The Unexpected Task

           "Potter!Weasley!Willyoupayattention?"

           ProfessorMcGonagall’sirritatedvoicecrackedlikeawhipthroughtheTransfigurationclassonThursday,andHarryandRonbothjumpedandlookedup.

           Itwastheendofthelesson;theyhadfinishedtheirwork;theguineafowltheyhadbeenchangingintoguineapigshadbeenshutawayinalargecageonProfessorMcGonagall’sdesk(Neville’sstillhadfeathers);theyhadcopieddowntheirhomeworkfromtheblackboard("Describe,withexamples,thewaysinwhichTransformingSpellsmustbeadaptedwhenperformingCross-SpeciesSwitches"}.Thebellwasduetoringatanymoment,andHarryandRon,whohadbeenhavingaswordfightwithacoupleofFredandGeorge’sfakewandsatthebackoftheclass,lookedup,RonholdingatinparrotandHarry,arubberhaddock.

           "NowthatPotterandWeasleyhavebeenkindenoughtoacttheirage,"saidProfessorMcGonagall,withanangrylookatthepairofthemastheheadofHarry’shaddockdroopedandfellsilentlytothefloor-Ron’sparrot’sbeakhadsevereditmomentsbefore-"Ihavesomethingtosaytoyouall.

           "TheYuleBallisapproaching-atraditionalpartoftheTriwizardTournamentandanopportunityforustosocializewithourforeignguests.Now,theballwillbeopenonlytofourthyearsandabove-althoughyoumayinviteayoungerstudentifyouwish-"

           LavenderBrownletoutashrillgiggle.ParvatiPatilnudgedherhardintheribs,herfaceworkingfuriouslyasshetoofoughtnottogiggle.

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