Silver Hourglass

Dolores Umbridge Chapter 42

Draco was right, Harry was sore the next morning. He woke up groaning, a dull pain in his backside as memories of last night filled his mind. "Dray..." he groaned, trying to get up, only for Draco's hand to gently keep him down. "Get on your stomach love, and I'll give you a massage," Draco said.

Harry nodded and rolled onto his stomach. He closed his eyes as Draco took the ointment and rubbed Harry's back and butt, getting rid of the soreness last night's excitement caused. Later that morning, Harry and Draco were in the Great Hall, and Harry looked at the staff table. Professor Grubbly-Plank was chatting to Professor Sinistra, the Astronomy teacher, and Hagrid was once again conspicuous only by his absence.

"Dumbledore didn't even mention how long that Grubbly-Plank woman's staying," Harry said to his friends.

"Maybe..." Theo said.

"What?"

"Maybe... well, maybe he didn't want to draw attention to Hagrid not being here." Theo said.

"How can we not notice?" Blaise said. "It's Hagrid! He's probably three times the size of Profressor Grubbly-Plank."

Professor Snape moved down the table, handing out schedules. He simply gave Harry and Draco a look as he handed them their schedules. "Let's see," Draco said looking at their schedules.

"We have all classes with Gryffindors," Theo said with a slight grimace.

"That's no fun," Blaise said.

"History of Magic, double Potions, Divination, and double Defense Against the Dark Arts..." Harry read from his list. "Great, the only thing to look forward is Professor Snape."

"Who knows, Umbridge could be an interesting teacher," Theo said.

"Not after that speech she gave us," Harry said. "You heard her, the Ministry is infiltrating Hogwarts. Her classes will probably be the worst."

"Which is really awful considering it's our O.W.L. year," Draco said.

"What does that mean exactly?" Harry asked confused.

"O.W.L.s are really important love They can affect the jobs you can apply for, and the N.E.W.T.s courses we will be taking next year. We also get career advice later in the year, so that we know what O.W.L.s we need for our jobs." Draco explained.

Harry nodded and looked around, "Do you know what you want to do after Hogwarts anyway?" he asked as they stood up and left the Great Hall, and set off toward their History of Magic classroom.

"I haven't been thinking about it," Blaise said.

"How is that not surprising," Theo sighed. He thought about it and said "I would most likely work in the Ministry... though it would be nice to be a Healer. How about you Harry? Draco?"

"Well I know I'm obviously taking over Malfoy Apothecary, but I'll most likely work in the Ministry like Father," Draco said. He looked down at his Potter, and said "Love?"

"After Sirius showed me the picture of my parents... I just really want to be an Auror," Harry said.

"An Auror? You know you'll have to become very skilled at many areas for that, Harry," Theo said.

"He's right, the Aurors are basically the elite of the elite, but I know you'll become one, love," Draco said kissing Harry's blushing cheek.

History of Magic was by common consent the most boring subject ever divised by Wizard-kind, second followed by Muggle Studies, which was invented for wizards such as Mr. Weasley, who were fascinated at the intricate details of the workings of a rubber-ducky. Professor Binns, the ghost teacher, had a wheezy, droning voice that was almost guaranteed to cause severe drowsiness within ten minutes. Harry somehow was able to scrape passes in this subject, mostly due to Draco trying to keep Harry awake, while he also tried his best to fight the tiredness that Professor Binns' voice caused. Today however, instead of suffering the three-quarters of an hour's droning on the subject of giant wars, Harry and Draco were both asleep in five minutes, the exhaustion from last night's activities still not entirely gone.