It had been a long and trying day. Emmeline was exhausted and, quite simply, not in the mood. So when she saw some youngest students teasing a house elf, something seemed to snap. Well, as much as something could snap within the sweet girl.

"That's enough!" she shouted at the children, freezing them in place. She was actually quite surprised she'd managed to muster enough force to her voice to cause such a reaction in the students. Their wide eyes were turned on her as she folded her arms across her chest and focused what she hoped was a good glare. Luckily it seemed to be enough as the bowed their heads in shame. "You shouldn't be so cruel to those who see to it we have a clean castle to live in and food in our bellies," she chastised, "Now apologize and be on your way, curfew is coming."

Once the apologies had been made and the younger students had fled, Emmeline sighed as she looked to the poor house elf and offered a hand to help it up. "I'm quite sorry you were treated that way," she said with a small smile, "Some seem to take what they have for granted and don't care for any but themselves." It was awful really but unfortunately would probably never change.

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