Smirking more to herself, Sloane was pleased to know her friends understood her. She didn't know Ned quite as well as everyone else, but he had yet to disappoint her in terms of their friendship. And he was blissfully drama-free, she really liked that about him.

"Oh kelpies," Sloane sighed wistfully, if only! "I've always wondered if we have a cousin in the Loch Ness monster or something. Mermaids are a given. I've seen a tentacle of the squid. I wish we'd do more Creatures lessons down here. There has to be so many interesting things to study." The logistics of an underwater class were beyond Sloane's planning capabilities, but she would thoroughly enjoy that.

She looked out over the choppy water, dark and ominous and full of mystery. "If I wasn't dead set on quidditch after school, I'd continue with creatures. Being a magizoologist full time would be fascinating." In another life perhaps!