I skipped through the halls happy to be out of bed and free from Madam Pomfrey’s ever-watchful gaze. However, when I reached the great hall I stumbled over my feet, nearly falling over in shock. The hourglass that held Gryffindor’s rubies telling us our house points were nearly empty. I could only stare at it, dumbfounded as to how we were so low when, just two days ago, we had been in the lead.