Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 106 The First Gathering

For several days, Peter had been planning a meeting ceremony dedicated to Herbo, and Saturday came amidst the panic and panic caused by the attack of the basilisk.

The January cold was far from over, but a roaring fire kept the room cozy and cozy in a large, richly decorated classroom on the third floor of the castle.

Forty students leaned on soft sofas and sat in a circle by the fireplace. Peter and Sirius sat on two small round sofas in the center of the circle. Looking at his future little soldiers with a smile.

"Today is the first meeting of the Defense Against the Dark Arts club. Except for our Lavender classmate, everyone else is here."

Parvati raised her hand, "Professor! Can you teach us how to deal with the basilisk?" Her voice trembled, and there was a buzz among the students.

Peter made a kind gesture, and the students immediately fell silent, "Don't worry, I will teach you all kinds of fighting skills step by step. Since we have encountered the basilisk now, we might as well start with the basilisk, but first—— "

He waved his wand casually, and forty silver rings flew towards the students. They looked at the rings in their hands, and a small snake with its own tail was cast on it.

"This is my greeting gift to everyone." Peter said with a smile, he pointed his wand at the air above the classroom, the students were amazed to see the image of a small silver snake projected into the air, it swallowed its own The tail, constantly spinning, formed a perfect circle.

"This is the oldest magical symbol, ouroboros. It symbolizes infinity, reincarnation and rebirth. Many wizards use it as a mark of seeking immortality, and even engrave it on their tombstones."

Hermione raised her hand and said excitedly: "They believe that life and death are just a cycle, death is only temporary, and the dead will be reborn."

"Very well," Peter said approvingly, "Miss Granger, could you please tell me your own view on death?"

Hermione pondered for a moment, "Professor... I haven't given much thought to this question, I always feel that death is still a distant thing... I'm more inclined to think about more practical questions."

"It's okay, thank you, Miss Granger, this is the normal thinking of young people, who else can talk about your views on death?" Peter asked persuasively.

"Death is the beginning of another life, a life beyond death, life after death." Cedric Diggory said a little uncertainly, and his face turned pale when he talked about this topic.

"Death is disappearance," Luna Lovegood's voice faltered, with a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, "turning into nothingness, turning into everything."

"Very well said, Mr. Diggory, Miss Lovegood, and I am glad to see that everyone has an opinion."

"Professor, how do you understand it?" asked Ravenclaw Prefect Krivat.

"No one can really know the mystery of death, but what is certain is that there is no resurrection from death in this world, death is irreversible, and what ouroboros symbolizes is not simple rebirth, but something greater than rebirth. cycle."

"Every one of us is from the dust, and eventually returns to the dust, as Miss Lovegood said, 'into all things', the ancient Greeks believed that ouroboros represented truth, one is All is one, the universe moves in one direction, and even the most profound magic has its inherent limits."

"Of course, I hope that you can have your own views on death. Only when you truly face death can you understand death, and then understand yourself."

Peter stood up and waved his wand leisurely. The silver ouroboros in the air spun and gradually condensed, and finally landed in his palm, turning into another silver ouroboros ring. He lifted the ring gently stand up.

"I chose our Ouroboros as the logo of the club to remind everyone that death is always with you and me. You have embarked on a difficult road. Today we sit around the fire and talk to each other, and tomorrow we may be on the battlefield. Facing Voldemort and his minions, if you survive, you will face tougher, lonely battles for the rest of your life."

The students listened half-understood, and the room was quiet for a moment, only to hear the strong wind blowing outside the window, and the crackling fire was very warm. Sirius was baking honey bread, creamy mushrooms and silver moon on the stove Fish skewers, the classroom is full of fragrance.

In such cozy surroundings, the students can't really grasp the brutal, gory stuff yet, but the Ouroboros rings in their hands are the first hint.

"Okay," Peter sat back on the soft sofa, "that's all for the Ouroboros ring, please put the ring on, then we can call each other, next, let me tell you about our black The detailed rules for the Magic Defense Club's activities."

"First of all, it is about guest assistants. I try my best to invite different wizards to be my assistants in each class. I also said in the public class that different styles of wizards can teach us many different things, so My guest assistant today is - Sirius Black!"

Sirius stood up and bowed gracefully. He was so tall that all the students in the room had to look up to see him clearly. There was a burst of applause in the room, especially Harry, Luo Grace and Hermione had the loudest clap.

"Thank you." Sirius said with a smile, "Everyone can try something delicious first." He raised his wand, "Who likes honey bread?"

Except for Harry, Ron and Hermione who raised their hands generously, most of the students were a little embarrassed to raise their hands. Sirius waved his wand, and the baked bread was firmly handed over to Harry, Ron and Hermione inside.

"Then there are butter mushrooms, this one is so delicious." He ate a bunch himself, showing a somewhat exaggerated intoxicated expression, while Peter kept laughing, "Who wants to eat this?" Sirius shouted.

"Me!" His approachability infected the students, a large group of students raised their hands, and Sirius smiled and passed out the roasted mushrooms.

"Who wants some grilled silver moon fish skewers?" Sirius raised the grilled fish on the fire again, this time there was a rush of looting, Sirius walked down himself, and enthusiastically passed the fish skewers one by one with his hands.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione each held scones, grilled mushrooms, and grilled fish in their hands, and they were biting happily. The other students were not as oblivious as the three of them, and almost everyone chose only one to come. Eat, but the four Slytherin students, Evan, Malfoy, Nott, and Zabini, were unmoved.

"Okay, everyone has something to eat now, thanks to our gourmet guests!" When Peter said this, Sirius laughed, "Now you can watch an exhibition game while chewing."

Peter and Sirius drew their wands, held them up against their chests, and stood facing each other, bowing to each other as solemnly as they could, but when they straightened up they both found it funny and couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)