As the first Quidditch match of the season, Gryffindor versus Slytherin, drew nearer, their SM meetings were put on hold because Miles insisted on almost daily practices. Many of the teachers were showing favoritism towards the Gryffindors, and McGonagall even gave them no homework while assigning the Slytherins 3 feet of parchment on vanishing. Professor Snape did his best to make up for all of this by being outrageously unfair to the Gryffindors and giving points for breathing properly to the Slytherins. Both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were against them, so like always, the Snakes were alone.