Magic Carpet Slide

[Minnie Pendergast]

A broomstick! Why on earth hadn’t it occurred to her that another mode of flying would likely be their salvation?

“Can you fly one? I’m afraid I can’t.”

Unlike her companion Minnie never once closed her eyes – she was far too fearful that closing them for even a moment would make her fall to the ground below. If she could just get the carpet lower…

A spark shot from the crowd below, hitting the carpet with force and sending it ricocheting higher and higher into the sky above. Whoever had hit them, presumably in an attempt to help, had succeeded only in making things worse: Minnie gripped the carpet until she was sure the threads were embedding in her skin and reached to grasp for Mr Crouch behind her.

“We need a broom now!”