Harry was in the Great Hall the next day by 8:15. Harry has charms with Gryffindors and Astronomy theory with Slytherins in the morning. In the afternoon he has Transfiguration with Hufflepuffs and History with Gryffindors.

Charms first class started with a roll call. His head of house squeaked excitedly when Neville's name is called. After introducing himself, Prof. Flitwick started teaching magical theory. According to the professor the actual casting will not start till the next week. That week from Monday to Thursday, professor is going to teach them various magical theory concepts. On Friday they are going to practice the levitation charm incantations and wand movements. Harry knew that he is going to be bored on Friday since he already knew how to cast most of this year spells wandlessly, using wand as well as non-verbally. Various questions were asked by the professor during the class. Harry never raised his hand to answer a question even though he knew the answers to them. A bushy haired witch named Hermione Granger from Gryffindor raised her hand to all questions and answered all of them earning lot of points for her house. All her answers were said verbatim from the course books. Harry hoped for her sake that she understood what she read instead of just memorizing them word for word. Otherwise all her memorizing will worth nothing. She might get perfect score in exams but she will not be able to experiment with magic if she doesn't understand the concepts perfectly.

While Granger answered most of the questions, Harry asked most of the questions in the class. Harry didn't ask any silly questions or asked questions just for the sake of asking. All his questions are very intellectual. Professor Flitwick is more impressed with Harry than Granger because only those who read the material and understood them can ask these types of questions. These questions led to very interesting discussions on various concepts of magic between Professor and Harry.

Ravenclaws were happy with harry asking these questions as they learned a lot of things though blood purists like Goldstein and Li will never admit it. Most Gryffindors are indifferent except Granger who is furious with Harry for wasting lesson time. She never liked anyone asking questions in class. According to her a student should not have any doubts if he/she read the chapter once before coming to class. If a student has doubts on a chapter then it means that student didn't read the chapter before coming to class or stupid to not understand it. She wondered how he got sorted into Ravenclaw if he couldn't understand even a simple chapter or didn't read the chapter before coming to class. Maybe he convinced the hat to place him in Ravenclaw just like she convinced the hat to place her in Gryffindor. The hat wanted to keep her in Ravenclaw but she convinced the hat to place her in Gryffindor because the headmaster of the school, Albus Dumbledore himself got sorted there when he was a student.

After Charms they have Astronomy theory where they were given introduction on various stars, planets and their movements that they will be studying in the first year. Harry has to admit that it was a boring class trying to remember various facts. Harry asked the professor politely the use of remembering all these facts.

"I have been waiting for someone to ask this question. I get this question at least once every year from first years. Most rituals and some potions are dependent on the position of these stars and planets and their movements. Astronomy is a popular subject back when rituals are still legal. Since all the rituals are deemed illegal in Britain and the potions that depend on the positions of these heavenly bodies are not taught at Hogwarts, Astronomy lost its prominence in Hogwarts. Very few students now take Astronomy Newts in Hogwarts and those who take it only do it because they don't have any other choice." Says Prof. Sinistra

After Astronomy and lunch, Harry attends Transfiguration class with Hufflepuffs. Harry sits with Susan and Ernie. Harry gets introduced to all the hufflepuffs by Susan, Hannah and Ernie. He introduces the Ravenclaws to the three Hufflepuffs. It seems like they already met Parvati and Michael before starting Hogwarts during some social gathering. Prof. McGonagall started her lecture with stern warning against fooling around in her class. They are going to focus on theory that week and will start transfiguring matchsticks to needles the next week. Harry asks various questions on the subject material. Unlike Flitwick there is no enthusiasm present on McGonagall's face while answering his queries but she answered them patiently and calmly. Harry couldn't figure out whether she is happy or irritated with him. Harry is not going to be bothered by it as long as she answers his queries. After Transfiguration they have History of Magic class again with Gryffindors. Harry knew from the older years that self-study is better than listening to the ghost professor. It was proved immediately when most of the class falls asleep within five minutes of starting his class. Harry reads his law book during that time as he already read the first year history book. Only Granger girl is awake and intently listening and noting down what the ghost professor is saying. Harry didn't understand why she is wasting parchment by taking notes since what the ghost is saying is already there in the text book. He is saying nothing new anyway. Harry shrugs and focuses on the law book.

The rest of the week passes in the same way. DADA is a waste just like History. The professor is afraid of the subject itself and his stutter is very horrible. Harry couldn't even understand what he is saying most of the time. Harry doesn't bother asking him any questions. The same goes with potions as well. While Prof. Snape is a master in potions, his unpleasant demeanour and blatant bias towards Slytherins stops Harry from asking him any questions. He doesn't teach anything, just writes instructions on the board and order them to brew the potions within the hour. No instructions on ingredients preparation and their reactions with each other. No warnings on common mistakes that happens while brewing a potion and how to avoid them. Harry is thankful that he read few chapters from the library potions basics book which helped him immensely while brewing his boils cure potion. Harry was determined to complete the basics book as soon as possible since it was clear that Prof. Snape isn't going to teach them anything. Prof. Sprout is very knowledgeable in Herbology and answered all his questions with enthusiasm. They will be working on various magical plants like Bouncing Bulb, Puffapods, Devil's snare, Spiky Bush, Dried Nettles etc. that year.

The highlight of the week for Harry would be his confrontation with Granger after the final charms class of the week on Thursday. Harry was going through all the explanations that Flitwick gave in response to his queries in his mind when he heard his name being called from behind. Harry turns around and sees that it was Granger calling his name.

"What can I do to help you, Miss. Granger? Asks Harry

"It would be great if you stop disrupting charms classes. Your silly doubts are disrupting class time. It is wasting precious time of the teachers and students which should rather be used for completing the syllabus. Your father being a famous author doesn't mean anything in a class room, especially in the wizarding world. And don't think that I haven't noticed you reading a different book in the History class instead of the prescribed history book. You might have gotten away with these things in the muggle world using the popularity of your father but in the wizarding world it means nothing. If you won't stop your silly attitude I am going to complain to the deputy headmistress and get you expelled." says Granger.

Harry was shocked for a moment as he couldn't believe the rudeness displayed by the girl in front of him. Then he became angry and replied with a degree of coldness that made the girl flinch away from him.

"You should learn to keep that mouth under control Granger. Otherwise it is going to cause you a lot of problems. There is no rule written against asking questions to a professor. I would be surprised if you know answer to at least one question that I asked in the classroom. You can go and complain to whomever you like. I don't care. I asked questions in transfiguration as well and Prof. McGonagall didn't raise any objection. And you will do well to remember to leave my family out of any conversation you have with me. I never used my father's fame back home. You don't know me and I don't know you. Don't presume to think that you know about me. I will ask as many questions as I like to the professors as long as they don't mind them. If you bother to understand the material rather than just memorizing it like a parrot, you would have understood that all my questions are logical. And coming to reading non-prescribed book during History class, more than 75% of the students are asleep during that class. I think I am doing well even if I am reading non-course material. Go and complain to whoever you like. I don't care. And don't even try to talk to me again. You will not like the consequences." Warns Harry and leaves for his room in the Ravenclaw tower.

Hermione was stunned by the ruthless reply given by the boy. She knew that she crossed some line when she brought his father in the conversation. But she couldn't help it. There was famous basketball player's son in her school and he was a terrible bully and his main target used to be her. Since then she never liked any celebrity's children. Seeing Potter reminded her of that bully. Hermione thought of what he said and knew that McGonagall would never take such a complaint seriously. Hermione is angry about his parrot comment and was determined to show him who is the better student when the time for exams comes. She knew that he is not even going to come close to her marks anyway. How can he be anywhere but the bottom when he didn't answer even a single question in the class. It just proves that he is a mediocre student at best. Hermione went to the library resigned to the fact that this year's charms classes are going to be interrupted frequently by that terrible boy and have to ignore him during History class while he is reading non-course material. At least she is not sharing other classes with him, Hermione consoled herself.

Harry was surprised that he didn't get called to Prof. McGonagall's office that day or the next day. Harry was sure that Granger would have gone to McGonagall to lodge a complaint on him. Maybe she understood that what he said was correct. Harry spent the weekend socializing with his friends, completing his homework, reading his law and potions basics books. He also took some time exploring the castle, working on his minds shield and magical pathways. Harry decided to search for a muggleborn alumni from the Hogwarts archives in the library during some day of the week and send him a letter asking about the difficulties he/she faced in wizarding world for being a muggleborn.