 Mischievous Niffler
Kitty felt proud of the answers several of her fellow classmates were providing. Jessa had mentioned helping Muggles with research and discoveries. She eyed her curiously. Might she be recruitable to her cause? Hmmmm...
So caught up was she in observing her classmates answers that she didn't have time to answer the first question. Really, Professor Newton couldn't fault her, because it wasn't like she wasn't paying attention to the class.
Etta's answer (the founders) almost - almost compelled her to answer, "Well, not ALL of them. Salathar Slytherin was a bigot who hated Muggleborns and half-bloods and would have killed half this school." But that would have been a repeat of the terrible fight she'd had just last year in this very classroom, and she was by no means eager to repeat it right now. She still hated Salathar as strongly as she did back then, but now was not the time to say so.
With great effort she kept her mouth shut and waited until there was an opening to raise her hand. "May I answer the first question too? I like what Jessa said about helping Muggles with research. It's the most COMPASSIONATE thing we as witches and wizards could be doing. Think of all the lives we could save if the Statute was repealed tonight, and we could go into all the hospitals and cure people. Of course our magic has limits, but we could certainly save a lot of lives. Unfortunately, if someone were to do this today, the Ministry would arrest them." Pause for dramatic affect. "As to your second question, I believe Albus Dumbledore has done the most for wizardkind. In his youth he defeated Grindleward, one of history's most feared dark wizards. Many years later he provided Harry Potter with the tools he needed to kill Lord Voldemort." |