Chapter 1 It's Back to School!
The new semester has started again, and Zhang Hao finally got on the Hogwarts train again.
He was actually very reluctant to take the train, but once a year (except for the beginning of the school year, almost all of them were transferred to the Forbidden Forest Phantom Shift), and the forbearance passed.
The train was moving fast, the sky was overcast, and torrential rain could fall from the sky at any moment.
Compared to this weather, the atmosphere in the box is much better.
"Did you hear?" Draco said with a mysterious expression, "This year's Defence Against the Dark Arts professor has a very special person. β
"Who?" asked Pansy, curiously, "is a wizard we know?"
Zhang Hao and Daphne were indifferent to this, one of them quietly looked out the window, and the other held a book to study with peace of mind, which was really indifferent.
Draco gave them a disgruntled look, and said with a sigh of relief, "It's Mad Eye Moody, the madman who likes to catch dark wizards." I heard that he is really going crazy, and even looks like a dark wizard to everyone. β
"So it's him?" Pansy said uneasily, "that's a problem, he hates the Dark Wizard so much, and maybe he'll target us Slytherins then." β
"You're right, I think so. Draco said suddenly, "But some of us don't need to worry at all, some of us have even called him the next White Lord." I guess Mad-Eye Moody, no matter how crazy he is, won't he get in trouble with someone, right?"
Zhang Hao finally made a move, he turned to Draco and said, "Why are you talking so yin and yang, I haven't provoked you for a long time." Do you want to have nothing to do again?"
"You want to talk about evidence, I'm just talking about someone, but I don't say that that person is you. Draco said slyly and sincerely, "I know you're unreasonable, trust me, I really don't mean to stir things up." β
Pansy pursed her lips disdainfully, cowardice is cowardice, is it useful to whitewash?
"Since you say so, then I'll let you go this time. Zhang Hao shrugged his shoulders and said, "Actually, I don't want to play too childish games today, otherwise you won't be able to avoid this catastrophe by saying anything." β
Draco rolled his eyes, he knew in his heart that what Zhang Hao said was serious, but it wouldn't actually hurt him at all.
But what's there to be afraid of losing some face?
In the past three years, he has lost face a long time ago, okay?
"There's one more thing you don't know," he said, turning the conversation around and nervously saying, "The Triwizard Tournament, which has been suspended for many years, may be restarting this year!"
"Triwizard Tournament?"
Pansy was surprised and said, "Is it the Triwizard Tournament that killed a lot of people?"
Daphne also put away her books, and everyone was chatting so happily that she couldn't read quietly.
"yes, what other Triwizard Tournament is there?" Draco nodded, and then said to Zhang Hao, "Why aren't you surprised at all?
Zhang Hao spread his hands and said boringly, "You still know, how can this kind of thing be hidden from me?"
"Will you two participate?" Pansy looked at Zhang Hao, then at Draco, and asked expectantly, "The Triwizard Tournament is one of the highest honors, will you fight for it?"
Draco nodded, then shook his head again, "I'm afraid we won't be able to participate, I heard my dad say that this year's Triwizard Tournament has an age limit, and they have made a lot of protective measures, wizards under the age of seventeen are not allowed to participate at all." β
"It's a lot safer, it's a pity!" Pansy said regretfully, "The Triwizard Tournament is only held once in five years, and if you miss this one, you won't have a chance to participate." β
Zhang Hao also felt a little regretful, although the Triwizard Tournament was the same as pediatrics for him, but wasn't the abuse game just as refreshing?
Well, if you don't let you participate, you won't be allowed to participate, isn't it just an adventure game?
Draco was also a little unhappy, not to mention whether it was possible to win the championship, at least the qualification to participate should not be deprived, right?
How uncomfortable it is to not be able to participate in a rare event!
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Draco shook his head, and suddenly gloated, "You all know what happened at the Quidditch World Cup, right? Potter's idiot was actually stolen from his wand, and the man who stole the wand used his wand to perform a skeleton reappearance. You don't know that he was almost taken as a murderer!"
Zhang Hao was stunned and asked in surprise, "How did you know about this?"
"Don't you want to see who my dad is?" Draco said smugly, "Potter, that idiot, got caught with the croage elves. The elf, named Twinkle, had Potter's wand in his hand, but that wand did reappear - the Ministry of Magic officials used the flashback spell on the wand on the spot. It's complicated, isn't it? If it weren't for someone helping Potter, he wouldn't have been able to get out of it with his stupid mouth. β
Zhang Hao nodded, what Draco said was indeed good.
With Harry's heart and wisdom, it is indeed possible to be blind when encountering that kind of thing.
"You've said so much, I still don't know who put the Dark Mark there. Pansy frowned and said, "Who put the Dark Mark there, doesn't the Ministry of Magic have the slightest clue?"
Draco shook his head, spreading his hands, "They really didn't find any clues, and in the end they had to blame it on some Death Eater who didn't get to justice." β
Zhang Hao smiled secretly in his heart: "Death Eaters who have never been brought to justice, isn't your father one of them?"
At this point, he already understood the whole story of the Quidditch World Cup Dark Magic Mark incident.
There is no doubt that the issue of the Dark Mark alone is purely accidental.
Barty Crouch Jr. planned to escape, taking advantage of Harry's unpreparedness, stealing Harry's wand, and then unleashing the Dark Mark while he was not looking.
Oh, maybe he cast a spell on Twilight to explain why he wasn't exposed.
"There's one more thing that's a bit of a pity," Draco said like a hundred Xiaosheng, and broke the news again, "Yesterday...... Just yesterday, someone sneaked into the yard of Mad-Eye Moody. The infiltrator touched a cursed trash can, which was still spewing out garbage when the Muggle police went. β
"Who's going to sneak into his yard?" Pansy said incomprehensibly, "He cast a spell on the Muggle trash can? would it break some laws, wouldn't it? Didn't the Ministry of Magic punish him?"
"Of course, how could it not be punished?" Draco said regretfully, "If it weren't for the red-haired stupid dad, Mad-Eye Moody probably wouldn't have been able to teach at Hogwarts." β
The red-haired dumb was one of Ron's nicknames, and Draco often called him behind his back.
Zhang Hao frowned and thought for a moment, seeming to ...... Things are going in the direction of the original book again?
It's a bit unusual for someone to sneak into Mad-Eyed Moody's house!
It is undeniable that Mad Eye Moody has indeed accumulated a lot of enemies because of his perennial capture of dark wizards.
But those enemies don't have the courage to come to their door to get revengeβif they were, I'm afraid no one in the wizarding world would dare to kill the Aurors.
If it wasn't the work of ordinary dark wizards, who would have the guts to attack Moody?
Zhang Hao instantly thought of Barty Crouch Jr., I'm afraid only this guy is so crazy.
After all, in the original book, he pretended to be Moody and became a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor for nearly a year.
"Hey, we'll have fun again, what will be the expression of Barty Crouch Jr. if I make Barty Crouch Jr. look like him at a banquet?"
As for maintaining the original plot?
It is impossible to maintain the original plot while maintaining the original plot, and it is impossible to maintain the original plot in this life.
This world is already many times more complex than the original plot, and it probably doesn't make much sense to maintain the original plot.
Blindly believing in the original plot, maybe even yourself will be misled in the end.
Zhang Hao thought about it for a while and had already decided what to do later.
......
In the evening, the Hogwarts train finally arrives at its end.
It was raining heavily, and many of the little wizards were drenched.
The most pitiful of all are the first-year students, who have to ferry across the Black Lake in this weather.
When Zhang Hao and his party arrived at the castle in the Thestrals, Draco was soaking wet.
"What's the matter with you?" he shivered coldly, looked at Zhang Hao and the three of them in surprise, and said puzzledly, "Why aren't you drenched in the rain?"
Pansy and Daphne hadn't noticed this yet, and they were both dazed.
"Should we be drenched in the rain?" Zhang Hao said innocently, "We are all wizards, so a little rain can drench us, isn't that magic learned in vain?"
Draco opened his mouth and said incredulously, "You mean, I learned fake magic?"
Zhang Hao spread his hands and didn't answer, he wouldn't tell Draco the truth about the matter, then Draco would definitely collapse!
Daphne and Pansy looked at each other, as if they had thought of something.
They vaguely remembered that when the heavy rain fell on them before, they seemed to have bypassed it automatically, but they didn't pay attention to it - everyone was busy drilling into the warm place!
They stood in the foyer, waiting in line to enter the hall.
Suddenly, a large red balloon filled with water fell from the sky, and it exploded above Ron's head, splashing everywhere.
Daphne was also affected, and even Zhang Hao was almost splashed by ice water.
He calmly looked at the ghost in the red hat, it was Peeves!
People panicked, furious, and tried to tear Peeves apart - but that couldn't be done!
Everyone knows that even a basilisk can't kill ghosts!
Peeves laughed uncontrollably as he pulled out another balloon filled with water and aimed it at other targets.
Zhang Hao stared at Peeves, exhaled, and then inhaled deeply.
The people around him didn't feel anything, only Peeves, whose frightened struggles were useless.
As Zhang Hao inhaled, the Peeves slowly floated towards Zhang Hao as if he was being swept by a hurricane.
"......Ahh You devil let go of me!" Peeves said in a panic, "What are you going to do? Let me go!
People don't know, no one knows where Peeves is talking about.
Professor McGonagall was about to scold Peeves when she was shocked to see this.
She slipped and nearly fell to the ground.
At the critical moment, fortunately, she grabbed Hermione's neck.
"Sorry, Miss Granger!"
"It's okay, Professor!" Hermione said, rubbing her neck, gasping for air.
Professor McGonagall couldn't care about Hermione, because Peeves had already been sucked into Zhang Hao's mouth, and it seemed that he was going to be swallowed in the next moment!
Peeves is not skinny at all now, he is like a helpless child.
"Mr. Zhang Hao, let him go!" Professor McGonagall didn't know what would happen to Peeves if she continued, but she was sure it wouldn't end well.
Zhang Hao turned from sucking to spitting, like a high-power fan, blowing Peeves to the ceiling in one fell swoop!
He warned, "There will be a next time, never to be reborn!"
Peeves was about to say something, but when he heard this, he quickly fled through the ceiling without a trace.
People were amazed, only the bloody Barrow could subdue Peeves, and now there was one more - and it seemed that Peeves would have to take a detour when he saw Zhang Hao in the future.
Professor McGonagall stared at Zhang Hao for a moment, stunned to see through what magic he was using.
"Let's get in! there's a lot going on today...... Get in!" she waved her hand and instructed the students to enter the auditorium.
When everyone was seated, she went to pick up the first-year students.
Zhang Hao was surprised to find that there was one more person in the professor's chair that he didn't expect.
Without waiting for him to think about it, the first-year students entered.
Oh! An unfortunate ghost fell into the lake, but he was blessed by the fact that he put on Hagrid's coat.
Next, of course, it was time for the sorting ceremony that people were looking forward to.
The new students were as nervous as ever, for fear of being assigned to a house they didn't like.
But it wasn't up to them, not everyone's thoughts could influence the Sorting Hat.
During the sorting ceremony, many people didn't care who was in which house, they only cared about when they could have a hot meal.
The sorting house ended, and Dumbledore routinely conjured up food.
He said succinctly: "There are only two words to say to you, let's eat!"
So, everyone began to eat and drink.
After a long time, the last dessert on the table was swept away, and the crumbs of seniority disappeared, and everything was back to normal.
Although some people are still unsatisfied, they are destined to be unsatisfied.
Dumbledore stood up again, and the humming of the hall suddenly stopped, and only the howling of the wind and the splashing of rain could be heard.
"Alright!" said Dumbledore, smiling, "Now that we're all well fed, I must make a few announcements to you. β
"Mr. Filch, the caretaker, wants me to tell you that there are a few more items that are forbidden in the castle this year. They are the Screaming Boumam, the Wolf Tooth Saucer, and the Combo Boomerang...... The whole list of about four hundred and thirty-seven items can be seen in Mr. Filch's office, and those interested can check it. β
Speaking of this, the corners of Old Deng's mouth twitched obviously.
Zhang Hao suspected that the old man actually liked those strange gadgets, so it was a pity that those gadgets were banned?
Dumbledore repeated the old rules of the past, and then solemnly announced, "I would like to regret to inform you that there will be no House Cup Quidditch this year." β
As soon as these words came out, all kinds of discussions instantly sounded in the audience.
Insiders all seemed very calm, such as Zhang Hao and Draco.
Dumbledore gasped, "This is because a big event is going to start in October and will continue throughout the school year, taking up a lot of the teachers' time and energy - but I'm sure you'll all have a lot of fun doing it." I'm so pleased to announce that this year's Hogwartsβ"
At this moment, a deafening thunder sounded outside......
The door to the auditorium was also slammed open!
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