Oak Mead

"When Ginny came back, she said she hadn't eaten enough, and Ron saw a box of chocolates on your bed and took it out for her to eat. In the end, quite a few people in the common room shared some..." Parvati's voice held a little sympathy and lingering fear. "Harry, good thing you weren't here just now and didn't get hit... and good thing I've been dieting lately, or it would've been so embarrassing to end up like them... Oh, sorry, Hermione, I wasn't talking about you..."

At Parvati's mention, Hermione's face had already flushed scarlet. She pressed her lips tightly together and forced the words out through her teeth. "That box of chocolates was from Romilda Vane. She put chocolates with a powerful Love Potion in it... In fact, I think she put in more than one dose."

"Is it really bad in the girls' dormitory?" Harry guessed from Parvati's expression and Hermione's appearance. "Hermione, I thought you didn't like sweets..."

Hermione, who had just started to zone out again, snapped back to herself and growled, "I was thinking about something else at the time. Ginny fed me one!"

"The girls' dormitory is complete chaos right now. The witches who got hit are chasing Romilda like they've gone mad. Romilda's attraction to them seems to surpass everything in the world. They're practically like those mindless zombies in the Muggle horror film that was shown on Wizarding Television a few days ago..." Parvati looked at Hermione's expression with some wariness and lingering dread. "Hermione hadn't come back to her senses then. She was really fast and really strong. She grabbed Romilda and pinned her to the floor almost in the blink of an eye... The other girls all crowded around in a daze too..."

Hermione, who had been glaring