Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Terrence, who had been paying attention to Cedric, felt nervous and quickly chose to fly straight in that direction, but he was already at a disadvantage in terms of speed, and he started a moment late.Soon, he found that he had no hope of catching up with Cedric.

At this moment, Slytherin's two batters suddenly remembered the famous scene of the previous game - it was also a key competition against the Golden Snitch. In order to make Harry the final winner of the game, the Weasley twins , hitting a Bludger in the direction of Cedric, disrupting Cedric's flight and creating a crucial opportunity for Harry.

At such a critical juncture, these two batters no longer care about helping the team score. After all, no matter how hard they attack, they will not be able to get a full thirty points before Cedric catches the Golden Snitch. .So they simply broke away from the offensive formation and flew towards the Bludger quickly.

"Bang——!" The bat collided with the Bludger, making a dull sound.The violent Bludger immediately turned around under the hard blow of the Slytherin beater and hit Cedric who was still rising.

Although the sound of this blow was loud, it was completely undetectable to the ears of Cedric, who was already significantly higher than the other players. Coupled with the strong wind covering up the sound, he obviously It was completely impossible to hear any movement.

In fact, even if he heard it, Cedric would still choose to continue running towards the Golden Snitch without dodging.

After all, this was about Hufflepuff's victory.

Amid Lee Jordan's hoarse shouts and the nervous gazes of all the little wizards watching the game, Cedric grabbed the broomstick with one hand and reached straight for the Golden Snitch, which looked very dazzling in the sun.

The next second, the slender fingers suddenly closed together, and the dexterous golden snitch was firmly restrained in his palms.

Then, amid the exclamations of players from both sides, the Bludger hit Cedric hard on the back.

The broomstick that lost control flew out randomly, and Cedric, who was hit so hard, fell straight from the sky and began a free fall.

Professor Dumbledore immediately stood up and raised his hand, slowing down Cedric's fall and driving away the furious Bludger that was still eager to hit him.Moon took a look at the broomstick and remembered what happened to Harry's Nimbus 2000 in the original book. He quickly used a summoning spell to make Cedric's broomstick turn around again and fly back straight.

When Cedric slowly landed on the ground, all the players from the Hufflepuff and Slytherin teams gathered around him. The little wizards in the audience also looked nervously down - no one could hear anything. He could only watch in confusion as Madam Hooch worked beside the unconscious Cedric for a while, and then raised the Golden Snitch high, which was flapping its wings feebly.

Then, Cedric was carried away by the four tallest players from the two teams.

"Cedric finally caught the Golden Snitch! He succeeded! In today's game, Hufflepuff is the final winner!" Lee Jordan cheered loudly for Cedric and Hufflepuff. Although the little wizards of Hufflepuff were worried about Cedric, they could not miss the applause and cheers during victory, so they all suppressed their worries and shouted slogans hard.

"Hufflepuff! Must win! Hufflepuff! Must win!"

By the time Cedric woke up again, it was nearly two hours later.

"Uh..." He smacked his lips, feeling a bit bitter in his mouth. Just as he was about to stand up and raise his hand to fumble for the water glass, he felt a sharp pain in his body, which made his whole face distorted.

"Don't move. Madam Pomfrey said it will take at least three hours for your bones to fully grow. If you want to move normally, you will probably have to wait until tomorrow morning." The speaker was Garr. As he spoke, he stood up from the bedside. He picked up the water glass from the cabinet and handed it to Cedric, "Use the other hand, unless you want to feel pain again."

Cedric nodded, and while drinking water, he reluctantly looked to both sides. Only then did he realize that there were many people around the bed - Moon, Gal, and Arlin, of course, needless to say. In addition, the schoolmaster Several friends from the newspaper office, members of the Hufflepuff team, and even Slytherin's batter came over.

Yes, the same batter who hit the Bludger.

Seeing Cedric looking at him, he quickly scratched his head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Cedric, I thought you would avoid it..."

"It's not a big problem -" Cedric muttered the mantra he learned from Moon, "-you didn't mean to hit me with the Bludger anyway."

Everyone laughed, and the laughter immediately made the sullen Madam Pomfrey dissatisfied.

"I told you there are too many of you. Hurry up and get out of here. Unless you don't want to see him in class tomorrow, he must have a good rest today."

Madam Pomfrey had spoken. It was obvious that the young wizards could not stay here any longer, and they immediately lined up in a long line and left the school hospital in despair.Only Cedric looked at his friends eagerly, and then looked helplessly at the potion in Madam Pomfrey's hand.

Now he knew where the bitter taste in his mouth came from.

"Madam, can I not take the medicine?"

"Of course not, silly boy, you have to drink, and you have to have another drink later, otherwise you won't be able to go to class tomorrow."

"..."

If it were Gal lying here, he would definitely be overjoyed and say, "Is there such a good thing?"

It's a pity that Cedric is not Gal after all and cannot do such a thing, so he can only use his left hand that can still move, take the potion with his lips pursed, and drink it in one gulp with his eyes closed.

He looked like a soldier about to go to the execution ground.

On the other side, Moon and others had just left the school hospital when they bumped into Professor Flitwick who was walking hurriedly in the corridor.

"Ah, Moon!" Professor Flitwick's eyes immediately lit up when he saw Moon. "I was about to go to the campus hospital to find you. Professor Sprout said that you are probably I am taking care of Cedric in the school hospital, and it seems that I happened to meet you when you came out, right?"

Moon nodded and looked at Professor Flitwick with some curiosity, wondering what the professor planned to do with him.

However, Professor Flitwick did not immediately tell him the purpose of his visit. Instead, he blinked and talked about other things first. "So, how about Cedric? Poor kid, I hope that Bludger didn't cause him too much damage." Big damage.”

"He's fine. There shouldn't be any big problem. Madam Pomfrey gave him a potion and he should be able to go to class early tomorrow morning." Moon responded politely.

"That's good, that's good." Professor Flitwick rubbed his hands and opened his mouth, but still didn't say what he wanted to say. Instead, he glanced at the other little wizards, and then said with some embarrassment: " Hey, Moon, how about we go to my office, what do you think?"

Moon's curiosity became more and more aroused. He nodded slightly, said goodbye to Garr and the others, and asked them to go back to the school newspaper office to process the manuscripts. Then he followed Professor Flitwick and walked towards the professor's office. .

But in fact, Professor Flitwick's patience didn't seem to be that good. The two of them had just walked out a short distance away. After seeing that there was no one else around, Professor Flitwick immediately coughed twice and said: " Moon, I heard Professor McGonagall say before... you seemed to have thought about setting up a dueling club before?"

Moon suddenly understood and immediately roughly guessed Professor Flitwick's intention. He hurriedly responded and explained, "Yes, Professor, I did think about setting up a dueling club in Hogwarts before, because I think it should be Give those young wizards who are interested in training themselves an opportunity to practice spellcasting and dueling. However, the application was rejected by Professor McGonagall. She said that it was too risky to open a dueling club, and there must be a professor willing to serve as a guide. Only professors can do that.”

After getting the answer he wanted, Professor Flitwick immediately beamed. He stopped and turned to face Moon, "Professor guidance is not a problem. Although I have a Charms Club now, I'm going to find Professor Greengrass." After talking about it, he also supports us in starting a duel club and is willing to serve as the instructor. So, we just need to formulate a plan that is as safe as possible."

The short professor looked at Moon with bright eyes and took out a roll of parchment from his pocket. "What a coincidence, ha! I happen to have such a plan in my hand~"

Chapter 126 Rehearsal Accident

Professor McGonagall quickly scanned the dueling club plan in her hand twice, and then looked at Moon helplessly, "This should be given to you by Professor Flitwick, right, Moon. "

Moon chuckled and nodded quickly with a shy face.

He was about to remind Professor McGonagall something when the professor suddenly slapped the parchment on the table and suppressed Moon's words back in his throat, "I knew it...I said I watched the Four Wizards last time. After the finals of the competition, why didn't he start talking about dueling in the teachers' lounge every day within two days? It turned out that he had been preparing to make his dueling club 'come back' for a long time."

Moon didn't dare to say anything, not to mention he didn't know how to say it, so he could only keep a straight face with Professor McGonagall and sit there quietly, waiting for Professor McGonagall's next words.

"One or two of them are like this...it's true." Professor McGonagall shook the parchment in her hand. "Huh, Moon, I guess you must have seen this parchment, right. So you should also It is clear that although Professor Flitwick is indeed trying to make the Dueling Club as safe as possible, the rules and regulations above are in vain."

"Point deductions? I don't think points deductions would be an effective deterrent to troublesome, over-excited lads like Fred and George. If points deductions work, Hagrid won't have to use them. I’ve been staring at the Forbidden Forest every day.”

"There is also this one, critical education. I think Professor Snape definitely has something to say on this point. He just went to my office yesterday carrying Ronald Weasley's collar, In his words, for most of the semester, he had to criticize and educate Mr. Weasley almost every two or three classes."

"Of course, more importantly, Professor Flitwick now owns the Charms Club, and there is no way he can serve as the guidance professor of the Duel Club - I think you know this very well."

Professor McGonagall said a long string of words in rapid succession. To be honest, compared to "rejecting", Moon felt that Professor McGonagall was venting her anger.

Generally speaking, Professor McGonagall would not do this in most cases.But after noticing the thick pile of unqualified homework in Professor McGonagall's hand, Moon immediately understood Professor McGonagall.

Think about it, the final exam is approaching, the little wizards are very anxious, and the professors have little time to spare.What's more, Professor McGonagall has to deal with exams and grade homework, and is also the deputy principal. Professor Dumbledore doesn't like to take care of things and only likes to eat desserts. There is no doubt that Professor McGonagall must be depressed. broken.

However, understanding is understanding, and he still has to say what needs to be said.

So he cleared his throat gently and pointed to the back of the parchment carefully, "Professor, as you said, I also found that there are still some small problems with Professor Flitwick's plan, so I will The supplementary terms are all written on the back of the parchment.”

Professor McGonagall's expression suddenly froze. It was not until three seconds later that she took a deep breath and said to Moon apologetically: "Sorry, Moon, I was really troubled by Dumbledore today." The professor is so angry that there are too many things to do - wait a minute, let me take a look at your supplementary terms."

Professor Dumbledore?What did this old gentleman do again?

It can't be that you want to hold a rabbit dung and egg tasting event in school out of the blue, right?

Or suddenly decide to travel for two years?

Moon blinked and frantically arranged Professor Dumbledore in his mind. At the same time, Professor McGonagall also read the supplementary clauses on the back of the parchment one by one.

"Only second graders and above can participate... Duels must be conducted in the presence of professors or club presidents... The range of spells that can be used in duels is stipulated... Violators of the rules, in addition to deductions and confinement, will also be punished Warning and please leave...The instructor is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Professor Greengrass..."

Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses. "I don't have any other problems for the time being, but I don't quite understand this one: 'Before joining the Duel Club, you must undergo special training.' Who will train you? What is the content of the training?"

"The training personnel are Professor Flitwick and Professor Greengrass, as well as the first batch of Duel Club members who have been confirmed by them as having sufficient abilities. The list will be given to you after the club is established. The content of the training is mainly to ensure Every student who joins the duel club has mastered the dueling spells prescribed by the club, so as to avoid spellcasting errors due to spells that members do not know the corresponding spells." Moon explained, "After all, I really want to establish a duel. The original intention of the club is to ensure that students have certain means of defending against enemies when encountering danger, rather than just for entertainment."

"Does Professor Flitwick know about these additional terms of yours?" Professor McGonagall nodded lightly, and then asked worriedly.

"of course."

Professor McGonagall didn't speak anymore, but took the parchment and considered it for a while. It wasn't until about two or three minutes later that she finally gave a positive answer, "It doesn't seem like you can't give it a try, but you can't do it in the future." This semester is coming to an end soon, so it’s best for everyone to focus more on exams. So, next semester, after the semester starts, you can officially establish this duel club."

"Thank you very much, Professor." Moon stood up happily and bowed to Professor McGonagall.

"Okay, if there's nothing else, please leave first. I still have a lot of work to do." Professor McGonagall waved her hand, indicating that Moon didn't need to worry about it, and at the same time, he immediately continued to devote himself to the great world. in education.

Moon responded, turned around and walked out of Professor McGonagall's office. Immediately after closing the door, he hurriedly said to Professor Flitwick who had been waiting outside the door, "Success, Professor, we can set up the establishment as soon as the next semester starts." It’s a duel club.”

Professor Flitwick became excited for a moment, but the next second, his expression suddenly returned to blankness. "Wait, next semester?"

"Next semester...Professor Greengrass..."

"Ahem -" Moon coughed awkwardly, "Don't worry, Professor, that so-called curse may not be true in the first place. Even if it is true, Professor Greengrass's superb methods may not necessarily lead to him falling into the trap." . And more importantly, even if Professor Greengrass will no longer teach at Hogwarts next semester, we can still find another professor to be the advisor, right? Anyway, at least the draft we have drawn up is okay."

After much talk, Professor Flitwick finally felt relieved.He and Moon chatted a few more words while walking, and then the two parted ways at the stairs.

…………

On the penultimate day of May, the last Quidditch match of the semester finally started.

Although it may hurt to tell the truth, the indisputable fact is that, unlike the previous game, there is no suspense in this Ravenclaw vs. Gryffindor game - even the Ravenclaw House All the little wizards think so.

Of course, their cheers on the court were still loud, but this did not affect the outcome of everything.

In the end, Gryffindor won the game without any suspense, broke Slytherin's monopoly on the championship seat in recent years, and successfully won this year's Quidditch championship trophy.

Harry Potter became Gryffindor's great hero, and at the same time, his ears that had finally been quiet for a while began to noisy again.Many people are discussing Harry's name. Not only is he the youngest Seeker in a century, but he also helped Gryffindor House win the championship in his first year after joining the team. This is enough for everyone to talk about. Been on it for several weeks.

Even Moon feels this way.

As a result, just the next day, he was caught off guard by the sudden reality.

Early in the morning on May 31st, Professor Bablin from the ancient magic text class sent him a letter with an owl, saying that he was invited to go to the dungeon of the school.

Just when Moon walked into the dungeon full of doubts, the voice coming from inside immediately gave Munn an "opening lightning strike".

"You complete coward! Coward! In my opinion, you are like a rat in the gutter! You dare not pursue anything! Supreme power, supreme strength... You are too weak! Albus! You will always only Fitting in this small palace——"

? ? ? ? ?

Moon, who had just pushed the unlocked dungeon door open a crack, had an expression of disbelief on his face.

The point is not that someone is cursing Professor Dumbledore (after all, there are many people who have done this), nor is it that someone is cursing Professor Dumbledore in Hogwarts, but——

This cursing voice is...

Professor Greengrass? ? ?

Was my cup of hot milk this morning drugged?

Moon pushed the door open, and before he could see clearly what was going on inside, he heard a ridiculing voice laughing and saying: "Ha! Professor Greengrass! You said the lines wrong again! No. Albus, what I mean is that although you are speaking to Professor Dumbledore, you'd better not call him by his name directly. Instead, you should say your line, which is 'Callus', to avoid being on stage. Wrong timing.”

The person who spoke was Sirius, and at the same time that Sirius said this, Moon finally figured out what was going on in the dungeon.

Gorgeous palace scenery, red curtains decorated with gold, and a specially raised wooden stage... In addition to Professor Dumbledore and Professor Greengrass standing on the stage, there were seven or eight students and Sirius in front and behind the stage. , Remus, Professor Sinistra from the astronomy class, and Professor Bablin from the ancient runes class. Everyone was holding either props or parchments filled with lines in their hands.

After working on it for a long time, it turned out that everyone was rehearsing a stage play.

No wonder Professor McGonagall complained about Professor Dumbledore. This is probably Professor Dumbledore's idea.

In fact, Hogwarts has rehearsed stage plays before, including some more famous ones, such as The Fountain of Good Luck in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" - of course, it was a pantomime.Moreover, during the last rehearsal of The Fountain of Good Luck, Professor Kettleburn blew up the entire stage with a fire-ash snake.

So since then, Hogwarts has not tried to rehearse stage plays for a long time.

When Moon pushed the door open, others naturally noticed him.Sirius whistled, raised his brows and said loudly: "Ha, it seems that our Prince Kallus is here. Hurry, Moon, you are the last to arrive among the main characters. Hurry and find Professor Bablin. Get the script.”

Moon walked to the smiling Professor Bablin and took the script from her hands. After just reading two sentences, the familiar dialogue came from the stage.

"You complete coward! Coward! In my opinion, you are like a rat in the gutter! You dare not pursue anything! Supreme power, supreme power... You are too weak! A-Carrus! You’ll never—! Sorry, I’m still not used to it.”

Professor Greengrass fumbled for his pipe with an embarrassed look on his face and took two quick puffs.Professor Dumbledore stood beside him with a smile and comforted him, but Sirius in the audience was almost dying of laughter. If Remus hadn't pressed his shoulders, Moon doubted that he would be rolling on the ground.

The real director of the play, Professor Bablin, stopped the rehearsal and decided to let Professor Greengrass step off the stage to take a good rest.Professor Dumbledore, who was originally just here to help with the lyrics, naturally walked off the stage and ran to Professor Bablin to discuss the script with her.

Moon held his copy of the script stupidly, not knowing what to do for a moment, so he could only continue to browse the lines quickly.

No matter what it is, just read it all first.

It wasn't until about 10 minutes later that he finally learned the truth from another Ravenclaw girl - he was just a substitute after a long time.

In fact, this play has been secretly rehearsed for half a month. After Professor McGonagall and Moon complained to Professor Dumbledore last time, they started rehearsing this play called "The Crown of the Kingdom" just the next day. " stage play.The role of Moon was originally supposed to belong to another sixth-year Gryffindor boy.

Unfortunately, the sixth-grade boy used a wonderful silent spell to send himself and two of his classmates to the school hospital during Friday's Charms class.

Everyone still doesn't know what kind of spell the guy silently cast to cause him and the two people around him to develop huge blisters all over his body - and they were the kind that could burst at any time.

Anyway, according to Madam Pomfrey, those three people didn't have half a month to get out of the school hospital.

In this way, Moon was brought in to become a strong man.

After a few more minutes, Professor Dumbledore probably left because he had something to do. After he left, Professor Bablin chatted with Professor Greengrass for a few more words, and then decided to rehearse other scenes first, so he headed towards Moon asked three questions in a row. "Okay, Moon, how are you reading your lines? Can you read them smoothly? Is there anything you want to modify?"

"Uh, there's no problem, professor. Although I can't finish the manuscript yet, it will be fine if I read it as written." Moon shook the manuscript. To be honest, although he was a substitute, he thought it was quite novel.

Who hasn’t dreamed of becoming an actor?

So, under the arrangement of Professor Bablin, Moon and Sirius stood on the stage together. In order to make Moon fit into the scene better, the two of them also changed into character costumes together.

"Glorious Prince Calus!" Following Professor Bablin's order, Sirius quickly entered the role. He knelt down on one knee and said full of sadness: "Please believe me! I am still loyal to you. Father! Still loyal to you! I-huh? What's the news?"

Moon looked at Sirius curiously, he was still waiting to read his lines.