Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Okay, that's the main thing. Let's continue to get to know the Nifflers. Anyway, Nifflers and unicorns are still the main source of questions in the final exam this semester. We can't contact the Nifflers and clean them up yet. Hairy people, please seize the last moment. Just like the previous lesson, the bag containing the leprechaun gold coins is in the basket over there, go get it yourself."

After saying that, Professor Kettleburn leaned against the boulder next to him and slowly rubbed his shoulders.

Moon glanced into the fence, and sure enough, the "bully" Sniff was staring at him closely. He would only turn his eyes and glance aside when a little wizard took out a leprechaun gold coin. Two eyes.

Seeing this scene, Moon couldn't help but laugh - it was quite interesting to have such a little guy waiting for him in every class.

However, he did not go to the fence immediately, but slowly walked to Professor Kettleburn's side.

This unusual move naturally made the professor look at him.

"Professor, I want to ask you in advance, what grades do we need to get in next year's OWLs before we can continue to take your Care of Magical Creatures class?" Moon put his satchel aside and asked pretending to be curious: " I do want to continue studying this course.”

Professor Kettleburn's slightly rough brow raised slightly, and then he showed a completely indifferent attitude and said casually: "Ha, Mr. Fox, it's useless for you to ask me this question. ——”

The professor's expression did look like he didn't care at all, but his suddenly slightly lowered voice betrayed his concern. "Well, I will retire when you are in fifth grade."

"Retire?" Moon also lowered his voice, but there was no trace of surprise on his face.

"Of course." Professor Kettleburn patted the other wooden prosthetic hand with his good hand. "Look, I don't have any useful parts left. While I still have something of my own, I can still If I have some energy, I have to go out for a walk. Otherwise, after two years, I will only be able to live in a small room."

Moon nodded with regret, "I'm sorry to hear about this, Professor. I hope you can accomplish what you want to do."

"Ha, I hope." Professor Kettleburn grinned, and then said to Moon sternly: "Hey, kid, don't talk about this matter casually. I know your character, so I told you in advance. It’s about this.”

"Don't worry, Professor, I will keep it a secret." Moon made a no-questions-asked gesture.

"Uh-huh, hurry up and go to the fence, otherwise a Niffler will be there later - ha, I almost forgot, the cowboy is waiting for you there every day."

Cowboy, yes, that's the real name of the "bully" Sniff.To be honest, judging from Professor Kettleburn's skill in naming unicorns, the name Cowboy is already one of the best.

Under Professor Kettleburn's urging and the cowboy's steady gaze, Moon quickly came to the fence and stretched out his hand toward the inside.

The cowboy, who had already become familiar with Moon's behavior in the previous two classes, rushed over in a few steps, then swooped down and hugged Moon's empty hand.Then, it was lifted out of the fence by Moon with one hand, and it squinted its eyes to enjoy Moon's brushing service.

Two classes ago, Professor Kettleburn taught them how to clean Sniff's fur, and bluntly said that this would be one of the test points in this year's final exam.

"Little guy, what do you think you fell in love with me for? It can't be because we are both the bosses in the family, right?" Moon murmured softly while smoothing the cowboy's hair with a brush.

The cowboy slowly turned over on Moon's arm and motioned for Moon to brush his belly.

"Tsk—" Munn acted as he did, dumbfounded, and muttered, "Originally, I wanted to wait until the end of the term to talk to you again, so that you wouldn't have to pester me every day after you knew I could talk to you. Now. It seems that today is the last day that we can see each other again."

He took advantage of the break in brushing to cast an animal talk on himself.

"Hey, Cowboy?"

"What are you doing?" The cowboy's flat mouth opened and closed slightly, and the voice coming out of it sounded like a lazy little kid.Although Munn knew that these Sniffers were still young, the child-like voices still surprised Munn.

The next moment, the cowboy suddenly waved his four claws in a panic and almost fell off Moon's arm.Fortunately, Munn caught it immediately, and it reacted quickly. It immediately hooked Munn's sleeve tightly with its claws, and then looked at Munn in confusion.

"No need to doubt, it's me talking to you." Moon smiled and nodded.

The cowboy held Moon's arm and looked suspiciously up and down at Moon's face, "You're not Xiu Xiu..."

"But I am a wizard." Moon spread his other hand, "right."

"But he can't talk to me either." The cowboy raised a front paw and pointed at Professor Kettleburn, who was leaning against a boulder not far away.

"I am a special wizard." Munn said this firmly.

Maybe it was because he already had a good impression of Moon, or maybe it was new to the cowboy, but it was not completely unacceptable. In short, he quickly accepted that "the little wizard in front of him can talk to him." He asked curiously: "Why didn't you talk to me before?"

Moon blinked and thought about how to answer the cowboy.

"Hmm...because you're too familiar? I'm a little curious."

Moon thought that the cowboy would not be able to answer this question, but what he didn't expect was that the cowboy not only answered it, but he also answered it very decisively.

"Because the smell on your body is very good. It's very light, but it smells very good." The cowboy said, while really smelling Moon's body. "I seem to have smelled this smell a long time ago."

"...Smell?" Now the person who was knocked unconscious was Moon. He smelled himself in confusion, but he didn't smell anything - not even the smell of laundry detergent. "What's the smell?" ? It can’t be the smell of money, right?”

The cowboy shook his head slowly, "No, but I don't know what it smells like. Anyway, it smells very good."

"Okay." Moon nodded and simply stopped thinking about it.He didn't think that the cowboy was deliberately hiding it, so since the cowboy didn't know it and he couldn't smell it at all, it was useless to think about it.

Maybe the answer will be revealed one day in the future.

In order to prevent the conversation between him and the cowboy from reaching the ears of other little wizards or sniffers and causing a commotion, Moon took the cowboy two more steps to the side and followed him to the side, muttering in a low voice what he had thought about earlier. Good little questions to ask.It wasn't until get out of class was over that I finally said goodbye to the cowboy reluctantly like other students.

Chapter 1 Tea House

After the grievances that had haunted him for many years were washed away, Hagrid fully proved that the saying "people feel refreshed when happy events happen" is true.It was almost visible to the naked eye, and the smile on his face became even bigger, and even Yaya's food was upgraded to another level.

On the Monday of the last week of March, Hagrid got up early. Taking advantage of the light, he finished all his morning tasks in advance. Then he sat at the door, humming a tune, and waited quietly for something.

After about 10 minutes, Hagrid saw that the time was almost up, then stood up, patted Yaya's head, then pushed open the courtyard door, inserted a wooden sign, and slowly walked towards the direction of the castle. .

Today, there was a gift given to him by Moon and all the little wizards of the school newspaper, waiting for his arrival.

"Wow! Today's front page is actually an interview with Hagrid?!"

At the same time, at the Gryffindor table in the auditorium, Harry, who was the first to open his copy of the school newspaper, shouted in surprise, causing Hermione and Ron to immediately come to his side. Together we set our sights on the front page of today's "Hogwarts School Newspaper".

Sure enough, in the photo, Hagrid, who had finally dressed up well, was smiling awkwardly and shyly. If his height and age were ignored, his smile would look like that of a teenager who had just arrived at Hogwarts.

[F: Hello, Mr. Hagrid, can you briefly introduce yourself? 】

[H: Well, hello everyone, I’m Rubeus Hagrid, the keykeeper and gamekeeper of our school. 】

[F: What is your usual specific job? 】

[H: The main job is, well, probably managing the Forbidden Forest, keeping some items, and other miscellaneous tasks. 】

Ron stared at the newspaper photo of Hagrid who suddenly scratched his head, suppressed a smile, and said with determination: "I can guarantee that Moon must have spent a whole night polishing Hagrid's words - Hagrid's original words That’s definitely not what he said.”

Harry strongly agreed with this point of view, and so did Hermione. However, facing Ron's teasing, Hermione still said seriously: "Maybe Hagrid has made a lot of preparations in advance."

She didn't simply want to argue with Ron, but she just felt that it was somewhat inappropriate for Ron to tease Hagrid so categorically.

Ron shrugged, imitating the way Hermione had just spoken, and made a face at the same time, which made Neville across the table look up when he heard the sound, making him silly.

The three of them continued reading and found that after asking several questions to induce Hagrid to introduce himself, the interview finally got to the point.

[F: After previous clarifications from the Ministry of Magic, the Daily Prophet, this newspaper and many other newspapers and magazines, you were cleared of a wrongful conviction case that had been covered in dust for 50 years, and you were finally cleared.I'm curious, how do you view this matter in the past 50 years? 】

[H: When I... was just expelled from Hogwarts, I was actually... *choked, actually very scared. I didn't know where else I could go or what else I could do.Fortunately, Professor Dumbledore took me in later, and he convinced others to let me stay in the school as a gamekeeper. At that time, Professor Dumbledore was still the professor of Transfiguration. 】

[H: Later I actually didn’t care about it anymore, *laughs, I can still stay at Hogwarts, and guarding the Forbidden Forest suits me very well. I have always liked dealing with animals, especially those magical creatures. . 】

[F: So what do you think of this matter now? 】

[H: I don’t know what to say, anyway, haha, Merlin’s beard, I’m so happy.You know, I never thought I could actually recover...recovery...what's the word?Restoring innocence, yes, this is simply something that only happens in dreams.And, now, I can use my own wand again. *Took out his wand and shook it. 】

[F: You said you like magical animals very much? 】

[H: Yes, very, I mean, I think, there shouldn’t be many people who don’t like these furry little guys, right?And of course, there are giant dragons flying in the sky, and oh my god, are we talking about that?I feel like I could talk to you all day. 】

[F: Of course, after all, you have been the most important manuscript consultant for the magical animals section of our school newspaper in the past few years. 】

Later, the interview continued for a short period, but it was almost all about magical animals and some trivial things.But just when Harry and the others thought that this interview would end here, they discovered that there were three appendices following.

One is Hagrid's own recollections of the incident when he was wrongly accused, and the other is written by Moon himself and contains everything he saw about that incident.

The most important thing is that the third appendix was written by Professor Dumbledore, who witnessed the case about the secret room, murder and frame-up with his own eyes.

It seems lengthy, but three people and three angles finally restored the incident to its original form.

For most of the little wizards, at first, they just knew that Hagrid had been wrongfully accused, but now he had found his innocence.But now, through this interview and the three accompanying articles, they finally understand what happened to Hagrid and what he went through 50 years ago.

After reading these three attachments, not only the other little wizards, but also Harry and the other three became a little heavy-hearted.

In the end, Harry's insight was better. He was about to turn the newspaper over when he suddenly saw a short interview under the three attachments.

[F: Okay, one last thing. What do you think about opening a teahouse on Hogwarts campus? 】

[H: Uh... open a teahouse on campus?I don't know, maybe someone wants to sit there?But where is it?I mean, you can’t open a teahouse in a classroom, right, haha. 】

[F: No, Mr. Hagrid, I mean, would you be interested in opening a teahouse on Hogwarts campus? 】

[H:...*looks confused,*nods. 】

[F: Okay, Mr. Hagrid, this is the approval document that the school newspaper office applied to the principal. The school newspaper office will work with you and the school to open a small teahouse in your cabin and courtyard. The specific opening date is You can decide your own business hours, including charges.At the same time, Garr Fuller from the school newspaper office will also provide you with guidance on meals and tea when he has time, and assist you in managing the teahouse. 】

[H: This...I...uh...I don't understand, are you serious? 】

[F: Of course, Mr. Hagrid, and fellow students, soon we will have the first on-campus teahouse that truly belongs to Hogwarts. 】

"Look! The school newspaper office is actually opening a teahouse on campus! And it's with Mr. Hagrid!"

While Harry was still shocked by the content of this short interview, young wizards from other colleges were already shouting in the auditorium.

"What?! What teahouse?! Where is the teahouse?!"

"Why didn't I see it? Are we reading the school newspaper on the same day?"

"Didn't you read the headlines?"

"Huh? I was reading last week's Ravenclaw puzzle."

In an instant, the entire auditorium became noisy. Everyone was either full of curiosity or full of expectation. The sound of quickly flipping through the school newspaper immediately became incessant. Fortunately, Professor McGonagall did not come to the auditorium this morning, otherwise everyone would If you say anything, you will be severely reprimanded.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "It's Hagrid! Hagrid is here!"

The chaotic sound from before was suddenly suppressed by at least 70%. More and more people moved their eyes towards the door of the auditorium. The attention of so many people made Hagrid, who was just a little nervous just now, suddenly blush.

Looking at him like that, Moon knew that it was definitely impossible to expect Hagrid to greet everyone and announce the opening of the teahouse.So, he took out the approval document that he had kept until now from the satchel next to him, and strode towards Hagrid.

"Mr. Hagrid." Moon looked serious when he said this. "This is the approval document signed by the principal. You can expand your hut and courtyard in accordance with the regulations, and provide everyone with a place where they can stay clean and hygienic." A place to drink tea, chat and rest. At the same time, the school newspaper office will be responsible for providing you with all the help you need and within our ability."

Hagrid blinked and was stunned for a moment before reacting and quickly took the approval document from Moon's hand.

At this moment, the cheers seemed to knock down the entire ceiling (even though the auditorium did not have a ceiling that could be directly "seen"). Munn, who could no longer hold back his laughter, quickly patted Hagrid's hand. Arm, signaling him to say what he needs to say.

Hagrid woke up from a dream, cleared his throat, held up the approval document, and tried to make his voice as loud as possible, "Uh... I... uh..."

Cedric held his forehead and sighed, Arlin dug his toes on the ground, and Gal directly covered his face.

Every member of the school newspaper office who knew about this in advance began to worry that Hagrid would not be able to finish his sentence.

"Anyway, the teahouse will open tomorrow. Uh, everyone is welcome... to come and sit down?"

No one expected that the cheers could reach a higher level. Even the three ghosts who were in the auditorium also clapped and cheered. It was not known whether they also planned to visit Hagrid's teahouse.

Seeing everyone's excited expressions, Hagrid finally breathed a sigh of relief. He lowered his head and looked at Munn, who was also applauding and smiling at him. He finally understood what today's gift was.

It's not just a teahouse that allows him to share the snacks he made, nor is it just a teahouse that helps him tell everyone what happened back then.

What's more, it's these cheers, and hidden under the cheers, the respect and welcome for him.

Chapter 1: Faculty, Phoenix and Pipe

This is how Hagrid's teahouse opened.

In fact, from the beginning, Moon had thought that maybe after the situation at Hogwarts got better, he could help Hagrid open a teahouse in the hut. In fact, Hagrid had always been interested in most small children. Wizards all maintain a very friendly and welcoming attitude. However, due to misunderstandings, unfamiliarity, size differences and other factors, most young wizards do not have much contact with Hagrid.

But it turns out that Moon didn't intend to make the matter so big, and even wrote an exclusive interview.

The reason was mostly because he realized only two days ago that Professor Kettleburn was about to leave Hogwarts. In other words, Hagrid would take over the position of Professor of Care of Magical Creatures next year.

As a friend, Moon will naturally give Hagrid some help in the course - at least let Hagrid not follow his own plan and go straight to the more dangerous creatures like in the original book. Daily Flobber caterpillar.However, in addition, if Hagrid can get along better with the little wizards in advance, then in class, everyone will be able to be more tolerant to Hagrid, who is still a bit jerky and nervous when he takes office. .

A two-pronged approach will yield quick results.

And the teahouse is obviously a good opportunity.

With the arrival of April, when the grass grows and the birds fly, the grass gradually grows in the hearts of the little wizards.On the one hand, the Easter holiday is coming in mid-April; on the other hand, as the final exams are approaching, they can’t wait to give themselves a little, relaxing break before entering the formal preparation stage. happy time.

During those days when you couldn't go to Hogsmeade, Hagrid's teahouse became everyone's favorite place. Even the little wizards who used to always go to read books on the lawn next to the Black Lake now come to the teahouse - —The price is not expensive, and the amount of snacks is sufficient. Although the taste can only be said to be average, when Gal comes here occasionally, they can enjoy real delicious food, not to mention that there are comfortable seats and tables available. Just order a pot of tea and you can sit there all afternoon.

However, this caused Hagrid a little "distress". At first, he did not expand the scope of the fence. He just used his original small courtyard and placed ten newly made and neat wooden tables.However, he soon discovered that these seats were simply not enough, and the teahouse faced an overcrowded situation on the first day it opened.

So, Hagrid had to widen the courtyard overnight and add twenty tables, so that the number of seats in the "Cottage Teahouse" could barely be enough.

On the afternoon of the new week's weekend, Professor Dumbledore and Moon stood together at the window at one end of the eighth floor, quietly looking at the bustling customer service in Hagrid's teahouse, all smiling happily.

"Sometimes I can't help but feel that your head seems to be filled with all kinds of magical ideas, as if most things in the world can be found in it." Professor Dumbledore raised his head Putting one hand on the window sill, he chuckled and said, "I asked Golov once. What do you think he told me?"

Moon shook his head, indicating that he couldn't guess - of course, in Professor Dumbledore's view, it was more like he didn't want to guess at all.

"Goloff told me that you were born with a genius."

"Then I may have a slightly different view than my uncle." Moon shrugged. "I just think more than others. I am not a genius. However, I am born with this knowledge, so maybe I can accept it reluctantly."