After the Easter holiday, the atmosphere in Hogwarts suddenly became much more tense, because in more than two months, the OWLS and NEWTS exams, which to a certain extent will determine the fate of most wizards, will begin.
Harry has spent almost three years at Hogwarts, but in his first and second years, he didn't feel the tense atmosphere too much. But this year is different from the past. Ron's three brothers, Fred, George and Percy, will all face these two important exams, so to a certain extent, he also feels this tense atmosphere.
Sirius has also been under a lot of pressure recently, because the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is also the most important part of these two exams, and except for the half year when Professor Blaine and Professor Lupin took over as substitute teachers, Hogwarts The teaching level of this course is obvious to all.
Sirius is not a person who is willing to sit down and sit down. Although he is the professor of this course just to help Dumbledore, he obviously will not let the name of incompetence fall on him.
In particular, every day when eating, there is always an unfriendly colleague at the faculty table who always expresses concerns about the test results of a certain course this year in a seemingly unintentional tone.
This made Sirius feel particularly annoyed, so he spent a lot of time preparing materials and plans, planning to help fifth- and seventh-grade wizards pass the exams. This also led to the fact that recently, Harry and the others could hardly find anyone. Sirius' time for private communication.
Percy and Penelope ended up falling apart. This news came from Ginny. She told them that once she saw Percy and Penelope on her way down to the auditorium after taking Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. The two people passed each other in the corridor. Both of their faces were very pale and they avoided looking at each other without even saying hello.
And Percy didn't show up to Professor Blaine's gym class after that day.
This incident made Hermione very angry. One night, when they finished observing the planetary trajectories and walked down the Astronomy Tower, the tallest building in Hogwarts, Hermione said angrily,
"Percy--I can't believe it. Is he taking advantage of Professor Brain? Just to drop the course because he didn't get Professor Brain's recommendation letter?"
"He's been under a lot of pressure lately--"
Ron rarely found the courage to resist Hermione's angry gaze.
"Since Professor Blaine is unwilling to write a recommendation for him, it's up to him whether he can get into the Ministry of Magic. This has been his goal all along. Percy has been planning this almost as soon as he entered Hogwarts. .”
"That doesn't mean he can--"
Hermione still wanted to criticize Percy, but Ron's words brought her to her lips and she swallowed them.
"--Furthermore, he has just suffered a emotional setback recently. I mean, he has low energy, and the physical education class taught by Professor Blaine is currently used to consume our excess energy."
Harry wanted to remind Ron that 'we' was not quite the right word, as Ron had abandoned the course for two weeks.
"Two weeks!" Harry screamed, almost causing Neville, who was walking in front, to fall down the stairs.
"What?" Neville asked with a confused look on his face as he held his hand against the wall and rubbed his injured ankle.
Harry glanced at Hermione and Ron and found that they were also looking at him in confusion.
"Have you forgotten!" Harry explained quickly, "It's been another two weeks. I mean, a month has passed since Professor Blaine's physical education class. He said at the beginning of this class that the first The first phase will last for a month, and there will be new changes next!”
"That is to say--"
The joy on Hermione's pink cheeks revealed her true thoughts, "We don't need it."
Hermione only said a few words before stopping, because she found Ron looking at him with a smile.
"I think it's good to stick to it." Neville stopped in front of the Fat Lady's portrait and turned his head to look at them with a sense of loss.
"No one is stopping you from holding on, Neville." Ron curled his lips, "Please give in, I guess you must have forgotten the password again."
In fact, Neville was right. In the past few days, even Harry began to feel that Professor Blaine's classes were not useless.
After the initial period of discomfort, he clearly felt that his energy, er, spirit had improved. Now, he was no longer sleepy so easily, even during Snape's Potions class and even Professor Binns's class. During the class, he could doze off and listen impulsively for a while.
Before closing his eyes, Harry waited with great anticipation for the next day. Although he no longer disliked Muggle physical education classes, he still looked forward to some new changes in Professor Blaine's class.
I don’t know who spread the news, but the news about Professor Brain going to Zuko’s Joke Point to buy big dung eggs as teaching tools spread like wildfire. The next day, the number of young wizards who insisted on this course suddenly decreased by one-fifth. , and now half a month has passed, and only a little more than one-third of the original team of a hundred or ten people is left.
The time has entered April, and the breeze lingering on the field in the morning light has faded away from the cold. When it blows towards you, there is a pleasant coolness that passes through your hair.
Harry squinted his eyes and looked at the greenish morning light for a while, silently adjusting his breathing. This was a technique he had discovered during this period. Proper breathing rhythm could relieve fatigue during prolonged exercise.
"let's start--"
Professor Blaine arrived at the playground still stuck on time. He didn't seem to realize that a month had passed. He was wearing one of the few sportswear he usually wore and gave instructions in a calm tone.
Harry's expression couldn't hide his disappointment. He looked around and found that the little wizards around him all had the same expression.
"Professor Blaine——"
Hermione was not a little witch who could hide her questions. She frowned and raised her hands.
"That's right, Professor Blaine, if I remember correctly -" Hermione took a deep breath and stared at Professor Blaine,
"You once said that our phased practice will last for a month, and after that, our courses will have some new changes?"
"Thank you for the reminder, Miss Granger," Professor Brain nodded slightly, "Yes, that's the plan. Our physical education class is about to enter the next stage, and this morning will be your last morning run."
Looking around at the excited little wizards, Amosta smiled slightly and decided not to ruin their good mood for the time being.
"Starting today, we will enter the second phase of the course. The courses will be scheduled every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between 8 and 9 pm in the maze classroom."
The maze classroom was the classroom where Professor Brain asked them to deal with the Inferi in the second half of Harry's second year. In the second half of last year, the interesting 'boat race' was also held in that uncommon classroom.
Hearing that the next class would be held in that classroom, the little wizards became even more excited. After persisting for so long, Professor Brain was finally willing to let them see something interesting!
The news that Professor Blaine's physical education class might become interesting had spread throughout the castle during lunch, and many young wizards expressed great curiosity. However, those who were once qualified to participate, but But he didn't look very happy because he gave up and lost the qualification.
After finishing dinner, Harry and the others spent an hour hurriedly completing their thesis on the History of Magic. Then, under Ron's dull eyes, they hurriedly left the lounge and rushed to Professor Blaine's exclusive classroom.
call--
When the time came to eight o'clock in the evening, the little wizards who had already gathered in the corridor eagerly opened the classroom door and filed into the classroom. When everyone squeezed in, the classroom was expanded to a quarter mile long. On the surrounding walls, the newly installed torches all lit up with a roar.
Under the sudden bright firelight, the objects placed under the three walls made crisp clicking sounds one by one.
"these are"
Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff looked at the things that had been wiped clean and reflected the bright firelight and quietly opened her mouth.
"Those armors in the hallway!"
Neville cried out in horror.
(End of chapter)
