Kyle and the Weasley brothers were not speaking quietly, so naturally, they drew everyone else's attention.
"Oh, Kyle..."
Mrs. Weasley ran over and hugged him tightly, choking back sobs as she said, "Dear, we wanted to find you earlier... but there were too many people in the Great Hall."
"It's all right, Mrs. Weasley," Kyle said. "How are you all?"
"We're fine, it's just..." Mrs. Weasley instinctively looked toward Bill and let out a trembling sob.
"It's nothing, just a minor injury." Bill walked over. "Mum just likes to make a fuss."
Kyle noticed that Bill's right ear was gone... not an external injury like Fred's, but rather that his entire ear had shrunk to the size of a grain of rice, making it seem as though it had vanished.
"Dark magic?"
"Yes, a dangerous curse." Bill nodded. "Fortunately, among the potions Fleur and Kanna brought back from France was an antidote for broad-spectrum curses. Otherwise, I might have lost more than just an ear."
"By the way..." Bill glanced down the corridor behind them. "Where's Kanna? Did you find her?"
"I did," Kyle said. "She's fine. Snape just caught her off guard. She might need a few more hours of sleep before she wakes up, or I can go ask Professor Horace Slughorn later if he has an antidote for the Draught of Living Death."
"Whew, that's good." With Bill's quick mind, he soon guessed what had happened.
Snape probably had not wanted Kanna involved in his affairs, but neither had he wanted to hurt her, so he had simply fed her the Draught of Living Death.
"Actually, I think you'd be better off not asking Professor Horace Slughorn for an antidote." Bill sighed.
"For her only family to suddenly become the enemy of all her friends... that would