Harry Potter The Final Straw

Turning his attention to Neville, Harry said, "That really isn't your color either." Pooling his magic, he stretched out his magical senses over Neville. Finding the spell's connections, he transferred them to Ginny's jumper and skirt. When Harry transferred the spell, Neville's robes returned to black at the same time Ginny's turned magenta.

Neville looked down at his robes and smiled, "Cheers!" he said happily. He had never seen, or felt, what Harry had just done before and he was a bit awed.

Hermione was shocked at Harry's improved control over his magic. It seemed better than it was before the events in the graveyard. She knew that he could manipulate the spells on him and feel enchantments on items but not that he could easily extend that control to effect spells upon other people.

Thoughtfully, she asked him, "Harry, can you check me over for any other spells?"

Harry immediately understood what she meant and he was silently berating himself for not thinking of checking her for spells earlier. Stretching out his senses towards his wife, he let his magic wash over her.

Neville and Ginny were watching, enthralled at the magical demonstration that Harry was putting on while the majority of the other students blathered on completely unaware of what the young mage in their midst was doing.

After a few moments, Harry found something that wasn't related to the prank but it was a very familiar spell. Frowning in anger, he directed his magic to snap the Tracking Charm's connection to Hermione after tracing it back to the Headmaster.

She could feel Harry's anger pouring through their bond even though his face was a mask of serenity. She clasped his hand underneath the table and muttered, "Thanks."

Harry knew that they would discuss what he found later so he did his best to squash his swirling emotions.

Before Neville or Ginny could ask what that was about, there was a loud whooshing sound from above and everyone looked up to see the delivery owls bringing the morning post and the early edition of the Daily Prophet.

Harry almost cringed when he saw the newspaper that the owl had just dropped off with Hermione. He was dreading the article that he knew Rita Skeeter was going to write. He just hoped that Dumbledore hadn't leaked the details of the meeting that took place in his office.

Scanning the headlines quickly, Hermione couldn't find anything bad about what had happened. If anything, the reporting was quite accurate and fair. The she realized that Rita Skeeter hadn't written any of the articles for the morning edition.

She could feel Harry's anxiety flowing through their bond about the paper. To help calm him down, she said reassuringly, "Everything is okay. Rita Skeeter didn't write anything for the morning edition."

Harry let out a breath that he didn't realize that he had been holding when Hermione told him the good news. Changing the subject, he asked, "What's our schedule today?"

"Well, we have to get our summer assignments from all of our professors and then we have the traditional end of the year meeting with Professor McGonagall." Hermione replied happily, her magenta clothing forgotten due to the prospect of receiving her summer assignments.

Just before the teens got up to leave the table, Harry stretched out his magical senses and removed the prank from Hermione's robes, jumper, and skirt. Laughing inside, he left her knickers and bra magenta for her to discover later.

Turning his attention to Ginny, he returned all of her clothing back to normal, especially her unmentionables. That was a conversations that he didn't want to have.

Harry and Hermione were on their way to Ancient Runes to pick up their summer assignment after saying goodbye to Neville and Ginny when Harry stopped and pulled Hermione into an alcove.

Putting up a Silencing and Notice Me Not Charm, he turned to Hermione and said, "I found a Tracking Charm on you and I removed it."

Hermione frowned and nodded at Harry's explanation before asking, "Dumbledore?"

Grimly, he replied, "Yes, before we return to your parent's house I'll check us over once more. I wouldn't put it past him to try that again once he knows that the charm has been disrupted."

Taking her wand out, Hermione dispelled the charms and said, "Come on, we don't want to keep Professor Vector waiting."

As they entered the Arithmancy classroom, Harry was thinking of how proud he was that he had managed to catch up to the rest of the fourth year students. Overall, he was pleased to discover that he really liked the subject and he planned to ask the professor if he could take a test that would allow him to join his own year mates next term.

Both teens walked over and took their seats while they waited for Professor Vector to finish with her current student. Noticing the summer homework posted on the chalkboard, they began copying down the assignment.

Ten minutes later, Professor Vector came over and sat down across from the two students. Smiling over at them, she warmly said, "Good morning. Do either of you have any questions about the summer homework or next term?"

"No ma'am." Hermione replied instantly.

Harry paused; he was a touch nervous about asking to take a test on the last day.

Sensing his discomfort, Professor Vector asked, "Mr. Potter, did you have any questions?"

Looking up at his professor, Harry could tell that she would listen to him. Plucking up his courage, he asked, "Do you think that I could take a test to allow me to join my own classmates next year?"

Hermione was beaming at Harry. She had felt that he had caught up to her level but she didn't want to add to his stress levels by pushing him too hard.

Professor Vector glanced at the smiling witch across from her. She knew that Hermione had been tutoring Mr. Potter all term and the results were easy to see in his work. Smiling back at her, she asked, "What do you think Miss Granger? You have been tutoring Mr. Potter all year."

Hermione could feel Harry's nervousness flowing through their bond so she pushed her feelings of belief in his abilities to help him calm down. Enthusiastically, she said, "I think that Harry could have joined our class a month ago. He has been completing the homework assignments for both classes for a while now."

The professor turned her attention to the slightly pink faced young man in front of her and said, "May I see your completed assignments from the fourth year class, Mr. Potter?"

Rummaging through his back, Harry pulled out his Arithmancy folder and handed it to Professor Vector.

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