After returning from Diagonal Alley, Harry sneaked to Andrew. He tells him everything he and Ron saw in Tumbledown Alley, and then gives his opinion on the matter.

Andrew was silent for a moment, then smiled and said to Harry, "Maybe you're right, Harry. But I'm not going to comment on this matter, it's all up to your own judgment. ”

"Why?" asked Harry, dumbfounded.

"Harry," Andrew brought Harry a cup of tea, "you're not too young, now you need to have your own ideas." ”

Harry looked at Andrew suspiciously, a little confused about what he meant.

"Don't you understand, Harry, you can't expect to rely on me forever. Because I can't stay with you forever, you need to have your own ideas. ”

Harry was annoyed, but he agreed with Andrew.

The day before school started, Andrew arrives at the Burrow and sees Fleur sitting at a table, talking about her wedding to Bill. Mrs. Weasley was guarding a pile of self-peeling kale, with a look of dismay.

“…… Bill and I had pretty much decided to just have two bridesmaids, and Ginny and Gabrielle would look very cute standing together. I'm going to make them wear pale gold clothes - pink with Ginny's hair must be ugly—"

"Ah, Andrew!" Mrs. Weasley said loudly, interrupting Fleur's long monologue, "Great, I was about to tell you about the safety measures on the way to Hogwarts tomorrow." We've borrowed another car from the Ministry of Magic, and there will be an Auror waiting at the station—"

"Where's Harry?" Andrew sat down in an empty chair, "he agreed——— oh thank you. He took the fruit that Bill handed over, "What did he say?"

"Oh, Harry agreed. So you'd better hurry up and pack your boxes tonight to avoid the usual mess before leaving. ”

"Okay. Andrew replied with a smile, and Fleur winked at Andrew again, and then looked at Mrs. Weasley, dissatisfied.

When I set off early the next morning, it was smooth and not in a hurry.

Hermione's cat, Crookshan, was safely in its basket, Hedwig, Ron's Piggy the Owl, and Ginny's newly purchased purple dwarf Po Nan were all in their cages.

"Goodbye, Arlie, goodbye, Andrew. Fleur said in a hoarse guttural voice, kissing Harry and Andrew respectively. Ron hurried forward, looking expectant, but Ginny stretched out a foot and tripped Ron, causing him to fall on the dirt at Fleur's feet. His face was flushed with anger, his body was covered with dust, and he hurried into the car without even saying "goodbye".

What awaits them at King's Cross Station is not Hagrid, who is full of joy. As soon as the car stopped, two bearded Aurors in black Muggle suits with stern expressions stepped forward and walked into the station without saying a word, covering them left and right.

"Quick, quick, get through the wall," Mrs. Weasley said, the heavily guarded posture seemed to make her a little nervous too, "Better let Harry go first, and-"

She looked inquiringly at one of the Aurors, who nodded slightly, grabbed Harry's arm, and led him towards the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.

Andrew and Hermione then pushed their luggage together across the barrier, the bright red Hogwarts Express spewing steam.

Seconds later, the Weasleys arrived. Then they walked along the platform together, looking for empty carriages that were empty.

"Andrew, Ron and I are going to the prefect's carriage first, and then we're going to make our rounds in the hallways. ”

"Go ahead, see you later. Andrew said.

Once they were in the car, Mrs. Weasley said through the window, "Alright, dear, you're coming with us for Christmas, this has already been agreed with Dumbledore, so we'll meet again soon." Harry slammed the door shut, and the train started, "You must take care of yourself—"

The train is accelerating.

"-Be obedient-"

She trotted along with the train.

"-Don't be in danger!"

They kept waving until the train turned a corner and Mrs. Weasley was no longer visible, and then they dragged the boxes together to find the empty carriage.

The people around him stared at Harry unabashedly. Someone even put his face on the glass window of the carriage in order to look at him.

"I'm sorry," Seamus said suddenly, "I said I'd wait for Dean." See you later. ”

"Okay. ”

Andrew saw Harry in a daze and pulled him along, "Let's go——— hey, Luna! Oh, and Neville!"

"Hello. Behind Luna was a short-haired boy with big eyes that looked much more energetic.

"Hello Luna, how's it going?"

"Very good, thank you. Luna said. She pressed a magazine to her chest, and the cover was prominently written announcing that it contained a pair of free anti-demon glasses.

"How's 'Bad Talking?'" Andrew asked with a smile, "I heard it's been selling well lately?"

"yes, the circulation is steadily rising. Luna said happily.

"Let's go find a seat. Harry said, and the four of them squeezed past the stunned students and walked down the aisle. Eventually, they found an empty carriage.

As soon as Andrew entered, he sat down in the seat closest to the window, "Looks like you're a celebrity again, Harry." ”

"yes, they're even staring at us," Neville said, referring to Luna and himself, "just because we're with Harry!"

"They were staring at you because you were at the Ministry of Magic at the time. Harry said, lifting the box up and stuffing it into the luggage rack, "Our little adventure is in the Daily Prophet, you're sure to see it." ”

"yes, I thought Grandma would be angry if she made such a fuss," Neville said, "but she was so happy that I was finally my father's son." She bought me a new wand, look!"

He drew his wand and showed it to them.

"Cherry wood, unicorn hair," he said triumphantly, "we think this is the last wand Ollivander ever sold, and he's gone the next day - hey, come back, Levy!"

He burrowed under his seat and grabbed his toad, which often escaped in search of freedom.

"It's strange why no one is looking at me?" said Andrew.

"Because you're outdated, Andrew. Luna said mercilessly, as she was removing a pair of brightly colored glasses from the middle of "Singing Against the Tune."

There was a commotion outside the carriage. A group of fourth-graders were whispering and giggling outside the glass windows.

"You go ask him!"

"No, there you go!"

"I'd better go!"

One of them, a bold-looking girl, with large black eyes, a protruding chin, and long black hair, pushed open the door and entered.

"Hello, Harry, I'm Romida, Romida Vanni. "Why don't you sit in our carriage?" she said confidently, "You can't sit with them." She lowered her voice, but deliberately let others hear, and pointed to Neville and Luna and Andrew.

"They are my friends. Harry said coldly.

"Oh," said the girl, looking astonished, "oh, well. ”

Then she stepped back and closed the sliding door behind her.

"People think you should have more energetic friends than we do. Luna said, once again showing her ability to not open any pot.

"You're very energetic," Harry said briefly, "and none of them were in the ministry at the time. They didn't fight with me, and they didn't show up at critical moments like Andrew. ”

That's true. Luna suddenly smiled, pushed the anti-demon glasses to the bridge of her nose, and buried her head in reading "Singing and Singing".

"How's your grades?" asked Harry.

Neville reported his grades, and then expressed his inner concern: he had only "passed" his Transfiguration, and he looked surprised when he learned that Andrew's grades were all O's.

"You're all o?"

"It's not surprising at all. Luna said, looking at Andrew from behind the big colored glasses. "On the other hand, it would be strange if he failed a subject. ”

The weather outside the car window was sunny and cloudy, and it was like that all summer. As soon as they drove through the cold fog, they saw a clear and faint sun, and when the sun was almost shining outside the window, Ron and Hermione finally stepped into the carriage.

"I wish the delivery car came over quickly, I'm hungry. Ron said with a blank look as he sat down next to Harry and rubbed his belly, "Hello, Neville, hello, Luna." Guess what?" he then turned to Harry, "Malfoy wasn't on duty as a prefect. He was just sitting in the carriage with a few of his other Slytherin classmates, and we saw it as we walked by. ”

Hermione sat down next to Andrew and said, "yes, that's weird. ”

Immediately, the door of the carriage was opened again, and a panting third-grader girl walked in.

"I'm here to give these to Neville Longbottom and Harry Poe-Potter. She stammered, her eyes flushing with shame as soon as she met Harry's. She handed over two rolls of parchment with purple ribbons. Confused, Harry and Neville took the scroll with their names written on it, and the girl stumbled out of the carriage.

"What is it?" Ron asked as he watched Harry open the scroll.

"An invitation. Harry said.

"Who is Professor Slughorn?" Neville asked, looking at his invitation in confusion.

"New teacher. Harry said, "Looks like we're definitely going to go, aren't we?"

"But why did he tell me to go?" Neville asked uneasily, as if he were going to be taken into confinement.

"I don't know. Harry said it wasn't entirely true, but he couldn't prove his hunch right yet. "Listen to me," Harry said, "we'll go in the Cloak of Invisibility and get a closer look at Malfoy on the way———" he looked at Andrew again, "———Andrew, do you think it's okay?"

Andrew looked up and said with a smirk, "I don't think that's a good idea, Harry——— but if you feel you need to, you can." ”

"Oh, okay. With that, he got up and went out with Neville.

After they left, Hermione asked Andrew, "I see that you treat Harry differently now than before, why?"

"Hermione," Andrew looked at Hermione motionless for a long time, making Hermione blush a little.

"You're talking about it. Hermione said.

"I see you're looking more closely now——— aren't you?"

Neville nodded blankly, in fact, he didn't understand anything, but habitually agreed with what Andrew said.

"He needs to mature a little bit. Luna said suddenly, her big glasses shining with colorful light, but Hermione was startled, "Oh, Luna, I thought you were asleep, these glasses are ——— good." ”

"Really?" Luna took it off and held up the cover of "Singing Against the Tune" to show her, "This is a gift from this issue." ”

"Oh, that's good——— why? Andrew?"

Andrew smiled and put that strange pair of eyes on his face, "Harry needs to work out, and it's Harry who will eventually need to fight the mystery man, not us, doesn't it?——— I have to say, these glasses feel pretty good." ”

Hermione laughed, "You look so funny. ”

By noon, the lunch car came.

At about half-past twelve, there was a loud cacophony in the aisle, and a woman with a smile and dimples pushed open the door of the cubicle and asked, "Honey, do you want to buy any food from the car?"

"It's finally here. Ron jumped up and bought a lot of things from the cart, and everybody bought a lot, because everyone was really hungry.

"What do you say, what is Harry doing now?" Ron asked, picking up a chocolate frog.

"I don't know," said Hermione, "I think it might be something in the dining car?"

"The food in the food truck was hard to eat. "It smells weird, and there are a lot of bugs." ”

"Sounds horrible," Andrew said with a laugh as he finished eating the pie in his hand.

After lunch, Hermione said that they had to make a round around the train, and pulled Harry out of the carriage, leaving only Andrew and Luna alone. Andrew saw that Luna was not interested in talking to him, and only looked at the "Singing Contradiction" in his hand, so he simply closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After a long time, Andrew was jolted awake, Hermione had returned, Neville had returned, and they were sitting there playing cards.

"I can't bear to wake you up, though," Hermione blinked, gesturing out the window as the train passed through a long stretch of thick fog into the red sunset, "It's going to be there in a moment." ”

Andrew saw that they had all changed into their robes, "Where's Harry?" Andrew asked Neville as he put on his robes.

"I don't know, he put that dress on himself and disappeared———" Neville said with a bitter face, as he lost again playing cards.

At this time, the train slowly stopped, and there was a commotion outside the hallway, and everyone was busy putting their luggage and pets together and preparing to get off the train.

"We're still going to oversee order," Hermione said, "and can you help me greet Crookshank?"

"Go ahead," Andrew said, taking Crookshan.

"I'll take care of the piglets for you. Luna said, "I like it." ”

"Oh, thanks. Ron muttered as they left the carriage, Neville carefully tucking Levif into the pocket of his robe.