Holly scoffed at his accusations, specifically the one that targeted her.

"We're in dueling class, you daft dunderhead!" argued, her cheeks reddening in anger. "I'm supposed to fire at you and you're supposed to fire back, not shatter the windows. Mr. Urquart never attacked you — I would have seen it!" she declared with her nose high in the air.

She might have lost her temper, but she couldn't stand such accusations being spouted by a know-it-all, snitch of a mudblood! She turned her attention back to Madam Sykes, regaining her composure. "Madam please, Mr. Blackwell was attempting to perform magic beyond our year. All I did is cast a simple knockback jinx!"