Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 54 End of Year Dinner
"Albus!"

Professor McGonagall stepped over the surrounding mess and rushed in front of Dumbledore, and the lioness of Gryffindor roared again.

"What the hell are you doing!"

Dumbledore put away the wand in his hand with some embarrassment, and began to appease the angry Professor McGonagall.

Professor Flitwick and Professor Snape were checking the surrounding battle marks.

"The exquisite transformation spell, oh, and such a powerful explosion spell, it's incredible." Flitwick sighed from time to time.

Snape ignored the amazed Flitwick, but looked at the marks that seemed to be cut by something around him, and he knew exactly what magic caused them.

After Ron and Hermione found that there were no John and Harry in the room, they moved to Professor McGonagall anxiously, looked up at Dumbledore and asked anxiously.

"Headmaster, do you know where Harry and John are?"

"Harry? John? Albus I need an explanation!"

"Minerva, calm down, I'll let you know the details later." Dumbledore hurriedly comforted McGonagall.

Then Dumbledore looked down at the two little ones beside him and said, "Don't worry, don't worry about them. Harry has been sent to the school infirmary, and John has returned to the dormitory safely."

Ron and Hermione were visibly relieved to hear Dumbledore's words.

"Okay, kids, tonight's experience is too exciting for you, isn't it? Now leave it to the professors, go back to the dormitory and get a good sleep!"

Dumbledore blinked at Ron and Hermione, then looked at Professor McGonagall with a serious face.

"Minerva, please send them back. I will explain everything to you in the office later."

"I hope so, Albus."

Professor McGonagall took a deep look at Dumbledore, and then led the two sleepy little ones away after relaxing.

After Professor McGonagall left with the two cubs, Snape walked up to Dumbledore.

"I don't think I need to remind you, you know he's back."

"Yes, Severus, yes, I know."

"Of course this is not the most important thing. I think I need an explanation later, why Mr. Williams appeared here to fight him."

After speaking, Snape waved his clothes, like a bat flew out of the room.

At this moment, only Dumbledore, who was a little helpless, and Professor Flitwick, who was already checking the traces of the battle...

A golden object flickered above Harry's head.

It's a snitch!Harry tried to grab it, but his arms were too heavy to lift.

He blinked, and everything in front of his eyes gradually became clear. It turned out that the golden color just now was not a snitch at all, but a pair of glasses.

How strange!
Reasonably blinked again, and the smiling face of Albus Dumbledore gradually appeared in front of him.

"Good afternoon, Harry," said Dumbledore.

Harry stared at him blankly at first, and then suddenly remembered: "Sir! Philosopher's Stone! It's Quirrell! Quick..."

"Don't get excited, my dear child, what you said is a bit outdated," said Dumbledore. "Quirrell didn't get the Philosopher's Stone."

"So who got it? Sir, I remember I ended up with...it seemed to be...John!"

Harry's memory gradually became clearer. He remembered that after he was tied up, he was directly stunned by the magic, but he was not too familiar with the voice of chanting the spell.

"Harry, please calm down, or Madam Pomfrey will kick me out." Dumbledore smiled and sat beside Harry.

Harry swallowed and looked around.He realized he was in a hospital.He was lying on a hospital bed covered with crisp white linen, and the table next to him was piled up like a hill, as if half a candy store had been moved here.

"It's all gifts from your friends and admirers." Dumbledore said with a smile, "What happened between you and Professor Quirrell in the underground classroom is a complete secret, and secrets are always spread. And go, so the whole school, teachers and students naturally know all about it."

"As far as I know, your friends Fred and George Weasley originally wanted to give you a toilet seat. They undoubtedly wanted to have fun with you, but Ms. Pomfrey felt that it was not hygienic. Confiscated it."

"How long have I lived here?"

"For two and a half days, Mr. Ron Weasley and Miss Granger will be relieved to know that you have woken up. They have been very worried!"

"But sir, the Sorcerer's Stone, and John..."

"It seems that there is no way to distract you! Well, let's talk about the Philosopher's Stone. Professor Quirrell didn't get the Philosopher's Stone. In fact, I gave the Philosopher's Stone to John a long time ago, so he doesn't know where he goes. Can't get it."

"As for John, I have a small deal with him. The content of the deal is to protect you. As for the reward, you already know that it is the Philosopher's Stone."

Harry didn't expect to get such an answer. He thought a lot, but he didn't expect that the Philosopher's Stone wasn't there, and that John actually made a deal with Principal Dumbledore, and the content still had something to do with him.

Harry looked at Dumbledore suspiciously, wanting to ask a question.

"Harry, you have to understand that there are always some extremely talented people in the world, and they can always find details that ordinary people can't see from the clues. For example, John has long known about the Philosopher's Stone, and he also knows that you are investigating. I also know that it is Quirrell who wants the Philosopher's Stone."

"Then why... did he... to me..." Harry's throat was dry, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak from his heart.

Dumbledore touched Harry's head and said earnestly: "You know, Harry, the flowers in the greenhouse cannot withstand wind and rain, and John is also trying to train you, and knocking you out is also to prevent you from facing that person directly. And I also proposed the transaction on my own initiative, after all, you can't let a loyal and kind friend suffer, right?"

Harry's mind was a mess right now, and he didn't know what to say, but eventually he understood a little.

That is, John is for his own good, and John is a very good friend. He has done a lot of things behind the scenes, all of which are for him to grow.

John didn't know that Professor Dumbledore was sparing no effort to perfect and great his image in Harry's heart.

If John knew, High and Low would also cast a Fierce Curse on Dumbledore.

In the end, Dumbledore and Harry chatted for a long time, talked about his parents, talked about the mysterious man, and finally Dumbledore laughed and ate a booger-flavored multi-flavored bean before leaving.

The next day, Ron and Hermione all came to visit Harry, and Hagrid also came, and he blamed himself sobbingly that it was all his fault, and Harry wouldn't be hurt if he didn't say those words.

After the three of Harry calmed down the crying giant, Hagrid gave Harry a precious gift.

A photo album filled with pictures of his parents made Harry ecstatic, thanking Hagrid for the gift.

That night, Harry went downstairs alone to attend the year-end banquet. Before he left, Ms. Pomfrey stopped him in a fuss and insisted on checking him again.

So, when he arrived at the auditorium, it was already full of people.

The Great Hall was decked out in Slytherin green and silver to celebrate their seventh consecutive House Cup win.

On the wall behind the guest table hung a huge banner depicting a Slytherin snake.

As soon as Harry walked in, the Great Hall suddenly fell silent, and then suddenly everyone started talking loudly again.

He walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat between Ron and Hermione, pretending not to notice that people were standing up and staring at him.

After all, rumors about the cause of Harry's coma had spread all over the school during this time, and everyone was saying that Harry defeated Quirrell.

Although Ron and Hermione also learned what happened from Harry, and knew that it was John who really defeated Quirrell, they learned from Dumbledore that John did not want to appear in this incident.

So he wanted to refute the rumors, but he couldn't tell the truth, and even if they told the truth now, it would only add one more kind of rumored story.

Therefore, Harry felt a little guilty now, he always felt that the reputation of this matter was snatched from John, even if the other party was willing to do so.

So he always wanted to find a chance to talk to John, but unfortunately, he couldn't find John recently. Even when he was hospitalized, John didn't come, but sent a bottle of precious potion.

According to other Hufflepuff classmates, John was doing experiments in his dormitory, and he could often hear muffled explosions from his room.

It was also today that they saw John again on the long Hufflepuff table. After confirming that the other party was really fine, Harry even greeted him from a distance.

Not long after John smiled and nodded, Professor Dumbledore came, and the discussions in the auditorium fell silent.

John is looking at Dumbledore standing on the podium with great interest at this moment. The biggest shady scene in Hogwarts history is about to be born. From today onwards, the decoration color of the future year-end dinner will only be Gryffindor golden red.

It seemed that John's eyes looking for fun were too obvious, and Dumbledore slightly turned his face away from John with some embarrassment.

"Another year has passed!" said Dumbledore cheerfully, standing on the rostrum. "Before you indulge in these delicious meals, I must ask you to listen to my old man's clichés. What a year it has been!" Your little brains must be richer than last year. Next is the summer vacation, and you have enough time to digest these things and make room for your brains."

"Now, as far as I know, we first have to do the House Cup awards ceremony, and the specific scores for each house are as follows: Gryffindor, 312 points; Ravenclaw, 426 points; Hufflepuff, 453 points; Slater Lin scored 472 points."

Gryffindor is undoubtedly the bottom, No.1 Slytherin is more than 150 points higher than Gryffindor.

Except for the 150 points that Harry deducted before, even though the Gryffindor students worked hard to earn credits.

But because Gryffindor lost to Ravenclaw in the Quidditch game when Harry was in a coma, the Quidditch Cup was taken away by Slytherin and the scores of the two colleges were stretched even further.

As for Hufflepuff, even though John has continued to score points, he is still a bit behind the No. [-] Slytherin. After all, who is to say that the Quidditch team of the little badgers is not strong?
A thunderous cheer and stomping was heard from the Slytherin table.Harry saw Draco Malfoy banging his goblet on the table so hard it was disgusting.

"Yeah, well done, Slytherin."

Professor Dumbledore applauded Slytherin with a smile on his face, and then began his performance before the black curtain unfolded.

"Yes, well done, Slytherin," said Dumbledore, "but a few recent events must also be taken into account."

The auditorium became very quiet, and the smiles on the faces of the Slytherins, including Malfoy, who was knocking on the long table with a cup, all subsided. At this moment, they had some bad guesses in their hearts.

"Uh, uh," Dumbledore cleared his throat I still have some last points to assign, let me see, right...

"First... Mr. Ron Weasley."

Hearing Dumbledore call out his name, Ron's face flushed like a sun-dried carrot.

"He won the most exciting game of wizard chess at Hogwarts in many years. For this, I want to reward Gryffindor with 50 points!"

The cheers of the Gryffindors almost knocked down the enchanted ceiling, and the stars above their heads seemed to tremble slightly.

Percy can be heard shouting to the other prefects: "It's my brother, you know! My youngest brother! Passed Professor McGonagall's giant chessboard
Array! "

It was not easy for everyone to calm down.

"Secondly, Miss Hermione Granger... She faced the fire and calmly reasoned logically. I would like to reward Gryffindor House with fifty points."

Hermione buried her face in her arms and cried excitedly. No one knew how much pressure Hermione felt when she was deducted 50 points back then.

The surrounding Gryffindor students were all ecstatic, jumping up and down around the dining table, they had improved by a whole hundred points!

"Thirdly, Harry Potter..." Dumbledore said, and the hall suddenly became extremely silent.

"He has shown audacity and courage, for which I would like to award Gryffindor House sixty points."

The noise was deafening.Those students who can calculate the score in their minds while shouting hoarsely know that Gryffindor is now 470 two points.

With exactly the same score as Slytherin, they are already close to winning the House Cup.

It's just that Harry didn't have a smile on his face, but looked at Hufflepuff's long table with some anxiety, because John should be added to the score.

From a distance, he saw John smiling and toasting him, it seemed that he really didn't care about it at all.

Dumbledore raised a hand.The auditorium gradually became quiet again.

"There are many types of courage," Dumbledore smiled. "We need superhuman courage to deal with our enemies, but it also takes a lot of courage to stand our ground in front of our friends. Therefore, in the end, I would like to reward Neville Longbottom." Very much sir."

If anyone was standing outside the Great Hall at the moment, they might have thought that there was an explosion, and the cheers from the Gryffindor table rose more and more.

Harry was led by Ron and Hermione to stand up and cheer loudly. Neville was pale with surprise, and was immediately overwhelmed by the crowd who rushed up to hug him. He had never won a game for Gryffindor. points!

In contrast, there was the long table in Slytherin. Everyone was silent, and many people even stared at Harry and Neville with resentful eyes, including Malfoy naturally.

But sadly, no one cares about Slytherin now, because even the students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are celebrating Slytherin's sudden fiasco.

"That means!"

Dumbledore had to roar loudly to overcome the thunderous cheers.

"We need to make some small changes to the decor here."

He clapped his hands, and immediately the green dangling ribbons turned bright red, silver turned gold, and the gigantic Slytherin snake disappeared to be replaced by a majestic Gryffindor lion.

On the professor's seat, Professor McGonagall was shaking hands with Professor Snape with a smile on his face, and the other party forced an awkward smile on his face.

John also stood up, and the other Hufflepuff students applauded for Harry and the others.

He really doesn't care who the glory of defeating Quirrell belongs to. Compared with what John pursues, little Quirrell is nothing at all.

And this is also a part of the transaction. Now that the reward has been collected, the transaction must be completed perfectly. This is a rule unique to Hal's world transactions.

Yes, when John was trading with Dumbledore, he secretly performed the trading contract of Hal's world.

Maybe Dumbledore noticed it, but maybe he was also happy to see this scene. After all, John took the initiative to cast magic to ensure the success of the transaction, which is much better than an old man who worries about whether John will fulfill it every day, isn't it?
After the end-of-year dinner, John plunged into the research again until the day when the results were announced and he left school.

　end of first year,

　　
　
(End of this chapter)