While Aris makes a few flailing attempts to find and grab his wand out of the grass, it's soon out of reach and there's nothing for him to grab onto as the vine pulls him from his friends. He makes a few futile attempts to twist away before beginning to to riffle desperately through his jacket pockets. Fortunately, what he's looking for hasn't fallen out.

The drum stick.

In a moment of impulsive inspiration, he snaps the tip off to turn the blunt end into a jagged one and tries to stab it into the vine.