There was someone crying in the bathroom. The boys' bathroom on the fourth floor. So, naturally, Astoria Greengrass went to investigate.

Mary Macdonald had always been the coward of her friend group. Always too scared to speak out. Too scared to do anything more than flirt. So when Mulciber attacked her, at the start of sixth year, it became her excuse. She didn't join the Order. And then, Lily Potter died, and You-Know-Who disappeared. And then, Mary applied to the Department of Mysteries.

Tessie Prewett knows that there's something wrong about Tom Riddle; that he isn't the model student he seems to be; that he's dangerous, somehow. And she's determined to make everyone see that. She just never thought...

Aberforth knows that Gellert Grindelwald will bring them nothing but pain. Why can't Albus see that? Gellert is the best thing that has ever happened to Albus. Why can't Aberforth accept that? Gellert has finally found a companion, just as brilliant as he is. Why does Albus insist on dragging his waward brother and his damaged sister along?