Chapter 8: Arriving at Hogwarts
The door to the box was opened again, and the boy who had lost the toad came to them again, only this time Hermione had accompanied him, and she had changed into her new Hogwarts robes.
"Did any of you see a toad? Neville lost a toad. Hermione's tone was a little arrogant, she looked around the box, and suddenly found that Dudley was also there, her face changed instantly, and she said with a disgusted face: "Huh~ squeamish crybaby, you are also there." ”
"Haha!" Harry couldn't hold back and laughed.
"Hey. Dudley sighed, did someone want a cousin of Kim Gallon, he propped his head with one hand, rubbed his thumb on his temple, and said, "Hermione, could you please change the name of me, I think there must be a misunderstanding you don't know." ”
Hermione clasped her hands around her little head and said, "No, please explain what you did last time in my clinic, and what it means to be motionless and cute in the Blotted bookstore." ”
Dudley was a little helpless, and the pot in the clinic was decided.
"I'm too south. Yes, the bunny is cute, and it tastes best when grilled and eaten motionless. Dudley smirked.
Dudley didn't want to talk to Hermione anymore, it was too tiring, mainly because the black history was too annoying.
"Neville, you're starting to run too fast, actually, I'd like to say you can use the Flying Charm to get your toad over. Dudley said to Neville, the round-faced boy.
"Yes! But... I don't know this, I've only seen my grandmother use it," Neville wiped tears from his face, and then a look of grievance.
"I know this, I can summon objects. Hermione said with a look of relief.
"Wait. ”
With that, Dudley took his case from the overhead shelf. Rummage through the wand inside. He said, "It's the first time I've used it, so if it doesn't work, you can go to the seniors for help." ”
Dudley held his wand to the palm of his other hand, and he didn't move for a long time, thinking about what Neville's toad was called, this alternative pet seemed a little disgusting.
There was silence in the air. Neville was on the verge of crying again.
Hermione smiled, and she raised her eyebrows and said, "Is this a daze magic?"
Dudley tilted his head and glanced at Hermione, "Humph!"
"Neville, hand outstretched. And what's your toad called?"
"Reefer. ”
Dudley waved his wand at Neville's hand.
"Neville Toad, Lev, fly. He shouted.
Everyone was staring at Neville's hand, and they were waiting to see if the toad would fly. A short time later, just as everyone was about to be disappointed, a golden-backed toad flew into Neville's hand.
Dudley exhaled, looking nervous too, rejoicing that the magic had been unleashed for the first time, and it had worked perfectly.
Neville thanked him and walked away happily with his golden-backed toad in his hand.
Dudley shook his head, he didn't know why there were toads as pets in the wizarding world, they could masturbate, they could suck, they could send letters, and they couldn't eat them!
Hermione didn't mean to leave, she walked in, sat down next to Dudley and snorted arrogantly.
"Did you just want to cast a spell? Let me see. Hermione was talking to Ron, but looked at Dudley defiantly.
Dudley is helpless, what is this provocation? This little sister-in-law is really too grudgeful to provoke.
Ron was stunned for a moment, then he symbolically cleared his throat.
"Daisy, sweet cream and sunshine turn this silly fat mouse yellow. Ron waved his wand, but nothing happened, the spots were still gray, and he was sleeping soundly.
Ron found that his magic had no effect and looked at everyone in embarrassment, he looked at everyone with a stiff smile and said, "Fred and George lied to me again." ”
"Are you sure this is really a spell?" Hermione said without saving Ron any face, "Wow, it doesn't seem to work very well!"
Ron's ears were red, and if there was a hole in the ground at this moment, he would rather be a rat and get into it.
Several of them looked at each other. Ron wanted to get Hermione out.
"It doesn't seem like much, but I've tried a few simple spells at home, just to practice, and they all worked. Although I wouldn't have been used by some squeamish crybaby. ”
"Miss Rabbit, read more, read more newspapers, eat less snacks, and sleep more. You can too. Dudley said.
Hermione pulled out her wand and pointed at Harry's glasses and said, "Normal." ”
"Is that so, anything else!" Hermione said, glancing at Dudley.
Harry took off his glasses and saw that the original bad parts were already intact. Harry pursed his lips, if they hadn't been warned by the Ministry of Magic, he could have fixed it himself.
Hermione said in a row, "No one in my family knows magic, so I was surprised when I received the offer, but I was very happy, as far as I know so far, this is the best school for magic and magic - I have memorized all the textbooks, of course, I just hope that is enough, and my name is Hermione Granger, by the way, what are your names?"
Dudley couldn't believe that she had said so much at once, and that Miss Rabbit was so nervous about going to school.
"My name is Ron Weasley. ”
"Harry, Harry Potter. ”
"Is it really you?" Hermione asked in disbelief, "I know all about you, and of course, I have bought a lot of additional reference books, such as "A History of Modern Magic", "The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts", and "Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century", all of which have mentioned you. ”
"Yes, yes, you see," Harry said, ruffling his bangs again, "Todari's blessing, I've read these books too." ”
"You and Dudley?" asked Hermione.
"This is my cousin. ”
Hermione was a little dismayed when she heard Dudley say that Harry was his cousin.
Dudley could guess about eighty percent of Hermione's thoughts as soon as he looked at her face, it was so obvious that it was almost written on her face. He said, "Miss Rabbit, since you have read so many books, do you know how many colleges there are in the school?"
"Of course, Hogwarts is divided into four houses, which are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, and I wanted to be assigned to Gryffindor, and they all said that it was the best, and I heard that Dumbledore graduated from there, but I don't think Ravenclaw is too bad. ”
"Stop, stop. Dudley quickly stopped Hermione's babbling, otherwise he wouldn't know when he was going to talk.
"Do you know how they sorted us into different houses?" Dudley asked Hermione.
Hermione didn't speak, just shook her head.
Ron said, "I guess it's going to be a test." My brothers told me that it could do a lot of harm, but I think it was a joke because they always lied to me. ”
"It's true. Dudley said with a serious face. "Every year is different," he said, "and supposedly, I mean, I heard, this year is to survive a dragon attack for ten seconds. ”
Dudley looked at Hermione and Ron in shock. Dudley smiled in satisfaction.
Harry still believed it a little, but when he saw Dudley's smile, he instantly realized that he was lying, and he hadn't seen Dudley go out alone all day, how could he find out. Bad old man, bad dripping very.
Hermione stood up a little tremblingly, thinking she should ask someone else about it, or flip through a book to see if there was any magic that could deal with the dragon.
"Walk slowly, Miss Rabbit. Dudley smiled and waved.
After Hermione left, Harry clutched his stomach and laughed, "You're really bad. ”
"What?" Ron hadn't yet reacted from the shock.
"You've been lied to by him. Harry said.
After some explanation, Ron reacted.
Without Hermione's presence, the chat was much more enjoyable.
As they chatted, Dudley looked out the window and realized that it was already dark. He saw mountains and woods under a deep purple sky, and the train seemed to slow down.
"I think. It's time to change into our robes. Dudley said.
They took off their tunics and changed into black robes.
"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.
Harry and Ron's faces turned pale, one clutching his robes in both hands, and the other fidgeting, looking east and west.
The train slowed down and finally stopped. The students pushed and shoved and rushed to the door, and they stood on the platform, Dudley shivering from the cold of the night, and his robes didn't seem to keep warm.
A bright lamp flickered in front of him, and the tall Hagrid was visible in the crowd, and his bearded face smiled, and he shouted, "First year, first-year students, please come here, quick, freshmen, don't be shy, hurry, hurry." ”
"Hello, Harry and Dudley. Hagrid greeted them with a grin.
"Hi, Hagrid. Dudley and Harry greeted Hagrid in unison.
"Wow. Ron looked at the tall Hagrid and let out an exclamation, it must be amazed, Hagrid was so tall.
Hagrid counted the numbers and said, "Come on, the first-year students come with me, they are all following, don't fall behind, watch out for your feet." ”
The group followed Hagrid out of the station and down a steep, narrow path that stumbled along the way. The darkness on both sides of the path makes you shudder.
"Turn this corner and you'll soon see Hogwarts. Hagrid shouted back.
At the end of the narrow path, a black lake suddenly unfolded. On the high hillside on the other side of the lake rises a majestic castle with spires and windows twinkling under the stars.
"No more than four people per boat!" Hagrid exclaimed, pointing to a bunch of small boats parked on the shore.
At first, Dudley and the others followed Hagrid, and they got into a small boat nearby, and Hermione didn't know where to string it out and followed them on.
"Are you all on board?" shouted Hagrid, who had already occupied almost all the seats in a boat by himself, "Alright, go ahead!"
Hagrid's boat walked in front of Mochimi, and the freshmen's boats followed him in a row of four, and the ship moved forward on its own, presumably by casting magic on the ship.