𝐎, 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 ⎥ "He wants a fight with
a God? I'll give him one."
﹙ from stardust we came, to stardust we return ﹚
Prisoner of Azkaban - Deathly Hollows
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THEY WERE ALLOWED TO REMAIN INSIDE OVER BREAK DUE TO THE DOWNPOUR OUTSIDE. they found seats in a noisy and overcrowded classroom on the first floor in which peeves was floating dreamily up near the chandelier, occasionally blowing an ink pellet at the top of somebody's head. they had barely sat down when angelina came struggling toward them through the groups of gossiping students.
"i've got permission!" she said. "to re-form the quidditch team!"
"excellent!" said ron and harry together.
"yeah," said angelina, beaming. "i went to mcgonagall and i think she might have appealed to dumbledore — anyway, umbridge had to give in. ha! so i want you down at the pitch at seven o'clock tonight, all right, because we've got to make up time, you realize we're only three weeks away from our first match?"
she squeezed away from them, narrowly dodged an ink pellet from peeves, which hit a nearby first year instead, and vanished from sight. ron's smile slipped slightly as he looked out of the window, which was now opaque with hammering rain.
"hope this clears up . . . what's up with you, hermione?"
she too was gazing at the window, but not as though she really saw it. her eyes were unfocused and there was a frown on her face.
"just thinking . . ." she said, still frowning at the rain-washed window.
"about siri . . . snuffles?" said harry.
"no . . . not exactly . . ." said hermione slowly. "more . . . wondering . . . i suppose we're doing the right thing . . . i think . . . aren't we?
elara, harry, and ron looked at each other.
"well, that clears that up," said ron. "it would've been really annoying if you hadn't explained yourself properly."
hermione looked at him as though she had only just realized he was there.
"i was just wondering," she said, her voice stronger now, "whether we're doing the right thing, starting this defense against the dark arts group."
"what!" said elara, harry, and ron together.
"hermione, it was your idea in the first place!" said elara indignantly.
"i know," said hermione, twisting her fingers together. "but after talking to snuffles . . ."
