Hogwarts Scholar System

Harry returned to Gryffindor Tower alone.That's a really weird piece of advice.Why can I figure out what that screaming golden egg means just by taking a shower?Was Cedric playing a trick on him?He wanted Harry to make a fool of himself so that Cho Chang would like him more in comparison?

Jealousy caused Harry not only to not appreciate Cedric's advice, but also to complain against him for no reason.

On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late.The Gryffindor common room was much quieter than the previous days.When Harry got up, Ron was still sleeping soundly. Harry saw that Ron was still smiling while sleeping. Harry immediately gave up the idea of ​​waking up Ron and went downstairs to find Hermione alone.

Although Cedric's sudden love-stealing made Harry unhappy, he still forgot to tell Hermione about it.

When Harry came downstairs, Hermione was already in the lounge, which saved Harry the trouble of finding her.

Hermione's hair was matted again.She confessed to Harry that she had sprayed a lot of Smoothing Spray in her hair for the ball. "But it would be too much trouble to do this every day." She said matter-of-factly, scratching Crookshanks' ears, and the cat hummed in comfort.

"Let's find a quiet place," Harry said.

Hermione dropped Crookshanks and went with Harry to an empty classroom, where Harry relayed to Hermione what Cedric had told him.

Harry later told Hermione about the conversation he overheard between Madame Maxime and Hagrid.

"Actually, I have long thought that he must be a giant." Hermione said, shrugging her shoulders, "I know that he cannot be a pure giant, because they are all about twenty feet tall. But to be honest, we There's no need to be so neurotic about giants. They can't all be that scary, it's a prejudice, just like how people treat werewolves. Just a preconception, isn't it?"

Hermione seemed a little disapproving, but it didn't take long for her to know how bad this kind of prejudice was in the wizarding world.

In fact, this was also reflected very well in Harry, who started to feel a little anxious again after the Christmas holiday was a week late.Because as soon as Christmas passed, February 2th suddenly seemed much closer, and he still didn't know what the clue hidden in the golden egg was.

Harry has not forgotten the method Cedric told him, but he currently has no good feelings for Cedric, so if there is any way, he hopes that he will not accept his help.And in Harry's opinion, if Cedric really wanted to help Harry, he should have made it clearer.

He had clearly told Cedric what his first project was, and in exchange, Cedric asked Harry to take a bath.Well, Harry didn't need that kind of worthless help.Moreover, the person who provided him with such help walked arm in arm with Qiu Zhang in the corridor all day long.

Harry himself didn't even realize that everything he thought of before was an excuse, and the last sentence was the key.

It's just that he deceived himself and didn't want to admit that he acted so stupidly because of jealousy.

Harry wanted to use his own method to find clues to the golden egg. As soon as he returned to the dormitory, he took out the golden egg from the box, opened it and listened carefully, hoping to figure out the mystery.He forced himself to think about what else the sound could remind him of besides thirty musical saws, but he couldn't. He had never heard anything like it before.

He closed the golden egg, shook it vigorously, and then opened it again to see if there was any change in the sound.No, it's still the same.He also tried asking questions to the golden egg, shouting at the top of his lungs amidst its screams, but found nothing.He even threw the golden egg across the room, though he didn't expect it to do anything.

Fortunately, Hermione was there. She noticed that Harry had been staying in the dormitory instead of going to the library to look for information on how to move underwater.In addition, Harry often felt a little frustrated when he saw Cho Chang and Cedric walking together, but he couldn't help but take a few more glances, and Hermione immediately understood what was going on.

After Harry told her about Cedric's method, Hermione went to the prefect's bathroom to try it out that day.

Hermione quickly found the statue of Boris Bewilderment, a dazed wizard with gloves on his hands backwards.Then she walked to the door next to the statue, leaned in and spoke the command: "Fresh pineapple!"

The door creaked open, Hermione walked in, and immediately locked the door after entering.

It's not bad being a prefect, just being able to use this bathroom is worth it.A luxurious chandelier with candles casts a warm, soft light into the room, and everything is made of snow-white marble, including the bathtub in the middle that sinks into the ground like a rectangular swimming pool.There are about a hundred golden faucets beside the bath, and the handle of each faucet is inlaid with a gem of a different color.

There is also a diving board.Snow-white linen curtains hung on the windows; a pile of fluffy white towels were placed in a corner, and there was only one picture hanging on the wall, set in a gilded frame.The painting shows a blond mermaid, sleeping soundly on the rock, her long hair blowing on her face, trembling slightly with every breath she takes.

Anyone would want to enjoy such a comfortable bathroom, and Hermione was no exception.Fortunately, she will also have the opportunity to become a prefect next year and enjoy a room like this.

After looking at it briefly, Hermione put it aside. The main business of coming here was more important.

She walked to the bathtub, which was as big as a swimming pool, knelt down and turned on a few faucets.These faucets sprayed out a variety of bubble baths mixed with hot water, which were completely different from the bubble baths she had used before. One of the faucets sprayed pink and blue bubbles as big as footballs; the other sprayed out pink and blue bubbles as big as footballs; One sprays out crystal clear, dense and thick foam.The third faucet sprays out a fragrant purple mist that fills the water.

It didn't take long for the deep bath to be filled with hot water, bubbles and bubbles. It was amazing how fast such a big bath was filled up.

Hermione took out the golden egg and opened it.Just like before, the piercing screams immediately filled the bathroom, echoing and oscillating between the marble walls, but the sound was still so inexplicable, and it was mixed with all the echoes, making it even more puzzling.

Hermione immediately closed the golden egg and then, remembering Cedric's words, Hermione put the golden egg into the water.

Hermione opened the golden egg under the foamy water. This time it didn't scream. A gurgling song came from the golden egg. The song came from under the water, but she heard nothing outside the water.

It seemed that she didn't have to take a bath in it like Cedric said, but just had to bury her head in the water.

Sure enough, as soon as Hermione put her head into the water, she immediately heard the sound of the golden egg——

Chosen warriors, come and save us!

Our enemies have used evil magic against us,

Immobilizing us.

Come where our voices ring,

We cannot sing on the ground.

Find the last remaining guardian of our race,

They will guide you,

Find the treasure of our clan,

They can awaken the saints of our race,

He will defeat all enemies,

Save us from darkness.

The time limit has passed and they have not been delivered to the hands of the saint,

will slip away from your hands,

You only have one hour.

Hermione had a very good memory. She only listened to it once and memorized everything the Golden Egg said, and then started to think about it.

Who is the person who can no longer make a sound on the ground?

The sound of the golden egg can only be heard underwater, and it should be related to underwater creatures.

Underwater, underwater, what can make human voices there?

Could it be a mermaid!

Hermione raised her head and saw the picture of a sleeping mermaid on the wall, which made her even more convinced of her judgment.

As long as you put the golden egg under water, you can hear the sound it makes, but Cedric specifically mentioned that they should use the prefect's bathroom. Hermione also understood the reason. It turned out to be because there was this picture. A portrait of a mermaid.

It turns out that the sound made by the golden egg is that of a mermaid. If you are not proficient in the mermaid language, how can you decipher the secret of the golden egg?

This is not a puzzle that students can solve at all. By setting such a difficult question, is it tacit permission for the warriors to cheat?

She drained a pool of bubble water without even taking a shower. Hermione left the prefect's bathroom holding the golden egg and went to the library to find out how to breathe underwater.

On the first day after Christmas, the ground was still covered with thick snow, and there were fine condensation on the windows of the conservatory. They could not see what was happening outside the window when they were taking herbal medicine classes.

During the Magical Creatures class, when they arrived at Hagrid's hut, they didn't see Hagrid's burly figure. There was an elderly witch standing at the door.Her gray hair was cut short and her chin was very prominent.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the school bell has been ringing for five minutes," she said sharply to them.They walked through the snow, one foot deep and the other shallow, toward her.

"Who are you?" Ron asked, staring at her. "Where's Hagrid?"

"I'm Professor Grubblan," she said crisply, "and I'm the temporary substitute teacher for your Care of Magical Creatures class."

"Where's Hagrid?" Harry asked aloud again.

"He's not feeling well." Professor Graplan didn't want to say more.

A malicious chuckle suddenly sounded in Harry's ears.He looked back and saw Draco Malfoy and other Slytherin classmates walking over.They were all in great spirits, and no one looked surprised when they saw Professor Grapeland.

"Please go this way." Professor Grapeland said, walking around the temporary stables and walking towards the distance. The Beauxbatons horses were trembling in the stables.Harry, Ron and Hermione followed her, looking back at Hagrid's hut as they walked.All the curtains are drawn.Is Hagrid in there?Sick and alone?

"What happened to Hagrid?" Harry asked as he took a few steps to catch up with Professor Grapeplan.

"Just leave it alone," she said, as if thinking he was meddling.

"I'll take care of it," said Harry excitedly. "What's the matter with him?"

Hermione's face suddenly looked a bit ugly, and Harry thought it was because of Professor Grubbland at first.But following her line of sight, Harry saw Maple. He didn't come over to say hello when they came, and Hagrid didn't know what happened, but he didn't even care to ask.

Maple was so indifferent to Hagrid, whom Harry cared about so much, which made Harry a little unhappy.

Professor Grapeland didn't seem to hear him.She led them past the stables, where the huge Beauxbatons horses stood, leaning against each other against the cold.They walked towards a big tree at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, under which a beautiful big unicorn was tied.

Many girls gasped in admiration when they saw the unicorn.

"Oh, it's so beautiful!" said Lavender Brown. "How did she get it? They say unicorns are hard to catch!"

This unicorn is so dazzlingly white that the surrounding white snow looks a bit gray in comparison.It paved the soil with its golden hooves restlessly and raised its horned head.

"Boys, stay back!" Professor Grapeland shouted sternly, throwing up an arm and hitting Harry hard on the chest. "Unicorns like women's touch. Girls stand in front, approach it carefully, come here. , relax..."

She and the girls walked slowly toward the unicorn, while the boys stayed by the stable fence and stood watching them.Harry saw that Professor Grapeland had moved so far that he could no longer hear him, so he turned to Ron.

"What do you think happened to him? It couldn't have been a Blast-Ended Skrewt—"

"Oh, Potter, if that's what you're worried about, I can tell you that he was not attacked," Malfoy said softly, "No, he was just too shy to show his big ugly face."

"What do you mean?" Harry snapped.

Malfoy reached into the pocket of his robes and pulled out a folded newspaper.

"See for yourself," he said. "I hate to break this news to you, Potter..."

He smiled proudly, and Harry grabbed the newspaper and unfolded it. Ron, Seamus, Dean, and Neville gathered around and watched with him.It was an article with a picture of Hagrid on it, and he had a sneaky look on his face.

Dumbledore's big mistake

Our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports that the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the eccentric Albus Dumbledore, has always dared to hire controversial teachers.In September of this year, he hired Astor Mad-Eye Moody as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, a decision that shocked many in the Ministry of Magic.

Moody was a notoriously vicious former Auror who was known to attack anyone who made sudden movements in front of him.

However, compared to the half-man, half-goblin Dumbledore hired to teach Care of Magical Creatures, Mad-Eye Moody was serious, responsible, and amiable.

Rubeus Hagrid admitted that he was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year and has been working as the school's gamekeeper ever since, a job that Dumbledore found for him.

Last year, Hagrid actually used mystical influence on the principal, won out from many more qualified candidates, and found himself the position of Care of Magical Creatures teacher.

Hagrid is a large, fierce-looking man who abuses his newfound power by procuring a series of terrifying animals to scare the students in his charge.

In a series of lessons that many called "terrifying," Hagrid had injured and maimed several students, while Dumbledore turned a blind eye.

"My friend Vincent Crabbe got bitten hard by a Flobber caterpillar," said a fourth-year student named Draco Malfoy. "We all hate Hagrid, but we dare not be angry. Speak up."

Hagrid, however, had no intention of stopping his threatening behavior.In a conversation with a reporter from the Daily Prophet last month, he admitted that he was cultivating a creature he named a "blast-tailed snail," which is a cross between a griffon and a fire crab. Very dangerous.

The creation of new species of magical creatures is usually closely monitored by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic.But Hagrid thought he could transcend such cumbersome rules.

"I just thought it was funny," he said, then hastily changed the subject.

As if that wasn't enough, the Daily Prophet recently uncovered evidence that Hagrid is not the pure-blooded wizard he always pretends to be.In fact he wasn't even a pure blooded person.

We can exclusively reveal that his mother is none other than the giantess Fridvafa, whose whereabouts are currently unknown.

Giants are cruel and bloodthirsty by nature, and were on the verge of extinction due to cannibalism in the last century.The remaining dozen joined the mysterious man's command, and during the white terror period ruled by the mysterious man, they committed several of the most brutal Muggle massacres.

Many giants who worked for the mysterious man died at the hands of Aurors fighting against the dark forces, but Friedvar was not among them.She probably fled to one of the giant villages that still exists in the mountains abroad.However, if we analyze the eccentric behavior in Care of Magical Creatures lessons, it appears that Fredvarfa's son inherited his mother's cruel nature.

Surprisingly, Hagrid is said to have developed a close friendship with a boy who disempowered You-Know-Who, causing Hagrid's biological mother to go into hiding, like other followers of You-Know-Who. Tibet.

Perhaps Harry Potter doesn't yet understand these unpleasant things about his hulking friend, but Albus Dumbledore certainly has a responsibility to ensure that Harry Potter and his classmates are aware of the dangers of associating with a half-giant. Danger.