Pretty interesting?, Gwen repeated in her head and smirked to the girl, and then continued drawing. When she finally got to finish the sketch of the upper part of the column, the Ravenclaw stained the whole page with ink. Gaaaah! Why is this always happening to me?!, she asked herself, putting the quill down. Staring at the piece of paper, Gwen couldn't believe she had to start over. 'Do you think Scourgify would work?', the third year asked the other girl. Or will I do something even more stupid?

'Nice to meet you too', Gwen said. After making a short pause, she added: 'I'd shake your hand but...' and looked at her hand, which was now full of ink.

'So what year are you in?', she asked Arabella. For sure older than I am.