[HP] Being a problem student at Hogwarts

By the time Tom was discharged from the hospital, Jiujiu had already flown several times and brought back the gifts he had entrusted his parents to buy in batches.

Of course, he asked his parents to help him purchase because it was almost the end of the semester and he wanted to thank the teachers and classmates for taking care of him this school year.

Tom suddenly felt that it was a good thing that Hogwarts did not notify parents casually. Otherwise, if his parents learned that he had encountered such a dangerous thing and turned himself into a mummy, they would be shocked and angry and ask him to drop out of school immediately. Returning to the peaceful Muggle world.

But who can be willing to return to ordinary life after experiencing interesting magic?

"Chirp is awesome!" He kissed his little crow and promised: "Thank you for your hard work this time. When I get home, I will take you to the pet store to pick out your gift in person!"

Then Tom took these Muggle gadgets and visited his professors and friends in turn, thanking them for their help and concern for him in this incident, and once again obediently listened to the serious instructions of the professors, ensuring that he would not Will feel free to try new spells again.

"The evolution of magic is naturally inevitable." The short Professor Flitwick said sharply, "There are always children who think that the magic in the past was more powerful, but in fact that also means that it is harder to manipulate and easier to backlash. Especially you We are currently in the period of developing magic power, and a violent impact on magic power can easily leave hidden dangers. You are a child with a bright future, so don’t leave any regrets for your future self."

But if we didn’t work hard at that time, there would be no future. Tom thought.

But of course he didn't say it out loud. He respectfully thanked Professor Flitwick for his teachings and asked for more advice from the professor in the future.

"Of course." Professor Flitwick liked the human body mechanics lumbar support he gave him very much and answered him while leaning on it comfortably.

"You are a good boy who is eager to learn." He praised.

Professor McGonagall was indeed very angry with him. She scolded him for more than half an hour with a straight face, criticizing him for being unorganized and undisciplined, having no sense of collective honor, and not taking his own life safety seriously. He also scolded him for not going out at night. Especially going to the dangerous forbidden book area.

After he admitted his mistake obediently and kept looking at him with puppy eyes, Professor Cat finally softened his expression and gave him tutoring lessons that he missed. He was also very satisfied with the cat deodorant set he gave him.

The gift given to Professor Sinistra was a year-round astronomy magazine from the Muggle world. However, the professor did not read it carefully and put it aside. He told him that next time he couldn't sleep at night, he would come to the observatory to ask her for tutoring on astronomy. He was not allowed to run around anymore. . Before leaving, Professor Sinistra gave him an amulet.

"I got it from the centaurs," Professor Sinistra shrugged. "It's quite ethnic. It might be useful. At least it looks pretty. Take it with you."

She said it lightly, but Tom knew that she must have put a lot of thought into it. He thanked her solemnly, and then hung it around his neck in front of her.

Mrs. Huo Qi, who came quietly to visit the patient, received a large bouquet of eternal flowers, carnations. Tom also carefully wrote the flower language and thanks on the card to prevent his wife from misunderstanding him due to cultural differences in the wizarding world.

Tom spent a lot of time thinking about Madam Pomfrey's gift. Finally, he had an idea and asked his friends for help. He sent a banner to the hospital wing with drums and gongs, and wrote:

"Medical ethics are noble, and the skill of rejuvenation is great."

Sure enough, Madam Pomfrey had heard about Tom's behavior of gratefully returning gifts one by one, and had long since made up her mind not to accept gifts from students—it was her responsibility to treat illnesses, so she didn't think she should accept anything.

As soon as the pennant arrived, the children nearby applauded enthusiastically, and Tom sincerely thanked her, and then took a look at the content...

In short, Madam Pomfrey happily hung the banner on the wall of the hospital wing, where everyone who came in could see it.

Thanking Hagrid for the return gift also gave Tom a headache. From the beginning of their relationship, Hagrid seemed to be a careless and reckless man. Even when Tom, whom he didn't know well, was injured and hospitalized, he came to visit with a chicken, and Tom had to accept this favor.

But thinking that the animals Hagrid raised had killed people, and the more reckless he was, the harder it was to predict his behavior... Finally, Tom remembered that Harry said Hagrid liked cooking, so he simply gave him a thick book about the world's best things. Choose a recipe. Hagrid really liked it.

The biggest headache was Professor Snape. He sneered at Tom's carefully selected set of chemical equipment and asked him to leave his office quickly, immediately, and with his things.

"If Mr. Locke could be merciful and allow his poor Potions Professor to work less overtime, that would be the best gift." Professor Snape said slyly.

Tom couldn't say anything yet. After all, Professor Snape did work overtime for him for free, and it was expected that he would work overtime for a long time, and it would also take up the professor's summer vacation time, and he didn't even ask him for medication. Besides, Professor Snape was always considerate of his behavior, so even if he was a bit harsher, he had no choice but to accept it.

If you look at the Potions Professor's words, you can also guess that the professor wishes him a speedy recovery.

Humph, I want to tell my dad! Tom thought angrily and decided to leave this strong bone to his parents.

Principal Dumbledore has an easy solution. Tom asked his mother for help and chose a colorful jewelry box, which was filled with a variety of girly hair rings, hairpins, bows, etc. He guessed that judging from the principal's wonderful aesthetics, he would be very satisfied.

What Fox got was a set of exercise toys for birds, including swings, rings, ladders, etc.

Fox was so happy that he kept rubbing his bird's face against him affectionately. The feeling of smooth and warm feathers rubbing against your face is so good! Tom returned the favor happily, thanking Fox for saving his life in time.

Dumbledore looked at them both dumbfounded and coughed several times without getting anyone's attention back.

Fawkes thought he was noisy, so he spread his wings and sang a song in a melodious voice, successfully overcoming Dumbledore's slight dry cough.

All the classmates who cared about him received a chocolate gift package from the Muggle world, and Tom still remembered to prepare a sugar substitute for Hermione. Because Hermione's parents were dentists, she was never allowed to eat too much sweets.

Therefore, even if Tom made Gryffindor lose fifty points in one breath, no classmates showed any unpleasant expression to him.

During the period of returning visits one after another, Tom reported to Mr. Filch to receive his punishment, bringing a massage hammer and the grooming gloves for Mrs. Norris.

Mr. Filch said gruffly with a straight face: "Boy! Don't think it will be easy for you to come to me! I have to make you remember a little longer!"

Mrs. Norris meowed in agreement.

Despite Mr. Filch's harsh words, Tom had already pessimistically thought about whether he would be asked to wash the toilet with his bare hands. As a result, Mr. Filch's punishment was to make him copy "I will never go out at night again" for two hours a day.

"Off your hand!" Filch said viciously, "Let's see if you still dare!"

Tom was well aware of Mr. Filch's betrayal. After all, he could sit comfortably at the table and copy every night during the confinement period. The lamp that had been specially adjusted and the tabletop that had been wiped clean were quietly put aside. The hot water cup... and the behavior of never counting how many times he actually copied it and just roughly stuffing his copy paper into the drawer showed that Mr. Filch let him go.

So Tom took advantage of Filch's daily inspection of the castle grounds to help him sweep the floor, feed the cats and so on. Even though Filch didn't say anything when he came back, his face always looked better.

In the midst of such busyness, the end of the semester has arrived unknowingly.

Tom and Hermione checked their notes one last time, and he wisely ran to ask the teachers for previous years' test papers.

"I want to practice with the previous real questions first and familiarize myself with the exam question types. After all, this is my first time taking an exam in the magical world." He deliberately asked the professors with the most well-behaved expression.

Strangely, none of the professors were willing to give it to him.

"Is there a question bank?" he asked pitifully.

"No, there is no such thing." Although the professors said different things, the general idea was the same, "Child, magic is a very flexible thing. Believe in yourself."

Tom refused to give up and begged: "Then at least give us a key point? Okay? Please, professor! This is what my parents want to see!"

Then he got the standard answer among teachers: "Everything I said was the key point."

Humph.

Fine. Since the professor refuses to give away the test papers from previous years or the question bank, that means there is another possibility - in fact, the contents of the test papers in each year's exam are pretty much the same.

After Tom deduced this, he took advantage of his burnt face and shed it under the influence of magic, and ran to find the senior sister. He successfully got into Ravenclaw by being cute - of course, Ravenclaw in terms of studies. We are the most reliable - the senior students of each grade asked them to find out what they could recall about the exam content.

After piecing together things, Tom made his final sprint review exercise.

"Focus on reviewing this." He vigorously slapped this hard-won review material on the small table of the foursome. "Hermione, it will be your turn to sort this out next year."

Hermione felt it was very fair and took the initiative to take over the important task of tutoring Harry and Ron.

With such sufficient review preparation, the final exam will be a piece of cake.

They first took written tests in various subjects in a large classroom, and then took practical exams.

Professor Flitwick asked them to go into the classroom one by one and see if they could tap dance a pineapple across a desk.

"Pineapple? Tap dance?" Although he had already known that it would be a similar test content, Tom still repeated it incomprehensibly.

"Ok."

He waved his magic wand, and according to his own ideas, he first transformed Pineapple into thin hands and feet and exaggerated and cute facial features, making it look like something out of a cartoon.

"Beautiful imagination." Professor Flitwick praised, "Perfect control of magic."

"Thank you." Then he waved his magic wand and put leather shoes on Pineapple's feet.

"Tap dance is a bit of a percussion instrument after all, and it sounds good when it has sound," he explained. Then he cast a spell that made the cartoon pineapple tap dance across the desk, while softly singing to the music.

"I'm sorry, Professor. I don't know how to make music yet," Tom said with a bow.

"Aha! Perfect!" Professor Flitwick said happily, "Nothing, that's very simple. Come to my office after the exam. With your talent, you can learn it quickly."

Professor McGonagall asked them to turn the mouse into a snuff box. The more elaborate and complex the box, the higher the score.

Tom had practiced this many times, and it was easy. Finally, he turned the snuff box into one made of his favorite gold.

"Please allow me to remind you again, Mr. Locke." Professor McGonagall had a complicated expression on this. "To use transformation to change real gold, you need to use permanent transformation. But if you have this technology, you don't have to change it yourself. It’s gold.”

"Thank you for the reminder, Professor." Tom said with a smile, "But the reason why I turned into gold at this time is not only because I like it, but also to take this opportunity to express to you the careful teaching you have given me during this school year—— This golden light is shining, shining and brilliant, just like your noble teacher's ethics, guiding us on the bright and right path all the time."

Professor McGonagall snorted, but Tom looked over to see her giving him a high mark.

The Potions exam was a little more difficult. Snape stood behind him and watched him closely, making a pleasant nasal noise every time he handled biological materials with a look of pain and disgust.

Tom finally couldn't help it anymore and turned to discuss with him: "Professor, I am very nervous while you are standing here, and it can easily affect my operation."

He was still aggrieved: "You know me, I will not cheat."

Snape glared at him, probably for the first time that a student dared to directly tell him that he didn't want him standing around.

But since it was an exam, Snape said nothing and walked away to stare at other students.

Defense Against the Dark Arts was originally supposed to have a practical exam, but judging from Professor Snape's critical eye, it was estimated that few students would be able to pass it successfully.

"I guess you guys are having so much fun in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom this semester, right? So much so that there's nothing in your mind except useless joy." He said angrily after checking it out.

So the final arrangement was a one-on-one defense. The questions Tom drew always felt like Professor Snape was targeting him.

Because the title is: "Please discuss how to use the knowledge you have learned to deal with the dark wizard you encounter when you are alone."

Tom cursed for a while, and then spoke a long story eloquently. The main idea can be summarized in two words: Run away!

Then, naturally, he was ridiculed by Professor Snape with a sneer.

The last subject is History of Magic. Professor Binns may have been dead for so many years that the question bank has not been updated. The same set of questions has been tested for so many years, and even the order has not been changed.

Tom finished the paper easily, checked it three times, put down his pen with satisfaction, and then raised his hand to ask if he could hand in the paper in advance.

Professor Binns was so shocked that he seemed to be stuck for a long time, and then said slowly: "There is no such precedent, Mr. Lorry."

"Locke, Tom Locke." Tom corrected, "Is it illegal to submit the papers early?"

Professor Binns was stuck for a while, and weakly admitted that such behavior did not violate the examination rules.

So Tom happily handed in the paper and walked out of the large classroom with a big smile. From the corner of his eye, he saw other students becoming more nervous because of his behavior, and the joy in his heart almost doubled.