The commotion in the train aisle caught the attention of the students in the surrounding cubicles, and several sliding doors were pulled open, revealing their little heads probing their heads, who looked out to figure out what was going on here.

Pani feigned rage, holding his wand as if shocked by what they had done.

Cassius and Graham apparently didn't think that a Hufflepuff student of their rank could teach them a lesson, but when they saw the polished badge that symbolized their prefectate status, they didn't dare to speak.

According to Hogwarts rules, on this express train without teachers, the prefects do have the power to manage the students.

"You started it first, didn't you? Cassius? ——”

Parney's face was serious, and he tried his best to show a businesslike look, and said word by word to Cassius? Warrington asked.

Cassius didn't say anything, but he wasn't convinced, he glanced at the three Malfoy beside him who didn't say a word, as if to say, let's see, this matter is not over.

God knows what the three of them smoked, and if they didn't stop Eric and the little mudblood, they also started to fight with themselves, and even the three Gryffindor imps next to them got involved for some reason.

Cassius only felt extremely breathless, as if everyone was working against him today.

But everything is not over, and when he arrives at the school, these students from his own academy, he has time to retaliate.

Seeing that Cassius didn't speak, Parney shouted in a loud voice that almost all the students in the aisle cubicle could hear him by opening the door

"Cassius? Warrington...... you guys deduct ten points for Slytherin, and for your own house before the official start of the school year, and I hope Professor Snape won't be mad at you, now- get out of here, go back to your carriage, and a few of you—"

He picked at Malfoy and them again with his wand, and the three of them nodded with a low brow, and slipped away, and Cassius didn't seem to be able to get down, and glared at Parney fiercely, as if to say I remember you.

Then, holding on to the leg that was no longer bleeding but still unable to straighten, he waved his hand at his best friend and the trembling Archibald followed, and disappeared at the end of the carriage.

"Are you all right, Harry?"

Pani asked as he squatted down in a tone that matched Cedric's attitude.

"Phew—we're fine, Seid, thank you—"

Harry thanked Pani as he tossed away the scattered boxes.

"Malfoy's madman, he's crazy!"

Ron threw a tattered change of clothes aside, looking angry, who was sitting in the carriage well, and suddenly encountered such a thing and had to get angry, half of Ron's face was red, it was not angry, it was someone who was stuck in the neck just now and didn't slow down.

"You're not doing much better—what the hell, a wizard doesn't even use your wand."

Hermione frowned and complained as she helped them clean up, more because these two people didn't know to cooperate with her just now, otherwise she would have used magic to separate them.

"Alright guys—I'll have to go to the front compartment and talk to the other prefects about this—"

Ning An pecked at Pani's ear and motioned for him to go, since Malfoy had already gotten the map, there was nothing to do with them here.

"Well, of course—Seid, oh, when did you get a bird—"

Harry stood up to thank Cedric, and then saw Ning An standing on his shoulder.

Parney shook Harry's hand, a big smile on his handsome face, and said casually

"Not so long ago, very clever raven, well, no more ado—Harry, goodbye to our school."

"Well, goodbye—Seid."

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The train traveled in the rain, and after attending a prefect meeting in the first carriage and explaining the punishment of the three Cassius and the other prefects of the house, Pani found an empty cubicle to finally get some rest.

He didn't want to go back and stay with Cedric, the atmosphere was so awkward, maybe he should apologize to Cedric because he messed it up, and Cedric's impression of Cedric might have changed a lot.

"I remember—"

Ning An jumped on the dark brown tabletop and let out an exclamation from the bird's beak.

A small dim lamp was lit on the table, and Pani had to turn it on as the overcast sky outside the window continued to rain and rain and make the day seem like night.

"Remember?"

He rubbed his forehead, he was really tired from pretending to be Cedric and discussing with the prefects, the Hufflepuff female prefects leaned on him vigorously, and the two Slytherin prefects had a slugging face, as if they were deducting points for Slytherin for themselves.

"Dominica? Volcker—"

Ning An exclaimed in a low voice, fortunately there was no one else in the compartment, otherwise it must have been very strange to see a raven talking.

"A familiar name." Pani rested his arms on the table, half-lying on his stomach and recalled.

"Slytherin House, a Muggle-born wizard—and a member of Serpent Letter."

"Remember, the two students who ran away at the beginning?"

As soon as Ning An mentioned Muggle origins, Parney immediately remembered that he was in the seventh grade at the time, and he also had a deep impression of the boy, a cowardly child, who seemed to be unfamiliar with all the world around him, but there was still expectation in his small eyes.

Later, he was treated quite cruelly, until Ning An asked him to join Snake Letter, and Pani was also interested in Ning An's approach back then, which greatly deepened his interest in Snake Letter, which can be regarded as one of the inducements for Pani to join later.

Memories are like ribbons that are linked together, and when one clip is pulled, the other effects begin to be repeated one after another.

The boy next to Dominic was also remembered by Ning An - Eric? Hohenzollern, Ning An remembered that he didn't seem to be British, and he didn't speak English fluently when he was in the first grade, and he didn't know how it was now.

These two people should have impressed Ning An, but the only thing he cared about at the beginning was the resurrection of Calidora, so he ignored many members who joined the snake letter, and now that he thinks about this relationship, what happened between these two people and Cassius, Ning An almost already knows in his heart.

Maybe Malfoy knew better, but Ning An wasn't going to ask now.

When the train arrived, the torrential rain did not stop, and the rain poured down on each of the students, drenching their freshly changed robes, and Pani used a waterproof spell on his clothes, but there was no way on his head, and the rain poured mercilessly on his hair and cheeks.

"Hurry up, Seid!"

His friend Stabins, who was already drenched in the rain, hurried him to the hundred or so undrawn carriages parked outside the station.

Ning An hid in the pocket of Pani's robe, and saw Thestrals bolted to the front of the carriage, these wonderful creatures with dragon heads and horse bodies and bat wings always gave him a familiar feeling after Ning An went to the Hades Castle.

Then Pani and Stabins, along with the other two Hufflepuff boys, trotted into the carriage, and the torrential rain was finally relieved under the cover of the carriage, and Stabins winked at Parney and asked:

"I thought you'd get into the Ravenclaw carriage—"

Parney chuckled, not letting the conversation continue, dealing with a few people along the way, and finally through the gates with boar sculptures on either side, and down the wide driveway, they stopped under the stone steps of the two oak gates.

The four of them hurried out of the carriage, and many of the students used their duffel bags to block their heads, trying in vain to keep out the rain, but the wind had already blown the raindrops all over the sky, and they were coming from all directions, and the only thing Pani could do was to climb the stone steps as fast as he could, into the cavernous depths of the foyer.

Torches lit in the hall, Pani shook his head vigorously, shaking the water everywhere, Ning An also jumped out of his pocket, stood on Pani's shoulder to shake off the rain-soaked feathers, and several people climbed the stairs, mixed with the large army of students, and walked through the foyer.

Walking out of the long tunnel-like foyer, through a tall quaint wooden door that opened on both sides, the splendid auditorium appeared in the eyes of all the students, and Pani took a deep breath, the last time he stood in this auditorium was a year ago.

Ning An also looked at the auditorium in Pani's pocket with emotion, which had been carefully arranged for the banquet of the new semester, countless candles floating above the table, and the golden plates and goblets below were shining brightly.

Many of the students who had come first were already sitting at the long tables in their respective colleges, chattering about their holiday experiences or whatever, filling the auditorium with a lively, cheerful atmosphere, as if the Christmas feast was coming.

The faculty and staff sat on the other side, facing their students, and Parney walked to the Hufflepuff table, having been at Hogwarts for seven years, the first time he had sat at a table at another house at an opening party, which was a very novel experience indeed.

Ning An couldn't help but look up and down with the little eyes of the raven, and I had to say that the atmosphere at the Hufflepuff table was very different from that of Slytherin.

As Parney walked past the long table, he was greeted by a steady stream of people, most of them junior students, who looked at the prefect with respect.

Stabins walked beside him with a look of pride, and the two of them came to the front and sat down next to a fat ghost dressed in monk's robes.

"Oh, Cedric - hello, it's a new semester, huh?"

He greeted cheerfully, in a very kind tone, this was the ghost fat friar of Hufflepuff.

Pani smiled and greeted him as well, and then sat down at the table, which was filled with clean empty plates, and there were many things to do before the feast began, such as the sorting ceremony, the principal's opening speech—after which there would be a hearty meal on the plate.

Because of the commotion in the carriage, Parney had missed a snack and was now cooing alone with hunger, but he could only endure it, and perhaps the only consolation was that Dumbledore's speech was always very brief.

Ning An is okay, after Animagus transformed, his food consumption seemed to have decreased due to his size, and he was looking at the entire castle with interest at the moment, this is where his magic journey began, I believe that for every wizard, there is an unusual meaning.

He looked at the Slytherin table, where he had met Daphne at first sight, and there were many Slytherin students chatting together, but they could vaguely see that they were divided into small groups.

Ning An jumped out of Pani's pocket and onto the table, everyone was chatting with each other, no one was paying attention to him, he searched for Eric and Dominic, and finally saw them at the very end of the Slytherin table.

Dominic and Eric seemed to have just entered, still wiping the rain from their heads with towels, and surrounded by a few Slytherin students about their age, Ning An gradually remembered that they were all members of the Serpent Letter, and one of the girls caught Ning An's attention.

She has smooth blonde hair hanging down her waist, and a pair of blue eyes on her tall nose, even if she is so far away, she seems to be able to see the glitter in her eyes, and Ning An's best friend, Daphne? Greengrass is like it.

With a wry smile, Ning An immediately guessed who it was, Astoria? Greengrass, Daphne's younger sister, one year younger than Nim'an, told Astoria when she was in school, warning her not to join the Serpent's Letter.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she and Daphne left Hogwarts, she would be mixed with the people of the snake letter, and now I am afraid that she has already been one of them, Ning An doesn't know if Daphne knows about this, and what kind of mood she will feel if she knows.

He shifted his gaze to the faculty desk, where the head of Hufflepuff, the stocky witch, and Professor Sprout were sitting next to Professor Flitwick, Charms, and on the other side, Professor Sinista, talking happily.

A few strands of her gray hair peeked out from under the thick hat full of patches, and Ning An remembered every class in the First Greenhouse, thanks to her, the accumulation of knowledge in herbology made Ning An more handy in Snape's Potions class, and she was praised by Snape many times for this.

Thinking of Snape, Ning An looked sideways, and he sat next to Professor Sinista, his sallow cheeks seemed to be much darker than before, gloomy, with an upturned hooked nose, and black greasy hair lying straight behind his head, he was emaciated, and he sat there alone, not talking to anyone around him.

At this time, the door of the auditorium opened, and under the leadership of Professor McGonagall, a long line of freshmen lined up, full of curiosity and walked in from the outside, they were like a group of chickens in soup, I don't know if they had fallen into the water en masse when they were passing through the Black Lake in a boat, and almost everyone was soaking wet.

"Hmm- it's finally here, I'm starving, hurry up, Sorting Hat, hurry up and finish your work-"

Pani leaned down slightly, approached Ning An and muttered a few words in his ear, in exchange for Ning An's big white eyes.