Study Days at Hogwarts

   “Procrastination is never a good habit.”

  In the foyer, Moody turned his magic eyes to stare at Ron, expressing dissatisfaction with his procrastination.

   "Isn't Albert going to teach us the Fiercefire Curse today?"

  Ron took out his pocket watch from the inner pocket of the cloak to check the time, and muttered, "Besides, there are still ten minutes before the time agreed upon by both parties. That guy is always on time. Why should we go there early?"

   "Of course, go there in advance to make sure the surroundings are safe." Moody seemed to hear Ron's complaints, and suddenly asked, "I remember you want to be an Auror in the future."

  Ron pursed his lips and stopped talking.

  He actually wanted to remind Moody that they had already dropped out of school and could not meet the Auror admission threshold in terms of grades, but felt that such an argument was meaningless, so he chose to shut up and back down.

"There are no Death Eaters around. It seems that those guys finally stopped wasting time." After Sirius and Lupine came back, they told everyone about the situation outside, feeling very sorry for the dark wizards who watched them all day. Happy.

   Nobody likes being watched all day, even if the guys watching them just wait outside.

   "I think it's because it's raining heavily outside, no one will stay outside and get wet in the rain."

  Ron put on his hood and followed Harry into the rain ahead.

  The six people quickly formed a circle holding hands, and apparated away under the heavy rain.

  When everyone regained their vision and came to the stronghold where they used to practice the Fierce Fire Curse, they found that it was still raining here.

   It's just that the rain is not as strong as the shelter.

The sudden group of people didn't care about the rain above their heads, but held up their wands and looked around vigilantly. After confirming that the surroundings were safe, Moody took out his pocket watch and checked the time: "There are still about five days before the appointed time." Minutes, first check the surrounding defensive magic."

  Sirius and Lupine left the crowd to check the protective magic around them, to make sure that no one would disturb them when Harry practiced the Fiercefire Curse later.

  Moody waved his wand and conjured a huge umbrella out of thin air, so everyone had a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It was really stupid to stand in the wilderness and get caught in the rain.

   "I hate the rain."

  Ron put down his hood and turned to look at Harry. He actually thought it would be more appropriate to practice magic at the headquarters in such a ghostly day, and he didn't necessarily have to practice the Fiercefire Curse.

   "I heard that Neville was in trouble at the school."

  Harry took off his glasses, and after using the fire and water spell on the lenses, he chatted about what he had heard from Fred and George recently.

   "Don't worry, Neville will be fine." Hermione comforted her.

   "No, you know I didn't mean to say that."

  Harry certainly wasn't worried about Neville's safety. Since Albert asked Neville to go to school to form Dumbledore's Army, there must be a way to ensure his safety.

  Once Neville leaves Hogwarts, the newly established Dumbledore's Army is likely to disperse directly, which is the result Harry does not want to see.

   "Here he comes!" said Ron suddenly.

  Harry and Hermione looked up together, looked in the direction of Ron's finger, and found a figure in a cloak and an umbrella coming towards them.

   "I thought you'd be on time."

  Harry put away his pocket watch, stepped forward to shake hands with Albert.

   "I've never been here before." Albert explained.

   "Didn't you meet Sirius and Lupine?" Moody asked vigilantly. Sirius and Lupine went out to strengthen the defensive magic, in fact, they meant to find Albert.

   "Lupine and Sirius are strengthening the protective magic on the periphery." Albert put away his umbrella, looked at Harry and asked, "How is your practice of the Fiercefire Curse?"

   "The Fiercefire Curse is really difficult to control, as long as you use the flames, you will quickly lose control." Harry looked at Albert expectantly, "Do you have any good methods?"

"what about you?"

   Albert was not surprised by Harry's answer, and turned to ask about the progress of Hermione and Ron in practicing the spell-breaking.

   "There has been some progress."

   "Reluctantly, we have not been able to extinguish Fiendfire yet." Hermione mastered the curse faster than Ron.

"It's normal. Your own magical power has not been fully tapped. If you want to become stronger, you should work harder in this area." Albert stopped talking nonsense, waved his wand, let After the big umbrellas above everyone's heads disappeared, he signaled Harry to use the Fiercefire Curse on the nearby fire pit. He needed to find out the progress of the three of them.

  Harry took a deep breath and began to concentrate on chanting the spell.

  Black magic flames spewed from the tip of the wand, igniting the firepit all at once. Although Harry had been trying his best to control the flames, the result was still the same as before, and the Fiercefire Curse was out of control within a few seconds.

Moody just raised his magic wand, ready to suppress the devil flame, but someone was faster than him. Just as the turbulent magic flame was about to show its power, it was suppressed by Albert gently waving his magic wand, and it was only as big as a fist. flames.

"Generally speaking, as long as Fiendfire gets out of the wand, the difficulty of continuing to control it will increase greatly. Moreover, once the opponent is facing an extraordinary black wizard who has studied Fiendfire in depth, it is easy to be seized control." Albert said calmly: " Well, you are not mistaken, I am talking about the mysterious man."

  The entire group was dumbfounded.

   "Most people who use the Fiercefire Curse will not let it go. They usually extinguish it quickly after use to prevent the Fiercefire from spreading and getting out of control."

   While Albert was speaking, the devil flame in the firepit was extinguished.

   "The way we taught Harry to train the Fiercefire Curse is the wrong way?" Moody couldn't help but interjected.

   "The exercise method you use is safer, but I have a quick way here." Albert waved his wand, conjured a log out of thin air, threw it behind the firepit, and said to Harry who was a little dazed.

   "Thinking about burning that piece of wood in my heart." Albert pointed to the log and said to Harry.

   "Does it make any difference?" Harry was even more confused.

   "You should have heard that the use of black magic requires evil power, which is why the more evil the dark wizard is, the better at using black magic." Albert said suddenly.

  After Harry raised his hand to stop the others, he couldn't help asking, "Do you think I can't master the Fiercefire Curse because I'm not evil enough?"

"Of course... no. In fact, this sentence is only half right." Albert explained to everyone, "The more evil the wizard is, the more unscrupulous they are in using black magic, and the more they can bring out their potential magic power."

"When wizards are afraid of using the Unforgivable Curse to kill people, its spells are usually difficult to kill people directly. Because people subconsciously control their own magical power, just like people are afraid of pain, so when they punch stones Not going all out."

   “No one is stupid enough to throw a fist at a rock.”

   Ron shut up obediently after being glanced at by Albert.

   "Think about the out-of-control magic caused by anger, and think about how many spells can be used smoothly after using Felicity Elixir. In fact, they are all similar reasons."

"And your situation is actually similar to this. You are worried that the Fiendfyre Curse will get out of control. This kind of anxiety prevents you from being able to perform at your normal level and makes no progress with the Fiendfyre Curse." Albert easily Then he saw through Harry's current problem: "Of course, the training method you used before is safer, but it takes more time to enhance your own magical power and control over magic."

   "What should I do." Harry asked directly.

"I'm standing here now, you don't need to worry about any problems, take a deep breath first, calm down your emotions, and then try to use the Diehard Curse on that log." Albert guided Harry in a calm tone, "You don't need to worry about any problems, just keep an eye on that log, burn and cast Dieflame on it."

  Harry took a deep breath, raised his wand and pointed at the log and chanted aloud, the flame flew out from the tip of the wand again, like a flame spray gun, directly igniting the log.

   "Don't worry, mobilize your consciousness, concentrate your attention, control the devil's flames to engulf the wood, and don't let the flames scatter randomly." Albert continued to give guidance in a calm voice.

  The next moment, the wood was surrounded by black flames, and quickly turned into a black fire pillar, but the flames unexpectedly did not spread to the surroundings.

   "Successful!"

  When Harry's mood fluctuated violently, the devil flame that had been under control immediately lost control.

   "Yes, you made it."

  Albert waved his wand, repressed the churning black flame, and cut off the connection between the tip of Harry's wand and the devil's flame.

   "Come and try it too!" Albert said to Hermione and Ron, who were watching nervously beside him: "Try to extinguish the flames of the devil, you come first."

  Ron pointed at the suppressed black flame with his wand, and chanted the curse aloud.

  However, the black flame only fluctuated slightly, and there was no other reflection, as if a gust of wind had blown just now.

   On the contrary, it was Hermione who succeeded in breaking the curse and extinguished the flames of the devil.

   "If you want to help Harry, you need to spend more time on breaking the curse." Albert turned his head to Ron and said, "It's not bad for you at all."

   "I will." Ron's face was ugly.

  Albert didn't have time to pay attention to Ron's mood, and waved his wand to recreate a big umbrella to shield everyone from the rain above their heads.

"this…"

  When Harry was stuffed with a cup of hot cocoa, he became a little confused.

   Didn't you say you want to practice the Fierce Fire Curse? Why did you suddenly start to rest?

   Albert took a sip of hot cocoa, smiled and said to Harry: "Think carefully about the experience just now, take a break and we will continue training later."

   "Start rest now?" Harry was even more confused.

"Combine work with rest. If you are too anxious, you will easily miss things. You need to concentrate on effective special training, at least before you have fully mastered the Fiercefire Curse." Albert waved his wand, and once again conjured up a few chairs for them to sit and rest, " You first listen to me briefly explain the information and usage of the Fiendfyre Curse, which will be of great help to you in using this dangerous black magic."

  They were all confused by Albert, but they still sat down and listened to him explain the Fiercefire Curse.

  From how the dark wizard who used the Fiercefire Curse for the first time burned himself to death, to how dark wizards usually use the Fiercefire Curse, to how powerful wizards use this spell in actual combat.

   "Harry, I think..."

   Sirius hesitated to speak, and after listening to Albert, he really wanted to persuade Harry to give up learning this dangerous spell.

   At least, after listening to Albert's explanation of the Fiercefire Curse, he also realized how dangerous this spell is.

  Harry shook his head, signaling Sirius to stop talking.

  He learned the Fiercefire Curse not for fighting, but to ensure that he was safe when destroying the Hufflepuff Gold Cup. In case they broke into the vault of the Lestrange family after all their efforts, but couldn't find the golden cup among all the treasures, they would just burn the contents of the vault with a torch.

  Harry will never allow the plan to fail, and must not fail.

  Once Voldemort knew that they were after the Horcrux, he would definitely hide the Horcrux again, and then they would have no chance.

   "You can consider becoming a professor at Hogwarts in the future. I think it will be very popular with everyone."

  Honestly, Moody is a little bit on his own right now. He also taught Harry the Fiercefire Curse for a long time, but after more than a month, Harry hadn't made much progress.

"I don't have that consideration for the time being, and I have a lot of things to do." Albert waved his wand, disappeared the cup after drinking, listened to the sound of the rain around him, and asked a little puzzled: "If you don't pick a sunny place Wouldn't it be better to stay at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix and train other magic?"

   “Sometimes, if you continue to practice, you can master the spell faster.”

Moody took out a wine bottle from the inner pocket of the cloak, took a sip, and said, "Besides, this weather is nothing, just like you are training Quidditch at school, in the near future, they will definitely meet All kinds of difficulties."

   "Are you using Auror training methods?"

  Albert didn't think there was anything wrong with using a formal method. The problem was that Harry was still in the stage of learning magic and hadn't fully grown up. Starting Auror training now would take a long time to make up for the shortcomings.

   "You don't seem to agree."

  "Everyone has their own training method, and the most important thing is what suits them." Albert said noncommittally. Although he did not agree with Moody's exercise method, he would not deliberately deny him.

  That is undoubtedly a very stupid thing.

   "Have you heard about Hogsmeade?" Lupine changed the subject.

"I heard that the Death Eaters plan to turn it into a gathering place for dark wizards." Of course Albert knew very well what happened to Hogsmeade. Not only did the house-elf often report the situation to him, but he even went there himself. pass.

   "What are you guys talking about?" interrupted Hermione after finishing her hot cocoa.

   "The matter of Hogsmeade, I heard that it has become the lair of dark wizards." Albert explained with a smile, "Hogwarts students may not be able to go to Hogsmeade for the weekend."

   "Do you know about Neville?" Harry asked suddenly, "I heard he was in some trouble."

   "They were too noisy a while ago."

   "Rowling?"

  Harry felt that if Neville heard Albert's evaluation, he would definitely be extremely depressed.

   "I've asked Dobby to take in Wei. He will stay in the shelter for a period of time before receiving formal training." Of course Albert is aware of Neville's situation and has already made suitable arrangements for him.

   "What are your plans?" Harry asked again.

   "Not yet."

   "I heard that after those Death Eaters took control of the school, they would even use those children in confinement as candidates for practicing the Cruciatus Curse." Ron also supported the expulsion of Snape and the Death Eaters.

   "They are Death Eaters, and it is not surprising that they would do anything." Albert laughed at himself, "What are you expecting? It is probably the greatest kindness for them not to kill those children."

"No, you obviously don't understand enough, using students to practice the Cruciatus Curse is nothing at all." Moody's eyes flashed with a dangerous light: "Albert was right, 'they didn't kill those children probably already It is the greatest kindness."

  You probably don’t know that a large number of Muggles have been mercilessly massacred recently, and how many wizards have been threatened and killed for opposing the Death Eaters. "

   "This war is more cruel than ten years ago." Sirius frowned, "You need to adapt to this cruel war as soon as possible."

"It's impossible." Albert's tone was very calm, "Since Dumbledore's death, the situation has completely gotten out of control, and it is foolish to pin your hopes on Harry from the very beginning. .”

   "Don't you think Harry will win too?" Ron retorted.

"Yes, but who knows how long a war will last?" Albert said meaningfully, "One year, two years, or even longer, don't forget that the last wizard war lasted more than ten years. "

   "I think you said it was short," said Harry.

"Yes, but the future is uncertain. Unless you work hard to make the prophecy a closed loop, the predicted result will happen." Albert clapped his hands and said, "Okay, now that you have rested, let's continue Practice!"

  (end of this chapter)