She watched, heart pounding, as the first bludger missed Snow, but the next bludger, unfortunately, hit the quaffle then bounced off Snow’s broom. It brought her pleasure to see the broom hit, but that was quickly erased as she watched it hit Aparna’s foot. That was going to leave a mark.

Nila bolted down the pitch in hot pursuit of the crazed bludger. She wasn’t going to let another of her teammates fall victim to its attack. Zigging and zagging between the players on the field, she finally caught up to the bludger and swung her bat as hard as she could hoping to make solid contact and send the bludger sailing as far away as possible from Raju who was passing the quaffle to Arjun.