Chapter 21: I Have Bad News

"Now, it's time for us to go back to our own time, right?" said Tom, turning and looking at Chromelos, smiling happily.

But Rubelos nodded.

The surroundings distorted, and Tom found himself and Korubelos standing by the wall of the bustling King's Cross station waiting room.

He and Korubelos looked up in unison, and on the left side of the partition wall hung a sign that read "Platform 9" and on the right side hung a sign that read "Platform 10".

Tom and Chromelos looked at each other and smiled.

"What time is it?" asked Tom.

Rubelos raised his paw and pointed to the clock on the wall of the waiting hall.

"I mean, what date is it?" said Tom.

He patted his head: "Oh, I'm so stupid!"

Tom looked around and saw that no one was noticing him, so he drew his silver basswood wand and whispered "Time Manifestation".

The words "1994.8.31.10:43" appeared in the air.

Tom couldn't be happier.

"It's our time," he grinned, his white teeth bared, "we're back!

"But I have bad news. Hubelos said.

"What?" Tom felt like his heart was going to stop.

"I still feel the smell of the Kuro cards on this wall. ”

Tom let out a long sigh of relief.

He put away his silver-haired basswood wand, and with a wave of his little hand, erased the silver handwriting from the air.

"Now it's all a minor issue. The corners of Tom's mouth didn't stop rising, "I thought the last five days were the most difficult time we've ever had. ”

He reached out and walked through the partition wall.

"Can 'Shi' pause time?" asked Tom, retracting his hand and turning his head.

"Absolutely. ”

Tom ran to the VIP lounge with Corubelos.

There was no one in the lounge.

Tom used his bird's head wand to point at the "Hour" card that had just fallen into his pocket.

As the image of "Time" appeared, it was as if the stop button had been pressed all around.

Tom ran all the way back to the partition wall between platforms nine and ten, ignoring the people who were still passers-by.

"Let's get rid of the Kuro cards!" Tom was motivated, "I can't wait to call my mom at school!"

Tom threw out the "water" and "wind" with a bold blow, and attacked the partition wall.

Almost immediately, a woman in palace dress with her ears in a high bun emerged from the partition wall.

"Wow!" Tom whistled loudly, "a Kuro card in an oriental style." ”

He was so energetic that he raised his Bird's Head wand without a moment's notice, and another Kuro card was successfully put into his pocket.

Tom hurried back to the lounge, retrieved the "Time" card, and hung up the key.

The clock in the waiting hall continues to move.

"Quick, Koru!" said Tom, without pause, as he ran back to the wall of platforms nine and ten, and turned back to urge Korubellos.

It's another feeling of walking through a membrane.

Tom and Korubelos were once again on the nine-and-three-quarters platform.

It's still the steam-filled platform.

Familiar trains stop in familiar locations, and unfamiliar people push their luggage and say goodbye to each other.

"I think I must have forgotten something. Tom stared blankly at the bustling platform.

But Rubelos looked at the others, and then at Tom.

"I think I know what you've forgotten. ”

"What?"

"Your luggage. ”

Tom was stupid. He didn't know what to say or maybe do.

"Whew-"

The train honked before leaving.

"Luggage doesn't matter, if you don't get on the train now, I'm guessing you'll miss the Hogwarts Sorting House. ”

Tom immediately "came to life", ran to the train in three steps and two steps, and jumped on it with agility.

There were still so many people on the train, and Tom searched for several carriages, but could not find an empty compartment.

“...... My dad really thought about sending me to Durmstrang instead of Hogwarts. He knew the principal of that school. My dad said that Durmstrang took a much more reasonable approach to the dark arts than Hogwarts. Durmstrang's students can learn the Dark Arts, unlike us, what kind of defense-breaking techniques can be learned......"

Tom heard Malfoy talking.

Malfoy's voice was unique, and even after the voice change period, Tom could hear it all at once.

"Tom, I've searched all the carriages, so you're here!" Harry, who was much taller, came out of nowhere, and happily grabbed Tom and led him into the cubicle.

Harry was now at least forty centimeters taller than Tom, and Tom looked like a child at the height of Harry's chest.

"Where's your luggage?"

The two had already sat down in the cubicle, but Rubelos consciously closed the door to the cubicle.

"Uh......" Tom stammered, "I seem to have forgotten to bring it." ”

Harry looked at Tom teasingly with a "I know" expression, "To be honest, except when you were in first grade, you obediently brought your luggage, and every year after that, you asked the owl to bring it to you at school. Oh, are you getting shorter? You were about the same height as me before the holidays!"

Tom innocently looked out the window - how did he know what was going on?

"Did you read the Daily Prophet?" Harry didn't dwell on Tom's height, he looked left and right, made sure the door to the cubicle was closed, and then lowered his voice, "This Quidditch World Cup, there was a Dark Mark mark! You say, is Voldemort going to make some moves this year?"

I don't know the details of all this stuff you're talking about!" Tom shouted inwardly, but Tom, who hadn't figured out the situation for a while, couldn't explain anything to Harry.

From Harry's words just now, he knew that he had been taking classes with Harry for the past three years, and even what he had experienced with Harry, so that Harry could treat him like his own as soon as he came.

Tom made a quick guess in his mind.

"Dark Mark of the Dark Devil, did the Death Eaters do it?" Tom needed more information.

Harry nodded solemnly, his hands clenched into fists on the table, "It's the Death Eaters." They marched on the grounds and killed a Muggle. Sirius wants me to pay more attention at school as well. ”

"It's true that you have to be safe at school every year. Tom whispered.

Harry grabbed his hair and laughed.

The train "whined" and the scenery outside the window changed again and again.

The sky, which had been a little overcast, began to rain. The raindrops "snapped" on the window glass, leaving messy marks on the windows as the train moved forward.

Harry was a little more lively than he had been three years ago. He chattered with Tom about the summer vacation along the way.

Because his godfather Sirius had been exposed, Harry had been living with Sirius for the last two weeks of the summer vacation.

[Cheeky to ask for the man's recommendation vote (*≧ω≦)]