The Destruction

Quidditch (Hermione)

When the others went to do the interviews with Umbridge, Harry, Ron and I talked quietly over breakfast.

"Do you think she knows?" Ron hissed at me over the table for the third time.

"This can't be a coincidence!" Harry bemoaned. "She-!"

"I'm telling you, she can't!" I explained, for the third time. "There's no way she found out! Who would have told her?" Ron raised an eyebrow, and opened his mouth to speak, but I already knew what he was going to say. "Zacharias Smith would not have told! he may not have liked you, but if someone told her, we'll know." I smiled, thinking of the jinx I'd done.

"What?" Harry asked. "How will we know?"

"Well, let's put it this way," I paused, revelling in the moment. "It'll make Eloise Midgeon's acne look like a couple of cute freckles." I said, referring to a sixth year hufflepuff who had gotten so frustrated with her pimples she tried to curse them off her face, and accidently blown her nose off.

Ron laughed from pure shock, just as Wendy came up beside us.

"What's funny, Ron?" She asked softly.

"Wait, just wait." He said. "You'll see."

We watched the rest of the students trickle in, waiting to see if anyone looked spotty. While we were watching, Levy, Lucy, and Natsu all joined us. I figured the old toad must have been doing the interviews by age, instead of by any logical means like alphabetically. If she had dones that, either Natsu or Erza would have been first, depending on if it was by first or last name, but probably last name, considering how likely that woman would refer to anyone by anything but 'Miss' or 'Mr'.

I was so deep in thought, I didn't even notice Angelina until she started speaking. Something about how the decree referred to Quidditch teams as well, and how Harry couldn't get any more detention or they wouldn't get permission.

By this time, we had everyone (Even Gajeel. Somehow he managed to slip under the teachers' radar and eat at the Gryffindor table) but Jellal. When the guy finally showed up, he looked a little upset. He didn't even come into the hall. He just looked at Erza from a distance, before turning away.

I looked at her, and she stood up, her eyes full of sympathetic pain for her boyfriend (Were they dating? It's not like it mattered, they may as well have been).

"I'll see if he's alright." She said, her voice cracking from emotion, and walked swiftly after him. Damn. That girl kept her emotions bottled up so tight, that when she did show them, they just came pouring out. I wonder if something happened to her as a child that psychologically prevents her from showing emotions most of the time. Whatever it is, it's also probably the reason she always wears armor.

"Natsu," I asked, turning towards him. "Do you know why Erza does that?"

He paused eating his scrambled eggs and looked at me. "Does what?"

"You know, not show any emotion and then get really emotional about something."

"I dunno. That's just what Erza's like." He shrugged, and went back to his breakfast.

"It has to do with something that happened to her when she was little." Levy explained.

"She doesn't like to talk about it." Lucy added.

"So don't ask either of those two about their childhood." Gajeel said, referring to Erza and Jellal.

OKAY I DUNNO WAS THAT EMOTIONAL WELL ANYWAYS LINE BREAK