Harry and Hermione were excelling in their classes much to their joy and apparent shock of the other Professors. According to their Uncle Sev, Professor Flitwick had asked how they weren't in his house, something that had made them both beam with pride. They laughed with their friends when they heard that Potter had tried to point out that they were clearly evil if the hat had still determined they belonged in Slytherin. To their shock it had been Dumbledore who stood up for them, responding with his belief that Slytherin had been their placement due to them being raised by their Mother, Aunt and Uncle all three of whom were ex Slytherins. Apparently, he had used their Aunt Andromeda as an example, she had been a Slytherin like her sisters and parents but had been disowned for marrying a Hufflepuff Muggleborn. Both of whom had fought for The Order of Phoenix in the first war.