Date: 10 February 1999
Characters: Neville Longbottom, Pansy Parkinson, Draco Malfoy, Other NEWT Prep Students
Location: Hogwarts
Status: Public
Summary: After the written exam and lunch, the students wait to be called in for their Defense Against the Dark Arts practical.
Completion: Complete
Neville wondered briefly if there wasn't some truth to that letter to the editor saying that the examinations for the NEWT Prep students had been made easier, before dismissing the idea as ridiculous. It had been fairly easy for him to complete but he knew it was because he had studied hard both revising the theory and doing practical drills in the Dueling Chamber. He'd been well prepared and he felt confident he'd done very well on the written portion of his Defense Against the Dark Arts N.E.W.T.
Now, with lunch over, they were all sent off to small chamber beside the Great Hall to wait for their names to be called for the practical. Not for the first time, Neville was glad he came in the middle alphabetically. He never had to go first but he never had to be last either.
As he entered, he saw Pansy was already there. He pulled one of the chocolate bars he had in his pocket out and broke it in half, handing part of it over as he helped himself to the seat beside her. "Chocolate isn't against the rules. I asked Professor McGonagall. Consider it lunch pudding. It should help," he smiled at her. "Would you like to run through Herbology theory this evening?"