A day of learning magic at Hogwarts

Christmas Day.

When Ian Twist awoke from his sleep, he found a large pile of small packages at the foot of his bed.

Gifts, lots and lots of gifts.

Among them was a brand new Wizard's chess set, given to him by Ernie MacMillan.Wizard chess is a very popular mini-game among wizards. Its rules are roughly similar to chess, except that the chess pieces can move by themselves, and wizards only need to direct them.

Ian also dabbled in chess in his previous life. When he saw Ernie playing chess with others in the Hufflepuff common room, he would occasionally go back to give some advice and enjoy the conversation.Unexpectedly, Ernie bought a set for himself.

Justin Finch-Fletchley's gift is a very handsome black trench coat (Muggle style).Ian tried it on and found the size to be quite suitable.The nameplate on the windbreaker has letters that Ian doesn't recognize, and it looks very high-end.

The house elves gave him a large, very delicate chocolate cake. Ian tasted it and it was quite sweet.But he doubted he could finish it during the Christmas holidays.

There were many other gifts, and Ian placed them all together on the Marauder's Map.

……

The Christmas party was sumptuous!

Countless fat roasted turkeys and plump salmon, piles of barbecued meats and boiled potatoes, large plates of delicious smoked ham, bowls of delicious borscht, plates of thick and thick meat stew and Lingonberry jam…

In addition, every few steps along the dining table, there are piles of wizard packets and firecrackers waiting for you.

These Western firecrackers are completely different from those in the East.This interesting gadget that only appeared in the [-]th century is more appropriately called "crackers"; they are a tube made of cardboard and are shaped like a particularly large fruit candy.

This interesting gadget requires two people to work together.Each of the two people pulls one end until the firecracker is broken, and a small explosion sound will be made.At the same time, gifts will fall out of it, and only those who get the big end of the firecracker can get the small gifts.

Muggle Christmas firecrackers usually only contain some small plastic toys and very flimsy paper hats.

The wizard's Christmas crackers are completely different.Ian smoked a firecracker with a seventh-year Hufflepuff girl named Nymphadora Tonks (who would graduate from Hogwarts in a few months).

Instead of a dull bang, it exploded like a cannon blast, engulfing them all in a puff of blue smoke while a bearskin top hat exploded from within.

Miss Tonks helped Ian put the hat on and commented: "You look like a French grenadier!"

"I feel quite warm." Ian said truthfully.

At the guest of honor table, Dumbledore changed his pointed wizard hat into a bonnet decorated with flowers; apart from anything else, it looked a bit fancy from a distance.

Professor McGonagall's tall black top hat was also tilted to one side, replaced by a red bell-shaped hat that only young women would wear; maybe when Professor McGonagall was young, she was also a famous beauty from all over the country.

Only Professor Quirrell still wore the purple turban and refused to change it at all.

After the grand banquet, comes the fiery Christmas pudding.

Ian ate a silver siko in his piece of pudding, and he didn't react for a while.

"What a blessing, Drizzt!" Gabrielle Truman, Hufflepuff's prefect, came over and commented, "You will definitely have good luck in the next year."

In the afternoon after the banquet, Ian had a snowball fight with several senior Hufflepuff students on the playground. They had fun all afternoon and had a great time.He is young and short, but his targets are also small, so he is often the one chasing others.

When they were completely tired, they dragged their wet clothes and panted back to the fire in the common room.

Ian tried out his new chess piece (a Christmas gift from Ernie). Although he was not very skilled in the operation, his chess experience in his previous life still played a crucial role... He easily played the chess piece. Miss Tonks, in seventh grade, won.

"You don't look like 11 years old at all!" Miss Tonks commented while yawning, "I lost, I already lost when you ate my horse (knight). "

At the same time, she glared at the prefect Truman who had been giving advice: "If you hadn't come up with such blind ideas, I wouldn't have lost so miserably."

The dinner was still very sumptuous, but after a big meal at noon, Ian couldn't eat anymore.

He just ate some turkey sandwiches, toast, wine-soaked jam pudding and Christmas cake before returning to the empty dormitory.

……

It must be said that he had a very fulfilling Christmas this year.

He hadn't gone to the library all day, hadn't read a page of a book, hadn't even picked up his wand...

Apart from involution, it's nice to completely indulge yourself like this once in a while.

Of course, don't do it too often or too often; otherwise, if you completely relax, you won't be able to tighten it up again.

Ian was lying on the bed, yawning loudly, feeling like he could fall asleep at any time.

But before going to bed, Ian picked up the Marauder's Map beside the bed and glanced at it——

In Professor Quirrell's office, he once again saw the black spot of the name Tom Riddle.

Has Professor Quirrell's distant nephew named Tom come to Hogwarts again?

Why had he never appeared with Professor Quirrell?

And then, Ian saw a very interesting scene——

Harry Potter's name appears in the Hogwarts library.

Hogwarts has a curfew, so for him to be outside the dormitory and common room so late is obviously a violation of school rules.

What's more, the location where he appeared was the restricted area of ​​the library.

No student is entitled to read any book in the restricted area without the personal permission of a professor.

In other words, if Mr. Porter were to be tried, this could be said to be adding insult to injury.

That's not even the funniest thing.

The most interesting thing is that on the Marauder's Map, Ian saw very clearly:

The three black dots, Argus Filch, Lady Norris and Severus Snape, were moving in the direction of Harry Potter from different directions.

You four, are you going to play mahjong?

"Poor Harry Potter...hahahahaha..."

Ian couldn't help but laugh, but because he was too sleepy, he smiled and fell asleep.