“You’re a first year, yes? First year examinations are designed to be doable, don’t worry,” George offered reassuringly. “It’s once you get to third year that they start really grilling you!”

And what if George sat down to write an examination, only to have the “lot” that she had painstakingly memorized leave her entirely? Merlin help her when it came time to write her O.W.L.s—the Ravenclaw would be a train wreck!

“Just focus on the fundamentals—everything else will flow naturally from there.”