After hearing Hermione's words, Harry looked across toward the Slytherin stands.
There was a very light drizzle that day, so light that people in the United Kingdom would not bother with umbrellas and would even treat it as a sunny day. But even that little rain was enough to affect visibility slightly.
Harry could not see the Slytherin stands clearly, so he cast an Eagle-Eye Charm on himself.
The first person he saw was naturally Slughorn, the Slytherin Head of House, who wore Slytherin's green robes but had on a rather gaudy hat with red tassels.
The plump old man, who was usually all smiles around Harry, was looking glum, clearly unhappy that Slytherin had just lost the match.
Then Harry's gaze accidentally-truly accidentally-passed over several pretty Slytherin girls before finally settling on Draco.
Not noticing anything amiss, Harry looked at Hermione in confusion. "Is something wrong?"
It was not just Harry. Beside them, Ron and Lavender had also just looked away from the Slytherin stands and were watching Hermione in confusion, unsure what she wanted them to see.
"Haven't you noticed that something's a little off about Malfoy?" Hermione said, exasperated at their failure to catch on.
Harry and Ron exchanged a glance, then shook their heads together.
At this distance, without being able to hear what they were saying, how could they spot anything wrong with just a glance or two?
Hermione said rather speechlessly, "Haven't you noticed that Pansy isn't beside him?"
"Huh?" At Hermione's words, Harry and Ron both paused, then looked over again. Sure enough, Pansy was nowhere to be seen.
That really was a little odd.
After all, Pansy and Draco were undoubtedly the most inseparable couple in all of Hogwarts. Even Ron and Lavender, who wanted to be together all the time, paled