"I want him expelled!" Lucius roared at Dumbledore, leaping to his feet as Narcissa sat beside his long legs, pale as a ghost. Hermione stood beside the window along with Severus as they stared down to the Black Lake feeling nauseous, although she knew no cause as the blood of others certainly wasn't anything new to her. Severus reached his mind to touch hers briefly, making her smile as McGonagall watched them from the beginning of the meeting as they had both come from Draco's side with identical blank faces, her expression one that was absolutely unidentifiable.