Chapter 222: Stepping on the Train
That night, the scar on Harry's forehead continued to ache, his stomach churned, as if something was about to burst out, he repeatedly dreamed that he was alone, in a dark hallway, locked doors, and then suddenly pushed open, and Ron and Hermione ran out, shouting at him:
"Hey, look, Harry—we're prefects now!" The bright red badge shone brightly on the chests of the two.
"Don't!" Harry sat up in a convulsion, sweat soaking his back, his scar still aching, it was almost dawn outside the window, Ron was still asleep, he got up and got dressed, and sat back down peacefully in bed/shang.
"Don't think about it." He said to himself that Poole was curled up in Harry's clothes and asleep, and that he had to be his own chat partner.
"The first sign of madness is talking to your head." In a blank canvas on the wall, a mysterious voice said.
The house was full of these kinds of things, Harry ignored him, swept the prefects and Dumbledore out of his mind, Harry sorted out his suitcase, packed the school robes, and put on his soft-soled sneakers, he comforted himself that at least he could go back to Hogwarts.
"Why did you wake up so early...... Ron sleepily got up from the bed/shang and looked out the window, "Hmm...... It's really dawning......" he said as he reluctantly climbed off the bed/shang.
"It's right to wake up early, Harry, otherwise Mom would probably say we couldn't catch the train, and no one would want her to lose her temper over this."
Time seemed to speed up from this moment on, and the whole house woke up little by little, and Harry heard a chaotic sound outside the door, as if the twins had enchanted their chests so that they could fly downstairs, but they hit Ginny, and Mrs. Weasley's roar and Mrs. Black's hoarse screams were heard in the foyer.
Harry tiredly pushed open the door and dragged his luggage out to Ron's surprised gaze, Hedwig squinting in the cage, as if she hadn't woken up yet.
"Good morning, lads!" When Harry went downstairs, he happened to see the twins tiptoeing downstairs, as if to avoid being discovered by Mrs. Weasley, but Moody stopped them at the top of the stairs first, and said in a rough voice:
"We may not be able to go now, Stoicjee? Podmore hasn't come yet, we can't go, there's one less guard. ”
"Guards?" Harry said, "You're saying we need guards to get to King's Cross Station?" ”
"No, no, kid—" Moody rolled his magic eye, pacing up and down the stairs restlessly, "you need guards, to be exact. ”
Harry didn't have time to say anything when Mrs. Weasley's roar drowned out Mrs. Black's screams in the hall, "What are you guys grinding about!" Please—get me down! ”
Harry hurriedly dragged the box down, the shaking cage waking Hedwig awake, flapping its wings and chirping angrily, and the whole house was in chaos.
"Oh my God, we've got to go, or we're going to miss the train, don't worry about Sdogie—" Mrs. Weasley shouted to Moody, and the Mad-Eye complained about Stoic's breach of contract, and was worried about the safety of the missing guard, Harry.
Harry didn't get involved in their argument, and this meticulous and patient protection even made him impatient, why when he was really in trouble, none of the guards who protected him showed up, although Lupin later explained to him that those who were protecting him were knocked unconscious, so he would be attacked at night in Little Whinging, and he was forced to deal with this mess alone.
But Harry didn't want to think about it anymore, someone would always jump out and say that I was for your good, and Voldemort was lurking and waiting for the right time, would he jump out from behind a dustbin and poison himself in a moment?
"Alright, alright, let's go—" Mrs. Weasley beckoned the twins out the door, helping Harry step over the large and small boxes piled up in the foyer, and a large black dog followed behind Harry.
"Oh, for God's sake, Sirius ......" Mrs. Weasley sighed helplessly, "Dumbledore said it won't work......" But the big dog just looked at him, his eyes wandering between Mrs. Weasley and Harry, and finally Mrs. Weasley could only say in despair:
"Well, honestly...... Well, you're responsible for the consequences! ”
The three of them walked out of the door, breathing in the fresh air of the month for the first time in the faint September sun, the door slamming behind them, Harry and Sirius running merrily, Mrs. Weasley trying to take a step and remind them to slow down.
Tonks, disguised as an old lady, pretended to greet Mrs. Weasley on a street corner, and then enthusiastically joined in, Harry laughed and watched Sirius chase his tail, he must have been suffocated after not going out for so long, Mrs. Weasley couldn't help but purse her lips when she saw Sirius like this, her expression was reminiscent of Aunt Penny.
They walked for more than twenty minutes to King's Cross Station, and nothing major happened along the way, and Moody's worries seemed to Harry to be meaningless, and when they entered the station, they pretended to wander the wall between the two platforms of the ninth and tenth stations, and waited until there was no one in the four corners, and then leaned against the wall one by one, and crossed over to the nine and three-quarters platform without noticing.
The Hogwarts Express stopped as always, spewing black steam, and the platform was crowded with students and their families who were saying goodbye, and Harry breathed in the familiar smell and felt like he wanted to fly, he really wanted to go back to school......
"Look what it is—" Tonks looked around curiously, and soon she found an unusual spot on the platform, and following the direction of his finger, Harry saw a dense crowd of human heads gathered together, as if a large family with a very large population was saying goodbye.
"Why didn't you see Hermione?" Harry asked suddenly, which made Mrs. Weasley feel guilty, and she bowed her head, "Dumbledore said we shouldn't invite her for a while—"
But immediately she tried to change the subject,
"I wish someone else would come in time, the car is about to leave."
Her expression was very anxious, saying that she was not in a hurry at all, that it was impossible, and it was only when she saw Moody, wearing a porter's hat and pushing a trolley full of suitcases, limping through the arch that Mrs. Weasley breathed a sigh of relief.
Harry went to collect his luggage, and at about the same time, Mr. Weasley showed up at the booth with Ron and Ginny, and they took the luggage off the Moody's luggage cart, and when they were about to finish moving, the twins Fred and George arrived with Lupin.
"You didn't get into any trouble, did you?" Moody asked in a gruff voice.
"Everything works." "No one is following," Lupin said. ”
"I'm going to complain to Dumbledore, Stoic is too unreliable......" Moody was halfway through his sentence when he was interrupted by Tonks pulling his arm, "Look—" Tonks said excitedly, pointing to the other side of the platform.
Harry had seen it too, and it was a group of wizards in crimson robes that were clearly not Hogwarts uniforms, as evidenced by the chatter from the students who were watching them.
"What's that?" Ron leaned over and asked, confused.
Harry watched one after another red-robed wizards walk into the carriage and shook his head, he didn't know who those people were, although there weren't many of them, but there wasn't a single familiar face, no, familiar faces were behind-
"Malfoy?" He almost shouted, which attracted Lupin and Sirius, and everyone looked at it.
"Lucius's son?" Moody scolded in a disdainful voice: "The son born of a mouse can only be a mouse forever, hiding his head and showing his tail......"
"Why did Malfoy wear clothes like that?" Harry wondered, but soon he saw someone even more incredulous
"Ning'an!?"
A large black dog stood on its two hind legs, resting its front paws on Harry's shoulders so that he could see in the distance.
"Oh, for God's sake, Sirius! What are you doing! You have to act like a real dog! Mrs. Weasley whispered in despair, but unfortunately Sirius did not come down, but watched Ning An's footsteps disappear into the carriage, in fact, almost no one noticed Sirius at this time, everyone was looking at the group of wizards in the car.
"They're from Durmstrang?" Lupin frowned, rubbed his chin with his right hand and said, "Why do Durmstrang students take the express train to Hogwarts?" ”
"No, Malfoy is a Hogwarts student!" Harry tried to correct Lupin's mistake, but Tonks pouted, pointed to the pattern on the back of the robe, and said:
"That's Durmstrang's badge, it's Durmstrand's students, and their headmaster is still in there—as for why Malfoy is in it," Tonks looked at Harry, "maybe he's not a Hogwarts student anymore?" ”
The whistle sounded to remind everyone to get on the train, and the students standing on the platform began to hurry to board the train, and Lupin, Moody, and Weasley all frowned, as if something was in trouble.
"Hurry up and get in the car, hurry up anyway - it doesn't matter if he's Durmstrang or something"
Mrs. Weasley said distraughtly, hugging everyone, grabbing Harry and hugging him vigorously, "Take care...... Harry...... Be extra careful this semester...... If we forget something, we'll send someone to pick it up......"
Harry leaned out of the open window, Ron and Ginny were waving their hands out of the window, looking at the serious expressions on the faces of Lupin and Moody, Harry vaguely felt that this semester would be dangerous, as Mrs. Weasley said, whether it was Durmstrang students or the resurrected Voldemort, it was an unspeakable concern.
The train started, Sirius ran the platform, and a big black dog ran through the window, causing the people who passed by the platform to laugh, and then the train turned a corner, and Sirius was gone.
"Poor man, I haven't seen the sun in months." Ron pulled his head back from the window and sighed.
"Well," Harry looked aimlessly at the whirring house outside the window, standing in place, "shall we go find a private room?" He asked.
"Ah......h ”
"Oh, good." Harry said, "Okay, then you can go." ”
"Uh-I-" Ron glanced at Harry with a look of trepidation, "I really don't want to go, but—but I have to- I mean, you know I'm not Percy-"
"Alright, Ron." Harry grinned, "I know you're not, so go ahead." ”
Seeing Ron dragging the box and carrying the piglet's cage towards the locomotive, Harry was stunned for a long time, the train car was still shaking, Harry was afraid that Hermione would come out from behind the door on the other side after a while, and then told him casually, "Hey, Harry, I'm glad to see you again, but I'm going to go to the prefects' lounge at the front of the car now-"
"Let's go," said Ginny, who was gladly speaking, "and if we hurry, we might be able to get a seat for him or something." ”
"Alright," Harry lifted Hedwig's cage in one hand and his suitcase in the other, straightened his stomach, felt the pit viper still in his clothes, and made his way to the other side of the aisle, the glass doors on both sides were almost full, and Harry saw several explosions of red-robed wizards, all of whom seemed to be students from Durmstran.
Why did Durmstrang students come back to Hogwarts? Harry frowned, this must have something to do with Ning An, what kind of secret deal did he make with Dumbledore? Harry was almost immediately convinced that it must be the case, but why did Dumbledore do it, didn't he know that it was Nimman who brought Voldemort back to life?
Harry hurried to stop his madness to avoid the idea that Dumbledore was in league with Voldemort.
Another thing that embarrassed him was that as he passed by the glass window, many people were staring at him with great interest, and several of them even poked the people sitting next to him with their elbows and pointed at him.
It was then that he remembered that the Daily Prophet had spent the whole summer telling readers what a liar, showman-like man he was.
Give him a poisonous spell and get sores on his mouth.
After looking at a junior boy and gesturing at Harry with a mocking and disdainful smile, Harry felt as if a voice was urging him.
Put a spell on him and teach this little guy what it means to respect others.
Harry stopped in front of the car door and stared at the student who was laughing at him.
"Harry?" Ginny's call suddenly brought Harry back to his senses, and he turned his head as if he had just lifted his head from the basin, and the whole world became a blur.
"Yes, let's go." He shook his head, put his thoughts aside, and walked with Ginny towards the back carriage.