"Abysmal! Finnigan, I daresay you have taken over Longbottom's spot as the worst student at Hogwarts. Then again, I doubt anyone could be worse than that fool." Severus Snape said as he glided around the Potions dungeon, attacking the slightest fault in any of the students. Harry's potion was much too thick, and he knew that it was only a matter of time before- "Potter! What is this abomination? Ten points from Gryffindor for!" "Please Professor Snape! He only needs a bit of Holesboar plant to-" "Granger, I do not remember asking for your useless knowledge" "He seems to be even more horrible than usual" Ron was right. Perhaps it was Lupin's return that was making Snape become increasingly evil. Though Harry noticed that his erratic behavior seemed to have begun after he saw Snape talking deeply to Firenze, the Centaur Divination teacher. Harry had long since dropped his Divination classes, but he still had meetings with Firenze frequently. Harry thought it was best to have a teacher who could interpret the stars accurately. With increasingly heavier times approaching, he wanted to make sure that he was one step ahead of Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Lucius Malfoy and the other loyal Voldemort followers, had recently broken out of the Wizarding prison, Azkaban and that fact, had no doubt, contributed to the vindictive grin on Draco Malfoy's face as he smashed his roots and dropped them into his cauldron across the room.