Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

As Lee Jordan said these words that made people want to kill him, the cheers that had been lingering in the sky suddenly stopped. The little wizards from the two colleges all held their breath and looked at the center of the stadium. At this moment, everyone They all hope that their eyes can penetrate the wind and snow and lock on the Golden Snitch and the two Seekers.

Chapter 60 Winning

Of course, the eyes of the little wizards could not penetrate the wind and snow, but fortunately, Lee Jordan caught the golden snitch again in time according to the change of direction of the two ball seekers.

"Found it! The Golden Snitch was flying upwards. Cedric and Magna simultaneously chose to turn their broomsticks upward! Cedric's movements were obviously faster and more decisive - he overtook Magna. One position! The Golden Snitch is already within easy reach of his outstretched fingertips!"

"There is no suspense anymore! Cedric's speed increased rapidly after changing direction, but Magna's broom shook under the strong wind and snow! She was already one position behind and was forced to slow down again! Cedric no longer has a common opponent! He caught it! Cedric caught the Golden Snitch! And used these 150 points to directly reverse the disadvantage for the Hufflepuff team and win the game!"

The cheers in the Hufflepuff stands were completely detonated at this moment. Fortunately, Moon had the foresight to take out two earplugs and plug his and Violet's ears - Garr and the others didn't need it, because they He was one of the contributors to the deafening cheers.

"Long live Cedric!" On the court, the Hufflepuff players also cheered loudly and hugged each other. Cedric, who they had high hopes for, did not disappoint them after all, leading them to win this school year. ’s first victory.

Mrs. Hooch blew the whistle, but she soon realized that all the players were around her when the game started and they could naturally hear the whistle.But now the players are all scattered everywhere, and damn if anyone can hear the whistle.In desperation, she had no choice but to pull out her wand and cast an amplifying spell on the whistle before blowing the silver whistle again.

Players who heard the whistle came down to the ground one after another, shook hands with each other, encouraged each other, and then left the field.

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When the Hufflepuff players returned to the Hufflepuff common room, the common room was already full of people. The small ribbon box that Garr had spent a lot of money to buy finally came in use. All the ribbon boxes were distributed, and as soon as the players entered the common room, everyone immediately opened the ribbon boxes.As a result, the colorful paper tapes inside the box quickly circled and flew out, circling around the winning players.

Everyone was laughing and joking, and the common room was full. Some people went to the kitchen early to retrieve many pastries, desserts and drinks. Before Cedric could take a sip of pumpkin juice to quench his thirst, he was directly attacked by the little wizards who could no longer hold back. They lifted it up together and threw it vigorously. Each time it was thrown, there was a huge cheer.

Kayla hugged a few of her roommates and loudly recounted her thrilling moments during the game. The other team members also found their friends and chatted about the game in small groups.Moon sat alone in the corner, watching the noisy little wizards, sipping pumpkin juice and smiling happily.

He didn't intend to get involved, but the roommates obviously wouldn't let him go - under the leadership of Gal, the three of them struggled to squeeze through the crowd, and then one sat on the armrest of Moon's sofa, and the other lay down on the sofa. On the backrest, one sat cross-legged directly on the ground.

Four bottles of pumpkin juice collided together, and Arlin said as loudly as possible with his obviously hoarse voice: "Here's to Cedric!"

"Here's to Cedric!" "Here's to Cedric!"

Only Cedric felt embarrassed for a moment, then he chuckled, scratched the back of his head, and drank pumpkin juice.

In fact, apart from Arlin, Gar's voice is also a little hoarse. In other words, most of the young wizards in Hufflepuff are already a little mute at this moment, and I think Ravenclaw should be about the same - Sure enough, by the time everyone had herbal medicine class together again on Monday morning, there were not many little wizards in the entire greenhouse who had good voices and could still speak normally.

Professor Sprout looked at the little Ravenclaw wizard whose name was called to answer the question. He opened his mouth but could hardly hear what he was saying. He put down the flower pot with the bubble pods in his hand and said in a daze, "You guys, I'll get you out of class early. You go to Madam Pomfrey's and ask her to get you some potions that can quickly reduce swelling. Otherwise, if you continue like this, class will be fine, but communication will become a big problem. question."

Moon very much agreed with this. Everyone should really go to Madam Pomfrey. He had told Gal and Arlin about this as early as yesterday, but until he came back from the school newspaper office, these two people Didn’t go either.Everything else was fine, but every time Gal wanted to say something to him, he couldn't hear even a single word.

However, things are always a mixed bag, and at least last night, he enjoyed a quiet evening in the Hufflepuff common room for the first time.

When there were still 15 minutes left before the end of get out of class, Professor Sprout was true to his word and assigned homework in advance, allowing everyone to leave the greenhouse early.A group of young wizards hurried to the school hospital, and under Madam Pomfrey's constant complaints, they drank the potion one by one that could help their throats to quickly reduce swelling.

"Oh my God, Madam Pomfrey's potion is really effective." Before they arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Hufflepuff's third-year badgers recovered their ability to speak normally one after another, and Garr shouted happily. got up.

Then, not long after, Gal and Yaerlin had an inexplicable quarrel over Bubble Pods, as if they wanted to make up for all the quarrels they didn't have yesterday.

It wasn't until everyone arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom that the two men finally calmed down for the time being.

The person who came to teach them today was Professor Greengrass. The old man took out a pipe from somewhere and sat there smoking it leisurely.It wasn't until everyone moved the table to where they wanted to sit and sat down happily that he finally put the pipe aside and quietly opened his mouth amidst the lingering smoke that lingered around him.

"If I remember correctly, all the students in your class should have finished learning about Boggarts." Through the thick smoke, no one could see Professor Greengrass's expression clearly, and everyone looked at it in curiosity. Professor, guessing which creature this interesting old gentleman planned to teach them next.

"So, in this class, we will start to learn a new way to resist small monsters - before class, I want to ask you." Professor Greengrass waved his hand in the smoke in front of him, and A large amount of smoke suddenly dispersed. "Do you like swimming?"

Chapter 61 Classroom

Grindylow is a little monster that lives in the water. Its body is green, and even its teeth are exactly the same green, as are the horns on its head.From such a simple description, the little wizards didn't feel much, but when Professor Greengrass took out a huge water tank from the corner of the classroom and uncovered the black cloth to let everyone see Grindylow's true appearance, almost everyone They are all so ugly by these little monsters.

Through the glass of the water tank, the little wizards and several Grindylows looked at each other from a distance. As if Garr had discovered some new world, he made a face at the Grindylows in the water tank. As a result, the Grindylows turned out to be real. He made several funny faces in return, which made everyone feel sick and want to laugh at the same time.

Professor Greengrass picked up the pipe and took another puff, and then exhaled large tracts of smoke - this was very strange, because the smoke was obviously not something that could be exhaled with just one puff. It was obvious that what Professor Greengrass was smoking was definitely not something Regular tobacco.

"Don't you think it's funny? These little guys don't look very powerful. If you think so, then I can only say that you are right. Grindylow is not very dangerous. According to the biological classification of the Ministry of Magic, In the system, they are only XX-level creatures. Because their most famous attack method is to use their long and powerful fingers to grab people underwater and drag them down. You only need to find a way to break those fingers, and they will almost attack you. There is nothing we can do. Teeth? Grindylow’s fangs look a bit scary, but their bite force is not strong, and they can’t even bite through thicker clothes made of better materials.”

"However, I am going to tell you something outrageous." Professor Greengrass grabbed a cloud of smoke with one hand - the smoke seemed to have entities. Not only was it really caught in his hand, but it was even held by him. He casually kneaded the shape of Grindylow. "When I was in my forties, I almost died at the hands of these little monsters who could kill a large area with just a wave of my magic wand..."

In the surprised eyes of the little wizards, the Grindylow made of smoke began to swim around Professor Greengrass' body.At the same time, Professor Greengrass kneaded a human shape out of a cloud of smoke and gently threw it up.

After the smoke man was thrown up by the professor, he quickly fell slowly until the smoke Grindylow suddenly came up to him. The smoke man stiffly took out his wand from his arms and pointed it at Grindylow. A column of smoke was shot out, and Grindylow seemed to be frightened, and immediately swam away without looking back.

The little smoke man put away his wand, but the little wizards saw very clearly that the Grindylow did not go away, but after swimming around Professor Greengrass, it ambush Professor Greengrass. Behind the robe, the smoke villain was secretly observed.

"At that time, I was chasing a dark wizard. When passing a lake in Yorkshire, the dark wizard disappeared without a trace. After checking the surrounding traces, I judged that he should have sneaked into the lake, so I quickly pursued him. I met a Grindylow in the water. I didn't take the Grindylow seriously, I just used a magic to scare it away, and then continued to look for traces of the dark wizard."

"It turns out that my judgment was very correct." Professor Greengrass made another smoke villain, and the two smoke villains began to fight with their wands. "My target is underwater. It didn't take much effort. Suppressing him at a disadvantage, but before he was completely defeated by me, he used a powerful black magic. Although it didn't hit me accurately, the swaying water rushed me away. I used it to make myself smooth. The bubble head spell used underwater was also broken and invalidated."

All the little wizards were vaguely aware of what was going to happen next. The girls headed by Alma even covered their mouths and looked at the smoke man representing Professor Greengrass with worried faces.

"At this moment, Grindylow, who had been scared away by me before, but who had probably been hiding in the dark, rushed up, hugged my arm holding the wand, and began to nibble on the back of my hand. Bite. I couldn't cast the spell immediately because I was choked with water, and I encountered such a sudden attack. I almost let go of the hand holding the wand in pain and surprise..."

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After the Defense Against the Dark Arts class ended, almost no one among the third-year Hufflepuff wizards dared to look down upon these little monsters.

As Professor Greengrass said, even the weakest creatures cannot be underestimated once they have a certain level of intelligence - vigilance and prudence, these things should never be forgotten, even if they are just dealing with someone like Grindylow. little things.After all, no one can guarantee that they will not be embarrassed or weak in this life.

The good quality of caution is always universal.

Including when facing Professor Snape in Potions class, or...especially when facing Professor Snape in Potions class.

Although Professor Snape will not want to kill you like Grindylow, Professor Snape can use his verbal offensive to make your life worse than death.

"I heard that you just learned about Grindylow and the importance of caution and vigilance from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class yesterday?" Professor Snape quickly turned around, and the tip of his right index finger accurately stopped in front of Alma. Diagonally above the crucible "Ms. Baker, did you ask for sick leave?"

"No, no, Professor."

"Then why are you able to stir up your potion until it's as disgusting as Grindylow's entrails?"

"..." The Potions classroom fell into a dead silence, with only the sound of bubbles popping as the potions in other people's crucibles were boiling continued to sound.

"Tell me, Miss Baker, why have you taken Potions class for three years, but you still can't understand the production process I wrote on the blackboard? Ah, let me think about it, is it possible that you have some words or numbers? Don’t know? How about I help you apply to Professor Dumbledore for an English professor?"

"..." Alma lowered her head sadly, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

"If you want to cry, remember to move your head away from the top of the crucible, lest your tears completely detonate the pile of... things in the crucible -" Professor Snape suddenly and keenly captured the sudden sound in the classroom. With a faint laugh, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the Ravenclaw boy, "Mr. Chat, do you have any opinions you want to express? Or do you think your potion has been successfully completed? Yes? That's why you laughed stupidly and turned a blind eye to the color change of the potion in the crucible?"

Chapter 62 The complex and twisted Professor Snape

"I know, but I really can't do it..." Emma sat on the low sofa in the common room, tears falling one after another. "I fell in love as soon as I saw Professor Snape. I was scared, and my mind was filled with scenes of him humiliating me and blaming me. I couldn't follow the steps on the blackboard to prepare the potion. I... I was just too afraid of him and too nervous."

Several girls in the same class gathered around Alma and comforted her in low voices. The boys were also very angry. Milton even gritted his teeth and said: "Professor Snape is too much! Why does he speak so viciously! What a shame. He’s also a professor!”

Moon also stood aside and sighed quietly.

Indeed, since the second grade, Alma has been able to be very careful and focused in most classes. Although she is not very talented, she is at least serious and diligent. It is difficult for her to stand out, but she almost never makes mistakes. .Only in Potions class, her performance was always unstable and she would often do some very bad things.

Professor Snape has almost become her psychological shadow.

Alma didn't go to the Charms class this afternoon. Everyone brought food and hurried back immediately after class. Sure enough, Alma was crying in the dormitory. Her roommate spent a lot of effort to Advise her to come to the common room to have something to eat and chat with everyone.

"Okay, okay, Alma doesn't cry, it's okay." Seeing Alma bursting into tears again, Violet quickly handed over her handkerchief.Alma's roommates also immediately patted her on the back and said words of comfort.

Moon glanced at his pocket watch and found that it was almost seven o'clock, so he whispered to Cedric and the others, quietly left the common room and went straight to Professor Snape's office.

Today, Tuesday, he was going to take a dark arts course from Professor Snape.

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"It seems that you have completely mastered the freezing blood curse." Professor Snape looked at the snake on the floor that looked normal, but was completely dead and unable to move, and nodded lightly. " It's very good. After learning the Fierce Fire Curse privately, you were able to fully master the Blood-Freezing Curse in only three months, without being invaded by the curse itself or greedy for success. Your talent is indeed very good. good."

"If you hadn't learned the Fire Spell, you should be able to master this spell in about a month. This is based on the fact that you only come here every Tuesday night to practice."

Professor Snape gave Moon a rare compliment, but his expressionless face made it impossible to tell that he was saying complimentary words.

"Thank you." Moon put away his wand, hesitated for a moment, and then asked Professor Snape: "Professor, I would like to ask why you always like to humiliate people in class?"

Professor Snape glanced at Moon and said coldly: "I treat stupid people the same way after class. I praised you just now because you still have a little bit of self-knowledge."

"Why?" Moon asked again.

Professor Snape paused his wand, and the writing that was slowly emerging on the blackboard suddenly stopped.

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"I don't want to say anything, I'm just a little curious." Moon said softly: "I don't think I can persuade you to give up humiliating students in class, so it's just pure curiosity. I don't quite understand why you want to Is it because of your personality that you are so mean? Is it a side effect of studying black magic? Or is this your way of doing things?"

Professor Snape waved his wand and completely cleared away half of the content on the blackboard. "That's the end of today's class. You can leave."

Moon was not surprised at all by Professor Snape's reaction, nor did he argue. Instead, he simply responded, stood up, and put away his wand.

"Professor, I think, for whatever reason, maybe you don't care about your image in the eyes of others, or maybe you are such a mean and bitter person. At least you should think about it, words can become Sharp blade.”

"Sometimes humiliating words are good medicine, which can make people realize their mistakes more deeply and correct them; but sometimes, humiliating words can become knives, and every word will leave a scar on a person's body, even if the scar is good It will also leave ugly scars. Especially for children, the probability of humiliation becoming a knife is much greater than that of becoming a good medicine."

"Unless you really want to inflict irreparable harm on all the children who have made mistakes, and you really want to do these wrong and incorrect things. Otherwise, I hope you can think carefully about whether these humiliations are really necessary. Such a great necessity.”

Professor Snape didn't even bother to look at Moon, but for some unknown reason, he didn't stop Moon from talking. Instead, he didn't stop until Moon stopped and said, "Are you done?"

"Well, it's over."

"Then you can get out."

"Okay." Moon responded and walked out of Professor Snape's office, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.

He knew that what he said would have an effect.

Why is Severus Snape so bitter and mean to young wizards?Was it because he really wanted to hurt those students?no.Is it because he really wants to use bitter medicine to remind children of his mistakes?Neither.

The reason why Severus Snape was so bitter and mean to the little wizards was because the bad things he had experienced had made him habitually self-isolated, indifferent to everything, and full of hostility.He will not release kindness. It is too difficult for him to release kindness, and it will cause him more pain than killing him.These cold words stem from his character background, his past experiences, and even more from his twisted personality of low self-esteem and conceit.

Therefore, those things that are difficult and vicious are almost natural for him to say.Of course, this was especially true when facing Harry.

He was scornful of those students who did not perform well in Potions class, he was contemptuous of those students from Muggle families, and he was full of hostility and resistance to Harry.

But in his heart, he has a good side.

From the beginning, his good intentions were buried deep in the dark soil because of his childhood experience. It was not until he met Lily Evans that he had the opportunity to break out of the ground, and in the end, because of Lily Evans, ·Evans' death did indeed sprout seeds.Then, as it stayed in the light for longer, it grew and grew stronger.

This made him even more twisted and contradictory. He had kind thoughts in his heart, but he couldn't and couldn't release them.He can only wander at the junction of light and darkness, and it will cause him pain no matter which way he leans.He couldn't be a good person in everyone's eyes, and he was not willing to completely plunge into darkness again.

This kind of distortion is the reason why he teaches seriously and is able to protect his students in times of crisis, but he is always sarcastic towards those little wizards - it is not that he does not know the harm that words can bring, but that he does not know Restraint, the domestic violence and school bullying he had experienced had long ago made him lose his sympathy and empathy. He did not even realize that this kind of verbal harm and bullying needed to be stopped and was wrong.Because when he was going through all this, no one stood up and said, this is wrong.So he naturally allowed the evil in his heart to flourish, and used these things on others, making himself a shameful and hateful bully like those who had hurt him. [Note 1]

So Moon knew that his words would be useful, not just for himself, but for anyone who could have the opportunity to talk to Snape on an equal footing if he could tell him straightforwardly that your bullying and hurtful words were wrong. , can make him realize something and restrain himself.Because now he is not the former Death Eater Snape, but a Potions Professor Snape who cannot be a good person, but is trying hard to pursue justice and light in order to atone for his sins.

Chapter 63 New Prophecy and Bowtruckle

After the first two Quidditch games are over, all subsequent games will have to wait until they return from the Christmas vacation, and will not start until February.Therefore, many of the little wizards who participated in the academy team can get some rest, at least before the Christmas holiday, their training intensity will be greatly reduced.

As for why it wasn't everyone... it was naturally because the two houses, Slytherin and Ravenclaw, lost the game.This can be regarded as a common practice. Only those who lose the game can practice extra, and those who win the game can relax - well, it is only natural.

This is also great news for the school newspaper office, because although it means that Terrence will become busier, the remaining leaders of the Lion House and Badger House, represented by Oliver and Cedric, The Diqi players have become much more relaxed. After careful calculation, there are actually more people available for work.

On Wednesday morning, Professor Trelawney once again made a prediction in her class that shocked the little wizards all year long. She said that before the Christmas holiday, half of the class would suffer a blow from their lives. During the Christmas holiday, Later, a classmate in the class will lose a loved one forever.

Regarding the first half of her sentence, at least half of the people in the class thought it was nonsense. The remaining half of the people who were superstitious about Professor Trelawney regarded it as a wise saying and secretly wished that those who were hit by life would not be Own.

In fact, both ideas are not wrong. It is indeed nonsense. It cannot be said that Professor Trelawney's "prophecy" is wrong - there are many people in Hogwarts who feel that they have been hit by life every day. This is not a minority. Yesterday, Garr said sadly that he had no hope in life, because the new assignment assigned by Professor Binns on "The Causes and Results of the Massive Persecution of Witches by Muggles in the Middle Ages" was going to kill him.

As for the second half of her sentence... the half of people who did not believe in Professor Trelawney completely scorned it. Everyone clearly remembers that Professor Trelawney really made a statement in the first class. A prophecy was made, saying that before the Christmas vacation, a classmate would say goodbye to everyone forever.However, there are only 20 days left before the Christmas holiday. Not to mention goodbye, not even one person has dropped out of school or class.

And what about the half of the people who have a superstition about Professor Trelawney?They had begun to weave Professor Trelawney's prophecies into a story.

"Whoever it is, something will happen to him, but I think Professor Trelawney is probably talking about the Weasley twins or the new Indian girls in first year. Come to think of it, before Christmas One person will be gone forever, someone will be bereaved after Christmas, and Professor Trelawney never said these two would be in our class!"

"You're right, I also think it's those people who have brothers and sisters, and they are likely to get seriously ill first!"

"Indeed, for example, Fred Weasley may drop out of school permanently due to illness and die after the Christmas holidays. At this time, George Weasley will lose his relatives."

"Oh, poor George..."

When he heard the two Gryffindor girls at the next table discussing this matter enthusiastically, Moon was really a little embarrassed. It must be said that the imagination of these two girls was a bit too rich.But soon he felt a little pained again. The words "George Weasley lost his family" always reminded him of Fred's unfortunate sacrifice in the last battle in the original book.

Fortunately, this is not something that will happen before this Christmas.

In fact, Moon really wanted to find an opportunity to ask Professor Trelawney. She always had to make up prophecies that were completely meaningless and could even be said to be sensational. What could she gain from it?She has been so willing to make it up for so many years and has become a liar in the eyes of countless people, but she still refuses to restrain herself.

It is true that Professor Trelawney has a third eye, but the problem is that, perhaps because of her thin bloodline, her prophecy talent is actually very poor, and she can only rely on luck to make accurate prophecies - that is to say, she has no idea about herself The ability to predict is completely uncontrollable.So most of the time, she makes two other predictions:

One is "guessing", or "estimate" plus "inducing", which is actually a little trick of a fortune teller. For example, the prediction that Neville will break two cups in succession is actually a sign that Neville is nervous and clumsy. , so he deliberately used this kind of words to induce Neville to become overly nervous and make a mistake and break the cup.

The other is pure nonsense, trying your luck, and making predictions one after another. In the end, one or two will always happen.For example, she prophesies that students will die every year, but according to Professor McGonagall, this prophecy almost never comes true.

If Professor Trelawney is a person who simply wants to show off and deceive, and is not prophecy at all, then this kind of sensationalism is actually quite normal.But the problem is that Moon has more than once encountered Professor Trelawney really studying the content of prophecy, trying to use crystal balls and tarot cards to divination, and actually making some predictions.Moreover, Professor Trelawney was truly proud of her ancestry in her heart, and did not simply regard it as capital for deception.

Looking at Professor Trelawney who was still chatting and talking about unrealistic interpretations of tea leaves in front of him, Moon sighed in his heart.

Another naughty professor.

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