Hogwarts: From Little Wizard to White Lord

Peeves can use his mischievous talents to the fullest.

For two days in a row, Ron was tortured to the point of being nervous and depressed. He was caught twice in the act of speaking ill of Vaughn behind his back, so much so that after that, he looked at everyone in the common room as a traitor who had told on others.

The only people he didn't doubt were Harry and Hermione - they were his friends, how could they hurt him?

Ron thought naively and foolishly.

In addition to the heavy workload and review every day, the trio also did not forget to pay attention to Lou Williams.

They would take a little time every day to pass by the door guarded by Lu Wei, lie on the door and listen to the thunder-like snoring of the huge three-headed dog inside.

Once, they even ran into Dumbledore there. The old headmaster had just come out of the door. He was sweating profusely from exhaustion after doing something unknown. His usually clear and bright eyes had become a little dull.

He also looked a bit nervous, and kept mumbling to the empty room beside him:

"I'm over a hundred years old. How could you order me around like this? You left all the heavy work to me. What have you done?"

“Yes, I invited you, but I only asked you to participate. I didn’t know your redesign would be so huge…”

"Oh—yes, that's a great idea, wonderful. The problem is, it's such a huge project and I have to do it, right?"

Hiding in the corner of the corridor, the trio looked at each other, watching the old principal, who seemed to be crazy, staggering away while arguing with the void.

They certainly didn't think Dumbledore was crazy.

"Maybe he's been accompanied by someone under a Disillusionment Charm," Harry thought of his Invisibility Cloak.

Ron's focus was different. "What do you think Dumbledore is doing? It sounds like he's discussing some project with the invisible man."

"They might be redesigning the mechanism protecting the Philosopher's Stone!" Hermione said suddenly.

Harry and Ron's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Yes, it is very likely that Fluffy was guarding the entrance to the mechanism, and Dumbledore also came out from there.

What else could the "project" that Dumbledore just mentioned be other than the mechanism that protects the Philosopher's Stone?

This made the two of them feel slightly relieved.

Regardless of whether Snape is the man in black robes or not, at least the man in black robes himself does exist.

And he is most likely a professor who participated in the design of the Philosopher's Stone mechanism.

They have been paying attention to Lu Wei these days because they are on guard against the black-robed man whose identity is still unclear, who might suddenly break through the mechanism and steal the Philosopher's Stone.

Now, seeing Dumbledore redesign the mechanism, they finally felt relieved.

Unfortunately, things in the world don't always go according to their wishes.

Two days later, when they came to that corridor again, the trio was surprised to see...

Dumbledore brought several professors with him.

Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, Snape, and Professor Quirrell and Hagrid.

The trio were afraid of being discovered and didn't dare to get close. They couldn't hear what Dumbledore said to them before he took them into the room that Fluffy was guarding.

It seems that the plan is to allow professors to continue to participate in the design of the mechanism.

The three of them returned to the Gryffindor common room with heavy hearts.

There were other people in the lounge, so Ron could only lower his voice and said angrily, "Has Dumbledore lost his temper? Didn't he realize that the man in black robes was one of the professors? Since the mechanism was being redesigned, why did he let them get involved again... I'm not targeting Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, but Snape..."

He was extremely anxious. These adults really made him worry-free.

Harry and Hermione didn't know what to say.

They discussed it for a while and decided to find another opportunity to remind Hagrid.

The opportunity soon arrived. The next day, Harry received a text message from Hagrid:

“It’s almost hatched!”

I received the text message from an owl while I was having breakfast this morning.

So, in the following time, Harry and Ron were very restless. They even wanted to skip the morning class and rush to Hagrid's hut.

But Hermione firmly disagreed.

"You guys are so happy to leave on your own, but have you ever thought about who will make up for the points you lost because of your absence?"

Ron was very dissatisfied with her attitude. He glared at the Slytherin sitting opposite him:

"Vaughn didn't come today either. Oh, in fact, he didn't come to class yesterday either. Why didn't you say anything about him?"

Harry, who was anxious next to him, nodded subconsciously, and then was stepped on hard by Hermione.

Harry bared his teeth, but dared not say a word.

Hermione lowered her voice and said angrily, "If you can add 30 points to Gryffindor every day, I will no longer care about you!"

Harry and Ron were discouraged. It was easy for them to lose 30 points in a day, but if they wanted to add points, they would have to wait for the sun to rise in the west.

In the end, the two of them were not thick-skinned enough to feel at ease and put the blame on others. However, for the entire class, they were still shameless and tried to reason with Hermione and appeal to her emotions.

"How many people in the wizarding world have seen a dragon hatch? I bet we may never have the chance to do so again in our lifetime. Remember my brother Charlie? He's never seen a dragon hatch in Romania, and the mother dragon won't let you unless you kill it."

"Yes, Hermione, what a rare opportunity. We...we can also treat this as social practice. You can even write a paper on it."

In order to convince Hermione, Harry said nonsense that he himself did not believe.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him. "Do you want the professors to arrest us all? Also, keep your voice down. Look over there..."

She looked across, and Harry and Ron noticed that Malfoy had been eavesdropping on them. Now that he was discovered by the trio, he was not ashamed. Instead, he sneered at them cunningly and meaningfully.

This made Harry and Ron a little uneasy, and even though Hermione later agreed to take time to go to Hagrid's hut after class, they were not as happy as they had imagined.

After class, the three of them hurried to Hagrid's hut, discussing how much Malfoy had heard.

But they were not Malfoy's inner circle, so of course they could not reach a conclusion. Finally, Hermione said, "Anyway, we have to persuade Hagrid that the dragon cannot stay with him. Otherwise, if he is discovered, he will be finished."

Harry agreed with this, only Ron was not very happy, but he also knew that Hermione was right.

The three of them trotted all the way to the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid was already waiting at the door. He greeted them warmly and glanced behind them a few times:

"Where's Vaughn? He didn't come with you?"

"Uh, we didn't see him, Hagrid."

"What a pity! I specially sent the letter to him together. He loves dragons so much!" Thinking of how Vaughn had stared at the dragon eggs before, Hagrid felt sad that Vaughn could not witness the hatching of the dragon eggs with his own eyes.

But in the blink of an eye, he became happy again and quickly let the three people into the hut: "You came at the right time, it's almost out."

Hagrid had taken the dragon egg out of the fire and placed it on the table. The black shell had cracked a little, and the cracked eggshell was stuck together by a thin film, which was wriggling as if breathing. You could see something moving around inside.

Several people brought chairs and came closer to watch eagerly.

Suddenly, accompanied by a crisp snap, the dragon egg cracked open, and thin mucus flowed out. Then, a thin and small "lizard" appeared in front of several people.

It looked ugly - this was Harry and Hermione's first impression - that skinny little thing, less than a foot long, with a wrinkled look almost like a layer of skin covering its bones. However, its wings were very strong, and against its thin body, they looked particularly large and deformed.

Perhaps because it was just born, it had not yet adapted to the feeling of being surrounded by air. The little dragon struggled a few times on the table, raised its head which had no horns but only two small bumps on its skull, and sneezed.

A streak of sparks suddenly spurted out from its long nostrils!

"Oh--"

Two little boys and an older boy shouted in surprise. Hermione, who had been reluctant to come, now forgot her insistence. She took out her notebook and, with her quill pen, wrote down the dragon's physical features, its cry, and the fact that it could spit fire at birth.

She even drew a sketch of it. In fact, she missed her camera at home very much. She should have brought it to Hogwarts earlier!

As several people watched, the little dragon opened its bulging eyes. Its pupils were orange-red and looked like magma.

Hagrid couldn't help but gently stretch out a finger and touch the dragon's head.

But the newborn creature grabbed it in its mouth and bit it hard with its sharp teeth.

Hagrid didn't feel any pain at all. He screamed happily: "Merlin, did you see that? It recognizes its mother. Oh - little baby, this is its mother's finger, not food... Look, what a strong boy, he can breathe fire and bite his prey as soon as he is born!"

“…young man…”

Hermione, who was recording, paused at the column for the dragon's gender and decided to leave it blank for the time being, because as far as she knew, Hagrid had no idea how to tell the gender of a dragon.

Every day he reads books about how to raise a dragon to be big, strong, fierce and powerful!

From this point of view, the Greek guy who sold the dragon eggs to Hagrid really suited Hagrid's taste. The temperament of the Norwegian Spinosaurus was even more ferocious than what was seen in the books.

Hermione is not Hagrid. She knows that this newborn creature does not regard Hagrid as a fellow creature, but as food!

She wrote down the little dragon's temperament in her notebook, then kicked Harry, signaling him not to forget what they had agreed upon before coming.

Harry suddenly realized, hesitated, and felt a little embarrassed to speak.

Hermione glared at him and said to Hagrid, "Hagrid, do you know how fast a Norwegian Spinosaurus grows? We've all read in books before that it will become a huge monster in two months. Your little house can't hide it at all..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard Hagrid suddenly shout, "Who's outside?"

Hagrid hurried to the window and looked out.

Hermione and Harry originally thought that Hagrid was interrupting, but looking at the window, Hagrid's face suddenly turned pale. Harry realized something was wrong and hurried over.

On the cobblestone road that stretched from the cottage to the top of the mountain, a white-haired figure was running towards the castle.

Although he was some distance away, Harry recognized him immediately.

Draco Malfoy!

The entire Hogwarts was second on his list of the most annoying things, and he would never forget it even if it turned to ashes.

Harry's face also turned pale.

It's over, Malfoy saw the dragon!

Chapter 95: Alchemy Talent Vaughn and the Dragon

It was not until the evening that Vaughan saw the letter from Hagrid.

At that time, he was making plans for the future, especially the research and use of the Philosopher's Stone.

These days, he spent almost all his spare time on rebuilding the Philosopher's Stone mechanism. For this purpose, he specially applied to Dumbledore to extend the time he could borrow the Philosopher's Stone.

Extended from the original 7 days to 1 month.

The Philosopher's Stone was now in his hands, and he was expected to design the mechanism. What else could Dumbledore say? Of course he could only agree.

However, Vaughn didn't mean to refuse to pay it back, he just didn't have time to study it.