Zach hadn't known Kevin or Su very well really. He was social, sure, and they'd had classes together. But Zach had often studied with Hufflepuffs because they lived together. He hadn't gotten stuff as quickly as some people. But it was good just to hear those names again, names of people he hadn't seen or heard about in years. Well, Lavender had mentioned someone Zach was pretty certain was Dean, when it came to Seamus. But that wasn't quite the same. It made him smile a bit. Not everyone was gone.
"I was doing more reading than anything else," Zach explained, "Otherwise I'd just blow myself up or something, and then you'd get upset." He was teasing a little. But Zach didn't want to hurt himself.
"Patience I think will come," Zach replied, "And Marek, he was your year." And a Death Eater now. Huh, Zach wasn't sure how to think about that. He'd gotten along with Marek really well in school. "And maybe Duke, but I'm not sure. I was hoping Hannah might come too." Or any number of people. There were plenty of Hufflepuffs in the world.
But it was the next bit that shocked him. Zach stared at Colin, and he remembered Cedric. Cedric had been a champion. And if he'd, if he'd lived longer, Zach was sure he would have fought. And he'd died, with Potter right there. It wasn't that Zach liked the Death Eaters or them being in control or anything, couldn't after Cedric. But Colin? "You're going to- you'll, you could die," Zach shuddered just at the thought.