Out of the seven sitting with him, only Blaise had managed to refrain from laughing like a loon, but even he was having trouble keeping his amusement from showing. The Italian boy was currently disguising his laughter as a cough that he hid behind his closefisted hand.
"Where..." Tracey gasped out as she continued to hold her stomach. She was sucking in deep breaths now, trying to gain the oxygen she had been unable to take in during her intense bout of laughter. "Where did you find this information? I never saw any of this in the book."
"Did you even read the book?" asked a smirking Blaise. Tracey scowled at her friend, the blush on her face not only making it ineffective, but also letting everyone at the table know that she had not actually read the book. This brought another round of not as intense laughter to the group, and served to make the brunette Slytherin's blush grow.
"I actually didn't find it in the book," Terry informed Blaise as he dragged himself back into his seat. He was still gasping a bit, and the occasional snicker escaped his mouth as he smirked at the dark skinned boy. "And I did actually read it."
Blaise chortled behind his hand while Tracey's blush and scowl deepened. She crossed her arms over her chest and tried to ineffectively glare at the pair.
"Are you two done making fun of me?"
Blaise's eyes held a sense of mischief to them as he shrugged his shoulders and said, "for the moment."
"Tracey's general laziness aside," Harry began, grinning when Tracey's eyes landed on him and gave him a betrayed glare. "The reason you probably couldn't find this information is because it's at the end of the book as an excerpt to the levitation charm. You see, it wasn't originally called the levitation charm, which is actually considered an improved version of what Hobart created. At the time it was called the Hover Charm, or Levioso, not only due to the fact that it allowed one to hover in midair, but also because that was all it could do. You couldn't make the hovering object move or do anything other than hover. The charm was later improved upon and became what we know as the levitation charm today."
Harry ended his small lecture with a shrug.
"Still, the information is not only entertaining but also potentially useful." He looked over at Hannah and Tracey (who was still looking at him like he had betrayed her). "I figured you two could use this bit to add in that extra four inches Flitwick asked for on your assignment. I'm sure he'd get a kick out of it."
After nearly a month of theoretical lectures, Professor Flitwick had finally told them they were going to be learning the levitation charm. However, he wanted them to study the charm first and write up a ten inch essay on its history, mechanics and uses in every day wizarding society.
Harry already knew the charm inside and out, having studied and practiced the spell on his own during the night before he did his meditations and went to bed. He had even finished the essay (as well as the rest of this weeks homework) before the study session he and his friends had taken to having every Saturday after breakfast.
This was done with a two part purpose. One, he wanted to be done with his homework as soon as it was assigned so he could focus on his more important tasks during the week. And two, so that he could provide assistance to his friends when they asked for it. This had been a very good idea because almost all of his friends asked for help with something, and Harry was well-known by now at excelling in every class they had.
School had actually been going very well for Harry Potter. He was always the top in every single one of his classes, was always the first to get every spell right and always got it on the very first try (in class at least), and was always providing help to the other students, much to his teacher's delight.
There was some jealousy of his academic prowess from a few of the students. It was an unfortunate consequence of excelling in everything he did. While many people were assuaged by the fact that he was perfectly happy to help them, a few of the more academically-oriented students who enjoyed being at the top of their class tended to glare at him when he tried to help them. During these instances Harry would just focus on that old saying about how you couldn't please them all. No matter how hard he worked at being liked and respected by his peers, there would always be some that he simply would not be able to please.
One of these people that he took particular notice of was Hermione Granger, the muggleborn witch who was consistently near the top of every class. She was usually the second or third—though there were other times when she was fifth or even sixth—to get a spell right and had steadfastly refused his help. Lately he had noticed that the girl had been looking rather despondent. She seemed much more withdrawn than usual and had even stopped lecturing her fellow Gryffindors whenever she was in the house common room.
In fact, he rarely ever saw her in the common room except when she was passing through, either up to her room or into the castle proper. According to rumor (Padma and Lavender), Hermione would often disappear for several hours at a time and no one knew where she went, though many (Padma and Lavender) said they had seen her crying.
Harry wasn't quite sure what to think of that. If he were honest, he did feel bad for the girl. At the same time, it wasn't really his fault. Yes, he was doing better than her in all of their classes, and he had even helped people surpass her in some of them, but it wasn't as if he had not offered her the same help as well. Indeed, Harry had tried multiple times to help the girl out, but was rebuffed each time.
In the end, he had just decided to give up. You couldn't help those who didn't want it. And who knows, maybe she would come around in time.
Surprisingly, the only subject he was not the best in was Herbology, where he was currently tied for the rankings of first place with Neville.
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