Care of Magical Creatures.
Quite a few students had gathered near Hagrid's Hut.
Although Alice had disparaged Hagrid, that did nothing to change the stories the students had grown up hearing about a champion who had fought giants.
"Professor Hagrid is a good friend of the Wizard King. He must know about the Wizard King's treasure."
Lewis was still chattering in her ear. His head was now full of thoughts about the Wizard King's heir.
"My dad said that when he was at school, the Wizard King personally made Professor Hagrid a suit of armor. Once he put it on, even giants couldn't hurt him at all."
Lewis analyzed it earnestly. "Do you think that armor could be the Wizard King's treasure?"
Stella looked at him as though he were an idiot and said flatly, "You just said the Wizard King gave it to Professor Hagrid. How could it be the treasure?"
On reflection, that made sense, so Lewis tried another angle. "Maybe there are clues hidden on the armor. I wonder when we'll get to take a look."
Stella was interested in the armor too. She was on very good terms with Hagrid.
They had even gone to Silver Hand Johnny's together last time to buy insect repellent.
But Hagrid rarely brought the armor out, so she had never had a chance to see it.
"Hmph, that's a treasure made by the Wizard King. Why would he just show it to you?"
A familiar tone, coupled with a familiar opening.
Stella looked over to find Alice standing among the Slytherins with a haughty expression.
Lewis looked as though he had seen a ghost. "Didn't she say she wasn't taking this class?"
Even Stella had not expected Alice to turn up for the class after disparaging Hagrid at every opportunity.