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Chapter 9: The Half-Blood Prince
Harry finds out he is allowed to take Potions because Slughorn doesn't require an "Outstanding" from the previous year, just an "Exceeds Expectations." That means Harry could still try to become an Auror.
In the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Snape is hard on Harry and his friends, as usual, but starts to teach them nonverbal spells (ways of casting spells without having to speak.) Harry earns himself a detention by being rude to Snape, but find out that Dumbledore wants to teach him at the same time—Saturday night at 8 p.m.
In the first Potions class, Harry doesn't have the textbooks and ingredients because he didn't think he could do the course. He borrows them from the classroom cupboard, and finds his textbook is filled with annotations. Slughorn shows them a few potions he has already made and Hermione can identify them all. One of them is called Felix Felicis, which gives good luck for a time. A vial of the potion is offered as a reward for the student in the class who can best make a Draught of Living Death. Harry follows the instructions in his annotated borrowed textbook and finds they are far superior to the printed instructions. His potion is the best, and he wins the vial of Felix Felicis.
Looking through the book further, Harry discovers the inscription, "This Book is the Property of the Half-Blood Prince."
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