"I'll come," says Sue Li.

"Yeah, me, too," Padma adds.

Dayo waves at them and goes out of the classroom with Pansy.

"...so what's up with her?" asks Mandy.

Sarah waves back at Dayo.

"I met her on the train, she seems nice."

"But she's a Slytherin," says Mandy.

"That doesn't mean I shouldn't be friends with her."

Mandy looks unconvinced.

"Why do you think Slytherins are bad?"

"All Dark Wizards are Slytherins," she explains like it's obvious. "Like You-Know-Who."

"That makes sense, Slytherin is about ambition. It's about changing things and people who want to change the world would easily fit into Slytherin. You can be ambitious without wanting to hurt people though."

"...I guess. But they also hate muggleborns and half-bloods."

Sarah giggles. "I know Dayo doesn't feel that way."

"Why?"

"She was telling off a couple other girls on the train for having those views."

"...so why's she in Slytherin?" wonders Mandy.

"She could be so so so ambitious that even though she doesn't hate muggles she got in," suggests Sue Li.

"Huh. Is she?" she asks Sarah.

"She wants to change the world. I think she wants to roll back the statute of secrecy."

Morag blinks. "She what?"

"Why?" asks Mandy.

"She thinks it's awful that muggles die when magic could have saved them."

"Well but if muggles just know about us they'll be asking for stuff all the time," reasons Morag.

"Is that bad?" asks Lisa.

"I don't have time to be helping muggles all day!"

"Not everyone would have to be helping muggles all day if the Statute was repealed."

"There's lots more of them! Like, dozens of times more!"

"That's true. I'm not sure it's a good idea for that and other reasons."

"If she wants to do that though then maybe she's not a bad Slytherin," muses Sue.

"That's what she wants you to think," says Lisa, and Mandy nods sagely.

"I don't think she was lying to me. I suppose there's no way to be sure though."

"Maybe if she actually does things that help with that," suggests Padma.

"That's true. In the meantime, do any of you know which way to the library?"

They do! It's in the first floor.