Harry Potter and Shafik

Chapter 31

After a brief introduction, the five walked down the corridor, looking for empty cars, but all the cars were full except the last car.

There was only one person in this carriage, and this person was sitting by the window, soundly asleep.Harry, Ron and Hermione stopped on the threshold.The Hogwarts Express was usually for students, who had never seen an adult here, except for the witch who was pushing the food cart for them.

The stranger wore a very worn wizard robe, patched in several places.He looked sick and tired.He still looks young, but the light brown hair has been mixed with spontaneity.

"Who do you think he is?" asked Ron sharply.They sat down, closed the door, and sat as far away from the windows as possible. "

"Professor R. J. Lupine," whispered Hermione immediately.

"How did you know?"

"It's written on his suitcase," Hermione replied, pointing to the luggage rack above the man's head, where there was a battered little suitcase tied with lots of string and neatly knotted. "Professor R. J. Lupine" was stamped on one corner of the box, the letters peeling off.

"Wonder what he taught?" said Ron, frowning at Professor Lupine's lifeless profile.

"Obviously," whispered Hermione, "there's only one empty seat, right? 'Defense Against the Dark Arts.'"

"I heard from my father that Voldemort had applied for this position back then, but then Headmaster Dumbledore rejected him. Voldemort put a curse on this position. All professors cannot teach for a full year!" Lianna said with a sullen face and a serious face. Speaking of.

"I want to tell you some news. Hilbert took out a piece of paper from his pocket and said in a low voice. Taoist Lingxu will be hired as a professor of the Protection of Magical Animals class at Hogwarts. Assistant: Rube Hagrid, the gamekeeper. But the Chinese class it teaches is temporarily suspended."

"Suddenly there's a mixed feeling!" said Hermione.

"Where have you been? I've been looking for you several times!" Daphne pushed open the door and said.

"Be quiet!"

Hermione made room for a little space inside.At this time, the carriage was full of seven people.Lian Na consciously gave up her seat, and then sat on her brother's lap.

"You said, if we catch Sirius, will the Ministry of Magic reward us?"

"Don't be silly, Ron, as far as I know, Sirius is an Animagus. And an unregistered Animagus! So we can't catch him," Daphne said.

Sirius Black escaped to chase you? Oh, Harry, you must be more careful, be very careful.Don't ask for trouble, Harry"'"I didn't ask for trouble," said Harry angrily, "it's always my trouble. "

"How stupid would Harry be to go after a lunatic who wants to kill him?" said Ron, trembling.

"That's not necessarily the case. Why are you three always present every time there is trouble? For example, last year's laundry room!"

"Hehe, I don't understand what you're talking about?" The three said with forced smiles.

"Oh, it's the third year, and we have to add two more elective courses!" Hilbert said, patting Lianna's leg
Ron, who was unwilling to study, immediately showed an angry face.

But the good news is that we can go to Hogsmeade this weekend!

"How nice to get away from school for a little while and explore Hogsmeade, isn't it?"

"I think so," said Harry dully. "When you feel this way, be sure to tell me."

"What do you mean by that?" said Ron.

"I can't. The Dursleys didn't sign the consent form for me, and Fudge wouldn't." Ron looked terrified. "You won't be allowed to go? But - maybe - Professor McGonagall or someone else will let you go -" Harry gave a dry laugh.Professor McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor House.Is a very strict person. "—or we could ask Fred and George, who know every secret way out of the castle—" "Ron!" said Hermione sharply, "with Black at large, I think Harry shouldn't be sneaking away from school—"

"Yeah, that's what I expected Professor McGonagall to say when I asked for permission," said Harry bitterly.

"But if we're with him," said Ron briskly to Hermione, "Black wouldn't dare—"

"Oh, Ron, stop talking nonsense," snapped Hermione, "Black has killed so many people in crowded streets, do you really think Black can't do anything to Harry just because we're there?" hands?" she said, fumbling with the straps that bound the Crookshanks basket.

"By the way, how is Banban doing recently?" Daphne asked curiously.

"It's been bad all the time. After returning from Egypt, especially after Sirius escaped from prison, his spirit is not good, and he eats less."

"Don't let that thing out!" said Ron.But it was too late, and Crookshanks jumped easily out of the basket, stretched, yawned, and jumped into Ron's lap; Crookshanks.

"Go away!"

"Ron, come on!" said Hermione angrily.

Ron was about to retort when Professor Lupine moved.They looked at him in horror, but he just turned his head the other way, opened his mouth a little, and fell asleep again.

The Hogwarts Express was heading steadily north, and the scenery outside the window was getting wilder and darker, while the clouds overhead were getting thicker.Outside the door of their carriage, there were people walking back and forth non-stop.

"Brother, I'm hungry!" Allen Lina said

"I'm hungry too!"

"Wait, the food truck will be here soon!"

At one o'clock, the food truck plopped up to their compartment door.Hilbert paid for a lot of snacks, including Hermione, Ron and Harry.

"You say we should wake him up?" Ron asked awkwardly, nodding in Professor Lupine's direction. "He looked like he needed something to eat."

Hermione approached Professor Lupine cautiously.

"Excuse me—professor?"

He didn't move.

"Don't worry, darling," said the witch, handing Harry a large casserole of scones, "if he wakes up hungry, he'll meet me at the front driver."

"Is he sleeping?" said Ron quietly, as the Witch closed the carriage door. "I mean - he's not dead?"

"No, no, he's breathing," whispered Hermione, taking the cauldron of scones Harry handed her.

At this moment, they heard footsteps in the corridor again, and then three of their least favorite people came: Draco Malfoy, followed by his two close friends Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. "Well, look who it is," said Malfoy in his usual lazy drawl, pulling open the door of the carriage. "Potter and Weasley."

Goyle and Crabbe laughed wildly.

"I hear your dad finally got rich this summer, Weasley?" said Malfoy. "Your mom didn't die of shock, did she?"

"Hmm! Someone pay attention to what he says!" Hilbert said with a serious face.

"Ah, so my little sister is here! Come and eat with brother Draco!"

"I really forget about sex! I spoiled her for nothing!"

Professor Lupine was still fast asleep. ．The train continued northward, and the rain intensified; the window panes were now a thick, sticky gray that gradually deepened until the lights in the corridors and in the luggage racks came on.The train was shaking, the rain was beating on the windows, the wind was howling, but Professor Lupine was still asleep. "We're probably getting there," said Ron, leaning forward to see Professor Lupine leaning against the now completely dark window.No sooner had he finished speaking than the train slowed down. ． "Great." Ron said and stood up, carefully walking around Professor Lupine, wanting to see the situation outside. "I'm starving, I want to eat..." "We can't make it," said Hermione, looking at her watch. "Then why did it stop?" The train was getting slower and slower.The sound of the wheels is quieter, and the sound of the wind and rain outside the window is louder.Harry, who was closest to the door, got up to check the corridor.In each carriage beside the corridor, there were people poking their heads out to look around.The train suddenly shocked and stopped, and the sound of banging came from the distance, indicating that the luggage dropped from the shelf.Then, all the lights went out suddenly, and they were plunged into complete darkness. "What's the matter?" Ron's voice came from behind Harry.

"Ouch!" Hermione gasped. "Ron, that's my foot!" Harry groped his way back to his seat. "Did you say the train broke down?" "I don't know"

There was a short squeaking sound, and Harry saw Ron's indistinct black outline.Ron wiped a clean spot on the windowpane and was looking out. "There's something moving in there," said Ron, "I guess people are going out"

"What's that?" Daphne suddenly pointed to the door!Everyone looked quickly.

Standing in the doorway was a cloaked monster as tall as the ceiling.Its face was completely hidden under the hood and a hand poked out of the cloak shimmered, gray and thin and scabbed like something dead and soaked in water and rotting, everyone Involuntarily shrunk back.At this moment, the monster turned to Harry.

They all felt a chill run through their bodies.Harry felt his breath congeal in his chest.The chill penetrated his skin, chilled his chest, chilled his heart Harry's eyes rolled upward.He couldn't see anything.He was drowning in the cold.The ears are surging, like the impact of water.He was pulled down, and the sound in his ears got louder.. Then, from a distance, he heard screams, horrible, frightened, pleading screams.He wanted to help the screaming man, whoever he was, but he couldn't manage to get a white fog around him, inside him.

Hilbert took out a wooden sign from his pocket and pointed it at the monster. The monster escaped from the carriage like an animal seeing a tiger. "Harry! Harry! Are you all right?" Someone was punching him in the face. "What's the matter?"

Harry opened his eyes.There were lights above him, and the floor was shaking - the Hogwarts Express was on its way again, and the lights were on again.He appeared to have slid from his seat to the floor.Ron and Hermione were kneeling beside him, and he could see Professor Lupine and bend down at him.He felt sick; he reached up to push his glasses up and felt the cold sweat on his face.

"What was that just now!"

"A dementor, a guard from Azkaban, it thought there was Sirius in the car." Professor Lupine said as he handed him a piece of chocolate. "Eat it. It's good for you.

He added, "It's good to eat. I need to speak to the driver, I'm sorry..." He walked past Harry and disappeared into the corridor. "

"Daphne, pour Harry a glass of warm water." Hilbert said.

"Thank you, Daphne."

"What was that thing you were just now?" Hermione asked.

"Is this? It was given to me by Professor Lingxu, who said it was called Zhong Kui's ghost-hunting card. It is used to ward off evil spirits. I just held it and tried it out."

Hilbert said while holding a small wooden sign.

"Energy production?" Ron said. "I want to have one too!"

Another business opportunity!
If Sirius escapes from prison, he will definitely come back to Hogwarts to find Harry, and the dementors will definitely move in. At that time, each student will have one person, which can ensure normal study and not be intruded by dementors.The cost of this thing is very low, and there are a lot of things for town houses to ward off evil spirits at Lingxu!There are more than 1000 students in Hogwarts, each of which can be counted as one silver.That's hundreds of galleons in the money!

When the time comes, I will take the opportunity to sell a pair of stone lions of the evil town house to Hogwarts, and place them on both sides of the castle gate. This picture is very beautiful.However, considering that the symbol of Gryffindor is a lion, if only putting stone lions would cause dissatisfaction among the other three colleges, Dumbledore probably would not do so.How about selling two new year pictures of Shen Tu and Yu Lei, Qin Shubao and Yu Chigong, or Zhong Kui to be pasted on the gate of Hogwarts Castle?Or simply make a picture with Dumbledore as the theme?No matter how you look at it, this will make Hogwarts' painting style even more weird.

In the end, Hilbert suddenly thought that if Hogwarts Castle really wanted to build something to ward off evil spirits, the ghosts of Professor Binns, Nick and Fat Friar in the castle would be cleared out of Hogwarts Castle.

Old Deng wouldn't do that!
"Ron, call your twin brothers over, I have something to discuss." If you use the influence of the Weasley brothers?

"I heard you have another big business opportunity? Buddy," Fred said.

"That's right, I have a wooden sign to exorcise ghosts, which can expel dementors. When the time comes, everyone in Hogwarts will have one? What will happen then?"

"That's a cool idea!"

(End of this chapter)