By the next day, the news that Gryffindor had lost two hundred points had inevitably spread throughout the school.
At first, everyone thought it was impossible, but after confirming it at the enormous hourglasses that recorded the House Cup scores, the castle immediately erupted.
Gryffindor, once in first place, had fallen to last, while Slytherin, originally second, naturally rose to the top.
From that morning onward, they celebrated gleefully, applauding and whistling at Gryffindor. Their cheers made it seem as if they had already won the House Cup.
Naturally, Gryffindor had no kind looks for those responsible, especially Harry Potter, who was nearly ostracized by everyone.
That was only normal. Of the six of them, Fred and George lost points so often that everyone had long grown used to it.
Silvan was the same, except even worse than the Weasley brothers. At the start of term, his constant lateness had cost him more than twenty points, and his midnight rampage through the dormitory had lost another twenty, not to mention all the other little deductions.
But unlike the Weasley brothers, Silvan had later earned all those points back through various means. Once everything had balanced out, the little lions naturally had no complaints. Some even thought Silvan was bold enough to own his actions, a true Gryffindor.
So when they learned the names of those who had lost points this time, Silvan was the first person they overlooked.
Of the rest, Neville Longbottom had always been rather inconspicuous, while the other two foolish first-years were always following Harry Potter around and were inevitably seen by most people as his lackeys.
So their anger naturally fell upon Harry.
Harry was devastated for quite some time. Out of guilt and shame, he even went to Oliver Wood and said he wanted to