By the time the second month had begun, the pranks had cooled down
somewhat. With teachers not afraid to take off points and hand out
detentions, enthusiasm began to dwindle. Harry, Ron, and Draco sighed,
knowing it was too good to be true. Still, it had been worth it to see
Professor Giorgio bedecked in neon pink, and Professor Diana's hair in
electric purple. It had even been fun to see Professor Demeter's
underclothes hung along a magical clothesline above the great hall despite
the quadruple detentions handed to all Houses, each doing despicable tasks
involving bedpans, de-eyeing slugs, obtaining the tongues off of snakes,
and traveling into the Forbidden Forest to collect bat tongues, all without
magic. All in all, it had been very satisfying despite the fact that Ron's
mother had been contacted, and he had received an owl (to his dismay).
"RONALD BERTRAND WEASLEY, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! IT WAS ENOUGH TO BE CONTACTED SO MANY TIMES WHILE YOU WERE IN SCHOOL (DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN THE INCIDENT WITH THE FLYING FORD ANGOLA) BUT THE HEADMISTRESS HERSELF HAS HAD TO OWL ME ABOUT YOUR OUTLANDISH BEHAVIOR; I AM ASHAMED OF YOU! NONE OF MY OTHER CHILDREN HAVE EVER BEEN SO NAUGHTY; YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT WHEN YOU GET HOME!!!"
Ron had been tomato-red, and there had been snickers the entire day following the Howler. Ron, of course, had been furious. "Who does she think she is!" he had exploded.
Draco had smirked. "Your mother, of course."
Ron shot Draco a venomous glare.
"What's your problem, Bertrand," Harry teased, doubling up in laughter at the recollection. The whole school had teased him endlessly about that. It wasn't that bad . just that Bertrand happened to be the name of a comical, clumsy, good-for-nothing clownish buffoon on a show on the WWN.
"He was my Great-Uncle on my mom's side, and she insisted," Ron said though gritted teeth.
"Right," Draco nodded. "It really matters," he said sarcastically. "You know they'll tease you anyways."
Ron shot him a furious look and had sulked sullenly for a couple of days, before deciding that the Five-Year Reunion was too short to be spent sulking, and had reconciled.
But that's not the point. We're trying to establish what has taken place in the second month of the Five-Year Reunion. Well, considering it was the Five-Year Reunion, Harry, Ron, and Draco had all chosen easy classes. Magical Housewifery involved magically cooking and taste-testing food. By the end of the first month, it was already established that Harry's food was always to be avoided as most of them were overcooked, undercooked, or were filled with mud or slugs or some type of disgusting thing because he obviously wasn't very good at magically cooking. Lisa Turpin was the resident cook of Hogwarts. In the second month, they would begin sewing.
In Modern Magical History and Magical Society, they were beginning to learn about the Sorcerer's Stone (more commonly referred to as the Philosopher's Stone). Of course, Ron and Harry had done tons of research on Nicolas Flamel and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone back in First Year (ahh, memories), so they breezed through the first week pretty easily. As they lived in Magical Society, and were both Emergency Aurors, on call if something important happens and there are no other Aurors to handle it, as well as their normal jobs. Ron was in a faction of the Accidental Reversal of Magic Squad in which he cleaned up messes in Magical Society, such as the Jelly-Legs Curse done on the President of the United States by the Head of the Senate of Magic in America. He got to travel because of his job, but he also held a part-time job as an amateur Quidditch Keeper. Harry was a professional Quidditch Seeker of the Chudley Cannons, as well as a part- time Unspeakable. Confusing, yes, but Harry's Unspeakable duties were mostly the recording and covering up and private investigations of Ron's faction and another faction called the Secretly Suspecting Sorcerers and Sorceresses. (The "and Sorceresses" was added in 1836, when the witches began to demand a more equal showing of their equality with men. The Secretly Suspecting Sorcerers and Sorceresses conducted private, hush-hush investigations on people who were rich enough to avoid a life term in Azkaban, like Evan Rosier, who was yet still alive and not in Azkaban where he belonged. Draco Malfoy was a Chaser (he was a much better Chaser than Seeker; he confessed that he preferred Chaser to Seeker and had only been Seeker of Gryffindor team because his father had demanded it of him) of the same team as Harry. Draco was also a part-time Law Consultant, but that was about all. He had been offered the chance to be an Auror, and had refused because he had decided that he had had enough of Dark Wizards and Witches.
The second month continued as the learned about the Rise and Fall of Grindelwald. Harry, Ron, and Draco were very eager to learn about Professor Dumbledore's role in the defeat of Grindelwald, and were astonished at what they had heard. They learned of how Grindelwald was almost as bad as Voldemort, missing the mark only because he hadn't been brought back to life. Grindelwald had even developed several new, deadly curses, but the knowledge of those curses died with him. He never revealed his secrets to anyone. He never would.
Merlin's Age was all about King Arthur's reign and the wizard Merlin. Harry liked it the most, because he had always thought Merlin the Wizard, and most of the Arthurian Ages were only a fairy tale.
In famous Witches and Wizards, they learned about Medea, Circe, and Morgan Le Faye. They were currently learning about famous wizards, and (to Harry's dismay) first on the list was he. He almost sunk down into the chair as Madam Pince (who taught only this class) described the times he defeated Lord Voldemort. He was teased mercilessly by Ron and Draco afterwards, who only shut up when Madam Pince caught his eye, and began discussing how his brave companions, sidekicks they were, Ron and Draco, managed to hold off the evil forces long enough for Harry to do the real work.
Ron and Draco, of course, were furious, and Harry had referred to them the rest of the day as "sidekicks" whenever they mentioned the class.
Harry and Draco had taken a Quidditch Tips class, taught by Madam Hooch, while Ron took a Quidditch Statistics class, though he had memorized most of them already. Ron also took a Chess Strategy class (though Harry and Draco teased that he could teach it) while Harry took a Handy and Useful Charms, Hexes, and Spells for Everyday Usage, and Draco took a Famous Pranks of Hogwarts. (You do, of course, understand that many other classes were added because this was the Five-Year Reunion, which mainly stressed fun.)
Harry, Ron, and Draco were delighted to find that their Graduation Prank was mentioned in Draco's Textbook, written by none other than Sirius Black, who made sure to enhance the Marauders' pranks. Of course, the greatest prank every (they were astonished to find) was a prank pulled by Albus Dumbledore himself. Sirius Black had refused to disclose the exact contents of the prank, however, to protect his venerable name. Harry was determined to Owl Sirius right away and ask about it. He knew that Sirius had written a plethora of books on a wide variety of subjects, but he had never bothered to read all of them.
So, anyways, that was how the second month began. But I'm spending too much time talking. Don't you want to find out about the letter from Hermione? What letter from Hermione? All right, I'll tell you .
On Monday of the second week of the second month . Harry, Ron, and Draco received a letter from Hermione. It was plain, and pretty much to the point, but it conveyed what they wanted to know.
Hullo Harry, Ron, and Draco:
I hope you're having fun at Hogwarts, even though I'm not there to brighten your lives. ( Hope you haven't been bugging the teachers up. I'll have you know that I beat you on First-Month Scores, which will probably be put up today. Professor McGonagall herself told me. ( Although I'm pretty busy at work, I'll be sure to be at the Halloween Ball . you just have to look for me.
But . I do have a riddle for you. Where can you buy frogs and quills and sugar pills, bugs and beans and other such things?
If you find it . you find a treat!
That's all I'm saying for now! Bye.
Your sunshine of the day with whom you cannot live without for if you did live without me, you would be permanently stuck in First Year with no one to tell you to study or check your homework,
Hermione
To be continued .
"RONALD BERTRAND WEASLEY, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! IT WAS ENOUGH TO BE CONTACTED SO MANY TIMES WHILE YOU WERE IN SCHOOL (DON'T THINK I'VE FORGOTTEN THE INCIDENT WITH THE FLYING FORD ANGOLA) BUT THE HEADMISTRESS HERSELF HAS HAD TO OWL ME ABOUT YOUR OUTLANDISH BEHAVIOR; I AM ASHAMED OF YOU! NONE OF MY OTHER CHILDREN HAVE EVER BEEN SO NAUGHTY; YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT WHEN YOU GET HOME!!!"
Ron had been tomato-red, and there had been snickers the entire day following the Howler. Ron, of course, had been furious. "Who does she think she is!" he had exploded.
Draco had smirked. "Your mother, of course."
Ron shot Draco a venomous glare.
"What's your problem, Bertrand," Harry teased, doubling up in laughter at the recollection. The whole school had teased him endlessly about that. It wasn't that bad . just that Bertrand happened to be the name of a comical, clumsy, good-for-nothing clownish buffoon on a show on the WWN.
"He was my Great-Uncle on my mom's side, and she insisted," Ron said though gritted teeth.
"Right," Draco nodded. "It really matters," he said sarcastically. "You know they'll tease you anyways."
Ron shot him a furious look and had sulked sullenly for a couple of days, before deciding that the Five-Year Reunion was too short to be spent sulking, and had reconciled.
But that's not the point. We're trying to establish what has taken place in the second month of the Five-Year Reunion. Well, considering it was the Five-Year Reunion, Harry, Ron, and Draco had all chosen easy classes. Magical Housewifery involved magically cooking and taste-testing food. By the end of the first month, it was already established that Harry's food was always to be avoided as most of them were overcooked, undercooked, or were filled with mud or slugs or some type of disgusting thing because he obviously wasn't very good at magically cooking. Lisa Turpin was the resident cook of Hogwarts. In the second month, they would begin sewing.
In Modern Magical History and Magical Society, they were beginning to learn about the Sorcerer's Stone (more commonly referred to as the Philosopher's Stone). Of course, Ron and Harry had done tons of research on Nicolas Flamel and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone back in First Year (ahh, memories), so they breezed through the first week pretty easily. As they lived in Magical Society, and were both Emergency Aurors, on call if something important happens and there are no other Aurors to handle it, as well as their normal jobs. Ron was in a faction of the Accidental Reversal of Magic Squad in which he cleaned up messes in Magical Society, such as the Jelly-Legs Curse done on the President of the United States by the Head of the Senate of Magic in America. He got to travel because of his job, but he also held a part-time job as an amateur Quidditch Keeper. Harry was a professional Quidditch Seeker of the Chudley Cannons, as well as a part- time Unspeakable. Confusing, yes, but Harry's Unspeakable duties were mostly the recording and covering up and private investigations of Ron's faction and another faction called the Secretly Suspecting Sorcerers and Sorceresses. (The "and Sorceresses" was added in 1836, when the witches began to demand a more equal showing of their equality with men. The Secretly Suspecting Sorcerers and Sorceresses conducted private, hush-hush investigations on people who were rich enough to avoid a life term in Azkaban, like Evan Rosier, who was yet still alive and not in Azkaban where he belonged. Draco Malfoy was a Chaser (he was a much better Chaser than Seeker; he confessed that he preferred Chaser to Seeker and had only been Seeker of Gryffindor team because his father had demanded it of him) of the same team as Harry. Draco was also a part-time Law Consultant, but that was about all. He had been offered the chance to be an Auror, and had refused because he had decided that he had had enough of Dark Wizards and Witches.
The second month continued as the learned about the Rise and Fall of Grindelwald. Harry, Ron, and Draco were very eager to learn about Professor Dumbledore's role in the defeat of Grindelwald, and were astonished at what they had heard. They learned of how Grindelwald was almost as bad as Voldemort, missing the mark only because he hadn't been brought back to life. Grindelwald had even developed several new, deadly curses, but the knowledge of those curses died with him. He never revealed his secrets to anyone. He never would.
Merlin's Age was all about King Arthur's reign and the wizard Merlin. Harry liked it the most, because he had always thought Merlin the Wizard, and most of the Arthurian Ages were only a fairy tale.
In famous Witches and Wizards, they learned about Medea, Circe, and Morgan Le Faye. They were currently learning about famous wizards, and (to Harry's dismay) first on the list was he. He almost sunk down into the chair as Madam Pince (who taught only this class) described the times he defeated Lord Voldemort. He was teased mercilessly by Ron and Draco afterwards, who only shut up when Madam Pince caught his eye, and began discussing how his brave companions, sidekicks they were, Ron and Draco, managed to hold off the evil forces long enough for Harry to do the real work.
Ron and Draco, of course, were furious, and Harry had referred to them the rest of the day as "sidekicks" whenever they mentioned the class.
Harry and Draco had taken a Quidditch Tips class, taught by Madam Hooch, while Ron took a Quidditch Statistics class, though he had memorized most of them already. Ron also took a Chess Strategy class (though Harry and Draco teased that he could teach it) while Harry took a Handy and Useful Charms, Hexes, and Spells for Everyday Usage, and Draco took a Famous Pranks of Hogwarts. (You do, of course, understand that many other classes were added because this was the Five-Year Reunion, which mainly stressed fun.)
Harry, Ron, and Draco were delighted to find that their Graduation Prank was mentioned in Draco's Textbook, written by none other than Sirius Black, who made sure to enhance the Marauders' pranks. Of course, the greatest prank every (they were astonished to find) was a prank pulled by Albus Dumbledore himself. Sirius Black had refused to disclose the exact contents of the prank, however, to protect his venerable name. Harry was determined to Owl Sirius right away and ask about it. He knew that Sirius had written a plethora of books on a wide variety of subjects, but he had never bothered to read all of them.
So, anyways, that was how the second month began. But I'm spending too much time talking. Don't you want to find out about the letter from Hermione? What letter from Hermione? All right, I'll tell you .
On Monday of the second week of the second month . Harry, Ron, and Draco received a letter from Hermione. It was plain, and pretty much to the point, but it conveyed what they wanted to know.
Hullo Harry, Ron, and Draco:
I hope you're having fun at Hogwarts, even though I'm not there to brighten your lives. ( Hope you haven't been bugging the teachers up. I'll have you know that I beat you on First-Month Scores, which will probably be put up today. Professor McGonagall herself told me. ( Although I'm pretty busy at work, I'll be sure to be at the Halloween Ball . you just have to look for me.
But . I do have a riddle for you. Where can you buy frogs and quills and sugar pills, bugs and beans and other such things?
If you find it . you find a treat!
That's all I'm saying for now! Bye.
Your sunshine of the day with whom you cannot live without for if you did live without me, you would be permanently stuck in First Year with no one to tell you to study or check your homework,
Hermione
To be continued .