Chapter 9- The Battle
Pippa, Snitch and Willow jumped to their feet and ran out of the classroom after Grassus. Before they left Snitch yelled out. "You go help Professor Weasley, Finno!"
"Why is it always me?" Finn grumbled.
They raced out to Grassus. "She went that way!" Pippa yelled. They followed her out to the courtyard, where she suddenly turned out and sent curses in their direction.
"Protego!" yelled Willow, as Grassus shot a jinx at them.
"Stupefy!" yelled Snitch.
"Petrificus Totalus!" Pippa yelled.
Grassus kept dodging all their spells, and was taunting them. "Do you really think you can defeat me, Mary-Anne Grassus?"
Snitch suddenly snorted. "You're first name is Mary-Anne?"
"YES!" Grassus screamed, and sent another few curses in their direction.
"Wingardium Leviosa!" yelled Willow.
"How does that help?" screamed Snitch, who was fiercely duelling Grassus with all her strength. But Grassus was equal to all three of them.
But then coming out to join them from the castle was…Stella. With her wand out, she looked ready to do some serious damage.
"Welcome back Stella!" yelled Pippa.
Stella smiled and started to join in the duel too.
"Stupefy!"
"Avada Kedavra!"
"Expelliarmus!"
"Protego!"
Suddenly the girls heard a buzzing noise and from Grassus's cloak came a…little bug. A little flying bug.
"A pet bug?" yelled Stella. "Really?"
The bug suddenly swooped in a on them, and started biting their faces.
"Ahhhh!" They screamed, as the pain was so horrible, they felt like the stinging could never stop.
"Protego!"
"Stupefy!"
"Crucio!"
Just as it seemed they could not hold up any longer, Percy Weasley strode into the courtyard. No one could hear him though over the yelling and whizzing of spells.
But then he yelled.
"YOU. ARE. FIRED!"
All chaos ceased. Professor Grassus was distracted enough for one of the girl's jinx's to hit her and cause her to wallow out in pain.
"AHHH!" Then she spoke more calmly, but with such an evil voice that all the girls shivered.
"You may have defeated me this time, but mark my words, you have not seen the last of Mary-Anne Grassus!"
And with that threw her cloak over herself, shot up from the ground and disappeared.
Snitch, Stella, Pippa and Willow all stood there in silence for a minute, looking at the spot in the sky they saw Grassus last.
"Come on girls." Percy Weasley sighed. "Let's get you all to the Hospital Wing."