Magical Studies at Hogwarts

The Apparition lesson ended quickly, with no one else succeeding except Hermione.This is the norm. Even Dumbledore never succeeded once.

Tycross was obviously used to this kind of scene. He just made an appointment with everyone to meet next Saturday, waved his wand and removed the wooden circles, and then left the auditorium with Professor McGonagall and the others.

"How did you do?" As soon as it was over, Ron found Harry. He hurried over and said, "My feet were a little numb during the last time. I seem to have found some feeling."

"That's an illusion, Ron, your shoes are too small." Hermione also came over, looked at the old pair of shoes under Ron's feet, and said.

"Yes, Luoluo, it's time for you to buy a new pair. By the way, what size do you wear?" Lavender came here with Hermione and naturally hugged Ron's arm and asked. .

"Size 8." Ron said, looking a little lonely, "I also want to buy a new pair, but the Apparition class has used up all my savings..."

"How do I remember that Harry lent it to you?" Hermione interjected.

These words made Ron's face turn red instantly, and he replied angrily: "That's..."

While listening to Ron's defense, Harry looked in the direction of Malfoy, only to find that he had already left.He patted Ron's arm and said, "Do you want a while? I'll go back to the dormitory first."

"Go back to the dormitory? In such a hurry?" Ron asked in surprise.

"Yeah, it's urgent..." He said and ran away.When Ron saw this, he showed a helpless expression to Lavender, and then Lavender kissed him on the cheek, waved his hand, and faced Hermione with a look of disgust on his face.

When Ron rushed out of the Great Hall, Harry was already far away.He had no choice but to speed up and finally caught up with Harry in front of the Fat Lady's portrait. That was because Harry wasted some time at the Fat Lady's place.

They climbed into the portrait hole one after another, and Ron asked breathlessly: "Can you tell me what you are doing in such a hurry?"

"Go up..." Harry did not answer, but urged Ron to hurry up.Hearing this, Ron sped up a little more.

When Harry arrived in the common room, he ran directly to the dormitory, opened the box and rummaged through it as soon as he entered.Ron, who was a little behind, saw this and said impatiently: "Harry, what's going on?"

"Malfoy asked Crabbe to stand guard. He just had a quarrel with Crabbe and Goyle. I want to know... ha!" Harry said, taking out the Marauder's Map from the box.

He unfolded the map and tapped it with the tip of his staff.

"I solemnly swear that I will do no good!"

A map appeared on the originally blank parchment, with many small black dots marked with names moving on it.

"Find Malfoy for me, Ron."

Harry spread the map on the ground, and he and Ron lay on it, carefully searching for Malfoy's name.About a minute later, they found Malfoy in the Slytherin common room.

"I want to monitor him from now on!" Harry said resolutely, "I want to find out what he is going to do! As soon as I find that he has left and Crabbe and Goyle are on guard, I will put on the invisibility cloak and look for him. "

"Okay, but this is a big project..." Ron said perfunctorily. He was used to such inexplicable things as Harry sitting down.He has been like this since the first grade, and he has not changed at all over the years.

Harry spent the next two weeks doing just that.He looked at the Marauder's Map as much as possible, but never once did he find Malfoy in a suspicious place.On the other hand, Crabbe and Goyle were very unusual. They were more active in the castle than before, and sometimes they would even stay in the corridor for a long time, motionless.

Every time at this time, Harry looked for Malfoy's name more carefully, but it was nowhere near Crabbe or Goyle, and sometimes it wasn't even on the map.

He thought maybe Malfoy's name was mixed up with other names.This was a very common thing, after all, the Marauder's Map would not remove names that Harry found annoying.

It's not that I haven't thought about Malfoy leaving school, but this was possible in previous years, but this year it was very difficult.With the castle's current strict security measures, even with the Marauder's Map, he couldn't sneak out of the school unknowingly.

Those secret passages were all sealed, unless Malfoy knew of another secret passage.But it was almost impossible. Harry didn't think there were other undiscovered secret passages in Hogwarts after his father's generation and the Weasley twins' explorations.

At the end of February, Harry still made no progress, whether it was Malfoy or the Apparition class.But there are new changes at Hogwarts, with the school canceling its trip to Hogsmeade in March.

"Oh my god! This isn't fair!" Ron's face was full of despair after seeing the notice, "That's my birthday, I've been looking forward to it!"

"It's not unexpected. I expected it after Katie's accident." Harry said casually while looking at the Marauder's Map.

"That's right, Katie is still at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies, and haven't you read the Daily Prophet? There have been more disappearances and attacks recently." Hermione read while holding a book. , holding the book with one hand, and falling on the necklace on the chest with one hand.

In fact, Ron knew it in his heart, but when it actually happened, he still couldn't help but feel disappointed.After all, this supposed trip to Hogsmeade happened to be on his birthday.

This has never happened before.

"Happy birthday, Ron!"

On the morning of March [-]st, Harry threw a gift onto Ron's bed who had just woken up, and it landed among a pile of small gifts.

"Thank you, Harry." Ron looked at the gifts on and beside his bed, replied happily, and began to open them.

The first one was of course Harry's gift, and he was even happier after seeing what Harry had given him.

"Awesome! Quidditch Keeper's Gloves! Thank you, Harry!"

"It's a no-brainer..." Harry responded casually, but his attention was focused on the Marauder's Map he had just opened. He was still trying to find Malfoy's name among the densely stacked names.

Ron didn't reply, his attention fell on the gifts.Excitedly opening those well-wrapped gifts, and exclaiming with excitement from time to time.

Compared with previous years, this year's gift is particularly good. After all, it is his 17th birthday. For the wizard, this means that he has reached adulthood.

"Look, Harry! Look what my parents gave me!" Ron said, holding up a heavy gold watch. The watch was very beautiful. The edge of the dial was engraved with strange symbols, and the hands were small moving stars.

"Great harvest! Great harvest! It would be great if I could become an adult again next year..."