Key Points

As if to celebrate the approaching christmas, the weather around Hogwarts suddenly cleared, and the sky even took on a dazzling eggshell white.

When they woke in the morning, the trees and flower beds in the courtyard were coated in glistening frost. The professors began decorating their classrooms with the magic they each excelled at, and the castle was filled with the spirit of christmas, making it feel as though one had wandered into a fairy tale.

The shadow Sirius Black and the Dementors had once cast over Hogwarts had become a thing of the past.

The students happily discussed their plans for the Christmas Holiday, while a notice about visiting Hogsmeade quietly appeared on the Notice Board in the Common Room.

However, not everything went as one wished.

At a Transfiguration Club gathering, Albert learned from chatting with Cedric that, for some reason, he had failed to ask Cho Chang out. He had been miserable about it for quite some time.

"Since she wasn't free this time, ask her another time. Or the time after that. Unless..." In Albert's view, since Cho Chang had already arranged to go to Hogsmeade with her friends, Cedric could simply ask her out some other time.

Still, judging by the crushed look on Cedric's face, he had most likely been gently turned down.

"You really can't rush these things." Cedric muttered, then changed the subject and invited Albert to the library to study the previous year's exam papers they had borrowed. He seemed to intend to throw all his energy into the coming O.W.L.s.

"Another day. I've been rather busy lately." Albert politely declined.

Albert had long since had a clear idea of the O.W.L.s. By comparing the key points he had gotten from Isobel with those recorded in class, he had gained