Homecoming from Hogwarts

"Harry. You just slept like that all night, Harry!"

The darkness before his eyes quickly dissipated in a series of shaking, and Harry tried hard to open his sleepy eyes to adapt to the dazzling pale sunlight outside the window.

"Well--"

If he moved a little, his whole body felt like it was falling apart, and the blocked feeling in his nose also made Harry feel very uncomfortable.

"What. Ron?"

It was as if I had been fed a large tank of retardant, and my dull thoughts were wandering through my rigid nerves.

It took a long time for the commands sent from the brain to the limbs to receive a response. Harry struggled to support his body with his elbows and tried to sit up in bed.

Ron couldn't stand the continuous failures anymore, so he leaned over and helped Harry to sit down.

"You just slept like that all night, bro?"

Ron frowned deeply and looked worriedly at Harry who was rubbing his cheeks with his palms.

"I was thinking about something and didn't notice--"

Harry mumbled, his voice sounding muffled by the cold.

"I'm not saying, brother—"

Ron looked even more worried.

"If you really cared so much about why Remus and Sirius kept the wedding a secret, you could have written and asked—"

"Write and ask."

Harry struggled to understand what Ron meant. After a long while, he slowly responded.

"That's not what I'm thinking about. Forget it, Ron. Remus is usually very busy, and now he has to worry about his wedding. Sirius is now responsible for protecting the Minister of Magic. I don't want to disturb them because of such a trivial matter--"

Little things
Ron curled his lips. In his opinion, it was really no big deal, but judging from Harry's reaction, he seemed to be taking it a bit too seriously.

"If you're sure you can still attend the class, we'd better get down there quickly, Harry, before we get too hot."

"You're right, Ron, going to Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class hungry is not a good idea—"

Harry exhaled heavily and staggered to his feet.

hiss!
The moment he stood up, a sharp headache made Harry's face twisted and he subconsciously covered his forehead!

His appearance frightened Ron, but his years of "rich experience" allowed Ron to make an immediate judgment.

"Your scar hurts again, Harry!"

Ron stared at the scar that Harry was covering in horror. Just as he was hesitating whether to inform anyone, Harry, with a frown on his face, shook his head like Luna usually did to drive away a harassing horsefly.

"Oh, I guess not--"

Harry patted his forehead, feeling somewhat confused.
"I don't think it's the scar that hurts, Ron, but oh, I think I caught a cold last night, and my head hurts a bit, huh."

The sudden pain just now also made Harry quickly regain consciousness from his hazy state. He took a deep breath of the cool morning air and exhaled slowly.

"Give me two minutes, Ron, I have to wash my face and brush my teeth first--"

Ron said nothing, just shrugged.

As they walked down the stairs, they met many students climbing the stairs to find their classrooms.

The two of them ran very fast, and in the breeze that blew towards them, the fatigue from last night's poor sleep quickly dissipated. When they jumped from the stairs into the hallway, Harry no longer felt that there was anything wrong with him except that he still had a slightly stuffy nose.

"What's going on? What's the big news?"

There were at least dozens of students blocking the notice board in the entrance hall. A second-year boy who got up late like them came downstairs and saw the lively scene in front of the notice board. He rushed over like the wind and hit Ron hard on the shoulder.

"Hey, pay attention, kid, or I'll deduct your points!"

Ron shouted angrily.

"Oh, Prefect, that's right, I almost forgot about that!" Fred and George, who were just coming out of the inner circle of the crowd, heard Ron's shout. Fred said with a smile. He and George walked over quickly, one on each side, and put their arms around Ron's neck.

"You come and sign us up, dear Miss Ronnie the Prefect and the know-it-all, it's already packed!"

Harry subconsciously glanced into the hall and noticed that there was indeed another group of people surrounding Hermione.

"Sign up?"

Ron tried hard to break free from his brothers' grip, but Fred and George held him very tightly, leaving him no room to escape.

After struggling for a while, Ron gave up and asked helplessly,
"What do you want to sign up for?"

"Oh, of course it's a study tour, dear little Ronnie!"

George said with a smile,
“It is written in the notice that the school will organize a special study activity this Saturday.

The activity has been approved by the Hogwarts Headmaster and the Minister of Magic. Students in the fourth grade and above can register with their school prefects. The prefects will hand over the list to the deans of each school. After the deans have reviewed it, Professor Brian will lead the students to participate in the study tour. "

Ron was a little confused. He asked hesitantly,

"Study and research activities. What exactly do we do?"

"Visit Avalon Prison!"

Harry suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Ron who was surprised. His tone was full of excitement.

"Have you forgotten, Ron, that Hermione told us about this, on the first night of term?"

Ron blinked, remembering this as well.

"Are you crazy?"

But when he came to his senses, he did not show the same excitement as Harry.

"Visiting a prison. I can't imagine what's so fun about it. Maybe there are Dementors there!"

"Don't be silly, boy--"

Fred ruffled Ron's hair and said unhappily,
"The Daily Prophet said that the Ministry of Magic has decided not to use Dementors to guard Avalon Prison. They have other preventive measures, and we will be the first to see them!"

Ron had no room to argue because the students who had seen the announcement had already surrounded him, and many of them were clamoring to sign up.

Ron had no choice but to take out the luxurious feather pen and a blank parchment given by the goblin from his schoolbag and register everyone.

Only Professor Brian could come up with the idea of ​​letting students visit Avalon Prison.

Students are no longer surprised by Professor Brian's ability to create topics.

In the next two days, the hottest topic at Hogwarts was undoubtedly study and research activities.

Among the series of topics surrounding the study tour, the hottest ones are how they will get to Avalon Prison, where this mysterious new magic prison is located, and what kind of defense measures Avalon Prison has.

"Just like Azkaban, it's an island suspended in the open sea!"

During the Transfiguration class on Thursday, while Professor McGonagall was writing on the blackboard, Ernie from Hufflepuff vowed to the people around him,

"Think about the name of this prison. Avalon is a mythical island!"

"I bet a Galleon that it will never be what you say--"

Simo suppressed his voice and said confidently,
"My father told me the myths about this island. Ladies and gentlemen, maybe you don't know that Avalon is an island in the middle of a lake. It can't be in the open sea!"

Just as Harry was about to intervene in the conversation, Ron hit his foot hard under the table!
Professor McGonagall on the podium turned her head at some point and was staring at Seamus coldly.

Seamus successfully earned himself a chance to be put in detention, but fortunately Professor McGonagall was very considerate. She arranged Seamus' detention on Sunday, so that he would at least not miss this rare study opportunity.

"What, Malfoy isn't going to attend the study tour?"

On Thursday night, a piece of gossip came and shocked Harry. (End of this chapter)