Hazel figured even Amycus Carrow couldn't argue against a less temperamental pixie: at least he wouldn't have any competition for meanest creature in the room.
"I definitely prefer Barney to having a Kneazle," Hazel replied, wondering where the brown tabby was just then, and what he might be destroying. "He'd wreck even more of my stuff."
When the valve tubes were clean, she replaced them and settled the horn in the case, folding her music into the little pocket in the side. Hazel gave Ernie a light smile.
"You really ought to have something to do besides study," she insisted, though she didn't mention his duties as Head Boy. She imagined those might not be as bad, getting to spend time with Padma Patil, who was both smart and pretty. Some girls were just born lucky.