The hooded figure, being a rotten creature that preyed on hope and happiness, didn't know what a Mento was. What it did know was that there was more hope and happiness in the air... more for it to draw in and suck up... a starter before the main meal...

Then, quite suddenly, there was a burst of white light from your wand. A new energy filled the air, one with so much hope and happiness that the figure couldn't even think of fighting against it. The niffler burst forth from your wand and charged at the hooded figure, as if it had just spotted a pile of gold. The figure, sensing this new energy, fled into the shadows between the trees and out of sight. Your plan was a success.

But before you could celebrate your new found victory and your potentially new girlfriend, a voice reaches out towards you. A shaky voice of an older man. "Wh-what just happened? Where did that light come from? Who..." There was a small pause in which you can make out the man trying, with great difficulty, to sit himself up. "Who's Sk-Skylar?"