Harry just didn’t sound like himself. For as long as she had known him, he had always been one to question, one to go against even the most sound advice. He always had that sixth sense to know when others around him weren’t being truthful. To hear him speak of the "Ministry’s hands being tied’ and to not stand up for one of his long time friends–it just wasn’t him. Besides, Gryffindors were far too loyal, too tenacious to care about public perception over justice. 