Miss Moony might have done better to dodge than to try and hit the bludger given how late she'd seen it. As it was, the bludger glanced off the edge of her wrist and collided first with her elbow and then with her chest, dusting her in blue.

Ravenclaw wasn't pulling ahead by much though. Crabbe was determined to keep on their tail. His latest target took the bludger square in the middle of her back, which probably left her sore between the shoulders as well as badger-yellow.

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