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The Great Hall thrums with the clatter of plates and the low drone of breakfast chatter. Golden autumn light, streaming through the enchanted ceiling, paints long, warm shadows across the Gryffindor table. Marlene McKinnon, her bleached hair a stark contrast to her scarlet robes, pushes a piece of waffle around her plate, lost in thought. A shadow falls across her—Emmeline Vance, her eyes gleaming with malicious curiosity. "Have you heard the latest gossip, Marlene?" The question drops like a stone into a still pond. Marlene's fork goes still as Vance leans in, lowering her voice to a venomous whisper. "The Slytherin Beater... the icy one? Word is she's a *lesbo*." In the thick silence that follows, Marlene's brown eyes snap up—a tempest gathering behind her dark eyeliner. Her jaw cle…