Hogwarts Dances with Dragons

"Hmm...why didn't you see Harry and the others?"

Ivan suddenly asked as the Hogwarts Express left London.

"Indeed, it's been so long since we started the train and we still haven't seen Harry and Ron..." Hermione frowned: "At such a critical time, don't cause any trouble again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fred and George passed by outside the box animatedly. Hermione quickly stopped them: "Fred, George, have you seen Harry and Ron?"

The two brothers looked at each other with a gloating smile on their faces.

"They should be staying with our trusted Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Fred said with a wicked smile.

"Enjoy the friendly exchange between famous people -" George chuckled.

"Why are they staying with Lockhart?" Hermione wondered.

"Hey! Don't mention it!" Fred waved his hand: "We arrived a little late today, but there seems to be something wrong with the entrance to platform 9?, and they were blocked outside."

George added: "As you know, Sirius was absconding and my parents were going crazy with worry. Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic sent Aurors to follow us and brought them into the platform in time."

"I heard that when they were discovered, they were planning to fly to Scotland in dad's car!" Fred said, laughing loudly: "What a brilliant idea!"

"Yeah, I didn't realize until today that Ron is our brother after all." George seemed to be full of yearning for driving to school, and it was rare for him to acknowledge Ron.

"Don't they have brains?" Hermione was speechless: "What happened next?"

"Later they entered the platform, and Lockhart happened to see Harry behind the window, so he called him over." Fred spread his hands helplessly: "Mom, she was so grateful: they will be left to you. They will be safe with you." …Oh, Merlin’s fattest lace underwear…”

"Okay..." Hermione said helplessly, "As long as I don't miss the bus - or drive to school in a speed car or something..."

"Okay, let's not talk about it for now. Lee Jordan said that he discovered another secret passage at the end of last year. I guess it's the one behind the mirror on the fourth floor..."

"I guess it's behind the library bookshelves." George shook his head.

Fred: "One Sickle."

George: "It's a bet."

Hermione: "..."

After the two left, Hermione couldn't help but laugh: "They are really miserable. I have been preparing for my homework during this period, and now I feel oily when I see Lockhart's face."

Alvin: "Uh-huh!"

"Oh oh oh..." Hermione hurriedly followed Alvin's back: "Citrus, sweet orange, and you, sour, sweet and refreshing..."

Alvin calmed down and looked at Hermione strangely.

He likes sour and sweet orange fruits. Hermione's words are indeed very effective, but... what do you mean?

Hermione blushed: "You do look very refreshed..."

Ivan raised his eyebrows, and Luna across from him glanced back and forth curiously at their faces as the train moved forward in the wilderness.

Finally, just as the atmosphere in the room became increasingly awkward, the box door was opened.

"What a ghost!"

Harry looked exhausted both physically and mentally as he staggered into the carriage. Beside him, Ron was in a manic state.

"Oh, I thought you and Lockhart were having a nice chat," Hermione teased.

"Don't mention him to me!" Ron said angrily.

"What happened to him?" Hermione was confused.

"Um..." Harry was a little embarrassed: "Scabbers has been in low spirits these days. Lockhart said that he is very good at treating pets, and then he forced Scabbers to cast a spell——"

Hermione frowned. She naturally knew what Scabbers was. The previous conversation between Ivan and Snape did not avoid her.

"Then what? Where's Scabbers?" Hermione asked Alvin what he was most concerned about.

"Uh, disappeared." Harry glanced at Ron cautiously.

"Disappeared?" Hermione was immediately anxious. She didn't believe this was a coincidence.

"Ron punched Lockhart, and Lockhart ended up paying him ten galleons..." Harry was very embarrassed.

"Scabbers has been in my house for 12 years!" Ron said, his eyes red: "We sleep together every day, even though he is lazy and greedy... He also helped me teach Malfoy and the others a lesson..."

Alvin raised his head with difficulty: "Well...Lockhart still has to pay more..."

Harry nodded: "I think so too..."

In fact, he didn't like Scabbers very much, and Harry himself couldn't explain why, but after all, he was a good brother's pet. Thinking about it, if Hedwig was lost, Harry couldn't help but feel a little sad. He felt that he would probably find Loha. Very hard.

What would Alvin do?

Lockhart would probably die on the spot...

Ron was still immersed in his own sad world and chose to automatically block the words of Alvin and Harry.

Ivan was upset by his crying, and raised his eyebrows and said: "Well... ten galleons... you can buy a pretty good owl."

After hearing this, Ron was silent for a while, then sniffed: "I want someone like Hedwig..."

Harry: "..."

Hermione looked at Alvin, not knowing what expression to make for a moment: "Sometimes, your understanding of human nature makes me feel inexplicably scared."

Ivan held the bucket, his face turned pale as he was weak, but he still pretended to beeping: "Nothing understands human nature better than death...well..."

As soon as the words fell, Alvin's brain began to work rapidly.

He knew very well that there was something wrong with Lockhart, and he could probably imagine that there must be some kind of connection between Lockhart and Voldemort at this time, just like Quirrell did before, there was a high probability that he was taken in as a servant by Voldemort.

But what Ivan can't figure out is why Lockhart - or Voldemort - knows about Peter Pettigrew's current situation?

Alvin had noticed it before at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore. Logically speaking, Lockhart had no reason to pay attention to Ron, the little transparent person next to Harry...

Just when he was puzzled, the train suddenly slowed down.

"Is it about to arrive?" Harry looked out the window: "Why does it get dark so fast?"

Only then did a few people realize that it was pitch black outside the window at some point, and the cold rain pounded on the car window, making an annoying sound.

With a thump, the train stopped completely.

There was a ping-ping-pong-pong sound in the distance, like luggage falling from the rack, and there was a faint scream.

Then, there was a sudden burst of darkness, all the lights were inexplicably turned off, and the entire train was completely plunged into darkness.

"There seems to be something moving outside the window?" Ron couldn't care less about feeling sad for Scabbers, and his attention was quickly attracted by the shadowy presence outside the window.

"They seem to be some annoying guys..." Luna whispered, silently curling up her legs and huddled in the corner of the box.

Her intuition told her that she should stay in the box honestly at this time. Nowhere on the entire train was safer than this box, especially next to Ivan on the opposite side.

"Fluorescent flashes!"

Suddenly, a ray of light bloomed in the box.

Behind that light was a pair of sharp red eyes.

Seeing Aiwen recover from motion sickness, the other four people in the box were instantly surrounded by a sense of security, even though a terrifying monster figure like a black cloud was floating outside the door at this moment.

"What is that?" Harry's eyes showed a hint of panic. He could feel the monster outside the door seeming to be slowly inhaling, making a strange gurgling sound in its throat, as if it was sucking in more than just the surrounding air - —and all the positive emotions in his heart.

At some point, a layer of ice appeared on the glass of the box door, and a biting chill suddenly swept through the entire box...

However, before the chill could reach everyone's hearts, there was only an explosion.

boom--

The blazing fire blew open the door of the private room in an instant, and with Aiwen's domineering hum, several people followed the sound and found that a big hole had been blasted above the corridor.

And in the sky outside the cave entrance, there were hundreds of Dementors floating densely in the sky!

"It seems that Snape is very wrong - Patronus is not the only way to fight Dementors."

Ivan looked at the strange and unknown black magic substance in his hand, which was formed by the annihilation of Dementors, and said lightly: "In this magical world, there is probably no existence that is more controlled by me than Dementors... Whether it is Da Knet’s magic of the underworld, or Iguniru’s emotional inflammation…”

Taking a deep breath, Ivan swallowed all the black magic in his hand, and then narrowed his eyes in intoxication.

"It's so hopeless and empty...the undead..."