Diagon Alley was busy with excitement. The last weekend before the school year ended at Hogwarts, many parents were out enjoying the last bit of freedom they had before their children returned home. Some were anxious to buy presents for their students. Others were getting a head start on purchasing the reading materials assigned over the summer. Hermione might not have a lot of use personally for Headmaster Temeritus Mulciber, but he ran a tight ship. Under his supervision, test scores were the highest they'd been in a century. While not nearly as brutal as under Severus Snape, discipline was firm and effective.