daphne is not who you think (greenmum) wrote in afic,
Zabini, II - Daphne makes a stand
She had barely had the ability to stay quiet during Theo's trial, she would have been right behind Millicent had she had the chance, but between that and Theo's proclamation and Astoria's feirocity there was little she could have done. Now it was Blaise's turn and her own hands were clasped so tight in her lap the knuckles were white and throbbing, clenching the fabric of her dress. A part of her fully expected the sort of fiasco that had run along in Theodore's trial, and another part believed that nothing could be any worse; but to hear that Blaise was being accused of something he would not--could not do, she made a loud noise of disagreement, catching the eye and ear of someone sitting close that verbally made their own feelings clear and it was that that made Daphne- herself- lose it.
"You cannot state anything! You do not know him! He is not being given fair treatment, as was Theodore Nott! If one were to look at their actions made in the last years over the war-- hell if one were to merely ask him why he was forced to wear that mark now covered with the one made by this precious Ministry! It would not be a love of Death Eaters and Purist ideals- he- we were seventeen! Seventeen!"