Cris managed to make Jasmine smile. He had the ability to make her feel better no what matter the situation. She really was glad that he was here.

Suddenly, the room was illuminated with flashing lights. Jasmine turned to Cris with a "What in the world was that?" look on her face. She along with many of the other students looked out of the window and saw that sparks, presumably from someone's wand, had caused the room to light up.

Jasmine noticed that Penelope had moved closer to them and wanted to know what was going on. She seemed frightened so Jasmine tried to present a calm front. "I don't know what happened, but I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation. Don't worry, everything will be OK." Now if Jasmine could only get herself to believe that.