Mysterious Notes

After Ron finished imitating him, Hermione gave him a sharp rap on the head. "Ron, you haven't been playing around all holiday, have you? When will you ever be as serious as Harry?"

Beside her, Muya nodded in agreement.

Harry flushed at all this. Somewhat guiltily, he took out an old-looking Potions textbook. "Actually, I only managed to make that potion because of the notes in this book."

Ron took one look at it, scratched his curly red hair, and suddenly raised his voice. "Isn't that the one from the classroom cabinet?"

His sudden outburst drew the attention of every student in the corridor. Muya lowered her head and covered her face. "Ron, don't get so excited."

"Sorry, sorry."

The group quietly changed locations. The Room of Requirement was a good place to talk.

The four of them entered the room with practiced ease. Ron flopped onto the sofa as if he had returned home, and Hermione lightly kicked his foot. "Continue from where we left off. Where did Harry get that Potions book?"

Harry sat down and placed the book in the center of the table. "I'll explain."

"That day in Potions class, I forgot to bring my textbook. Class was about to start, so I didn't go back to the common room for it. Ron and I saw a Potions textbook in the cabinet and thought some student had probably left it in the classroom, so we borrowed it."

"Who knew it would be filled with detailed notes? I just followed the notes on Love Potion and made the potion." Harry casually flipped through the Potions book.

Sure enough, the pages were packed with dense black handwriting. Muya looked more closely and found it strangely familiar.

She turned to the very first page. "This book belongs to the