After the Defense Against Dark Magic monthly exam week.
Everything returned to normal.
Of course, for the fifth-years and Quidditch players, things were only getting more stressful.
Over the weekend, Wood had to take Harry to negotiate with Professor McGonagall, asking her to suspend his orchard-work detention for the time being. (You may have forgotten that, besides writing passages from memory, Harry and Ron were also tasked with tending the orchard.)
Only then would he have more time to train on the Quidditch Pitch.
Ron complained to Harry about this several times.
He also threatened Harry that if Gryffindor failed to win the Quidditch championship this time,
he would complain to Professor McGonagall and have Harry make up all the work he had missed afterward.
Of course, in Defense Against Dark Magic, some were happy and others were miserable.
The younger students who had passed the exam learned new spells in class.
Then they went up against the various Dark Magic creatures Professor Holmes brought in.
Those who had failed could only stand in a corner, reciting their textbooks while stealing glances at everyone else's practice.
Of course, the sixth-years had it worst.
Douglas had assigned all of them morning runs.
But it really did work for them.
One morning, as the rising sunlight fell on a Slytherin student,
he faced the sunlight and cast Professor Holmes's specially modified version of Lumos.
This greatly encouraged them.
Then a saying began circulating around Hogwarts:
"Holmes's morning runs can help you learn spells quickly!"
This caused Douglas's Morning Run Group to expand once again.
It also split into three camps,
one of which was the couples' camp. These people were there purely so they could openly be together and get lovey-dovey.
Another was the spell-study group led by the sixth-years. They had