"Now before I start, I want to assure you all you are safe and I don't want you to panic. But as I am sure you have heard through the Hogwarts gossip, there was indeed another attack today," Dumbledore spoke calmly, his grandfather persona firmly in place. As anyone could predict, the students immediately paled and many started breathing harder in panic. Voices filled the hall as everyone turned to friends and Prefects in fear. "Silence!" Dumbledore boomed, sparks erupting from his wand.