Violet entered the Potions classroom all prepared for an orderly lesson--and then stopped inside the entrance, looking in dismay at the pile of--there was no nice way to describe it, junk--at the back. Why could nothing be ordinary this year? "G'day, Professor," she remembered to say as she continued in.

She took a seat near Evan and Ashley and nodded to Claudine before sitting down. "Hi, guys," she said, a little shyly, but hey--she knew some people now. It was a good feeling, and a long time coming.