Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Upon hearing this question, Harry and Ron looked at each other, then shrugged in unison.

"Don't mention it. I don't know what's going on with her lately. She always ignores me and Harry. Sometimes she even loses her temper at both of us for no reason." Ron curled his lips and looked at each other. He vividly showed an expression of disgust, "Merlin's beard, I really don't know where we offended her. We have known each other for a year, and her temper has not only not improved at all, but has become more and more strange." , It’s getting worse. Seriously, if I could—”

Seeing that Ron's words were getting more and more rambling, Harry quickly interrupted him and said first: "Actually, we asked her to come with us today, but she didn't want to come anyway. I don’t think we should get into contact with practical things like dueling so early. We should first learn the things in class well and lay a solid foundation.”

Listening to this, Munn instinctively felt a little strange, but before he could open his mouth to ask, Ron had already spoken out Munn's question, "Ha, listen, listen, to be honest, I think This Hermione seems a bit fake. Don't you think? I mean, that's Hermione Granger. When did you ever see her say that 'learning new knowledge' is 'bad' and 'too much'? It's too early. Think about it, Harry, Moon, and Hermione are the ones who wish they could read all the seventh-grade textbooks in the first grade. Don't forget, she dreams of being in the same room as Moon. Go to school in the same grade, and then turn Moon into her loser in terms of grades.”

WTF?

As Moon listened, he showed the expression of an old man on the subway with his cell phone.Good guy, this kind of ideal that is really too far-fetched popped out of little Hermione's mind, how come...

Doesn't it surprise him at all?

However, I have to say that what Ron said was right, and it coincided with what Moon was thinking - just as Ron said, Hermione felt that it was useless to contact the duel in advance, which was simply It’s a big joke in the world.You must know that this is a legal and legitimate dueling club, one that has been approved by Professor McGonagall and has Professor Flitwick as its honorary instructor.

It's not some pheasant club. With Hermione's temperament, shouldn't she be open to anyone who can learn useful and beneficial new knowledge?

It's very strange, very strange.

Moon felt that he needed to pay close attention to Hermione's whereabouts during the next period of time.

Although there is a high probability that Lucius Malfoy would not be brave enough to give something given to him by Voldemort to a girl from a Muggle family, and Hermione is already a bit arrogant, and is slightly more mature than other young wizards of the same age. Be cautious, so it's not so easy to be controlled by Tom Riddle's diary.But the problem is... everything in the world is unpredictable. Without direct evidence as supporting evidence, who can be sure about anything?

Seeing that Moon did not respond to discussing Hermione with them, Harry and Ron quickly changed the topic.The three of them chatted for a while, mostly about content related to the course, such as complaining about Lockhart, and then Harry and Ron criticized how inhumane the homework in the History of Magic class was, and what they had done in the Potions class. Something like a trap was revealed.

It wasn't until the entire large classroom was almost empty that Harry and Ron finally briefly looked at a few rules on the registration form, then quickly signed their names on it and handed it to Professor Flitwick. In the glove box.

At this point, it can basically be declared that the new recruitment is officially over.

Professor Flitwick proudly used his wand to control the storage box to float beside him, as if it was his new treasure.Everyone walked towards the outside of the large classroom talking and laughing, but as soon as they took two steps, four people swaggered in from the door of the large classroom.

The one walking in the front was none other than Draco Malfoy, Harry's current nemesis at Hogwarts. Crabbe and Goyle were following Malfoy, one on the left and one on the right, like two bodyguard.Of course, there is also the girl who looks a bit like a poodle, Pansy Parkinson. She is sticking closely to Malfoy, with an expression on her face that is even more arrogant than Crabbe and Goyle. Some.

Although under the huge changes in Hogwarts, Harry and Malfoy are not as incompatible as in the original work, and there are many fewer contradictions and conflicts between them, but these two people are still very difficult to deal with.

One of them looked down on the other's appearance of wanting to put pure-blood superiority on his face and looking down on everyone, especially the little wizard who was born as a Muggle; the other looked down on the other's inexplicable fact that he was obviously very famous. Always likes to hang out with mudbloods and pureblood wizard scum.

Of course, to a certain extent, little Malfoy was jealous of Harry - obviously, what he was jealous of was not Harry's scarred head or Harry's glasses, but the hugeness on Harry's body. fame.

The so-called "two people hate each other", when it comes to the two of them, it is an unexpected fit.

As soon as the two sides met, Malfoy and Harry immediately started glaring at each other nervously.But in today's Hogwarts, Malfoy is the "weak group", not to mention that the situation faced by his father this year is not very good. He lost to Harry in the exhibition match of the Four-wizard Tournament last year.Under the influence of multiple factors, he was half beaten by Harry as he deserved.

Of course, Pansy, Crabbe and Goyle would not sit back and let this happen. They quickly joined the eye war and became Malfoy's loyal assistants.However, there was also Ron beside Harry - so Ron chose to join the battle without hesitation, and bravely started to fight one against three.

Until Professor Flitwick frowned and asked loudly: "Mr. Malfoy, are you here to sign up for the Duel Club too?"

"Yes, Professor." Malfoy glared at Harry disdainfully, turned to Professor Flitwick and replied, "We are all here to sign up."

"Ha——!" Before Professor Flitwick could reply, Ron made a short and exaggerated sneer. "You? Dueling Club? This is a place for dueling with wands. You'd better put the two men behind you first." Take them back personally and teach them how to use the wand, they will be defeated."

From the moment Ron blurted out that sneer, everyone guessed that he would have nothing nice to say.There was nothing he could do about it. In the past year or so, Malfoy had actually humiliated him more than he had humiliated Harry. There was nothing he could do about it, after all, Malfoy was more familiar with Ron.

Therefore, Ron's counterattack at this time is really normal.

"It's just a useless Four-wizard tournament." Malfoy drooped his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "This is the only thing you can be proud of, right, red-haired Weasley! Your room Is it enough now? Don’t your whole family sleep in the same room at night? "

Ron, who took the lead in the verbal war, has now become the first person to break through the red-warm defense in this war.He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Malfoy's thin and mean face. "Don't insult my family!"

The situation escalated in an instant. Professor Flitwick was startled. He quickly jumped between the two of them before Ron started casting spells. While signaling Harry to control Ron, he said loudly: "This is not a duel! Gentlemen! Please calm down, otherwise I will deduct your points. Also, put away your wand, Mr. Weasley, it is not meant to be pointed at your classmates!"

Ron was breathing heavily, still stubbornly refusing to put away his wand, and was even ready to cast a spell.Malfoy looked like he still had a smile on his face, but in fact he was very panicked, fearing that Ron would really mess up the matter.Fortunately, Harry persuaded Ron at this time. He pulled off Ron's raised arm and pulled him straight to the side. Now that Professor Flitwick had stood up, it was obviously not suitable to continue talking to Mal. Fu and the others were facing each other.

Seeing that the threat of the wand was gone, the tension in Malfoy's heart suddenly disappeared. A proud smile appeared on his face, and he wanted to say a few more words to take advantage of the victory, but in the blink of an eye, he found that Moon's eyes had glanced at him. On to him.

So, Malfoy very wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.

There's no way around it. Although he can't be said to be a particularly smart person, he still has some of the qualities he should have.Malfoy knew very well that there would be no cost for him to confront Harry, let alone any trouble for himself.

But Moon Fox...

If he pissed off Moon Fox, even his father and mother, who always loved him, would kick his ass hard with their pointy boots.

The current Minister of Magic is no longer Cornelius Fudge. When it comes to his influence on the current Ministry of Magic, Golov Shafik is not afraid of his father at all, and even has the upper hand; and if you look at the school, he The voice of disadvantaged groups is completely incomparable to that of Moon Fox. It is a world of difference.

Frankly speaking, he hates Moon Fox very much, but the problem is that hating is useless. Even if he curses Moon in his heart every day, it will not have any impact on Moon.Therefore, if he can't afford to offend him, he can only hide.

Professor Flitwick was very satisfied with the silence of both parties. He glanced at Harry and Ron who were whispering behind him, and then took a few registration forms from Penello and handed them to Malfoy, "Okay, since we are here. If you have signed up, then take a look at this. If there is no problem, your registration will be considered successful if you sign."

Malfoy gave the extra registration form to the other three people, and then quickly glanced over it - his expression didn't look very happy, probably because he didn't like the layers of constraints represented by these rules.But soon, he thought of something, quickly looked at Harry and Ron, and then asked loudly: "Harry Potter must have signed up, right, Professor."

"Yes, both Potter and Weasley have signed up to join the Duel Club." Professor Flitwick saw through Malfoy's thoughts at a glance, and immediately straightened up, and said: "But, I strongly don't recommend that you do it for this reason. And join the dueling club, Malfoy. You must know that the purpose of this dueling club is to learn from each other, learn together, and then make progress together, rather than being brave and ruthless for meaningless private revenge."

Of course, these words were obviously a lie. Malfoy didn't even hear half of the words. He just picked up the pen, quickly signed his name on the registration form, and then handed the pen to the hands of several people behind him. " You are right, professor, we all sign up.”

Professor Flitwick looked at Malfoy's eagerness when he hurriedly submitted the registration form, and shook his head helplessly: "It's up to you. Okay, gentlemen, it's time to leave."

He walked out of the large classroom with a group of young wizards. Harry and Ron went straight upstairs, while Malfoy and others quickly went downstairs.It wasn't until these people disappeared from sight that Professor Flitwick finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at Moon, and asked him if he wanted to follow him into the office to appreciate the results of today's recruitment, and at the same time. The submitted application forms will be screened and matched.

Moon politely declined Professor Flitwick's invitation. He had no choice but to do so. The school newspaper office was still waiting for him to make a final decision on the finished newspaper.

Just when the two parties were about to part ways, another figure ran over quickly, and then stopped suddenly in front of the four people, and said loudly and out of breath: "I'm very... I'm very sorry, Professor... I - ahem, I want to... sign up for the duel club. I... I'm not late, am I?"

Another acquaintance.

Moon looked at Randall Dempsey's face that was flushed probably because he was running too anxiously. He smiled and waved to him, "Don't worry, you're not late, but you're just a little bit close. We're on the way." Getting ready to leave."

Professor Flitwick also nodded, agreeing with Moon's statement.

Randall took two hard breaths to calm down his breathing, but his face turned redder—probably because he was a little shy.He scratched his head and said a little apologetically: "I'm very sorry... I originally wanted to come here after finishing my homework, but I was only halfway through it when I fell asleep without realizing it and didn't wake up until just now. Bin The homework assigned by Professor Si is really... too hypnotic."

"It's okay." Professor Flitwick reassured him and handed him a registration form. "Take a look. If there's no problem, just sign it and give it to me."

Randall nodded in response, took the registration form, and then read the above regulations carefully, and then signed his name in a formal manner.

Compared to the previous Malfoys, Randall's approach was obviously more satisfying to Professor Flitwick.Because of this, the professor's previously obviously less happy expression suddenly turned into a smile again.

"It's really good. I mean, your handwriting is really good." Professor Flitwick put away the registration form. "Next, just wait for our notification."

Randall nodded excitedly, "Okay, professor, thank you very much."

He seemed to want to say a few more words to express his excitement, but was quickly stopped by Professor Flitwick.Moon also patted him on the shoulder, indicating that he didn't need to be so "polite", so Randall said no more. He and Moon said goodbye to the professor and walked downstairs.

Chapter 23 The eve of turmoil

"Speaking of which, when I just went upstairs, I met Draco Malfoy from our college." After walking a few steps, Randall couldn't help but said: "He also came to sign up for the duel club. ?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Moon was a little confused, wondering why Randall suddenly mentioned Malfoy again.

Randall pursed his lips: "So, he also passed the registration? He seemed very...satisfied, and his nose was almost raised to the sky."

"Passed, but I don't think he is happy because he successfully signed up for the Duel Club." Moon explained: "Just now, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley from Gryffindor also came to sign up. They It happened that he didn't get along well with Malfoy's group, and the two sides had a quarrel, and Malfoy got the upper hand - that's probably why he seemed so happy. So..."

He glanced at Randall and saw that he looked quite unhappy, so he asked curiously: "You also have a conflict with Malfoy?"

Randall nodded, "Well, actually, I don't really like Harry Potter either..."

Halfway through the words, Randall seemed to remember something again, and hurriedly explained in a panic: "Uh, I'm sorry, I know your relationship with Potter seems to be pretty good. I don't mean anything else, I just don't like him very much. It’s just this person.”

Munn waved his hands in confusion, indicating that he didn't care. At the same time, he pulled Randall's collar from behind to prevent the kid from missing the step and falling down the stairs he had just turned away. "It's not a big problem, no." People stipulate that a person's friends must like all his other friends. So - do you want to tell me what conflicts you have with them? Did any of them bully you? "

"No." Randall answered very simply, obviously not lying. "Well... Malfoy... shouldn't be considered bullying. Many people in Slytherin treat me well, especially those who used to work with Farley." , Travers and the others were closer, so he didn’t get much benefit. But I did have a conflict with Malfoy, and that guy was a complete bastard.”

He said angrily, and then realized that he had not mentioned the whole story at all, so he touched his earlobe embarrassedly and said, "Last year, I had my first formal interaction with Malfoy, and it was just before the semester started." A month ago, I was in the Slytherin common room. I don't know what to say about that guy. He seemed to be out of his mind. As soon as he saw me, he took the initiative to come up to me and provoke me. What did you say? The son of Forrest Dempsey who was so stupid that he led a group of losers to attack St. Mungo's right after escaping from prison? Ha, he doesn't look very smart after all."

Randall perfectly imitated Malfoy's needy expression when he spoke, and seemed to have some talent as an actor.After he finished studying, he immediately exhaled and curled his lips and said, "I was so angry at the time. Really, except for the few people who bullied me in the first grade, he was the best person I had ever seen at Hogwarts. He is the most annoying guy. If he hadn't been stopped by others at that time, I really wanted to beat him..."

"And then, I didn't have much to do with him after that."

Moon didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only say that Malfoy really knew how to make others angry.

To a certain extent, this can also be regarded as a kind of talent.

"As for Harry Potter..." Randall blinked and muttered: "Actually, I just don't like him very much. I always feel that he is a bit under the halo of 'savior'. It's too ostentatious, especially when you have two extremely fanatical fans following you behind you every day, causing trouble wherever you go. I mean, Moon, you are obviously...well, you are also very good, but you are not like He is like that."

Munn was startled when he heard this, but he didn't expect that he could be involved in it.He smiled helplessly and led Randall down the stairs after shaking his head again. "This should be considered your prejudice, Randall. If Harry didn't hurt you or provoke you, then You didn’t get to know him in depth, so you just made such a hasty conclusion..."

"Then what's the difference between you like this and those people who bullied and bullied you back then?"

Randall opened his mouth, seeming to instinctively want to defend himself.But two seconds later, he closed his mouth again.

Because he didn't think of any strong defense.

Seeing this, Moon continued: "Actually, what you said is right. Harry is shrouded in that 'savior' halo. Colin and Ginny also blindly worship him. Follow him wherever he goes. But have you ever thought about it, this is actually not what Harry wants."

"He never stood up and raised his arms and shouted, 'I am the savior, the Boy Who Lived who defeated Voldemort, and you all must worship me.' At most, he was like a little boy, distressed by the consequences that the halo brought to him. There may be a little joy on some nights because I actually have fans. And there is nothing wrong with that.”

"Not to mention, if possible, I believe Harry would rather give up everything he is doing right now. Compared with other people's polite treatment, high looks, and even fanatical pursuit, he may prefer not to become Voldemort. The boy who survived under the magic wand became an ordinary little wizard, enjoying a healthy and kind family."

The more Randall listened, the more silent he became. The more he listened, the more confused he became. When he got to the back, he simply couldn't help but stop and looked at Moon in confusion. "Why do I feel that those words behind... sound so similar to me?"

"Because you two are indeed in some places, a bit like a pair of reversed mirror images." Moon nodded gently, agreeing with Randall's feeling. "The difference is that his suffering has brought him It is halo and glory, but your suffering brings you contempt and superciliousness. In this respect, he is indeed luckier than you, but whether it is his halo or your suffering, they are things that you can only passively accept. , it’s not up to you in the least.”

Moon's words stopped here. He actually had something else he wanted to say, but in the end he didn't say it out - because it was obviously a bit hurtful.

However, what surprised Moon was that Randall actually thought of it himself.He looked at his toes blankly, and after a while he said: "Could it be...that this is actually the reason why I can't like him? Is it because I'm actually very unhappy in my heart, why are everyone so unlucky? He can be pursued by others, but I can only be bullied by others. If it weren't for you, Moon, I wouldn't necessarily be living the kind of life I would be living now."

"This may not necessarily be the case, but it is indeed possible." Moon rubbed his hair comfortingly, "Don't think so much about what's going on, it's just a mistake, it's not a big mistake, it's human nature. It’s already valuable to be able to recognize and correct it. You don’t have to question yourself repeatedly because of this kind of thing. How old are you? It’s a good thing to make progress from your mistakes.”

Randall hesitated for another two seconds before finally taking steps again.

In fact, when talking about the contrast between him and Harry, Moon thought more of Neville - that poor kid. Compared with Randall, he was more of a negative contrast to Harry.It is obviously almost the same experience, but it brings a completely different perspective from outsiders.When seeing Harry, everyone's eyes were full of "Savior Star", however, Neville...

Everyone will only think of the stupid boy who is almost useless except for herbal medicine class, who always makes mistakes and forgets important things.

During the second half of the trip downstairs, neither of them spoke any more. Randall seemed to still be thinking about what Moon said. Until they reached the second floor, Moon turned to the school newspaper office, and Randall Then he raised his head and said goodbye to Moon, heading to the Slytherin common room.

…………

After arriving at the door of the school newspaper office alone, Moon habitually raised his hand and pushed the door open.He thought there would be no one inside at the moment, but what he didn't expect was that Nash and Doreen were still sitting in the office with gloomy expressions and staring, looking weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Mainly because it shocked Moon.

"What are you two doing..." Moon looked at the two of them in surprise, "What are you doing?"

"Ah, Moon, you're finally here!" Nash jumped three feet high from the chair, almost bouncing up directly.He quickly ran to Moon and said repeatedly: "Quick, we need your help. We have already solved the other manuscripts, but Hagrid's manuscript about the Chinese Fireball Dragon was only half polished by Garforth. They were called away by the prefect of their college, saying that Professor Snape had something to do with him. Doreen and I...we had tried very hard, but we still couldn't figure out what Hagrid was talking about. What, his article is really messy..."

"Ah, this." Moon suddenly realized, and quickly took the half-polished manuscript from Doreen who was following him. "Don't worry, leave it to me. Hagrid is not very good at writing articles. He always thinks of Just write wherever you want, and there may not be any connection between sentences. If you add in those spelling errors, it will be really difficult to do it."

"Next time if you encounter this situation again and I'm not here, you can go to Arlin. Out of curiosity, he asked Garforth to learn about polishing Hagrid's manuscript, and he was quite knowledgeable. If you are gifted, at least you can do it in a decent way, which is enough to cope with temporary emergencies."

Nash and Doreen nodded hurriedly, but did not leave directly. Instead, they followed Munn to his table, where they watched Munn working on his manuscript.

"...?" Moon stopped holding the pen, raised his head and looked at each other, "Is there anything else?"

"No, uh, Doreen and I are leaving first?" Nash was a little embarrassed. He really had nothing else to do, but he always felt that he had only done two days of work in total. As a result, not only was he exhausted, but in the end It still left a bit of a mess for Munn, so he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for a while.

"Well, you guys go and have a rest first." Moon smiled and nodded, and then added intentionally or unintentionally, "Don't feel sorry. You guys have been helping me do the work I should do these two days. You've done a good job." You are excellent, but if you don’t do well, the main responsibility should be mine. Relax, it’s a big weekend, don’t make your mood so rigid.”

Nash and Doreen looked at each other. Although it was just a word of comfort, it did make them, especially Nash, feel a lot more relaxed.

It wasn't until the two of them left the door one after another that Moon turned his attention back to the manuscript written by Hagrid.

In fact, Moon himself didn't quite understand Hagrid's article - earlier, Hagrid's manuscript was handled by Tonks and Gemma, and later it was Garforth who took over. Moon himself I will only be responsible for reviewing this part of the manuscript and will not be involved in polishing, revising, or making corrections.

Fortunately, he can still "cheat".

In fact, every sentence and wrong phrase used by Hagrid has a smooth meaning that he wants to express, but he can't write at all, and his thoughts are always very messy, so it is difficult for people to understand. his thoughts.But for Moon, he does not need to understand every sentence by himself.Just leave it all to magic.

"Knowledge of language".

This spell was originally supposed to be used to interpret unknown languages ​​and characters, but at this time, it was used to assist in interpreting Hagrid's "Book of Heaven" articles, and it was quite effective.At least, this not only allowed Munn to perfectly understand what Hagrid wanted to express, but it also allowed Munn to polish the article much faster.In just half an hour, he completely translated the entire article into a "Mopu" reading that was as readable as usual.

Seeing that it was still early, even if he finished reviewing the finished product of the school newspaper, he still wouldn't have time to have dinner, so he simply continued working in the school newspaper office.

Front page... second page... third page...

"Nash, Doreen, are you still there?" Violet's voice suddenly came from outside the door. Just as Moon raised her head, she saw her and Demi pushing open the door of the school newspaper office, holding hands. There were also two food boxes on it, which seemed to be dinner for Nash and Doreen.

"The two of them have been gone for a while, it should be almost an hour?" Moon asked casually: "Anyway, I just asked them to leave first after I came here."

"That's it." Violet secretly waved and patted Demi who was snickering behind her. She immediately took a step forward, carried the food box and walked into the school newspaper office without forgetting to reply. She closed the door and left Demi outside. Anyway, Demi would never want to stay in the same room with her and Moon in this situation.

Demi would definitely be more than happy to go back to the common room and find someone else.

The girl walked briskly to Moon's table, put the food box on the table, opened the food boxes one by one, and said with a smile: "By the way, when I came here just now, Demi and I were touching each other. Arriving at Lockhart. I don’t know where he ran. He looked panicked and sneaky, as if he was scared out of his wits. There was still a lot of dust and mud on his body. If Demi and I hadn't escaped quickly, we might have been hit by him directly."

"Huh? Mud?" Moon said with a strange look on his face: "Apart from the lakeside, the places with the most mud in the school are probably the greenhouse and the Forbidden Forest. None of them look like places Lockhart would go."

"I don't know. Anyway, he was weird. He almost bumped into both of us, but he didn't even say a word." Violet was obviously still a little dissatisfied with Lockhart. It is estimated that the main reason was because her mother was also raped by Lockhart. Part of Hart's Deception "Here, here's your favorite mashed potato pie."

"Like!" Munn put the newspaper in his hand aside, took the pie and ate it with satisfaction - the house elves at Hogwarts made some adjustments to the menu this year, which gave Munn almost a complete victory. of mashed potato patties free.But he didn't resist this food because of this. He didn't even feel like he had eaten too much and was tired of it. Instead, he fell in love with this food more and more.

Moon suspected that he might be destined to this kind of food.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." Violet pulled the chair and sat across from Moon, then used her wand to pop the cork of a bottle of pumpkin soda. "So, the Duel Club is so busy recruiting new people today. It’s lively, did it attract a lot of people?”