Challenge: Dumbledore's Army
Word Count: 100
They were plotting.
Severus could not prove it, not without using charms and devices that would reveal his true mission to the Dark Lord, but he knew it. Longbottom's sudden confidence, Lovegood's sudden focus, Granger's pallor and Potter's barely concealed anger – all signs indicated that the children were working behind the faculty's back.
And not just Potter and his friends, oh no. Edgecombe was using spells she had no business knowing, while the occasional new patronus ghosted about the Great Hall at odd times. Umbridge was furious enough to order yet more diktats, but nothing changed
Severus wondered why.