"Oh...! Harry, could you please go a bit easier..."
Ron slid down the wall and sat straight on the floor, clutching his chest with a sharp hiss. Knowing what the third task would entail, Harry had recently been drilling himself hard on the Barrier Charm and the Stunning Spell, and Ron, wanting to make sure Harry practiced effectively, had volunteered to be a human punching bag.
He got up from the floor and rubbed his bruised, aching back. "Maybe we should just go kidnap Mrs. Norris or get Dobby instead... I feel like I can't take much more of this... Or we could go ask Professor Grice if he'd be willing to let us borrow the ancient magic classroom again."
Chapter 187