Xylon raised his wand and moved it in a tight, circular motion. "Impiriano!" He said, casting a shield against the ice the professor had sent Patroclus's way. They were working as a team, right?

Cadence felt herself splashed with water and did a double-take at Arya to see her holding up a turquoise revertoscutum shield. Must have been ice. Looking back at the balls she saw two of them stuck together. How to get them apart? Pointing her wand at just one of the two balls, she said, "Contego beach ball!" and the force of the spell sent the two balls flying, complete separated. Quickly, she recast the Contego shield on the other four balls and just waited, her eyes darting around everywhere as she watched the balls.

O______O

Birds. Truebridge attacked her with birds.

The first thing she thought to do was run..and she was going to when one of the crabby girls shielded her, turning the birds into eggs. Dodging the eggs that were now falling from the sky, she found herself closer to Evelyn. Oops. Probably a little too close. Giving her friend an apologetic smile, she pointed her wand at the beach ball that bounced off the sword.

"Contego green beach ball!"

Two of the yellow beach balls seem to have broken free of Cadence's charm. They appear to be stuck together and wobbling slowly in the air. One of the suits of armour seems to sense this and walks over towards them. He's about the slice the two balls apart with his sword then Sidney points her wand at the balls and yells: "Contego Beach Balls!" She moves her wand in an upward zig zag movement. The armour's sword is stopped by Sidney's shield and the balls start bouncing up in the air again.

OOC: Hope I got this post right.

Ellie sighed. Of course he didn't hear her. And now the whole room was shouting charms and the armor was clanging and ahhhh!!

She slowly stood up, she would have done so more quickly if she wasn't afraid of getting dizzy and vomiting everywhere, and walked straight up to the professor...

"Professor... uh.. Trubridge? Can I go to the infirmary? Please?" she said, rubbing her head. She was on the point of tears now... And she bit her lip to keep her from exploding.

"Me too! I think I don't mind shielding." Sophia added.

"Of course Ellie." Truebridge looked at the little girl, not having noticed any discomforture before. "Do you need anyone to accompany you?"


A suit of armour clattered in annoyance when a blue beach ball harmlessly bounced off its sword, shielded perfectly. Another blue ball fell on the ground at its feet and it clattered and tried to pounce on it.

Truebridge cast some ropes at Xylon, the Gryffindor.

Three red Beachballs bounced around, several of them shielded nicely. Another one headed straight for the sharp edge of one of the suits of armour's shields.

Truebridge cast some flowers at the Slytherins, an attempt to block their view of the playing field.

Despite the eggs on the ground, possibly being slippery underfoot, the shields around the green beachballs held. A suit of armour ignored the other colours and stabbed its sword upwards in an attempt to skewer a green beachball.

The professor cast a fat green lizard which darted between the feet of the students.

The bouncing yellow beachballs seperate, each far enough from the others that quickly shielding all of them would be difficult and take some teamwork.

Ellie shook her head.

"Thank you!" she said, and ran out the door.

Glaring at the Lufoy girl, and trying to wipe off some of the egg stuff from her sweater, Evelyn looked up just in time to see a bunch of flowers coming there way.

Taking a step forward...

"Revertoscutum!" she said, raising the now more greenish than blue shield up. As the flowers reached them, they turned to seeds, and showered over them. Personally, Evelyn did not like the way her clothes were looking.

For one, she was covered in eggs and trying hard not to slip from the ones on the ground, and now the seeds were sticking to her clothes...

Eep! Sharrrpp edge!

"Contego red beach ball!" Gold said, flicking her wand in a zig-zag. The ball in the danger zone bounced right up, away from the suit of armour that had been a risk to its safety. Somewhat relieved, Gold decided to strengthen the overall shielding, of the red beachballs.

"Impiriano," she cast, executing the correct wand movement - a rather closed circular motion.

She was glad, glad, GLAD that this class required so much concentration. Otherwise, she knew she would have been huddled up in a little corner, thinking stuff that was of no use. She had been doing a lot lately. AND she was starting to do it, again. Shaking the thoughts off, Gold eyed the red beach balls. They were all safe, for now.

Thankfully.

What was this?

A lizard! How adorable! Not adorable, though, that she had nearly stepped upon it. "You're in everyone's way, ma'am," Gold said, giving it happy, little looks. "Would you like a shield-charm, to keep you safe?"

-- and then the shield-charm was in place. Gold caaarefully stepped away from the lizard. At least, no matter what happened now, it wasn't in the danger of being squashed, or something.

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WAIITT!

"Watch out, Patroclus!"

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Xylon raised his wand and moved it in a tight, circular motion. "Impiriano!" He said, casting a shield against the ice the professor had sent Patroclus's way. They were working as a team, right?

Everything started to go very wrong, very quickly, However by the speedy reactions of his housemates, everything was OK.

"Thanks Xylon"

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Truebridge cast some ropes at Xylon, the Gryffindor.

Three red Beachballs bounced around, several of them shielded nicely. Another one headed straight for the sharp edge of one of the suits of armour's shields.

In the exact same moment he thanked Xylon, Patroclus noticed ropes, snaking their way towards, "Impiriano!" Patroclus called, protecting his fellow Gryffindor.
Impiriano was the best to use, as he now had to focus on the ball that was bouncing dangerous close to a point sheild. "Contengo Red Beach Ball!"
Not a moment to soon!

Eh? Not nice. Xylon raised his wand in an arc that was directed upwards.

"Prote -"

But the ropes had bounced off and fallen to the ground before he could complete his spell. "Thanks, mate!" Xylon said, giving Patroclus a quick but friendly nod. He would have stepped to the side then --- if he hadn't nearly slipped because of something on the ground. Eww!! Eggs! Broken eggs!

Xylon dodged them and raised his wand to point at the red balls. "Contego Red Beach Ball! Contego Red Beach Ball!"

Flowers!

Merlin, Destiny ate one! Spitting it out, the flower immediately turned into a seed. What would have happened if that seed went down her throat? She would have CHOKED and DIED. Humph.

Looking around the room, she saw two of the three green beach balls away from the 'danger area' which would be the suit of armor. One, very unlucky ball, was on the verge of being popped. Treading carefully, because of the eggs, seeds AND a FAT lizard around, she pointed her wand.

"Contego green beach ball!"

Do..lizards bite!?

Mina smiled to herself as she watched the suit of armour clatter in annoyance. Did they really expect her to allow all their beach ball go unprotected? No, that was so not going to happen. Raising her wand again she cast as she aim for the the first beach ball. "Contego Blue Beach Ball!" Seeing the other ball fall, she aimed for that one as well. "Contego Blue Beach Ball!"

She just hoped it would be enough to keep them protected. With her wand still in her hand, she noticed the lizard darting around. It was probably harmless, but she didn't want to risk anything. "Revertoscutum!"

The lizard, shielded by the Gryffindor student, remained unaffected when a Ravenclaw attempted a reversion shield on it, though its shield sputtered out. It scuttered around and found a shoe, attached to a Hufflepuff, and chewed on it thoughtfully.

Truebridge cast ice at a group of Gryffindors and then cast a flurry of mild but annoying stinging hexes at them.

A blue beachball, nicely shielded, knocked a yellow one right into a sharp point on the helmet of one of the suits of armour. The yellow beach ball spluttered and let out air, floating around and knocking a blue ball to the ground. A suit of armour attempted to stomp it.

Truebridge cast a light knockback jinx at Evelyn.

Three green beachballs and two red beachballs bounced harmlessly into the air and a suit of armour stood waiting for them to fall, intending to skewer two or three of any colour at once on the point of its sword.

This was getting better, by the second.

Gold tried a double-reversion on the ice. "Revertoscutum!" The ice turned into water, which would have splashed everywhere, had she not cast the spell again. "Revertoscutum!"

It was a shot in the dark, borne mostly out of the fact that creativity with magic was her main and foremost strength, in a situation such as this, but it worked - the water vanished. It must have disintegrated, into its components. Which would be a part of the air, now.

All this, of course, she did as quickly as she could. Because she had to pay attention to the red beach balls, which were her main worry. They were quite happily bouncing around, right now. RIGHT in the 'danger zone.' Shaking her head, Gold directed her wand in a quick zig-zag. "Contego red beach ball! Contego red beach ball!"

The red balls bounced away, away awayyy from the green ones and the suit of armour, and Gold lowered her wand, for a fraction of a second.

Better.

Taking a deep breathe, for a moment, she suddenly forgot about the green beach balls. Wuickly looking up to see where they were, she noticed that it looked a little bit Christmas-y up there what with the green and red beach balls bouncing around.

Juuust to be certain that the green beach balls were safe, Evelyn raised her wand at one of them and made the upwards zig zag motion with her wand. "Contego green beach ball."

And just about to cast one at another, the Slytherin looked back to see if the other two girls were doing their job. Apparently not...

"Protego!" she sputtered out, her shield getting up just in time before a second later, she found the spell hitting her shield, surprising her and making her slip on all the egg mess on the ground.

Seriously. Just why. Landing on her stomach, the disgusted expression on her face was definitely noticeable as she struggled to stand back up. Her wand! Just LOOK at the mess on her wand!! And her clothes!

*tear*

Mina kept a close eye on the blue beach balls. She needed to stay on her toes if she wanted to keep them all in the state they were in, inflated and bouncy. Raising her wand around she aimed for the single blue beach ball that the suit of armour was trying to stomp on. "Contego Blue Beach Ball!"

Looking about, she raised her wand again and cast a boarder Contego Blue Beach Ball in an attempt to shield the others. Seeing the hexes being thrown around, she quickly cast a Protego to shield her from any run away hexes. Best to be safe than sorry.
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The green beach balls..they were ALIVE!

Unlike that poor yellow one. Destiny snickered at the sight of the yellow ball popping, almost missing the fact that the green beach balls were about to be attacked by those suits of armor again. Letting out an angry breath, she pointed her wand. She sure hoped she could protect two beach balls. "Contego green beach ball!" she gave the snazzy wand movement and quickly moved to the other ball, "Contego green beach ball!"

Where was Evelyn!?

Looking over her shoulder, she saw her friend laying on the ground..covered in eggs and seeds. "Evelyn! The lizard is gunna eat you!" Heehee.

"Just kidding."

Ice!

Xylon took a step backwards and then drew up his shield. Protego. For the moment he was safe ------ and then the ice had vanished altogether. He blinked, realized Gold must have something to do with it and shrugged.

Miss Fiery Know-it-all.

Hey!! He had his reasons for the grudge!

He hadn't lowered his shield yet and he was glad when a few hexes bounced off it. "Contego Red Beach Ball!" He cast, making the red balls bounce further away from danger. They were all safe right now.

Seeing how Truebridge wasn't sending any spells their way, she decided to turn her attention to thier beach balls. Arya had turned around just in time to see one of thier precious yellow beach balls pop! Oh noes! That meant they were one step closer to losing. Can't have that now can we?

Arya pointed her wand at a yellow beach ball that was bouncing around the plateform towards one of the suites of armor. "Contego Yellow Beach Ball!" Reinforcing Candace's shield. Then she pointed her wand at the yellow ball floating in the air, making its slow decent and shouted, "Contego Yellow Beach Ball!" Inforcing the shield around it as well.

Scanning the plateform, she found the last two yellow beach balls and cast a final "Contego Yellow Beach Ball" on them.

During all this reinforcing, she failed to notice the little lizard that had made its way over to her and decided to have her shoe strings for a snack. Glancing down at him, slightly puzzled by where he came from, she pointed her wand at the little lizard. She didn't want to hurt him(he was cute), but they had to win.

Deja Vue?

Arya shuttered slightly and quickly cast on the lizard, but not before giving him her shoe, she could always get it back when this was over and done with. "Impiriano"

The lizard scooted away, tugging the shoe with it. The fat thing apparently decided shoes were a good idea and made for the nearest Slytherin, a shoe from each house perhaps?

They were all doing very well so far, Truebridge was pleased. He cast some more flowers and some butterflies which rained down from above.

The suits of armour renewed their attack and sliced around in a frenzy, clashing and clattering at each other. One threw its sword up and up and up, a red ball in its path.

Another suit of armour smacked its shield with its sword and then launched itself at a blue ball as it rolled across the duelling platform.

One of the suits of armour dropped its sword and as a green beach ball fell, it attempted to clap its hands together to catch, or damage the green ball.

The yellow balls were safe for now, bouncing clear of the nearest Suit of armour. Truebridge cast a burst of birds at the gathered Hufflepuffs.

Eep.

"Bad suits of armours," Gold said, giving them little looks as she slashed her wand through the air, in a cheerful zig-zag. "Contego red beach ball! Contego red beach ball!" The red ball that was in danger bounced away, just in the nick of time - thank God, too. Otherwise, it would have been sword!fodder, by now. Eep!eep.

She decided to take the other balls faaaarther away from the suits of armours, too. Raising her wand -- she blinked. Some sort of flower had just fallen, right in her eye, and more were following, quite happily. Gold blinked. "Revertoscutum!" She cast, as a burst of flowers rained down on her. "Protego." The flowers turned into seeds, which were deflected by her quick, basic shield. But then a bird had to come at her.

"Impiriano."

Moving her wand in a zig-zag again, Gold allowed herself to look back at the red beach balls - not that she had fully looked away from them, in the first place. "Contego red beach ball!" Faaaaar, faaaar away from the bad!armours, those red!balls were going to stay.

Yep.

Finally getting into the sitting position, Evelyn looked down at her wand which was covered in seeds and egg stuff before looking up at Destiny. "Lizard?" she mumbled, frowning and shaking her head. Pfft. Just kidding?

Whatever.

About to stand up, something scurrying near by her made her pause to see what it was. What in the world? OMG! LIZARD! It was biting her shoe! Get it off! Get! OFF! NOW! Making a tiny 'squeak' noise, Evelyn tried to shake it off her foot, but it really had a good grip on it. And this wasn't helping matters either when she heard a loud CLUNK up on the platform.

Still shaking her foot, the Slytherin looked up to see one of the suits of armour drop their sword, and also that one of their beach balls was floating quite close by. EEP! It needed saving!

Shaking her foot vigorously, she watched the lizard let go of her foot finally and be flung through the air. Where it landed, Evelyn didn't know since she was having a hard time trying to get up, but she kept slipping and sliding in the egg stuff. Failing to get up though, from where she was on the ground, she pointed her wand at the beach ball. "Contego green beach ball!" she shouted, seriously hoping she got the shield around the beach ball in time whether there was one on it already or not.

Now, to try and actually get up would be nice. And to clean her wand. Ew.

Thud.

It was a soft thud, but Gold knew at once that the lizard had landed, right on top of her head. She chuckled, reached out and let the lizard climb on to the back of her hand. Then she lowered it, so that she could examine it, and petted it a bit. "Nice to see you again, Mrs. Sommerfield."

Hey! No staring! So what if she had given the fat lizard a name? It was a nice lizard, and it wasn't like Mrs. Sommerfield was poisonous. If this had been a class of Professor Kazimeriz's, Gold would have considered the possibility. But, since it was Professor Truebridge they had here, she was pretty sure the lizard was a nice one.

"Take care of yourself."

She cast a shield on fat, green Mrs. Sommerfield, set her down and looked at Evelyn. Would it be okay, if she gave the girl a helping hand? But then again, that would ruin the purpose of this lesson - namely, learning how to defend oneself. Which was Gold stayed put, for now. Eyeing the red beach balls, nothing else. In case they needed to be saved.

Sooo.

Where had Mrs. Sommerfield scurried off to?

Gold wondered, yes she did.