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It was a complete turnaround. Charlus became confident ever since he came back from the Flamel Manor. He performed several times better in every subject than he had in the short time that the Professors had taught him before he had been selected to study under Nicholas Flamel.
While his performance was excellent, his attention wasn't on par. Charlus was caught dozing off in multiple classes. Out of all of his classes, the Herbology class was the one where he was caught the most. He gave excuses saying that the class was boring and that he wouldn't be able to go through that boring herbs more than once, he still received detention. Per class. He had a total of 10 hours of detention, all for one weekend. It took him two weeks to lose one weekend. To him, that was a fair trade.
Weeks rolled by. Charlus had received over 30 hours of detention. The professors were particularly strict because they felt that Charlus was not paying attention because he felt he was too special for their class.
"I am telling you. He will fail his finals when they come. He hasn't paid attention in a single class since coming here I am sure! I will personally invigilate his test so that he won't cheat. We should call his guardian too. Instill some sense into the boy. That much arrogance will do him no good."
Charlus was unaware that he was causing that huge of a predicament for himself. The real reason he was caught dozing off was that he was putting extra work into controlling his powers. This put a toll on his body and exhausted him. He couldn't just tell everyone that reason so he lied and said that the classes were boring. He wasn't worried about his finals since he had already learnt everything from Nicholas Flamel.
Beauxbatons | 17th February 1989 | 11 AM
Sirius was sitting in Madame Maxime's office with Charlus beside him.
"What did Charlus get caught for this time headmistress?"
Sirius asked Madame Maxime.
"He is not here because he has pranked someone, Mr Black. He is here because he has been repeatedly been caught not paying attention in class. It has happened over 30 times till now. We have given him as many detentions but he hasn't changed. We hope that you will find a way to make him change his ways. We care for every student and seeing a student waste his future in front of our eyes saddens us."
Sirius listened to Madame Maxime with doubt. As far as he knew, Charlus was very diligent and paid attention to most of his classes due to his interest in magic. If he had stopped, something must have happened.
"I will talk to him, Headmistress. In private. Charlus, Why don't you come with me for a walk?"
Charlus walked outside the office and followed Sirius onto the pavements of the Academy.
"Well, I find it hard to believe that you are skimming classes. Did something happen?"
Charlus shook his head.
"No!! I tried to explain it to the professors but they don't seem to understand. I already learnt what they are teaching us. If you want, I will prove it to you in the finals. I will get into the top 5 of my year."
Sirius laughed.
"Top 5? Just pass. That will be enough. But if you don't, you are in some serious trouble. You said that you would go back to Nicholas Flamel to study? That will depend on your results. Okay?"
Charlus nodded with seriousness."
Beauxbatons | 28th April 1989 | 9 AM
"You all have your papers in front of you. Each of you is given 2 hours to solve the paper. I am watching all of you carefully, so DO NOT CHEAT. I repeat, DO NOT CHEAT."
The invigilator sat at the desk in the front of the examination hall and observed the students. She had been told by the herbology teacher to pay extra attention to the student named Charlus Potter.
Charlus read each question on the paper carefully. He sighed with relief when he found all of them familiar. It was a Herbology paper so most of the questions were centred around identifying plants and their characteristics. He started writing down the answers confidently onto his answer sheet.
The invigilator noticed that Charlus was writing with focus and not looking around at others. She also noticed that he hadn't even stopped to think while writing the answers. Even if he knew the answer sheet, he would have to stop and think to recollect the facts. He definitely wasn't under the effects of a potion since potions were detected when students entered the examination halls.
Charlus quickly wrote all the answers and put down his pen. He bundled up his answer sheets and put them aside. He then chose to sleep. The exam wasn't difficult, but it was irritating. He had another exam immediately after the Herbology one so he decided to keep his mental state at it's highest. He wanted to get the best results so he could prove to the Professors that he had nothing against them.