Dinner and Classes

After finishing our homework we head to dinner together to find Ron and Harry eating together.

As we get close they both turn to us, "Did you clear the vault?"

Hermione smirks proudly, "We did."

Ron grunts as he leans on the table grumpily eating his food.

Harry sighs, "Congrats, what was the treasure?"

"Spells," Theo answers as he sits across from the twins and begins chatting with them.

"Oh, I thought they would be like real treasure," Harry says a bit disappointed.

"They were restricted spells," I correct as I sit next to Harry.

"Unfortunately," Hermione says as she sits with Daphne and Luna on the opposite side of Ron.

"Are you talking about the Cursed Vaults?" I hear Luna ask from down the table.

I lean forward to meet her eyes with a grin, "Interested?"

She smiles and shakes her, "No, not in the slightest."

With a shrug I sigh, "Oh well."

Ron, who is still slumped over, looks up at me, "So, what was the clue?"

I turn to the twins to make sure they are listening before I speak, "A book, the one that gave us the restricted spells."

"So, the next vault is in the restricted section of the library?" Harry asks guessing the obvious answer.

"You'll have to look for yourselves, but I guess the clue is kinda self-explanatory huh?"

The twins salute me, "Aye captn."

"You guys have a surprise for me this weekend right?"

George smirks, "We can try to have it done by tomorrow."

I wave them off, "No need to rush for my sake."

Fred grins, "We worked all summer to be able to do this during the school year."

"This year will be epic," George says high-fiving his brother.

Ron grunts as he looks up at them, "Are you talking about what you were working on in the tent?"

Ron immediately earns a glare from both of his brothers, he quickly sits up and holds up his hands, "I won't tell him, bloody hell, no reason to go mental."

Noticing Neville isn't around I look around, "Where is Neville?" I ask Harry.

Harry shrugs, "He said he wanted alone time to think."

"Oh… okay?"

"He might just be a little scared," Daphne says in his defense.

"You two did almost die," I say offhandedly.

""WHAT!?"" Both Ron and Harry yell into my ear at the same time.

"Well, that's not good," I hear Luna's two cents from down the table.

I smirk at her words, "Indeed."

"What happened?!" Ron asks in an exaggerated fashion.

I put my finger to my lips gesturing for him to be quieter, Ron then notices that half the Great hall is staring at our group. His face turns bright red as he slumps back on the table trying to hide. I notice Harry's ears are tinged red but he pretends everything is fine.

I gesture to Hermione, "You wanna tell them about the vault?"

Hermione sighs as she sets down her fork, "Sure."

Hermione recalls the events in the vault not exaggerating the details in the slightest. If I were her I definitely would have exaggerated to scare them a bit. Hermione however tells the events exactly how they happened, even up till the book.

I watch as Ron and Harry go through a myriad of expressions. From envious to fearful to excited, it is quite entertaining. The twins on the other hand seem excited the entire time and I think I hear them mutter 'wicked' every so often.

As soon as the story is over I notice the twins are staring at me, "Can we go with you next?"

I shrug, "If you find a vault first feel free to grab me."

With big grins, they look at each other and nod, without another word they both stand up and walk out of the great hall.

'What the hell is that about?' I think to myself as I see Theo shake his head.

"What?" I ask turning to him.

He shakes his head at me, "You didn't tell them they have to go in order, they are probably going to find another vault."

Seeing his point I nod, "That's fair, but how would they even go about finding a vault without any clue whatsoever?"

Theo sighs, "You underestimate their ingenuity."

I shrug at his words, "I guess it isn't a big deal even if they find another vault, as long as it isn't the final vault. I'll have to ask Dumbledore about the final vault just in case."

After dinner, we all head back to our dorms, I go to bed so I can study a bit more while Ron and Harry do their homework with 'the boys'. Currently I am studying divination and the accuracy of it similarly to Dumbledore. I know he has done extensive research on the subject but I would like to do some myself.

The next morning I decide to skip breakfast and head to charms with Ron and Harry. I quickly notice Flitwick seems more tired than usual as we enter the room. Since I came with Ron and Harry we get to class only a minute before it begins, though we don't rush as I got them to leave at a reasonable time.

For the first class, Flitwick goes over what we will be going over for the first part of the year. For the next six classes, we will be going over Accio and Depulso, the summoning, and banishing charms.

He ends class a bit early just like last year but this time we have a joint class for Dueling class. It seems not enough of our third-year students signed up for dueling to have it ourselves. This time dueling class is with all four houses in the same class which is a bit odd since our charms class is Gryffindor only.

I'm not going to complain though since it just means there are more chances I get to duel. Last year Flitwick sidelined me since it was like kicking small children for me. Maybe this year I may get to duel someone?

As the class begins to funnel in I notice Luna walk in with Daphne and they sit with our group.

I am about to make a quip before I hear Flitwick's voice come from the dueling stage.

"Mr. Black, would you be so kind as to come up and help me give a demonstration?"

I freeze as I stare at Flitwick with a 'really?' face, "What do you need help demonstrating, Professor?" I manage to get out with a smile.

Flitwick gives me a small smile from center stage, "I would like to show the class what a real duel looks like."

My eyes go wide as I hop up excitedly, "Of course, Professor."