Chapter Ninety-Nine: Brilliant Hermione, Vanishing Anna.
"Don't worry, Hermione. Harry had an owl that they could send letters to Professor McGonagall, Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Weasley...... There will always be a way to get help. Although Alan knew Harry's choice to come to Hogwarts in a flying car, he still chose to comfort the little witch who was worried about his friend.
"You're right, Harry and Ron are both brave and intelligent people, and they can think of such an easy solution. Hermione unplugged the straw she was diligently stirring and took a large sip of chilled pumpkin juice. In an instant, the cold, irritating sensation rushes to the top of the head. Hermione put down her cup and held her head in both hands, "Merlin is on top, it's so cold, I did something stupid!"
Hermione's features were crumpled together, looking very funny, and Alan couldn't help but laugh.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of "dangdang-dangdang" knocking on the glass, and Alan and Hermione turned their heads in unison, only to see that outside the window of the train, Benny vibrated his wings and followed the train closely, hitting the glass from time to time, so as to attract Alan's attention.
Alan immediately stood up and opened the window, and Benny, Allen's owl, flew into the car, threw a roll-shaped object in front of Allen, and stopped on the back of his chair to comb his feathers.
"What a beauty-loving little thing!" Alan smiled and shook his head, looking like Benny was helplessly spoiled. He picked up the roll that Benny had handed him, and the five big words "Daily Prophet" met Alan's eyes. Alan handed the newspaper to Hermione, "Maybe you can read the newspaper first, I'll get Benny some food and water, it's not easy to catch up with the Hogwarts Express." ”
"The train is about to arrive, do you still want to get out?" Hermione asked Allen, incredulously.
"Don't worry, I'll be back soon, and I won't delay packing up!" Alan waved his hand and turned to leave.
"That's thoughtful, don't you just want to give me time to change my dress!" Hermione was keenly aware of Allen's true intentions. Alan found the salesman on the train, bought some bread and corn, asked for a cup, picked up some water, and returned to the carriage with the food.
"Knock knock," Alan politely knocked on the door, and after getting permission from Hermione, he entered the carriage, where Hermione had changed into Gryffindor robes and put on a pointed Hogwarts wizarding hat.
When Alan sat back in his chair, he found Hermione pale and frightened, clutching the Daily Prophet with both hands.
"What's going on?" Alan didn't understand, he guessed why Hermione looked like she had been struck by lightning after leaving for a while?
"Harry, Harry, and Ron, they smuggled away Mr. Weasley's car! How dare they come to Hogwarts in a flying car!" Hermione's anger was palpable.
Alan was surprised, how did Hermione know at the time? Scanning the newspaper in Hermione's hand, Alan understood everything in an instant. He took the newspaper in his hand and saw the headline in bold black at a glance: "Muggles are shocked that the Ford Anglia can fly." "Alan took a quick look," the two Muggles in London were sure they had seen an old sedan fly over the post office building...... At noon in Norfolk, Mrs. Herty Bayliss was drying her clothes...... Mr. Angus Fleet, of Pibers, reported to the police......"
"Six or seven Muggles saw it! They spread the word, and they didn't know how many staff the Ministry of Magic would have to use and how many Forgetting Charms would be cast to erase the Muggles' memories! Harry, they were in big trouble! The worst thing was that Ron's father, Mr. Arthur Weasley, worked in the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items, but his own son was ......" Hermione couldn't go on, she thought Harry and Ron were definitely in trouble!
"It doesn't say who drove the car, how can you be sure it's Harry and Ron?" Alan couldn't help but ask, surprised by Hermione's sharpness and intelligence.
"Ron, he's going to drive to your house to pick up Harry, I'm sure they have a flying car, and there aren't many families who can own such a magic car! Even the twin brothers George and Fred will not be overlooked. Considering that Harry and Ron didn't catch the Hogwarts Express, it's obvious who is to blame for this!" Hermione said her reason in a flurry of words. Alan praised Hermione in his heart, and couldn't help but look at the little witch with admiration.
"The train will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes, please leave your luggage on the train and we will take you to the school. The voice echoed through the train. Alan hurriedly asked Hermione to tear the bread into crumbs and feed it to Benny, and as for the water, when Alan put the food away, the clever Benny flew over and drank it himself.
Hermione immediately picked up her plate and walked out into the train corridor. Soon, Allen was heard calling her back. Of course it's fast! Alan only needs to move his thoughts, and the clothes on his body will automatically turn into wizard robes, and he deliberately delayed it for a while before calling Hermione!
The train slowed down and finally stopped. Passengers pushed and shoved, rushed to the door, and descended to a small, dark platform. Hermione absentmindedly followed Alan through the mountain path, across the lake, until he entered the glittering Great Hall, where Fang said goodbye to Alan and went to the long table that belonged to Gryffindor.
Countless candles stopped in mid-air, illuminating the four long tables full of people, and the golden plates and goblets glittered. The ceiling is full of stars, and this ceiling is enchanted to always reflect the sky outside.
But Alan was in no mood to see these spectacles and wonders, for he did not see Anna at the Ravenclaw table. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had been in contact with Anna, and now that at the end of the semester, Anna had always been melancholy and couldn't talk about it, but he was too busy to ask her. During the holiday, I thought she had returned to her own country, separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, and it was inconvenient for the owl to send letters, so she cut off contact. Unexpectedly, Anna could not be found in Ravenclaw. Alan was a little stunned!
It wasn't until Edward came to Allen's side in a daze and greeted Allen that Allen came to his senses.
"What's the situation, you look even more confused than I am?" Edward bumped Alan on the shoulder.
"Did you see Anna?" Alan grabbed Edward's hand.