"He agreed with them!" Hermione threw her napkin down in disgust. "Can you believe that? He won’t let me punish them. He said if I took points away, he’d give them right back. What happened to the Malfoy we all knew and hated, hmmm? The one that would have told his father about it and had them expelled?" Hermione realised the shock was finally wearing off as she was close to tears. 