Old Blood at Hogwarts

"Stealing a car! If they fire you, I wouldn't be surprised at all. See how I deal with you then. I don't think you have ever thought about how your father and I felt when we found out that the car was gone... "

A woman's angry roar filled the entire auditorium, arousing equally huge echoes on the surrounding stone walls.Plates and cutlery bounced up and down on the table, and even the dust from the ceiling was shaken off.Everyone in the auditorium looked towards the place where the sound came from.I saw a deafening roar coming from a red envelope in the hands of a red-faced Ron.

"I received Dumbledore's letter last night. Your father was so ashamed that he almost died. We worked hard to raise you, but we didn't expect you to do such a thing. You and Harry almost lost their lives... too much This is so annoying. Your dad will be under scrutiny in the ministry, and it’s all your fault. If you don’t behave yourself again, we’ll take you back right away!”

The roar finally stopped, and the red envelope fell from Ron's hand to the ground. It quickly burned on its own and curled up into ashes.

"What is that?" Colin, who was sitting next to Aaron, asked, pointing to the envelope that had been burned to ashes.

"That's a howler letter," Greene, sitting on the other side of Aaron, replied.

"It seems that being a 'hero' is not that easy." Aaron said and finished the bowl of oatmeal.

At this point, Professor McGonagall began passing out timetables along the Gryffindor table.Aaron took his class schedule and looked at the course schedule on it.I saw that there was only one class on the schedule this morning, which was the Transfiguration class, which needed to be taken together with Ravenclaw Academy.

The teacher of Transfiguration is Professor McGonagall, who is also the Head of Gryffindor House.People say she is a strict professor.Sure enough, she gave Aaron and the others a slap in the face in the first class.

"Transfiguration is arguably the most complex and dangerous spell you will learn at Hogwarts. I warn you that if anyone causes trouble in my class, I will ask him out and never let him in again. "

As she spoke, she transformed her desk into a pig and back again.

Everyone was shocked by Professor McGonagall's magic and wished they could learn it right away.But it soon became clear that they were still far from turning furniture into animals.After taking down a lot of complicated and difficult notes, Professor McGonagall gave each of them a match and asked them to try to turn it into a needle.Everyone immediately took out their wands, pointed at their matches, and began to try to transform them.

Aaron was trying to deform his matches while recalling the key points taught by Professor McGonagall.

Under the guidance of Aaron's thoughts, the magic power in his body acted on the matches in front of him through the wand in his hand.

Under the influence of magic power, the match gradually turned silver-white, then began to become thinner and pointed, and finally looked exactly like a sewing needle.If there was a flaw, it was that Aaron didn't conjure a hole to thread the thread.

"Very good. Mr. Elf has succeeded." Professor McGonagall picked up the needle that Aaron turned into a match and showed it to everyone.

Seeing Aaron's successful example, everyone was immediately inspired, holding their wands and working harder to deform their matches.

But until the end of get out of class, except for Luna who turned half of the match into silver, no one else made the slightest change to his match.

After the Transfiguration class, it was lunch time.

Lunch at Hogwarts is equally sumptuous.Aaron even thought: If the food at Hogwarts is this good every day, then after graduation, he may be able to find a teaching position in the school.

While eating lunch, Aaron noticed Colin peeking in one direction frequently.He followed Colin's line of sight and saw Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley talking about something there.

"Are you watching Harry Potter?"

Combined with Colin's performance over the past two days, Aaron could easily guess the target he was really paying attention to.

"Yes...yes." Colin blushed when Aaron discovered his peeping, "It's hard to imagine that he is about the same age as us, but has already done so many amazing things. I want to talk to him later. Leigh Porter takes a picture, can you press the shutter button for me then?"

"Of course, no problem." Aaron readily agreed to such a simple request.

Soon, Aaron and Colin finished their lunch.

At the same time, Harry, Hermione and Ron also finished their meals and were walking out of the auditorium together.Colin pulled Aaron and hurriedly followed.

Colin and Aaron quietly followed the three Harrys to the courtyard in the center of the castle.Hermione was sitting on the ground reading a book, while Harry and Ron were standing nearby chatting.

"Harry is there, let's go over there." Seeing Harry's position, Aaron was about to go over immediately.

However, Colin next to Aaron suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Aaron asked curiously.

"What if... what if Harry doesn't agree to come with me?" Colin said with some hesitation. "You see, we are not actually familiar with him. He doesn't even know me."

Aaron looked at Colin speechlessly and said, "If you don't try it, how will you know whether he agrees or not?"

Colin looked at Aaron for a while and said, "That's right."

He gathered up his courage and began to follow Aaron towards Harry.

As if he felt someone approaching, Harry, who was talking to Ron, suddenly looked towards Aaron and Colin.

Seeing Harry looking at him, Colin immediately turned red.He timidly took a step forward and said breathlessly: "Hello, Harry? My... my name is Colin Creevey. This is Aaron Elf. We are also Gryffindors. . Can I take a picture of you?" As he said that, he raised the camera with a look of anticipation on his face.

"Taking pictures?" Harry looked confused.

Colin moved a few steps forward and said eagerly: "This way I can prove that I have seen you. I know everything about you. Everyone tells me how you escaped the mysterious man's murderous hands. How he disappeared, and the lightning-shaped scar he left on your forehead and so on.”

Having said this, Colin also looked at Harry's forehead.But Harry's forehead was completely covered by his hair, so Colin didn't see the scar.

"A boy in my dormitory said that if I used the right developing potion, the people in the photos would move. That's really interesting, isn't it? I didn't know I could until I got the Hogwarts letter. Those weird things you do are magic. My dad is a milkman and he can't believe it either. So I'm going to take a lot of pictures and send them to him. If only I could have a picture of you..." Colin was shaking nervously. .He took a deep breath and looked at Harry with pleading eyes, "...Maybe I can stand next to you. Aaron has promised to help press the shutter. Then, can you sign an autograph."

"Signed photos? Are you sending signed photos, Potter?" A sharp voice suddenly sounded from behind Aaron and Colin.

Aaron turned around quickly and saw a thin, pale boy standing behind Colin and himself.Aaron had some impression of him, remembering that he seemed to be the son of the wizard who had fought with Ginny's father at Flourish Blossoms Bookstore.Next to him stood two ugly-looking big boys, just like two bodyguards.

"Everyone, line up!" the skinny boy shouted to the crowd around him, "Harry Potter is giving away signed photos!"

"I didn't!" Harry clenched his fists and said angrily, "Shut up! Malfoy!"

Colin also screamed: "You are jealous!"

Colin suddenly spoke, which surprised Aaron on the side. He did not expect Colin to say such words suddenly.Although Aaron didn't like the words and deeds of the young man named Malfoy, it seemed that he and Harry had conflicts before.Aaron didn't want to get involved in their dispute until things were completely clear.Even if Harry was targeted this time, it was to some extent because of Colin.Aaron also felt that Colin only needed to explain things clearly, and there was no need to confront Malfoy.

In fact, the reason why Aaron thinks this way is because he does not admire Harry as much as Colin does.Although Aaron also thought Harry's deeds were amazing, he did not regard him as an idol.To him, Harry was just a famous stranger.Therefore, it is difficult for Aaron to understand Colin's mood of fans defending their idols.

"Jealous?" Malfoy said in a gloomy tone, "Jealous for what? I don't want to have an ugly scar on my head, thank you. I don't think having your head cut open will make you that special. I don't believe it!"

Although Malfoy tried his best to deny it, Aaron felt that his denial was like a cover-up. Colin was probably right. Malfoy was indeed a little jealous of Harry.This discovery made Aaron a little surprised. He looked at Malfoy, then at Harry, and thought to himself: "Interesting."

At this time, Ron said angrily: "Go and eat slugs, Malfoy."

Malfoy sneered: "Be careful, Weasley, and don't get into trouble again. Otherwise your mother will have to take you back."

He deliberately pretended to hold his throat and screamed: "If you continue to disobey the rules..."

At this time, everyone in the yard was basically paying attention to the situation here.Hearing Malfoy imitate Ron's mother's voice, a group of Slytherin students nearby burst into laughter.

"Weasley wants a signed photo, Potter." Malfoy smiled proudly, "This is worth more than his house."

Ron immediately pulled out his wand.Hermione also closed the book and stood up, and whispered to Ron: "Be careful."

"What's going on? What's going on?"

Just when the situation was about to escalate, Gilderoy Lockhart suddenly strode over, a turquoise robe fluttering behind him.

“Who’s sending out signed photos?”

Just as Harry was about to open his mouth to explain, Lockhart had already put an arm around his shoulder and shouted happily: "I knew it was you without asking! We meet again, Harry!"

Harry was hugged tightly by Lockhart, too ashamed to lift his head.Malfoy, on the other hand, proudly retreated into the crowd.