war and peace

In fact, the interest of the two old wizards was largely taken for granted. "It's not uncommon for children to skip a grade," said Professor March, and followed everyone's gazes to the direction where Harry was sitting. But everyone knew what she was going to say next.

Professor Tofty nodded in agreement. "At least I'm looking forward to it."

Facing everyone's stares, Harry could only smile with a stiff face.Fortunately, Professor McGonagall saved him in time: "Ladies and gentlemen, this way." She led them to the empty seats next to the teacher's bench.Professor Tofty sat down next to Voldemort, who raised his face and showed a polite smile.

Seeing his demonstrative expression, Harry rubbed his cheeks vigorously as he thought of his utterly embarrassed reaction.But even if he did this, it was useless. He probably would never learn Voldemort's skills in his lifetime. Even a superficial smile could make the other party feel very sincere.But he couldn't think about it soon, because the other Gryffindor students couldn't help but ask him questions: "Harry, you..." They were all asking him how to do it twice in the time of one exam. Exam questions.

Both OWLs exams and NEWTs exams officially started on the second day.Basically each course is divided into two parts, theory and practice, and the total time will last for two weeks.As for the anti-cheating spells on the exam papers and the ban on bringing auto-answer quills and the like into the exam room, Harry was well aware of it.

Monday morning is the first one, the theoretical exam of the Charms class.The exam location was set in the auditorium, and the four long college tables inside disappeared and became individual tables and chairs.Professor Flitwick distributed papers to them, handing Harry two copies when they arrived. "How are you feeling, Potter?" he asked quietly.

Harry spread out the blank parchment and nodded.This exam probably fully made up for the seventh grade he missed last time.It took him about half an hour to finish his OWLs paper and then moved on to his NEWTs paper.He knew all the above questions, and by the time he finished answering the last question, there was still more than half an hour left in the two-hour exam.Harry thought about the difference between continuing to sit where he was and handing in the paper early, and raised his hand decisively.

"What's the matter, Potter?" Professor Flitwick was the quickest to respond.Due to his size, he cast the Levitation Charm on himself in order to see the entire auditorium of students.At this moment, he saw Harry's densely packed answer sheet from above the table, and immediately understood: "It's done? Do you need to check it again?"

Harry shook his head. "I'll hand it in, Professor." Unless he made a typo, he thought, he'd get full marks.As for excellence, it must be a certainty, right?

Harry left the auditorium after handing in his papers, unaware that his two exam papers had already been circulated among the examiners.

At lunch, Hermione showed considerable tolerance for the fact that Harry had turned in the paper early.According to her, "Wouldn't it be better if this was the case earlier?" She has always been worried about Harry and Tom (Voldemort) not taking the exams in the past few years.

Next, in the afternoon is the practice test of the spell.All the students were called into the auditorium in order according to the initials of their surnames to complete the one-on-one requirements of the examiner.It was Harry's turn once again to Professor Tofty, who was still very interested in him: "Oh, Mr. Potter, would you please let this eggcup do some sideways for me?"

Harry did as he was told.The eggcup flipped over from the table, and fell steadily again.Then he made a lizard change at least seven colors, made a vine grow a fruit the size of a cucumber, and finally stuck a provided star prop firmly on the tip of Professor Tofty's hat.

"Perfect! Very good!" Professor Tofudi clapped his hands tremblingly, and the star shook up and down with his movements. "Great job!"

Everyone looked sideways.Harry's previous classmates in the same grade were all in the sixth grade, so he was not very familiar with the other fifth grades in the exam, but this did not affect his attention rate in the exam just now.

So on the first day of the exam, Harry's performance once again successfully became a new topic among everyone.So much so that in the practice exam of the Transfiguration class the next day, he got more people's attention.

"Oh, oh, oh, of course it's not difficult." This time, the wizard who supervised Harry's exam was replaced by Professor March, and he always seemed to meet particularly experienced proctors.She said the first words to Harry in an aria-like tone, and then went on to ask: "I heard that you were able to transform into a self-conscious dolphin in the Triwizard Tournament in fourth year. And to be honest, this alone is enough to become a master of shapeshifting, not to mention the NEWTs exam." She leaned forward slightly, and said in a conferring tone: "I assume I have this honor, To see this wonder again? It doesn’t matter if you need to change the location.”

This time it attracted more attention, and even Professor McGonagall took two steps in from the door.During the Triwizard Tournament, only the mermaid saw Harry's dolphin shape with his own eyes. It was astonishing to see that Professor March was willing to change the test venue for this.

"Uh, don't bother." Harry waved his hand.He's best at not being a dolphin, but a stag (he'll never admit it, because of the powerful grudge his Animagus has created).

So everyone watched a stag with beautiful forked horns appear in the auditorium, and couldn't help but hold their breath.The deer's fur is silver and appears to glow.But Harry was wearing a black robe just now!

"...Potter?" Professor Marchban's voice seemed to have also weakened, as if this kind of scene could only exist in her dreams, and would shatter if touched in reality.

The stag looked up at her with round black eyes. "Mm, professor." Then it pawed a few times uneasily, obviously not used to being stared at from all directions.It took two more steps back and forth, then changed back with a pop.

Only then did Professor March come back to his senses, showing an expression as if he had just woken up from a dream. "You did things with your wand that I've never seen before! This surpasses 500 years of Transfiguration textbooks! Full marks... oh no, extra points, must!"

"Thank you, Professor," Harry replied.Although the straight gazes of everyone just made him feel uncomfortable, but now he couldn't help thinking, this might be the shortest exam in history, right?

Harry passed the following herbal medicine and ancient rune exams very smoothly.Of course he knew how to cultivate rare herbs. There were many in the woods and swamps behind Slytherin Castle.As for the ancient runes, he has been reading all kinds of relevant literature since he was learning Animagus, and all the reference books he read in the future are written in ancient runes (Voldemort insists on doing this, so that he reads it normally now. I feel uncomfortable with my English books), obviously there is no problem.

The last exam of the first week is Defense Against the Dark Arts.This was probably the lesson Harry had the most confidence in, ever and now.He quickly finished writing the papers for the theory class, and the answer seemed to come just by raising his hand.It was the fifth time that he handed in the test ahead of schedule, and this time, everyone didn't even raise their eyelids—it would be a strange thing not to advance!

As for the practical exam in the afternoon, Harry was also very confident.This time it was Professor Tofudi's turn to invigilate him, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.But after Harry demonstrated a perfect Boggart expulsion spell, he leaned forward slightly like Professor March: "I heard that you can cast a perfect Patronus spell? You know Yes, for extra points, kid..." In fact, he wanted Harry to show off the heavy curtains, but it was too lethal to be shown for viewing.

Well, this is exactly the same as last time.Holding his wand in his hand, Harry turned to look at Voldemort, who was standing aside.He was the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and was responsible for calling the students in for the exam one by one. At this time, he also raised his eyes to look at Harry.He had a smile on his face, but only Harry could see what it meant: Voldemort was looking forward to everyone's reaction to seeing his Patronus was a black mamba.

I just like the feeling of controlling everything from behind... Harry pouted.He took a small step back and pointed his wand in the air.Think of something pleasant, he told himself.

Professor Snape is on a long journey...

A seventh knight recuperating at 12 Grimmauld Place...

Lupine was going to make him godfather to the baby...

A pair of black jade-like eyes reflected his own shadow...

"Call God Guard!"

A great cloud of silvery white mist erupted from the tip of the holly wand.The mist slowly expanded and condensed, gradually forming a nearly solid silver snake that traversed the entire auditorium.Everyone, oblivious to the exam in progress, stared up at it in shock.

"It's perfect!" Professor Tofudi was the first to recover and clapped. "But I really didn't expect that the patron saint of the savior is actually a snake." Everyone knows that Harry's deadly enemy is Voldemort.And as the last descendant of Salazar Slytherin, the founder of Snake House, whose symbol is the snake - so his exclamation is quite natural.

As soon as these words came out, those who were confused were still confused, and those who knew the inside story had weird expressions.

"As Harry's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, I must say, this is not surprising at all." Voldemort finally said.He shook his yew wand out of his sleeve (it didn't look the way it did, of course), pointed it into the air, and said, "Call for protection."

A silver stag jumped out from the tip of the staff, with two forked horns and round eyes.It might not be a surprising thing in normal times, but many people present have seen Harry’s performance in the Transfiguration practical exam a few days ago—isn’t this the stag that Harry turned into at that time? ?No wonder it's silver fur?

Harry wiped his eyes subconsciously.Although he'd known the truth since he came back from memory, this was really the first time he'd seen Voldemort issue a Patronus with his own eyes.The stag approached him slowly, nuzzled his involuntarily outstretched hand with the tip of its nose.But of course the Patronus couldn't be touched, and Harry could only feel a faint warmth in the palm of his hand.

All eyes flicked between Harry and Voldemort.This is not the position of the professor towards the students at all, is it?Apparently some other closer relationship... can they count on Professor Gaunt (Voldemort) next time conjuring them a big silver snake that looks exactly like Harry's Patronus?Sure enough, there is no hope for anyone who wants to hit the two of them?

The officials of the Wizarding Examinations Bureau exchanged glances.They can probably look forward to an exam that refreshes history?

Dumbledore sat behind the examiner, his eyes flickered slightly, and he subconsciously put his hands into his wide sleeves.Following his movement, a very bright light flashed past.It was a gift from Harry, and he kept it with him since it was in his hands.

It seems that he really has to face reality this time... Thinking of the once high-spirited blond boy, Dumbledore showed a slightly bitter smile.