The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

“Maybe, or something like that? I’ve rarely seen a wizard’s house that’s more dilapidated than ours,” Fred said with a laugh.

“But the Burrow is still more interesting,” George said proudly.

Fred agreed, saying, "I think so too."

“I can’t tell,” Eddie said. “The perspective is from above, and the camera isn’t very stable, but there are very few people in this village.”

“Look for abandoned houses,” Scott reminded him.

“Okay, yes.” Eddie flicked the dial with his finger, adjusting the playback speed. “I need to take a closer look, oh… it looks like there are two abandoned houses…”

Scott immediately realized that, according to the description in the "original book," those two abandoned houses must be the Gaunt House and Riddle House.

“Come and take a look,” Eddie said, handing over the panoramic binoculars. “I’ve already fixed the lens.”

Fred took the panoramic binoculars and looked at it for a while. "Oh, I think it's that dilapidated house in the bushes. The Gaunt family probably couldn't afford the other big house on the hillside."

George snatched the panoramic binoculars from his hand and glanced at them. "You were right. There's a snake staring at the door of that dilapidated house."

“You have a good eye. There are bushes in front of that house.” Fred took another look and confirmed what George had seen.

“Give it to me,” Scott said, holding out his hand. “I need to draw a map.”

“Okay.” George handed the panoramic telescope to Scott.

Scott began to examine the telescope lens closely.

He looked at it repeatedly, memorizing the entire terrain of Little Hangton.

“Give me a piece of parchment,” he said.

Eddie helped unfold a piece of parchment and place it on the desk in front of Scott. Scott held up the panoramic telescope in one hand and took out his wand with the other, pressing the tip of the wand against the parchment.

As he manipulated the images with his fingers, which held the panoramic telescope, black lines shot out from under the tip of his wand and quickly spread across the entire parchment.

After sketching out the general terrain of Little Hangleton, Scott's magic did not stop.

On the parchment, ink lines spread out from the tip of his wand, depicting a more detailed aerial view based on the terrain.

Finally, the lines formed words that served as identifiers.

"It should be about time."

Scott put down the panoramic binoculars and looked at the map he had "drawn".

He reached out and pushed the map forward. "Now let's discuss where to best and most discreetly place our cameras."

“Here, here, here…” Eddie pointed to several places near Gaunt’s old house on the map.

Fred also held out his hand, "Here, we can put the telescope in the tree."

“This place is fine too,” George pointed with his finger. “It’s a bit far, but it’s safe.”

Scott pointed to Riddle House, "That area around the abandoned mansion is also an option, because it's abandoned, so there's a possibility that someone might be hiding there."

The four discussed for a long time and finally decided on a plan.

Fred marked the map in red.

“We need a total of seven panoramic telescopes,” he told Scott. “Luckily you bought ten at once.”

Scott nodded and took out the remaining panoramic telescopes and placed them on the table.

“I need to think about it some more,” he said. “If you saw seven eagles carrying seven rabbits flying overhead at once, anyone would realize something was wrong.”

The other three thought about the scene and couldn't help but laugh.

“Let’s wait until night,” Eddie said. “No one will see us after dark.”

Scott took out his pocket watch and looked at it. "Let's go have dinner first, and then we'll operate in the Forbidden Forest. Otherwise, the scene of seven eagles carrying seven rabbits away from Hogwarts Castle will definitely attract a crowd."

He put all seven panoramic binoculars into his deformed lizard skin bag, saying, "I'll just put the rest here, including the one I've already used."

As he spoke, he took out his wand and turned the eagle back into a block of ebony.

Fred waved his wand and extinguished all the candles on the table.

"Fluorescent flashing".

The group raised their wands, which were illuminated by a light-up spell, and left the studio.

After closing the door, they went to the slide, found their old flying broomsticks, and began to fly up the long slide.

“I haven’t even asked yet,” Eddie said. “Even if we get the footage, what are we going to do? We can’t save it, we can’t edit it, and we can’t play it anywhere else.”

He exclaimed as if suddenly realizing something, "Doesn't that mean we can't make money?"

"You just realized that?" Scott couldn't help but laugh.

Fred said, "Making money is not our goal in this matter."

George chimed in, "We just want to know if the witch and the demon king will actually appear, and if they'll fight each other."

"You guys didn't even think about making money?" Eddie was clearly extremely surprised.

He turned to look at Scott, who was flying behind him. "And you, Scott?"

“I don’t have any good ideas either,” Scott said. “Are we supposed to sell all the telescopes that recorded the footage? We won’t make much money that way.”

Eddie was clearly unable to accept it. "If it doesn't make money, why do these things?"

Eddie's motives were the purest; he was only after money from the start.

Scott and the Weasley twins were both aware of the situation, but neither of them warned him.

“Of course it’s because it’s fun!” Fred and George said in unison.

Scott gave a different answer: "To gather intelligence."

“If it doesn’t make money, it’s pointless!” Eddie said, “not to mention the risks involved!”

Eddie continued to chatter on and on, even after the group had passed the statue of the one-eyed hunchbacked witch and returned to the third-floor corridor of the castle.

He persuaded Scott and the Weasley twins to abandon the plan.

"This is no small matter. If we get caught, it could cause us a lot of trouble," he said. "This isn't interesting, and we don't need any information about it..."

Scott and the twins were getting fed up with his nagging.

“Alright, I’ll figure out a way to make you money,” Scott said helplessly. “I’m currently researching the rune circuits in the panoramic telescope.”

That was his original plan. If he could figure out the magic rune circuit in the panoramic telescope, he might be able to extract and sell the images stored within it in another form.

I didn't say anything because I wasn't entirely sure, but Eddie kept nagging me about it.

Upon hearing Scott's words, Eddie immediately understood his meaning and was overjoyed. "Then it's up to you! You must figure it out!"

Fred told Scott, "We're also very interested in the runic circuits in the telescope!"

“But we can’t take that thing apart,” George said. “If we try to take it apart, the magic circuits inside will definitely self-destruct.”

Scott nodded. "I understand. I'm trying to circumvent the limitations using magical perception, and I'm starting to make some progress."

Fred and George became excited upon hearing this, and both of them put their hands on Scott's shoulders, looking at him intently.

Scott quickly broke free from them. "Okay, I understand. If I can get this set of rune circuits, I will share it with you."

"Great!"

"cool!"

Fred and George high-fived each other.

"I already have a lot of inspiration!"

"Me too!"

"With this set of magic runes, we can invent a lot of fun things."

"I can't wait!"

Their eyes lit up, and they eagerly huddled together, chattering excitedly.

After having dinner in the auditorium, the four of them went to the edge of the forbidden forest.

"and many more."

Scott suddenly stopped and looked up at the darkening sky.

"Hagrid and Miss Grapland are both in the forest. Let's wait a while before going in."

Eddie asked curiously, "What are they doing?"

"Are you on a date?" Fred asked.

“I feel a little nauseous,” George said.

“They weren’t dating, they weren’t together,” Scott said, closing his eyes. “Hagrid was with some magical creature, probably a centaur? Miss Grapland was with that little Thestral, probably for a walk?”

He was just guessing; logically, neither centaurs nor Thestrals would come to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Let's leave here first."

Scott turned and walked in the other direction.

“I’ll lead you around them. It’ll be troublesome for either Hagrid or Miss Grapland to see us enter the Forbidden Forest.”

Fred said nonchalantly, "Hagrid will stop us, but Miss Grappleland won't."

“We’ve run into her several times, and she hasn’t criticized us,” George said.

"Let's avoid it if we can, after all, they're teachers." Scott led them into the Forbidden Forest and began to circle around them.

In his opinion, he would rather encounter Hagrid than run into that unpredictable witch, Grapple.

Although Grapland was easy to talk to, Scott would still try to avoid dealing with her, perhaps instinctively.

He led the three men around Hagrid and Grapland's location, gradually deeper into the Forbidden Forest, until they came to a small lake.

"Let's do it here."

He took out the panoramic telescope and placed it on the ground, then began to dig out the ebony block he had used to deform it.

He began to conceive a new "persona" in his mind.

This time, we need to create seven different "character designs." While they can be roughly the same, there will still be some minor differences due to the different tasks each individual has.

Moreover, this time the "character design" is more complex than the last one.