     He couldn’t wait to start learning. He had never considered himself particularly smart or motivated – he’d always been one to sit in the back, listening but not really listening. This, though... This was something he could use, something that gave him an edge over Dudley and his silly little gang. He wondered if he’d be able to turn Dudley into a frog – Hagrid had managed to give him a pig’s tail, but maybe that was just because he didn’t have a wand.