looked around at the horrified faces surrounding her.
"What?" she asked. "Did you really want him to continue singing?"
They thought about it for a second, and then agreed that she'd actually done them a big favour.
"Not so fast, Miss Pookah!" said a voice from the darkness, as a tall, pale man with long black hair stepped forward, holding a sturdy twig in front of him.
"Professor Snape!" exclaimed Pookah. "But..but...what are you doing here?"