it back.

"Get off, Ron!"

The anger seemed to spread from girl to girl becouse with her fist raised Amelia stalked over to Malofy and- -

CRACK!

Amelia fist coloued with Malfoys face for the second time in two years, thoroughly breaking his nose. Harry jumped forward and restrained her.

Hermione pulled out her wand.

Malfoy stepped backward. Crabbe and Goyle looked at him for instructions, thoroughly bewildered well holding his face.

"C'mon," Malfoy muttered, and in a moment, all three of them had disappeared into the passageway to the dungeons. 

"Hermione!" Ron said again, sounding both stunned and irnpressed.

 "Harry, you'd better beat him in the Quidditch final!" Hermione said shrilly. "You just better had, because I can't stand it if Slytherin wins!" 

"Sure, what ever you say, Hermione," spoke Harry, as he used all of his body weight to pin Amelia down."I sware to god I will beat the caro out of that shit-talking scumbag!" screamed Amerlia clawing at the grass.

"We're due in Charms," said Ron, still goggling at Hermione. 

"We'd better go." 

They hurried up the marble staircase toward Professor Flitwick's classroom. 

"You're late, boys!" said Professor Flitwick reprovingly as Harry opened the classroom door. "Come along, quickly, wands out, we're experimenting with Cheering Charms today, we've already divided into pairs --" 

Harry, Ron, and Ameila hurried to a desk at the back and opened their bags. Ron looked behind him. 

"Where's Hermione gone?" 

Harry looked around too. Hermione hadn't entered the classroom, yet Harry knew she had been right next to him when he had opened the door. "

That's weird," said Harry, staring at Ron. "Maybe -- maybe she went to the bathroom or something?" 

But Hermione didn't turn up all lesson. 

"She could've done with a Cheering Charm on her too," said Ron as the