School life proceeded in an orderly fashion.
In the third week, Hagrid finished teaching his unit on Hippogriffs. He had intended to announce that they would move on to a new animal next lesson, but the young wizards objected.
Several young wizards said they had yet to fly into the sky on a Hippogriff.
Almost all of them were students who had ultimately lost their nerve about riding one in the previous lessons. Yet when they learned that they would no longer see those fierce but beautiful great creatures next lesson, they became rather reluctant to let them go.
What a shame!
If everyone else had ridden one and only the few of them had not, wouldn't that leave them with rather too much to regret this term?
Hagrid hesitated over this, then assessed his progress through the term's teaching requirements-a formidable task for him.
In the end, however, he concluded that there should still be plenty of time.
And so Hagrid agreed to add one more advanced lesson on Hippogriffs next time.
That would give all the young wizards a chance to get up close and properly interact with these magical creatures.
Hermione had no particular objection, either. She was also among the few students who had not ridden one, though she had not been among those requesting an extra lesson.
After learning about the extra lesson, however, Hermione decided that she would take a flight on one, too, even though she knew it really would not be comfortable at all.
Starting in the third week, Oliver stepped up the intensity of Quidditch training.
They had to train after classes every Wednesday, focusing on stamina and basic moves. With two years of experience behind him, Harry knew perfectly well that those two things really were the most important during