As the shield moved, the monster tried to lunge at Draco, as if it could break through a weaker edge. It growled and pressed lower to the ground, as if prepared to pounce. The appearance of the birds distracted the creature for a moment, but it snapped right back to Draco. With the shield gone, it could move in. It started forward, a slow, methodical step, when the first bird hit it.

It turned, slashing at nothing, missing the small thing as it dove at him. It jumped, clinging to a shelf and knocking several books in its wake, trying to get away from those birds. The lights, however, made the creature let out an angry hiss, somewhere between a snake and a cat. It scurried along the shelf, until it could leap onto the wall and crawl into the shadows near the ceiling. Clinging there like a spider.