Chapter 1094? Familiarity and Strangeness
For young wizards who have already obtained the Apparition license, not many people actually like this method of travel for floo fans.
Harry got out of the fireplace, patted the ashes on his body, cleaned his glasses, put them on his nose again and looked around. This was a place he was very familiar with. He saw the familiar black lake, the towering castle standing on the high hillside on the other side of the lake, and the windows twinkling under the stars. Harry understood that he had entered the place where the train stopped before. Hogwarts platform.
Like the City Gate Urn just now, there are many fireplaces installed in this renovated old platform. The familiar environment of Hogwarts brought a sense of security to these students. After a moment of waiting for them to look around, those For young wizards who don't have a new family in Hogwarts, looking at the black lakes and the buildings popping up in the distance around them makes them feel strange again - Hogwarts is no longer isolated from the world. school.
There is a complex of buildings in the former open space next to this platform, with many buildings similar to dry docks and large docks built - the reason why they are similar is that they are not built on the edge of the Black Lake like the boat hut at Hogwarts School. Instead, it was built directly on land.
"Has another stadium been built next to the Quidditch pitch?" A young wizard exclaimed. Everyone looked in his direction and found that a similar building had been built next to the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch in the distance. , and through the moonlight after the rain, the little wizards could see clearly, but the difference was that it seemed to be made of stone.
Other than that, Hogwarts itself seemed to have changed very little, and then a light swayed over the heads of the students, and a familiar voice from the senior wizards shouted: "First years! First years!" Come here! Everyone else should go to the front and take the bus..."
Hagrid was dressed like the Umbrella Guards in ancient-style robes, and he was dressed as formally as he had been at the previous ball. His usually unkempt hair was tied into a ponytail and his beard was thrown behind his head. It was also carefully processed and braided into small braids - because of his physique and strength, he got along well with the Viking undead knights.
But the sudden roar of the dragon in the Forbidden Forest overwhelmed the hybrid giant, making the little wizards who had not returned to school during the holidays shudder and realize that there was a real reason to establish a dragon farm in the Forbidden Forest. thing.
"For Ravenclaw's sake... Lacey is bullying Norberta again..." Hagrid was dressed as formally today as he was at the dance before, "Huh? Don't be afraid, I'll be in my class after you are in third grade. I will contact her..." Hagrid seemed to distinguish Harry and Ron from the heads in front of him, "Oh, you are here, maybe you want to meet Norbert with me later? By the way, she is Norbert. , Charlie and his colleagues later discovered that Norbert was a female dragon, so they called him this name...I should have known better...the female Norwegian Ridgeback is much more vicious than the male."
"Is this the one that Harry saved when he was in first grade? But let's talk about it when we have free time. Hagrid, it's time for you to take the new students on the boat." As a prefect, Ginny looked at those who were afraid of Hagrid and looked at them with helpless eyes. The children nearby who were afraid to speak said - but at least Hagrid didn't make any children cry this year because he didn't wear the mole suit and the sense of civilization brought by proper dressing up.
The next process still retained the tradition of Hogwarts. The freshmen went to the Black Lake to prepare a boat for four people to experience what it was like before the founders founded the school.
Others took the carriage pulled by the Yeqi to go to school. More carriages than before were waiting here. This year, due to the unrest after the return of the Dark Lord, more young wizards were able to see with their own eyes the skinny boy with the head like a dragon. The black Thestral with huge bat wings—a creature that can only be seen by those who have seen death, makes many superstitious little wizards feel very unlucky.
However, with the comfort of the prefects, the carriage convoy finally creaked and swayed on the road, rolling forward, and they arrived in front of the magnificent pair of cast iron gates of Hogwarts, which had not been renovated. There are still many stone pillars on both sides, with winged warthogs as decorations at the front.
But the guards outside the gate are not the Aurors or the umbrella wizards of the past, but three tall undead knights wearing full plate armor and holding Viking axes. Two of them stand on the left and the right. On both sides of the iron gate, the one in the middle watched the carriage approaching, opened the gate for them, and then stepped away.
As he approached these undead knights, another biting cold wave hit Harry, and he couldn't help but shrink into the uneven seat and close his eyes until they walked into the door - in fact, Harry He has no fear of these undead knights. The main thing is that this feeling will remind him of the time when he was attacked by dementors.
The carriage increased its speed on the long sloping drive until it reached the front of the castle; watching the many turrets and towers gradually approaching them. Finally, the carriage swayed to a stop, and Professor McGonagall, a tall witch wearing a protective robe similar to that of Gryffindor students, stood in front of the door. The only difference was that Professor McGonagall, the headmaster of Gryffindor, stood in front of the door. The robe is similar to the one on Allen's body that is inlaid with gems like dragon's eye beads. There are many rubies with practical functions on it.
McGonagall, who was wrapped in a red cloak that looked like a lion's mane around her shoulders, was looking at the list of students with her usual serious expression. At this time, she was doing business and had no intention of chatting. She just nodded to Harry. , frowned and glanced at Ron, then straightened the hood that turned back on his shoulders, and began to carefully compare the parchment list in his hand without saying anything else.
When they came to the door of the auditorium, they saw the short headmaster of Ravenclaw, who had taken the place of Professor McGonagall, waiting there for the first-year wizard who climbed up from the rock tunnel on the dock.
The Potions Professor was wearing a Ravenclaw robe inlaid with many deep sapphires, which made the young wizards confirm the clothing restrictions imposed on professors this year. Only then did Harry realize that Hogwarts had another In a change, Filius Flitwick replaced the Head of Gryffindor and became the Vice-Principal of Hogwarts. Flitwick and McGonagall, who had no interest in fighting for power, had no additional thoughts about this. This did not affect the mood of the two deans who were almost assigned to the other house, especially after Professor McGonagall comforted Flitwick.
Entering the auditorium, the ceiling in the foyer is still so high that it is almost impossible to see the ceiling. It is so big that the Dursley family's entire house can be moved in. The luxurious marble staircase in the front has not changed, leading directly to the upper floor. However, the blazing torches around the stone wall in previous years have turned into the soft blue light of the Ministry of Magic this year. Compared with the red stone pier statues illuminated by the torches, it seems that the blue can keep people calm at any time, making this ancient castle seem like It has taken on new vitality and elegance.
The hall echoed with the footsteps of students, the floor was illuminated, and the little wizards entered the dining room.
The thousands of candles floating in the air above the table have not changed. They are still fulfilling their mission to illuminate the restaurant. Starlight twinkles on the velvety black ceiling. It is still difficult to believe that there is really a ceiling up there. It is also difficult to believe It's hard to believe that the restaurant's roof is not open-air.
But as the students walked a few steps, looking at what seemed to be more candles and the length and number of cutlery on the four long tables than in previous years, they realized that the auditorium might have been cast with an additional invisible telescopic spell this year. It's much more spacious than before.
Under the wall with windows in the innermost part of the auditorium, a huge omniscient mark was placed in the center behind the faculty seats, UU Reading www. uukanshu.net The pupils of the all-seeing eye on the mark were constantly rotating and scanning the entire auditorium.
As soon as Harry and the others arrived at the Gryffindor table, Lavender Brown saw Ron, like a bee seeing nectar, and rushed forward with a fuss, grabbing Ron's arm firmly. Upon seeing this, Harry and Ginny looked at each other, sighed in agreement, and sat down.
"Harry, you can't run around in the middle of the night this time, otherwise you will lose a lot of points... This is our last year at school. For God's sake, do a good job and let us at least win the Academy Cup. ..." Hermione poked her head out from one end of the long table, straddling the little lion next to her and chattering to Harry, "The school has been assigned a lot of these omniscient marks, and the eyes on them are somewhat similar to Gringotts' defense methods or Mu's. Dee’s magic eye can make people invisible. In addition, apart from the dormitory toilets and bathrooms, most places in the school are equipped with Ministry of Magic monitoring and control rooms, and there are people checking at all times.”
This bad news made Harry's good mood disappear completely. He mumbled a random reply and Hermione had no intention of chatting, but other people in the auditorium seemed very lively. What happened during this summer vacation made these changes throughout the whole process. The young wizards who have not met during the holidays have too much to share and discuss, but right now, they are talking more about the professors at the long staff table at the front of the auditorium. There are many more of them than usual—— There was even a Mr. Skillful Hand who swaggered up there and sat on the chair.
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