After Ari's career advice session, school suddenly got very interesting. It began when the Weasley twins turned the entire entrance hall into a swamp. Umbridge sent Filch to get the approval for whipping, but when he came back, Fred and George summoned their brooms and flew away, telling everyone the address of their store and they get a discount if the products are being used on Umbridge.
Suddenly, dung bombs and stink pellets were all over the school. Ari got used to walking around with a bubble head charm. People were using skiving snack boxes to get out of class. Ari couldn't since they weren't kosher, but he remembered one thing his mother said that was useful in that situation. He told his whole class about it, and whenever Umbridge sent one student out to go to the hospital wing, the whole class stood up and said, "United we stand, united we fall. Out goes one, out goes all," and they all walked out. They got detention for it, but so did other entire classes, so nobody took it seriously.
Ari remembered a story his mother told him about when they ended up with a teacher in tears, and it wasn't even their fault. A troublemaker from the class next door made a hole in the wall between the classrooms and kept the whole class entertained by dropping small pieces of paper through the hole during class. The teacher didn't know why everyone was laughing and ended up leaving the room in tears.
Ari decided to try a magical version of that prank. During a free period, he stood outside the defense classroom. When Umbridge wasn't looking, he blasted a small hole in the wall. He enchanted some parchments to go through the hole and enlarge themselves when they got to the front of the room. The first parchment read "Toad Umbridge at your service". Ari heard the whole class laugh and Umbridge ask what they're laughing at. He quickly sent in another parchment which said, "It's funny that an idiot like you became professor." He managed to send in a few more notes before Umbridge caught on and went to check the corridor to see who was there. Ari just managed to hide on time. When Umbridge came close to his hiding place, he whispered a stunning hex and watched her fall. He casually made his way to his next class as if nothing happened.
With the OWLs approaching, most people were busy studying. Ari didn't bother; he had better ways to waste his time.
"How many hours do you do a day?" Ernie asked Ari in Potions.
"What are you talking about?" Ari asked curiously.
"Revising for OWLs!" Ernie told him, shocked that he wasn't thinking about it.
"I don't study," Ari explained. "Either you know something or you don't. If I know it, there's no reason to study, since I know it already. If I don't know it, studying won't help. Why bother?"
Some people were impressed with Ari's attitude but others were extremely bothered by it.
"How did he end up in Ravenclaw?" he heard someone whisper.
The first exam was Charms. Ari easily answered all the questions in the theory exam. His problem was with the practical.
Ari was supposed to turn a rat orange. He slowly approached the table but backed up and screamed when the rat moved. He quickly vanished his rat and turned back to the examiner. The examiner told him to try again.
"I think I'll pass," Ari told him. "I don't really like animals."
"I'm not so sure you'll pass," the examiner retorted.
"If I get an O on the theory and a D on the practical that should average to an A" Ari reasoned.
He did the charms that did not involve animals, and left as soon as he was done.
The next day was Transfiguration. Once again, the written exam was easy and the practical involved animals. Ari vanished whatever animal he was given regardless of what was supposed to be done with it. He was happy when he done.
Ari was surprised that he didn't remember everything in Herbology. He figured it's because it's not an important subject and Professor Sprout never really lectured them the way McGonagall and Flitwick did.
Defense Against Dark Arts was another easy test. Ari felt that Harry had them all prepared to do well. He walked out of the practical very confidently, knowing he did well.
Friday was Ancient Runes. Ari remembered most of the runes, so it wasn't too difficult. He was happy to go home for Shabbos, but knew that he had another week of tests.
Monday as Potions, which Ari thought was incredibly easy. On Tuesday, Ari had a day off and kept himself entertained watching everyone else study. Wednesday was Astronomy and Arithmancy. It was Wednesday night when things got interesting.
Ari was half asleep as he looked through his telescope and marked things on his parchment. Towards the end of the exam, there was some drama at the groundkeeper's hut. Ari vaguely remembered the giant who took them in boats during their first year. He had nothing to do with Hagrid since then, although he did hear rumors last year that he was actually a half giant. He watched through his telescope as a bunch of aurors tried to stun Hagrid before McGonagall came to his defense. He was horrified when McGonagall took five stunners to the chest and watched Hagrid singlehandedly take on all the aurors.
After the exam, some people stayed up in the common room to discuss what happened. Ari was tired and wanted to sleep, so he stayed out of the conversations.
The next day was History of Magic. Ari easily answered whichever questions he knew and was surprised when Harry ended up on the floor with what looked like a seizure.
On Friday, everyone was talking about how Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville spent the night at the ministry of magic, fighting death eaters. Ari wondered why the rest of Dumbledore's Army wasn't called in to join, but happy to see that Dumbledore was back.