Sophie returned Filius' hug. This felt right. She gave him a tight squeeze as he promised not to leave her again. Then, after Filius gave the ultimatum, she snorted at the boy. It was immature, yeah, but she was only stooping to his own level.

"I wouldn't miss this fight for anything!" She snorted again. It was tempting for her to flip that boy the bird, but her wise mind told her to think better of doing that. She wasn't twelve, after all... Immaturity was no way to prove anything to anyone. After all, if she lost her temper she'd just prove the teacher correct in all that he was saying. Instead, Sophie moved closer to Filius.

Sophie kept her eyes on Filius the entire time and began to blush a little when he offered to escort her to dinner. She looked around at the scowls on the faces of both the Magic Casters and the Weapons Masters. Surely, this was not how she imagined her first day at school would be. Still, she would rather be an outcast with Filius as her only friend, than to blend in with the other students and be separated from him again. She smirked at them and turned back to Filius,

"I gladly accept your offer." Sophie probably should have ended it there, but her snark took over once more, "And I don't give a damn what any of you have to say about it."