Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 95: Hatching
"Expelliarmus!"

Neville shouted, and Hermione's wand flew out of her hand and landed on the cushion next to her.

"Success!" Hermione shouted happily. Instead of picking up the wand, she rushed over and hugged Neville.

"Great, Neville!" Theo clapped loudly, then helped Hermione pick up the wand and returned it to her.

Neville finally smiled and said happily, "I tried it when I was at home. My grandmother was very happy too. She said that my father didn't know the Disarming Charm when he was in the first grade!"

"Is this a new wand?" Michael looked at his wand.

"Yes." Neville showed his new companion to everyone: "Cherry wood, unicorn hair, Mr. Ollivander said it suits me very well."

When choosing a wand for the first time, every little wizard still remembers the wonderful feeling as if they had found the other half of their body. They touched Neville's wand one by one and said with certainty that he would become an excellent master of spells.

As they were talking and laughing, the door of the umbrella house slid open. Neville looked back and saw Harry walking in with a frown on his face. He shouted enthusiastically, "Harry, you're here too!"

"Hello, Neville," said Harry hurriedly. "Oh, Hermione - great, you're here too! Michael, do you know where Wade is?"

"He went to the library to borrow books and should be here soon - do you have something to talk to him about?" Michael said.

"—it was Hagrid," said Harry. "He asked me to invite Hermione, Neville, and Wade to the cottage."

—Gamekeeper? The big guy...

Michael raised his eyebrows slightly.

Hogwarts students often see Hagrid's cabin across the lawn, but few people go near it. Because in the eyes of students, the unusually burly Rubeus Hagrid looks very scary. Some students think that he is just a servant of the castle and don't even know his name.

The name of the gamekeeper is actually more associated with the Weasley twins, and it is often said that the two were captured by him from the Forbidden Forest.

I didn't expect Harry to have such a good relationship with him - but why did he invite Wade?
As they were talking, Wade came in with a book in his arms. After hearing Hagrid's invitation, he put down the book and they went to Hagrid's hut together.

On the way, Harry told them: "Hagrid said that the little dragon is about to hatch, and he wants us to see it. After all... not many people can see the scene of a dragon hatching with their own eyes... right?"

Under Hermione's incredulous look, Harry's voice became smaller and smaller.

"I can't believe it - he knows he has a dragon!" Hermione said angrily. "He lives in a wooden house!"

"Don't - Hermione -" Harry whispered. "At least don't start a fight today - Hagrid is looking forward to it -"

Hermione frowned and nodded reluctantly.

Arriving at the cabin, Harry went up and knocked on the door. Hagrid opened it, looking very happy.

"Come on, you've come just in time!" Hagrid said excitedly, "The baby's almost out!"

Harry walked in and suddenly froze.

Ron was also sitting in the cabin. He turned his head to look over, then quickly avoided their sight and stared at the dragon egg, as if studying the pattern on the shell. Hermione looked at this and that, a little at a loss.

"Come in quickly, don't just stand there."

Hagrid was totally unaware of the subtle atmosphere between the two people. With a sweep of his hand, he pushed both of them into the house. He lowered his head and said to Wade, "I'm glad you can come, Wade. Not many people have seen a dragon hatch. I guess you must be interested, right?"

"Of course, thank you for your invitation, Hagrid." Wade smiled and said. He walked in, ignoring the awkward looks of the three people, sat on an empty chair beside him, and looked at the dragon eggs on the table with great interest.

——This is a dragon!

Even though it's a western lizard dragon, who wouldn't want to see it!

When he sat down, Wade thought he saw something strange. He looked up and saw a bunch of thin and soft white hair hanging from the ceiling, hanging with several copper pots, like some ethnic minority decoration.

In Hagrid's messy little hut, the white fur looked unusually smooth and sacred.

Hermione was eager to find something to talk about, so she asked immediately, "What kind of animal is that hair from, Hagrid?"

"Oh, it's unicorn hair, pulled from its tail and hung on a branch in the woods." Hagrid didn't care much at first, but when he saw Wade staring at it, he said, "Oh, Wade, you are studying alchemy, right? Take it and use it. If it's not enough, I have more."

He generously pulled off a handful and stuffed it directly into Wade's hands.

Vader refused: "It's too expensive, Hagrid! A whole unicorn tail hair costs 10 Galleons."

Ron, who had a stern face, almost fell off his chair. He looked in surprise at the white hair that he thought was a horse's tail, and his eyes almost popped out.

The Weasley family had seven children and lived in extreme poverty. He didn't even have a new thing when he went to school - he wore old robes left by his brothers, held an old wand, used old textbooks, and even his pet was an old mouse that his brothers didn't want.

Ron had never saved more than one Galleon in his entire life as a pocket money.

"It's not worth anything." Hagrid shook his head and said unconcernedly, "I often pick up -"

He forced all the unicorn tail hair onto Vader.

Hagrid's idea was actually very simple - on the night the Potters died, it was Hagrid who took the infant Harry out of the ruins. At that time, he felt that he had a wonderful sense of responsibility for this weak and soft little life. When Harry was eleven years old, he personally went to introduce Harry to the wizarding world.

Hagrid looked at Harry like a parent looking at his own child. When he learned that Harry was taken care of by Wade at school and learned a lot of useful spells from him, Hagrid had been thinking about how to repay Harry's parents. Seeing that Wade had something he liked, and he also had it, Hagrid naturally gave it to him happily.

Hagrid himself might not be able to explain his complicated thoughts, but Wade could sense some of them. He glanced at Harry, who was unaware of them, and accepted them.

——It doesn’t matter whether the gift is valuable or not, he will always be able to return the favor.

"Look, it's coming out!" Hermione exclaimed suddenly.

The eggshell cracked open with a crackling sound, and a white nose poked out. Then a black baby dragon struggled to squeeze out. Its spurred wings slapped on the table with a "clack", and a few sparks came out of its nose.

(End of this chapter)