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  d of the grandn she39s got, rather than the one she thks she ought to have - particurly after what happened at the istry”
  neville turned very pk and blked nfedly profesr cgonagall had never paid hi a plint before
  ”i39 rry, longbotto, but i cannot let you to y newt css i see that you have an 39exceeds expectations39 char however - why not try for a newt chars?”
  ”y grandother thks chars is a ft option,” ubled neville
  ”take chars,” said profesr cgonagall, ”and i shall drop augta a le redg her that jt becae she failed her chars owl, the subject is not necessarily worthless” silg slightly at the look of delighted credulity on neville39s face, profesr cgonagall tapped a bnk schedule with the tip of her wand and handed it, now carryg details of his new csses, to neville
  profesr cgonagall turned next to parvati patil, whose first estion was whether firenze, the hand centaur, was still teachg divation
  ”he and profesr trewney are dividg csses beeen the this year,” said profesr cgonagall, a ht of disapproval her voice it was on knowled that she despised the subject of divation ”the sixth year is beg taken by profesr trewney”
  parvati set off for divation five utes ter lookg slightly crestfallen
  ”, potter, potter  ” said profesr cgonagall, nsultg her notes as she turned to harry ”chars, defense agast the dark arts, herbology, transfiguration all fe i t say, i was pleased with your transfiguration ark, potter, very pleased now, why haven39t you applied to ntue with potions? i thought it was your abition to bee an auror?”
  ”it was, but you told i had to t an 39outstandg39 y owl, profesr”
  ”and you did when profesr snape was teachg the subject profesr sghorn, however, is perfectly happy to aept newt students with 39exceeds expectations39 at owl do you wish to proceed with potions?”
  ”yes,” said harry, ”but i didn39t buy the books or any gredients or anythg-”
  ”i39 sure profesr sghorn will be able to lend you ,” said profesr cgonagall ”very well, potter, here is your schedule oh, by the way- enty hopefuls have already put down their nas for the gryffdor idditch tea i shall pass the list to you due urse and you can fix up trials at your leisure”
  a few utes ter, ron was cleared to do the sa subjects as harry, and the o of the left the table tother
  ”look,” said ron delightedly, gazg ar his schedule, ”we39ve got a free period now  and a free period after
  eak  and after nch  excellent”
  they returned to the on roo, which was epty apart fro a half dozen seventh years, cdg katie bell, the only reag ber of the origal gryffdor idditch tea that harry had joed his first year
  ”i thought you39d t that, well done,” she called over, potg at the captas bad on harry39s chest ”tell when you call trials!”
  ”don39t be stupid,” said harry, ”you don39t need to try out, i watched you py for five years  ”
  ”you tn39t start off like that,” she said warngly ”for all you know, there39s one uch better than out there good teas have been rued before now becae captas jt kept pyg the old faces, or lettg their friends ”
  ron looked a little unfortable and began pyg with the fand frisbee herione had taken fro the fourth-year student it zood around the on roo, snarlg and atteptg to take bites of the tapestry crookshanks39s yellow eyes followed it and he hissed when it ca too close
  an hour ter they rectantly left the sunlit on roo for the defense agast the dark arts cssroo four floors below herione was already eug outside, carryg an arful of heavy books and lookg put-upon
  ”we got uch howork for runes,” she said anxioly when harry and ron joed her ”a fifteen-ch essay, o transtions, and i39ve got to read these by wednesday!”
  ”sha,” yawned ron
  ”you wait,” she said resentfully ”i bet snape gives loads”
  the cssroo door opened as she spoke, and snape stepped to the rridor, his sallow face frad as ever by o curtas of greasy bck hair silence fell over the eue idiately
  ”side,” he said
  harry looked around as they entered snape had iposed his pernality upon the roo already it was gl