Siobhan grinned brilliantly at Kyle as the train shuddered to a halt. Drawing a cross over her heart with her finger, she said, "I swear I'll be your friend. Even if you're in Hufflepuff." Without missing a beat, her smile turned wicked with glee. "Except yellow is a [i]horrible[/i] colour. Like mustard. And I'd never let you live it down."

Following her new friend out into the hall – [i]new friend,[/i] she thought again, smiling – Siobhan stepped out into the darkness. The weather was nothing special and almost mild compared to the windswept isle of Ceann Ear; however, it was pitch black and impossible to even guess the time. She wasn't surprised, therefore, when she couldn't see hide nor hair of Alistair.

Siobhan managed a wary half-smile at the sight of Maggie, and she felt her eyes light up at the thought of the Giant Squid. "We'd probably be bad for him – the fabric from our clothes might tangle up in his stomach and... and kill him from the inside, or something." Trying to look as reassuring as possible, she nudged Kyle as she started follow Hagrid towards the boats. "If it [i]is[/i] true, I'll scream really, really loudly for help – so loud that Headmaster Dumbledore himself hears. 'Kay?"