"We would."

Anathema leans into Fay. "Yeah, definitely." Teasingly: "You can pick up the tab."

She laughs a little. "I'll see what I can do. Though I'm not one of the ones with a trust fund here."

"You are the adult, though."

"I was under the impression you would be adults by this adventure, too - unless you intend to graduate early?"

Gentle pat. "Shh."

She smiles gently down at Ellie. "Regardless... Traveling with you would be excellent."

"Good."

Pat.

"You might want to find a way to thank Miss Delacour for the rescue... She did help you, if nothing else. But also the tournament's really supposed to be friendly, and it doesn't hurt to have your competition fond of you."

"I guess."

"It's up to you, of course."

"I'll see if I get a good opportunity."

Nod.

"We can focus on your studies on the meantime."

"Very important, that."

"The most."

"Oh, hey, unrelated - can I borrow your cloak for a bit, Ellie?"

"Uh, sure?"

"Cool. I'll give it right back, promise."

"Just before the first task, in case I need it."

"Definitely can do."

Then next time they swing by the dorm, Anathema can borrow the invisibility cloak.

Anathema grins at her cheekily as she squirrels away the cloak.

(Monday morning, Rita Skeeter's article in the Daily Prophet is weirdly... Tame, and actually devoid of most salacious details. It sounds like she maybe slightly rewrote the French press release. It's shorter and not at all first page news like Skeeter's articles tend to hit.)

Kinda weird, but good for everyone (except Skeeter herself but no one cares about her). Maybe Elodie threatened her.

Effectively threatening Skeeter sounds hard but yeah good.

Clearly she's skilled. Must be why she was chosen as a champion.

Tough competition, then, but they already knew that.