Billie wasn't one to back down, so she returned Rosier's stare with a particularly fierce one of her own. She then turned to Fudge and gave him a small smile and a bow in greeting before readying herself. Since Paxton was a boy and a fellow Hufflepuff at that, she didn't feel the need to restrain herself during the first round as she had done with Miss Gamp. She assumed he wouldn't take it personally.

With a wide smile, she attempted to cast the knee-reversal hex.

Marlena Scamander