She was dragged to lunch. She sat with the quiet girl, Henry, Newt, and even Snape.

Henry looked at her. "Ali, I'm sorry I didn't know."

She shrugged and kept playing with her food. She didn't want him to know really.

"Are you going to eat, Ali?" He asked softly. She only shrugged again. "I'm here, gator girl," he added, with a reference to her old nickname.

She didn't talk, and they couldn't get her to eat.

"Ali," Newt said, "if you don't eat I'll take your niffler."

"Dude, she loves that niffler," Henry frowns.

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