Astoria Greengrass had an older sister named Daphne Greengrass. Though she was beautiful too, unlike her quiet, song-loving younger sister, she was a member of Slytherin's internal Dueling Club and had not received an invitation from Slughorn.
"Headmistress~" Pomona looked up and found that Rose Zeller, a first-year student, had come to her office.
"This is for you." She spoke sweetly as she handed Pomona a box.
"What is it?" Pomona asked.
"Your Christmas present," Rose Zeller said.
"You got this for me?" Pomona asked.
"No, all of us got it for you together," Rose said.
Pomona thought of her pearl hairpin. That had also been a gift from students, made with pearls they had raised for seven years.
Not every one of them had been perfectly round, but after they were made into a hairpin, they looked no different from flawless spherical pearls.
So Pomona accepted the gift box...
"Stop!"
Just as her hand was about to touch the box, Snape appeared.
His expression was grave, and the way he glared at Rose Zeller nearly frightened her into tears.
"What is it?" Pomona asked impatiently.
"You forgot about that necklace sent to Dumbledore." Snape spoke at an astonishing speed, then looked at Rose Zeller. "Put it down."
The bewildered first-year set down the gift box and hurriedly ran out of Pomona's office.
Pomona watched as he drew his wand from his sleeve and pointed it at the gift box. "Incendio."
She was truly speechless.
Once the gift box had burned to ashes, a Golden Snitch bracelet appeared on the desk.
It consisted of three parts. The Golden Snitch's wings had been taken apart, looking like spread bird wings, while the round body of the Golden Snitch was a tiny box that could be opened and used to hold... er...