Violet hurried down to Professor Carlton's office, still sore from her flying lesson mishaps of the term. If there was a new spell to be taught, Violet was determined to learn it. Besides, from the name, 'Piscifors,' she thought it sounded like another animal-related spell and it sounded fun. Violet had never thought she was interested in Magical Creatures and such things before, being more drawn to Potions and Arithmancy, but during the past few school terms, she had found she really enjoyed being around animals and any magic involving them.

Anyway, anything was better than going to the Great Hall for dinner with all those new Alliance people shoving and pushing and eating like pigs. Violet had scarfed away enough spare food during the past few days that she figured she could miss a few meals and eat in peace somewhere privately.

When she got to Professor Carlton's office, she saw another student, a young first year Ravenclaw, had gotten there before her. Well, that was all right, but Violet was not going to go away herself. "Hi," she nodded, and hastily scribbled out her form with a stubby pencil she always had with her:



Then she hastily stuffed the form into the small Vanishing Cabinet (which seemed to have returned after its previous trip with Dahlia's message) and stood back to wait.