A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 434: Before the game
For the rest of January, nothing major happened, but minor problems continued.
After Professor Moody returned to the classroom, he lived up to expectations and brought new controversies. In the mouths of some senior students, he seems to have the shadow of 'Lockhart'. Let them search for information, read aloud in class, and tell vividly experience that happened to me.
His famous saying "Be vigilant at all times" appeared again in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
During this period of time, the little wizards went to the library every day to search for information about the war more than ten years ago. The originally quite deserted war records were dug out, including various newspapers from more than ten years ago.
Little wizards watched these things every day, and their psychological pressure increased sharply. In addition to the fifth and seventh grade wizard level exams, many students who were in class suddenly cried hysterically and were on the verge of collapse.
Even the optimists, Fred and George, were relieved when Defense Against the Dark Arts classes returned to 'normal'. One afternoon Fred sniffled and said, "Mum and Dad used to seldom talk to us about the war, and if anyone did, the other would interrupt, and Mum seldom talked about the two uncles . . . but we went to Only the newspapers in those years knew what kind of life they lived..."
George said with lingering fear: "I can see pictures of houses with the Dark Mark every two or three days, and I have shadows."
Harry doesn't want to say more, because there has been a trend recently. Since Professor Moody asked the students to read the deeds of those who died in the war one by one in class, some descendants of 'war heroes' are used in awe. look at.
Neville stammered more than once to explain that his parents had recovered, and showed his classmates the clippings and newspapers he collected, but there were still quite a few people who came to comfort him. The same is true for Harry, he suddenly found that Parvati Patil's expression became gentle again...
He doesn't like this feeling, because every time someone looks at him like this, it reminds him of the fact of his parents' sacrifice. 'No one is a hero in order to make their son adored. ’ thought Harry angrily.
He practiced spells with Hermione and Ron in the abandoned classroom, and learned a lot of useful spells one after another. They were still in a hidden corner, smashing a piece of black lake ice, experimenting with unskilled warmth. The body curse and the waterproof spell came out of the lake trembling every time.
When the ice of the Black Lake melted and Krum practiced diving from the diving board of the black sailboat in a pair of shorts, they were already thinking about how to maintain their combat effectiveness in the Black Lake.
"The effect of spells on land is greatly reduced in water, especially fire magic, which at most shoots a scorching stream of water, but the effect against Grindylow is probably not as good as the withdrawal spell..." He Min said nervously.
As February rolled on, she became like this, and when Ron suggested that they could kick these dangerous creatures away with their feet, Hermione glared at him viciously, and looked as if she wanted to give him a slap. foot.
"We might need some Transfiguration and Summoning spells," said Hermione.
"Are you going to let us summon a stick?" Ron asked in surprise.
"Don't be silly, I mean this," said Hermione, drawing out her wand and calling out, "Flock of birds!" There was a loud bang from her wand, and a flock of birds flew out from the tip. , flapping its wings and enclosing the three of them.
"What's the use of that?" asked Harry, who had seen the spell before. Mr. Ollivander was invited to inspect the warriors' wands before the first project, and he used Krum's wand to cast the spell.
"They can peck people and block vision, but I prefer Professor Flitwick's approach." Hermione said, she was struggling to maintain her magic, her face was flushed, and Harry and Ron had never seen her use it So much effort when spelling.
As if she was fighting against some invisible resistance, the wand drew a half arc, and the birds suddenly swelled up, the size of owls, Harry's eyes widened suddenly. Saw it in grades, Professor Flitwick demonstrated it in dueling class.
It was the second time in two years that Harry came into close contact with this magic again, and Harry watched with horror at the long, sharp beaks of these little birds, which were as long as three inches!
There was another "bang", and the birds disappeared.
Hermione panted lightly, and shook her head, "I still can't handle it well, in fact, I have always been good at manipulating magic, especially after practicing with Billywigs in the Rune Club..."
When they returned to the castle from the Black Lake, Ron whispered to Harry, "All she has to do is hide behind a rock and cast a spell. There is no way."
Harry thought about the scene just now, and couldn't agree more.
"How's your Bubble Curse?" Harry asked softly.
Ron's face collapsed, "That was a nightmare, I've written to my family and said I don't need their help...but Fred and George blocked the road ahead of time, you Do you know, my mother actually praised them in her reply..."
Harry feels sorry for him, especially when he sees Ron practicing the Head-Bubbling Curse, the first thing he does is to take a shower, leaving behind a lingering smell of dung bombs.
His own Iron Armor Curse was not going well either. If he had a choice, he would definitely prefer to master the human-shaped Iron Armor Curse with protective capabilities, rather than the more single-purpose Bubble Head Curse, but now he has to make a choice and consider which one is more cost-effective to choose.
In the next few days, he kept running to classroom No. 7, forgetting even the matter of Occlumency. So when he was awakened by a nightmare one day, he could only blame himself for being lazy on it.
Harry told Professor Hemp about it, hoping that the professor would pass it on to Dumbledore, even though he didn't remember much.
"I only know that he is very happy, some happy event has come." He scratched his stomach.
Felix nodded, "Maybe he found another temporary body for himself. There is no other way. They hid it too well." He also hoped that Voldemort would come to find Rita S Kit's trouble, he can also try to catch Crouch Jr.
But Rita Skeeter, who got his promise, quietly moved, and is currently hiding in Diagon Alley to sort out the information that Sirius gave her.
Harry went back with a heavy heart, and began to wonder what was the point of participating in the Tournament. Voldemort was about to be resurrected, and he could only practice the useless freezing spell in the Black Lake. Could he still expect it to freeze? Voldemort's Killing Curse?
The person who supported him through this period of self-doubt was Sirius. If there is anyone in this world who has the closest feelings to him, it is only his godfather, including his attitude towards Voldemort.
But to Harry's surprise, Sirius found himself a temporary job. His jaw almost dropped when he saw the Smelting School badge through the two-way mirror.
"Why did you end up where Dudley went to school?" Harry yelled recklessly, and a fifth grader in the common room looked up sullenly, muttering, "Another crazy one." And then went back to work Homework that seems never to be finished.
Sirius in the mirror is quite cheerful, "It was introduced by Felix, because I can't get a diploma recognized by Muggles, I can only do odd jobs, and the money is not much... But how to say What? I did find some tips for leading students."
Harry listened to Sirius introduce his new job and talk about his teaching assistant job, "I will use my wand to handle those equipment when no one is around, and I will do it quickly and well..."
There is also an old teacher in his fifties who is his partner, and he is out of breath every time he runs.
After Sirius learned how to whistle foul students off the field, he stood aside and slacked off. So Harry was lucky enough to see how Dudley dragged his fat body around the field, especially when he almost scrambled to the finish line with his tongue out, the pressure in Harry's heart disappeared all of a sudden.
Before the first Hogsmeade weekend in February, he learned the Iron Armor Charm. His Iron Armor Charm has also undergone earth-shaking changes, the only regret is that he can't turn the Iron Armor Charm into a cool gold or blood red shield.
Ron also ended his special training. On the day he successfully learned the Bubble Curse, he walked around the lounge wearing a huge transparent cover that looked like an upside-down fish tank, and he also participated in the discussion between Fred and George, expressing that he would pay for it. A big dung bomb or two.
Grinning, Fred and George handed him a Duke of Bee candy spree.
Harry, Ron and Hermione had a great day at Hogsmeade, and then went back to intense preparations. Harry and Hermione walked into the depths of the Black Lake step by step with the Humanoid Iron Armor Curse and Ron with the Foam Head Curse, and they saw a novel world.
Harry was surprised that he was so new to the Black Lake.
A few tens of feet below the surface of the Black Lake, they could still see the gray, treacherous water above. At our feet was a jungle of undulating, tangles of black waterweed, and broad flat sands strewn with shiny pebbles.
In the distance, there are large and large shadows, without any light. They could only see a small area nearby by holding up their wands and using the luminous spell. The deeper areas were black patches of different shades. From time to time, big things passed by them. They couldn't determine whether it was a piece of wood or Some kind of creature, maybe a giant squid!
Harry had another worry, what if the giant squid swallowed them all in one gulp? Although it would push students who fell into the water back into the boat when the new students entered, he could not guarantee that it would always be so gentle, especially when Ron said during a breath that they had already invaded its territory.
As time passed, they traveled deeper and deeper into the Black Lake, even trying to get close to the merfolk tribe in one adventure.
Swimming, Harry noticed that Hermione and Ron were gone, something tugging at him, which startled Harry until a bright, opalescent light glowed in the distance, and he realized that it was holding him. Own is a Grindylow.
"Let it loose!" Harry chanted through the human-shaped iron armor, the hand of the pale green creature with horns seemed to loosen as if cramped, and he swam to Hermione, holding the bright light in her hand Looking around in a panic, she was surrounded by a group of mermaids.
At last they were kicked out in desperation. Judging from the rude gestures of the leading mermaid, if they dared to invade the mermaid's territory again, they would probably have to wait for Dumbledore or Professor Haip to lead them.
Harry touched his head and came out of the water wet all over. He didn't know how other warriors solved this trouble, but he had just been hit twice with a spear by a tall and strong mermaid, and his brain Drowsy.
"Fred and George are lying, they can't complete the task of drawing a map of the Black Lake." Ron complained, "The eyesight of those mermaids in the water is much better than ours, and they are completely adapted to it." Dark."
Hermione was still blaming herself on the way back, "I shouldn't have used the lighting technique, but I was too nervous ~IndoMTL.com~ You guys disappeared all of a sudden, something is haunting me, now think about it It may be aquatic plants... I really don't know what we should do in the official competition..."
After returning to the dormitory, Ron took off his clothes and showed Harry the bruise on his back: "It was hit by the mermaid, I kicked him, you know, I want to try it in advance... and then immediately Two or three mermaids rushed up and gave me two hard blows."
Harry helped to give Ron the medicine, and he hissed and moaned, "There's another spot on my ass, I'll do it myself."
Two days before the start of the second project, a group of staff from the 'futuristic world' company came to the school and erected a huge projection screen on the shore of the Black Lake. Lupine and Penello introduced the projection screen to them The role of "they can show your heroic appearance in the game."
"Oh, that's what we want," Ron muttered, "to embarrass ourselves in front of everyone."
On the last day before the game, their nerves were stretched to the extreme. Harry found that despite all their preparations, there was still not enough time, and the unfinished items in Hermione's booklet grew faster than the crossed out sections.
But anyway, they ushered in a second project.