The sound of flapping wings rose and fell through the Great Hall, and the students all lifted their heads, ready at any moment to catch the parcels dropped by owls so they would not crash into the oatmeal.
Luna received a reply letter from Xenophilius Lovegood. She gently unfolded the parchment, then put her head together with Vizet's to read it.
Vizet's dormmates also received their own parcels. Chris Moen, for instance, got a letter from home and carefully broke the wax seal.
Anthony Goldstein opened his parcel, and a roll of The Daily Prophet tumbled out.
He had subscribed to The Daily Prophet for the whole year, and every morning he received the paper when it was delivered.
"Hm?" He slowly spread out The Daily Prophet, and the first thing that came into view was a magical photo of Dolores Umbridge surrounded by flashbulbs.
"That person looks kind of familiar..." Michael Corner's attention was caught by the magical photo on the cover of The Daily Prophet. "Why do I feel like I've seen her somewhere?"
"Oh! Michael, that's a bit scary..." Terry Boot, sitting opposite him, deliberately leaned back, acting as if he wanted to get away from Michael. "As long as it's a woman, you think you know her, right?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Michael raised his eyebrows, his expression turning agitated. "I really have seen this woman with my own eyes! I'm sure of it! It's definitely not a pickup line!"
Terry reacted quickly and immediately seized on Michael's words. "So when you said to those girls in the Three Broomsticks, 'I feel like I've seen you somewhere,' that was a pickup line, then?"
Anthony lifted his head from The Daily Prophet. "Wasn't it that time a few years ago, when Vizet won Today's Transfiguration's 'Most