So no rebellion then, just dessert before dinner. Beth rubbed at her teary eyes and moved her tiny form toward the unfamiliar group of older students. The older boy was right, they had to stick together - a bunch of brains are better than just one, right? Even if HER brain didn't know any spells.

But the fact that she couldn't talk to her parents at all was freaking her out. SURELY they'd notice if she didn't send them a single letter the entire term?

"What are those things muggles use to talk to each other with?" She asked. "Cellyphanes?" Was that the word? Maybe there were cellyphanes at Hogwarts.