When Tamblin entered the Ravenclaw common room through the suit of armor near the library he found the room melancholy. Flitwick stood on a table and was addressing questions from his house students.
Tamblin slipped up to Lisa.
He whispered, "What's going on?"
Lisa looked startled.
"You didn't hear? Penelope Clearwater got attacked. Do you know her? She's in her fifth year."
Tamblin was pretty sure he'd seen her around the common room.
"The prefect, right?"
"Yeah that's her. She wasn't the only one. A Gryffindor girl got attacked too. Both petrified. Flitwick says we aren't allowed to go anywhere alone anymore. We have to have a teacher escort us if we even want to go to the bathroom."
Tamblin looked around the room. Everyone looked worried. Flitwick no less than the students.
