At Hogsmeade Station, returning students boarded a horse-drawn carriage and headed for Hogwarts Castle. Because the return dates of students at the end of Christmas are not very concentrated, there are not many people on horse-drawn carriages. Ryan and Hermione easily found an empty carriage and sat on it.

"Ryan, what the hell is pulling the cart, why I've never seen it before. After getting into the car, Hermione asked with some surprise after glancing at the front of the car.

"Thestrals. Ryan replied succinctly, believing that Hermione must have already read the entire book of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and a little reminder was all it would be like at this time.

"Because you saw the death of a human being in the temple of the pyramids?" Hermione snapped into her mind as she heard Ryan's reply.

There was an awkward silence on the carriage, in which the carriage rolled forward. After rounding the school's black lake, a pair of magnificent cast-iron gates were ahead, lined with stone pillars and winged boars, and they saw two tall, turbaned Dementors standing guard on either side of the gate. At the same time, the temperature around it dropped a lot.

"Take this. Seeing that Hermione, who was sitting opposite, had a somewhat unpleasant face, Ryan took out a piece of Runevan, a soul guard, and handed it over. After taking the runestone, Hermione felt a warm current flow from the stone in her hand, flowing down her arms and throughout her body. The stress and coldness of the Dementors were gone.

"I wonder why you sent these things to the school?" Ryan grumbled, shaking his head as he looked at the slowly moving gate. However, the rune stone just now also proves that there are other ways to fight the Dementors besides the Patronus Charm.

When I returned to school just in time for dinner, many students looked towards Ryan during the meal. It seems that the news of his receipt of the Order of Merlin of the 2nd degree has spread.

Just as he was eating a piece of grilled chicken breast, someone next to him came over and tapped him on the shoulder, and Ryan looked up to see the dazzling red hair. "Ron, long time no see. ”

"Ah, I didn't expect you guys to go out so thrillingly this time. It's not like we're stuck in a school and have to endure Dementors flying around the school. Ron said with some envy.

"Thrilling? I'd rather stay in school and be with Dementors. This time we went out and almost lost our lives. If it weren't for Ryan's help, I probably wouldn't have been able to come back. After listening to Ron's words, Hermione said with some unhappiness.

"Well, let's not talk about that. After saying that, Ron turned to Ryan and said, "Did you know that Harry received a fire bolt this Christmas. We won the House Cup Quidditch this time. ”

"Firebolts, I saw them during the summer vacation, and they weren't cheap. Ryan said with some envy that Harry's black dog godfather was really rich. Firebolts are like the top sports cars in the Muggle world, although the real top treasures of wizards can't be bought with Gallons, such as Harry's invisibility cloak. But the treasure or crossbow arrows that can be bought with money should be considered the top products among them.

"By the way, who paid so much for Harry's such an expensive broom?" Hermione asked suddenly, as if she had thought of something.

It's normal for her to ask this kind of question, just like an acquaintance close to us who would have to ask who gave him a top-notch sports car one day.

"I don't know. Harry came from the front as well. "There are no cards and no written sender. Totally an anonymous package. ”

"Hmm... Who would give Harry something of such value without telling him who it was?" Hermione asked.

Before Harry could say anything, Professor Mack came up and said, "I heard someone gave you a broomstick, Potter. ”

After making sure it wasn't clear who had sent it, Professor McGonagall went upstairs with Harry. When Ryan and Hermione had returned to the common room after they had finished their meal and had received the timetable from Professor Sprout, they saw a circle of people gathered around the door, with Harry sitting behind his desk and holding his head in frustration, Ron comforting him.

"What's going on?" Ryan asked curiously.

Harry's firebolt was confiscated by Professor McGonagall, who feared it was Sirius' trap. Percy emerged from the crowd and said to Ryan. "But seriously, I think Professor McGonagall did the right thing. Harry always has an accident on the Quidditch pitch every year, what if something happens again because of this broomstick?"

"Who the hell told Professor McGonagall?" Ron stood up as he pressed Harry's shoulder, looking at the circle around him.

Seeing that this situation was not good, Ryan hurriedly rushed to the front and said to Ron, "Don't doubt the students, this broom has been on Christmas vacation since you got it, have you been hiding this broom all this time and not telling anyone else?"

Harry pulled the corner of Ron's coat and told him to sit down, and then said to the students around him, "I'm sorry, Ron was just a little too anxious to see the fire bolts being taken away. I don't think it's everyone's business, after all, during the holidays, I took my fireballistic arrows to the common room every day to wipe them, and I flew around the playground outside twice. In this case, Professor McGonagall must have known that I had a firebolt. ”

"yes. Percy stepped forward. "When Harry received such a valuable gift, Professor McGonagall must have asked who gave it, and it was inevitable that the broom would be taken back for inspection, as he said was true, after all, Professor McGonagall had always been a very serious person, and he would never be vague about such a thing that might hurt Harry's life. ”

Now that the matter has been clarified, everyone quickly dispersed. Only Quidditch captain Wood and a few of the team gathered around Harry to try to come up with a solution.

After all, Harry lost the last game because he fell from the sky under the influence of the Dementors, so the next one is very important. The firebolt was the most important hope for a comeback, so all the members of the Quidditch team gathered around Harry to try to find a way to get Professor McGonagall back the broomstick sooner.

"I really don't understand why Ron is so emotional, he doesn't know that he almost made a bunch of feuds with Harry just now, but luckily Harry reacted in time. Hermione and Ryan said as they sat down on the couch by the fireplace.

It seems that Hermione's emotional intelligence has grown much faster after a few years of joining the after-school homework group than when she was with Harry Ron in the original books. Ryan thought of this and showed an old fatherly smile and said: "But at least this kind of person is straightforward, and making friends with them doesn't need to bother to guess what they are thinking, after all, there are no perfect people in the world, as long as it is not a matter of principle, we must learn to tolerate the flaws of others." ”

"That's what you're saying. Hermione said as she stared at Ryan. "I guess I used to be too proud and caused you a lot of trouble, but now that I think about it, you also helped me a lot when I had problems with other people's communication when we were doing homework together. So – thank you. ”

"It's nothing. Ryan smiled and began to look at the notes Percy had just lent him, while Hermione was writing as she spoke. The last night of the holiday was spent in this quiet and welcoming atmosphere.