The two girls busted through plants, sending out Stunners at the small boy that had his hands wrapped around Conner's neck. As the red spells were hurled towards the boys, the younger of the two produced a Shield Charm… from his mouth. On the ground sat Jessica, her eyes wild with confusion.
Conner's younger brother swept the back of Conner's neck again. His blue eyes were empty, and his face apathetic. The three girls were reminded of the dementors that haunted Hogwarts when they were last there. His young voice spoke the next two words slowly, and time seemed to freeze. "Avada… Kadavra…" On the last syllable, green light was relinquished from his mouth like a bullet, barreling towards Alice.
Alice rose her wand, starting the incantation that she spoke only once before. She knew that she was going to die, she knew that the wand wouldn't be able to sustain the curse, but she had to at least try. "Protego Malignum," she started, and the spell hit her wand. Green light enveloped it, the wand burning her hands. "Morte – " and then the wand exploded, green light and energy flooding the area. She got thrown back against a tree, falling limply to the ground. Catherine was pushed back behind a tree.
Jessica stared for a second, and then moved behind the tree with Catherine, the two of them shaking wildly. "How do you kill it?" panted Jessica. "I was sleeping that day in class."
Catherine gave her a sideways look, and then took in a deep breath to steady herself. "It feeds on magic, but we have to overload it with magic. Dark Magic does best. Know any good spells?" Jessica smirked, nodding, still breathing heavily. "Then we'll attack it on three," Catherine said, squatting. "I'll run left, you run right. One… two… three!"