Finally. Someone who comprehended that she was Fern. F-E-R-N. And that was another reason why she wasn't going to leave Charlie alone with Cuthbert. She didn't need the mean Slytherin hexing the only first year boy who actually called her by the correct name.

Then something extra incredible happened. Cuthbert gave up trying to make her leave. He let Fern win. This could only be because he was feeling absolutely destroyed after being dumped so harshly. A smug grin spread across the Hufflepuff's face, and not even being whacked by his bag - "EXCUUUSE ME!?" - could wipe it off.

It wasn't until Cuthbert started steering Charlie out of her sight that she lost her gloating smile. Fern knew she had told him to go back to the dungeons, she hadn't meant take Charlie with him. That was not okay. Catching up with the boys, she asked nosily, "Pumpkin pasties, owls, what?"