At last, during the second week, the first years got to work with their broomsticks in flying class. Ms. Hooch, with her short silvery hair and yellow eyes, quieted the class down and instructed them to stick their right hand out over their broom and say up. "UP!" everyone would shout, with their right hand over their broomstick. Harry's broom jumped into his hand immediately, but it was one of few that did. Hermione's merely rolled on the ground, and Mildred's didn't move at all, largely as she was so nervous. Ms. Hooch then instructed the first years on mounting their broomsticks without falling off and checked their grips. During Enid's class period, Enid found it quite funny that Draco had been doing it wrong all his life. When it was time to learn takeoff and landing, there was a rather embarrassing accident, which involved Mildred falling off of her broom and breaking her wrist during takeoff.
Ministry of Magic safety code requires that all accidents be investigated and measures are taken to prevent them from happening again. So while the investigation occurred, it was discovered that Mildred's broom had in fact been jinxed, and after a log of magic spells was consulted (which was magically filled each time someone cast a spell), it was discovered that Ethel had cast Genista, the broom jinx, on Mildred's broom. The broom was repaired by casting Atsineg, the countercurse for Genista, on the broom. Due to the findings, Ethel was given a detention, and Mildred went to see Ms. Hooch during morning break after her recovery to make sure she knew how to take off and land on a non-jinxed broom. However, there was still the matter of getting back at Ethel.
To enact her plan, Mildred decided to consult Enid, as she had Transfiguration class with Ethel, and could actually enact the plan. The plan was for Enid to be asked to demonstrate the desk to pig spell when she next had Transfiguration class, and to do the demonstration on Ethel's desk.
The next time Enid had transfiguration, she raised her hand and was chosen to demonstrate the desk to pig spell. She eagerly walked to the front of the class. McGonagall instructed Enid to point her wand at her intended target (Ethel's desk). "Remember Enid. One, two, three, Desca Porcus." Enid tried out the spell. "DESCA PORCUS!" she shouted, and a pig did indeed appear in front of the class. However, Ethel's desk was still there. Instead, a pig was in the seat where Ethel usually was. "...oh dear…" murmured Enid, not having intended to do that. "Erm, yes, that does sometimes happen. Please be more careful with wand movement next time, Enid. Reparifarge!" she said, and Ethel turned back into herself. Ethel was absolutely furious, and Draco and the goth gang were all staring at her furiously. Enid would have laughed right then, but she waited until she was out of McGonagall's earshot before bursting into laughter. When Mildred, Maud, and the others all heard the story, they were laughing themselves to tears. Unfortunately, they had just started a massive feud, as Draco would likely want to avenge his fellow goth, Ethel Hallow.