A Moving Parcel

As Easter drew closer, the academic pressure on Hogwarts students grew ever greater. The professors constantly reminded them in class that the Final Exams were approaching.

Worse still, the professors seemed unwilling to believe their students would diligently revise for the Final Exams, so they assigned them piles of homework before the Easter holiday.

Most students were already rushed off their feet just dealing with their Easter holiday homework, with no spare time at all to revise for the Final Exams.

Most fifth year students could feel the pressure of the approaching O.W.L.s. They had been visiting the library more often than ever lately, often hurrying there straight after class to reserve seats.

The pressure brought by the O.W.L.s had caused quite a few students taking the exams to develop minor problems.

While everyone was diligently doing their homework in the library, Patricia Stinson from Hufflepuff suddenly fainted, causing a commotion.

"Honestly, I want to faint too." Fred watched Patricia Stinson being taken to the School Hospital with envy, then whispered to George beside him, "How about we use that thing and pretend to pass out as well?"

George disliked Fred's rotten idea immensely. "Don't be stupid. You'll never escape your holiday homework unless you want detention the moment Easter break ends."

"I was just saying." Fred sighed over the essay he had only just begun, then turned to Lee Jordan, who had just sat down, and teased, "Don't tell me you had diarrhoea. What took you so long?"

"I ran into Kenneth on the way. He's stopped selling Baruffio's Brain Elixir and started selling Dragon claw powder instead." Lee Jordan told the Weasley Twins about catching Kenneth conducting a black-market deal.

"Dragon claw powder? Is that stuff actually reliable?" George joked. "Don't tell me Kenneth clipped off his own