Staircase Outside of Entrance Hall.

The fight raged on. Everyone was tired, the walls were blown, friends were helping each other, yet it kept going.

Kelsi appeared here with her wand in her hand. A giant piece of armor was flying their way. "Confringo!" she yelled, and it blew into pieces before crashing into the two of them.

"Kelsi, I don't want to do this." she muttered, trying to shake the dust out of her hair.

Kelsi turned to Rachel with a look of fear on her face. "You can go back, you know." she cried, over the screams and blasts of spells. "I'm not stopping you. I just... I feel like I need to do this, you know? I've never felt so mad, it's taking all my strength to keep from... well, acting like that guy." she pointed at a large blond death-eater who was viciously shooting spells all through the area. Immediately, though, a guy from the opposite team swung something in his face and he collapsed to the ground.

"Fine fine, just let me get my wand..." and then she realized something.

She had her wand in her cloak pocket, and her cloak was covering Karin's body.

Rachel muttered a curse under her breath, and turned to Kelsi. "I need to find a wand first though! I lost mine."

Kelsi's eyes widened. "WHAT?! No! You can't fight without a wand! Protego!" She cast the spell around Rachel. "That's the best I can do. It'll protect you from minor spells. Listen... Ahh." She turned to a death eater, yelling Expelliarmus, and his wand shot out of his hand. "Accio wand!" she cried, and it flew to her, landing neatly into her hand. "Here."

"This doesn't feel right." muttered Rachel, turning the ugly black wand in her hands. But she began to fight anyway, casting spells left and right.

"I should have paid more attention in Charms class!" she shouted. "Half of them are missing!"

"How could you loose your wand..." Kelsi sighed, and shot more spells. People were knocking onto her, and she was constantly dodging spells. She kept having close shots- they kept whipping past her ears, some going so close that it took a small strand of hair along.

"I left my cloak with Karin, and I forgot my wand in there!" she exclaimed, and she finally managed to stupefy a Death Eater after twenty or so tries.

Kelsi didn't say anything. She should have not asked. "I see..." They had to be forced to retreat back down the staircase- the people were edging more towards them. "Crap.."

Rachel then put up a small shield charm. "We have to retreat." she muttered.

"But..." she looked at Rachel desperately. It was true, though. They had to.

"Let's go!" And Rachel began to dash in the opposite direction.