Jacob ate his breakfast quietly before walking with Luna to his first class. He was relieved to see that once again he had Transfiguration. After watching him transfigure several objects into knives (not the assignment), Professor McGonagall admitted that Jacob needs more advanced work. She gave him a more advanced assignment and proceeded to teach the class what first years are supposed to learn.
The next class was Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Lockhart gave out a quiz. Jacob looked down at his paper. Not knowing how to read, the quiz was completely useless. He waved his wand over it and watched it ignite into a ball of fire. He levitated the fire and danced it towards Professor Lockhart. Professor Lockhart screamed and backed into the corner. The fire followed him. He waved his wand and shouted, "Aguamenti!" Water squirted from his wand. The fireball ducked out of the line of water.
"Will someone please remove this fire?" Professor Lockhart asked.
Jacob reluctantly put out the fire.
"I knew how to do that," Professor Lockhart said. "I just wanted to see if anybody else knows how to."
Suddenly, Professor Lockhart was bound in ropes.
"Who is doing this?" Professor Lockhart asked.
The whole class looked at Jacob.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked.
Jacob picked up his mirror.
"Because you're a fraud," he heard the mirror say.
"You're the one with autism," Professor Lockhart commented. "I can cure you if you want."
The ropes suddenly jerked Professor Lockhart upside-down. A fire ignited at the end of the rope. Several house elves burst into the room followed by Professor Dumbledore. He immediately put out the fire, but left Professor Lockhart dangling upside-down.
"The house elves informed me that you lost control," Professor Dumbledore said to Jacob. "Can you explain what happened?"
Jacob took a deep breath before picking up his mirror.
"Professor Lockhart said he can cure me," Jacob said. "He's a fraud."
"I'll discuss your concerns with him," Professor Dumbledore said. "Class dismissed."
During lunch, all the Ravenclaws were talking about Jacob's performance in class. While the previous day led to lots of admirers, now students were getting annoyed with the constant time wasting. Most of the older girls especially thought that what Jacob did to Professor Lockhart was horrible. Only a small group of Ravenclaws still found Jacob's antics entertaining.
After lunch was History of Magic. Jacob walked through Professor Binns the first chance he had. After getting reprimanded, he sat down quietly and didn't interrupt for the next twenty minutes. Finally, Jacob felt he could sit no longer. He stood up and walked through Professor Binns again.
"Young man," Professor Binns said. "I told you that I don't find your behavior entertaining."
"I don't find your class entertaining," Jacob said via the mirror.
"That's because you weren't listening," Professor Binns said. "Now stay in your seat or you will lose Ravenclaw five points."
Jacob reluctantly sat quietly for the rest of the lesson.
The last class of the day was Potions. Once again, Jacob tried tasting ingredients while making his potion. Once again, Professor Snape yelled at him. With Luna's help, Jacob produced a perfect potion for curing boils. Not wanting to get yelled at again, Jacob decided to ask Professor Snape before sampling his potion. He picked up his mirror, concentrating on sounding polite.
"Excuse me, Professor Snape," Jacob's voice asked. "Can I please sample the potion?"
"Why would you want to?" Professor Snape asked scornfully. "Do you have boils anywhere?"
"Possibly on my brain," Jacob answered.
For the first time since Professor Snape started teaching, he had to fight back the urge to laugh.
"Out of my class," he snapped struggling to keep a straight face. Upon noticing the hurt look on Jacob's face, he added, "Five points for a perfect potion. Just don't try sampling it again."
Eventually, all the Ravenclaws got used to Jacob. He no longer snuck out at night, thanks to the sleeping potion. He was obviously advanced at Transfiguration and Charms and was able to help older students with practical homework. Potions and Herbology were slightly more challenging as Jacob was not allowed to eat any ingredients or plants, but with Luna at his side, he was able to get top marks. He constantly annoyed Professors Snape and Sprout by asking if he can taste things. Professor Sprout took it in stride, reminding him patiently that not everything is meant to be eaten. Professor Snape did not exhibit much patience but had to admit that as long as Luna read the directions aloud, Jacob's potions were always perfect. History of Magic and Defense Against Dark Arts were the two classes that everyone wished Jacob would drop. He spent the whole class pranking his teachers. Some of the Ravenclaws started a petition to get Jacob moved to Gryffindor where his pranks would be more appreciated. They stopped when Jacob told them that the hat said he didn't have enough confidence for Gryffindor. The house elves took turns dressing and cleaning Jacob. Jacob continued using his mirror to communicate and started using it for words he can say himself. It just seemed so much easier than actually opening his mouth. Slowly, Jacob was accepted as a Ravenclaw, considered quirky, but not that much more quirky than Luna.