Homecoming from Hogwarts

"Look, the shore is gone!"

Justin from Hufflepuff exclaimed, causing Harry, who was looking at the center of the lake like most people, to turn around suddenly.

Just as Justin shouted, the shore where the ship had just docked had disappeared from their sight, and now, the boat appeared somewhere in the lake.

Moreover, the boat was not heading towards the island in the middle of the lake, but in the completely opposite direction!
"From now on, we are on our way to Avalon Prison--"

Amosta walked from the side of the ship that the students did not dare to approach to the middle of the ship and spoke to everyone with a smile.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Suddenly, a few sharp whistles were heard in the lake breeze as gentle as spring, as if a dozen bird-like creatures suddenly flew over from the distant steam mist and hovered above the large oak ship.

"Monitoring mirror——"

Harry cried out immediately.

"That's right--"

Amosta nodded to Harry approvingly and gave a brief lecture to the curious little wizards.

"This lake is protected by many powerful magics, some of which come from me and Professor Dumbledore. It is unrealistic for anyone to reach the Island of Avalon through the lake by violent means—"

"What are they specifically, Professor Brian, can you tell us?"

Cedric asked, interested.

Harry thought this question would not be answered, but unexpectedly, Professor Brain actually asked it.

"First of all, the space within your sight is bounded by a powerful anti-Apparition spell. It is unrealistic for anyone to reach here through Apparition, even the teleportation magic of fairies and elves--"

Amosta said gently,

"In addition to the surveillance cameras, the lake is also covered with a No-Flying Spell, a Howling Spell, and some very powerful spells. Any intruder who attempts to fly across the lake will be burned to death."

"And what about under the lake, Professor?"

Hermione raised her hand curiously, as if she were in class.

The test she went through in the second game of the Triwizard Tournament was to survive under the Black Lake.

"There are also a large number of surveillance cameras distributed under the lake, Miss Granger, and you can check for yourself. Be careful. If you fall in, I'm not sure I can save you--"

Amosta said with a smile.

The young wizards flocked to the side of the boat, and Harry also squeezed out a spot, leaning his head out and looking at the clear lake.

The lake water is crystal clear and there seems to be no trace of impurities.

Harry, who had overcome the swaying light and shadows in the lake, discovered that the bottom of the lake was not mud or sand, but was covered with a layer of green vines with light blue, like an interwoven web.

"What kind of plant is this, Neville?"

Harry couldn't help but ask Neville beside him curiously.

"I'm sorry, I don't know, Harry—"

Neville shook his head and gave an answer that surprised Harry quite a bit, because in terms of Herbology grades, Neville was better than Hermione.

"But I imagine this vine has some of the same qualities as Devil's Snare, and oh, look at the blue barbs on it, Harry -"

Neville said solemnly,

"This vine is likely to be highly poisonous. Professor Brain is right. We'd better be careful."

After Professor Brian's brief introduction, the sunny illusion before his eyes disappeared, and its ferocity was faintly revealed!

In other words, the big ship under their feet is the only way to the prison in the middle of the lake?

This was quickly pointed out.

"Hijacking this ship is not an easy task—" Professor Brain tapped the board with his toes and said with a smile.
“First, we must defeat the dozens of well-trained strikers guarding the port in the blink of an eye, because those people have the authority to destroy the oak ship in an instant.

Of course, even if you did manage to do that, you wouldn't be able to get on board.

Because there are a group of wizards with the same authority on the island, and they will always monitor the situation on the shore. If they find someone invading the port and the defenders on the shore are defeated, they will also use the authority in their hands to destroy the ship-"

Hermione knew she shouldn't think about this, but she couldn't help but subconsciously look for loopholes.
"If someone has a very sophisticated method to deceive the guards on the shore, for example, Polyjuice Potion, Imperius Curse or Animagus."

"Miss Granger, Avalon Prison has taken precautions against the methods you mentioned. However, it is not convenient to disclose the specific defensive measures--"

Professor Bryan said,

"Unlike Azkaban, which has natural barriers and Dementors, the vast majority of the guards at Avalon Prison are humans.

Therefore, when considering the defense of this prison, I designed a more complete mechanism compared to Azkaban and Extaposition, the prisons in the wizarding world.
For example, the boat we are on must drift on the lake for an hour before being allowed to dock, so that the people on the island can use some means to detect whether there are embedded people among us. "

After a pause, Amosta glanced at Slytherin's Theodore Nott seemingly unintentionally.

“Another very crucial point is that unless the person attempting to invade Avalon Prison has the ability to kill all the guards here in an instant.

Otherwise, if there were any intrusion into this prison of any magnitude, the Ministry and I would be notified immediately."

This is probably the biggest reason why Avalon Prison is not afraid of invasion!
Many little wizards secretly complained in their hearts.

Harry could finally breathe a sigh of relief that order didn't have to be so important on this ship.

He stepped back from the side of the boat, took out an egg from his pocket, cracked the eggshell and stuffed the whole egg into his mouth.

"Harry--"

Most of the students were still standing by the side of the ship, constantly asking Professor Brain questions. Taking this opportunity, Hermione came over.
"what time is it?"

"Seven o'clock eight--"

Harry glanced at his watch and replied.

At this time on Saturday, Ron should still be in the dormitory and not get up.

Seeing Hermione's slightly frowned brows, Harry knew what she was worried about.
"Don't worry, Hermione, I'm sure Ron will be fine. He's actually smarter than you think—"

Hermione didn't know whether she should be pleased with Harry's evaluation of Ron, or angry that Harry questioned her judgment.

So she had no choice but to roll her eyes at Harry in annoyance and then walked aside to enjoy the lake view.

As Professor Blaine said.

Although this large oak ship was moving forward, it was always drifting in various directions of this vast lake.

When they got closer, they were only half a mile away from the prison. However, when looking from the boat, the island in the middle of the lake was always obscured by the hazy skylight, and everything on the island was not clear.

From a distance, the island in the middle of the lake was just a small black dot in their sight.

There were even a few times when their boat flashed back to the shore from which it had departed.

Harry understood without anyone explaining that the route of the oak ship was chaotic and completely irregular.

After listening to what Professor Brian said, the little wizards on the ship couldn't help but feel relieved.

After all, within a year, two prestigious magic prisons, Azkaban and Ecstasy, were breached one after another.

Once upon a time, Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban shocked the entire British wizarding world, and Fudge was even frightened enough to inform the Muggle Prime Minister.

After Voldemort returned, the magic prison was breached and the extremely heinous prisoners wandered around, which seemed to have become a common occurrence.

Boom--
In the last second, the oak boat was floating leisurely in the middle of the lake, but in the next second it began to shake as if it had hit a reef.

The haziness in front of their eyes suddenly disappeared, and Avalon Prison suddenly appeared in front of everyone! (End of this chapter)