The whole pet drama just served to emphasise the fact that all these firsties would stop at nothing when it came to grand gestures, even if Ari didn't consider them heroic per say. 'Maybe this is what Sir Nicholas is looking for?' the fifth year wondered out loud. It sounded plausible. And if that was the case, they were off to a good start.

Of course Alexa wouldn't consider her friends troublemakers. But the fact is, they kind of were. 'Seri? Is she a first year too? What House?' Ariadne had never heard of a Gryffindor with that name so far. And they had tons of plans? 'What kind of plans, pray tell? Of course, I understand if you want to keep 'em secret.' Though why would she have mentioned them if they were to be kept secret?