After their evening Potions Class, Ron, Harry, and Hermione were on their way back to the Gryffindor Common Room. Harry was in a terrible mood today! He felt completely miserable and furious! He trudged along behind Ron, frowning and staring at the ground. Ron and Hermione were talking about the Forbidden Forest fire at lunchtime, but Harry wasn't in the mood to listen! He was starting to question his entire existence!
During Potions Class just now, Snape had not only given him another harsh dressing-down, but had also assigned him a full twenty pages of Potion Recipe to copy! Twenty whole pages! When was he supposed to finish that? How long would it take? Two hours? Three? He'd probably have to stay up late again tonight. What on earth had he done to make Snape hate him so much?
Harry had no idea why Snape had been picking on him so much today! It wasn't as though Snape had ever been nice to him, and he'd never been short on punishments! But Harry swore that no day had ever been as bad as this one!
Those twenty pages of homework said it all! More than once, Harry had wondered if he'd done something recently to upset Snape again. But he honestly couldn't remember anything! He and Ron hadn't called Snape a Dark wizard in ages!
As the three of them turned a corner, they spotted the Weasley Twins, George and Fred, surrounded by a crowd of students. It looked like they were... selling something?
When Ron saw his two brothers accepting shiny Galleons from the other students, his eyes went wide! What on earth were they doing? How were they making so much money? Those were Galleons! Ron instinctively patted his pocket. He didn't even have a few Silver Sickles