Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 561 Farewell
After Ginny took all the dirty laundry, Harry suddenly found himself with nothing to do.

Harry didn't actually have anything to pack.

He had only arrived at the Burrow from number 12 Grimmauld Place in early August, carrying a suitcase. Besides a few everyday clothes and his Quidditch uniform, he hadn't taken anything else out of his suitcase.

He never took out any of the textbooks and notes that he had vowed to review before summer vacation. After being packed up from Hogwarts and returned to Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, they were packed into the Burrow.

On the day Harry left the Burrow for Kingdom Cross Station, Mrs. Weasley intended to contact Mr. Weasley to arrange for several Ministry of Magic vehicles to take them, but instead, an unexpected visitor arrived—

“Hi, Harry!” Tierra, or rather, one of Tierras, stood at the door of the Burrow.

"Tierra? What are you doing here?" Harry asked in surprise.

“I’ve come to take you to Hogwarts,” Tierra said with a smile. After seeing Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley, and the rest of the Weasley family come out, Tierra politely greeted them, “Good morning, Mr. Weasley, good morning, Mrs. Weasley, and happy first day of school, Ron and Ginny.”

“Hello, Tierra,” Mr. Weasley replied.

“Ah! Oh, good morning, Tyella,” Mrs. Weasley asked, a little awkwardly. “What brings you here today?”

“I’m here to pick Harry up for school,” Tierra explained. “As you know, there was a mass disappearance in a Muggle town a few days ago. Although there’s no direct evidence, all the clues point to Voldemort. We have reason to suspect that Voldemort is up to something behind the scenes, so just to be on the safe side, I’ll personally escort Harry to school.”

“Oh, that’s great,” Mr. Weasley said cheerfully, then asked absentmindedly, “We feel much more at ease with you escorting us. Could you also help us get Ron and Ginny to Kingdom Cross Station?”

“Arthur!” Mrs. Weasley seemed to want to stop Mr. Weasley from saying anything more. “We’ve already troubled Tierra enough, don’t—”

“Kingdom Cross Station?” Tierra smiled. “There seems to be some misunderstanding.”

After saying that, Tiye stretched out his fingers, turned around casually, and drew a huge circle in the air.

A shimmering light appeared at Tiera's fingertips, and as Tiera waved her hand, the shimmering light formed a huge circle in mid-air.

Through the circle, everyone could clearly see a wide lawn, at the end of which stood a tall stone gate with iron railings.

“They can go directly to Hogwarts.” Tierra stepped aside slightly, making way for the huge circular opening in space.

“To be precise, if it’s purely for safety reasons, they should go directly to Hogwarts. If you go now, you can settle into your beds and still have a hot, standard Hogwarts lunch,” Tierra said. “Of course, if you miss crunching on cold sandwiches or sugary candies on the train, I can take you to Kingdom Cross Station. There’s really no difference between the two, since there will definitely be a Tierra on the Hogwarts Express anyway, to prevent Voldemort or some Death Eaters from having a sudden urge to attack the future darlings of the wizarding world.”

“Alright then, children, go get your luggage and go straight to Hogwarts with Tyrell. It’ll be faster and safer that way. We won’t see you off,” Mrs. Weasley said.

“Oh, wait, we should tell Hermione,” Ron said.

“Don’t worry about Hermione,” Tyella said. “I will personally escort every member of Dumbledore’s Army. Harry is the first, and I’ll go find Hermione next.”

“Oh, alright then, let’s go.” Ron said, turning back to get his luggage and the cage containing his new owl-pig. Harry also brought out a large pile of things from the Burrow and stood at the door waiting for Ron.

"Hmm, Tierra?" Harry asked hesitantly as Ron carried his things out, "Are you still attending Hogwarts too?"

“Of course,” Tyella replied. “Have you forgotten, Harry? I haven’t graduated yet, and I’m still a student at Hogwarts. Nothing can stop me from getting a perfect NEWt grade.”

“Oh, oh, okay, then... Tyella, wait a minute, wait a minute, at the library?” Harry asked. “I have a few questions I don’t understand from my summer studies, and I wanted to ask you about them.”

“You? Studying for summer vacation?” Tyrell suddenly laughed, no longer maintaining that composed and polite smile, but instead letting out a flamboyant and unrestrained laugh. “Oh my goodness, Harry, don’t try to fool me. You didn’t even open those notes from Dumbledore’s Army of the Legion last semester once.”

"Ah! No, I...I..." Harry blushed with embarrassment as his lie was exposed.

"Alright, alright, Harry," Tyrell laughed, patting Harry on the shoulder. "Don't be nervous, I'm not your teacher—"

“Oh, no, I’m a teacher now,” Tierra said, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"Teacher? What kind of teacher are you?" Harry asked nervously.

“The principles of Dark Magic,” Tyella replied briefly. “But don’t be nervous, the main content of the course was already covered in Dumbledore’s Army training last semester.”

“Wait, so you mean you’re both teacher and student?” Harry asked. “Is that possible?”

“Of course not,” Tierra said with a laugh, “but it’s not like they can object.”

"So, are you still going to stay in the dorm?" Harry asked nervously. "We've been saving your bed for you."

“As a student, of course I live in the dormitory,” Tierra replied. “As a teacher, I also have a place to live, after all, there’s more than one me, isn’t there?”

"Uh," Harry tried to say something, but found himself completely at a loss for words.

"Alright, let's go." After seeing Ron struggling to carry his luggage out from behind Harry, Tierra raised her hand and waved it lightly. Ron, Harry, and Ginny's luggage suddenly became lighter and flew towards the portal.

“I’ve put your luggage back in your dorm,” Tiera said. “Go on your way.”

"Goodbye, Mom! Goodbye, Dad!" Ron and Ginny said goodbye to Mrs. and Mr. Weasley respectively.

"Goodbye Mrs. Weasley, goodbye Mr. Weasley." Harry went up and hugged them, saying goodbye to the elders of the Weasley family.

"Goodbye, Harry, study hard," Mrs. Weasley admonished. "Don't learn any of that weird dark magic!"

(End of this chapter)