Chapter 85 End of Semester

The emergence of this organization gave Schelling a very bad premonition.

He had a hunch that the original world of Harry Potter had gradually deviated from its original trajectory. Perhaps Shadow of the Dragon was just the beginning. In the near future, there would be more hidden forces and underground forces one by one. The ground popped up.

He thought for a moment and put it aside. After all, he was still a student. Even if there was any big trouble, Dumbledore would still be there to take care of him!

After Schelling got the information he needed, he first made some arrangements on Peter Pettigrew, and then waved his magic wand to wake him up.

Peter Pettigrew woke up and did not know how he had been hypnotized, but he no longer looked down upon the young boy in front of him, and his attitude became very respectful, "Master Malfoy, now I have I have proven myself to be your most loyal servant, what do you need me to do for you?”

Sherrin nodded and said: "I don't need you to follow me. I want you to go to the Albanian forest to help me find the remnant soul of your old master, and then re-loyal to him."

When Peter Pettigrew heard the name of the mysterious man, he was so frightened that his voice trembled uncontrollably and said: "Master, you don't want me to stay with that person and be your undercover...that person can see through people's hearts. , I can’t do it…”

Schelling looked back and forth at Peter Pettigrew with a scrutinizing gaze, giving him the illusion that all his secrets were hidden. Schelling knew that Peter Pettigrew was actually trying to dodge. His Occlumency was not weak, and he was able to pass on Dumbledore's information to Voldemort in the Order of the Phoenix. Although the protection of James and others was the main reason, he himself must also have There was no way for Dumbledore to see through the secret's strength, at least Dumbledore couldn't use Legilimency to confirm that he was a traitor, but only had doubts about his behavior.

However, Schelling did not intend to quarrel with Peter Pettigrew on this topic.

Xie Lin said: "Don't worry, you just need to come back to him and do things for him. I don't need you to be an undercover agent for me or pass on any information. Believe me, it will only be a matter of time before the mysterious man returns. As he loses power, Be the first to find him and help him, and you will have unexpected benefits. I have my own plans here, so you don’t need to worry about it. "

Peter Pettigrew's constantly flashing eyes showed that he was making various calculations in his mind, and finally he replied: "Okay, I promise you, Master, if one day I have the opportunity, I will repay your favor today."

Pettigrew took a blood replenishing potion and a magic restoring potion handed to him by Schelling. After feeling that his body was almost recovered, he apparated and left the Forbidden Forest.

Schelling was very confident that Peter Pettigrew could find Voldemort. Peter Pettigrew was able to use the help of rodents in the vast and boundless forest. This is how he found the remnant soul of Voldemort in the original book. It was also with his help that Voldemort rescued Barty Crouch Jr., and then The story of grade 4 has been advanced.

Schelling had planted the house elf's unique tracking magic in him (he briefly called Dobby over to perform it), and whenever Schelling wanted, Dobby could apparate to him with him. In fact, Schelling added some ingredients to the potion that Peter Pettigrew drank. If Voldemort uses Peter Pettigrew's flesh and blood to be resurrected according to the plot in the future, he will definitely be given a big surprise.

When Xie Lin thought of this, he suddenly smiled with satisfaction at his various resourcefulness.

After this incident, exam week began.

The exam question in the Transfiguration class was to turn a teapot into a turtle. I won’t mention Schelling’s performance. Anyway, it’s easy to guess from Professor McGonagall’s smile that he must have gotten a perfect score. Meredith made a slight mistake and turned the turtle into a little bit. Like the turtle, Daphne forgot to add nails to the turtle's feet.

The exam topic in the Charms class was indeed the Happy Curse. Schelling, who knew the topic in advance, had already trained all the little snakes in Slytherin, so none of the little snakes fell behind and all got perfect scores.

The next morning, Hagrid administered the Care of Magical Creatures exam. The topic of the exam is taking care of the Flobber caterpillar. To pass the exam, they must ensure that their Flobber caterpillar is still alive after one hour. This is the easiest exam. This made the students very happy, but none of them thought that during the whole semester, they actually learned nothing except the hippogriff in the first class and the salamanders after that. Xie Lin shook his head secretly. If he didn't learn real knowledge, then what's the use of doing well in the exam?

The potions test was in the afternoon. It was Slytherin's performance time, and the topic happened to be the potion of confusion. Half an hour before the end of the test, the little snakes had already turned in the completed potions, except for Goyle who accidentally added the potion. Except for the fact that too much water made the potion not thick enough, the other little snakes got full marks without any accidents.

I took the astronomy test in the middle of the night, on the top of the tallest tower. Then on Wednesday we have the History of Magic and Herbology classes.

Thursday morning was the penultimate exam, Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Lupine gave them the most unusual test they had ever taken, an outdoor test similar to an obstacle course. They must wade through a deep pool with a Grindylow, pass through a series of potholes filled with red caps, walk across a swamp, ignore the misleading messages from Xinkpunk, and then climb into an old box to follow A boggart fight.

Shailene, Daphne, Meredith, and Draco all got perfect scores. The other little snakes did impeccably in the previous items, mainly because there was something wrong with the Boggart in the last level - Pansy rushed out screaming (she saw herself ugly), Brace was viciously killed by a head The Hippogriff fainted with fright...

The last exam was the alchemy class. Xie Lin successfully repaired a damaged Golden Snitch and received the only perfect score in the class. Professor Bock has informed Schelling to find time to come to the office to learn how to repair the disappearing cabinet.

After the exams, there are still three weeks before the end of the semester, and finally liberated students can be seen everywhere talking happily about their summer vacation plans.

After finishing the exam, Harry was not happy. Professor Lupine, whom he liked very much, had decided to resign and leave because Snape revealed that he was a werewolf.

This incident put a lot of pressure on Dumbledore from the school board. Both Dumbledore and the school board members received countless shouting letters from parents of students. Even the Daily Prophet could not suppress this matter and had to follow up and report on it. .

Of course, newspaper editor-in-chief Barnabas Guffey was smart enough to pull Fudge out of this muddy water, failing to mention that Lupine's appointment was approved by the Ministry of Magic.

(Note: Fudge's original words in the original book "Not many people would allow you to hire werewolves, retain Hagrid, or decide what to teach students without consulting the Ministry of Magic." This shows that he knew that Dumbledore hired werewolves, but he chose silence)

Coupled with Dumbledore's previous record of appointing Quirrell and Lockhart, Dumbledore's ability to hire professors has been greatly questioned. People have begun to speak out, hoping that the Ministry of Magic will intervene in this matter to make the process of hiring professors more transparent and fair. ——The president should no longer decide on the appointment of professors alone, but should be subject to third-party review.

At this time, Mr. Gareth Greengrass, a member of the school board, stood up and volunteered to take on this task. He took the lead in organizing a "Faculty Recruitment Committee", which will be responsible for reviewing the president's appointment of professors for a long time. (The principal is still responsible for finding the person, but approval from the committee is required before the official hire can be made).

For the sake of fairness, the members of this committee will be composed of two dean-level professors, two school board members, two student parents and two student representatives, so that the opinions of all stakeholders can be represented.

After lengthy discussions, the members of the committee were finally finalized. The two deans are Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape. The members of the school board are Gareth himself and Mrs. Selwyn of the Selwyn family. The parents of the students are Lucius Malfoy and Amelia. · Bones.

The student representative is of course our protagonist Sherrin Malfoy. Although Sherrin is still very young, his reputation and strength have been recognized by most young wizards. Among the other members of the committee, except for Serge Except for Mrs. Wen, everyone has some friendship with Xie Lin, and they are naturally happy to hear about Xie Lin's selection.

Another student representative is Ron Weasley. Although his appointment surprised many people, it is not surprising at all, because there are many political factors behind Ron's appointment.

According to Schelling's guess, the original candidate favored by Dumbledore's faction was Hermione Granger. Her achievements and strength were dazzling enough, but it was a pity that she came from a Muggle family and had no background behind her.

Ron is a good substitute. He and Hermione are good friends, and he can turn to Hermione for advice on many things. Ron himself is also from the oldest pure-blood family, and Harry, who has the aura of a savior, They were still inseparable friends, so he was forced into this position.

The Malfoy family is obviously the biggest beneficiary of this turmoil. Not to mention Lucius's return to the power class of Hogwarts, there are two members of the Malfoy family on the committee - this would have been eye-catching at other times. It was a criticized thing, but it came naturally to Xie Lin who was in his prime, and everything seemed so natural.

At the same time, Harry also learned from Professor Lupin the truth about the Sirius incident twelve years ago, and the fact that Sirius was Harry's godfather. This made Harry even more depressed. He finally had his only relative in the world, but because he failed to clear his name and was still a wanted criminal, Harry still couldn't get rid of the Dursleys he hated. Living with Sirius.

By the way, when Lupine confessed the truth, Ron had a harder time accepting it than Harry.

"What did you say? Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew?" he shouted, "No, how is this possible!"

Even though Sirius promised to give him a new pet to compensate him, he was still a little reluctant, which shows that his feelings for Scabbers are still very deep.

Another thing that bothered Harry was that during the Divination exam, the unreliable Professor Trelawney seemed to make a real prophecy: "The Dark Lord is lying there alone, without friends, abandoned by his subordinates." His servant has been chained for these twelve years. Tonight, before midnight... this servant will break free from the chains and set off to join his master. With the help of his servant, the Dark Lord will return, stronger and more terrifying than before... …”

Harry was very concerned about this prophecy, but when he mentioned it to Ron and Hermione, they scorned Professor Trelawney's divination ability and did not take the prophecy seriously.

Harry had thought things couldn't get any worse. As a result, the cruel reality taught him a hard lesson about how to behave.

When Harry went to the secret passage of the one-eyed woman statue on the fourth floor to retrieve his invisible cloak, he found that the cloak had disappeared!

This cloak was very important to Harry, who did not know the invisibility magic, and it was the only relic left to him by his father, which had a very special meaning. Losing the cloak made him feel the lowest point.

The only thing that made Harry happy was that Harry and Ron passed every course, even if some subjects only got a "pass". At the same time, Harry also got back the Marauder's Map that had been confiscated from Lupin. This map had a special meaning to Harry. It was a kind of proof of the deeds left by his father and best friend in the school.

This semester, Hermione's grades obviously regressed. She only ranked fourth and was overtaken by Meredith and Murray.

Everyone blamed it on her heavy workload, and the pressure of taking 12 elective courses overwhelmed her, but only she knew the real reason in her heart - at the moment before the exam, she hoped that the boy could say "come on" to her, give her a word of encouragement, or even just look at her, but she was disappointed...

She couldn't remember how many times she cried secretly in the dead of night, she only remembered that she had never been so sad since she was sensible...

But Hermione is Hermione, now that she saw the report card, she did not fall into depression, but her fighting spirit was ignited. She told herself that it was time to let go of everything, cheer up, and take responsibility for her own life.

She reflected on the mistakes she made in this final exam, and finally decided to give up Divination and Muggle Studies, so that she could have a normal schedule in the next semester, but she had to return the time converter to Professor McGonagall.

There is a concept of "cause and effect" in the magic world. In the original book, when Harry spared Pettigrew's life, Dumbledore mentioned that favors between wizards would form an invisible bond. In this book, Pettigrew's last words to Schelling, "I will repay you for your favor today," actually have a similar effect.