Chapter 146 Thestral Carriage
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Chu Ni Fan Wan
The Hogsmeade platform, the terminal station of the train, still guards the hill-like giant Hagrid, but this time second-year Sun Zhu no longer needs Hagrid to lead the way to Hogwarts. With a loud voice, he led the group of second graders not far away.
Senior Brian looked a little darker than before, but he was still shy. He beckoned the little badgers to follow him. When he passed by Hagrid, he glanced at the freshmen who had gathered there and looked at them curiously. He stopped walking and seemed to have done some mental construction before saying to them: "Welcome to Hogwarts, and look forward to seeing you in Hufflepuff soon."
A small murmur broke out among the freshmen, and some seemed about to clap, but stopped when Hagrid looked at them.
Although Sun Zhu felt that Hagrid had no intention of restraining them, just standing there had his own deterrent power.
Senior Brian smiled and continued to move forward. Karina tugged at Sun Zhu's sleeve and said in a low voice, "I heard that this is what Senior Cecilia ordered. Do you think we will recruit the most new students this year?" ?”
"I don't know, but Hufflepuff has the most new students every time in previous years, so it should be the same this year."
"It's not kind of you to do that."
"It's a foul."
Suddenly two accusations came from his ears, and Sun Zhu turned his head to look, and found that the twins had sneaked into the Hufflepuff team at some point, looking at them with a bright smile on his face.
"How do you say, what did we do?" Sun Zhu had an innocent face.
"Why did you two come to us?" Karina pointed around, "This is Hufflepuff's team."
"Come on, who else is lining up except you Hufflepuffs." Fred grimaced, "We're here to join you."
"Anyway, we're going the same way." George nodded.
"Oh...but it sounds like you have a lot of opinions on us." Sun Zhu looked disgusted, "Just now you actually said that we are not kind, I didn't expect this word to be used to describe Hufflepuff."
"You recruit new people in this way, and it's easy for them to have a preconceived impression of you."
"So if the Sorting Hat gave them multiple choices, they would be more inclined to choose Hufflepuff."
"Senior Brian doesn't have so much thoughtfulness, he just greeted them." Sun Zhu denied, "You guys are overthinking."
"That's right, if we want to recruit new students, we don't need this method at all!" Karina pointed to Cedric who was talking to senior Brian in front of the team, "Just put him in front of the freshmen and tell them , this is Hufflepuff's senior, the effect will be better than now."
"Cut~" The twins made strange sounds of disgust at the same time.
"Do you have any opinions?" Daisy glared at them, "Seeing that you two have been here for a long time, did you come here specially to find fault?"
"Don't dare!" Fred pretended to be scared and closed his mouth tightly.
"We're just chatting among friends." George said indifferently, "Speaking of which, Zhu, I haven't asked you yet, are you going to join the Quidditch team this year?"
"My father has already bought me a broom." Sun Zhu nodded, "I also have practice during the summer vacation, and then I will be with Karina, and I will follow Senior Sister Anna as a substitute Chaser."
"Fred and I will also join the Gryffindor Quidditch team this year as batsmen." George looked very excited, "We will play with Charlie, but unfortunately he is already in seventh grade this year. Ryffindor will seldom come across a Seeker as good as he."
"Ah... I think there will be some in the future, don't worry." Sun Zhu subconsciously replied thinking of Harry who will be enrolled next year.
Karina poked her face: "How do you make others ambitious."
"Ah..." Sun Zhu covered his mouth.
George laughed loudly: "I don't know why, but I really believe what you said."
Sun Zhu laughed dryly and decided to keep silent first.
Senior Brian, who was leading the way, stopped. Sun Zhu looked forward and saw many carriages parked in an open space. There were at least 100 of them.
Sun Zhu stared at the seemingly empty place in front of the shaft, knowing that it was not as simple as it looked.
"Wow, there are so many, are we going to take them to school?" Karina stepped forward and opened the car door, seeing Senior Brian nodding, she sat in with confidence.
Many people from other colleges rushed over one after another. Sun Zhu saw Fina standing not far away frowning. She knew that Fina must have seen those terrifying Thestrals.
"I saw that you were so preoccupied that you didn't talk much since you got off the car, Fina, what happened?"
Fina recovered and glanced at Sun Zhu, then shook her head: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about what my aunt told me. But it's not important."
"Wow, so how do these cars drive? Is it powered by magic?" Karina's voice came from afar.
"It is said that there are invisible horses pulling the cart." A passing Ravenclaw girl studied for a while, "It is a magical creature that we don't know."
Angelina tried to reach out her hand to test the shaft when she heard the words, but she quickly touched a slippery and hard object, and subconsciously withdrew her hand.
"Hi! As expected of Gryffindor, what did you touch?"
"I can't tell, it looks like wings and protruding bones." Angelina shook her head, seeing the twins eager to try, "I think you'd better not try."
"There's nothing to worry about, Angelina. This is a magical creature used by the school to pull carts for students. How could it be dangerous?" Fred said indifferently.
"We won't do anything to them. In fact, it's unknown whether such creatures exist. After all, no one can see them." George said.
"I can see it, so I advise you not to do stupid things. If you provoke them, even the most gentle magical creatures will not show mercy to you." A faint voice came, and the twins spoke at the same time. Leng.
The curly-haired Eugene gracefully boarded a carriage with a book in his arms, and closed the door without looking at the twins after saying that.
"Huh?" Sun Zhu was a little surprised, but he couldn't help being amused seeing the twins' deflated faces.
"She's right." Fina nodded, "Don't look, let's get in the car."
Sun Zhu also opened a car door nearby, and she noticed that most of the students were talking and laughing at ease, only a few of them were carefully avoiding something when approaching.
The compartment is not too spacious, one person per car, if two people come in, it will be a bit crowded.There was a smell of dry straw inside, which was not unpleasant. Sun Zhu heard Senior Brian's voice outside.
"The speed of these carriages is very fast, and they will all come back in a few minutes. Please wait a while if you haven't got on the carriage yet. Remember to sit still if you are already in the carriage. There may be some bumps, but don't worry."
Sun Zhu tightly hugged the Sniffing backpack she had been wearing, and gathered the academic robes on her body, and the group of carriages quickly vacated and flew towards Hogwarts.
The road was not as bumpy as she had imagined, but the whine of the night wind could be heard, and the carriage shook slightly when it landed. Sun Zhu opened the door carefully and saw the gate of Hogwarts Castle not far away.
After the students got out of the car one after another, the carriage with empty compartments flew into the distance again.Sun Zhu raised his head and looked at the distant piece in the night sky, which gradually became an invisible point with the distance.Amid the exclamations of other students, she turned to the long steps leading to the school gate.
Professor McGonagall was still waiting for them at the door, and she nodded to them one by one with a calm but friendly smile.
"Children, welcome back to Hogwarts. Please wait in the dining room first. The sorting ceremony for new students will begin soon."
Sun Zhu walked to the Hufflepuff table with his partners, where a few people were already seated.
Cedric waved to her, a newspaper in his hand, hesitant.
"What's the matter?" Sun Zhu sat beside him, seeing his troubled look, he looked at Tonks next door.
Tonks spread his hands and said, "This is what he looked like after reading that newspaper."
Karina and Fina also sat beside her, looking at Cedric with some curiosity.
"There is a piece of bad news in today's "Daily Prophet", which is related to your friend." He handed the newspaper to Sun Zhu, "I hope you don't worry too much."
Sun Zhu's eyebrows jumped, he took the newspaper in his hand, and soon saw the news.
"The famous experimenter, Ms. Pandora Lovegood, had an accident during a recent experiment and is currently seriously injured and is being treated at St. Mungo's Hospital."
Senior Brian looked a little darker than before, but he was still shy. He beckoned the little badgers to follow him. When he passed by Hagrid, he glanced at the freshmen who had gathered there and looked at them curiously. He stopped walking and seemed to have done some mental construction before saying to them: "Welcome to Hogwarts, and look forward to seeing you in Hufflepuff soon."
A small murmur broke out among the freshmen, and some seemed about to clap, but stopped when Hagrid looked at them.
Although Sun Zhu felt that Hagrid had no intention of restraining them, just standing there had his own deterrent power.
Senior Brian smiled and continued to move forward. Karina tugged at Sun Zhu's sleeve and said in a low voice, "I heard that this is what Senior Cecilia ordered. Do you think we will recruit the most new students this year?" ?”
"I don't know, but Hufflepuff has the most new students every time in previous years, so it should be the same this year."
"It's not kind of you to do that."
"It's a foul."
Suddenly two accusations came from his ears, and Sun Zhu turned his head to look, and found that the twins had sneaked into the Hufflepuff team at some point, looking at them with a bright smile on his face.
"How do you say, what did we do?" Sun Zhu had an innocent face.
"Why did you two come to us?" Karina pointed around, "This is Hufflepuff's team."
"Come on, who else is lining up except you Hufflepuffs." Fred grimaced, "We're here to join you."
"Anyway, we're going the same way." George nodded.
"Oh...but it sounds like you have a lot of opinions on us." Sun Zhu looked disgusted, "Just now you actually said that we are not kind, I didn't expect this word to be used to describe Hufflepuff."
"You recruit new people in this way, and it's easy for them to have a preconceived impression of you."
"So if the Sorting Hat gave them multiple choices, they would be more inclined to choose Hufflepuff."
"Senior Brian doesn't have so much thoughtfulness, he just greeted them." Sun Zhu denied, "You guys are overthinking."
"That's right, if we want to recruit new students, we don't need this method at all!" Karina pointed to Cedric who was talking to senior Brian in front of the team, "Just put him in front of the freshmen and tell them , this is Hufflepuff's senior, the effect will be better than now."
"Cut~" The twins made strange sounds of disgust at the same time.
"Do you have any opinions?" Daisy glared at them, "Seeing that you two have been here for a long time, did you come here specially to find fault?"
"Don't dare!" Fred pretended to be scared and closed his mouth tightly.
"We're just chatting among friends." George said indifferently, "Speaking of which, Zhu, I haven't asked you yet, are you going to join the Quidditch team this year?"
"My father has already bought me a broom." Sun Zhu nodded, "I also have practice during the summer vacation, and then I will be with Karina, and I will follow Senior Sister Anna as a substitute Chaser."
"Fred and I will also join the Gryffindor Quidditch team this year as batsmen." George looked very excited, "We will play with Charlie, but unfortunately he is already in seventh grade this year. Ryffindor will seldom come across a Seeker as good as he."
"Ah... I think there will be some in the future, don't worry." Sun Zhu subconsciously replied thinking of Harry who will be enrolled next year.
Karina poked her face: "How do you make others ambitious."
"Ah..." Sun Zhu covered his mouth.
George laughed loudly: "I don't know why, but I really believe what you said."
Sun Zhu laughed dryly and decided to keep silent first.
Senior Brian, who was leading the way, stopped. Sun Zhu looked forward and saw many carriages parked in an open space. There were at least 100 of them.
Sun Zhu stared at the seemingly empty place in front of the shaft, knowing that it was not as simple as it looked.
"Wow, there are so many, are we going to take them to school?" Karina stepped forward and opened the car door, seeing Senior Brian nodding, she sat in with confidence.
Many people from other colleges rushed over one after another. Sun Zhu saw Fina standing not far away frowning. She knew that Fina must have seen those terrifying Thestrals.
"I saw that you were so preoccupied that you didn't talk much since you got off the car, Fina, what happened?"
Fina recovered and glanced at Sun Zhu, then shook her head: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about what my aunt told me. But it's not important."
"Wow, so how do these cars drive? Is it powered by magic?" Karina's voice came from afar.
"It is said that there are invisible horses pulling the cart." A passing Ravenclaw girl studied for a while, "It is a magical creature that we don't know."
Angelina tried to reach out her hand to test the shaft when she heard the words, but she quickly touched a slippery and hard object, and subconsciously withdrew her hand.
"Hi! As expected of Gryffindor, what did you touch?"
"I can't tell, it looks like wings and protruding bones." Angelina shook her head, seeing the twins eager to try, "I think you'd better not try."
"There's nothing to worry about, Angelina. This is a magical creature used by the school to pull carts for students. How could it be dangerous?" Fred said indifferently.
"We won't do anything to them. In fact, it's unknown whether such creatures exist. After all, no one can see them." George said.
"I can see it, so I advise you not to do stupid things. If you provoke them, even the most gentle magical creatures will not show mercy to you." A faint voice came, and the twins spoke at the same time. Leng.
The curly-haired Eugene gracefully boarded a carriage with a book in his arms, and closed the door without looking at the twins after saying that.
"Huh?" Sun Zhu was a little surprised, but he couldn't help being amused seeing the twins' deflated faces.
"She's right." Fina nodded, "Don't look, let's get in the car."
Sun Zhu also opened a car door nearby, and she noticed that most of the students were talking and laughing at ease, only a few of them were carefully avoiding something when approaching.
The compartment is not too spacious, one person per car, if two people come in, it will be a bit crowded.There was a smell of dry straw inside, which was not unpleasant. Sun Zhu heard Senior Brian's voice outside.
"The speed of these carriages is very fast, and they will all come back in a few minutes. Please wait a while if you haven't got on the carriage yet. Remember to sit still if you are already in the carriage. There may be some bumps, but don't worry."
Sun Zhu tightly hugged the Sniffing backpack she had been wearing, and gathered the academic robes on her body, and the group of carriages quickly vacated and flew towards Hogwarts.
The road was not as bumpy as she had imagined, but the whine of the night wind could be heard, and the carriage shook slightly when it landed. Sun Zhu opened the door carefully and saw the gate of Hogwarts Castle not far away.
After the students got out of the car one after another, the carriage with empty compartments flew into the distance again.Sun Zhu raised his head and looked at the distant piece in the night sky, which gradually became an invisible point with the distance.Amid the exclamations of other students, she turned to the long steps leading to the school gate.
Professor McGonagall was still waiting for them at the door, and she nodded to them one by one with a calm but friendly smile.
"Children, welcome back to Hogwarts. Please wait in the dining room first. The sorting ceremony for new students will begin soon."
Sun Zhu walked to the Hufflepuff table with his partners, where a few people were already seated.
Cedric waved to her, a newspaper in his hand, hesitant.
"What's the matter?" Sun Zhu sat beside him, seeing his troubled look, he looked at Tonks next door.
Tonks spread his hands and said, "This is what he looked like after reading that newspaper."
Karina and Fina also sat beside her, looking at Cedric with some curiosity.
"There is a piece of bad news in today's "Daily Prophet", which is related to your friend." He handed the newspaper to Sun Zhu, "I hope you don't worry too much."
Sun Zhu's eyebrows jumped, he took the newspaper in his hand, and soon saw the news.
"The famous experimenter, Ms. Pandora Lovegood, had an accident during a recent experiment and is currently seriously injured and is being treated at St. Mungo's Hospital."
