Roze was somewhat taken aback at Nolan's tone of voice with her - then again, he was a member of Slytherin. Another pang of guilt hit her, along the same question; Why had McGonagall acted so rashly? Hell, even when Umbridge had been at the school, the most she did was ban a couple of students from playing Quidditch - not that entire house.
Looking at Nolan, she shrugged at his question. He wasn't wrong.
"Well, yeah. But that was kinda because of Voldemort, Dementors, giant spiders, Death Eaters... stuff like that. I don't think we'll be encountering any of those things." She said, then paused, frowning slightly. "Apart from maybe the spiders. But my brother used to sneak into the forest all the time and he never saw any. He didn't see any Unicorns either  - sorry Caelum." She added, turning to the slightly awe-struck girl who had spoken up.

As Roze felt a tug on her sleeve, she turned to see Dani, and her face split into a wide smile. She'd been getting a  bit anxious - other than Dan, she didn't really have any friends; and if the look on the Slytherin's faces were enough to go by, she had a few enemies already.

"Heya Dani! How did your classes go? You must be pretty smart to be able to do non-verbal magic at our age." Roze said, with a hint of envy in her voice - although not in a negative manner. She did feel as though Dani had both advantages and disadvantages to her muteness - but being able to do non-verbal magic would be amazing to conquer. Especially in a dueling situation. When saying an incantation, it is often easy to interrupt your opponent by blasting them or something before they can get the words out. Non-verbal magic would overcome that issue.

Before Roze could say anything else, a newcomer to the group alerted the First-Years to the beginning of their detention. The guy was a newbie, like he had said - but he looked kinda young to be a teacher.

"Huh. I wonder where they got this guy from." Roze murmured to Dani as they began filing into the forest.