Chapter 076 Final Banquet

"Don't be so reckless next time!" Catherine smiled at him, then looked at Harry and Hermione, their faces immediately flushed.

"I'm not here to save you!" Draco gloated as he looked down at Ron, and Blaise and Pansy standing behind him had equally disdainful expressions.

"Anyway—" Fred rubbed Draco's head vigorously.

"--You kept him from falling into the dog's mouth!" George likewise reached out to ruffle Brace's hair.

When they were about to probe their clutches on the top of the two girls' heads, they were unfortunately caught very "gently" by the two girls, and then their faces began to turn red until a stern voice suddenly sounded.

"You're stealing my patient here!" Madam Pomfrey stood at the entrance of the hallway, glaring angrily at the twins who were holding Ron.

"Oops!" Seeing Madam Pomfrey's angry look, the twins immediately prepared to flee, but they were holding their brother with one hand, and the other hand was grabbed by two girls, and there was no other exit in the hallway, so they couldn't help but think about what to do for a while.

They wanted to think about it, but Madam Pomfrey wouldn't give them time to think about it, and the first-graders saw her swing her wand vigorously, and several white bandages burst out of thin air on the top of the twins' heads, quickly wrapping the three brothers into conjoined mummies.

"Alright, now let's go back to the medical wing." Madam Pomfrey waved her wand again, taking the three "sick numbers" with them, leaving behind a group of stunned first-year students.

"I think," Catherine said, breaking the silence in the hallway, "we should go to dinner." ”

The first-graders all nodded their heads immediately and left the forbidden area and headed for the auditorium.

As the sun went down, the door to the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher's office shook slightly, then it was gently opened, then closed by an invisible hand.

Then there seemed to be an invisible pair of hands in the room, and they began to turn through all the books and handwriting, open all the drawers and cabinets, and carefully search every nook and cranny until they had found everything, and then put everything back in its place.

Finally, the office door was opened and closed again. Even if someone had been here just now, it would not be obvious that the office had just been searched.

After learning about Catherine's background, Harry began to come to her often, after all, his aunt's family had a very bad attitude towards him, even if there was a change before the start of school, it was not as good as an older sister who really cared about him.

Draco was unhappy with this and began to intercept them everywhere, and the result of the two meeting was a quarrel, which soon spread to the two houses, but before the war began to spread, it was always necessary to force a truce due to Catherine's disappearance.

As for Catherine, since Snape decided not to confine them anymore, she began to drag Hermione around Hogwarts, and even flew above the Black Lagoon to tease the little mermaid.

As a girl who was both disciplined and adventurous, Hermione was so happy that she could go crazy without breaking the school rules, and if it wasn't for the last Quidditch match, she would have forgotten that the two weren't from the same house.

In the final Quidditch match, Gryffindor miraculously won 280, so that not only did the two houses score the same score in Quidditch, but Gryffindor also tied for first place with Slytherin in the House Cup with 532 points.

The outcome of the Quidditch Cup could no longer be changed, so everyone thought that Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape should find an opportunity to add points to their own house or deduct points from the other house in order to ensure the final victory of their house.

Unfortunately, from the day of the exams, the two Deans disappeared at the same time, as if they had made an appointment, and Professor McGonagall had made an appearance at Quidditch, while Snape had not even seen a figure. The other two deans and the president also seemed to be busy, and the professorships were often empty until the end-of-year banquet, when all the professors were finally assembled.

"Another year has passed!" Dumbledore said gleefully, "Before I can indulge in these delicacies, I must trouble everyone to listen to an old man's cliché." What a wonderful year it has been! Your little brains must be a little richer than they used to—"

After a lot of nonsense, Dumbledore finally said the point: "Now, as far as I know, we must first have a ceremony to win the House Cup, and the specific scores of each house are as follows: fourth place, Hufflepuff, 330 points; third, Ravenclaw, 426 points; Gryffindor and Slytherin, with 532 points, tied for first place. ”

The Great Hall was silent, and they all wanted to hear what Dumbledore would do next, but they didn't expect Dumbledore to say this.

"This year has been a year of wonder. First, in the first Quidditch match, the Seekers from both houses caught the Golden Snitch at the same time; The two houses then tied for first place with the same score on Quidditch; Today, for the first time in the House Cup at Hogwarts, two houses are tied for first place. What an incredible miracle! Now," Dumbledore waved his wand, "let's celebrate the victory of these two houses!" ”

Gold and red, representing Gryffindor, interlaced with silver and green representing Slytherin, decorate the entire auditorium, just like Christmas. Behind the guest of honour a large banner appeared, and the giant Slytherin serpent was wrapped around the Gryffindor lions, but instead of flaring their teeth and claws, they looked at each other peacefully.

The Great Hall fell silent, and then everyone spoke loudly, and instead of cheering, Slytherin and Gryffindor glared at each other vigorously, and the two Deans were shaking hands awkwardly at the guest of honor.

Catherine snickered at the scene, suspecting that Dumbledore had deliberately taken away the two Headmasters, which led to a rare tie for first place between Slytherin and Gryffindor.

As for the serpent and the lion on the banner, Catherine looked at the Gryffindor table, and Harry happened to be looking at him, could that be talking about them.

Regardless of Catherine's mood, it was definitely not a happy event for the Slytherin and Gryffindor duo, and if it weren't for the fact that they had a holiday the next day, they definitely wouldn't mind a big fight, so the year-end party ended early that night.

But instead of following the others back to the Slytherin common room, Catherine came to the eighth floor in front of a huge stone monster that was extremely ugly.

"I want to see the principal!" Catherine said to the monster, which looked down at her for a moment, then jumped aside, the wall behind it split in half, revealing a spiral staircase, and Catherine stood on it, rising slowly until she saw an oak door.

Catherine knocked on the door, which opened silently, and she entered, and saw a large circular room, the walls of which were covered with portraits of the old headmasters, who seemed to be asleep, but Catherine saw that several of them were secretly opening their eyes to look at her. There was a huge table in the room, and on a shelf behind it sat a tattered, crumpled wizard's hat, the Sorting Hat.

"Good evening!" While Catherine was observing the dozing Sorting Hat, Dumbledore's voice suddenly rang out behind her, "Miss Catherine, is there anything I can do to help you?" ”

Catherine looked back and saw Dumbledore in a blue nightgown embroidered with stars and moons, and then the door behind him that was hidden between the bookshelves.

"Sorry to disturb you, Headmaster." Catherine retracted her gaze and looked at Dumbledore, "I just wanted to ask you something. ”

"It's okay." Dumbledore lifted his hand and pulled a set of tea tables and chairs out of the air, with two cups of hot lemonade and a plate of snacks on the table, "I'm about to enjoy the supper that the house-elves have prepared for me, try these syrup pies, it's my favorite dessert." He sat down and enthusiastically sold Catherine the pastries on his plate.

"Thank you!" Catherine sat down and said politely, "But I'm not in the habit of eating supper." ”

"You should get into this habit," Dumbledore said with a wink of hard effort, "it's good for—"

"Headmaster!" Catherine interrupted him with a smile, "I wonder why Voldemort killed Harry?" ”

The office fell silent for a moment, except for the sound of Phoenix Fawkes fiddling with feathers on the branches.

"Catherine, you should be clear." Dumbledore put the snack plate back on the table, "There are some things that you can only face once you know them. ”

But not knowing doesn't mean that it hasn't happened, and it doesn't mean that you don't need to face it, it just delays the time to face it. In this case, it is better to know earlier so that there is better time to prepare. Catherine smiled, "What do you think, Headmaster?" ”

"That's the case, but—" Dumbledore smiled kindly, "you're just an eleven-year-old, and now is not the time for you to take on these responsibilities." ”

"Rest assured! Professor Dumbledore! Catherine mentally commanded Tracey to conjure, "I know one thing very well: the greatest taboo against the enemy - is to act rashly before being prepared. ”

"You're right," Dumbledore still tried to dissuade, but Tracy suddenly flapped her wings at him, and he changed his words, "Well, I can tell you that Voldemort wanted to kill Harry because of a prophecy. ”

"Prophecy?" Catherine repeated in surprise.

"Yes, a prophecy, a prophecy that happened eleven years ago, before you were born." Dumbledore stood up and walked over to a black cabinet next to the phoenix perch.

"That night, I went to Hogsmeade's Pig's Head Bar to meet an applicant who wanted to be a teacher in a divination class, she was the great-great-granddaughter of a very well-known and highly gifted prophet, so it was also the usual etiquette for me to want to meet her, however, I was disappointed." He removed the latch and took out a light-colored stone basin with ancient characters engraved on the edges.

"It seemed to me that she had not inherited that talent at all, and of course I politely told her that she was not fit for the position, and then I turned and left." He placed the stone basin on the table, "but at that moment, she suddenly uttered a prophecy, a prophecy related to Voldemort. ”