Everything Your Heart Desires
By: EvelynRose
Chapter 5
Hogsmead O.W.L.'s
The five of them were crowded around one of the tables in the Three Broomsticks. They chatted happily while waiting for Madam Rosemereta to come take their orders.
"So, Harry, what did you get on your O.W.L.'s?" Hermione asked.
"I think I did pretty well actually, I might even stand a chance of becoming an Auror after all. Here's my letter," Harry replied, withdrawing a folded piece of parchment from his pocket and passing it to her.
Hermione unfolded it eagerly and began to read.
Dear Mr. Potter,
We are glad that you have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for five long years. We are pleased to present you with your Fifth Year O.W.L. results. Below your results is the suggested list of classes you should take, along with the electives Hogwarts is now offering. Please send an owl back to us, confirming your courses for your Sixth and Seventh years.
Sincerely,
Griselda Marchbanks
Head of Wizarding Examinations Authority
Below are the results of your O.W.L. exams.
Potions: O
Charms: E
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O & 1 Bonus Point
Transfiguration: E
Divination: P
Care of Magical Creatures: O
Herbology: E
History of Magic: A
Astronomy: A
Total number of O.W.L.'s: 9
Suggested Courses for your Sixth and Seventh years:
N.E.W.T. Potions
N.E.W.T. Charms
N.E.W.T. Defense Against the Dark Arts
N.E.W.T. Transfiguration
Herbology
Apparating
Please choose four of the following electives to take for your last two years at Hogwarts, and send this letter back no later than August 1st.
Hogwarts Electives:
Occlumency
Animagi and Metamorphmagi
The Return of Lord Voldemort
Dueling and the D.A.
Early Auror Training (You must be in N.E.W.T. Potions, N.E.W.T. Charms, N.E.W.T. DADA, and N.E.W.T. Transfiguration to take this course)
Ancient Runes
Arithmancy
Muggle Studies
Astronomy
Advanced Ancient Runes
Advanced Arithmancy
Divination
Care of Magical Creatures
Harry,
Due to the fact that you studied Occlumency last year, you need not study it again this year. I thought you might enjoy taking, Animagi and Metamorphmagi, and Early Auror Training. I must tell you now that you and Ms. Granger are to be teaching the Dueling and the D.A. class, and getting paid, 15 galleons a week. That particular course will be offered to all students, Years 1-3, Years 4 & 5, and Years 6 & 7. I was also hoping that you would help me instruct The Return of Lord Voldemort class, seeing as how you have had the most experience with old Tom.
Albus Dumbledore
P.S.
You have also been put back on the Quidditch team. Your broom is in my office. You are also now the Quidditch Captain. Ms. Johnson thought, even though you were banned most of last year, that you were the best candidate for the job. I expect you to come up with some sort of schedule for practices and try outs. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
A.P.W.B.D.
"Wow Harry! Nine O.W.L.'s! That's great! I got O's in everything. 14 O.W.L.'s!" Hermione told him excitedly, passing the parchment to Harry's father.
"That's great Hermione. So you're going to be teaching then?" Lily asked the girl.
"Yes, I told Professor Dumbledore I would. Are you going to teach too Harry?" she asked her best friend.
"Well yeah. Why do you think he chose us?" Harry questioned.
"Well it's probably because you headed the D.A. last year. And the two of us do have the highest Defense grades in our year. Maybe even in the entire school," she reasoned.
That seemed to make sense to Harry.
"So who do you think Dumbledore hired to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts this year? Maybe they'll last more than one year," Harry stated.
"Me," Sirius answered.
"And me," James added, not looking up from the piece of parchment.
"Oh t-this year i-is g-going t-to be great! T-two of H-Hogwarts b-biggest p-pranksters t-teaching! O-Oh t-that's a r-r-riot!" Lily choked out between laughs.
"What would you all like to drink?"
It was Madam Rosemereta.
James looked up from Harry's O.W.L. results.
Her eyes went wide when she saw the faces of the three adults.
"Y-You're all s-supposed t-to be d-d-dead. R-Right?" she asked fearfully.
"Actually, partly thanks to that veil in the Department of Mysteries, and partly to dratted Death Eater cousin, we're all very much alive," Sirius said happily.
"O-Oh. Ok then. A-Anything t-to d-drink?" she asked again, still quite afraid of talking to three previously deceased people.
"Um, we'll have two butterbeers, a tropical margarita, and two firewhiskey's." James told the bartender.
Only moments later she reappeared with their drinks.
"Thanks Rosie!" Sirius told her.
For the next thirty or forty minutes, they talked about anything and everything.
"Zonko's anyone?" James asked as they left the jovial pub.
"Who needs Zonko's when they're the 'super secret business partner' of Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes?" Harry said pointedly. Hermione laughed. "I here Fred and George just opened a new shop here in Hogsmead, to 'better serve the Hogwarts populace.' They plan to put Zonko's out of business," Harry added.
"Well let's go there then. Any joke shop is fine with me," James said a bit ruefully.
After buying a few things at 'WWW,' they headed off to Honeydukes to satisfy their sweet teeth.
Harry got some Chocolate Frogs, Sugar Quills, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, and some Acid Pops. Hermione replenished her supply of Sugar Quills. Lily bought some Chocolate Frogs. While James and Sirius each bought some of everything!
Twenty minutes later, they headed back towards the castle, their moneybags considerably lighter.