Time rewound to before the moon "came alive."
Selina Pendragon thrust her wand forward and shouted at the towering mound, "Blazing Meteor Rush!"
A ball of cold white light shot from the tip of her wand, tracing an irregular path through the air like a flickering flame.
The white light struck the mound with a thunderous boom. As dust rose into the sky, the mound before her vanished completely.
"Whirling Wind Surge!" She raised her wand and gave it a fierce sweep. The dust was immediately caught by a powerful gale and sent howling into the distance.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and caught sight of the figure fleeing in panic.
"Found you!" She laughed with excitement as her feet lifted from the ground.
Amid a rumbling roar, she caught up with the fleeing figure. "Stupefy!"
The figure shuddered violently and, strangely, shrank by a size, narrowly avoiding her Stunning Spell.
He even turned back to retaliate. Several stone spears burst from the ground and stabbed viciously at Selina Pendragon.
Like a fish slipping through water, Selina Pendragon curved smoothly through the air and easily dodged the sudden stone spears.
"Adley Pratt, surely you're not all talk, are you? That so-called goblin serial killer—did Herpo just deliver goblins to your doorstep so you could build up your reputation?"
"Damn it!" Mocked by Selina Pendragon, Adley Pratt cursed. His eyes flickered repeatedly as though he were weighing whether to vent his anger or escape as quickly as possible.
After considering it, he still chose to flee. Even though he possessed a Horcrux, living like a ghost before his body could be remade was simply too miserable.
To avoid suffering through that kind of agony, he repeatedly waved his wand at Selina Pendragon, creating all manner of obstacles in an attempt to