Voldemort had never felt secure, so it was hardly surprising that he was making another Horcrux now. As for targeting Nagini, Will intended to keep that in mind too.
"I intend to have Severus teach Harry Occlumency," Dumbledore said out of the blue.
It seemed Dumbledore had made the same choice as before. Or perhaps he wanted the two of them to try to reconcile?
Whatever the case, Harry was in for a rough time.
And not just during his Occlumency lessons, either. Harry would not escape unscathed today.
Will only returned to the classroom halfway through Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall merely nodded at him, indicating that he should rejoin the lesson. Umbridge had not come to make a nuisance of herself today, much to the students' delight.
Practice with the Vanishing Spell proceeded as usual. Many students failed to meet Professor McGonagall's target—which was simply to vanish a mouse, just as in the previous lesson. Only a handful had managed it last time, so they were continuing their practice.
The morning's lessons soon ended. At noon, Harry stuffed a little food into his stomach and called it lunch. There was no need to eat too much anyway, since his first afternoon lesson was History of Magic.
He did not want to throw up in class, especially since Umbridge sometimes wore perfume so overpowering that it made him nauseous.
Harry had never believed he could loathe a teacher more than he loathed Snape. Only after meeting Dolores Umbridge had he come to believe it.
Still, since they only had History of Magic twice a week, putting up with Umbridge was not too difficult. At least, that had been true at first. Later, she had started turning up in all sorts of lessons.
She had disrupted one of their Defence Against the