The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 73
Finally, the hour hand of the big clock at the train station reached the departure time.This train looks like it won't be able to catch up.

"It's over," said Ron blankly. "The train is leaving. What if Mom and Dad can't come and get us? Do you have any Muggle money?"

Harry gave a dry laugh, "The Dursleys haven't given me pocket money for six years."

"I'm fine." Ryan said, "I still have more than 30 pounds on me."

Ron relaxed a little after hearing Ryan's answer, and then put his ear to the cold partition wall.

"There's no sound," he said nervously. "What should we do? I don't know how long it will take for Mom and Dad to come back to us."

Because of Harry's owl hooting, it is too distracting.So Harry proposed to wait for the Weasleys by the car.

At this time, Ron seemed to think of something because of the word car, and said excitedly to Ryan and Harry:

"We could drive to Hogwarts!" We're stuck, right?We have to hurry back to school, don't we?In a real emergency, little wizards can also use magic. Paragraph No.19 of the "Restriction Regulations" or which paragraph has provisions..."

"Stop!" Ryan waved to Ron. "Don't forget we're only 12 years old. Do you think it's really appropriate to drive a flying car across the whole of the UK without anyone who has learned to drive? If I fall off, my levitation spell can't save three people."

Harry also shook his head after hearing what Ryan said, and he found that Ron's method was inappropriate.After all, even in the world of Muggles, you have to learn to drive in a driving school and obtain a driver's license before you can drive. According to what he observed in the Weasley family, it is absolutely impossible for Mrs. Weasley to allow Ron to fly around in the car. .Harry didn't want to put his life in the hands of such a novice driver either.

"Then what do you think we should do? We can't go to Hogwarts now." Seeing that Harry didn't support his point of view, Ron said anxiously.

"Let's go out quickly. I think my father hasn't left yet. He can help us go to the Leaky Cauldron. When we get there, we should be able to find someone who can help us." Ryan said to Harry and the others.

"You are such a genius, you deserve the highest test score among us." Ron patted Ryan on the shoulder, and then the three of them pushed the trolley to the parking lot quickly.

When he arrived at the parking lot, Ryan found that his father, Mr. Lambert, hadn't left. He was surprised to see his child and two other classmates walking towards him with a trolley.

"Shouldn't you go to school by train? Why did you come back so soon?" Mr. Lambert asked a little puzzled.

"Well, there's something wrong with the entrance and we can't get in right now. So hopefully you'll drop us off at the Leaky Cauldron where we did our shopping last time, and we'll head back to school from there."

After hearing this, Mr. Lambert asked the three of them to load all their luggage into his car.He then took a taxi for the three of them and told the taxi driver to follow him.

Ten minutes later, they finally arrived at the Leaky Cauldron.After saying goodbye to Mr. Lambert, Ryan and the others walked into the Leaky Cauldron with their luggage.The business of the bar is not very good today, and there are not many customers drinking in it.

Tom the owner, who was sitting behind the bar polishing glasses, was surprised when they came in: "It's supposed to be the start of school today, kids. Why are you here?"

"There seems to be something wrong with the wall at platform nine and three quarters that's blocking us out, so we're just going to come here to see if anyone can help us."

"Then sit here for a while, and I'll pass a letter to your professor." After speaking, Tom took out a quill and wrote something on the parchment, and then passed the parchment away through the Floo network.

Ryan went to the counter and bought three bottles of pumpkin juice, and then he and Harry drank each bottle while sitting at the table waiting for the news.As soon as he finished drinking the pumpkin juice, he saw a green flame flashing in the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron. Professor McGonagall walked out of the fireplace in a dark green robe, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Ryan and the others.

"Thank goodness you're all right, the Ministry of Magic said there's something wrong with the partition wall. I'm worried you're going to hurt yourself by doing something stupid because you missed the Hogwarts Express, but luckily you know how to go to the Leaky Cauldron for help."

"How do we get to school now that the train has left?" Harry asked Professor McGonagall.

"Don't worry kids, we're going to make the Floo net now and go to Hogsmeade Station. Ryan, you haven't used the Floo net before, just watch how I use it and follow along."

With that, Professor McGonagall threw a pinch of floo powder into the fire, and the flames turned green.She walked in, said "Hogsmeade Station," and disappeared.

"You come first, don't panic and don't move around, just read the location, it's not dangerous." Ron said to Ryan.

Lane picked up a pinch of powder from the basin and threw it into the fire, then dragged his luggage into the fireplace.Feeling as hot as being next to a fire in the fireplace, Ryan read out his destination: "Hogsmeade Station."

He felt as if he was thrown into the washing machine and turned around, and the swirl of green flames made him feel a little dizzy. He had no choice but to close his eyes and listen to the wind blowing past his ears.

With a final smack, he and his luggage fell to the marble floor.The dizzy Ryan propped himself up on his arms, when Professor McGonagall pointed at him with a wand to clean up the soot on him.

Harry and Ron who arrived later were also treated by Professor McGonagall in the same way.Professor McGonagall asked them to leave their luggage here (don't worry, someone will help you deliver your luggage to your dormitory later).After that, he took them into the school carriage. There was nothing in front of the carriage, but Ryan knew that it was a carriage pulled by thestrals, and only those who had seen death could see them.

Following a rough dirt road, the carriage passes through a magnificent wrought-iron gate.There are stone pillars on both sides of the road, and there are wild boars with wings on the top.

Finally, the carriage stopped at the gate of the castle after passing a long sloping driveway.

At this time, the system issued a prompt in Ryan's mind:
- The Harry Potter Drive across the UK event has been changed to gain 6 offset points.

This number of points is more than expected, probably because the subsequent series of events have been changed at any time, so so many offset points have been obtained.

After getting out of the car, Professor McGonagall said to Ryan and the three of them: "Okay, it's time to go to school. Because your classmates will arrive in the afternoon, the school is not ready yet. So I hope you can stay quietly in the common room , and don’t come down until the start-of-term banquet. The password for the common room is Honeyeater, and I’ll have your lunch delivered to you.”

(End of this chapter)