Hermione held onto Briallen, gently stroking the hair out of her girlfriend’s face. Briallen had her eyes closed and was quietly whimpering to herself, "I don’t know! We’d just walked in when Briallen was hit by some kind of spell. All I remember was that it was a brownish color and the next thing any of us knew, Briallen was doubled over as if she was experiencing pain. She kept trying to hurt herself as if ending her life would free her of the pain of her existence."