The speech hadn't even worked to cheer anyone up and now Ella felt like even more of a failure than before. She looked up at Professor James, giving her a pleading look. See? She wasn't the one who should have said anything. She just made people more sad. Frown. Frown. Frowwwwwwn. She didn't even register the clapping or thumbs up or anything and simply looked down.

...Why was she suddenly so sad?

She's not coming back, Ella

BLINK.

Dementors again? What was it with them? How could this be happening still and why weren't the Professors doing something about it? It'd been quite a while since they'd first appeared and yet they were still here? The blonde shuddered and reached for her wand, setting the trophy down gently on the table with the other hand. Sad thoughts were creeping in again and she stepped as far back as she could from the dementors, vaguely aware of the others casting their own patronuses at the things. This wasn't good.

WIBBLE!