The morning before school started, Anthony boarded the Hogwarts Express.

As soon as he walked into King's Cross Station, it was clear that something was not right around him.

Suddenly, there were many more people in robes around the platform of the station.

There were also several adult wizards in robes on the train.

He could probably guess that the men were the Aurors, but he didn't know why they were here.

On the train.

A gruff shout pulled Anthony's mind back.

"Hey!"

When he looked up, he saw only an unfamiliar face, the corners of the man's eyes were bloodshot, his hair was unkempt, and it seemed that he had not rested for a long time.

The Auror glared at him, and said, "The back compartment is closed, and all the little wizards are sitting on the hard seats in the front. ”

"Oh! Good. Anthony replied politely, then stopped, turned and walked towards the cars in front of him.

...

"What's going on?"

"I don't know."

"Did you hear that? It was the attack on Hogsmeade that had caused the entire Ministry of Magic to be in a state of flux, and the Daily Prophet had been in the news for several issues. ”

In the carriage in front, there were a group of young wizards.

They were chattering about what had happened recently in Hogsmeade.

The whole carriage was very noisy.

Hogsmeade Village?

Hearing this, Anthony frowned.

He suddenly remembered a certain page of the Daily Prophet that he had noticed a few days ago.

He had been practicing spells hard these days, and he had no energy to focus on anything else, and the Daily Prophet he subscribed to was forwarded to Downing Street by him, and he paid little attention to it.

"Hey! Anthony, this way! ”

A familiar voice came from the side, and he looked sideways to see Seamus and Neville sitting together.

Hufflepuff's Justin waved at him with his arm raised.

"Hey!" Anthony walked over briskly and sat in a row with Justin.

"You're alright, Anthony. How's Christmas going? ”

"It's okay, to be honest, a big family, I'm not used to it." Anthony loosened his bow tie and looked helpless.

And Justin on the side immediately said with empathy: "Oh! You're right, at Christmas, there were many elders in the family whose names I couldn't even name, smiling all day long, annoyed to death. ”

"And my parents hid my wizarding identity. When the elders asked me about that school, they couldn't say I was at Eton. You know, that's famous. So I can only casually talk about a school that is not very famous. ”

"You don't know, the way those people look at me later."

"Huh." Anthony looked at Justin with sympathy, his identity as a wizard, the queen's family almost knew about it, and those who didn't know the situation didn't dare to arrange him.

But what about behind the scenes?

Then, Justin continued, "I didn't expect the wizards to have Christmas, and if they didn't, I wouldn't have to go home. ”

"This..."

Looking at Justin with a sad and angry face, Anthony only felt funny, in order to avoid the seven aunts and eight aunts, he didn't even want the school holidays.

But he was wrong about the fact that Christmas was not a celebration of the birth of Jesus in the first place.

"Christmas originated from the ancient Roman Saturnalia Festival (Jingluo Ecstasy), as the name suggests, is to commemorate the Saturn, the god of agriculture, and the shaman also lives by farming, so there will be such a folk festival, only after the rise of Christianity, this folk custom was incorporated into the Christian system. In fact, Jesus Himself was not born with this. ”

"Moreover, if Jesus was not a deified historical figure, he must have been a sorcerer." Anthony swore by it. (Harry Potter Worldview)

He had a good reason to say that, after all, there were many wizards throughout history who were really bored and spent their days playing tricks on Muggles.

It is not impossible if there is a sorcerer who claims to be some god or something, and then appears in the mortal world.

"Makes sense!" Justin nodded, agreeing with Anthony's assumption.

Anthony smiled.

Immediately after that, the smooth train shook abruptly.

"It's finally time to go."

Seamus on the other side breathed a sigh of relief. It was already ten o'clock, an hour later than the expected departure of nine.

The Aurors kept checking back and forth, and all the suspicious people were 'invited' off the train.

The little wizards sat impatiently.

Now that the train has finally started, the atmosphere in the whole carriage is much more relaxed.

Just when everyone is relaxing and ready to talk about some light topics.

The door of the carriage in front of it was suddenly opened.

An emaciated man, dressed in a black robe and cloak, with greasy hair, approached.

"Quiet!"

Snape's trademark gravely voice rang out in the carriage.

Moment.

The whole carriage seemed to be pressed the pause button, and all the sounds disappeared in an instant, leaving for the sound of the clattering of the train.

In this eerie state of silence, Snape looked around and said in a low and long voice, "What happened recently, Hogsmeade, I don't need to explain it anymore. ”

Now, everybody shut up, and then, when they hear their names, reply: Yes, Professor. Got it? ”

As he spoke, he took out a parchment scroll from his robe, on which were the names of all the little wizards who came home for Christmas.

Then he began to roll call.

"Hannah Abbott!"

"Yes, Professor." A timid voice rang out.

"Susan Burns!"

"Yes..."

“...”

There are not many little wizards in this carriage, so it should be that the carriage in front of them can't sit down.

The rest of the little wizards sat here.

After a dozen names, the roll call ended.

Professor Snape, after quickly verifying the name on the parchment in his hand, suddenly opened his robe and floated away.

The cold-faced professor left the mouth, and the atmosphere in the entire carriage was like a tight balloon suddenly deflated, and everyone relaxed.

How did Snape end up here?

Anthony looked at the figure that was fading away, puzzled.

He was taken by surprise.

And in addition to Snape's presence here, what surprised him even more was the attitude of Hogwarts this time.

In the original book, even if Sirius escaped from prison, the school did not have such a big movement.

Although Professor Lupin was in the car at the time, this may have been arranged by Dumbledore in advance to protect the safety of the little wizard, and it was not as strict as it is now!

Is Hogsmeade's incident really that serious?

"Whew!"

Neville gasped, looking like he was in a state of apprehension.

Whenever Snape was around him, Neville always felt a severe sense of discomfort and fear.

"My grandmother said that the wizarding world now is similar to when the mysterious people were rampant."