Shops and Professors

Almost everyone knew that Hogwarts only had two real holidays: Christmas and the end of the school year. The so-called Easter break was nothing more than two weeks spent doing the amount of homework normally assigned over two months.

Naturally, this year was no exception. In fact, this year's homework was not only plentiful, but difficult as well.

On the first day of the holiday, the library was already packed. Within less than an hour, several of the more important books had all been checked out.

Those who arrived later could only find friends or students from their own House and make do with the Gemino Curse.

If they did not know the Gemino Curse, or if no one from their House had arrived at the library early, then all they could do was wait.

"This is madness..." In the Gryffindor Common Room, Ron hurriedly pulled on his robes as he said, "I got up this early just to go to the library.

"On normal weekends, I never get up before nine, but it's not even half past seven now!"

"Will you stop talking already?" Harry was pulling on his robes too. "Hermione made it very clear on the communication coins that the library is getting more and more crowded and all the seats are already taken. If we don't get there soon, she really won't have any excuse to keep seats for us anymore.

"Do you want to do your homework by yourself in the common room?"

Hearing Harry say that, Ron instinctively sped up.

With homework this difficult, if he had to do it alone, forget two weeks—he would not finish it in two months.

Harry was the same. They had to go to the library; only with Hermione's help would they have any chance of finishing all