Gryffindors were supposed to be brave. And they were. But they were also human, subject to becoming overwhelmed and confused and not being stupid. Hermione was definitely prone to becoming overwhelmed and confused, and she was certainly not stupid.
There was something wrong with her wand, and her usual magical energy felt scattered and weak, and for some reason, it felt absolutely draining, despite the fact that she was casting spells she'd known since she was eleven or twelve. And she wasn't even casting them correctly, which was what had really gotten her in trouble here.
She hadn't escaped unscathed, though all things considered, a few scratches and scrapes was hardly as bad as it could have been. Still, she could very easily get much worse than that if she wasn't careful, and she was running out of the stamina to keep being careful.
So as more and more people joined the fray and one of them even went so far as to offer himself up as a shield of sorts, she found that she was too smart to let her pride put up a fuss as she fell back, grabbing onto the stranger's arm as she barely looked him over. He seemed young and not nearly as hardy as some of the others who were fighting, but then, Harry didn't exactly look like much of a champion, either, all things considered.
"Be careful!" she panted out, still trying to keep a barrier up and just barely succeeding. It wasn't keeping her enemies away from her, but it was at least keeping the majority of their blows from falling. "There are so many of them!"
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There was something wrong with her wand, and her usual magical energy felt scattered and weak, and for some reason, it felt absolutely draining, despite the fact that she was casting spells she'd known since she was eleven or twelve. And she wasn't even casting them correctly, which was what had really gotten her in trouble here.
She hadn't escaped unscathed, though all things considered, a few scratches and scrapes was hardly as bad as it could have been. Still, she could very easily get much worse than that if she wasn't careful, and she was running out of the stamina to keep being careful.
So as more and more people joined the fray and one of them even went so far as to offer himself up as a shield of sorts, she found that she was too smart to let her pride put up a fuss as she fell back, grabbing onto the stranger's arm as she barely looked him over. He seemed young and not nearly as hardy as some of the others who were fighting, but then, Harry didn't exactly look like much of a champion, either, all things considered.
"Be careful!" she panted out, still trying to keep a barrier up and just barely succeeding. It wasn't keeping her enemies away from her, but it was at least keeping the majority of their blows from falling. "There are so many of them!"