Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 63 Heading to Shadow Island

Spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the sun is meeting people earlier and earlier, and the playground is once again wearing colorful skirts.

Winters' study group has made new progress every week, and Elsa and Slyer have mastered the silent spell relatively proficiently.And their ancient magic text classes are also changing from easier to more difficult bit by bit.After entering late April, their homework began to increase suddenly, and the teachers almost always said: Comprehensive ability practice is related to your future.

"Magic text is the language of magic. Magic has its own rules and regulations. If you want to use these rules, you must learn this course." Before get out of class ended one day, their magic text class professor said to them.

"Don't you find it strange? If the magic triggered by those ancient runes is so powerful, what are we learning now?" Harry couldn't find the so-called pattern at all.

"The magic spells cast by ancient magic texts have a negative impact on the soul and body of the caster. Modern magic spells have been streamlined. After all, it is not the ancient era of eating hair and drinking blood, so there is no need to be so extreme." Winters Looking through his class notes.He discovered that the Flying Curse and Legilimency were all transformed from an extremely complex ancient magic script. The translation of this ancient magic script was "giving".

"I almost have to give this ancient rune a try" Winters thought to himself.

He did not go to the library at night, but went to the training room and began to try to use this ancient magic text composed of some short lines and triangles.What surprised him was that the golden retriever, which could not have been summoned by the flying spell, actually flew over directly.After repeating it many times and trying to streamline the ancient magic text, the effect immediately dropped significantly.No matter how he tried, whenever he tried to streamline, the result was the same.

"It seems that I am still too greedy," Winters said mockingly.He looked at the time and realized it was getting late so he hurried to the common room.When he arrived in the common room, he found that everyone was reading a pamphlet called "Introduction to Shadow Island".

"When are we going to Shadow Island?" Winters sat next to Aurora.

"The end of May or the beginning of June, but no later than June 5th. The distance plus testing time will be about a week." Aurora read carefully.

"Are you too nervous? The security measures are so comprehensive." Winters noticed that Aurora kept pouting while reading the brochure.

"Do you believe that all those escapees have been caught? Anyway, Slyer doesn't believe it at all. I want to remember the location of the safe house on this island," Aurora whispered without raising her head.

"Even if they were not arrested and brought to justice, how could they have any idea about the base that was guarded by a large number of security forces without a magic wand?" Based on the knowledge he knew, Winters found that the practice base was surrounded by heavy troops. It's hard to imagine anyone attacking that place.

"It's okay to take a closer look, and the water between us and Shadow Island is not calm. There will be huge eddies from time to time. If something goes wrong, the safe house is our only refuge. Don't you know those Vortex?" Aurora looked at Winters.

"Vortex...let me think about it..." Winters realized that he didn't know there was a vortex at all.

"When can you read the book more carefully? Those vortices are one of the reasons why many adventurers never return. After the ship they are on is attacked by those vortices, they will be teleported to a certain location on the Shadow Island, and most of them In most cases it is no longer the starting point." Aurora looked at Winters seriously.

"Forget it, I won't argue with you anymore. You are either careless and don't care about anything, or you are just worried." Winters yawned and left.

Professor Lupine began to explain the past knowledge over and over again. The most popular sentence he said was: The dark magical creatures on my podium and the dark magical creatures in the wild are actually two species.

"Even Boggarts in the wild state are dangerous to a certain extent. You must remember this." Before get out of class ended, Professor Lupine repeated his words that annoyed the students.

Time passed day by day, and if it weren't for the somewhat torn pamphlet, Winters might have forgotten that they were going to Shadow Island until one day on June 6st.

Professor McGonagall's voice reached everyone's ears through the radio:

"All third-year students, please go to the auditorium immediately. I have an announcement to make regarding the comprehensive practical test, and all professors, you also need to be present."

"I almost forgot" Winters felt his stomach twitch when he heard that.

Harry and Ron were playing wizard chess, and their expressions changed immediately.Everyone walked out of the common room without saying a word.The air is filled with emotions of excitement, anxiety, and fear.

When they arrived at the auditorium, they discovered that there were not only Hogwarts professors, but also many Aurors. Judging from the signs of these Aurors, they were all capable members.

"I'll make a long story short. You will take the Hogwarts Express to the port of Amnesty in the southwest on June 6th, and then take a boat to Hela Port on the Shadow Island. Your arrival time on the Shadow Island will be 10 in the morning on June 6th. point.

The comprehensive practical ability test is currently scheduled from June 6th to June 13th.After everyone's test items are completed you will return to Hogwarts.

I must emphasize that it is not a school, so you must strictly abide by the disciplines there.

Let me read out two things you need to know:

1. You are not allowed to leave the base after 7:30 pm, and you can only move within the base.

2. If you have any physical discomfort, please contact the resident doctor immediately.

3. If you need to bring any personal items, please write a list and give it to me.

"I must explain that this trip has certain risks. Although there have never been any accidents in the past, its dangers always exist. Therefore, you must tell your parents truthfully. Only when you see your parents Only after you sign can I let you go to the Shadow Island."

After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, she looked at them seriously.

"Professor, I have a question...if I don't go, will it have any impact on the future?" Gower said slowly.

"It will affect dragon keepers, Aurors, magical plant keepers, emergency curse breakers and other professions that require excellent on-the-spot reaction capabilities. Other professions will not be affected in any way." McGonagall's words immediately made the auditorium very noisy.

"Everyone be quiet, it is June 6st, and there are still 1 days until June 6th, so you have enough time to discuss with your family. The principle of the Merlin Council is that only your parents agree with you to go to the Shadow Island After that, you can go there." After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, a witch next to her continued:

"Let me make it clear, the Shadow Island Comprehensive Practice Base is not only a place to find people with excellent on-the-spot reflexes. It is also a place to find excellent Defense Against the Dark Arts researchers. So from the moment you set foot on it As soon as your journey begins, your test begins. If you don’t want to go, we won’t force you to go. It’s our principle to rather go than to waste.” The witch looked a little arrogant.

"That's all we have to say. You'd better start writing letters today. If necessary, go home and discuss it with your parents, and just ask me to approve the note." After speaking, Mag announced the meeting was adjourned.

Then there was a mess in the auditorium, some were whispering to each other, and some had already begun to write letters to their parents, Aurora was one of them.

"I don't even want to go," Winters said depressedly.

"But I want to go. There are more professions that test on-the-spot reaction ability than what Professor McGonagall mentioned... Then what should I write, just say you don't want to go?" Aurora looked at Winters.

"Just write that I'm scared."

"Why are you so timid?"

"I don't know...because I was chased by a dog when I was a kid?" Winters said mockingly.

Aurora wrote the original words of Professor McGonagall and the witch, as well as Winters and her own thoughts in the letter, and then sent it back.

One night four days later, a letter from the Eisens arrived.

"What do you mean, mom and dad?" Winters asked quickly.

Aurora read quietly:

"We checked a lot of information and found that almost no one chose not to go. As Aurora said, there are many professions that require on-the-spot reaction ability. There are no accidents in all historical records. The most serious one is a student During the test, he was so frightened by the Boggart that he fainted.

We asked the Krals carefully and they all agreed that we should go.Mrs. Krall told me that there is no such thing as failing the comprehensive ability test. It does not focus on your magic level. It mainly checks whether your mind is strong or not.

We, Jack Eisen, Mary Eisen.It is unanimously agreed that Winters Renault and Aurora Eisen will go to the Shadow Island for a comprehensive practical test of ability."

"I knew my parents would agree," Aurora said happily.

"Then there's no reason why I shouldn't go... I don't want to stay in this castle alone," Winters said, biting his lip.

Sure enough, as the Eisens said, no parent thinks that their children should not go.

On June 6, Winters woke up at 10 o'clock in the morning. Like him, Harry, Ron, and Neville could not sleep either.

They arrived at the auditorium and found that it was filled with third-year students, all of whom were in an overly excited state.The few Aurors who came to Hogwarts a few days ago laughed when they saw this scene.

At 9:20, Mag’s voice reached everyone’s ears through the radio:

"All third-year students, please follow your prefects to Hogwarts station quickly. We will set off on time at 10. If you are not on the bus after 9:55, we will automatically give up."

Then there was a loud sound of stools moving.Winters subconsciously followed Aurora and embarked on the journey to Shadow Island.

(End of this chapter)