Chapter 4 004. Platform Castle Evening News
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Po Sui Tai Di
Chapter 4 004. Platform Castle Evening News
The drive from London to Hogwarts was a bit long, and Coster and Roger didn't talk for long before they fell asleep in their seats.
When Scott woke up, the sky outside the car window had become very dark.
"The train will arrive at Hogwarts in 5 minutes. Please leave your luggage on the train. We will send you to school."
The voice of the conductor spread through all the carriages, the speed of the Mercedes-Benz train was slowly decreasing, and the terminal station Hogsmeade was about to arrive.
Hearing the conductor's voice reminding him, Scott took out his pocket watch and checked the time.
At this time, Roger was also awakened by the voice of the conductor. He sat in his seat and looked at the lights of Hogsmeade in the distance through the glass window.
"Come on, Roger."
Scott greeted and stood up and pushed open the compartment door.Roger stood up and pulled his robe casually, and the two walked to the door of the carriage to wait.
With a long whistle, the train slowly stopped, and the students sitting in other compartments also came out one after another.
The door of the carriage opened, and Scott and Roger got off the train first. They passed the platform and walked towards a row of dilapidated carriages parked outside the platform.
At this time, the Hogwarts key keeper and gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid was standing on the other side of the platform, calling out this year's freshmen with a loud voice as in previous years: "First-year freshman! First-year freshman here. Come!"
His stature is different from ordinary people's tall, very conspicuous in the crowd.He raised the magic lamp in his hand high, and it was like a beacon guiding the way to the freshmen who didn't understand anything.
"Look, those little guys, Hagrid is like a mother ostrich with a group of ducklings." Roger pointed at the stumbling freshmen.
"I remember you used to be one of the ducklings." Scott said angrily.
Even so, he laughed.
After all, Roger's analogy... is actually quite appropriate.
The surrounding students were also amused by Roger's words.
Scott turned his head naturally and greeted the girl walking behind him.
"Hello, Penello."
Penelope Riwatt, a sixth-grade female student in the same Ravenclaw class as the two, has beautiful long curly brown hair and is a smart and beautiful prefect.
"Good evening, Scott." Peneno covered his mouth and laughed again, "Oh, and Roger, you made me laugh."
"Of course, thank you for your compliment, Miss Clearwater."
Roger made a very proud and exaggerated expression, which made Penello laugh.
The three got into the same carriage and sat down.
Before the carriage started, another figure suddenly and quickly climbed up.
"Evening... Good morning, Penello."
The tall, thin red-haired boy sat directly next to Penello after getting in the car. He whispered hello, and both Scott and Roger could hear that his voice was a little nervous.
"Good evening, Percy."
Penello is much more generous than him.
Percy Weasley, a Gryffindor in the same class as Peneno.
[The two of them are definitely tricky! ]
Roger winked at Scott.
[I still use you to say it. ]
Scott returned him a calm look.
It seemed that Percy Weasley only noticed the other two people in the carriage at this time. He raised his head slightly and said with some restraint, "Hello, Davis, Trollope."
"Hello, Weasley."
Scott and Roger responded lukewarmly.
At this time, the carriage started, and Percy withdrew his gaze and whispered with Penello.
Almost ignored, Scott and Roger looked at each other, and the two began to talk about their respective electives for the new school year.
Scott has taken the three courses of ancient rune, arithmetic and divination, and protection of magical animals since the third grade, and he has no plans to change in the new school year.
But Roger was hesitant to drop a class.
"I regret it. I don't think I should choose a divination class." Roger said distressedly, "As Professor Trelawney said, I don't have the 'Heavenly Eye' at all."
Roger chose the divination course because of his interest, but this course is too special, and people who do not have the gift of prophecy can never achieve success by studying hard.
"Maybe you can choose to drop this class," Scott suggested. "Go talk to Professor Flitwick, he should agree to your request."
"Okay, I'll go." Roger took his advice.
"Oh, are you talking about divination?" Percy interjected suddenly. "Professor McGonagall said Professor Trelawney was a liar. But it's easy to get high marks in this class, if you just ask Trelawney on the exam. The professor 'predicts' his own miserable future, of course, the more miserable the better."
After speaking, he looked at the two boys with some smugness.
Scott and Roger looked at each other but said nothing.
At this time, Percy added: "You know, I got twelve certificates in the OWLs (Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination) last school year."
"Oh, I know you're great, Percy."
Penello gave Scott and Roger an embarrassed look, and she began to talk about some interesting experiences of her summer vacation to divert Percy's attention.
Neither Scott nor Roger spoke again.
When the carriage stopped in front of the gate of Hogwarts Castle, the two hurriedly jumped off.
They quickened their pace toward the auditorium, and Roger sighed in a low voice: "Beautiful Miss Cliftat, Ravenclaw flower, her eyes are not very good. I understand that Weasley is trying to give us Talk about some useful experience, but he really can't speak, isn't he?"
Scott smiled without saying a word, turning his head to look behind.
A slightly chubby boy was walking quickly from behind, he squeezed directly between Scott and Roger and said excitedly: "Good evening, Scott always seems to be able to notice people out of sight, can Tell me how? Oh, by the way, you were talking about Peneno's boyfriend Percy Weasley?"
Roger was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Eddie, you are always so keen on these gossips, and I can't help but suspect that you have more than two ears and one mouth."
"Oh, thanks for the compliment, Roger."
Eddie raised his head proudly.
"I just happen to have the latest breaking news here!"
He proudly took out a newspaper from his robe and shook it.
"You know what, 'Savior' Potter and his pal Weasley missed today's back-to-school train, and I suspect they came to school in a flying car."
"Flying cars?"
Roger reached out and snatched the newspaper from Eddie's hand. It was a freshly-released Evening Prophet.
Scott took a peek, and the front page of the newspaper read - "Ford Anglia Can Fly, Muggles Surprised".
Roger read as he walked: "Two Muggles in London are sure they saw an old sedan flying over the post office building...noon in Norfolk, while Mrs Hetty Bellis was drying...Anne of Peebles. Mr. Gusfleet reported to the police..."
At this time, the surrounding students also came over and stretched their ears to listen to Roger recite the newspaper.
Roger read the report quickly and shoved the newspaper back into Eddie's hands: "Eddie, it doesn't say that the flying car was driven by Potter and Weasley."
"But I think it's them," Eddie said firmly.
"Is this true? Weasley, your brother came to school in a flying car?" someone in the crowd asked Percy.
Before Percy could answer, Scott raised his head sharply.
Eddie followed Scott's gaze, just in time to see a Ford Anglia falling from the sky and flying past the walls of Hogwarts Castle.
"Look, the flying car is here." Eddie immediately shouted excitedly.
(End of this chapter)
The drive from London to Hogwarts was a bit long, and Coster and Roger didn't talk for long before they fell asleep in their seats.
When Scott woke up, the sky outside the car window had become very dark.
"The train will arrive at Hogwarts in 5 minutes. Please leave your luggage on the train. We will send you to school."
The voice of the conductor spread through all the carriages, the speed of the Mercedes-Benz train was slowly decreasing, and the terminal station Hogsmeade was about to arrive.
Hearing the conductor's voice reminding him, Scott took out his pocket watch and checked the time.
At this time, Roger was also awakened by the voice of the conductor. He sat in his seat and looked at the lights of Hogsmeade in the distance through the glass window.
"Come on, Roger."
Scott greeted and stood up and pushed open the compartment door.Roger stood up and pulled his robe casually, and the two walked to the door of the carriage to wait.
With a long whistle, the train slowly stopped, and the students sitting in other compartments also came out one after another.
The door of the carriage opened, and Scott and Roger got off the train first. They passed the platform and walked towards a row of dilapidated carriages parked outside the platform.
At this time, the Hogwarts key keeper and gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid was standing on the other side of the platform, calling out this year's freshmen with a loud voice as in previous years: "First-year freshman! First-year freshman here. Come!"
His stature is different from ordinary people's tall, very conspicuous in the crowd.He raised the magic lamp in his hand high, and it was like a beacon guiding the way to the freshmen who didn't understand anything.
"Look, those little guys, Hagrid is like a mother ostrich with a group of ducklings." Roger pointed at the stumbling freshmen.
"I remember you used to be one of the ducklings." Scott said angrily.
Even so, he laughed.
After all, Roger's analogy... is actually quite appropriate.
The surrounding students were also amused by Roger's words.
Scott turned his head naturally and greeted the girl walking behind him.
"Hello, Penello."
Penelope Riwatt, a sixth-grade female student in the same Ravenclaw class as the two, has beautiful long curly brown hair and is a smart and beautiful prefect.
"Good evening, Scott." Peneno covered his mouth and laughed again, "Oh, and Roger, you made me laugh."
"Of course, thank you for your compliment, Miss Clearwater."
Roger made a very proud and exaggerated expression, which made Penello laugh.
The three got into the same carriage and sat down.
Before the carriage started, another figure suddenly and quickly climbed up.
"Evening... Good morning, Penello."
The tall, thin red-haired boy sat directly next to Penello after getting in the car. He whispered hello, and both Scott and Roger could hear that his voice was a little nervous.
"Good evening, Percy."
Penello is much more generous than him.
Percy Weasley, a Gryffindor in the same class as Peneno.
[The two of them are definitely tricky! ]
Roger winked at Scott.
[I still use you to say it. ]
Scott returned him a calm look.
It seemed that Percy Weasley only noticed the other two people in the carriage at this time. He raised his head slightly and said with some restraint, "Hello, Davis, Trollope."
"Hello, Weasley."
Scott and Roger responded lukewarmly.
At this time, the carriage started, and Percy withdrew his gaze and whispered with Penello.
Almost ignored, Scott and Roger looked at each other, and the two began to talk about their respective electives for the new school year.
Scott has taken the three courses of ancient rune, arithmetic and divination, and protection of magical animals since the third grade, and he has no plans to change in the new school year.
But Roger was hesitant to drop a class.
"I regret it. I don't think I should choose a divination class." Roger said distressedly, "As Professor Trelawney said, I don't have the 'Heavenly Eye' at all."
Roger chose the divination course because of his interest, but this course is too special, and people who do not have the gift of prophecy can never achieve success by studying hard.
"Maybe you can choose to drop this class," Scott suggested. "Go talk to Professor Flitwick, he should agree to your request."
"Okay, I'll go." Roger took his advice.
"Oh, are you talking about divination?" Percy interjected suddenly. "Professor McGonagall said Professor Trelawney was a liar. But it's easy to get high marks in this class, if you just ask Trelawney on the exam. The professor 'predicts' his own miserable future, of course, the more miserable the better."
After speaking, he looked at the two boys with some smugness.
Scott and Roger looked at each other but said nothing.
At this time, Percy added: "You know, I got twelve certificates in the OWLs (Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination) last school year."
"Oh, I know you're great, Percy."
Penello gave Scott and Roger an embarrassed look, and she began to talk about some interesting experiences of her summer vacation to divert Percy's attention.
Neither Scott nor Roger spoke again.
When the carriage stopped in front of the gate of Hogwarts Castle, the two hurriedly jumped off.
They quickened their pace toward the auditorium, and Roger sighed in a low voice: "Beautiful Miss Cliftat, Ravenclaw flower, her eyes are not very good. I understand that Weasley is trying to give us Talk about some useful experience, but he really can't speak, isn't he?"
Scott smiled without saying a word, turning his head to look behind.
A slightly chubby boy was walking quickly from behind, he squeezed directly between Scott and Roger and said excitedly: "Good evening, Scott always seems to be able to notice people out of sight, can Tell me how? Oh, by the way, you were talking about Peneno's boyfriend Percy Weasley?"
Roger was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Eddie, you are always so keen on these gossips, and I can't help but suspect that you have more than two ears and one mouth."
"Oh, thanks for the compliment, Roger."
Eddie raised his head proudly.
"I just happen to have the latest breaking news here!"
He proudly took out a newspaper from his robe and shook it.
"You know what, 'Savior' Potter and his pal Weasley missed today's back-to-school train, and I suspect they came to school in a flying car."
"Flying cars?"
Roger reached out and snatched the newspaper from Eddie's hand. It was a freshly-released Evening Prophet.
Scott took a peek, and the front page of the newspaper read - "Ford Anglia Can Fly, Muggles Surprised".
Roger read as he walked: "Two Muggles in London are sure they saw an old sedan flying over the post office building...noon in Norfolk, while Mrs Hetty Bellis was drying...Anne of Peebles. Mr. Gusfleet reported to the police..."
At this time, the surrounding students also came over and stretched their ears to listen to Roger recite the newspaper.
Roger read the report quickly and shoved the newspaper back into Eddie's hands: "Eddie, it doesn't say that the flying car was driven by Potter and Weasley."
"But I think it's them," Eddie said firmly.
"Is this true? Weasley, your brother came to school in a flying car?" someone in the crowd asked Percy.
Before Percy could answer, Scott raised his head sharply.
Eddie followed Scott's gaze, just in time to see a Ford Anglia falling from the sky and flying past the walls of Hogwarts Castle.
"Look, the flying car is here." Eddie immediately shouted excitedly.
(End of this chapter)
