At breakfast, Harry, Ron, and Hermione wonder where Hagrid is, learn of [Quidditch] tryouts from [Angelina], get a [Daily Prophet] delivered, and receive their course schedules, complete with an awful Monday.

Fred and George arrive after overhearing Ron griping about his course schedule. Hermione tries to tell them they can't use first years as testers for their new products, but they quickly change the subject to the intensity of the fifth year, with its [O.W.L.s], and then their plans for a new joke shop.

As Fred and George depart, Hermione wonders whether they have the money for a joke shop, and Harry quickly changes the subject. They chat with Ron for a bit about [O.W.L.s] and about becoming [Aurors], as they head off for class.

After sitting through another boring History of Magic class, Hermione threatens not to give Ron and Harry her notes this year, and the trio walks off towards Potions.

Cho Chang stops Harry to talk with him, but Ron messes everything up by accusing Cho of being a fair-weather fan of the [Tutshill Tornados], and she hastily walks away.

With Cho gone, Ron and Hermione bicker about Ron's attacking her, while Harry thinks silently about his excitement that she had come over to find him.

Potions class begins, with the fifth years attempting to brew the [Draught of Peace]. Harry, however, misses a line of insructions, and Snape cruelly [vanishes] his potion and gives him a zero for the day.