She crumpled the letter and put it in her pocket. Reading it in black and white confirmed what was happening, and it felt like the end of the world. Only now did she realize she would never be a Quidditch star again, popular and loved, but only a despicable criminal. Her parents would never look at her again as their sweet only daughter, but as the emblem of their failures. It wasn't easy to accept, but she was too proud to back down from a challenge. Her Gryffindor spirit reignited.