"It wasn’t the Dark Lord who cut off Draco’s hand, Ginny, and it’s not a fucking subject of humour! It was his fucking hand! How would you feel if you lost a body part? You were all so upset and devastated for – for Cho, but when it’s Draco it’s just hilarious?" Hermione shouted shrilly, blood pounding in her ears as she faced down her closest friends with fury sharp on her tongue. "You’re my best friends and I love you all – you know that – but I’m not going to put up with you acting like this! Saying these horrible, unfair things. Because now you’re just all being cruel. Cruel. You don’t have any reason to like Draco, but you don’t have to be cruel to him!"