Azkaban: The Fifth House of Hogwarts

Harry had already seen Fred and George who were cheering his father on, but Harry thought that maybe it would be better if they both stepped forward to help. Such a street fight seemed too gentlemanly.

Just as he and Hermione were walking through the crowd, a hand suddenly grabbed their shoulders.

"it's me!"

Draco emerged from nowhere and grabbed the two of them.

"Although I don't know why you are here Harry, I don't have much time." Draco said hurriedly: "My father is crazy. He seems to really want to send me to Durmstrang."

"What should we do? How can we help you?"

Harry spoke quickly and asked concisely.

"I need to find a safe place to hide and hide in Hogwarts before school starts, but it can't be a Muggle home. There is no magical protection there. My father will come to the door soon."

"But I can't leave with you now. I have to ask my mother to help me undo the spell on my body. It may take a day or two. My mother is soft-hearted and she won't make things difficult for me. If I escape in the future, I will rush to the right place immediately. Jiaoxiang, can you help me find a place to stay in these few days?"

"Leave it to me, Draco." Harry nodded seriously, as did Hermione beside him.

"Don't let my father see you, at least he can't see me meeting you here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Draco left immediately, and Harry and Hermione quickly withdrew from the crowd.

"Why did you suddenly run inside? What happened?"

The somewhat confused Grangers were pulled to the side of the street by Hermione.

"Mom, you remember Draco, right? He's in some trouble and we need to help him."

"Are you talking about the boy from a few days ago?" Mr. Granger frowned in displeasure, "Although he is a polite child, his father is simply terrible. Fortunately, wizards are not all harmonious. He's just as rude and uncultured."

Mr. Granger became very angry when he mentioned the man who made a mess in his house. If he hadn't been working in the hospital at the time, he would have taught him a lesson.

"Right." Hermione stuck out her tongue and pointed at the chaos in front of her, "His father had a dispute with someone else."

"Is this the case?" Mr. Granger stood on tiptoe, peeping out his head. He was a little eager to try, as if he wanted to step forward and sneak a surprise attack on Lucius Malfoy.

"Set a good example to the children."

Mr. Granger, who was glared at by Mrs. Granger, scratched his head and then withdrew his gaze.

However, this chaos went away as quickly as it came. The giant who came out of nowhere lifted the two of them away. Mr. Weasley landed safely, and Lucius was thrown away by Hagrid, who was not heavy in his hand. What a shit.

"Gentlemen, please disperse."

Hagrid, who seemed to have a trumpet in his mouth, just roared, and the wizards who were shocked by his courage moved around pretending that nothing happened. This guy who is three meters tall and weighs at least one or two pounds is not a good thing. The person you are provoking has seen the excitement anyway, so don’t stay where you are and get into trouble.

"This is the best thing your father can give you -" Lucius, who spoke angrily, seemed to throw something away, pulled Draco and left the place.

"Are you okay, Arthur."

Hagrid, who was carrying a bag in his hand, dusted Mr. Weasley and saw that his butt was almost split into four pieces. The pain made him jump on the spot with a grin on his face.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I've been throwing those disobedient little ones around these past few days, so my hands are a bit light and heavy."

Hagrid took half a step back and said apologetically.

"What do you mean by the disobedient little boy?"

The twins on the side asked curiously.

"Oh, it's those fire dragons. Some of them wanted to bully Norbert, and then I threw them over the shoulder. I wasn't very skilled at the beginning, and I almost dodged my waist, but after a few more times, haha !”

Hagrid patted his chest and made a loud thunderous noise.

"It's so exciting!"

He gave a thumbs up, obviously enjoying the process of wrestling with the dragon.

"It's good that you're okay, Arthur. I have to go back to Hogwarts as soon as possible. I have to bring back the materials that Rollo asked me to buy, otherwise they won't be fresh anymore."

Shaking the big bag in his hand, Hagrid strode towards the exit in rapid strides.

Hagrid disappeared so quickly that Harry had no time to go up and greet him. When they reached the door of the bookstore, the sharp-eyed twins immediately attacked them.

"Look Ginny, your favorite Harry is here!"

Fred and George, who turned around to tease their sister, held their sister in the middle, and Ginny, whose face was red, stamped their feet anxiously.

"It's not like that!"

Ginny, who was glaring at her brother bitterly, was on the verge of tears. Didn't she accidentally let slip at home that she could go to school and see Harry this year...

But just when Harry was about to reach them, a blond man wearing blue wizard robes rushed to them first.

"I heard you right, someone called your name just now, right?"

This strange man whom Harry didn't know at all stared at Harry, then jumped up and said in a surprised voice: "Isn't this Harry Potter!"

"Hurry, hurry, where's the photographer! Hurry! This will definitely boost sales! Harry Potter is a fan of mine too!"

The man who was holding onto Harry's arm excitedly urged the photographer, and a bald man emerged from the crowd... uh... no, it was a short bearded photographer.

"I don't know you at all." Harry shook his arm vigorously, but he failed. This man's hand was not generally strong.

"who are you?"

"How could you not know me... You must have confused Harry." The man's bright smile froze for a moment, but only for a moment. He leaned down and whispered quickly into Harry's ear: " Gilderoy Lockhart—"

"Member of the Order of Merlin, [-]rd degree, honorary member of the Defense League against Dark Arts, won the "Wizard Weekly" Most Charming Smile Award four times, and it will be the fifth time in two days!"

It was as if magic was helping. Although the man spoke softly and quickly, Harry could understand him clearly. Even when he spoke, the standard smile on his face could be maintained very well.

"We'll be on the front page."

Lockhart put his arm around Harry's shoulders affectionately, forcing him to be very close to him.

At this moment, the short photographer also set up his camera and pressed the shutter button vigorously. Strings of purple smoke spewed out one after another, causing Fred to secretly kick him. Only then did he end the shooting with a strange scream, and turned around to find the bastard who had kicked his crotch line. Now there was a strong air leaking from underneath his body, which was very cool.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Lockhart showed his two rows of shining teeth and waved his hand to focus everyone's attention and silence them. "This is such an unusual moment. Mr. Harry Potter is actually my loyal book." ——His~ fans!”

Lockhart, who had been stepped on by Harry, finally let go of his iron-banded hand.

"If you continue to do weird things, I will beat you. I will do what I say!"

Harry, who still had important things to do, was in no mood to linger any longer with this weird man.

"This will definitely make the front page headlines, Harry Potter beating someone in public, right?"

Lockhart, whose eyes suddenly twitched, froze for a moment. He looked at Harry as a little brat and thought that he could manipulate him casually. Lockhart felt a little miscalculated, but this guy's face and ability to adapt to the situation were really...

"I am very happy to announce a small matter to everyone. This matter has been suppressed for some days but I have never said it."

Pretending to be nonchalant, Lockhart naturally took a few steps forward, opened his hand and spoke to the crowd.

"Young Harry came to Flourish and Blotts today just to buy my autobiography - "Magical Me". Of course I am willing to give him this book for free, and of course a whole set of my other books. I I believe that after reading these books, he will be able to understand me more comprehensively."

Lockhart bowed slightly to the crowd and received a round of applause.

"However, what everyone doesn't know, and what Harry doesn't know, is that they will get something more valuable than Magical Me."

Lockhart turned around and looked at Harry coolly, as if to remind him.

"The little wizards and wizards at Hogwarts are going to get a real, magical version of me."

"Ladies and gentlemen! I am extremely happy and proud to announce that this September, I will become the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"

Even warmer applause rang out, and a stack of heavy books was stuffed into Harry's arms affectionately by Lockhart. He patted Harry's shoulder encouragingly, but said nothing, probably because Harry looked at him. The displeasure in her was dissuaded.

But the goal has been achieved, and he has successfully gained Harry's popularity. Lockhart has no dissatisfaction. As long as he gets substantial benefits, then what does this matter?

The crowd was attracted by Lockhart, who had already started his own autograph session. Many wizards (mostly witches) lined up in a long line, eager to take photos with him and sign autographs.

Only then did Harry relax.

"Fred, George! And Percy, Charlie, is this your eldest brother Bill? I heard you talking about it, and Ginny?"

"Hello, sir, madam."

After walking forward, Harry greeted the Weasleys again, "This is my good friend Hermione, nice to see you again."

"Hello, I'm Hermione, nice to meet you."

Hermione, who was a step behind Harry, also spoke sweetly. She often asked Percy for homework, had a lot of interactions with the twins and Charlie, and had a good impression of the Weasley family.

"These are my parents, they're both dentists."

"Are you fixing Muggle teeth?"

Mr. Weasley, who immediately became excited, hurriedly came forward to say hello. According to Fred and George's description, Mr. Weasley was very fascinated by everything about Muggles. Although most of his understanding was superficial, compared to other wizards, His attitude towards Muggles is much, much better.

Taking advantage of the adults' attention being diverted, Harry also successfully came to the side of the Weasley brothers and sisters. Ron seemed to be in a bit of an awkward situation at home and was not around his brothers and sisters, minding his own business. With.

"Hermione and I want to discuss something with you."

Harry waved to them, and a group of people walked to the corner outside the bookstore, squatting together and whispering.

"Can you help me with an idea? Fred George, you have a lot of ideas in your head."

Harry quickly explained everything that happened during this period, from when Draco ran away from home, to how he successfully escaped from the Dursleys because of his letter. Hermione talked about how Draco's father made trouble at her house. Taking Draco away and preparing him to go to school in Durmstrang, and Draco's final appeal to them for help.

Although his father had a fight with Lucius Malfoy just 5 minutes ago, it was an adult matter, and Mr. Weasley had already made it clear during the Christmas family meeting. What's more, regardless of Whether it was Fred George or Percy, the three of them had a good impression of Draco.

Even without the additional blessing of Slytherin, who is getting better and better now, they don't intend to leave it alone.

"It's so cool!" Fred said with envy.

"If I were locked up by Muggle relatives one day, I would definitely follow your example, Harry." George said.

"Dream on it." Fred gave George an elbow. "Be serious George."

"Oh, of course, of course." George rubbed his arms and rolled his eyes, "You idiot, you have thought of it, how can I still not know it clearly?"

"Come to the Burrow Harry." Fred shrugged.

"Although our home is not that beautiful." George said.

"But compared to other places, the Burrow is actually very safe."

"Although our family hates being included in the so-called '28 pureblood families' list."

"Because the Weasley family remained pureblood only by accident, which is one of the reasons why they think we are pureblood traitors."

"Of course, this has something to do with the fact that dad, grandpa and many other people are very interested in Muggles. Wizards are humans too, right? Muggles don't have fewer arms than us."

"Muggles are also very interesting. George and I also learned some very useful crafts from Muggle books."

"I'll give you a show when I get the chance."

The twins raised their brows and started winking.

"It just so happened that Bill planned to come back for development. The savings he had saved allowed dad to get him a room of his own."

“After Bill graduated and went to Egypt, his original room was occupied, so a while ago, he returned home and lost his own room. We built a new small building and renovated the old house at the same time. "

"There are a few spare rooms for you to stay in. Cedric's house is not far from us. He will also come over then. I heard that he has accomplished important things in his life during the holidays. You can also meet her girlfriend then .”

"That's right Harry!"

Fred and George, with evil smiles on their faces, pulled the obedient Ginny over.

"Do you want to live next door to Ginny? There are two rooms on the newly built third floor, one on the left and one on the right. Ginny will definitely - ah ah ah ah..."

"Why are you biting, Ginny!"

Fred, who was covering his arms and squealing, rolled his eyes and pretended to faint. However, George, who was smiling evilly, had no intention of catching him, causing Fred to fall to the ground.

"You two!"

Angry and annoyed, Ginny stared at her two bad brothers with a look that was almost murderous, but with Harry in front of her, she just wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.

"This... what's going on?"

Harry, who was a little confused, asked stupidly.

"Gin Nicole is obsessed with you." George said quietly.

"You said it!"

Ginny pinched the soft flesh around his waist and twisted it 180 degrees. George, whose face was instantly distorted, also sat on the ground with a grin on his face, his face twitching.

No matter how dull he was, Harry had some sense of taste, but Harry, who was also very bad at this kind of thing, didn't know how to express it.

A somewhat flustered Harry quickly reached out and handed Ginny the complete set of books that Lockhart had just forced on him.

"This is for... uh... I mean..."

Harry, who suddenly felt that this was not a serious gift, was stunned on the spot, "I'm not... I mean..."

Harry quickly winked at Fred and asked him to help quickly.

"How did you guess that Ginny actually liked Lockhart, Harry?"

Fred calmly took the book from Harry.

"It's because many witches are obsessed with him."

The saved George rolled his eyes. Like Harry, he couldn't stand that guy either.

"No..." Ginny's voice became soft and she covered her red face, "I mean...thank you."

She looked up at Harry, then immediately looked away.

After a few people managed to get everything done, they separated in Diagon Alley, each waiting to be reunited a few days later.

At the same time, at Hogwarts, Rollo also obtained the materials needed for his experiment, and an unprecedented new attempt was quietly beginning in the Forbidden Forest.