Hogwarts Negative points for Slytherin

Dumbledore took Evan outside the infirmary. He gently raised his hand, and a light mask enveloped the two of them.

“What’s this?”Evan asked

“A little magic to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.”Dumbledore replied.

Seeing Dumbledore’s serious expression, Evan probably had some guesses. He puffed up his chest and looked at Dumbledore seriously.

“Take this wand, it’s also a yew wand, but the core is made of unicorn hair. It’s quite contradictory, isn’t it?”Dumbledore handed him a new wand

“this……”Evan didn’t understand what he meant

“The Ministry of Magic keeps track of the use of magic by students under the age of seventeen. Therefore, in these days, you need to use this new wand to complete enough spells, preferably from easy to difficult, such as levitating spells or making fire. The spell can even begin to fail on purpose. Then give it to me, as quickly as possible”

“You got it?”Evan found that he was not surprised at all. Everything that happened in Hogwarts seemed to be unable to escape Dumbledore’s eyes.

Dumbledore nodded:”Of course I will not let you go. You can face Voldemort directly. Frankly Say, I just want to train you a little bit.”

At this point, he took a deep look at Evan:”You really gave me a big surprise, no, for a person of my age, it’s almost a shock.”

Evan smiled sheepishly.

Then, Dumbledore looked far away along the corridor, not knowing what he was thinking.

For a long time, Evan couldn’t hold it anymore:”You asked me to come out? Anything else?

Dumbledore then came back to his senses:”Oh, no, not anymore.””

Evan then said goodbye and walked towards the infirmary again.

“correct.”After taking a few steps, Dumbledore stopped him again,”You’d better make some time during the holiday, we may have to do some things.”

Evan nodded:”Can you please reveal the specific ones?”

“……Nothing much, just meeting some of my old friends.”

Wait until Evan returns to the infirmary.

“What did Dumbledore call you for? Ron asked curiously

“He said he would take me on a trip during the holidays.”

It can be seen that they are also good at avoiding the easy.

A few days later,

Ron finally took off the bandage on his head and looked around happily. Hermione and Harry chatted with other Gryffindor students.

“It’s over. I failed my Transfiguration class. I’m afraid I won’t have a good time this holiday.”A Gryffindor student said pessimistically.

Another Gryffindor comforted him:”It doesn’t matter, you have to face Professor McGonagall again when school starts. That would be miserable.”

“You–you won’t be able to live well even if I die!”They made a fuss.

On Evan’s side, the situation was much weirder. Because it was the last day of the holiday, Snape, who couldn’t bear it, finally took him out of the Gryffindor pile and threw him where he was supposed to be. The place where he stayed, so… with him as the center, the two seats on the left and right were empty, and there was no one sitting on the chair directly opposite. Within a radius of ten feet, it seemed that the little snakes spoke softer than others

“You are really unpopular.”Malfoy appeared out of nowhere, sneered and sat down next to him.

Evan looked around, pretending to be looking for something.

“What are you doing?”Malfoy asked strangely

“You didn’t bring those two dogs with you”

“You…they are my friends, what do you know?”

“You think so.”Evan shrugged, too lazy to talk to Malfoy.

At this time, Professor McGonagall tapped the cup with a spoon. As usual, this was a sign that something important was announced.

Everyone fell silent immediately, and Dumbledore stood up. Come and preach:”Another year has passed. Now, it’s time to hand out the Academy Cup. The scores of each house are as follows: Fourth place: Slytherin, 298 points.”

The Slytherin students suddenly made a sound of annoyance, and many people glared at Evan – he was the one who deducted points the most.

Malfoy was also in this group, but when Evan looked at him with a half-smile, When looking at him, he quickly turned his head to Dumbledore, as if nothing happened.

“Third place: Hufflepuff, with a total score of 352 points.”

There was sparse applause in the auditorium.

“Second place, Lakwenlao, 426 points.”

The applause was a little warmer.

“First place: Gryffindor, with a total score of 462 points!”

The little Gryffindors burst into excited cheers

“Well done, Gryffindor. However, recent events should also be taken into consideration.”

Everyone’s smiles froze. They didn’t know what kind of medicine Dumbledore was selling in his gourd.

“Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, and Evan Argyll. On the night after the exam, they went out together and broke into forbidden areas, which seriously violated the school rules, so each person was deducted twenty points.”

The Slytherin students actually smiled: Although they were also deducted points, apart from Slytherin’s gain, the happiest thing for them was to see Gryffindor suffer. No, sometimes, even the latter It excites them more than the former

“but!”Dumbledore cleared his throat and signaled everyone to be quiet.

“We should also note that when a crisis comes, it is they who have the courage to break the rules and protect the tranquility of the school. Thus, Mr. Weasley, given the superb chess skills he displayed, played the best game of chess for Hogwarts in years. Let’s waive his past deductions and award him 20 points.”

Gryffindor’s hourglass dropped by more than fifty points.

“Miss Granger, in a dangerous situation, it is important to move forward, but it is also worthy of respect to protect the comrades who are lagging behind. Her past deductions are waived and she is awarded 20 points.”

The hourglass dropped about forty minutes.

“Well, it looks like Miss Granger has been doing very well over the past year, so keep up the good work.”

Dumbledore continued:”The next one is Harry Potter. His courage and extraordinary courage are worthy of commendation, but standing up in times of crisis is even more touching. Harry’s past deductions are waived and we award him thirty points.”

The hourglass dropped more than seventy points. (Most of them were scored by Snape)

“Finally, there’s Evan Argyle.”

Dumbledore paused deliberately, making the whole place so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

“Evan, how many times have I told you this? Your talent is very high, so high that it… makes me a little scared.”

Professor McGonagall sitting next to her opened her eyes wide, surprised that Dumbledore would give such a high evaluation.

“How will you use your talents? Should you take the straight, quick path in front of you, or take a longer, more patient detour?”

Dumbledore stared at him like this, and Evan saw the depth in his pupils, which was the wisdom of the elderly.

“Anyway, I look forward to your choice. Like the other three, his previous penalty record was wiped out, and given that Evan had studied so hard in his first year, mastering Transfiguration all the way to the point where he could perform human transformation, he earned Slytherin a 50-point bonus. point!”

Everyone looked at the hourglass belonging to Slytherin, and the grains of sand in it all ran down happily, causing Slytherin’s score to reach 532 points.

“Evan, you actually deducted so many points?”

Dumbledore looked at him kindly, and Evan could only give him an awkward smile.

“We’re tied with Slytherin!”Hermione said quietly to Harry and the others.

“Will there be two Academy Cups issued?”Harry asked with interest.

But Dumbledore hadn’t finished speaking yet.

“Oh, it’s not over yet. Finally, it takes courage to stand up to your enemies. But standing firm in front of friends requires more courage. I award ten points to Neville Longbottom.”

This is the first time Neville has won a bonus point for the house. Everyone around him cheers and applauds him to celebrate that he has won the last ten points for the house.

“What a pity, I think Dumbledore is partial to Gryffindor.”Malfoy looked at them cheering coldly and said

“No matter what, I’m done with Slytherin anyway, and you guys haven’t worked hard enough.”Evan said easily.