Answers continued to be given and Naya took notes on the information that was presented. Suddenly, the professor gave instructions for the student to cover their ears. Naya being Naya, she was about to question why they should do so. Fortunately, the urgency with which he repeated the command made her put her hands over her ears. It was not a moment to soon because the sickly bird put forth arguably the most horrible sound the Gryffindor had ever heard. It was soooo loud and grating that covering the ears was only a minor help.

Naya closed her eyes, as if that would make the sound more bearable. It did not. It seemed like the screaming went on for an excruciatingly long time. The sick bird was dying, wasn’t it? Naya knew that now and clearly he wasn’t going to go quietly. She was almost afraid to open her eyes because she had an idea that what she would see would not be pleasant. She just tried to sing quietly to herself, to take her mind off of the screaming and that poor bird.