Harry Potter's sister ~~~ Fanfiction

Different exams part 109

From that day on, Hogwarts and the Ministry exchanged a war of words using the Prophet as the messenger. Hermione received a reply from her parents confirming they were not consulted. They also wrote that they had called Colin's family and confirmed that they had not been consulted either. The Clearwaters reported their parents had similarly been ignored, as did Justin Finch-Fletchley and Dean Thomas, though not a Muggleborn he was Muggle raised like Harry and Emma.

Dumbledore personally brought this concern to the Prophet, who of course retracted their figure and apologised for the error, but Fudge was quoted in the article stating that these parents could not be counted on to vote reliably as they were not a part of this world which of course caused a lot of anger amongst the children of Muggles.

By the third week after Easter, most supporters of Professor Lupin had taken to just ignoring the Prophet in order to feel better. Harry and Emma included, though Hermione kept up to date, just in case something important came up.

Remus was visibly down as a result of the recent bad press. But he kept his spirits up during lessons and study sessions, many of his students would one day tell their children of the man's demonstrations of courage when they recounted this historic time.

But even Harry and Emma soon had to divert their attentions away from the campaign in the face of exams. With the first one just two weeks away, Hermione surprised almost all those who knew her by having a very heated spat with Professor Trelawney during Divination which ended with her taking one less subject in the Hogwarts curriculum. She was still stressed out, but to Harry there was a notable difference in her workload, which made him distinctly relieved.

As the weeks passed by, the war of words in the Prophet continued. Certain comments Lucius Malfoy made implying the Board of Governors was a group of incompetents, Harry suspected, led to the Board of Governors expressing some potentially controversial comments regarding the mental competence of Malfoy, Fudge and several other critics.

"Ready for this?" Harry asked Emma when he met her in the Common Room.

"No." She said weakly.

"Professor McGonagall would have told you if she thought you had a problem. I've seen your transfiguration, I'm convinced you'll pass." He said comfortingly.

Emma found herself sweating like crazy as she, Ginny and Demelza hung about outside the Transfiguration classroom with assorted Ravenclaws waiting for their turn to do the Practical Exam.

After not a very long time, Pierre Popesco, a Ravenclaw in Emma's year left the Classroom and a few seconds later McGonagall called.

"Miss Potter."

Emma nervously entered the Classroom. McGonagall sat at her desk writing information down on a sheet of parchment.

"Right Miss Potter." Said McGonagall. "As you and the rest of your classmates didn't sit an exam last year, I am also administering a First Year Practical. So to begin with."

McGonagall waved her wand and a matchstick flew across and landed on a desk.

"Please change this into a needle?"

Emma grinned as she remembered the first spell she ever cast. "Ad Acus!"

The match change into a perfect needle.