Professor Hyrose was a bumbling old wizard who couldn't seem to remember his own name, let alone what he was talking about. In fact, he would start talking, and then within a matter of seconds, he would be talking about something completely different. The subject abruptly changed from his days rescuing bugbears and hobgoblins to how he almost lost his nose battling a rabid squirrel.

Draco and Arue meet again on the Hogwarts Express. Let's just say it was...."horror at first sight," rather than love!

The students have their first classes. Draco is particularly nervous after the dream he had about Arue, who actually knows about the dream. Draco learns a cruel lesson about the dark side of ambition. Mairelas decides to use his famous, "kender taunt."