Things were over almost as quickly as they had begun. The plant that had been looming so menacingly was...well, gone. After a few moments Nell picked herself up off the ground with a slightly bruised tailbone, a majorly bruised pride, and an anger she didn't know she could muster. Sadness was swirled into that emotional morass but she was currently too bewildered to notice. Her temper jumped to the fore though as a certain female Hufflepuff scolded them all for frightening a PLANT of all things.

Rounding on the third year Nell let her temper fly. "What in the world do you have to be angry about?! Your the one throwing yourself selfishly into danger! Did it ever occur to you that you might get someone ELSE hurt? That the guy who is now calling himself your brother might be killed because of your stupidity?! That other lives besides your own might be shattered because of some half shot heroics you might attempt?!"

The thought of loosing Ed made her dizzy. Just thinking of him made her eyes jump to his face of there own accord. Sadness and hurt engulfed her, choked her. Nell had never been one to cry but here in this moment tears started to fall hard and fast. A heart wrenching sob burst from her throat that she tried to cover with her hand. Her eyes finally released Edmund to look around at the audience she now had to her meltdown.

Embarrased and overwhelmed she did the only thing that she could under the circumstances. Her flight instinct kicked in.....and she ran.