𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬

Ch 123 - Going Home

When they entered the Great Hall, and sat down, Professor McGonagall announced that, as a treat for enduring the year, exams were canceled.

Hermione turned her face towards the boy, her left arm possessively around his waist, fixing him in the seat, looking stricken.

“Hey, you can take a break for one year. They were due to start in three days...”

'Three days?!” she shrieked, “How long was I petrified for?”

“A couple of months,” Lucifer's tone was normal, but the girl had now lost her sense of reason. 

“I'll have missed out on so much, so many lessons, you'll have to help me catch up, Lucifer. Over the summer-!”

“You're going to France....I already made several bottles on your request, so that you won't go hungry over th-”

And, Hermione gave another little squeal, began listing off how they can use the mirror, to help with the past lessons.

Draco Malfoy was no longer acting like he owned the place after his father had been sacked as a School Governor.

While seeing Ginny not looking pale and actually lively also made Lucifer smile, knowing she was free from Riddle's influence.

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“What are we meant to do with Defence Against the Dark Arts now?” Ron asked, looking down at his timetable, as they were due there in ten minutes.

“They're cancelled,” Lucifer gave a whistle, “We just don't go, consider them free periods!”

'Brilliant!' Ron also said eagerly as he tucked his timetable away.

Hermione gave her boyfriend a disappointing tut, she didn't like his idea of skipping classes. What if they hired a new teacher?

Even though, knew it's just impossible, but still...

“Come on, Hermione. You know, he actually didn't teach us anything, right?” Harry said, “The most exciting lesson was the one Lucifer ridiculed hi-”

“You insulted him?!” Hermione asked,  spinning to look at Lucifer, with a disbelief expression.

“He was insulting Hagrid, said that he was definitely guilty for the snake or he wouldn't have been taken away. I couldn't exactly break his spine, but Lockhart deserved it, and the chair, and the book...” Lucifer just marked his own death.

“What do you mean?” Hermione asked warningly, her fingers twitching, eyes narrowed at this boy's figure.

“Did you cause trouble, while I was gone?”

“I mean I magically threw a chair at him at the end, then Thomas also threw a book. Or so he tells me, I stormed out before-' but Lucifer paused seeing the look on his girlfriend's face.

“Now I know how you feel about breaking the school rules, or causing trouble which may lead to expuls-”

“I'm going to give you a ten second head start, Lucifer. You'd best hope that giant snake taught you how to run faster than me!”

They returned to the common room that night with Harry, Ron and Hermione in very high spirits and Lucifer wincing slightly as he walked.

“Proud of yourself?” Hermione asked him as she slotted into the same armchair as him in the common room.

“Couldn't be prouder,” he said, throwing his arm around her.

Hermione gave a loud snort.

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