Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

If Peeves saw it, the whole school would be sure to spread the word tomorrow.

In fact, no matter what he said, 10 minutes later, the fat monk who had slipped away to nowhere came to the Hufflepuff table holding his waist and laughed and said: "Oh my god, I just came from a portrait." I heard that the boy-who-lived, Harry Potter, was dragging the little red-haired boy from the Weasley family to quarrel with someone in front of the girls' bathroom!"

Moon almost spurted out all the juice he had just drank - luckily he closed his mouth tightly in time, but despite this, Milton, who was sitting directly opposite him, still hid aside in horror.

The laughter on the Hufflepuff table began to spread rapidly, and it didn't take long for everyone in the entire Hufflepuff House to know about this.Not only that, judging from the sudden burst of laughter at the heads of other houses and the movements of the ghosts, it was obvious that it was not just Hufflepuff that was "well known".

Ten minutes later, Harry and Ron panted and dragged Hermione, who had red and swollen eyes, to the door of the auditorium. They wanted to sneak in secretly, but who knew that the door of the auditorium suddenly opened slowly, led by the president of the male and female student unions, Following closely behind were the prefects of the four houses and almost all the young wizards in Hogwarts. All the professors on the teacher's bench also stood up.

Through a large door, Harry, Ron and Hermione looked inside at a loss, and everyone inside also looked at the three of them.

I don’t know who started it first, but the voice sounded very much like Fred or George’s. Immediately afterwards, almost everyone laughed out loud. Even a few people on the teacher’s bench clearly couldn’t bear it anymore. Living.

This made the three Harrys even more confused.

Gemma shook her head helplessly and whispered to the three people: "Why are you still standing here stupidly? Go to the team quickly."

As if they had been pardoned, the three of them hurriedly returned to the Gryffindor team of little wizards amidst laughter. Finally, Sirius watched the whole process at the teacher's table. He could no longer stand and directly covered his head. She doubled over with a belly laugh.

"Hey, what's going on?" Ron lowered his voice and tugged on Neville's sleeve. "Is it over?"

Neville nodded. He obviously felt that it was not good to laugh in front of someone like this, but he could not really restrain his desire to laugh. He could only cover his red face and explain in a naive voice.

Two minutes later, after hearing the whole story, Harry and Ron had expressions of despair, and they just wanted to replace the stone bricks on the wall and never show up again. Hermione was half embarrassed and half moved. She was embarrassed because of her. He also became a party - at the moment when they looked at each other, it was obvious that everyone knew who the person who was arguing with Harry and Ron in the women's room was; the reason why they were moved was - obviously, Harry and Ron were You can ignore her.

Fortunately, the laughter did not continue. After everyone came outside, Professor Dumbledore's so-called "little trick" finally showed his true appearance to everyone.

The giant pumpkin knight created by Munn had changed its direction, from facing the door to facing the side door. Opposite it, another almost identical red pumpkin knight appeared, except that the weapon was replaced by a spear.Behind the two knights, many little pumpkin soldiers with various weapons appeared, each of them ready to fight.

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[Note 1] To explain to book friends who have not read the original work, in the original work, Harry, Ron and Hermione had a series of disputes over Harry's broomstick (violating the rules and riding the broomstick when Mrs. Hooch left). , dueling with Malfoy, he accidentally broke into the trap door room on the fourth floor (violating school rules and was almost killed by a three-headed dog) and had a verbal conflict. Then Ron complained again on Halloween and after the Charms class. Hermione, this was what caused Hermione to run into the girls' bathroom and cry that day. In fact, the complaint after the Charms class was more of a trigger than the entire reason.

[Note 2] “If you don’t believe it, you can watch the video.” This is a famous saying from the professional player 369 of the League of Legends LPL. It is considered an out-of-circle meme, similar to the bear showing his hands before. Interested book friends can go to Baidu to learn the whole story of the original meme.

Chapter 49 Pumpkin War

The other pumpkin knight and other pumpkin soldiers that the professors worked so hard to make are obviously not just for viewing.

Just when the little wizards were still marveling at such a grand scene, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout and Professor Flitwick broke away from the team of teachers, came to among the knights and soldiers, and joined forces. Qi pulled out his wand.

Bow, look back, walk to both sides.

Some young wizards who came from wizarding families and had more experience exclaimed: "Oh my god, are the professors going to perform a wizard's duel for us? This is the standard opening of a wizard's duel!"

"Wizard duel?"

"Idiot, it's a magical competition between wizards and wizards."

"Oh my God, no way!"

"I think it's more like the professors are manipulating these knights and soldiers to play a 'Wizard's Chess' game."

"I also think that professors will never really fight in front of us? Besides, what if someone gets hurt?"

"So, it's a Transfiguration duel?"

While the little wizards were still talking about it, the four professors on both sides had already started to move - although everyone did not hear the professors' incantation because they were farther away and the surrounding noise was very noisy. But everyone could see them waving their wands, and then the knights and pumpkin soldiers really started to move.

At first, Moon was a little curious. It would be fine if it was just two professors controlling two larger knights to attack each other, but there were at least twenty or thirty pumpkin soldiers on each side. Is that professor really going to do it? In terms of manipulation, it would still be a bit difficult - after all, among the four professors, Professor McGonagall is the only one who is really good at transfiguration, and the remaining three professors are better at magic in other directions. curse.

But when the first pumpkin soldier's head was chopped off with a knife, he realized that unlike the two giant pumpkin knights, those pumpkin soldiers were not only smaller, but also did not undergo the same internal metalization as the pumpkin knights. Real and real pumpkin heads, in this way, the difficulty of operation can be said to plummet.

And the professors are obviously not very good at these cold weapon confrontations. To be honest, there is nothing particularly gorgeous about the charge between the two armies. The focus of the fight between the two sides is simple and plain, and there is not even a block.But firstly, it's a "big scene" that can't be resisted. Secondly, the Pumpkin Soldier looks too funny when it comes to headshots. Thirdly, and the most important point is that every time a Pumpkin Soldier is chopped down, there will be another. The little gift flew out of the soldier's pumpkin head and immediately fell into the group of little wizards.

"Ha! Mine!" A first-year Slytherin boy shouted excitedly. A tall man next to him reached over to grab it. As a result, two people immediately held his shoulders, one of whom had a smile on his face. With a malicious smile, he coughed slightly and pointed at Gemma at the front of the team.The tall man originally wanted to get angry, but when he saw this, he had no choice but to stop.

Malfoy, who had been looking over here, immediately gave up his thoughts of grabbing it.

Of course, there was no point in grabbing it, because the little first-year Slytherin had already opened the gift package with all his strength, and as if he had found a treasure, he grabbed a squeaking rubber white mouse from inside, "Okay!"

Malfoy curled his lips, cursed in a low voice, and then looked at the pumpkin head battle below with interest.

Dozens of soldiers were quickly consumed and only the last four were left. Lucky for the yellow side, three survived, while the red side only had one left.The victory or defeat was obviously very clear. The three pumpkin soldiers of the yellow side swarmed forward and took down the only remaining seedling of the red side.Another gift flew high and finally fell into Violet's hand. Violet immediately raised the gift box and waved it happily. She did not forget to turn around and shout to Moon next to her: "I'll take it too." arrive!"

Munn smiled and nodded, watching the red pumpkin knight in the "Gladiator Arena" kicking forward hard, kicking all three yellow pumpkin soldiers into scattered gifts, and then stabbed the ground hard with his spear, He put his hands behind his back and bowed his head, admitting defeat.

The yellow pumpkin knight raised his sword high and pointed to the sky. The four deans on both sides of the battlefield raised their wands simultaneously - judging from Professor Snape's cold expression, he was obviously being forced to do business.

The next moment, four large fireworks flew into the sky from the tips of the professors' wands. After reaching the highest point, they exploded into the emblems of the four colleges, and a flash of light flashed on the scarred sword of the yellow pumpkin knight. The bright light immediately escaped from its hand and turned into a long flag.

The Red Pumpkin Knight and the Yellow Pumpkin Knight stretched out their hands together, grabbed the four corners of the flag, and then unfolded it forcefully. A Hogwarts Castle with various Halloween decorations was printed in the center of the pattern.The fireworks in the sky were completely extinguished at this moment, and instead, the emblems of the four colleges began to appear on the four corners of the castle pattern.

"Wow~~~" the little wizards exclaimed one after another. In this exclamation, the four controlled the Pumpkin Knight and Pumpkin Soldier from beginning to end and performed all the performances (Professor Snape still looked indifferent) The professors stepped forward and bowed slightly, declaring the end of the "little trick".

Professor Dumbledore walked forward, came to the side of the four professors, and clapped gently.Not to be outdone, the little wizards rushed to give their own applause.After the applause subsided, Professor Dumbledore waved his wand, shrunk the two Pumpkin Knights together, and then controlled them to fly towards Moon in the crowd.

Moon was surprised to catch the two pumpkin knights who were already scarred and exposed the metal "real bodies" inside, but still remained handsome and held the flag firmly. As a result, the little wizards around him clapped hard again. .

After a while, Professor Dumbledore was finally able to speak loudly: "Fifty points to Hufflepuff to thank Moon Fox for taking the lead in giving us a wonderful performance and for showing his superb transfiguration skills -" No When the little wizards applauded, Professor Dumbledore, who had already expected the applause, said first: "Now, students, after applauding, you can go to rest. Remember to follow your prefects and don't run around. .”

There was thunderous applause, and everyone clapped their hands vigorously, as if they were afraid that Munn would not hear their applause.Moon's face was a little red, and he was still a little shy. He didn't know what to say, so he could only keep shouting "Thank you! Thank you!"

Harry and Ron also clapped, but even at this moment, Ron didn't forget to stand next to Hermione and said, "Moon is in the third year this year."

Hermione slapped Ron on the shoulder fiercely, and then, amidst Ron's cries of pain, she finally showed a bright smile.

Chapter 50 Upcoming practical lessons

The pumpkin war performance on Halloween eve set off a craze for transfiguration in the following period. Almost everyone was listening to Professor McGonagall's lectures very seriously. This made Professor McGonagall rarely seen on weekdays. Riya always had a smile on her face, only to return to a straight face and full of anger when conveying her confinement orders to Fred and George.

"Both of you! Again! Again!" Professor McGonagall's angry shouts in the corridor reached the ears of the third-year Hufflepuff wizards who were in class very clearly.

Assistant Teacher Lu Ping looked at the young wizards who were all leaning towards the door curiously, and stopped his lecture with a helpless smile.

"You don't attend class well! But you have to run into the Forbidden Forest! If I hadn't caught you! Both of you would have died! Do you know?"

Now even if the Weasley twins "don't know", the Hufflepuff classmates all know - well, these two skipped class and went to play in the Forbidden Forest again.

"A week of confinement! Twenty points deducted from Gryffindor! Twenty points each for you two!"

"Professor! You are the Head of Gryffindor!" one of the twins yelled, "Forty points is too many!"

"If deducting all Gryffindor points will make you realize the seriousness of your problem, I will deduct it now!"

No more words were heard outside the classroom, only the footsteps of Professor McGonagall striding away.

Assistant Teacher Lu Ping clapped his hands gently, "Okay, I've heard enough. Come back to your senses and let's continue -"

Arlin, who was sitting behind Moon, reached out and poked Moon on the waist, and whispered: "I still think the feats of Harry, Ron and that little Granger girl should be included in today's school newspaper, don't forget Yeah, most of the gossip we received on Friday was about that thing."

Moon turned away slightly, "Stop nagging, today's school newspaper has been sent out. If you keep talking about this over and over again, I will publish a photo of you and Gal kissing in next week's school newspaper!"

Ya'erlin was so excited that he immediately stopped and straightened his back and started to listen to the lecture.

Such a large-scale scene of social death, let alone Harry, even Professor Dumbledore or Professor Snape, it is absolutely impossible for Moon to be published in the school newspaper - if it were to be published, the group that had finally declined gradually would be Ridicule will have to arise again, and in this case, it will be no different from school violence.In other words, even if it was Malfoy, Moon couldn't really be in the school newspaper.

Unless the seriousness of what Malfoy does one day reaches the level of the Flanagan brothers or Nathaniel Carrow, Moon might consider sanctioning him in this way.

Three days have passed since the Halloween dinner, and now it is a new Monday. Assistant Teacher Lupine is on the stage to take them through the last bit of Kabbah [Note 1]. Their class is making good progress. According to Assistant Assistant Black, It was revealed to them in the first lesson that after Kabbah finished learning, he would take them to learn an even weirder creature, and also let them fight against that creature in person. In other words, it was a practical class.

The little wizards had different opinions and guesses. Some even thought that the professors would bring Bert over on a full moon night and let them fight with Bert...

Of course, the person who proposed this idea was simply ignored. No matter how outrageous the professors were, there was no way they could do such a thing - unless they had a Peeves in their head.

In the end, there was no doubt that those who guessed Boggarts accounted for the majority. Most of the young wizards believed that Boggarts should most likely appear in the next class.

This made everyone very excited, because when they looked through the textbook after class, they found that if Professor Greengrass had not changed the course schedule and taught in the order of the original textbook, the first thing they would have learned would be Boggart.This excitement became even more obvious after Gabriel introduced them to the characteristics of the Boggart.

"Okay, students, now we have learned all about Kabbah - after we go back, I hope you can write a paper about Kabbah. The focus includes their main areas of activity, attack methods and defense methods. It doesn’t need to be too long, just 8 inches. Hand it in during Defense Against the Dark Arts next Monday. If I’m here, hand it to me. If Professor Greengrass or Assistant Black is here, hand it to them. If anyone If he doesn’t hand it in, then he doesn’t have to expect to be able to pull out his wand in the subsequent practical lessons. Do you understand?”

Eight inches of work, frankly, isn't much, let alone a week's time.The little wizards of Hufflepuff did not feel any pain from this. Instead, they chirped happily and asked, "Assistant Lupin! So are we going to start learning Boggarts in the next class?"

"Can a Boggart really transform?"

"Assistant Lupin, can Boggarts really see what's most fearful in people's hearts?"

When Assistant Teacher Lupine saw the excited expressions and affirmative tone of the young wizards, how could he still not know that it was Sirius who revealed the truth again, "Tell me, did Assistant Teacher Black tell you secretly?"

"No, no, we guessed it ourselves."

"Yes, I guessed it myself."

"Oh?" Assistant Professor Lupine glanced at everyone, "When I was giving lessons to other colleges in the morning, someone already told them what Assistant Black told them."

The little wizards who were trying to cover up Sirius immediately laughed sheepishly. Assistant Professor Lupine smiled and shook his head, "Well, it's okay to tell you. Indeed, starting from the next class, you will get to know Boggarts." - But don’t be too excited, the first period is not a practical class, but you need to learn some theoretical knowledge first to avoid causing any trouble."

"So, don't think that you can get addicted to practical classes before turning in your homework. Remember, if you don't hand in your homework, you won't be in the practical classes."

"Okay!!!" the little wizards shouted loudly, with smiles that could not be wiped off their lips. Even after class, everyone was still chatting about Boggarts.

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[Note 1] Kaba, a kind of water monster, is actually mostly a kappa. It was mentioned in the original book. Its appearance is described as "looking like a scaly monkey with webbed hands." In addition, there is additional information that mentions "the top of the head." There is a "hole filled with water" and they mostly live in shallow rivers and ponds in island countries.In addition, Professor Snape once said in the original book that Kabbah is more common in Mongolia than in island countries.

Chapter 51 Hufflepuff is low in fighting spirit

Although Moon did not publish the incident involving Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the school newspaper due to various considerations, this did not mean that the three people's lives were completely worry-free.

Because Peeves made up a little poem for the three of them, in which he called Hermione the "Lord of the Women's Bathroom" and also described Harry and Ron as demons who wanted to occupy the women's bathroom.

This kind of thing often becomes very scary once Peeves intervenes.Even though many people no longer choose to laugh at the three Harrys over this matter, some people still call them jokingly, including Ron's two biological brothers.

The three Harrys were more or less able to tolerate the harmless teasing from most people - with their unremitting efforts, everyone already knew the true cause of what happened that day, and knew the truth about Harry and Ronald Well, I didn't really want to rush into the women's bathroom, nor was I really quarreling with Hermione across the wall.But Peeves was indeed teasing them with real malice, and the same group of people who were also teasing and insulting the three of them with real malice were Malfoy's group.

Peeves was fine. He was busy with business and was running around the castle every two days. He didn't have time to follow Harry and the others every day, but Malfoy and the others were different.Those guys seemed to have spotted Harry. No matter where Harry appeared, as long as they had time, they would most likely appear in front of Harry.

Fortunately, when Fred and George teased Harry, they really meant it, and they didn't do anything ambiguous.At the previous Halloween dinner, the two of them personally said that they would punish Malfoy, so on November 11th, they caught Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle wandering around the castle, and beat the three of them. A bundle was hung in the bathroom on the second floor, and the hair of the three of them was stuck together with something that looked like a large piece of bubble gum that I got from somewhere.

After that, Fred and George sadly suffered another two weeks of confinement from Professor McGonagall, plus ten points deduction each, but they still became heroes - at least Harry and Ron's, and Hermione, she was Fred and George didn't agree with this approach, but according to Ron, he saw Hermione snickering.

The next day, the school newspaper office received another photo of Malfoy and his two followers hanging in the bathroom, and Moon ruthlessly took it away again.But after thinking about it, it seemed that he should find time to talk to Malfoy.

It's just not recently, it's even a little difficult in a short period of time.And now is not a good time to talk to Malfoy. The 11-year-old kid has been arrogant at home since he was a child. No one else, let alone Moon, can do it.I still have to find an opportunity in the future, find an opportunity... and encounter some problems.

Just like what happened between Sirius, Remus and Professor Snape, no one would be willing to sit down and talk seriously and calmly before encountering some serious problems, let alone Can listen to other people's thoughts and opinions.

Want to find a sunny afternoon and solve the problems of these troubled teenagers, troubled youths, and troubled middle-aged people with a cup of afternoon tea?

It's better to persuade Voldemort to bury himself.

Right now, the more important question is how he can make Gal change - even if he doesn't become a top student, at least he can be like Yaerin and be willing to solve most of the homework by himself.

That's right, Gal copied his homework again.

Moon turned his head, glanced at Gal who was lying in front of the low table copying happily, and sighed deeply.

Violet was snickering on the side, but she forgot to continue stroking Snowball's little head. Snowball immediately became unhappy, raised her paw to hook Violet's hand, let out a light cry, and sat down. The eyes of the two people on the same sofa were all attracted.

"Okay, okay, I understand." Violet broke away from the cat's paws, gently nodded Snowball's forehead with her fingers, and then continued to ravage the hair on Snowball's head.

Moon resisted the urge to move in sync with Violet - but couldn't bear it, Violet was rubbing Snowball's "hair", but it was Violet's hair that Moon wanted to rub.

There were many first-year students watching around.

"Will the Quidditch match start next week?" The fire in the fireplace was warming people. Moon turned another page of the book on his lap and asked casually: "Why don't you see everyone this time?" He shouted and started preparing cheering flags."

"Yes, Gryffindor will play Slytherin next Saturday, and our college will play Ravenclaw on the 30th. Everyone is not very motivated to fight this year. After several seventh-year players graduated from last year, the team is a bit out of line." Violet sighed softly, "It always feels like everyone has already figured out how to lose this year before the game even starts. Kayla also joined the college team this year, and she has been complaining to us almost every night during this time. "

"Go find Cedric." Moon stopped flipping through the book, picked up a pen and wrote two lines on a small notebook next to him, and said at the same time: "I think this year is a good time for him to join the academy team. .”

Violet was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some confusion: "Didn't Cedric say before that he wanted to wait until the fifth or sixth grade? And the school newspaper is so busy this year, what if he also joins the college team? …”

"It doesn't matter. He can leave the endless school newspaper work to me. It's not a problem. Letting Cedric join the college team will increase the morale of the players in our college. Secondly, it will help him As for himself, Qiu is a Quidditch enthusiast. After Cedric joins the academy team, he will have more topics to talk to Qiu, instead of having to stare at Qiu's favorite teams every day."

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, you can't blame the players in our academy for not having a high fighting spirit. Slytherin has proved with their strength that even if they don't use dirty tricks, they still have a high level in flying skills and ball skills, especially in seriousness. After using football skills as a recruitment criterion, not to mention the average price of their broomsticks is much higher than that of other houses. Gryffindor was already in decline, but this year after several good newcomers joined, its strength has increased a lot. Now, Harry, who is extremely talented in flying, has also joined the team, and the reputation has soared."

"Ravenclaw and our college seem to be inseparable brothers. We both had wins and losses last year, but this year our main players graduated and left, and their main players were retained better. Seeing that they are destined to be ranked last in all likelihood, everyone It’s strange to have a fighting spirit.”

Moon still couldn't hold back, and gently smoothed the scattered hair on Violet's shoulders to the side, then stood up and said: "I'll go find Cedric, there should be no problem, he himself is probably a little bit ready to make a move. .”

Chapter 52 Worry

It turned out that Cedric did agree with Moon's statement, because the following Monday, he joined the Hufflepuff House Quidditch team and became the new Seeker.

The addition of Cedric boosted the morale of the Hufflepuff players, and they even became more motivated in training.However, everyone knows that Cedric's time to join was too short after all. He did not participate in the previous two months of training. Even if Cedric occasionally came to the stadium to watch their training, in terms of tactical understanding and team cooperation, etc. , after all, it is not as good as the effect of training on the field.Therefore, the players still did not have high expectations for the game between Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw at the end of the month, but they were a lot more optimistic about other subsequent games.

The players were in high spirits, and the little wizards of Hufflepuff were once again making great efforts to make cheering flags as in previous years. It was hard to avoid feeling a little emotional for a while - this was like Hufflepuff in the ten-year competition. The atmosphere you should have in early January.

Just like the weather is supposed to start getting cooler in November.