Chapter 47: The start of school
On the last day, Darren remembered that he had forgotten to remind him of the station when he had met Harry earlier, so he ......
Once again, the castle's great hall was filled with countless candles, and the four tables were surrounded by people whose golden plates and goblets glittered in the candlelight, and the ceiling was full of stars. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, Darren couldn't be relieved at all, because Hermione kept muttering beside her, and Harry and Ron Harry and Ron really didn't show up.
Darren asked Hermione, as well as Fred and George, who didn't see Harry and Ron on the train.
"It looks like they didn't catch the train," Fred or George said.
"I think they're fine, Dumbledore shouldn't have fired them for being late. Another added.
Unfortunately, their words didn't make Hermione relax at all, and even Dumbledore's introduction to this year's new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher didn't notice, but she already knew it anyway.
Harry and Ron didn't show up until the end of the dinner, but Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall went out once, and when they returned, Professor McGonagall looked angry.
At this time, word came from somewhere, that Harry and Ron had come to school in a flying car, and then crashed into the castle, and some people said that they fell into the lake, dragged by merfolk to the middle of the lake, and never to get out again!
Hermione's face turned paler at all of this, so Darren decided it was better to remain silent at this time, as he couldn't explain how he could have known about Harry.
After eating, Darren and Hermione went back to the Gryffindor common room, but at the door of the common room, they met Harry and Ron, who seemed to be stuck here without knowing the new password, but why did they look wet?
"You two are here! Where have you been? Everybody's talking about it, it's ridiculous -- some people say you drove a flying car and got expelled from school. ”
"We weren't fired. ”
"Are you saying you really flew here?"
"Don't give us lessons, tell us the password. ”
"The password is 'honeyeater'......"
But before she could finish speaking, a thunderous applause erupted from inside the Gryffindor common room as the portrait of the fat lady turned, and then many hands reached out from the hole, pulling Har and Ron inside, leaving only Darren and Hermione outside.
The cave that Harry and Ron climbed through was covered with water, which made Darren and Hermione's clothes wet, and it turned out that Harry and Ron were stuck outside platform 934 at King's Cross Station, and they panicked and were afraid that they would be late, so they drove Mr. Weasley's flying car to report, but this time they didn't hit the beating willows, but planted themselves in the lake, but fortunately the car struggled to the shore again, and after throwing them out, they sneezed into the Forbidden Forest......
Listening to Harry and Ron's story, Darren couldn't help but secretly say that he was lucky, fortunately he didn't tell Hermione about the version of "beating willow" just now, otherwise he wouldn't know how to explain it.
However, Harry and Ron's "heroic" treatment was only over at breakfast the next day, when Mrs. Weasley sent Ron a roaring letter, and the loud sound filled every corner of the cafeteria, even the roof of the room trembled in the roar, and the dust in the cracks fluttered on the heads, bodies, plates, and porridge bowls of every student......
It's no wonder that Mrs. Weasley is so angry, Harry and Ron have done too much of this, they haven't thought about what to do if the flying car loses control in the middle of the way, what to do if it falls into the deserted wilderness, and even at the last moment, they are lucky, the car rushes out of the black lake again, otherwise I'm afraid Darren will have to seriously think about how to go to Voldemort.
What's more, Mr. Weasley still works in the Ministry of Magic's "Division for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items", and the flying car will appear in his house, which is absolutely the standard "self-theft by guards"! It is inevitable to be censored, but it is obvious that this is "thunder is loud and rain is small", and in the end, there is still nothing to do, and it has been said that the Weasley family is not simple.
According to Professor McGonagall's schedule, Darren's first class this year was a herb class, with the Hufflepuff students, and the little badgers were quite good at it.
"Today to the third greenhouse!" When Darren and the others saw Professor Sprout, the teacher of the herb class, she was with Lockhart, but she was visibly upset and said to the students.
The third greenhouse, Darren they have never been in, they used to go to the first greenhouse, it is said that the number of the greenhouses is sorted according to the danger of the plants, so the plants in the third greenhouse will be more interesting, of course, more dangerous.
Except for Harry, who was taken away by Lohatra to talk, everyone else walked into the third greenhouse, which was filled with the smell of damp earth and fertilizer, mixed with the rich fragrance of flowers, which gave people an indescribable feeling.
Professor Sprout stood behind a stool in the middle of the greenhouse, with about twenty pairs of earmuffs of different colors, and when Harry returned to the greenhouse, Professor Sprout said, "We're going to repot the mandrake today." Now, can anyone tell me what the properties of a mandrake are?"
“……”
There was no doubt that this moment belonged to Hermione! the others could only watch her answer the professor's question word for word.
"Exactly, plus 10 points. ”
After the theoretical knowledge, it was natural to start the actual operation, Professor Sprout himself demonstrated, rolled up his sleeves, firmly grasped a clump of grass blades, and pulled it out vigorously, the roots of the mandrake grew like a very ugly baby, light green, covered with spots, and the leaves grew on his head like hair, even with earmuffs, Darren could see that the little guy was obviously shouting at the top of his voice.
At this point, Neville fainted, not knowing if he didn't have the earmuffs on, or if he was simply overly frightened.
Professor Sprout then took a large flower pot from under the table, stuffed the mandrake doll into it, and buried him with damp dark compost, leaving only the clumps of leaves exposed.
After doing all this, the professor patted the mud off his hands and motioned for them to remove the earmuffs.
"Four people in a pot, there are a lot of flower pots here, compost in the bag over there, beware of the poisonous tentacles, it's teething. She began to arrange for students to do it themselves.
After a few conversations with Hufflepuff's Justin Finchrie, they put back on the earmuffs, as the others were already preparing to pull the mandrakes out.