"He also dared to fight back! Of course I punched him in the nose," in genuine anger, James justifies himself. "He called you a mudblood. Why does it even matter, blood? Fanatic."

James may have liked to exaggerate but something extremely unexpected had happened today - Snivellus had decided to put up a fight. Of course, normally, all their (read as James' and Sirius') taunts and pranks at Slytherins were purely mocking, a little of hexing and all, but whether it was blind anger wanting to defend your honour or just plain brainlessness, James and Snape got into a fight.

"Don't look at me like that," James says indignantly, but ends up exhaling heavily. He looks like a drenched puppy, to be honest.

The only visibly battered spot James has is his broken nose, and he was almost about to press the point of pity but ends up with a slumped shoulders. "Sorry."