Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 294 294. Monday's Big News
"Oh Merlin!"

"Big news!"

"This is really..."

"There is no doubt that it is indeed big news!"

"Merlin's beard!"

On Monday morning, as a group of messenger owls flew over the long table, leaving countless letters and feathers, the auditorium at breakfast time became lively.

All the students who got the "Daily Prophet" were shocked to see the news reported on the front page of the newspaper.

There were exclamations one after another.

"Look!"

On the long Ravenclaw table, Eddie spread out the newspaper on the table.

"My God, Edinburgh Castle is occupied!"

Scott quickly stood up and leaned over to take a look.

"Ms. Slytherin reappears and conquers Edinburgh Castle!" "

He hastily glanced at the content of the report, and then said to Luna who was sitting across the long table, "Maybe the Thestrals at Hogwarts have found it."

"Oh, I'm afraid so."

Luna lay on the table and read the newspaper.

"here……"

She began to read the contents of the report, "On the evening of November 11th, Ms. Slytherin descended from the sky in a self-driving flying carriage, surrounded by a group of green-robed masked men."

"Just last night! Unbelievable!" said Eddie. "Edinburgh is Muggle land,"

Roger frowned and said, "It seems that many Muggles witnessed magic last night."

Luna continued, "But a wizard who lived near Edinburgh claimed that the ornate carriage was actually pulled by four Thestrals, and that her green-robed bodyguards also rode Thestrals..."

"Oh!" She looked up at Scott, "Maybe it's Wuwu and his group, she enslaved them!"

"If that's really the Thestrals of Hogwarts, aren't they a bit too unscrupulous?" Roger frowned.

At this time, Eddie exclaimed, "Did they use a spell to drive away the Muggles in Edinburgh Castle? They didn't kill anyone... Oh maybe I shouldn't say this, but the Wizarding Secrecy has been broken! "

"Why did that lady capture Edinburgh Castle?" Roger asked puzzled, "I mean...that's a Muggle castle, there's no magic there!"

Scott smiled, "Who knows, maybe it's just that Muggles haven't discovered the magic hidden in the castle."

"Edin Castle was built in the 6th century AD, which is hundreds of years earlier than Hogwarts!" Milton said in surprise.

He looked down at the newspaper. "Muggles think it's the oldest castle in Europe... oh, it's really magical!"

"Let me see!"

Eddie hurriedly lowered his head to read the next content.

"After the incident, the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic rushed to Edinburgh immediately, but the castle has been shrouded in a sudden awakening of magic power, and no one can enter?"

He looked up at Scott with a silly expression on his face.

"Your wild guess was right, Scott."

"Well..." Scott was also a little speechless.

Milton pointed to the bottom of the newspaper, "There is also a report on Edinburgh here."

"In the 6th century AD, Scotland still belonged to the pattern of disputes among nations. A country in the north called Northumbria occupied the land where Edinburgh is located."

Milton read the contents of the article.

"The king built a fortress on an extinct volcano with three cliffs and one steep slope, and people called the fort 'Edinburgh' after the king."

"I know all this."

Eddie quickly leaned over to take a look.

"But what I don't know is..." he said in surprise, "the author of this article speculates that although Edinburgh Castle has been renovated and expanded many times in history, it may have served the king at that time when it was originally built. wizards involved."

"Merlin, shouldn't it be the broken wizard secrecy that needs to be worried about now?" Keira, who had been sitting on the sidelines listening to their discussion, suddenly said loudly.

"That's right!" Her boyfriend Dylan nodded in agreement.

"Oh, don't worry." Scott turned to them and said, "The Ministry of Magic has the situation under control."

"That's right." Eddie interjected. "In addition to those Aurors, the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters has also been fully mobilized. The Incident Reversal Team, the Amnestic Cancellation Command, and the Muggle Mediation Committee have been busy all night."

Scott nodded, "Anyway, they erased the memories of Muggle witnesses and cast a Muggle dispersing spell around the castle. The Muggle government will also temporarily refuse to visit the castle on the grounds that it needs to be repaired."

At this moment, Principal Dumbledore and a group of professors hurried into the auditorium.

With their arrival, the originally noisy auditorium gradually quieted down, and the students subconsciously lowered their discussion voices.

The principal and professors took their seats one by one, and Scott and the others sat down again.

"No one knows what that ambitious lady Slytherin wants to do." Milton said worriedly.

Eddie asked in a low voice, "Do you think she will drain the magic power in the castle like the last time she attacked Sir Merlin's garrison, or will she occupy it completely?"

Ding!Ding Ding!

At the teacher's table, Professor McGonagall tapped the cup with his wand.

"Please be quiet, everyone," she said sternly.

"Good morning."

After the auditorium was completely silent, Dumbledore stood up and began to speak.

"I think everyone already knows the big news today, so I'll just say one thing..."

His gaze traveled the auditorium for a week.

"For the safety of your students, your Hogsmeade weekend has been cancelled, starting this week."

As soon as his words fell, there was an uproar in the auditorium.

A lot of bold students started to protest, such as the Weasley twins of Gryffindor.

Scott even heard Fred say aloud, "Isn't it out of fashion to give prisoners a break?"

"Shut up!" Percy had to stand up to stop them, "If you make trouble again..."

From a distance Scott could see Percy flushing with anger.

Dumbledore was not angry, he smiled and said, "Yes, you must stay in the castle until the Christmas holidays."

Speaking of this, he took a special look at the Weasley twins, "Of course, I will tell Mr. Filch to guard the secret passage in the castle."

"Oh shit." Eddie complained to Scott in a low voice, "Our purchasing agent business!"

Scott glanced at him and said casually, "Then cancel it for now."

Eddie scratched his hair in distress.

Scott hadn't told him that the Weasley twins had secret passages that Filch didn't even know about.

After breakfast, Luna said to Scott, "Hagrid wasn't here just now, we should go see him."

"It's noon then," Scott said.

He wanted to make sure that the Thestrals at Hogwarts were the ones mentioned in the news.

After this morning's class ended, Scott and Luna had a hasty lunch, and then went to Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Oh, it's you."

Hagrid's eyes were red when he opened the door.

"Come in, Harry and the others are here."

Scott glanced into the room, where Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sitting at a huge round table.

After several people greeted each other, Scott and Luna also sat down at the round table.

"Are you okay, Hagrid." Luna turned her head to look at Hagrid, "We read today's newspaper this morning and suspected that the Thestrals in Edinburgh are the Uwus."

"It's them!"

Hagrid said with a sob, he walked to the round table and sat down decadently, squatting the stool under his buttocks.

He sobbed loudly, and took out his dirty tablecloth-sized handkerchief from his arms to wipe away his tears.

"I went to see...in the morning...to Edinburgh. Although I couldn't get close to the castle, I saw them from a distance above the castle. Oh, I rode Sirius' flying motorcycle..."

He spoke angrily and loudly, and what he said was a bit confusing.

"Oh, I see they're there... Wuwu, and its companions..."

At this moment, the three of Harry showed blank expressions. It seemed that they didn't know about the disappearance of the Thestrals.

Hagrid went on crying, "Woo is my favourite...was the first born in the Forbidden Forest, and he went on to be the chief of the pack... I only had one stallion and five mares at first... oh !I can't save them. Those damned thieves..."

"What's the matter, Hagrid?" Hermione couldn't help asking, "Did you keep those Thestrals that the newspaper said?"

Pointing to a letter on the round table, she said, "I thought the fact that you were about to face a lawsuit was bad enough!"

"Oh! I don't have time to deal with any lawsuits now. If Lucius Malfoy wants to sue me, let him sue." Hagrid said a little excitedly, "I'm just worried about them..."

Hermione looked at him disapprovingly, "No, Hagrid, you have to prepare your own defense! You have to prove that the main responsibility for that teaching accident lies with Malfoy himself!"

"Does this still need to be proved?" Ron said disapprovingly, "Everyone knows that Malfoy was injured because he himself was disobedient in class!"

Harry nodded again and again, "Everyone knows it's Malfoy's responsibility!"

Hermione glanced at them with her chin raised, "I can't believe it, why would you say such stupid things? Yes, we know, but it doesn't mean that the Department of Education and the Wizengamot know too!"

"Hermione, I don't have time for bloody Malfoy!" Hagrid yelled, "Do you know what they do to them, they have completely lost their freedom!"

At this point, he cried again and covered his face with a dirty handkerchief, "Those bastards... even put saddles, bridles and bridles on them..."

At this moment, Harry suddenly asked, "So, what is a Thestral?"

Scott found that the expressions on his and Ron's faces had become more bewildered.

Hermione immediately turned to stare at them.

Seeing that she took a deep breath and was about to start lecturing, Scott quickly said, "Wait, this is a bit messy!"

He raised his hand to stop Hermione's about to blurt.

"We need to clarify what we know first." He glanced at Luna again. "Hermione will talk about the lawsuit first, and then Luna will talk about the Thestrals."

Hermione nodded when she heard that, and began to talk about the notification letter from the Wizengamot on the table.

(End of this chapter)