Charlie looked around to see who was calling her, "MENDEZ! CHARLIE MENDEZ!" she heard someone scream in anger. The voice was familiar but she couldn't put her finger on it. The crowd of people was moving away from them, and some moved to the side to let someone in, it was Gibbles.
Ann was a mess, one of her wings was missing, her makeup was smeared and running, her hair looked she went through a hurricane, and she smelled. People were quickly moving away from her when they smelled her. Charlie and Cedric were still holding onto each other when Ann saw them. Ann looked at Cedric then at Charlie, Ann then gave a high pitch scream, "Get your hands off of him!" she yelled at her. Ann was now running towards her to attack but was suddenly attacked by black fairies, or at least that's what it looked like it. It was Doxies, they were swarming towards her, attacking her and biting her. The crowds were running away from the attacks, while some went into hiding. Charlie had to think fast, she needed to stop the Doxies from attacking Ann. Cedric was thinking just the same, "Patrificus totales!" he told Charlie, Charlie nodded her head and agreed. Raising their wands up, they both yelled, "Patrificus totales!" The doxies stopped, as if they were frozen and they started to float in a euphoric way.
Professor Valence was quick to jump in, reciting a spell that no one had ever heard of, the Doxies were quick to fly away.
Ann fell to the floor from the attack, she was so beat up, Charlie ran to her to help her up. "Ann are you okay? Ann, look at me!" she was slowly lifting her up, Cedric was quick to try and help Ann. Ann didn't respond to anything she said, she was just staring at Charlie as if she was ready to kill her. Charlie didn't seem to care if she was going to attack, she just wanted to get her help. "Ann, you got to get up and get you to the hospital-" telling her, but before she could do anything else, Ann jumped on her. It was too quick for Charlie to react, she was on the ground, Ann placed her hands around Charlie's neck, digging deep into her neck making Charlie scream. She could feel something warm coming from her neck and it wasn't Ann's hand. Ann was shaking her rigorously, "You bitch! You did this to me! You cursed me!" she screamed at her. Charlie couldn't breathe, her face was turning blue, Ann's grip was getting stronger and stronger.
Cedric and Professor Valence tried to pull her away, but Ann was stronger then they thought. She continued to shake her neck like a rag doll, piercing her neck more and more with her sharp nails, the sounds of her head hitting the floor could be heard. Loosing her glasses in the process, one lenses broke. Charlie was about to pass out, trying to regain her breath but it was so hard. Charlie used her energy to one fist, while pinpointing where Ann's face was; she gave a right hook on Ann's face. Making Ann fall to the side and knocking her out. Cedric couldn't help but say, "Nice!" while the crowd made a loud "Oh," sound. Charlie gasped in air quickly, coughing violently and clutching her neck to stop it from bleeding. She was bleeding a lot because she could feel a puddle of blood already forming.
Cedric ran to her side but Professor Valence was quick to pull him away, "You take care of Ann! I'll take care of Charlie!" commanding him. Cedric didn't seem to care, "No, I'll take her!" he talked back and out of terms. Professor Valence wasn't pleased with him, "She's your date, you take care of her! You take her to the hospital wing before the doxie poison spreads." he told him in a clear and demanding tone. Grabbing a hold of Charlie, he picked up her glasses and put them on her, while lifting her up to her feet, "Charlie, how deep did she go in?" asking her, Charlie didn't say a word, she just mover her hand so he could see for himself. Blood was just pouring out, Charlie placed her hand back on her neck. Professor Valence did the same, placing his own hands on her neck to help her out. Cedric couldn't help but feel a sting of jealousy.
Professor McGonagall was planning on helping Cedric, but Cedric was reluctant. He wanted to help Charlie. Professor McGonagall was quick to scold him, "Pay attention boy! Get her to the hospital wing!" his attention was back with Ann.
Charlie was unbuttoning her white shirt, "Charlie, what are you doing?" Professor Valence asked her with caution. Taking it off, she had a white tank top on underneath, she wrapped the shirt around her neck to put some pressure on the wounds to stop it from bleeding. Charlie still couldn't say a word, she was still trying to regain her voice while trying to breathe right. "Send Poppy to my office after she's done with Ann. I'm not putting both of them in the same room." Valence told McGonagal, she nodded in agreement while he escorted Charlie out. Cedric was an earshot away.