The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Generally speaking, he considers his own safety and position before doing anything, and he will not do anything that may have a negative impact on him.

The three Weasley siblings stopped playing around for a while.

However, Ginny Weasley's expression was still somewhat unpleasant.

Scott knelt down to pick up her book, apologizing as he did so, "I'm sorry, Miss Weasley."

"Oh! Thank you! Just call me Ginny, Scott."

Ginny Weasley thanked her generously and took the book from her.

Scott took the opportunity to get a closer look at her magical state, and said, "Sorry, Ginny."

Ginny sighed with a rather mature air, a somewhat comical look of world-weariness appearing on her youthful face.

“Fred and George have always been this naughty since they were little.” She glared at the twins again. “I’m used to it.”

George, still grinning, said, "Oh! Ginny! I'm serious, you're more like Mom now!"

“He’s always been this naughty and mischievous since he was little.” Fred shook his head, mimicking Ginny’s way of speaking. “That’s what Mom always said about us!”

"You're all dead!"

Ginny picked up the book again and chased after them.

The three of them chased each other and quickly ran away.

Scott watched their retreating figures, narrowed his eyes, and suddenly raised his wand and waved it forward.

In the distance, the raven wood carving that Fred had been holding immediately came to life again, breaking free from his grasp before he could react, and flew back to Scott's side.

Scott reached out and caught Raven, then smiled gently at the still somewhat dazed first-years. "Hey, are you all alright?"

"N-nothing!"

The small, gray-haired boy snapped out of his daze and looked at Scott with surprise.

"Oh! Amazing shapeshifting! And Ginny called you Scott just now, you are Scott Trollope!"

The boy also had a camera hanging around his neck.

This reminded Scott of his identity—a fervent admirer of Potter and one of the students petrified by the Basilisk in the original story.

“You know me?” Scott nodded at him in a friendly manner.

“Oh! I’m Colin Crevey, a first-year Gryffindor student!” the boy introduced himself, still somewhat excited. “The other day at the Quidditch pitch, they said you used Transfiguration to save the Ravenclaw Quidditch team!”

"That's nothing, I believe you can do it too in the future."

Scott reached out and patted him on the shoulder, offering a casual word of encouragement. He then bid farewell to the young wizards and walked past them toward Ravenclaw Tower.

By handing over the book, he had gotten a closer look at Ginny's magical state, and this time he finally sensed something amiss.

However, this feeling is very subtle and hard to explain.

If he hadn't known that "Ginny was in contact with Voldemort's Horcruxes," he might have subconsciously ignored this feeling.

Therefore, he still could not report this discovery to the professor.

However, this is not entirely a bad thing.

This feeling was enough for him to judge Tom Riddle's state of mind in the diary.

In the "plot" that Scott remembered, Riddle manipulated Ginny through the diary, draining her life force so that he could appear in public as a 17-year-old Voldemort.

But this will take a relatively long time.

Scott judged from Ginny's condition that Riddle was probably not ready yet.

This means that Riddle is unlikely to act prematurely. It also means that this period is generally safe.

Therefore, Scott's success in proceeding as planned has the greatest probability of being achieved.

This cheered Scott up again.

Although strictly speaking, his inference may not be 100% correct, this discovery has eased some of the tension that Scott had been building up.

Sure enough, in the days that followed, apart from a large-scale flu outbreak caused by a sudden drop in temperature, no other incidents occurred at Hogwarts.

In the Magical Creatures Protection class, Scott and his friends successfully used a painless cutting spell to perform tail removal surgery on the little swallowtail dog.

The only interesting thing that happened during this period was the flying broom that Du Ping's family gave to Roger as compensation.

This is a second-hand Nimbus 1700, exactly the same as the old broom Roger destroyed before.

This greatly disappointed Roger, who had been looking forward to owning a new broom.

Eddie believed this was because the Dupin family was on the verge of bankruptcy after paying Lisa Dupin's ransom. They could only afford to buy a cheaper, secondhand weapon to compensate Roger.

"Well, at least this saves me time getting used to the new broom," Roger consoled himself.

The key point is that the broom that Du Ping's family compensated him with was the same as the one he originally had, which left him with no choice but to accept it.

With Halloween approaching, November 1992 was just around the corner.

For Quidditch players like Roger, November also means the start of the new school year's Quidditch Academy Tournament.

During this period, the Quidditch teams of all four houses began to train intensely, even rain or shine.

Although Roger often complained in the dorm that Bruce's training methods were too cruel, Scott felt that he was clearly enjoying it.

He even dragged Scott and his roommates along more than once to help him analyze how likely the Ravenclaw team was to win the championship this academic year.

Although Scott and his friends would encourage him each time, they weren't really optimistic about the Ravenclaw team winning the championship.

After all, the Slytherin team now has all members equipped with the latest Nimbus 2001 flying broomsticks, giving them a huge advantage.

……

Chapter 051: Starting from Halloween Eve

October 31st, Halloween Eve.

Before the Halloween dinner began, Scott and his roommates arrived at the auditorium.

By this time, the Great Hall of Hogwarts had been completely decorated.

The candles floating above the auditorium turned black, and swarms of bats fluttered among them.

A pumpkin the size of a carriage was carved into a strangely shaped pumpkin lantern.

They were either placed around the auditorium or suspended in mid-air, their interiors emitting clusters of warm orange light.

The interior of the auditorium was completely different from usual, filled with a bizarre and fantastical atmosphere.

"Wow."

Seeing all this, Eddie unconsciously let out a cheer.

The students were all very excited, but Scott seemed unable to join in the joyful holiday atmosphere.

The thought of a deadly serpent monster roaming the castle corridors made him feel uneasy.

At this moment, they passed through a doorway on one side of the auditorium and walked under a huge pumpkin lantern.

The jack-o'-lantern's carved mouth immediately spewed out a lot of colorful candies.

Scott casually caught one.

It's Bee Duke's peanut butter candy.

He casually put it in his pocket, walked over with his roommate to the Ravenclaw table and sat down, where he heard first-year students marveling at the golden plates on the table.

"Oh, even the plates on the table are different today!"

A group of younger students were scrambling for candy near the pumpkin lantern.

Many young wizards ate the Spicy Bee Candy and then slowly floated up, with many blue bubbles they blew with Super Bubble Gum floating in the air.

Eddie excitedly announced to everyone, "Did you know what? I heard that Headmaster Dumbledore invited a skeleton dance troupe to perform for our Halloween dinner tonight!"

The students around them got excited when they heard this.

"The Skull Dance Troupe? I've been wanting to see them for ages!" Milton was also very excited.

Scott, however, felt that the dancing skeletons, aside from being grotesque, probably had no aesthetic appeal to appreciate.

His gaze swept around the auditorium, and he noticed that Roger had gone to the Hufflepuff table and was sitting with his new girlfriend, whispering to each other.

Miss Mil was still staring at them with red eyes, which made many of the students at the Hufflepuff table feel awkward.

As the professors entered the auditorium and took their seats, the banquet officially began.

Dumbledore stood at the front, said a few simple holiday greetings, and then waved his hand, causing a sumptuous feast to appear on all the long tables.

Everyone immediately began to eat and drink heartily.

Scott glanced again at the long table in Gryffindor.

The "savior" and his two companions were not present, while another key figure, Ginny, was still sitting at the table.

She just didn't look well, as if she were sick.

At that moment, Fred and George raised their glasses to him with smiles, and Scott smiled back, subtly averting his gaze.

Soon, the long-awaited Skeleton Dance Troupe took the stage.

It's really bizarre.

Scott watched the group of skeletons dancing to eerie music and realized he simply couldn't appreciate it.

Milton was very disappointed.

“This isn’t art!” he told Scott, as if he had been cheated. “Their music and dance are mediocre; only the performers are anything but special!”

"At least it fits the Halloween atmosphere." Scott didn't seem to care.

The Skull Dance Troupe performed several dances, and Scott, while enjoying his delicious food, kept an eye on the Gryffindor side of the troupe.

Just before the last dance ended, I saw Ginny hurriedly leave.

Scott looked away again and then stopped paying attention to that area.

After the banquet, the students crowded out of the auditorium from all directions.

Scott and his group were standing at the bottom of the stairs leading to the second floor, preparing to go up to Ravenclaw Tower from the first-floor corridor, when the noise above suddenly quieted down.