Ellie stormed into the Ravenclaw Common Room, tears sliding down her face. Everything was just adding up, one thing after the other, breaking her down one hit at a time. Her mother was angry with her, her brother hated her, she couldn't tryout for the quidditch team, she got kicked out of Charms class on the first day and to top it all off, she had to face Descoteaux with an essay that she really didn't want to write the next evening.

She didn't know what to do. Tears welled up in her eyes so that she couldn't see. She saw a blue blob and took it for a couch. She sat down and buried her face in her hands.