Chapter 36-
James had been anticipating this final, clearly bragging about how he had become the smartest Transfiguration student ever.
"Don't be silly, James!" Sirius laughed, as Lars had managed to catch up to them, and explain what he had just witnessed.
"His spell," Lars panicked. James and Sirius had never seen Lars so nervous, Remus who had been awfully quiet, finally spoke up.
"Montague Kane is becoming very strong," Remus managed to say, even in fear that Montague was right behind him, which fortunately for Remus, Montague wasn't.
"Let's just enter class!" Lars managed to yell. "We can always talk about this in the common room,"
McGonagall had a mostly written exam, with a few spells. Lars saw Montague come in way later, Montague just made it in, so did Severus.
"Excellent students!" McGonagall exclaimed. "Now exceed on your final!" So McGonagall let the students start. Lars had a very weird time with the test, which James seemed to do excellent in.
After the test, which Lars eventually was satisfied with, The second year finals were not as stressful as the first.
Lars, James, Sirius and Remus had been satisfied with their finals, though Peter had struggled, but he found his way through. Soon enough, May had almost been completed. The Finals were almost over, only one that remained was the Potions one.
Lars and James headed to Potions together, as Anna ran ahead of Lily, behind James and Lars. Anna had wanted to speak with Lars.
"Lars," she said softly.
"Yes?" Lars asked, quietly, confused at the sudden question.
"Are you ready for the Slug Club?" Anna asked, she had spoken a lot to Lars lately, though Lily pulled Anna away.
"Lets not deal with these people," Lily laughed, and walked into Potions class, waiting for Slughorn to set everyone down.
As Lars walked in, his path was blocked by Montague Kane. Montague had his wand up at Lars.
"Remember our deal?" Montague asked Lars. "Don't forget!" Montague smirked at James, as Lars saw Sirius and Remus must have gone together, with Peter. After all, Lars and James did get a late start in the morning.
"What was the deal exactly," James asked Lars, as they walked into Potions.
"We shall discuss that after this final," Lars whispered to James, as they just stood in the class, staring at Professor Slughorn.
"Sit down, please!" Slughorn said. He had all the students prepare for the final by a practice potion, something Lars had worked well with. Slughorn seemed to wink at Lars and Lily multiple times.
Then they started the exam, mostly a pratical, with a small written. Lars was the first to finish, and when he did, he winked at James and Sirius and Remus, who were still working. As well as staring at Montague and Severus, who seemed to eye Lars back, knowing the situation. The Finals were over, and Lars knowing the situation, quickly hurried back to the Gryffindor common room, more concerned with the plan that was made with Montague then his own final grades, though he was sure he passed them all.