Definitely not an expert at dueling, she thought as she dusted herself off, having returned to her feet after a rather ignoble effort in the first pass of the duel. She also was not particularly good at losing; in spite of herself the Slytherin pouted slightly as she returned to her mark.

It was now Polly's turn to 'attack'—she cast a rather juvenile, but hopefully effective, bat bogey hex at the Gryffindor prefect.