Obviously, Ashley didn’t bother listening, though she just had to tune in when the old coot had to congratulate the Ravenclaws for winning the House Cup the past night. It hadn’t been a surprising development when they won, especially since they’d been the only House unaffected by the school year’s gruesome events. Hufflepuff had Alexandra’s passing, Gryffindor had Kyra’s incident, and Slytherin was preoccupied with the never-ending rumors about the Chamber of Secrets. Technically speaking, the eagles had lost someone as well since Lockhart had been a Ravenclaw. However, he’d been a horrible teacher so the Ravenclaws refused to acknowledge him as their own, even after he disappeared.