Chapter 180 The familiar Harry is back

The sunlight outside the window is so bright that it is dazzling. Through the transparent glass, I can see that the branches outside the window have been drooped by the harsh sun, and the green branches and leaves are almost withered by the sun.

The black lake in the distance was calm, without any ripples. It was like entering a dream, extremely quiet.

Except for the "rustling" sound of quills and parchment, there were almost no unnecessary sounds in the classroom. The young wizards were all preparing for the final exams in the near future. Even Ron next to him was starting under Hermione's supervision. Make a set of test questions.

However, Harry had no intention of studying.

He held the quill in his hand and placed both hands on the parchment. The same spot on the parchment was soaked with sweat from his hands, but still not a single word was written on the paper.

His thoughts were wandering outside the window, thinking about random things aimlessly. Unconsciously, the melodious bell rang for the end of get out of class.

Hermione put away her books and prepared to go to the library to review the history of magic. She also wanted to drag Harry and Ron over to prepare for the exam together, but Harry declined because he had a Quidditch practice that evening.

Of course, he actually knew that this training had become unnecessary because Gryffindor had lost the chance to enter the finals.

And Harry also knew that he should really review the courses that he had not listened to very well this semester...well, or preview them, otherwise he would definitely not get the desired score in the final exam, and he might even fail to pass. Can't do it.

But when he thought that Cedric might be in the library right now helping Qiu Zhang review the third-grade exam content, he had no idea of ​​going to the library to study together.

Harry climbed the stairs aimlessly until he reached the Gryffindor common room on the eighth floor, and came to a portrait of the Fat Lady who guarded the common room.

"Fennel cereal."

He gave the password to the fat lady.

The Fat Lady glanced at Harry and smiled at him.

"Oh, there was a first-grade little witch looking for you just now. Come in and have a look." She said cheerfully.

The portrait then rotated open, revealing a hole into the common room.

"Oh, thank you." Harry responded with some surprise.

As the main culprit that caused the Gryffindor team to lose in several Quidditch matches, Harry actually received a lot of criticism within Gryffindor this semester.

In addition, his thoughts were all tied to Qiu Zhang, and he didn't pay much attention to other loyal admirers. Now he is not as popular as before.

Therefore, Harry didn't know what first-year students would come to see him when final exams were approaching.

In fact, Harry can be considered a fan of the authorities.

Basically, the only first-year wizards who are willing to find him at such a critical time before the exam are those two who still maintain a loyal admiration for Harry. Both of them are Gryffindor wizards. ——

One is Colin Creevey who holds a camera all day long and wants to take pictures of Harry. He was originally from a Muggle family. He heard about Harry's deeds from newspapers and related books before going to school, and immediately became a die-hard fan of Harry.

Another admirer was Ginny. Unlike Colin Creevey, who only became Harry's die-hard fan after going to school, she grew up listening to Harry's deeds and has always been Harry's little fangirl.

Harry has always felt guilty towards Ginny and Colin, because he felt that he was just an ordinary little wizard and not worthy of their worship at all...

Entering the common room, Harry looked around, and sure enough he found a little red-haired witch circling anxiously next to the fireplace.

"Ginny?" He hesitated, then called Ginny, "Just now the Fat Madam said that a first-year little witch is looking for me. The person she was talking about was you, right?"

Ginny's anxious steps were interrupted by Harry's voice. She raised her head abruptly, with a look of relief in her eyes.

"Harry, you're finally back!" she said anxiously, "We need your help!"

"What happened?" Harry asked in surprise, looking at Ginny's anxious expression.

"Luna is missing. She hasn't come back all day!" Ginny's eyebrows were full of worry. "Last night was the last time I saw her. She told me that she was going to the Forbidden Forest to feed the Thestrals. .”

"Luna? Is that your new friend from Ravenclaw?" Harry asked.

"Yes, that's the girl with light blond hair and a mysterious look." Ginny said, "I thought it was just a joke that she wanted to go to the Forbidden Forest, because I had never heard of an animal like a thestral..."

"I didn't know until I met Rolf Scamander just now that there really are animals like Thestrals in the Forbidden Forest, and Luna is obviously very familiar with them!"

"So what you're saying is that Luna was in danger in the Forbidden Forest?" Harry frowned.

"I think it should be like this." Ginny nodded, "I haven't seen Luna all day today, and she didn't come to the self-study class that Gryffindor and Ravenclaw had together."

"Later, I went to the Ravenclaw common room to find some of her roommates and asked them if they had seen Luna, but they told me that Luna didn't return to the dormitory last night!"

"But... shouldn't you ask the professor for help with this kind of thing?" Harry hesitated, and then said, "Don't you know where Professor McGonagall's office is? I can take you there."

"I know where Professor McGonagall's office is, Harry!" Ginny shouted, "but none of the professors are in the school today, not even an adult staff member!"

"This...how is this possible?" Harry opened his mouth in shock, "Will Professor McGonagall allow such a situation to occur in the castle?"

"But the fact is, Professor McGonagall is not in the castle either," Ginny said.

"I just met Nearly Headless Nick. He told me that Professor Dracula felt that he had been at Hogwarts for more than a year and had not invited his colleagues here to his home, so he suddenly had a whim. All faculty and staff should be invited to have dinner in their castle.”

"And Professor Dracula said that anyone who didn't go was not giving him face. In the end, even Professor McGonagall was forcibly taken to his home."

"This does look like Professor Dracula's style..." Harry said, dumbfounded, "Professor Dracula is so rich, his house must be very big, and it would be no problem to accommodate all the professors from Hogwarts. "

"Harry, now is not the time to think about how big Professor Dracula's house is!" Ginny interrupted Harry, and then said, "The problem now is that Luna is in danger in the Forbidden Forest. We need Your help!"

"But even if the professor is not here, you should ask the prefect for help." Harry said blankly, "Percy should be in the library, right? He must be very willing to demonstrate his prefect responsibility to protect the younger students."

"No, Harry, we don't need Percy, the person we need is you!" Ginny shook her head, "Actually, I wasn't the first person to find out that Luna was missing, Scamander was the first one. …”

"Scamander has always had a good relationship with Luna since he first transferred to Hogwarts. After he found out that Luna was missing, he skipped his self-study class during the day and went to the Forbidden Forest alone. .”

"Just now, Scamander told me that he had found the place where Luna was trapped, but it requires a specific magic to open it, so please let me come to you for help!"

Ginny emphasized the word "we".

She also didn't expect Harry to be so slow. The two of them talked for such a long time, but he couldn't even distinguish between the words "we" and "I" in his mouth, and he didn't even have the slightest doubt. .

"But I'm just an ordinary second-year student, Ginny. There's nothing special about me than others, and I don't know any specific magic." Harry said softly.

He has always had a low self-esteem during this period, and he doesn't think that he can do things that Percy can't do.

"Listen, Ginny, I know you have a kind of... um, blind worship of me, but I am indeed not the savior you call me. I really didn't do anything the day Voldemort left..."

Ginny looked at Harry, who was obviously giving up on himself. She felt angry at the object of her admiration, and at the same time worried about Luna's current situation, plus the long-suppressed admiration for Harry in her heart...

All the emotions condensed to a point and finally exploded completely——

"Don't you understand what I mean, Harry?" She looked firmly into Harry's eyes and shouted loudly, "You have always been the most special wizard, not because you are the savior, but because you are this person!"

"I admire you not just because of your achievements in driving away Voldemort when you were a child, nor because of your fame in the wizarding world, but because of your brave character and responsible qualities!"

"Have you forgotten? In the last school year, even though you knew that Assistant Quirrell was a dangerous dark wizard, you still rushed into the dangerous restricted area to protect the Sorcerer's Stone. You even dared to face the mysterious man and fight with that person The feared Dark Lord duels!"

"Where did the fearless and courageous Harry go?" Ginny said hysterically with her face flushed and her eyes closed.

Harry stared blankly at the youngest girl in the Weiss family before him, suddenly feeling that he had never really known her.

In Harry's impression, every time Ginny saw him, her cheeks would turn red, and she would even become clumsy, often throwing things in her hands to the ground... so he always felt that she was just a naive little girl.

But he had actually heard about Ginny's original character from Ron, Fred and George: she had not been such a naive and shy girl since she was a child, but had a lively and energetic personality, and was able to do anything. Have your own opinion.

It was only because she admired Harry that Ginny became such a submissive, shy and coquettish character in front of him.

Now, the emotional outburst of the little witch made Harry realize another side of her, and at the same time, it also reminded him of the side of himself.

Harry's thoughts were spinning, and the emotions in his eyes gradually came back to him.

"I..." he said softly, "I have Quidditch training later, and I came back to get the broom this time."

Hearing Harry's words, Ginny had a look of extreme disappointment and sadness in her eyes.

"I know, Scamander and I will get Luna back." She said coldly, walking towards the door of the common room without looking back.

"Wait a minute!" Harry suddenly stopped her.

"Is there anything else?" Ginny stopped, but had no intention of looking back. "My time is precious now, and Luna's situation will become more dangerous every time I delay it for another second."

"I know." Harry said, "So I want to say, I just want to grab my broom. It should be faster to fly to the Forbidden Forest with a broomstick, right?"

He laughed easily, and before the end of his first year, the confidence he felt when he won the Quidditch trophy, came first in the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam, and won the Academy Cup at the same time returned to his green-eyed child.

Ginny covered her mouth in disbelief and turned to look at Harry, who was smiling.

She knew that the Harry Potter she admired most was back!

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So that afternoon, in the blue sky under the bright sunshine, a brand-new flying broomstick, carrying the clean breath of youth, flew past in a swaggering manner.

"Ginny, where is Scamander waiting for us?" Harry asked Ginny in front of him loudly, his hand on the front of the broom, facing the howling wind.

At this time, the two little wizards completely violated the rules of using broomsticks and flew quickly through the sky on Harry's Nimbus 2000.

Harry sat behind the broom and reached forward to hold the handle at the front of the broom. This posture was almost hugging the waist of Ginny who was sitting in front of the broom.

Ginny's face was flushed and her head almost dropped into her collar. She didn't hear the questions Harry was asking at all.

"Ginny, you have to tell me where Scamander is waiting for us?" Harry had to repeat again, "I need to grasp the direction, otherwise I will fly to the wrong place and delay the rescue time!"

Ginny finally heard Harry's voice this time, and raised her head in a daze.

"Ah, Scamander said he would wait for us at Hagrid's hut." She said with a trembling voice.

Harry nodded, adjusted the direction of his broom, and flew towards Hagrid's hut next to the Forbidden Forest.

After a gust of lightning, Harry and Ginny landed in front of Hagrid's hut.

As the hunting ground warden and key keeper of Hogwarts, Hagrid is obviously also a member of the Hogwarts faculty. He was also brought to his home by Dracula for a large dinner in Dracula's castle.

However, at this moment, there was another person standing inside Hagrid's hut, rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

"Oops, someone came to steal things from Hagrid while he was away!" Harry angrily helped Ginny off the broom, and then ran quickly into Hagrid's shack.

"Stop! The things in here belong to Hagrid!" He kicked open the door and shouted loudly into the shed.

However, when he saw the figure inside Hagrid's shack, he was stunned on the spot.

"Scamander, why are you in Hagrid's house?" Harry looked at the little wizard in the house and asked in confusion, "And why do you have the key to Hagrid's shed?"

"Oh, you're here, Harry." Rolf raised his eyes and glanced at Harry at the door, then continued to rummage around the room, "My grandfather has a pretty good relationship with Hagrid, so I'm still here I’ve known Hagrid since we were kids.”

He didn't explain to Harry why Newt and Hagrid were on good terms.

In fact, Newt Scamander and Rubeus Hagrid are both students who were expelled from Hogwarts. At the same time, they both like magical animals. They also experienced the era of the Global Wizarding War, so the two of them have many topics in common. , and became good friends easily.

"When I came to Hogwarts this time, I immediately applied for the job of Hagrid's assistant." Rolf puffed up his chest proudly, "In the future, I will definitely become the best wizard and magizoologist. A zoologist’s assistant must start young!”

"So Hagrid gave you the key to the house?" Harry nodded understandingly, "That's right. There is nothing too precious in Hagrid's house. In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't lock the door."

However, after hearing Harry's comments about Hagrid's cabin, Rolf suddenly raised his head and looked at him with a strange expression.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Harry asked in surprise. He looked around and found nothing valuable here.

"Hmm...then do you know what this is?" Rolf picked up a large, dirty fur cushion from a chair and asked.

"Isn't this the cushion of the chair Hagrid usually sits on? What's so strange about it?" Harry asked.

"That's true." Luo Fe nodded, "Then do you know what materials are used to weave this mat?"

"Um...it's not wool?" Harry said.

"No, it's actually unicorn tail hair." Luo Fu answered, then showed a wicked smile.

Harry's eyes widened in shock.

He still vaguely remembered that when he was buying potion materials in Diagon Alley, he saw the price of unicorn tail hair in a magic materials store——

Ten galleons per bag!

If calculated this way, wouldn't a unicorn tail hair cushion that is so big that it can fit Hagrid's butt cost...many, many galleons? !

Harry opened his eyes wide and carefully looked at the dirty cushion in Rolf's hand, completely unwilling to admit that it was made of unicorn tail hair.

"Do you understand what I mean now?" Rolf shrugged. "Hagrid is the hunting ground warden of Hogwarts and manages such a big treasure house as the Forbidden Forest. So he takes out many inconspicuous things here. Great value!”

"Then what are you looking for?" After Harry was shocked, he turned to look at Rolf suspiciously, "Are you secretly taking away Hagrid's good things while he's away?"

"I'm not interested in Hagrid's family fortune!" Rolf glanced at Harry and said very proudly, "I have many more magical animals in my house than Hagrid can see!"

Rove was not exaggerating at all.

Newt doesn't just have a suitcase that houses those precious magical animals. The basement of Scamander's house is also greatly expanded by the invisible extension spell. A large number of magical animals live in the vast basement.

In comparison, no matter how large the Forbidden Forest next to Hogwarts is, it only has the same climate environment as Scotland.

However, Newt's basement and box contained almost all kinds of climates using weather spells, and also contained most of the natural environments in the world.

So what Rolf said is right, their family's assets related to magical animals are much stronger than Hagrid's!

"Since you're not interested, what are you looking for here?" Harry asked confused.

"Find a useful gadget that we will use when we go to rescue Luna later." Rolf said to Harry while rummaging around.

"Found it, it turns out Hagrid put it here!"

He fished out a long stick from a large box, with a metal device similar to pliers attached to one end.

"What is this? A weapon?" Harry looked at this strange-looking stick, his eyes a little dazed, "Hmm... I don't know if it's because I don't know enough about it. How lethal is this thing of mine?"

"This thing is called snake fork pliers." Luo Fu explained, "It is a tool specially used to deal with snakes. It may come in handy later."

As he said that, he glanced at Harry curiously, "But this is not the main means of coping. Our main fighting force is you!"

"Me?" Harry was stunned, "I'm just a second-year wizard. You won't be tricked by Ginny into believing that I'm very powerful, right?"

"Ahem, I think I need to explain something before taking action. Scamander, my first-year ranking in Defense Against the Dark Arts was just..."

"Who said you were called here because of your first place in Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Ginny walked in carrying Harry's Nimbus 2000 and interrupted Harry.

Her face was still a little red, but after the experience of sharing a broomstick, she was no longer as shy as before when facing Harry.

"Isn't it because of my Defense Against the Dark Arts scores?" Harry turned to look at Ginny, "Is it because of the specific magic you told me about before? But I don't know any extracurricular magic at all... Otherwise, if we call Hermione over, she might know."

"Harry, have you really forgotten what you can do?" Ginny pouted helplessly, "If you think about it again, what abilities have you shown in the Duel Club?"

Harry's expression became even more confused.

Because of the punishment given by Dracula for being distracted in class, he often had to fight four consecutive duels at duel club gatherings this semester.

Although his actual combat ability has indeed improved significantly, so many duels have made him unable to tell what magic he has used.

"Harry, have you forgotten, the duel you had with Malfoy at the Duel Club for the first time?" Seeing that Harry could no longer remember it, Ginny finally couldn't help but remind her, "At that time, Malfoy A big snake was conjured, and then you spoke a strange language and controlled the snake away from yourself."

Rove added next to him:

"Potter, from what Ginny told me about your experience, I can initially judge that you are a snake-talker! We need your help."

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