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Harry sighed. “Yes I do. There’s some protection ward that they give me because we’re related by blood, or that’s what Dumbledore said. So I have to go back there each summer to renew it, at least until I finish Hogwarts.”

“You do realize that I will have to be there for those few weeks as well.”

“Yes,” Harry replied miserably.

“I won’t like it.”

“They won’t either.”

It wasn’t until after Draco had already fallen asleep that Harry realized Draco had said “I won’t like it” and not “I won’t go”.

Ron seemed to wilt in his chair as McGonagall neared the Gryffindor table with a stack of parchments, while opposite him Hermione seemed to glow with excitement.

Harry muttered “thanks” when she handed him his exam schedule. Ron was refusing to look at his or act like it existed. Hermione was poring over hers, like a First Year on the first day of school. Harry looked down at his with trepidation as he piled more breakfast on his plate.

The week of exams was broken into three exam blocks per day. The morning block, the afternoon block, and the astronomy block since those exams had to be done at night. Monday, Harry had Potions in the morning session and Divination in the afternoon session. Tuesday was Care of Magical Creatures in the morning, and Transfiguration in the afternoon. Wednesday Harry only had his Astronomy exam in the night block. Thursday was History of Magic in the morning and Herbology in the afternoon. And Friday was Charms in the morning and Defense Against the Dark Arts in the afternoon block.

Ron looked over Harry’s shoulder to see what his first exam was and nodded sagely. “Potions first. It’s the end of the world as you know it.” He raised his pumpkin juice in salute. “Good luck with that.”

Chapter 40: School Year’s End

Harry stared glumly at his breakfast, only half-listening to Hermione reminding him of last minute facts and tips.

“Hermione, I’m going to fail anyway with Snape grading me.”

Ron shot his friend a sympathetic look. “Look, Hermione, Snape will grade him the same whether he’s right or wrong.”

Harry ignored the ensuing argument as Hermione couldn’t fathom a teacher grading someone wrong when they answered the question correctly, and Ron interjecting that this was Snape so of course he would do something like that.

Harry stretched his fingers as he looked down at the final question. Ensnared in a protective no-cheating bubble, he was only vaguely aware of his classmates. Some were still scribbling furiously on the written portion of the exam. Only Draco and Hermione had started the practical. Considering that those two would most likely finish way before the time limit, he figured he would have enough time to finish.

Define both positive and negative concentration and state how each would alter the effects of an invisibility potion.