Chapter 5- N.E.W.T Classes

Transfiguration was harder than Harry had thought it would be. The cat that he was supposed to turn into a twig somehow became a turtle. He didn't know what he did, but he was glad that his didn't become what Ron's was. Ron's cat turned into a python. Harry was almost positive that it looked exactly like the serpent in the dreams he had had last year. Harry thought that he was seeing things, so he just continued to work. Hermione, however, transformed the cat into a twig her very first time. Harry and Ron both knew that she had practiced day and night to get into N.E.W.T classes. Their first N.E.W.T class was horrible.

Harry's next class was Defense Against the Dark Arts. Neither Ron nor Hermione made it into the N.E.W.T class. Hermione wasn't that upset about it.

"It isn't really my subject. I don't plan on becoming anything that needs Defense Against the Dark Arts, so why bother?" Hermione said as they walked to their next class.

Harry thought she was just trying to make herself feel better. Hermione had her N.E.W.T Arithemacy and Ron had Astronomy.

To Harry's surprise, Professor Lupin had returned! He was really excited and glad. Professor Lupin was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher they had ever had. Since Harry was in the N.E.W.T class, Prof. Lupin was reviewing the basic spell of Stunning. It was the easiest, yet most useful spell. Throughout the class, yells of "STUPEFY" filled the room. Soon, the class was over. What was an hour felt like 2 minutes. Harry couldn't wait for the next lesson.

Harry met Ron in the corridor on the way to lunch and bumped into Fred and George in the corridor as they walked to the Great Hall together. The Weasley twins were trying to sell more Extendable Ears. Now, since everyone was quite sure that Lord Voldemort was back, everyone wanted to eavesdrop on teachers talking about it.

Harry and Ron didn't want to interfere with the business, so they continued to walk. If Hermione had seen that she would have wanted to fulfill her job as prefect. When they reached the Great Hall, they found Hermione already in her seat. She was saving two seats. The one across from her was for Harry and he one right next to her was for Ron. They all sat and pretended to listen to Hermione talk about her N.E.W.T Arithemacy lesson.

As Harry looked around, He spotted Luna Lovegood. He had to speak to her.