( Charmed private to Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, and Zacharias Smith. )

( Charmed private to sixth- and seventh-year students at the last table for Half-bloods with Muggle parents and badly behaved students. )

( Charmed private to Dumbledore's Army, minus Luna Lovegood. )

Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you're all relatively safe at home today and didn't do anything too stupid foolish or dangerous last night. We don't need any more terrible things happening to people, and --

I hope -- This year is going to be much better than the last. I just know it, and it has to be.

( Charmed private to self. )

( Charmed private to Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, and Zacharias Smith. )

( Charmed private to Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, and Zacharias Smith. )

( Charmed private to Dumbledore's Army. )

( Charmed private to Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and Ginny Weasley. )

( Charmed private to Dumbledore's Army. )