RP Grand Hall

A: What? What?

Even Sirius looked concerned.

E: Dit is het begin van het einde.

Evangeline muttered to herself, breathing deeply.

M: ...Evangeline?

She placed a tentative hand on her friend's shoulder.

Amy looked confused.

A: What's happening?

Evangeline looked at Millie's hand, then back at the paper in her hand, looking absent.

E: Decreased communications. That's what happened with Grindelwald. Suddenly Britain cut off communications with Hungary. Decreased communications. We almost went to war, then. It's happening again. Soon I'll be getting questions, and people will stop talking to me, because You Know What likes the Netherlands. They'll think I have some kind of connection to him. Nondeju, my father, his work... Nondeju.

She was obviously under a great deal of stress. Her eyes began to water, she kept biting her lip, her fingers drummed the table furiously. Eventually she threw the paper under the table and took a deep breath, then began to eat her cereal, continually muttering in Dutch.

Sirius extended his hand, and almost patted her shoulder. He withdrew.

A: Oh, Evangeline.

Amy looked devastated.

E: I knew this would happen the second He set foot in my country.

She hissed, head down.

M: Evangeline, it's okay. We'll stick by you. We're your friends.

She tried to give her a reassuring smile.

A: It's the bloody Ministry!

She scowled.

A: Vampires don't even need donations! They made that pretty clear!

E: I'm O-, anyway. My mother's the same. AB and O are not the most common, that is completely made up.

Evangeline muttered angrily.

A: I know it is. That newspaper...

She nodded sympathetically.

E: You wait, there'll be subtle little digs at the Netherlands from now on.

A: America too.

She shook her head.

A: It's all going downhill from here, I guess.

J: Amy, don't be a motivational speaker.

A: I'm sorry! It's just... this stuff just depresses me.

She hung her head.

E: Vertel je me...

Evangeline growled.

Even though she didn't understand, Amy still avoided Evangeline's eyes. Her hair was turning a slightly mousey brown.

No longer hungry, Millie pushed her plate away, feeling miserable for Evangeline.

Remus forgot his own troubles long enough to pat Evangeline's hand and smile.

R: You'll always have friends here.

M: Yeah. Plus, if anyone says anything to you, remember that you always have me to beat them up.

She grinned, trying to lighten the mood.

E: Thank you, Millie. Hopefully it won't come to blows.

Evangeline nudged her jokingly

Amy looked at the time.

A: What's first?

E: Ancient Runes.

J: Nothin'.

M: Uh...free for me.

She cast a look across the table at Sean, who was being oddly silent, so quiet that she'd forgotten he was there. Oops.

A: To runes it is then.

She stood.