Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

But before he could respond, the Weasley twins pushed him onto the bench, handed him pumpkin juice, and waved a small flag they found somewhere.

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[Note 1] The conversation between Harry and the Sorting Hat that begins here will be different. This is because Harry spent half a month with Sirius before coming to Hogwarts. He has many completely different perceptions of the wizarding world, Hogwarts, and even himself than he did in the original work.Therefore, many places will start to differ from the original work, so everyone knows.The detailed description included in this section is also because of these differences, otherwise this section of the branch will be just mentioned in one stroke.

[Note 2] In the original work, Harry usually calls Remus Lupine "Professor Lupin", but this is because when he first came into contact with Remus, Remus met him as "Professor Lupin" We get along with each other, and it lasts for one semester.Therefore, this title has not been changed since then and has been maintained.But in this book, Harry came into contact with Remus many times half a month before the start of school, so his name for Remus will be closer, but not similar to how he calls Sirius.Because although Remus himself is gentle and easy-going, unlike Sirius, his personality is not full of the big boy atmosphere that can make Harry very relaxed.Therefore, the author chose the title "Uncle Lupin" because although the relationship between the two is close, it is not that relaxed.

Chapter 22 The missing words

[Additional note] In case some book friends are misinformed, I would like to explain this - the Sorting Hat finally chose Gryffindor for Harry between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, not because the author was unwilling to change the plot. (At this point in the book, the plot has obviously taken a completely different path from the original work, so readers don’t have to worry about this), but because Gryffindor is indeed more suitable for Harry among the two houses.The main reason is that although Harry also conforms to the qualities advocated by Hufflepuff such as "integrity, tenacity, and loyalty", his character is destined to be slightly lacking in intimacy and friendliness, and is closer to Gran. Fendo's bravery and slightly reckless passion.Therefore, the Sorting Hat sorted Harry into Gryffindor between the two.

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After Harry, the second sorting that attracted great attention was the two consecutive ones - yes, Hesper Shafiq and Quaid Shafiq.

The reason is very simple. Although everyone knows that Moon's real name is "Moon Fox", everyone also knows that Moon comes from the Shafiq family. Many people even know Hesper and Kui. De is Munn's younger brother and sister, because Munn has mentioned it before.

And obviously, if you want to ask the students of Hogwarts who is the most shining one besides Harry Potter, the savior, almost most students will tell you that it is Moon Fox.

Under this circumstance, the results of Hesper and Quaid's classification naturally attracted great attention.

However, what shocked many people was that none of these two people went to Hufflepuff, but were both sorted into Slytherin.

Moon himself happily accepted this result - there was nothing wrong with accepting it. As early as the summer vacation, he already knew that Hesper preferred to go to Slytherin, while Quaid chose Slytherin over Hesper. After Lytherin, he will naturally follow Slytherin to protect his sister.

"I thought your brothers and sisters would come to Hufflepuff." Lyraine said loudly to Moon while applauding Quaid.

"Trivia, actually we have the largest number of Slytherins in our family." Moon also clapped vigorously and replied loudly.

There was no choice but to be loud. Although Hesper and Quaid were both sorted into Slytherin, most of the senior wizards in the four houses were applauding, and the sound was really too loud.

After Hesper and Quaid, Ron was sorted into Gryffindor without any surprise. It is no exaggeration to say that as soon as the Sorting Hat touched Ron's hair, he already shouted, "Speed" So fast, almost as fast as Malfoy.

The last one to be sorted was Blaise Zabini, who was sorted into Slytherin.After the Sorting Hat announced the result of the last sorting, Professor McGonagall rolled up the parchment, took the Sorting Hat and walked away.There was a burst of applause from the head of Slytherin's table as usual. It wasn't until the applause subsided that Professor Dumbledore finally stood up and spread his arms with a smile on his face.

"Welcome! Welcome everyone to Hogwarts to start the new school year. Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words - Idiot! Cry! Residue! Screw! Thank you everyone!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he sat back in his seat. The senior wizards applauded vigorously, while the new first-year wizards were more or less at a loss.

Fortunately, the confusion didn't last long, because in a blink of an eye, four long tables (not counting the teachers' table) were filled with food: roast beef, smoked chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, steaks, as well as various puddings and peas Sprouts, boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, French fries, potato chips, carrots...

Moon packed a few potatoes and came back, and began to think about whether to go back to the kitchen and leave some recipes - since the house elves in the kitchen like potatoes so much, they should not refuse to expand new potato dishes. Well, like choking on shredded potatoes or mixing in spiked potatoes.

Even if everyone is not used to eating shredded potatoes, there is no problem with snacks like wolf-toothed potatoes...right?

The little wizards ate their dinner happily. To be honest, everyone was quite hungry. After all, the last meal was lunch on the express train, and it had been a long time since now.However, according to Hogwarts' custom, this meal obviously couldn't go smoothly.

Sure enough, just a few minutes after the meal started, there were exclamations one after another in the auditorium, because ghosts began to emerge from various places.For the senior wizards, this scene has long been commonplace, but for many junior wizards, this is not the case - when they are eating at home, there is a high probability that they will not see the roasted suckling pig. Come with one head.

At the teachers' table, Professor Dumbledore and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Dennis Greengrass, were chatting happily while changing glasses. It seemed that they had known each other for a long time, and their relationship was probably still good. pretty good.Most of the other professors looked happy and chatted happily.Only Professor Snape kept a straight face, looking as ugly as if he wanted to eat all the little wizards in the auditorium.

There was nothing I could do about it, Sirius and Remus were laughing too loudly.

Not to mention that there's a Harry Potter with a James Potter face sitting down there - those eyes are really nice, but that face...

cough.

Amidst the bursts of laughter, the little wizards gradually became full and put down their knives, forks and cups. Then most of the meals on the table began to be removed, leaving only some desserts, candies, puddings and ice cream.After a while, almost everyone could no longer eat, and everything on the long table disappeared, even the tableware.

Professor Dumbledore twisted the golden spoon, tapped the cup in his hand, then stood up and said loudly: "Now that everyone has eaten and drank enough, I want to say a few more words-"

"The new semester is about to begin. Here are a few things to note: First-year students, please note that students are prohibited from entering the woods on campus without permission. Of course, some of our senior students had better remember this."

The old man's eyes turned to Fred and George. The twins were still making faces at Ron, but now their weird expressions were frozen on their faces.

"Also, the administrator, Mr. Filch, wanted me to remind everyone not to cast spells in the corridors between classes."

"The review process for the Quidditch team will begin in the second week of this semester. Students who are interested in joining the college team please contact Mrs. Huo Qi."

"Finally, before everyone goes to bed - let's sing the school song together. Everyone can choose their favorite tune."

"Get ready...sing!"

Along with the bursts of singing, Moon looked thoughtfully at the very excited old man who was conducting.

It seems... something is missing.

Chapter 23 Puzzles

What's missing?

Although Moon was unable to accurately remember Professor Dumbledore’s original words in the original book, he was quite certain that Professor Dumbledore said at the end of the first-year opening dinner, “Don’t go near the corridor on the right of the fourth floor.” .

Because the Magic Stone was placed there, behind a door in the right corridor on the fourth floor, under the trap door that Lu Wei was stepping on.

In other words... this time, the Philosopher's Stone was not moved to that location, or even moved to Hogwarts?

Moon sang along to the school song and fiddled with her hair twice.

He couldn't quite tell whether this was good news or bad news, but he thought that since Professor Dumbledore had chosen to do this, he must have his reasons.And even if Voldemort is really asked to take away the Sorcerer's Stone, it won't be a big deal. It's just that Voldemort will return earlier - the situation will most likely not be worse than in the original work.

The chorus of the school song gradually came to an end, and most people had stopped singing. Only Fred and George, a pair of children, were still singing slowly to the tune of the "Funeral March."Professor Dumbledore controlled the golden ribbon with his wand, conducted the last few bars for them, and then took the lead in applauding.

"Music..." The white-haired but still energetic old man wiped his eyes and said emotionally: "It's more charming than anything we do here. Okay, everyone should go back to the common room to go to bed. Please follow the prefects of your respective colleges, stop running around, and return to the common room."

So, the little wizards followed the prefects of their colleges, filed out of the door of the auditorium, and then went their separate ways.

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They returned to the common room quietly. Cedric and the others stayed in the common room and decided to chat with others for a while. Many people wanted to ask Munn to stay, but they were all rejected by Munn one by one. Declined.It's not that he is sleepy or tired, or that he doesn't want to chat, but that even after returning to school, he will still be busy, even a little busier than when he was at home during the holidays.

His suitcase had been delivered to the dormitory by the school's house elf, and there was a letter lying flat on top of the suitcase.Moon walked to the side and opened the envelope and saw that it was from Professor Dumbledore.There was nothing important in it. It just informed him that he would only go to Professor Snape on Tuesday this semester, and he would go directly to Professor Dumbledore on Friday.

After collecting the letter and packing his luggage a little, Moon sat on the bedside, picked up his notebook, and breathed out slowly.

The first task of the new semester: expand enrollment in the school newspaper office.

Before the end of last semester, there were a total of fifteen people in the school newspaper office. Although there was only one graduate, Tonks, there were still fourteen people in the school newspaper office.But the problem is that both Gemma and Ashley have been promoted to seventh grade this year. Ashley is okay and has nothing to take on except seventh grade courses and employment-related matters, but Gemma has become the "head girl" this year. ", that is, the president of the female student union, there are too many things to be busy with.

And in addition to the two of them, Oliver is determined to be the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team this year, and Larria, Bert and Nash are all going to be promoted to fifth grade. In other words, these four people are all going to be Face their OWL.After going back and forth, after careful calculation, in addition to schoolwork, only the four of them, Moon, Violet, Angelina, Doreen, and one more who can focus on the school newspaper are the only ones who can focus on the school newspaper this year. Garforth is in sixth grade.

Oh, no, Angelina also wants to join the Quidditch team this year...

Not to mention that Moon and the others will collectively advance to third grade this year, and everyone’s spare time has been drastically reduced... Moon’s class schedule is almost fully booked.

In addition, with more than a year of hard work, the sales volume of the school newspaper with high quality content is still increasing.At first glance, the increase in readers does not seem to have an impact on the school newspaper, which maintains a weekly system. But in fact, the increase in readers means that they need to ensure the quality of content as much as possible, and the number of advertising content to be approached is also increasing. , so the requirements for manpower will only get higher and higher.

Moon tugged at his hair, thinking that it would be unreliable to let Harry and Ron participate. The two of them could only be used as foreign aid at best.He had considered Hermione before, but in the end he passed. To be honest, Hermione was not qualified for the job of the school newspaper. The standard of the school newspaper has always been that no matter what content is published, it must be as unbiased as possible. Don’t rely on it, stand from an objective perspective, and even try to eliminate the desire to judge.But asking Hermione to write this kind of content is undoubtedly forcing her. The little girl Hermione's desire for expression is not generally strong. Don't put any "vomiting" [note 1] content in the school newspaper in the future. Directly Smashed his own sign.

After much calculation, among the acquaintances around me, there was only one Hesper who was most suitable to be brought in.No way, although Quaid is obedient, there is not much he can do in the school newspaper job.

And if he wanted to recruit new students, he would either have to take up noon time, or he would have to move it to the weekend, because as mentioned before, his class schedule this year is already full, and it is impossible to spare time to do it during the day.The problem is, today is Sunday, and classes will start directly on Monday tomorrow.

So it’s still noon.

While Moon was still worrying about the manpower problem in the school newspaper office, the three of Gale walked into the dormitory one after another, and Gale had a large bag of toffee in his hand.

"What are you doing, Moon?" Gal said as he sat next to Moon and handed over the toffee bag in his hand. "Milton gave it to him. His mother made it with his own hands. How many pieces do you want?"

"I'm thinking about recruiting new students in the school newspaper office." Moon reached in and took out two toffees. "But I can't think of too many suitable candidates who can be recruited directly. If we want to recruit new members, there is no suitable time."

"Well... what do you think of Qiu?" Cedric, who was taking off his socks, suddenly said hesitantly: "I mean, she is from Ravenclaw, and she seems to be gentle and quiet. At least she does some reviewing. There should be no problem with manuscripts and other work... Of course, if you feel it’s not suitable, forget it.”

When he heard Qiu's name, Moon's eyes lit up. Indeed, Qiu should be quite suitable.

However, it was Cedric who brought up this matter after all, so Moon gave Cedric a teasing look, "You said so, so it won't work."

Cedric blushed, threw off his socks and jumped onto Moon's bed. "Okay, Moon, haven't you enjoyed our iron fist for too long?"

It was a rare opportunity to besiege Munn. Naturally, Gal and Yaerlin were not far behind and immediately followed up with the output.Poor Moon had no choice but to run away while shouting, "Help! Murder! Someone is going to murder his roommate!"

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[Note 1] "Puke", or SPEW, the Society for the Promotion of House Elf Rights, is a small group founded by Hermione Granger in fourth grade to protect and even liberate house elves.

Chapter 24 Lesson [-]

Regardless of whether the little wizards were happy or not, school classes started directly the next day after they arrived at school.

As in previous years, the first-year wizards arrived late with great fanfare, causing many professors to complain.Professor Sprout is one of the lucky ones - only the third-year Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw classes on Monday were in the Herbology class, which allowed her to successfully avoid the fate of the first class of the school year. A bad luck person who was in a bad mood came to the greenhouse happily.

"Students, at the beginning of this year, we are going to start learning to take care of Bubble Pods - then, as usual, I need you to focus on the flowerpot in front of you and record what you need to know first before learning to take care of it. tips."

On one side of the greenhouse, Professor Sprout loudly preached knowledge points. On the other side, Arlin turned slightly sideways and kicked Gal twice, pointing to the bubble pod on the book "Thousands of Magic Herbs and Mushrooms". One page illustration of "Does this look like a giant pimple to you?"

Gal rolled his eyes and made a vomiting expression, which happened to be noticed by Professor Sprout.

Three seconds later, a huge burst of laughter erupted in the greenhouse, because under the pressure of Professor Sprout, Gal had to repeat what Arlin had just said.As a result, Arlin was driven into a corner by Professor Sprout, and could only stare at the flowerpot alone in a daze.

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After the Herbology class, the little wizards of Hufflepuff were all in high spirits - because the next class was the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Although they didn’t know whether they had collided with other young wizards of a certain grade in the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class this semester, to everyone, among the professor and two teaching assistants in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, No matter who comes to teach them, they will find it cool.

Although I don’t know why, Professor Dumbledore did not introduce the new Professor Greengrass and Assistant Black to them at the opening banquet, but the curiosity of the young wizards had already driven them to find out the identities of these two people. .

"Guess which professor will be in the classroom later?" Seeing that he was about to enter the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Cedric asked the surrounding students curiously.

Milton was the first to express his opinion, "I don't know, but it would be best to be Assistant Lupin. I really like taking his class. It's so interesting."

"Assistant Blake is not bad. Think about his experiences. Oh my God, he actually stayed in Azkaban for ten full years." Kelly Woodman's eyes showed a hint of longing. "Of course, what's more important is Yes, he is so handsome."

"Come on, Kelly, are you crazy?" Alma Baker said teasingly, "But I did hear that Assistant Coach Black is not married yet."

Kelly curled her lips, "Although, even if I'm not married, it's not my turn, and I'm not interested in men who are much older than me - but that doesn't stop him from being handsome at all."

Everyone was chatting excitedly. Gal, who was walking at the front, pushed open the classroom door, and then everyone saw: the classroom desk had completely disappeared, and there was only one chair left on the podium. Professor Dennis Greengrass, who was almost a hundred years old, was sitting in his chair with a smile on his face, holding his wand in his hand.

"Sit wherever you want. You can sit wherever you like." After everyone entered the classroom, Professor Greengrass waved his wand, closed the classroom door, and gestured for everyone to sit down. "I want to sit down." Those who sit together move their desks together so that everyone can relax. I don’t like the atmosphere in class to be too formal.”

The little wizards were all stunned when they heard this. When the professor said this, they became a little at a loss.

Moon patted a few roommates, took the lead in moving tables and chairs, and walked to Violet's side.As a result, when he moved, everyone started to move, with him and Violet as the center, extending to both sides, and finally a weird "U"-shaped formation was placed in the classroom.

Professor Greengrass looked amused again on the podium. It wasn't until everyone had moved the tables and chairs that he finally said again, "Are you that Moon Fox?"

Moon stood up and responded.

"Yes, come on, please answer, what are the distinguishing characteristics of zombies? [Note 1]"

"Zombies are usually gray in color and emit a putrid smell."

"Where do boggarts usually live?"

"In dark, narrow spaces, if there is no such place, they will also choose some dark corners."

"Read the textbook in advance?"

"Yes, Professor."

Professor Greengrass nodded slightly, and while gesturing for Moon to sit down, he said: "Yes, yes, it is a very good habit to read the textbook before school starts. I hope everyone can read more textbooks after class. Because in my class, you most likely won't have many opportunities like this - next, please pull out your magic wand."

The little wizards in the class looked at me and I looked at you, and they all pulled out their wands excitedly, because everyone almost felt that this class would never be too boring.

"I assume you all learned the lighting spell in at least the first two years, right?"

The little wizards nodded.

"Then, get ready..."

Professor Greengrass raised his wand, and just when everyone thought he was going to lead everyone to review the lighting spell, he suddenly waved his wand, and in the blink of an eye, the entire classroom was plunged into darkness.Almost at the same time, some students immediately screamed in surprise.

"Lumos!" Moon's voice sounded first, and as the light was lit in the darkness, Cedric, Violet, Kelly, Barton and others also followed one after another. One of them lit his wand with a spell.The light became stronger and stronger, and the little wizards calmed down one after another, and then they also let their wands glow faintly.

Soon, the darkness was lit up again. Although there was still deep silence around, at least everyone could see each other clearly again.

Light footsteps sounded, and Professor Greengrass walked slowly to the middle of the classroom. The light intertwined by the lighting spell illuminated his figure, and also illuminated the glass box next to him - at this moment, There was a faint light on inside.

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[Note 1] The zombies here do not refer to the zombies in our legends of gods and monsters, but another kind of zombie, taken from stories and legends in Haiti, Africa and other places, which are recorded in the book "Black Magic: Self-Defense Guide" in the book.

Chapter 25 Calm

"Hinkpunk—ah, I think some students will be confused. According to the order in the book, this shouldn't be the first creature to appear in front of you."

Professor Greengrass's voice was not loud to begin with, but now in the darkness, it seemed even more erratic. "However, in my opinion, the order in the book is not necessarily the best, so in a class, I chose to introduce you to the not-so-friendly little thing called the Hinkpunk. I’m joking, of course, because none of the creatures you’ll learn about in Defense Against the Dark Arts classes are anything but friendly.”

"Now, who can tell me, what is hincpunk?"