"My aunt, Amelia Bones, has a terrible aversion to Undead Creatures... She's against me learning this," Susan muttered in frustration, shaking her head so hard that the thick golden braid trailing down the back of the rosy-faced girl swung wildly. "Professor Harris didn't take back those items—the protective robes, the textbook, and that training wand were all left for us to keep. It's just that, like everyone else... how could we have the nerve to keep bringing them out and using them?"
Susan's voice was very low, so Hannah, the equally rosy-faced little Hufflepuff witch with two braids, had to help her friend out. "Don't blame her, Ginny. She can't help it. Her aunt, Amelia Bones, read in the newspaper that we were studying Necromancy. Besides writing to the school to complain, she's also sent an owl almost every day with a letter, using both soft and hard tactics to demand that Susan quit Ancient Magic Class."
"I think if I still didn't agree, she'd probably have mailed me a Howler," Susan said weakly. "She was already a little against it when Professor Harris was teaching Dark Magic before, but because the wizarding world hasn't been peaceful, and she herself was almost attacked by Death Eaters last summer—thank goodness the Aurors arrived in time... So in the end she more or less accepted it. After that, Professor Harris's speech at Ravenclaw Temple was something she didn't approve of either... you know..."
"I've seen your aunt in the papers. She works at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and almost became its director, right? Broad build, square jaw, short gray hair, wears a monocle, and has a really intimidating expression..." Flag seemed to realize that sounded a bit rude and quickly changed the subject. "When I first started school, my sister