[HP] Being a problem student at Hogwarts

Chapter 115 "Ominous" encounter on the road

Malfoy had returned to normal school life, but still had his right arm hanging. I don't know if it was because Hagrid's suspension made him feel better, but in short, he had a tendency to return to the blond villain who made his presence felt everywhere. The Gryffindor students in the lower grades just couldn't wait to walk around him.

Probably he also heard about what happened in the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, so every time Professor Lupine walked by, he pretended to make a fuss and shouted loudly: "Look at his robe! He is dressed like Our little elf in the house!”

If Professor Lupine looked at him, he would say in a lazily drawn tone: "Oh, I'm sorry, Professor. But it's just a little joke. I think you won't mind, right?"

Professor Lupine could only keep smiling.

For this reason, Professor Snape gave Slytherin twenty points intermittently on the grounds that Malfoy could still come to class despite being injured. Tom's Potions homework got an unprecedented level of excellence - you must know that Gryffindor's homework has always been on average one level lower than Slytherin's homework of the same level. As for Neville, who "returned from the lost path" and "stopped from the brink", he was first deducted two points for stepping into the classroom with his left foot, and then the two points were added back because he did not blow up the crucible in this class.

September passed smoothly like this, and in October, the Quidditch team's training was once again scheduled in full swing. Harry also squeezed out time to visit Hagrid twice after intense training, but the wooden door of Hagrid's cabin was closed, and there was only the sound of Hagrid drunkenly driving him back.

The good news - certainly not for Harry - is that the end of October will be the first Hogsmeade week, and just before Halloween, they can go to Hogsmeade for a day of relaxation and then come back to indulge in a Halloween dinner Great meal served. Tom is still very interested in a purely magical village. But Harry didn't get permission. When he made up his mind to ask Professor McGonagall, he was rejected by Professor McGonagall, which made him very frustrated.

Ron originally proposed to let Harry put on the invisibility cloak and go with him, but Hermione stopped him - "Dementors can see through the invisibility cloak! Have you forgotten what Dumbledore said!"

So on the morning of Halloween, Harry could only watch his friends set off. Although they delayed until the end to consider Harry's mood, they still had to set off.

"We'll bring you lots of sweets from Honeydukes," Hermione promised.

"Yes, bring a lot." Ron also comforted him.

Tom patted Harry on the shoulder.

"I'm fine, you guys have fun. I'll see you at the dinner." Harry forced a smile.

Mr. Filch stood at the gate, checking everyone's information. He checked too carefully, which made the students unhappy because everyone was in a hurry to have fun. .seven

"Do you need anything to bring back for you, sir?" he asked when it was Tom's turn.

Filch's bulging eyes glared at him.

"Boy..." He muttered, bent down and picked up Mrs. Norris, "Watch my cat and let it go out to relax."

Tom hugged the gray cat in surprise and promised to take good care of Mrs. Norris.

"We don't know who's taking care of whom yet," Filch said harshly, waving him off.

After walking along a long country road, I saw the sign for Hogsmeade Village, with a notice posted on it:

By order of the Ministry of Magic

Dementors will patrol the streets of Hogsmeade every day after sunset until further notice. This move was purely for the safety of the residents of Hogsmeade and would be canceled as soon as Sirius Black was captured again. I hope you all will return home before sunset. It's a blessing.

Tom stopped and read the notice while waiting for Ron and Hermione to catch up.

Mrs. Norris remained patiently in his arms for a moment, then impatiently tried to jump out of his arms.

"Don't, don't!" Tom hugged the cat tightly. "My beautiful lady, there are too many people in Hogsmeade. What if someone steps on you?" He kissed the cat's head soothingly—— Mrs. Norris rolled her eyes and glared at him—and then he kissed her on the top of her head.

Hermione, who followed, reached over and carefully asked Mrs. Norris to smell it. Seeing that it was not objectionable, she then raised her finger and touched it gently.

"Mrs. Norris is such a smart cat!" she praised. "I think you will get along with my Crookshanks, right?" Like every cat who has a pet, she said, You also have to worry about your master's friendship.

"Of course," Ron said sinisterly, "it also likes the game of catch so much!" He meant that Mrs. Norris always helped Mr. Filch catch students who violated school rules, and Crookshanks had been arrested since After Minmai returned home, he had been thinking about his mouse Banban.

"For Merlin's sake, Ron!" Hermione snapped, "Crookshanks is just a kitten! What's wrong with a cat trying to catch mice?"

"That - is not - an ordinary - wild mouse!" Ron didn't know how many times he had quarreled with Hermione over this issue. "That's my Scabbers! My brother passed it on to me! He raised it at our house. I have been with you for more than ten years! You are part of my family!"

Tom's hand touching the gray cat paused for a moment.

"Are rats in the magical world so alive?" he asked.

"No, Scabbers is very old and has not been in good spirits this year," Ron said biting his lower lip. "The owner of the pet shop said that he might just be too old."

"So keep an eye on your cat, okay?" Ron said to Hermione. "I don't want it to suffer in its last days."

"Oh, Ron!" Hermione immediately began to regret her words. "I'll keep an eye on it!" she promised.

They reunited and decided to go to Honeydukes to bring Harry snacks back.

"are you going?"

Just as Tom was about to speak, Mrs. Norris had already straightened up in his arms and screamed at the haystacks on the roadside in a strange and long tone.

"You go," Tom held down the cat, "I must keep this beautiful lady company."

Mrs. Norris slapped him in the face with her paw pad.

As soon as Ron and Hermione walked away, Tom pulled out his wand and tore the haystack apart. A skinny but surprisingly large black dog jumped out from the swirling straw. It landed on the ground and sneezed.

"Is that you?" Tom recognized it. This was probably the one he met by chance on the Hogwarts Express. After all, he had never seen another black dog so big and thin.

However, this black dog looks dirtier and thinner than when we first saw it. Its hair is tangled up in clumps, and its greasy, dirty hair is hanging down almost covering its eyes. Now it is shivering and being covered in place. The flying grass foam made him sneeze again and again, and he looked very pitiful with his skin and bones still trembling.

"What's the matter with you? What are you doing hiding here? Where is your master?" Tom asked it, "Isn't it possible that after taking the divination class, it felt that you looked like something 'ominous' and just abandoned you? Wait?" Wait, are you hiding here just to find your master?"

As he spoke, he frowned, sighed, and said, "I'll take you back to the castle to find your master. If your master really doesn't want you anymore, I think Mr. Filch is still willing to take you in temporarily. "

After overcoming his mental barrier, he reluctantly reached out to the extremely dirty black dog. But the black dog didn't appreciate it. It bared its teeth at him and made a dark threatening sound from its throat. Of course, the next moment, Mrs. Loris couldn't bear it anymore and jumped down, meowing and slapping her back and forth. Its nose knocked the big dog back.

It seems that this black dog is still a good guy, and in fact he doesn't dare to attack at all.

"Okay, okay." Tom stopped Mrs. Norris, "Would you like to wash your paws, ma'am?"

Diao Min still wants to trick the cat into taking a bath? !

Mrs. Norris yelled at him twice and rubbed her paws on the corner of his robe.

"Okay," Tom smiled bitterly and used a magic spell to clean the paw prints on the corner of his robe. "What about you?" He asked the black dog. Anyway, the magic pet can understand some human speech, "Do you want to take a bath?" ?”

"You are so dirty, it will be difficult to find a new adopter." Tom said critically.

The big black dog whined fiercely, but sat down obediently.

Originally, the third graders were the last ones to go out, and they were at the end of the third grade team. There was no one at all at the moment, so Tom didn’t change places, just rolled up his sleeves, and a stream of clear water poured into the black On the dog.

The black dog was really extremely dirty. After washing it twice with water, it couldn't be cleaned at all. In the end, Mrs. Loris took her money bag and went to the village to buy pet shower gel to get the color out of it.

"It seems like washing a dog requires squeezing the anal glands?" Tom muttered, very hesitant and feeling like he couldn't do it. But after hearing this, the big black dog jumped up with a howl, clamped its tail tightly, and looked at him warily with its dark eyes.

Tom rolled his eyes at him.

"Why are you running? I don't want to--" Before he could finish his words, the big black dog made an emergency U-turn and jumped away like a crazy rabbit. Mrs. Norris, who was squatting on its back, was thrown off guard and rolled in a circle on the ground. After getting up, she let out a furious "Ouch!" and chased after her.

Tom, who stayed where he was, waved his hands in vain: "Hey——"