"Dark Lord Timothy sounds stupid, a name should be the real first priority here."

"A snowball fight was, I think, the first priority here."

And they go outside.

Whee!

Karen's really good at magic airborne snowball fights.

And Cricket the kitten goes home with Miranda, and comes to school with her when school resumes.

Genevieve Stoller runs into Black going through the portrait hole and ends up in the hospital wing with a cracked skull; Molloy gives Black detention for that one.

Does he seem deterred?

Not remotely.

She talks to Molloy. "I don't think he's going to leave her alone over a few hours peeling Shrivelfigs."

"If I have him whipped his family will hear about it and think of course that he is wholly in the right -"

"And she hasn't got one to speak of, I know, but there's got to be something."

"We shouldn't let magical children be raised in Muggle homes in the first place," Molloy sighs. "You could call him out for it - well, I mean, if you could duel -"

"I can't, and even if I could he has two years on me."

"Talk Way into it? He might do it just for fun."

"I hope you mean Michael, the last time Minor dueled for me it didn't go that well."

"Yes, I meant Michael, since your initial objection was that Black's older -"

"Yeah - dunno -"

She goes and hunts up Michael.

"Sure, I'll duel him," he says immediately. "What for?"

"Attacking my pet firstie." Pause. "Do you think you could do it Polyjuiced as her and bait him into starting it."

"Now that I would love to do. You have Polyjuice?"

"I have Aaron's Christmas money."

"Stoller's on board?"

"I'll ask, but I don't think she'll mind Black always wondering if she's the version of her that can hex him into next Thursday."

Snort. "Doesn't seem likely."

She asks Stoller. She also asks Fredrick if he has any extra potion lying around for a good cause.