Magical Studies at Hogwarts

When Harry and Dumbledore appeared again, they were in front of a large carved iron door.The iron door looks a little old, and the yellow carvings are a little faded, but it is very clean, and together with the green plants climbing on the walls on both sides, it gives people a very comfortable and warm feeling.

The iron gate was open, and when they walked in, they saw a large, carefully manicured lawn, and a clean and tidy garden road leading directly to a building inside.Looking at both sides of the building, there are two playgrounds filled with various recreational facilities, but no one is playing in them now.

After walking to the front of the building, Harry knew exactly where this place was from a sign next to the door:

St Mary's Home, Gloucestershire.

"This is the orphanage where Ike was born." Dumbledore said softly.

"We are here..." Before Harry could finish speaking, he saw the door of the building being opened from the inside, and a woman who looked kind-hearted came out. Behind her, there were three or four others who looked like... But children aged seven or eight followed closely behind.

"Mother Julianne, can you bring me a lollipop?"

"Mom Julianne, can I have a new comic book?"

"Mother Julianne, can I..."

The children's faces were full of expectations, waving their hands, wanting to hand the wrinkled coin in their hands to Julianne.

Julianne squinted her eyes and smiled as she took the money from the children.Harry checked it out and saw that it wasn't much, probably only a few pounds in total.If you want to use these to buy the things your children want, it will definitely not be enough.

"Okay, okay, I will bring it back for you." Julianne solemnly put the money into her pocket, smiled and rubbed the children's heads, and said, "Go back now, or Aunt Lorna will be angry."

"Okay! Mom Julianne...don't forget it!" the little cubs responded in unison, not forgetting to remind those who were a little naughty.In response, Julianne deliberately looked angry and said with a puffed face: "When did I forget? You little guys, disappear from my eyes!"

"Ahhh! Julianne's mother is angry, run away, run away..."

The children ran away yelling, but Julianne stood at the door watching them until they all went back, then she adjusted her coat a little, closed the door and walked out.

"Let's follow." Dumbledore took Harry's arm, followed Julianne, and got into a car that was about [-]% new with her.

"Clutch, brake, accelerator... accelerator, clutch, brake..." Julianne started to mutter after getting in the car, and then turned the key.After stalling twice, the car finally drove smoothly out of the orphanage, drove along the road into the city, and finally stopped outside a supermarket.

Harry, who was sitting in the back row, saw Julianne take out a small book from her bag and open it, with names written all over it.He took out another pen and wrote behind his name.

Chocolates, lollipops, comic books, headbands, hairpins, every name is written behind it.After writing the last name, she looked at both sides again before putting the pen back into her bag.

Then Julianne took out her wallet, put the crumpled bills in her pocket, and started counting.

"There are already so many..." Julian said to herself, "These children..." She shook her head slightly, but kept a smile on her face.He put his wallet back into his bag, opened the car door with the bag, and then walked into the supermarket.

"Sir, this..." Harry was a little confused as to why this memory started with these. He looked at Dumbledore, who looked calm next to him, to get an answer.

"Go on, Harry." Dumbledore shook his head slightly and closed his eyes.Harry had no choice but to wait.

It was still daytime when I came out of the orphanage, but when Julianne came back with a cart full of things, the sun was almost setting.

Julianne opened the trunk of the car and put everything in the cart in.Harry took a look and saw that they were all the things written in the notebook, with candies accounting for the majority.

Next, they followed Julianne to the bookstore and clothing store. This time it was much faster, but they also packed the trunk to the full.When Julianne drove back, the stars in the sky were bright.

"It's so late..." Julianne glanced at the sky and sighed.Then I got in the car and repeated "accelerator, brake, clutch" again, but this time it didn't stall and started moving smoothly.

The speed of the car was not fast, and Julianne drove very steadily. Although she was startled every time a car passed by, there was no such thing as turning the steering wheel in panic.

Harry looked out the window boredly, but there was only dark woods.At this time, Dumbledore suddenly patted him on the shoulder, pointed forward, and said softly: "Be careful, don't blink!"

He quickly turned his attention to the front, but he only saw the road illuminated by the headlights. Other than that, there was nothing else.

"boom!"

Just as he was about to ask, he heard a deafening thunder, the front suddenly lit up, and lightning suddenly flashed across the sky in the distance.The next second, heavy rain fell.

Julianne turned on the windshield wipers in a panic and slowed down the car. She was obviously nervous about driving in the rain.

"Wasn't it sunny just now, sir? Why did it suddenly rain?" Harry couldn't help but asked aloud.Dumbledore didn't give him an answer, but just said: "Be patient, Harry, and keep reading..."

Gradually, Harry also discovered that something was wrong. Even if Julianne slowed down, the road was really too long.When I came out before, it only took half an hour to get to the supermarket. Now it's been almost an hour. Why haven't I returned to the orphanage yet?

Julianne obviously noticed this, with visible nervousness on her face, muttering prayers in a low voice, and keeping her eyes focused on the road ahead.

Sudden!A dazzling bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the dark woods on both sides of the road.Julianne let out a scream, then slammed on the brakes, looking ahead with horror on her face.

The sudden braking did not cause Harry's body to lean forward unconsciously, but his face showed a look of horror and confusion that was far more serious than Julianne's.Before she could react, Julianne in the front seat suddenly opened the car door and ran forward.When he bent down and stood up again, there was already a sleeping baby wrapped in swaddling clothes in his arms.

The swaddling clothes were very clean, and there was a name that Ike was very familiar with embroidered with gold thread on it:

Ike Strider!