SPOILER!!: Mini Activity
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TakemetotheBurrow 
She was nervous, that much must've been obvious by the expression on her face. She had her hands out on either side of her, fingers spread as if they could somehow sense the slightest disturbance in the air. Anything to help her avoid the ball a second time. It was the other noises that were the problem. The squeak of a shoe, the movement of another student nearby, her own heart beating. It made it impossible for her to know that the ball was coming at her again. Only when it was passing her face did she sense it, but she moved too late and was hit. Luckily it wasn't a hard throw.
"It's harder than I thought," She admitted as she took the blindfold off and offered it to Indigo. "Couldn't quite block out everyone else like I hoped. Hope you have better luck." She offered him a smile and then fetched the ball.
"I'm going to be throwing towards your right knee," She announced when he was ready. Then she gently tossed the ball and waited.
Indigo had been hoping that Vita might be able to anticipate where he was going to throw, but unfortunately she hadn't. Luckily for her he hadn't thrown very hard, though he still flinched a little when it hit her. Why was this class making him throw things at his friends? He supposed that was sort of his fault since he had chosen Vita as his partner instead of someone he didn't care about.
It was his turn now and Indigo had to admit that he was anxious. But he trusted Vita, so he pulled the blindfold over his eyes and waited. When she told him she was throwing toward his right knee he quickly jerked his whole body to the left so there would be nothing there to hit. He felt a small breeze, and took that to mean the ball had gone past him without hitting him.
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TakemetotheBurrow Vita returned Indigo's hand squeeze as her gaze followed the creatures. She observed where in the room they were moving, how they were moving, what senses they might be using other than hearing. They didn't seem to know exactly where the students where, which was a good sign. Meant they had an advantage as long as they kept quiet. Also meant maybe they couldn't see so well. Did that mean movement was okay as long as it was quiet movement? That motion wouldn't set them off? They'd need to test that out and Vita was going to get her chance as a younger Gryffindor was doing a good job calling attention to himself nearby. It had to be a Gryffindor...
Gesturing to her wand, Vita gave Indigo a questioning look back. They could use magic, maybe? But first...
She tiptoed towards the Gryffindor, each foot fall tentative to ensure she didn't make a sound. She made sure the boy could see her coming so she wouldn't startle him, and held a finger to her lips. Shhh. She then raised both her hands and slowly lowered them, hopefully telling him to calm down. Then she beckoned him over to where Indigo was.
When Vita moved toward the Gryffindor boy Indigo moved over to the ball pit to grab one. He did it all very quietly, of course. This wasn't supposed to be the challenging part anyway. He moved back over quickly and saw her beckoning the boy over to them. The boy looked very frightened, which Indigo could understand. Those creatures were pretty scary. He wanted to be able to help the boy, but he didn't know how to do that silently. So he watched, trying to send him a sympathetic look and be as reassuring as he could.
Now that he had the ball in his hand he wasn't sure exactly to do with it. He held it up a bit, showing it to Vita and their new teammate. Then he held out his wand and sort of tapped it against the top of the ball. He wasn't actually doing anything yet, but he gave them a questioning look, trying to silently ask if they thought he should try doing magic on it. Specifically, should be try to levitate it nonverbally to try to get it into the basket?