#12 Breakfast

Sophia didn't read the Prophet, just roughly shoved it into her bag for later. She ignored the owls the best she could, and moodily finished her breakfast. She was rather offended when it just vanished on her, but she deserved it. She'd failed her team and therefore did not deserved good food right now. She should be eating cold peas or something.

She eyed the hot chocolate though, disregarding her sulk-dictated proclaimed thoughts from two seconds ago.

Arthur's question about it being a rough morning was also ignored, as that could not be more obvious. And she had no idea what to say anyway. Sophia appreciated the effort, but wished friends in her own class were around as she missed them and they knew how to -- no, she didn't deserve to be cheered up! 

'Hmph,' she grumbled. 

Sophia eyed whats-his-name in concern when he said the owls were trying to kill him, though her mood lifted a bit when Elara joined them. At least her fellow player understood how serious the situation was.

'How am I feeling?' She huffed, sitting up. 'I'm... I feel like I need to go order a new broomstick right now. Then, yes, perhaps some wallowing... later. This afternoon? I don't know. I do know I don't deserve Hogsmeade, but it's where the brooms are.' Whatever she rambled next was too incoherent for others to follow.

She stood from her seat, devoured hot chocolate in a few burning gulps, then solider-marched from the hall.

She loved her broomstick, especially its colouring, but she needed better. No, she needed the best. Well, second best; she could not afford the best-best unless she gave up snacks too. Sophia couldn't wait until 6th year to upgrade though. Hufflepuff needed her now. They could not afford for her to be knocked out like that again, and a better broom was an advantage she could achieve since clearly everything else was not in her favor.

So she marched out of the castle, got her old broom from her dormitory, endured Flich nosing her permission slip, then headed to Hogsmeade for a much-needed broom exchange.