Chapter 1092: Starting From Platform Nine
King's Cross Station, Platform 9, heavy rain pattered against the wizards' suitcases and their leader's umbrella. Harry, dressed as a Muggle and accompanied by his godfather Sirius, entered the platform through the wall of platform 9??.
The Hogwarts Express was already parked there, and the crimson steam locomotive was spitting out thick smoke. Compared with the bustle on the platform before, this year it was quite crowded. Some parents and children were dressed up in such a way that Harry It was judged that they were obviously from foreign countries.
"Although many foreign pure-blood families are criticizing Allen's educational philosophy this year, they have privately decided to send their children to England to learn black magic... Come on, Harry, I will take you to the car." Sirius said and led the way. As soon as Harry took a few steps, they discovered that the wizards in front seemed to be watching something lively.
Sirius used his strength to open a path for himself and his godson to squeeze through the crowd, allowing the two father and son to get in. Only then did they realize that a group of armed Aurors and a group of patrolling Aurors were facing each other face to face.
"Why are you holding us back?!"
"Captain Albert has made an arrangement. You will not be responsible for patrolling here this year. Get out of here."
"Scrimgeour is the head of the Auror Office!"
"Is he a chicken...who wants to disobey me? A guy who can't even survive your combat training?"
"I will report it!"
"You patrol Aurors probably won't see the Director of the Legal Enforcement Department. Do you need me to introduce him?"
The last thing the patrolling Aurors saw was that the armed Auror had put his hand on his wand and left Platform 9 in dismay.
As if the start button was pressed, the noise and noise on the platform returned, like rolling boiling water.
"Aurors are you because of what happened at Gringotts?" Harry turned his head and looked at Sirius.
"Not entirely. The internal divisions among the Aurors are serious. The armed Aurors are in charge of Albert Harris, while the patrolling Aurors are in charge of Rufus Scrimgeour. But the Gringotts incident is the final root cause. Straw, now this kind of fight is starting to be made public." Sirius also looked a little angry, "Now it's really embarrassing for these foreigners to see this scene..."
"Those goblins are preventing the Ministry of Magic from solving Voldemort." Harry was particularly concerned about the mysterious man. "By the way, have Sirius Dumbledore and the others found Grigovitch?"
"Found it, so they can't come back for the time being... It's a pity that I have to go to the Ministry of Magic to work..." Sirius responded and then glared at his godson, "Listen, Harry, I told you many times not to ask these questions again, You shouldn't worry about this, just take your classes, get a few more points in the exam this year, and let me go to university next year for further study."
"Sirius, I saw Ron and the others!" Harry yelled without saying that he didn't want to go to school. The armed Aurors around him showed their professionalism very well when facing ordinary wizards. Order was quickly maintained. Although the platform was still noisy, everything seemed orderly and no longer as crowded as before.
Amidst the buzzing sounds of the crowd and the noise of hauling heavy luggage after reuniting with the Weasley family, most of the children and most of the parents couldn't wait to say goodbye to the person in front of them who had stayed with them for the entire summer vacation.
Harry helped Ginny carry her luggage, and climbed onto the locomotive with Ron. The first few carriages were already crowded with students, and some of the younger ones couldn't help but lean out of the windows to talk to their families, but most of them were Feeling free again, I started to fidget in my seat.
Because Harry was not a prefect in the new iron triangle, the Weasley brothers first sent Harry to the Gryffindor gathering place. Seamus, Neville, and Flegg were already sitting in the carriage they chose. Inside.
Just through the glass on the door, they noticed that Neville exuded something strange. He was holding a wooden box and sitting on the seat blankly like his severely fat pet toad, looking in a trance. Flegg She seemed to be comforting him.
"What happened? What happened to Neville?" Harry opened the compartment door and walked in. "Did Rifle just go on an adventure again?"
"Look at this toad's size, you know it can't run... I bet Hermione was feeding it after Neville lent it to Luna." Seamus' sarcasm made the toad croak in dissatisfaction.
"Neville tripped when he was just getting into the car. The lid of the box had just been opened, and the bottle cap was thrown out. The mixed liquid of the grimacing hawkmoth pupa inside didn't know whether it had seen the light or not..." Flegg looked at it. Looking at Neville's frustrated look, he said, "I don't know if it's still blood red. You know, this thing can't be seen in the light."
Ron also walked in: "Why don't you open it quickly and take a look."
"It seems that for the sake of the Ravenclaws, Ron, can you use your brain?" Ginny habitually yelled at her brother angrily, "Open it now, no matter what happened or not."
"It's nothing serious! And we can cover the windows and doors to see!" Ron blushed and tried to comfort Neville, "This won't affect the final deformation. At worst, you can spend some time to make another bottle."
"You have to hold the mandrake blade in your mouth for a month...I still have to go to class..." Although Neville looked much more handsome than before due to his growth this year, his temperament did not change and his nose started to turn red.
"I had a hard time at the beginning, but Neville, you should have mastered some skills in the next few days, right?" Harry patted Neville on the shoulder, "Besides, it's not broken at all."
"You have to put it under your tongue... Neville, look at me." Ron opened his mouth to Neville and showed off his tongue flexibly, "Just put the leaf under it."
"I'm really jealous that you have become successful." Allen's teaching seems to be a fixed form, unlike you who can change it at will. "Seamo's words revealed an extremely envious meaning, "Ron, please transform us once and open our eyes, so that we can see and understand. "
This opportunity to show off tickled Ron's chest, and he patted his chest: "It's easy, I'll change it... Lavender isn't here? I'll show it to her alone then."
"Stop it, you two idiots! Do you want to turn into a cow and push Neville out of the carriage?!" Ginny shouted loudly, and then threw her red hair that was messy with anger behind her, "Stop making noises, We are all soaked, and I have to go to the prefects' carriage to change." As she spoke, Ginny took off her wet coat in disgust, took out her wand to drain the moisture, and stuffed the coat into the suitcase.
"Harry, Ginny, this prefect has the temperament of a student council president..." Ron complained after waiting for Ginny to leave the box. Then he followed suit and took off his wet clothes and went directly to the box. Lee put on the new uniform required by Hogwarts this year.
"Sirius said he didn't like the style of the new school uniform, saying that it would damage his good memories of Hogwarts..." Harry tugged on the hood of the robe behind him, "But he was with me that day. When I picked up school uniforms from Mrs. Malkin, I also ordered a few sets of this style for myself..."
"Speaking of it, Allen is really rich. He already gave us such a set in the ancient magic class last year..." Seamus sighed, "Not to mention protection, it also comes with a constant temperature and no ironing. My mother is sure You won’t give me so much money to buy this robe…”
"But she might consider adding protection to your clothes so you don't blow them up all the time..." Ron mocked Seamus, and then felt a little complacent, "I didn't take that class, but Alan gave it to me last Christmas. Got a set as a gift..."
"All the students at Hogwarts have changed into this set of equipment today. I guess this year's courses will become compulsory." Harry said, and the sound of a cart came from outside, "I'm going to buy some snacks and come back. You guys Is there anything you want to eat?”
"Harry, take your pick. I'm going to go on patrol and I won't eat... I have to save my belly for the dinner party." Ron responded, "My mother doesn't make corned beef sandwiches anymore... Speaking of which, there are actually some I miss you so much.”
Except for Flegg, who was a little greedy for snacks, everyone else in the room had similar reactions to Ron. Since Allen became the principal, meals at Hogwarts have been changed to a meal-ordering format, which is very popular among the students. welcome.
So Ron and Harry came out of the box, one went left to the prefects' car, and the other went right to buy snacks.
But as soon as Harry approached the booth of the most popular women on the train, he noticed that Emily Harris and Pansy Parkinson were in the box next to them, seemingly having just finished shopping.
Pansy held the wand and peeled and cut the apple in front of Emily into pieces. After cutting it, she pushed the plate to Emily who had already placed a lot of snacks in front of her, but she picked up a green apple. The astringent green apple took a big bite.
"Pansy, it seems that for Luna's sake...you have to imitate Draco even when you eat an apple..." Emily held a sugar quill in her hand, and seemed to find Pansy's show of affection too sweet. On the spur of the moment, he picked up a piece of apple instead and said, "Pansy, hasn't your father listened to your advice yet? Or haven't you started suing yet..."
Suddenly, UU reads a book www. uukanshu.net Emily stopped talking and did not continue. She suddenly turned her head and looked at the door of the carriage: "Oh, afternoon, good Harry."
"Sorry, Emily, the door is not closed... Uh, no, I mean I just have something to ask you..." Harry scratched his messy black hair and thought about non-existent questions, and then asked hesitantly after a long time, "Emily, have you seen Allen and the others?"
"Alan is preparing for the opening ceremonies at three schools. None of them are in the car." Emily Jane picked up a snack on the table, tilted her head slightly, and said sweetly, "Want one?"
"No need...I'll leave first." Harry waved his hand and took the opportunity to retreat.
"Bloody, even if Allen is in the car... but his box is not always at the back of the car? You are going in the wrong direction." Pansy did not give Harry a good look and insulted him, watching the other person pull the door and leave. He looked like he was running away and laughed loudly, "The eavesdropping skills of these Gryffindors have always been so bad without any improvement..."
"Ignore them, let's eat. Merope, you can come out now..." Emily said, taking out the little basilisk with an eyepatch from the sleeve of her robe so that it could only move, and then focused on the front of her face. snacks - if it weren't for them, she wouldn't have bothered to take the train.
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