Bursts of green and red lights flew from the tips of Catherine and Jessica's wands. The boy in front of Conner fell over him and the two of them molded together into a black sludge. As the lights hit it, the sludge attempted to rise and began to take the form of a tall man with dark brown hair. Catherine slashed and jabbed more viciously, and the figure fell limply to the ground.
The two girls halted their attacks, both of them breathing loudly. Jessica straightened out first, her face red and her eyes glassy. She swore, slashing her wand at a tree. A bar of yellow light leapt out of her wand and gave the tree a laceration. She slashed again, yelling angrily as she gave more trees wounds. "This isn't fair!" she yelled at the sky. "This is bullshit! This is disgusting! I want to go home!"
Catherine pursed her lips, her stomach churning. How many people – kids – had died in the last day? She wondered how Alec was doing in that cave of his, and she hoped that he was still alive. She looked over at Alice's limp body and then looked away. She wondered if she was ever going to get out of this Arena, let alone go home. Her parents had gone into hiding – but were they still alive? Had the Death Eaters found them?
Jessica raised her wand in the air, swearing and yelling out obscenities at the sky. Sparks of all colors flew out of her wand and burst into the sky – even red.