using the handy little Shield Charm once more, Vashti heard her name being yelled again. She whipped her head around and though her hair was flying in her face from the wind, she caught sight of the girl's face and recognized her immediately. "LOUISA!" she called back before turning her head back around to cast, "Protego!" The Shield Charm was back, and even though it wasn't helping her speed as much as she'd hoped, she was at least moving again. It was only a matter of time before she hit the finish line, right?
Louisa was struggling with her stick-horse but being behind Vashti helped a bit and she could fight the wind more than she hoped. Yay! Vashti recognized her. "
Hey Vashti, could I keep floating behind you? I'm not sure that I can cast that Shielding Charm yet.. I haven't tried before." She yelled over the wind to the girl before her.
Louisa's hands got loosened a bit all of a sudden! Maybe because the girl was exhausted after this athletic class that she didn't get used to yet.
BANG!
Louisa partly fell off the horse-stick but her hand was still clutched to the end of the stick-horse which was a funny scene. From the outside it looked like the stick-horse dragged her slowly against the wind while in fact she was still controling it by her wand-hand.
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I won't let go just now we're near the end!" She bellowed to the stick-horse as if it was getting rid of her. Her feet started to ache from being scratched by the ground but she insisted.
Louisa gathered her strength and tried to shift herself but she failed and fell off completely with her stick-horse on top of her body. She grunted mildly as she got up quickly, levitated it to the level she wanted and "
Locomotor Stick-horse!" And followed Vashti as quickly as she could once again. Her legs and whole body aches from the fall but she could feel the challenge supplying her of strength.