"Why would the Dark Lord put us in these Games?" questioned Conner quietly, looking downcast at the floor.
Jessica was walking around the earthen room, silently collapsing all of the tunnels that led down. She had managed to kill a kid that was going down one of the stairs just a few minutes beforehand, and she had gotten another kid – a Gryffindor, she believed – that was heading up the stairs with a Babbling Curse.
Catherine was pacing the room, trying to think of what to do, but to no avail. Alec was torturing an ant on the floor with the Cruciatus Curse. "We're Mudbloods," Alec said with clear disgust, and then used his wand to throw the ant across the floor. "Slytherins or not, we're still disgusting, and we deserve this."
Catherine looked at him with a meek expression, and Jessica spoke angrily. "It doesn't matter what we are, we're getting out of here. I'm going up to the Cornucopia, and I'm killing everyone on sight. If you don't come, then you'll be considered an enemy."
Conner looked up, his eyes red, and then got up and stood next to Jessica. Alec gave them both a sour look, and stayed where he was. Catherine immediately walked over to the two of them. "Are you sure you don't want to come?" she asked Alec.
Alec was about to answer, but Jessica interrupted. "If he wants to stay a die, let him. We'll let you stay here, but if we see you after this, you're the enemy."
The three of them went up the stairs in a single file. "Stop!" Jessica yelled when she hit something. Light was seeping through the cracks of the object near the edge, so they had to be at the top. "I'm going to use the Reductor Curse, so… stand back… Reducto!"
The rock disintegrated instantly, and light bathed them. Jessica rose slowly, peeking out to make sure that no one was there. When she knew the coast was clear, she walked up and over to the Cornucopia. There was still a decent amount of food, but there didn't seem to be anything other than that. "We should probably set up defenses," Catherine suggested. "I'll do it.
She walked away, holding her wand up to start setting up defensive spells, and then – "Stupefy!"