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Becky 
Yeah. He hadn't thought this through. But then, who actually thought about something when their friend was in danger? He instantly looked over his shoulder to check if there was an immediate danger and once he'd figured they had about 10 seconds until it struck again, he looked for an escape route. Nope. Nothing obvious. Except...
Ed looked down at Sutton and quickly told her his plan. "I'm gonna distract it. Get. Yourself. Away. Okay?" Please say yes! There was no way he could get her out of there without hurting, dragging or practically throwing her and since she was already looking pretty winded, he needed to get her out of there the kindest way possible. Who said muddy teenage boys didn't care?
Sutton shook heard head in protest as Edmund told her he was going to distract the tree. He'd be pulverized. Still, there was nothing Sutton could do trapped between the muddy ground and Ed, and it was still a bit of a struggle to breathe. She tried to wiggle free, but she couldn't move.
"You have to get off!" she managed to gasp out, still struggling to move.
The lapse between attacks was closing in quickly. The tree had found them again and was planning it's next attack, Sutton could somehow just sense the danger speeding toward them. Her muddy fingers fumbled in her pocket for her wand. At the same moment she found it, she pulled Ed as close to her as possible and shouted,
"Protego!" with as much force, power, and concentration as she could.
Half a second later branch almost as thick as Sutton herself made contact with her shield charm. It had worked to stop the branch, but then it had shattered, leaving them unprotected once again. She had to get up...