Chapter 13: Christmas
"It must be Snape, he tried to steal something from him, you remember the night of Halloween, I noticed that he had a leg injury, he must have been bitten when he went to the fourth-floor hallway." The weather was starting to get a little cooler in December, and the snow was already falling on and off, and four people sat by the fireplace.
"He even wanted to kill me at a Quidditch match!" Harry's tone turned angry.
"You may not know Kritz, the fourth-floor corridor has..."
"There's a three-headed dog?"
Ron looked a little embarrassed, although their relationship has improved a lot, but Ron always wants to find something to highlight himself better than Kritz, but obviously, this is impossible, whether it is fighting, studying, spells, transfiguration, he can't compare, and now he can't even compare to the night tour.
"When have you been to the fourth-floor hallway?" Hermione got to the point.
"If you can all go, why can't I." Kritz thought it was a little funny, he had been involved in the Twins since he was a criminal... Well, the study gang, they all go back for supper four days a week. But he didn't realize that his two sentences had led the topic to the end.
"Anyway, it would be much easier if Kritz knew." Fortunately, Harry came over and interrupted the incomprehensible topic of terminator, "We found out that Snape wanted to go to the fourth floor to steal something, and there is a good chance that that thing is the Philosopher's Stone!" ”
Hearing this, Kritz couldn't help but be shocked, because not long ago Dumbledore asked him to keep it a secret, how did they know about the Philosopher's Stone.
"Do you remember when the school year started, the Daily Prophet said that Gringotts was stolen, and the contents were taken away by Hagrid long ago, and Nick Lemay that Hagrid said about it, so what else could attract Snape besides the Philosopher's Stone?" The more Harry spoke, the more excited he became, and even stood up, well, what a genius for reasoning, after all, Kritz had only seen the Philosopher's Stone at Dumbledore not long ago, and if Snape had known that the Philosopher's Stone was in it at that time, it was obvious that the time was not right.
As we enter December, the temperature begins to plummet, the snow has covered the old castle, and more and more people prefer to stay by the fire, which makes Kriz have to move to the dormitory to study.
Today is also a day to look forward to, Christmas, there will be a banquet in the evening, after today, it will be the Christmas holiday, it is a time of hope for countless children, after all, they have seen so many strange things, they can't wait to go home and share, but there are always exceptions.
The Twins were locked up as they used their wands to direct snowballs to smash Professor Quirrell's head, and Filch was caught red-handed and began a tragic cleaning of the trophy exhibition room, which had to cancel the night tour and supper activities.
"Hagrid, do you need help?" It's also good to enjoy the snow in the castle, but there are always people who love to help, such as Harry and Ron, who are behind Krize.
A tall, burly man was dragging a huge pine tree, and this man Creede had a relationship with the Hogwarts hunting ground keeper named Hagrid Rubeau, who had used his burly form to block Creed's progress to the Forbidden Forest.
But Harry and Ron were clearly doing a disservice, as they went up, and instead of just dragging the pine tree, Hagrid was dragging a tree and two people, and Kritz couldn't stand it anymore and helped Hagrid carry the tree into the auditorium with a weight-loss charm of the levitation charm, where the professors were decorating the surroundings.
Professor McGonagall conjured up all sorts of decorations, Professor Flitwick hung them on the Christmas tree, Professor Sprout laid out bright flowers around his bedside, and everything was in order, except for a certain Potions professor who reluctantly cut a pumpkin, Professor Quirrell took a leave of absence on this surprise day for some reason.
Looking at his happy appearance, Kritz couldn't help but itch, it was time to show the recent results, after getting Professor McGonagall's consent, Kritz first used Transfiguration to transform into a few small golden balls, and then carved the magic script inside, this is the benefit of his learning ancient magic script, although these things are not as practical as the modern magic script, but the energy rich in them is extremely huge, and they can be directly guided by magic power, no need to carve.
In this way, a few small alchemy products were completed in the eyes of everyone, in fact, the function of this thing is very simple, it can produce warm air within a certain range, it is a good heat preservation prop, and the temperature in the auditorium began to rise in an instant, becoming warm.
"It's amazing, although we know that you know a lot, but kid, we still can't imagine that you can also do alchemy." As a professor of spells, Flitwick quickly saw that it was an ancient script.
Not all wizards who know ancient magic can do this, the threshold for alchemy is very high, and basically not many people know it, but Kriez, who was born to see the structure of magic power, is obviously a natural alchemist.
Surprise to surprise, now that the auditorium is warm, it's time to get to work, but Harry Ron is the only one who does the physical work, everyone else can solve it with a wand, and Hagrid is obviously not up to the job of arranging flowers.
In the end, Kritz's excellent spelling and transfiguration gave him 20 points.
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It's like magic, the little wizards' wardrobes are empty, not only the wardrobes, but also the dormitories, the Christmas holidays are coming, the little wizards get up early in the morning for the first time, and even a few people get up at the same time as Kriez, they have to catch the train.
However, Krize's dormitory was not empty, except for Neville, who was going home for Christmas, Harry and Ron were left behind, along with the Weasley brothers, the Twins and Percy.
Originally thinking that he would not receive a gift, Kritz was surprised to find that there were packages next to his bed, the largest one was undoubtedly from Dumbledore, and when he opened it, there was some metal he had never seen before, and a box of cockroaches.
Below is Professor McGonagall's, who gave him a notebook, her own notebook from her school days, with all kinds of Animagus on it, and Professor McGonagall has hoped that Kritz will be able to practice Animagus more than once.
Then there's Nick Lemay's gift, with whom he hasn't written for four years since Azkaban was closed, and what he sent was a mirror, accompanied by a letter, which basically meant that it was a mirror that could be used for communication, and if there was any problem in the future, he could contact him directly through the mirror.
Then there was the package that puzzled Kritz the most, with no signature or note, just a simple parchment wrapped in parchment and delivered, containing a bottle of potion that glowed with golden light, a palm-sized bottle full of bottles.
"Oh my God, who gave you an invisibility cloak!" Ron shouted from the common room, and Kritz came outside, only to see that Harry only had one head left, but in the other eye, Harry's body was wrapped in a mass of filaments and could not be seen.
"I don't know who sent it, but since it's your father's relic, you should keep him."
It turned out that Harry had received a package from someone I don't know, and it was his father who was an invisibility cloak, an invisibility cloak, and Kritz was not interested in it, and if he wanted to be invisible, he could learn the illusion spell, and the powerful wizard could even use the illusion charm to do it quietly, and the invisibility cloak was just a means.
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The clean Hogwarts not to mention has a special beauty that is different from the previous liveliness, at this time the castle is immersed in snow, Kritz has become very idle recently, the professors also have holidays, Snape did not ask him to open a small stove, Dumbledore often talks and laughs with the students who stay in the school, and plays wizarding chess with them from time to time, Kritz is not interested in that thing, he is obsessed with snow.
It was the first time he had seen snow, and Azkaban had nothing but rain and cloudiness, and despite the gloomy and calm that Kritz had cultivated for many years, he was still a child under 11 years old, but apparently he didn't know what his birthday was, after all, there was no calendar.
Krizzy often sat on the couch by the fire, and looked out the window, sometimes it looked like an afternoon, homework or something was the easiest thing for him to solve, but some people didn't think so, such as the two people playing chess in the lounge, the inseparable Harry Ron, they were always playing as if there was no such thing as homework.
They thought very simply, since Kritz had finished writing, they would borrow it on the last day and copy it would be done, but they ignored a problem, that is, Kritz's homework was too professional, and it was difficult for the professors to believe that it was written by their two students who did not perform well in class, and besides, the amount was terrible, but it was none of Kritz's business.
At this time, he was holding a letter in his hand, which was sent by Sirius, and Kriz sent back an alchemical item to Azkaban, which he created according to the method of moving the fireplace, and threw the letter into the brazier, and the other brazier connected to it would receive the letter, which was created by Kritz after comprehending the space magic, but it could only transmit words, and the item could not do anything, and he was not strong enough to make that kind of teleportation device, to put it bluntly, he built a fax machine.
Sirius, of course, couldn't reveal his name, so the signature was replaced by an X, although it was okay not to write the signature, Sirius sent him a greeting, saying that he was doing well, and that the Dementors didn't bother him after Kritz left.
All in all, this Christmas was a great one!