Shona couldn't help the slight flush of her cheeks as the fellow seventh year offered such a compliment. "I must thank you, anyway," she replied, setting her book down and flipping it open. "I can't imagine many want me near them right now."
Avril wasn't even her sister and she still felt the repercussions of what had happened. What had been done to her eldest female cousin. A vampire in the family, bearing the family name. Oh, she didn't doubt that a letter from her father was forthcoming. It was expected.
The whispering was bothering her, though, and she found herself rereading a paragraph. Again.
"I should truly hope so, Miss Urquart," she replied just as quietly, turning the page regardless. "Especially the other girls of our year. Though I worry for Mairi." Her little sister had years to go before her peers would forget what had happened to their cousin. Or perhaps it would all blow over by the time she reached her OWLs.
Ruby Urquart
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Shona's NEWT courses are Arithmancy, Charms, DADA, Herbology, Transfiguration, and Potions
Shona's NEWT courses are Arithmancy, Charms, DADA, Herbology, Transfiguration, and Potions