year? He couldn't seem to think of anything that would be useful in an exam.
Amelia didn't seem worried. Ron looked as though he'd just been told he had to go and live in the Forbidden Forest.
'Can you imagine me taking exams with this?' he asked Harry, holding up his wand, which had just started whistling loudly.
*
Three days before their first exam, Professor McGonagall made another announcement at breakfast.
'I have good news,' she said, and the Great Hall, instead of falling silent, erupted.
'Dumbledore's coming back!' several people yelled joyfully. 'You've caught the heir of Slytherin!' squealed a girl on the Ravenclaw table.
'Quidditch matches are back on!' roared Wood excitedly.
When the hubbub had subsided, Professor McGonagall said, 'Professor Sprout has informed me that the Mandrakes are ready for cutting at last. Tonight, we will be able to revive those people who have been Petrified. I need hardly remind you all that one of them may well be able to tell us who, or what, attacked them. I am hopeful that this dreadful year will end with our catching the culprit.'
There was an explosion of cheering. Harry looked over at the Slytherin table and wasn't at all surprised to see that Draco Malfoy hadn't joined in. Amelia smiled widely. Ron, however, was looking happier than he'd looked in days.
'It won't matter that we never asked Myrtle, then!' he said to Harry. 'Hermione'll probably have all the answers when they wake her up! Mind you, she'll go mad when she finds out we've got exams in three days' time. She hasn't revised. It might be kinder to leave her where she is till they're over.'
Just then, Ginny Weasley came over and sat down next to Ron. She looked tense and nervous, and Harry noticed that her hands were twisting in her lap.
'What's up?' said Ron, helping himself to more porridge.
Ginny didn't say anything, but glanced up and down the Gryffindor table with a scared look on her face that reminded Harry of someone, though he couldn't think who.
'Spit it out,' said Ron, watching her. Amelia slapped Ron upside the head. 'Be nice.'
Harry suddenly realised who Ginny looked like. She was
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FanfictionPlease read my first book, Amelia Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. PART 1 and PART 2 first or none of the following will make sense. Thank you. This story is marked CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION not becouse I wish for people to rewrite my work but b...
