Now one step closer to the purse of five galleons, Franny took a breath to steady herself. The likes of Miss Adebayo and Miss Parkinson, they were simply here to show off. Emma Flitwick was here to... to... show she was something more than just the Ravenclaw betrothed to a professor? Fran, though, was here for security, as sad as that was, to fight for a brilliant future.

Deftly, the Ravenclaw set about transfiguring a rose into a ruby.