Ella had been sitting there, thinking about everything that had been going on at home when she suddenly felt something cold and wet all over her. Startled, she jumped up, looking around with wide-eyes. Who would do such a thing?! The first year was shocked to see her friend Laura standing with the jug that had held the pumpkin juice which now covered Ella. She frowned, "Laur-" but she was cut off when pie started being thrown and now several other hufflepuffs were covered in food and Logan was there. Ella just put her head down, trying to stay out of the way. She wanted no part in this.

When Professor Romanos arrived, Ella groaned inwardly. Now Laura had done it for sure! They would all be in trouble. She picked up her head, wiping the wet hair from her face and stared nervously, waiting to see what would happen. She wasn't the slightest bit surprised when it was announced that Hufflepuff had lost house points over this. Ella felt like crying. Instead of leaving, she pulled her own wand out of her pocket, trying to help Laura clean up the mess. She needed something to occupy her mind so she wouldn't burst into tears at the moment.