"It's fine." Professor Lupin shook his head, looking very tired,

"You're a friend of Hallie's? The box is huge, so come in and sit. ”

Hermione cautiously stepped into the carriage, closed the sliding door gently, and sat down next to Harley.

Crookshank happily jumped off the box and climbed onto Sirius's back.

Sirius's dog hair was much more comfortable than Hermione's arms, at least much softer, not like Hermione's cat.

Hermione rubbed Sirius's head as she listened to Hallie whisper Professor Lupin's identity.

This harmonious scene caught Professor Lupin's eyes.

Sirius didn't react to letting a little witch rub her head, and she didn't behave out of any way after living in the same place as Harley for so long.

In addition, he spent twelve years in Azkaban before he somehow escaped.

It's all suspicious. Could it be that his target wasn't Harley, but someone or something? ”

As the intellectual leader of the original Marauder Quartet, Professor Lupin soon discovered many suspicious points.

After all, Sirius's current behavior was too abnormal.

Either way, at least Professor Lupin was much more relieved about Hallie's safety.

And Harley had once killed a basilisk alone...... Professor Lupin could do the same, but it would take a lot of effort.

As for when he was in the second grade, if he faced the basilisk alone, he could only pray that he could not hold the other party to death, and barely managed to change one for one.

Professor Lupin gave up thinking. He yawned, feeling like he couldn't hold on.

Where did you sleep yesterday? Looks like a hard bed board in Tumbledown Alley? It's not as soft as a train seat.

"Hallie, and ......" Professor Lupin looked up at the witch opposite,

"Hermione Granger, Professor Lupin, just call me Hermione." Hermione made up for herself at the right time.

“…… Hermione. I'm sorry, I'll sleep for a while. I'm so tired, especially after a long walk last night. ”

Professor Lupin yawned, then leaned against the window and fell asleep silently.

"Professor Lupin looks like he's having a hard time." Hermione whispered,

"Looking at his robes and boxes, as well as his pale face, he must have suffered a lot."

Hallie spread her hands, saying she didn't know what Uncle Remus had been through, and then returned her attention to Transfiguration Today.

Hermione also flipped through the issue of Potions Master that featured Harry's article.

Only Sirius looked at Lupin in silence, his heart full of mixed emotions and thoughts in his eyes.

……

The time came to eleven o'clock, and the Hogwarts Express started slowly, getting faster and faster.

The train travels north, and the scenery outside the window becomes more and more desolate.

Today's weather was unpredictable, with sunny mornings, but getting darker as the clouds thickened upper-air.

Professor Lupin was still asleep, not even waking up at one o'clock in the afternoon when the fat witch pushing the food cart came to the door of the cubicle.

Hallie offered to buy a whole bunch of food and save some for her Uncle Remus.

She casually threw Sirius a chocolate frog and fed Crook Hill two pieces of jerky.

As for Hedwig, it seems that she went straight to Hogwarts and enjoyed the nuts of the Owl Society in advance.

Sirius held down the chocolate frog with his paws, expertly tearing open the package and unwrapping the cards inside.

His movements froze suddenly, and he remembered that dogs didn't seem to be able to do this.

Sirius glanced up dishearteningly, and was relieved to find that neither Harry nor Hermione seemed to notice her unusual behavior.

A glimmer of light on the glass of the carriage vanished, and Harley withdrew the hand that was on the magic mirror.

She was a little more sure of the guess in her mind.

The train was speeding all the way, and it was drizzling outside.

In the clouds, the rolling hills outside the window become blurred, but full of hazy beauty.

But soon, the beauty fades away.

The rain was getting heavier, the windows had turned a watery gray, and the sky had darkened.

"Ahh Hermione couldn't help but sneeze and leaned into Hallie's arms, "It's so cold!" ”

Hallie smiled and rubbed Hermione's hair, and black flames rose up, releasing bursts of warmth.

At the same time, snow-white spider silk spread, opened the box on the shelf, and pulled out two sweaters.

Hallie noticed Professor Lupin's eyebrows twitch a little, and asked softly:

"Uncle Remus, are you awake? It's cooling down outside, do you need an extra piece of clothing? ”

"No need." Professor Lupin stopped pretending to be asleep and opened his eyes.

Hallie nodded, considering Professor Lupin's werewolf status, this cold was really nothing to him.

Professor Lupin paused for a moment and smiled bitterly: "Hallie, when school starts, you still call me Professor." ”

"Hmm...... Okay, Uncle Remus, I'll take note of it in class. Hallie pressed her finger against her chin.

Professor Lupin sighed inwardly and did not correct anything.

"Uncle Remus, I've got you some chocolate frog and pumpkin crucible cakes.

It's almost time to get to school and enjoy the opening dinner, but you might as well have a bite to eat. ”

Hallie watched Professor Lupin sit upright in his seat, stood up, and stuffed food into Professor Lupin's arms without saying a word.

Professor Lupin hesitated, but finally did not refuse Harley's kindness.

The wind whistled outside the window, the clanging of the train gradually became quieter, and the speed of the train decreased.

But Harley and Hermione furrowed their eyebrows at the same time. It stands to reason that at this point in time, the train should not have arrived at Hogwarts yet.

Suddenly, the train stopped and all the lights went out at the same time.

There was a ping-pong sound in the distance, accompanied by the exclamations of the students.

After all, although the train was slowing down before, it finally stopped relatively suddenly, and a lot of luggage fell off the shelves.

A snap of the fingers sounded, and the room suddenly lit up.

Before Professor Lupin drew his wand, Harley had already cast the Illumination Charm in her hand.

A cloud of light hovers over the top of the box.

At this point, the top of the compartment seems to have descended some distance, or a layer of black substance has replaced the top of the compartment.

It's Hallie's hair.

As the train stopped, Hallie's hair grew rapidly, weaving into a large net that caught all the luggage.

Otherwise, if nothing else, Hermione's big box full of books would have fallen down, and everyone would have to fall unconscious for a while.

In the astonishment of the others, dogs, and cats, Harley's hair nimbly put the luggage back on the rack one by one, and then shrank rapidly, returning to its usual waist-length length.

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(Thanks to the nine-tailed Yanhu for the tip!) ）

(End of chapter)