Originally Posted by Deniiz

Evan blinked. Why were these people looking for specific years? Then it hit him, the professor must've required so. And he must have missed that instruction while he was trying to vanish into the wall. It was no wonder why he was so afraid of especially this professor; he liked to torture them either, by pairing them up with bigger people for a duel! As he was still a third year, he needed a sixth and he couldn't have a younger partner. Splendid!

He decided it was better if he was specific either. "Any sixth years..? I'm a third." Or of course he could merrily be paired up with a first year, if professor didn't mind a year's difference.