As the hot weather sets in again, the students get distracted and Ethel decides it would be a funny joke to cast a spell on Mildred and her friends to make them cause a ruckus in class. Miss Hardbroom complains about their inattentiveness at the next staff meeting, and Miss Drill suggests that they start a basketball team as an extracuricular activity. So, willing or not, the second years are brought outside and informed that they're a basketball team. ""I have no problem with team work, as long as I'm not on the same team as them,"" Ethel complains. Alas, everyone's on the same team and they retreat to the great hall to practice. For once, Mildred's not the worst. Ethel couldn't bounce a basketball to save her life, (Ethel: What do you lot think you're laughing at? Drusilla: They're laughing at you, Ethel) and everyone has a good chuckle at her until she magics the ball and shows them all up. At that point, Miss Drill makes strict rules about not using magic in basketball games. Sh