"Exactly..." Vizet nodded. "My application was approved. Professor Sprout agreed to let the Whomping Willow serve as our sparring partner."
Luna smiled and picked up the thread. "But Professor Sprout also said she hoped we could take good care of her little cutie."
"Little cutie..." Harry looked up reverently at the towering Whomping Willow, staring a little blankly at its hammer-like branches and whip-like twigs.
If the Whomping Willow was like Sirius Black had said, then as long as one branch slammed into him, he would probably be pounded into a meat patty—a meat patty with holes punched through it, at that.
He felt that Professor Sprout calling the Whomping Willow a "little cutie" probably meant about the same thing as Hagrid calling a Fire Dragon a "little cutie."
This kind of "little cutie" was probably more than Harry could handle...
Vizet added, "So our main training focus is still reaction speed, dodging ability, and the ability to use the Shield Charm."
"In that case, the Whomping Willow really is suitable..." Cedric looked at the Whomping Willow and said thoughtfully. "When all those branches swing together, they can simulate a Fire Dragon's attacks."
Draco nodded in agreement. "Its size looks about the same as a Fire Dragon's, too."
Harry asked, a little impatiently, "So what exactly should we do?"
"Summon the Flying Broomsticks first!" Vizet said. "Then I need to set a few things up..."
Five Flying Broomsticks flew over in all, landing respectively in the hands of Vizet, Luna, Harry, and the others.
Vizet pointed his Wand at the surroundings, and Harry and the others could faintly sense that some kind of magic seemed to be spreading through the area.
Cedric picked up his own Wand, seeming to sense something. "Vizet... did you cast a Confundus Charm?"
"Yes." Vizet