Exchange student at Hogwarts

The Christmas vacation passed quickly. Without the magic mirror, the three of them became much more honest. Harry also put the invisibility cloak at the bottom of the cabinet. The three of them's leisure time completely turned into practice time.

Especially Zhang Chen, after seeing his family again, his once depressed will regained amazing energy. He spent almost all time in the Room of Requirement except for three meals a day. After this week of ultra-intensive training, he has already Being able to skillfully master the method of mouse transformation, being able to change his body during various movements, jumping, and casting spells, and being able to transform into a mouse in a short period of time and then seamlessly transform back into a human form, this is already Agnimus's Advanced skills, which are surprisingly effective in combat, are advanced wizard skills that are very close to actual combat.

However, the consequence of the three of them fishing so hard was that Hermione was very disappointed when she came back. However, when she saw Zhang Chen's self-abuse training every day, her disappointment immediately turned into a feeling of reluctance. After her questioning, Harry and Ron told her how they saw the Mirror of Erised, which made Hermione even more confused about how to comfort Zhang Chen. She had to take over the job of looking for Nicoléme in the library and dive into the vast books. In the sea.

The mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is no way out, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright in the village. Just when everyone is at a loss as to who Nicoléme is, a reminder from Neville opens the door to a new world. Not long after Neville returned to school, he met Malfoy and his pony in the library. Malfoy teased him with the leg-locking spell. After returning, Harry took out the chocolates given by Hermione for Christmas in order to comfort him. After giving it to him, Neville opened the chocolate and threw Dumbledore's wizard card to Harry.

"It's Dumbledore again," Harry said helplessly, "It was him the first time~~~~~"

He suddenly gasped, stared at the back of the card, and then looked up at Zhang Chen and the others.

"I've found him," he whispered, "I've found Flamel. I told you, I've seen this name somewhere before. It turns out, I saw it on the train coming here. Listen to this: Deng Bledow's well-known contributions include: defeating the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and working with his partner Nicolas Flamel on alchemy."

Hermione jumped to her feet. She hadn't been this excited since their first homework grade.

"Wait," she said, and ran upstairs to the girls' dormitory. Before Harry and Ron could exchange confused glances, she rushed back, holding a huge old book in her arms.

"I didn't expect to look for it here," she whispered excitedly, "I borrowed this from the library a few weeks ago and wanted to read it for fun."

She began to flip through the pages of the book quickly, mumbling words, and finally, she found it.

"I understand," she said in a low voice, as if in an act, "Nicolas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone."

Looking at the other three people looking around blankly, it was obvious that her words did not achieve the effect she expected.

"What stone"

"Oh, what's going on? Don't you usually read books? Come on, let me read this paragraph to you. Ancient alchemy involves the refining of the magic stone, which is a magical substance with amazing functions. The magic stone can transform anything. The metal turns into pure gold and can also create an elixir that makes those who drink it immortal. Over the centuries, there have been many reports about the Philosopher's Stone, but the only remaining Philosopher's Stone belongs to the famous alchemist and Mr. Nicolas Flamel, a lover of opera. He celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, and now lives in seclusion in Devon with his wife Perenal, who is six hundred and fifty-eight.”

"Do you understand?" Hermione asked after reading. "That big dog must be guarding Flamel's Philosopher's Stone. I dare say that Flamel asked Dumbledore to keep it for him, because they are friends, and he knew that someone was trying to take advantage of the Philosopher's Stone. That's why he took the magic stone. The stone was transferred from Gringotts."

"A stone can turn gold and make you immortal," Harry said. "No wonder Snape is also interested in it. Anyone would want it."

"No wonder we can't find Flamel in the study of the development of witchcraft in modern times," Ron said. "Since he is already 665 years old, he can't be considered a modern person, right?" Ron's points are always at such strange angles .

"Wait a minute, who is trying to plot the Sorcerer's Stone? You must know that Gringotts is not an easy place to break through. If it is Snape, I think it is unlikely. Judging from his strength, Dumbledore There is absolutely no need to transfer the Sorcerer's Stone to Hogwarts." Zhang Chen thought for a while and raised his own question.

"..." The four of them discussed for a long time in the corner of the Gryffindor common room, but did not come to any reliable conclusion.

"Just think about it slowly. I have to go practice Quidditch. Snape will be the referee in next week's game. Regardless of whether he wants the Sorcerer's Stone or not, he will definitely want us to lose anyway." Harry's The practice time interrupted the reasoning contest among the four little wizards.

After the Quidditch match, Harry brought more detailed news to everyone. The Quidditch match was a hearty victory. It only took Harry five minutes to find the Golden Snitch and directly beat Hogg. Watts' record of all previous Quidditch matches, and in the audience, Ron and Neville also gave Malfoy a harsh lesson and took revenge.

After the Quidditch match, Harry discovered Snape sneaking into the Forbidden Forest while delivering brooms. He followed him quietly and heard Snape threatening Professor Quirrell. Now Snape It was almost confirmed that Nep coveted the magic stone. After hearing this, Zhang Chen could only sigh softly and give up the plan to clear his name. Professor Quirrell seemed to have gradually gained Harry and Ron's trust. Every time she met Harry, he would give her an encouraging smile. Zhang Chen followed Harry and Ron speechlessly, using a kind of caring attitude towards the mentally retarded. Watching them perform there.

Since the Quidditch match, it has become a compulsory course for the four-person team to go outside the door of the room with the three-headed dog and listen to what's going on inside every day. As the exam time approaches, Hermione's academic requirements for everyone have gradually become stricter. , Zhang Chen, Harry, and Ron had to spend a lot of time with Hermione in the library every day to review their homework. However, Zhang Chen sometimes went to the Room of Requirement to practice his Eastern martial arts. As long as Zhang Chen was not around, Hermione The tenderness disappeared without a trace, leaving Harry and Ron miserable.

"What do you mean Hagrid raised a dragon?" Zhang Chen snapped the carp and stood up from the ground. "When will it happen? I'm going to take a look. Studying how a dragon hatches will definitely be of great help to my practice of Xuan Gong."

"The key thing we want to say is that the Philosopher's Stone was almost stolen from Gringotts, so it was transferred to Hogwarts. The point is here, not the dragon." Hermione was a little bit annoyed that iron cannot be transformed into steel. "I really don't understand. , why are you boys so interested in that dragon?"

"Oh, so several professors in the school have designed their own protective magic for the hiding place of the magic stone. This is a problem." Zhang Chen suddenly realized and paid attention to what he should pay attention to. "Then if Quirrell can't handle it, Snape probably already knows two defensive magics."

"Yes, and I suspect Snape may have known more than that. The timing of Hagrid's dragon egg coming is strange. This one is a Norwegian Spinosaurus, which is very rare in the UK," Hermione speculated. "I wonder what price he paid in exchange for this dragon."

"Tomorrow I will go with you to find Hagrid. We need to know how to deal with that three-headed dog. At least we can go in and help when needed." Zhang Chen made a plan.

The next day, a group of four people came to Hagrid's hunter's cabin after breakfast. Hagrid greeted them, his face was red and he was very excited.

"Come out soon." He let them into the cabin.The egg lay on the table, and there was already a deep crack in it.Something was moving inside, making a funny clicking sound.They all moved their chairs closer to the table and watched closely, holding their breath.

Suddenly, with a harsh scratching sound, the egg cracked open, revealing a black dragon. The appearance is typical of a Western dragon, with a big belly and two slender wings. The little dragon swayed on the table and ate the newly broken eggshells one by one. It wasn't actually pretty; Harry thought it looked like a crumpled black umbrella. Its spiny wings look particularly large compared to its thin, black body. It also has a long, big nose with white nostrils, horns on its head, and orange-red eyes protruding outwards, like a malnourished chicken.

It sneezed, and a few sparks came out of its nose. "It's beautiful, isn't it," Hagrid murmured. He stretched out a hand and touched Xiaolong's head. The little dragon bit his finger, revealing its long pointed teeth. "Oh my gosh, you see, it knows its mother," said Hagrid.

"Hagrid," Hermione said, "How fast does a Norwegian Ridgeback grow?" Hagrid was about to answer, when suddenly Zhang Chen's face turned pale, he jumped up and ran towards the window.

"What's going on?" Hagrid also noticed the movement and rushed out the door.

"Someone peeked through the crack in the curtain just now. It was a boy running towards the school." Hagrid rushed to the door and said.

Harry jumped to the door and looked out. Even from a distance, he would never admit that it was Malfoy.

Zhang Chen caught up with Malfoy in two steps. He first waved his hand to keep Harry and Hagrid away, then stood in front of Malfoy, frowned at him and said, "I hope you remember what you can and can't say." explain"

"You know, if someone from the Ministry of Magic finds out that someone is raising dragons illegally, it's not a trivial matter." Malfoy was trembling a little, but he still managed to look directly at Zhang Chen. "You know, our family still has some connections in the Ministry of Magic." of"

Zhang Chen didn't say anything. He swiped the sword finger of his left hand, and a sword mark more than three meters long appeared on the ground instantly: "It takes 7 years to graduate from Hogwarts. We have plenty of time to communicate slowly. Malfoy, as a person rotting in the dirt, Heir to a feudal family here, you should know what an exchange of interests is. Go back and think about the terms you want and come to me." After saying that, Zhang Chen made way back to the castle, took two steps lightly, turned around and drifted towards Hagrid and the others.

"Why don't you let us go? We need to give him a good warning." Ron had beaten Malfoy in the Quidditch match last time. At this time, he was very ambitious and thought that he would be the one to defeat him.

"Zhang did the right thing. It's useless for us to go. We can't do anything to him. This is Hogwarts." Hagrid was very frustrated. He knew that Malfoy would not let them go easily.

In the next week, Harry and the others would come to Hagrid every day to persuade him to give up raising the dragon. Zhang Chen was mainly observing the dragon's physiological structure, and occasionally used it as an excuse to make an Oriental horse kill a chicken. The energy probed the meridians in his body. Thanks to Zhang Chen using his true energy to wash away its essence and marrow, in just one week, the dragon had become three times the size it was when it was born.

"It grows so fast," said Hermione. "In two weeks, the dragon will be as long as your house. Malfoy will go to Snape at any time."

"I decided to call him Norbert," Hagrid looked at the little dragon with tear-filled eyes and said, "It really knows me now, you look at it. Norbert, come to mother."

"Charlie," Harry said suddenly. "Ron, your brother Charlie. Charlie who studies dragons in Romania. We might as well give Norbert to him and Charlie can take care of him and release him back into the wild."

"Great" said Ron, "How about it, Hagrid"

After some persuasion from everyone, Hagrid finally agreed that they should send an owl to ask Charlie first.

The next week was an extremely torturous week. After several rounds of owls passing back and forth, they finally decided that Charlie's friends would take Norbert away at midnight on Saturday on the top of the tallest tower. Now everything was ready and all they needed was the east wind. .

Looking at the wound on Ron's hand with green pus flowing out, Zhang Chen knew that things would not go so smoothly tonight. No matter what, they decided to send Ron to the school hospital for treatment first.

"Malfoy, what are you doing here?" Looking at the proud Malfoy, Ron was very angry.

"I came to borrow a book from you." Malfoy winked to indicate Madam Pomfrey's presence, which made Ron's chest rise and fall violently.

After laughing at Ron to his heart's content, Malfoy took away the book with Charlie's letter. After receiving the news, Harry lowered his head in frustration. It was over now, and it was too late to make another appointment with Charlie.

"It's okay. We have an invisibility cloak. Let's do this. Tonight, Harry, Hermione, and I will go see Norbert off. When I see Malfoy, I'll knock him out. With my body, there's no way he can see us. It has already fallen." Zhang Chen made the final decision and confirmed tonight's plan.

In the evening, Hagrid packed Norbert into a box in advance, which also contained a lot of his food and snacks, making the box very heavy. Fortunately, Harry had been diligent in training recently and could barely lift it with Zhang Chen.

"Almost there," Harry gasped as they reached the corridor one level below the tallest tower.

There was sudden movement in front of them, and they were so frightened that they almost dropped the boxes in their hands. They forgot that they were invisible, and quickly retreated into the shadows, looking at two dark figures struggling with each other about ten steps away from them. A light is shining.

It was Professor McGonagall, wearing a plaid dressing gown and a hairnet, tugging at Malfoy's ears. "Ground confinement," she shouted, "Twenty points from Slytherin for wandering around in the middle of the night, how dare you" "You don't understand, Professor, Harry Potter is coming, and he's bringing a dragon with him" "Total nonsense How dare you make up such a lie? I want to see what Professor Snape will do to you, Malfoy."

After getting rid of Malfoy, Harry and Zhang Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. The steep spiral staircase leading to the tower seemed to be the easiest journey in the world.

While they were waiting, they laughed mercilessly at Malfoy. Hermione also showed a rare excited smile. Norbert kept moving violently in the box. About ten minutes later, four broomsticks suddenly landed from the darkness.

Charlie's friends are all cheerful people. They showed Harry and Hermione some makeshift ropes they had lashed so they could suspend Norbert between them. They scrambled to tie Norbert safely to the rope, and then Harry and Zhang Chen shook their hands and said many words of thanks to them.

Finally, Norbert left... went... to where he should go.