Maddy was not sure precisely what she was supposed to do with this information, given that it was not night and none of the students were presently asleep.

"And what do we do about it?" she demanded now, demonstrating a great deal of the courage prized by her house, she thought, by not turning tail altogehter and bolting like a startled chicken. Plainly it was not the sort of ceature anyone would 'care' for, and having neglected to take Defence Against the Dark Arts at the NEWT level, Maddy had never heard of the thing before.