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It had been a month since the golden trio's return to Hogwarts and things had started going back to normal again. Professor McGonagall was Headmistress but she still taught transfiguration since they had not managed to find another teacher yet, but there was a new DADA teacher called Professor Nims. He was nice but strange in Hermione's opinion. He wore a long emerald green cloak over normal muggle clothes. Well, they weren't exactly "normal" seeing as he wore a black t.shirt which had strange ancient runes embroidered on it, with a pair of faded blue jeans and he wore the same clothes everyday except at the start of term feast when he had worn plain black robes.

"What kind of name is that anyway?" asked Ginny, grinning. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were sitting on the edge of the black lake, doing homework and enjoying the sunshine. They had just had their last class before morning break. Harry and Ron were busy scribbling away on parchment because they had their potions class in about ten minutes and they had been putting the homework away since last weak. Hermione and Ginny had of course done it three days ago.

"Yeah, you know I once saw a movie called Nim's Island, except in the movie Nim was a girl." chuckled Harry.

"Hey, Hermione, can i borrow your History of Magic notes?" asked Ron, "I need to check something."

"Ron, you have to start working now because we have our NEWTS this June!" snapped Hermione, "I've already made study timetables for all of us."

"Gee thanks, Hermione." said Ron in an undertone, "We have eight whole MONTHS till the exams."

Harry was quietly doing his Potions homework. Professor Slughorn had started giving them lots of homework lately.

"Hey Hermione, can you go through this please?"

"Sure, Harry,." said Hermione. She read for a while, then looked up.

"Harry we made Veritiserum in class today and you've written it's purple."

"Oh, okay. Thanks so much, Hermione." Harry replied, smiling gratefully. Ron raised his eyebrows and said,

"How come you help him and not me?" he asked in a mock-innocent tone.

"Because, Ronald, Harry has enough brains to actually do his work whereas you want to copy my notes!"

"And also because I have the proper skills required to ask Hermione for her help," Harry whispered, grinning while Hermione and Ginny talked about Transfiguration.

"At breakfast the next day, Harry, Hermione and Ginny got identical letters addressed to them in black loopy handwriting

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"Hey, Slughorn's having a party before Halo'ween." said Ginny. "Should be fun right?" she asked Harry.

"Yeah." said Harry. but seeing all those owls had brought back painful memories of Hedwig.

They had transfiguration first and Professor McGonagall was waiting for them when they got there. Harry, Ron and Hermione made there way with Ginny to their usual table at the back.

"Three people to a table, don't you remember?" Hermione said.

There was no free table except one near the window and someone was already sitting there. A certain brown haired girl who had bright brown eyes. Her hair was hanging lose over her right shoulder blocking her notes from view.. It was Lavender Brown. Ginny seemed reluctant to sit with her, but Harry gave her a reassuring smile and after a heavy sigh she made her way over to her. Harry saw her say an an awkward Hi to Lavender and then burry her head in the Transfiguration textbook.

Ten minutes into the lesson, Parvati Patil came rushing in, breathless. Professor McGonagall's nostrils flared dangerously.

"Miss Patil, I will not have this again. This is the third time this weak! Ten points from Gryfindor!"

"Sorry, Professor." said Pervati looking frantically around for a table.

"Well, all the tables are taken but...yes there's one at the back." Oh no, Was this going where Harry thought it was? Yes it was, he answered himself just as Professor McGonagall said,"Sit there with Miss Weasley and Miss Brown."

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"That was such an awkward lesson." said Ginny as they made their way over to the dungeons for Potions. They had to pair up with someone to brew a potion to cure cuts and bruises. Ron and Hermione paired up and Ginny inched awkwardly towards Luna.. This left Harry to join Nevile

"Hi Harry." he said.

"Hey Newile." he replied. They made their Potion last because it kept turning a revolting shade of yellow as Neville kept adding the wrong ingredients. At last Harry made his way to the front, trying to block the sniggers from the Slytherins as his robes were splattered with yellow liquid,, but they stopped when Slughorn said

"Excellent job m'dears. Take ten points."

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