fall at hogwarts

Chapter 197 Chapter 98
It was still the familiar scene, the train stopped, and the passengers pushed and shoved, rushed to the door, and went down to a dark and small platform.

Ed and the others were the ones rushing forward, and they didn't want to stay with Lockhart at all, even for a second.

The cold night made everyone shiver, and Ed and the others couldn't help but think of Lockhart's words: Hogwarts is still that cold.

It's September now!It's a good thing they changed into clothes, otherwise they would have had to take time off for the first day of school.

Then a lamp flickered over the students' heads, and Harry heard a familiar voice shout:
"FIRST YEARS! FIRST YEARS HERE! HARRY! SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!"

Hagrid smiled on his bearded face above the crowd of thousands. "Come on, come with me as a first-year freshman! Watch out for your feet!"

After hearing Hagrid's words, Harry and Ron subconsciously followed, completely forgetting that they were already in the second year.After reacting, Draco laughed for a while.

Even Hermione pointed at Hagrid's oil lamp and said, "Hagrid was talking about first years! Didn't you two hear?"

Ed and the others walked along the crowd and came outside the station, where a hundred horse-drawn carriages were waiting for them.

Ed, Elizabeth, Draco, and Lockhart, who pushed hard, took one; Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville, who met halfway, quickly climbed into the other.

"The Pegasus that pulls the cart is so ugly." Draco, who was sitting on the carriage, complained about the Thestrals.

"Pegasus?" Elizabeth was puzzled, she leaned over and wanted to touch it, but she couldn't find anything.

"Be careful." Ed supported Elizabeth, and the carriage was pulled by the Thestrals and started to move forward.

On the side, Lockhart leaned on the back of the chair, put his elbows on Decola's shoulders, and began to spread knowledge: "Thestrals, a kind of skinny black pegasus with a dragon head and huge bat wings.

Only those who have seen death can see them. Unexpectedly, you saw human death at a young age.I know it's impolite to ask, but I still want to ask, is this your grandpa you met?Or grandma? "

Lockhart's words made Draco hate Lockhart even more.Turning his head aside, he saw that Ed was holding Elizabeth's hand to touch the Thestral pulling the cart.

"Wow! It really exists, Ed, can you see it too? I envy you all."

Ed let go, thinking to himself, you are the envy of us who can't see them.

Carriages pass through gates flanked by sculptures of winged boars and drive down the wide driveway.

Ed saw Elizabeth holding the Thestral's tail, brushing his palm with the tip of the tail, laughing from time to time because of itchy hands.

As the temperature dropped, the carriage slowly turned from an open hood to a box car to keep the wind from blowing in.

Elizabeth stretched out her hand regretfully, but was still curious about the Thestrals she couldn't see.

Hogwarts was getting closer, and the many lighted windows gleamed across the night.Their carriage stopped at the foot of the stone steps in front of the two oak gates, and the people in the front carriage had hurried up the stone steps and ran into the castle.

"Haha, I'll see you later at school." Lockhart jumped out of the car first, winked at the three people in the car, then smiled, and took the lead to leave with his suitcase.

"It's really shameless, forcefully squeezed up."

Seeing Lockhart leave, Draco's originally stiff face eased a lot.He jumped down with his suitcase.

Ed stretched out his hand to take Elizabeth next, and when the three of them were about to leave, the Thestral pulling the cart even licked Elizabeth affectionately.

"oops!"

Elizabeth only felt a wet thing licking herself, and shrank her head to hide from Ed.

The Thestrals, who had finished their bad deeds, blinked at Ed angrily, then followed the other Thestrals and left.

"Hahahaha! Ed! I just saw that thestral laughing! Ed! Thestral is laughing!"

Draco clutched his stomach, pointed at Elizabeth, and found her embarrassment very funny.

"what happened?"

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville jumped out of the carriage, seeing Draco laughing all the time, they couldn't help asking.

"There's nothing!!" Elizabeth straightened her messed up hair, then looked at Draco in embarrassment, raising her fist as if to beat Draco.

Draco was also very cooperative, raising his hands in surrender: "Sister, I dare not, stop laughing, hahaha."

"Hmph! Ignore you! Hermione, let's go!"

Elizabeth ran up the stone steps with Hermione in her arms.

Ed and the others also followed through the cave-like deep foyer, where torches were lit and the marble staircase was magnificent.

"Everyone, go in quickly, the new students will arrive soon."

Professor McGonagall was still standing in the foyer like last year, with the huge wooden door behind him.Urging those students to take their seats quickly:

"Hurry up and go in. This year's sorting ceremony is expected to last for a long time. If you want to eat early, go in quickly."

Of course, such slightly critical words are generally only heard by the little lions of Gryffindor.

"Let's go, let's go." A group of people were already hungry, and hurried away with their heads down in order to get something to eat.

The auditorium was as splendid as ever, and it had been decorated for the banquet of Xin Xuesi.

Hundreds of candles floated above the table, making the plates and cups sparkle.The four long college tables were already filled with chattering students.

There is a fifth table at the top of the auditorium, and the staff sit one by one on one side of the table, facing the students.Lockhart sat on it too, but no one seemed willing to lean against him.

He sat in the far corner, took a mirror to look at himself, and compared every smile.As if for a moment, Dumbledore would let him speak on stage.

"Ed, look at him, it's disgusting, Elizabeth is not like that." Next to Draco was the bloody Baron, so he looked at Lockhart in the mirror, and then whispered to Ed.

Although the voice was very low, Elizabeth, who was still sitting on the other side of Ed, heard her big eyes glaring fiercely at Draco: "What did you say!"

"Hahaha, I didn't say anything." Draco scratched the back of his head and laughed foolishly.

Goyle and Crabbe, the two chubby guys sitting opposite, saw Draco's smirk, and discussed in a low voice:
"Is that still Master Malfoy?"

"I, I don't know, don't you know?"

"You don't even know! How could I know!"

When people say bad things, people seem to have very sensitive hearing. Draco also heard the conversation between the two, and he slapped the table and stood up:

"What are you two talking about! Did you say something bad about me!"

The two chubby guys were startled by Draco, their eyes opened like brass bells, hugged each other, and the doubts in their hearts disappeared.This is their boss.

(End of this chapter)