Chapter 17: Halloween!
On Halloween Eve, students woke up early in the morning to smell the sweet and enticing smell of roasted pumpkin wafting through the hallway. Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in his magic class. He thought they could start making objects fly.
Ever since they saw Professor Flitwick flying Neville's toad around the classroom, the students had been eager to try this skill. Professor Flitwick divided the class into teams of two to begin the training.
Harry's partner is Seamus. Finigan. And Ron, who wants to talk to Hermione. Granger worked together. It's hard to tell who was more annoyed, Ron or Hermione. Hermione hadn't spoken to the two of them since the day Harry's broomstick arrived.
Seeing Ron and Hermione being assigned together, Liu Jiecao and his friends were unhappy. Not only Liu Jiecao, but even other Lori, since establishing some friendship with Hermione, after knowing the ending in the original plot, also wanted to change the future of Hermione and Ron together, after all, that ending was too pitiful.
Well, I want to say here that Liu Jiecao and his friends, in groups of two and two, were not assigned to outsiders to combine with themselves.
"Well, don't forget that subtle wrist movement we've been training on!" Professor Flitwick stood on top of his pile of books as usual and shrieked. "Shake and shake, remember, shake and shake. It's also important to pronounce the spell - don't forget the wizard Barufeo, who said the 'f' to the 's' and found himself lying on the floor with a bison standing on his chest. ”
Regarding the "f" and "s" in Professor Flitwick's mouth, Liu Jiecao said that they are just pinyin pronunciation, not English. Because this is the world he created, it is common practice for all the world to use Chinese.
It's not easy to do. Harry and Seamus shook and shook and shook and did over and over again. But the feathers that should have been sent into the air by them still lay motionless on the floor. In a fit of rage, Seamus stabbed his wand at the feather, which caught fire - Harry had to use his hat to extinguish the fire.
Ron, who was at the other table, didn't seem to be much better.
"Yuga Dim Leviosa!" He shouted, waving his two long arms like a windmill.
"You're wrong." Hermione said unceremoniously, "It's Feather Plus and Dimlevy-O-Sa, and the word 'plus' should be long and clear." ”
"Since you're so clever, you might as well give it a try." Ron snarled.
Hermione rolled up her sleeves, waved her wand, and said, "Yuga Dim Leviosa!" ”
Their feather rose from the table. Hanging four feet above their heads.
"Oh, well done!" Professor Flitwick clasped his hands and shouted, "Look, Miss Granger has made it!" ”
By the time the class was about to end, Ron's mood was extremely bad.
"No wonder everyone can't stand her." He told Harry that they were struggling through the crowded corridors, "Honestly, she was a nightmare." ”
Someone bumped Harry and hurried past them. It's Hermione. Harry caught a glimpse of her face—he was surprised to see her shed tears.
"I think she heard you."
"So what?" Ron said. But there was also a hint of unease. "She must have noticed, she doesn't have any friends."
Liu Jiecao, who was standing beside them, said in his heart that what Ron said might not be wrong. Hermione did not have any friends, and even the Lolitas acted with Hermione based on a vexatious psychology that tolerated children.
But. Because Ron never knew how Hermione was, he didn't know that Hermione and Liu Jiecao often acted together with the little lolias around him, otherwise he might not have said that again.
Actually, it doesn't matter how Hermione is. The point is that Ron's bad character also manifested itself during this period.
Hermione may have a terrible personality, but how good was Ron?
At least, Hermione at least helped Ron correct the pronunciation of the spell during class. And instead of reflecting after Ron's failure, he blamed Hermione, and became jealous after Hermione's success.
Although this kind of behavior seems common for children, Liu Jiecao still doesn't like Ron. Compared to Hermione, who was self-motivated, Ron's bad temper didn't mean anything.
The important thing is that Hermione is crying now, and Liu Jiecao doesn't know whether to comfort her now, or go with the flow and let that plot happen as it was in the original plot.
After thinking about it, Liu Jiecao sighed helplessly, that incident really let it continue to happen. The formation of the trio is an important event in the world of Harry Potter, and it is best not to interrupt it well.
And Hermione really grew up because of this incident, and since then she has changed a lot from the past, making others more accepting of her and liking her.
For the sake of Hermione's growth, Liu Jiecao can't do superfluous things.
It's just that...... Liu Jiecao sneered in his heart, although the plot cannot be changed, but there can be no more Ron in the selection of people to rescue Hermione.
It was also because of that time that Hermione had a crush on Harry and Ron, coupled with the accumulation of happy enemies, and finally Hermione and Ron came together.
As for Ron to show sincerity and apologize to Hermione or something, it can be waited until after the fact, with Harry's coordination, there must be no problem at all with the formation of the trio.
How do you stop Ron from participating in that event? How do you keep Ron from being involved and still have the trio's unbreakable bond? Liu Jiecao felt that it was necessary to make a good calculation.
Hermione didn't show up for the next class, and she was nowhere to be seen all afternoon.
Liu, Harry, and Ron go downstairs to the dining room for a Halloween party, and overhear Patil telling her friend Lavender that Hermione was crying sadly in the women's restroom and not letting anyone comfort her.
Ron looked even more uncomfortable when he heard this. However, moments later, when they walked into the dining room and saw the colorful Halloween decorations, they immediately forgot about Hermione.
Liu Jiecao glanced at Ron, and immediately discovered one of Ron's shortcomings, that is, he had no heart and lungs, and just because he was uncomfortable, he was immediately turned his eyes by other things, and he immediately forgot about it.
A thousand bats fluttered across the walls and ceiling, and a thousand more, like low clouds, swirled above the table, causing the candle flames in the pumpkin's belly to flicker. The delicacies suddenly appeared on the golden plate, just like at the opening banquet.
Harry was eating a potato with the skin on it when Professor Quirrell burst into the dining room, his large scarf slanted over his head and a look of horror on his face.
Everyone stared at him, only to see him walk up to Professor Dumbledore's chair, lean back on the table, gasp and say, "The troll - in the underground classroom - thought you should know." ”
With that, he fell headlong to the floor and passed out.
Liu Jiecao and his friends looked at each other and knew that this plot had begun.
There was chaos in the restaurant. Professor Dumbledore had to make a few screeching fireworks explosions on his wand's head before everyone fell silent.
"Prefect," he said in a low voice, "bring the students of your academy to the dormitories at once!" ”
Percy is naturally at home.
"Follow me! Don't get scattered, first graders! As long as you do what I tell you, you don't have to be afraid of any trolls! Okay, follow me closely. Get out of the way, the first graders are going to pass! I beg your pardon, I'm a prefect! ”
"How can a troll get in?" Harry asked as they made their way up the stairs.
"Don't ask me, the trolls must be surprisingly stupid," Ron said, "maybe Peeves put it in to spice up Halloween Eve." ”
On the way, they met some crowds of people hurrying in different directions. As they struggled to squeeze past a crowd of bewildered Hufflepuff students, Harry jerked Ron's arm.
"I just remembered—Hermione."
"What's wrong with her?"
"She doesn't know about trolls yet."
Ron bit his lip.
"Oh, well," he said decisively, "but it's best not to let Percy see us. ”
In this regard, Liu Jiecao sneered at Ron in his heart and acted with the two of them.
Suddenly, an inexplicable stream of people rushed over and swept Ron away before he knew it, and Harry was still trying to move forward, not even noticing for a moment.
Liu Jiecao smiled secretly, seeing that it was the efforts of his own loli that made the flow chaotic and made Ron unconsciously swept away by the flow, he was extremely proud in his heart, this plan was too wonderful.
It wasn't until Harry found out that Ron was missing, and under Liu Jiecao's suggestion to "put Hermione first", he felt that he should give up looking for Ron and go to Hermione first.
The two buried themselves in the Hufflepuff crowd and walked in the other direction. They slipped quietly through the empty side hallway and hurried to the women's restroom. As soon as he turned the corner, he heard hurried footsteps behind him.
Liu Jiecao did what Ron did in the original story, pulling Harry behind a large griffin-like stone sculpture.
They looked behind the stone and saw that it was Snape. He walked through the hallway and disappeared from their sight.
"What is he doing?" Harry asked in a low voice, "Why doesn't he stay in the basement classroom below, with the other teachers?" ”
"How do I know!" Liu Jiecao continued to memorize Ron's lines, resolutely not saying too much, so as not to let the plot affect too much.
They followed Snape's footsteps as they faded away, creeping down another hallway, trying not to make a sound.
"He's heading to the third floor." Harry said.
But Liu Jiecao raised his hand and continued to recite the lines: "Can you smell something?" (To be continued......)