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“Ifell.”Draogotupratherstifflyandbrushedafewbkfeathersoffhim.“Ididn’tknowIhadthatmanyfeatherstobeginwith.”Heseemedmildlyimpressed.

HarrydroppedoutofDrao’sbedontheothersideandbrushedoffthebkfeathershimaswell.Butwhatwasthattasteinthebakofhismouth?Withonefingerhetraedthebakofhistongueandmanagedtodislodge…afeather.

“ShouldIevenaskhowafeathergotinmymouth?”Harrymuttered.

Draolookedmildlydisgusted.“Thatwouldbeano.”

Harrydidn’trespondtoDrao’sanswer,infathehadn’tevenlookedatDraoafterthatfirsttimethism.SeeingDraowasstilltooonfusing…orbroughtuponfusingthoughts.Anditwastooearlyinthemtodealwithonfusingissues.

HarrymadehiswaydowntotheGreatHallforbreakfasttofindthat,forone,hehadarrivedbeforeRonandHermione.Hewashalfwaythroughhisseondpieeoftoastwhenthetwoarrived.

“Oh,Harry,youshouldhavetoldusyouweregoingtobehereearly.”Hermionetoldhimastheysatdown.

“Mate,areyoufeelingokay?It’saSunday;onesleepsinteonSundays.”Ronremindedhim,oblivioustothelookofexasperationHermionesenthisway.

Otherstudentsbegantofilterintobreakfast,butHarrynotedthattherewasnosignofDrao.Thatwasratherodd.Draowasnormallyatbreakfastaroundthistimeeverydayoftheweek.Butpushingthethoughtoutofhismind,hereturnedtotheoionthatwashappeningaroundhim.

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TheHouse-Elves,Draothought,ouldbereallyannoying.Thelittlebuggershadbeeninhisbedroomwhenhe’demergedfromhisshower,pikingupfeathers.Theyrefusedtoleave,eventoallowhimprivaytogetsomelothingon,untiltheywerefinished.Draoalmostinformedthemofhowmuhtimetheywerewasting.ItwasmuheasierfortheVeriaehimselftopikuphisownfeathers.Theywerestillkeyedtohimafterall.Soifanyoneelsetriedtodoso,astheHouse-Elvesweredoing…well,ittookalongtime.SoDraostartedwonbreakingthereordforlotimewearingnothingbutatowel.

Whentheywerefinallydoneandoutofhisroom,Draosetaboutgettingonsomeproperlothingandthenponderedwhattodoabouttherestofhisday.Shoolworkeventuallywonover,beausetomorrowwasMonday,andheouldalwaysountonhisgodfathertoassignsomelongessay(whihhehadfinishedandintruthhadenjoyeddoing)sohemightaswellfinishthehomeworkheneededtohandinonTuesday.Arithmany.Drao’seyessannedthetopioftheessay,andheimmediatelyresolvedtojustlookuptheanswerinabookinsteadofdoingtheextraworktofigureitout.ThatwastheproblemwithArithmany.Duringhisfirstyearstakingit,he’datuallydonetheworkoffiguringouttheanswertotheessayshimself,thenhe’drealizedtheywereallinthebook,justnotinthehapterthesswasurrentlystudying.

Nowwherewasthatbook?Let’ssee.Thesttimehe’dusedit,hewasdoingthoseanalogythings(stupidteaherwasinlovewithanalogies,hewasertain).He’dbeenprettytikedbythetimehe’dfinishedthestone(outofonehundred),soheprobablyputthebooksomepeoutofthewaywiththehelpofthemagialurrentsthatdriftedthroughHogwarts.This,ofourse,meantthathehadnoluewhereitwasnow.Forallheknew,hehadbanishedittothefourthfloororridorandMerlinknewwhomighthavefoundit.Butasheasthiseyesaroundtheroomhesawthatthiswasnotthease.Itwasjustbanedonthetopofhisbookshelves…whihwereabouttwieastallasDraohimselfwas.

Oh,wouldn’tthisbefun.Draolookedatthebookashesensedaroundforanyurrentsthatmightbenearby.ThatwasthethingwhenonewasdownnearthedungeoninsideabuildinglikeHogwarts,oneouldn’trelyonthenatureurrents,whereasoutsidetheywereeverywhereandanywhere.No,inside,onehadtorelyontheurrentsthatamefromthosewhowereusingmagiatthemomentintimeorfromolderspellsthatwereentombedintherokwallsoftheastle.And,astheHogwartsstairsproved,thesewererathertemperamental.So,ofourse,therewerenomagialurrentsforDraotofindandalltohisaidwhenhewantedthem.

SoDraodidwhatanyself-respetingteenagerwoulddo.HegredatthebookshelvesandtheArithmanybookasifitwasalltheirfault.

“SoHarry,”Ronaskedastheyfinishedbreakfast.“Haveyoufinishedyouressayyet?”

“Haven’tevenstarted,”Harryansweredeasily.

“Samehere.”

“What?ItwasassignedstMonday!”Hermioneyelpedasshetriedtoomprehendwhatmusthavebeengoingthroughtheirmindsallweektonotatleaststartontheessay.

“So?”Ronasked.“Justbeauseitwasassigneddoesn’tmeanwewoulddoitonMonday.”

Harrynodded.“Wehavetodaytodoit,Hermione.It’snottheendoftheworld.”

Hermionejustshookherheadatthekofresponsibilitythosetwohadwhenitametoshool.Quiddithwasawholeotherstory,butwhenitametoshoolwork…justfetaboutpnningforanything.“Well,thenyoutwoshouldgogetstartedonit,”shetoldthem.

“Willyouhelpus?”Ronasked.

“Absolutelynot.Youhadanentireweektodoit.”

Ronfrowned.“Okaythen.Shallwejustgetthisoverwith,Harry?”

“Sure.Ihavetogogetmybookthough.”

“ThenIwillmeetyoutwointhelibrary,”Hermionesaidandtookanotherstairwaytowardsthelibrary’sorridor.

“Youanomewithifyouwant,”Harrysaid.“I’msureMalfoyhaslearedoutbynow.”

Ronnoddedandthetwosetoffdownanotherstairway.

HarrydeidedthatMedusawasneverhappytoseehim.Evenwhenhetoldherthepasswordshewouldn’topenthedooruntilshe’dgiven

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