Harry went looking for Cedric and Yi Qianqian, but he could not find them.
He could not find either of them.
Harry suspected the two had gone on a date, so he thoroughly scorned them in his mind before going to find Qiu.
Unsurprisingly, Qiu chased Harry away, annoyed that he was interrupting her studies. Harry felt wronged. He wanted to find his good friend Ron, but Ron and Lavender were glued to each other. Then he wanted to find Hermione, but she, too, was annoyed that he was interrupting her studies.
Hermione was different from those two dunces, Harry and Ron. Although she could not take twelve subjects at once, she was preparing to sit twelve exams, just as she would for the Ordinary Wizarding Levels.
Harry felt he had never been so unwelcome.
But if anyone suggested he study too, Harry would absolutely refuse.
What a joke. He had finally reached the most relaxed year, sixth year. Why would Harry make work for himself?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible!
So Harry decided to go out and have fun by himself, in Hogsmeade.
Strictly speaking, Hogsmeade was off-limits that day. Cedric and Yi Qianqian could go because neither of them was a student; they were members of the school staff, so the rule against leaving did not apply to them.
Harry, however, was only a sixth-year student. Although it was supposedly the year with the most freedom, none of the restrictions he was subject to had been relaxed.
But was Harry a well-behaved student who followed the rules?
Obviously not.
So he left Hogwarts through the secret passage without hesitation and arrived in Hogsmeade.
On days when Hogwarts students were not allowed to visit, quite a few shops in Hogsmeade actually stayed closed. Still, some of the more popular establishments, such