The next morning, Ron and Harry were ready to go to school.

Everything was as it was in the books, because someone had done something, and by the time everyone else had gotten into the car, Ron and Harry were trapped outside.

They couldn't get to platform nine and three-quarters.

"Why can't we get by?" Harry asked Ron in a whisper. "I don't know. ”

Ron looked around anxiously, and a dozen others stared at them curiously. "We're going to miss the bus," Ron whispered, "I don't know why the passage was sealed by itself." Harry looked up at the clock, he was a little dizzy, and he felt as if he was going to vomit. Ten seconds.. Nine seconds.. He carefully pushed the car against the wall, and pushed it with all his strength, but the wall still didn't move.

"It's over," Ron said dumbfounded, "the train is off." What if Mom and Dad can't come and pick us up? Do you have Muggle money with you?"

Harry chuckled dryly, "The Dursleys haven't given me pocket money in six years. Ron pressed his ear to the cold partition wall. "There is no sound," he said nervously, "what are we going to do? I don't know how long it will take for my parents to come back to us." "They looked around, and some people were watching them, mainly due to Hedwig's incessant screaming.

"Fang Ze?Fang Ze?" Ron tried to connect with the omnipotent Fang Ze in his mind, hoping that he would take care of himself, a character who would become like the Dark Lord in the future.

Figure out why this platform of nine and three-quarters won't let him in.

But he shouted in his mind for a long time, and Fang Ze didn't pay attention to him.

Now it looks like you're left to figure it out on your own.

Ron somewhat regretted that he hadn't made a deal with Fang Ze earlier and learned spells like Apparition Shift, so that he could get directly to the vicinity of Hogwarts School.

Of course, you can't enter Hogwarts directly, because Hogwarts has been given an anti-apparition protection spell, which is a fact that even children know.

"I think we'd better go back to the car and wait," Harry said, "it's too much of a crowd here." "Harry!" Ron's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "Cars!" What's wrong?" We can fly to Hogwarts by car!"" But I thought. ”

"We're trapped, right? We have to rush back to school, don't we? In a real emergency, a young wizard can use magic. Paragraph 19 or paragraph 1 of the Restriction Ordinance provides for it.."

Hearing Ron's words, Harry went from panic to excitement. "Will you drive?" No problem. Ron said, turning the car around towards the exit, "Let's go, if we hurry, we'll be able to catch up with the Hogwarts Express." ”

They walked briskly through the curious crowd and out of the station, back to the old Ford Anglia parked on the side road. Ron clicked his wand a few times and opened the spacious suitcase. They moved the box in, put Hedwig in the back seat, and sat in the front. "Let's see if anyone is paying attention to us. Ron said, using his wand a little more, and started the car. Harry stuck his head out the window: there were rumbling cars on the road, but their street was empty.

"No one. ”

Ron pressed a small silver button on the dashboard. Their car is gone, and so are the two of them. Harry could feel his seat vibrate, he could hear the engine, he could feel his hands on his knees, his glasses on the bridge of his nose, he could see everything. But all he had left was a pair of eyes, a few feet above the ground, floating on a dirty street full of parked cars.

"Take off. Ron's voice said to his right. The ground and filthy buildings on both sides sank.

Ron and Harry were riding in a flying car, originally the two of them wanted to catch the Hogwarts express train, but because of a small accident in the middle, the two of them failed to catch the Hogwarts express train after all, and came directly to the school.

"Right ahead!" Harry shouted as silhouettes of Hogwarts Castle's corner towers and towers stood on the dark horizon, on top of the high cliffs across the lake.

But the car began to tremble and gradually slowed down.

"Help," Ron coaxed nicely, and shook the steering wheel slightly, "It's almost there, help." ”

The engine groaned, and puffs of steam erupted from under the hood. As they flew towards the lake, Harry clenched the edge of his chair.

The car shook violently. Harry glanced out the window and saw the calm, dark, mirror-smooth water a mile below. Ron's knuckles as he held the steering wheel turned white. The car shook again.

"Help. Ron muttered.

They flew over the lake.. The castle is just ahead. Ron stepped on the gas.

There was a clang, then a crackle, and the engine stalled completely.

There was a loud thud of metal against the trees, and they slammed into the thick trunks of the trees and fell to the ground, and the cars slammed. Billowing steam billowed from under the deformed hood.

Just as Harry and Ron were about to get out of the car, a twisted twig smashed a big hole in his door, and countless knuckle-thick twigs slammed into the windshield with a hail of tintles, and a branch as thick as a battering ram was pounding frantically against the roof of the car, which seemed to be denting in.

This is the beating willow who guards the school, and every Hogwarts teacher is aware of his presence.

And not only can he guard the school, but he is also very, very precious.

But Ron didn't know all this, and after encountering danger, he didn't have time to hide anything, he simply took out his wand from his sleeve neatly, and then pointed to the branch of the waving beating willow and shouted, "Blade is gone!"

The powerful black magic spell immediately cut off the branch of the beating willow, and then the beating willow unwillingly met another branch and hit Ron.

But the magic proficiency that Fang Ze gave Ron was really terrifyingly tight, and now Ron used his newly purchased wand to fire spells, even faster than Snape, the founder of this magic spell.

After Ron waved his wand several times in a row, the beating willow no longer dared to wave Ron and Harry with his branches, of course, if he waved again, it was estimated that there would be no more left.

Seeing this, Ron pulled Harry, who had been dumbfounded for a long time, and began to leave the scene quickly, although Harry was extremely curious about what kind of magic Ron used and how Ron had a new wand, but they were now desperate to arrive at the auditorium before the party began, and Harry was going to wait until he returned to the dormitory tonight to ask Ron.

But they were still late, and by the time the two of them arrived, the sorting ceremony had already begun, and the freshmen began to line up to go in, waiting for the sorting hat to be sorted.

"Wait," Harry whispered to Ron, "there's an empty seat in the teacher's chair... Where's Snape?"

"Maybe he's sick!" Ron said casually.

"Maybe he's gone," Harry said, "because he didn't become a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher!"

"Perhaps," a cold voice said behind them, "he's waiting to hear from you two why you didn't come on the school bus." ”

As soon as Harry turned, Severus Snape stood in front of him, his black robes shaking in the cool breeze. He was thin, with yellow skin, a hooked nose, and oily black hair draped over his shoulders. The smile on his face at the moment told Harry that he and Ron were in a very bad situation.

"Follow me. Snape said.

Neither Harry nor Ron dared to look at him, and followed Snape up the steps into the empty, echoing foyer where torches were lit. The smell of food wafted from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down the narrow stone staircase into the basement classroom.

"Get in!" He opened a door in the cold hallway and pointed inside.

They shuddered and walked into Snape's office. The walls were dimly lit, and on the shelves along the walls were large glass jars with all sorts of disgusting things floating in them, and Harry didn't want to know their names at the moment. The fireplace was empty, and the black hole was hollow. Snape closed the door and turned to look at them.

"When I inspected the garden, I found that a very precious beating willow seemed to have been greatly damaged. Snape looked at Ron and Harry and said, "Which of the two of you did it?" ”

"Professor, it was the one who hit us first. Harry said to Snape.

"Shut up. Snape didn't care about any of that, his main concern now was to find out who had used the Bladeless Charm to hurt the beating willow.

You must know that the Blade Shadowless Charm is his own unique mastery, and it is also one of his Snape's symbols.

Not long ago, someone was killed in the wilderness by the Blade Shadowless Charm, and the corpse still had the mark of the Dark Lord on it.

This caused Snape great trouble, and even the Ministry of Magic suspected that Snape had done it, and wanted to take Snape away for investigation.

In the end, it was Dumbledore who testified against Snape, which saved Snape.

Now that the spell had reappeared, and it was in the school, Snape was desperate to find out what was going on.

Faced with this situation, little Harry, who was only twelve years old, obviously didn't have the idea of taking the blame for others, so he said timidly, "Ron did it, and he did it to protect me." ”

"Ron?" Snape looked at Ron curiously, wondering how the youngest son of the Weasley family had learned the magic spells he had.

"Ron, how did you just learn these magic spells. Snape asked Ron directly.

Although Ron also knew that he would definitely say that he had destroyed the beating willow at that time, it would be a matter of time for him to say it, and it would be another time for others to say it.

Ron kind of hated Harry for telling him about using magic to hurt Willow.

But now Ron didn't think he could beat the long-established Snape, so he honestly lied and explained, "I learned it from a book I picked up." ”

"A book?" Snape thought of his previous notebook, if it was this notebook that Ron somehow found and learned the magic spell, Snape thought it was nothing.

But Ron's next words made Snape frown.

"Yes, I learned it from a book called Encyclopedia of Magic. Unbeknownst to Ron, this was the founder of the Bladeless Spell.

"What magic did you learn from this book?" Snape asked Ron.

"That's the only one. Ron said to Snape, "A house-elf came and snatched the book after I learned the magic and left. ”

"House-elves?" Snape arrived, even more confused, what the hell was going on.

Ron, who was only twelve, was still quite credible, so Snape believed Ron's statement for the time being.

He had really wanted to punish the two men, but now that Sudden Fever had this kind of information, Snape's first instinct was to tell Dumbledore, and then discuss it to see if this was Voldemort's plot.

Snape quickly called Professor McGonagall to look after Ron and Harry, and he hurried to find Dumbledore.

"You'd better go to the infirmary, Weasley, you're bleeding. Professor McGonagall looked at Ron and said.

"Nothing. Ron quickly wiped the wound on his eye with his sleeve, "Teacher, I want to see my sister's sorting ceremony. ”

"The sorting ceremony is over. Professor McGonagall said, "Your sister is in Gryffindor, too. ”

"Oh, that's great. Ron said.

"Speaking of Gryffindor. Professor McGonagall said sternly, but Harry interjected, "Teacher, school hadn't started before we got in the car, so—so Gryffindor shouldn't be deducted, right?" When he had finished, he looked at her eagerly.

Professor McGonagall gave him a stern look, but he thought she seemed to smile a little. Anyway, her lips weren't pursed so tightly anymore.

"I'm not going to deduct points from Gryffindor. Harry felt much more relaxed, she said, "But I'm going to lock you up here." ”

It was much better than Harry had expected. As for Dumbledore's letter to the Dursleys, it didn't matter at all. Harry knew they would only regret the beating, and Willow hadn't beaten him flat.

After a few moments, Snape walked in and motioned for Harry to leave, while Ron followed Snape to Dumbledore's office.

In the office, although Dumbledore was friendly to Ron, Ron knew, and Dumbledore was eager to know who had taught him the spell.

Ron couldn't tell Fang Ze about the existence of Fang Ze, so naturally there was no way to explain the origin of the spell.

After more than three hours of chatting and interrogation, Dumbledore waved his hand tiredly for Ron to go.

When Ron walked to the door, he could even hear Snape arguing with Dumbledore.

Snape decided that he couldn't let Ron go so easily, and that he should use a little illegal magic to punish him.

After all, because of the lack of a shadow, Ron sent Snape to prison.

"It's dangerous. Ron walked out of Dumbledore's office and patted his chest. "I'm lucky. ”

"Do you really think you're lucky?" Fang Ze suddenly appeared in Ron's sea of consciousness and began to mock Ron.

"Do you know what price I paid to tell you everything so that you wouldn't be invaded by Dumbledore's brain? ”