Divination left Harry deeply disappointed, after he had gone into it with such high expectations.
Ancient Runes was rather hard to judge. Well, harder than expected?
Care of Magical Creatures, on the other hand-Hagrid had done a reasonably good job with the first lesson. And judging by feedback from students in other years, his subsequent lessons had gone well too.
That made Harry and his friends very happy.
One thing did leave Harry a little uncomfortable, though: the quarrel Ron and Hermione had had over lunch on Monday still had not blown over by Thursday.
Harry had originally expected this sort of disagreement to last a day or two at most.
After that, Ron would have no choice but to give in to Hermione, because he needed her help with his homework.
But things had not gone as Harry expected.
First, Hermione seemed extraordinarily busy in the very first week. She appeared to have far more homework than Harry and the others. In a sense, this did not surprise Harry.
Since Hermione had taken every elective, she naturally had to do the homework for every elective too.
And the workload in their third year was clearly a level above what it had been in their first and second years.
With homework for two or three more subjects than everyone else, even Hermione seemed to be struggling a little. Starting on Wednesday, Harry had noticed faint dark circles under her eyes.
That had never happened in the previous two years.
Hermione finished her homework very quickly. Even after giving Harry, Ron, and Neville some tutoring, she could still finish ahead of them.
That was thanks to her preparation before lessons and how well she grasped the material in class.
But this year, the extra subjects meant Hermione could no longer handle