Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Of course, there is a small group of students who may not be satisfied with this, especially those little wizards who always want to make trouble in secret, although people like them are actually very few now.Hagrid's previous teaching position had already made them unhappy enough, and now Black has become a formal professor, not to mention that they have basically heard about Slughorn's love for Moon...

It can only be said that among all the news, there is not a single one that is beneficial to them.

It's hard.

After announcing all the matters, Professor Dumbledore finally waved his hand, and a large amount of delicious food immediately appeared on the long tables of the four houses.The little wizards who were already so hungry didn't care about chatting first. Almost as soon as the dishes appeared on the table, everyone had already started "fighting".

It wasn't until 08:30 in the evening that the entrance dinner came to an end.

I don’t know if it was because he was in a good mood, but Professor Dumbledore once again organized everyone to sing the school song. Fred and George also performed steadily. They sang the first half of the song to the tune of a Christmas song, and then took out the funeral march. Let’s sing the second half.Moreover, he was giggling and procrastinating, which made the school song that could have been sung quickly doubled.

Several professors' faces were visibly darkened. It was conceivable that, at least for the next period of time, it would be difficult for Fred and George to feel comfortable in class.

The little wizards began to leave their seats one after another and walked out of the auditorium. As prefects, Moon and Violet should have been at the front to organize discipline.But before getting up, Moon successfully persuaded the two sixth-grade prefects and handed them the first position in the queue. Then he made a small circle and came to Hagrid's teacher's desk, handing a package to him. Hagrid's desk.

After finishing this matter, Moon turned around and did what a prefect should do under the urging of Professor McGonagall.

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For little wizards, the curriculum is always terrible every year, and then, the next year, they lament that the new curriculum is even worse than the old one.

There is no way, the studies are always becoming more and more arduous, and the courses are always becoming more and more numerous.

Therefore, this semester naturally cannot escape this law, especially for the fifth grade Hufflepuff wizards.

The bad news is that their full day this term is Monday - and first period in the morning is the dreaded History of Magic class.This means that they have to rush to the ghost of Professor Binns early in the morning after just spending Saturday and Sunday, and quietly listen to the "death-killing magic sound" that makes people's eyelids fight. ".

Of course, there's good news - their back-to-school day, August 31, is actually a Tuesday, not a Sunday.Therefore, at least on the first day of the semester, they do not have to go through this torture and can start directly from the Wednesday class schedule.

It's just a blessing in misfortune.

Moreover, although they still had a History of Magic lesson the next day, at least it wasn't the first lesson on the first morning.What really occupied the spot in the first class on Wednesday morning was the new professor Mr. Slughorn's Potions.

Obviously, there is a high probability that they will be the first class in the school to be taught by the new professor.

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Dragging steps that were still a little awake, with eyes that were so sleepy that they might close at any time, the little Hufflepuff wizards walked through the corridors in groups and came to the magic house. In front of the pharmacy classroom.

After entering the door, Professor Slughorn had not arrived yet, so everyone got some breathing time. Many people chose to lie down on the table and take a rest.It was very rare that no one had much chat before class started.

It wasn't until the official class time that Professor Slughorn finally entered the classroom carrying a small bag.

"Ha, it seems like everyone didn't sleep well last night?" Looking at the little wizards who were barely cheering up, Professor Slughorn immediately smiled knowingly, "It's understandable, after all, it's the first day of school. However, This is not the way to teach classes. I think you should also know in the past few years of study that potions is a subject that pays great attention to precision and rigor. In the process of preparing potions - especially those high-level potions, even if Just a little carelessness can lead to catastrophic consequences.”

As he spoke, he put the small bag in his hand aside, and then waved his wand, creating a cool breeze in the classroom.

I have to say, this trick is very effective.As the cold wind suddenly blew by, many little wizards suddenly shivered, and their originally dull eyes suddenly became much clearer.

"Now, let me take a look at your previous progress - if the information I received earlier is correct, you should have learned how to make endurance potions and detoxification potions last year, right?"

The little wizards nodded in unison, answering Professor Slughorn's question.

"Very good, then this lesson. Ah ha, I have to say, I actually wanted you to try to prepare the new potion we are about to learn. But after all, this is the first lesson, I think we might as well use the previous one The learning results will serve as a test for you.”

Professor Slughorn turned around, first waved his wand on the blackboard, and the recipe and production instructions for the endurance potion appeared on it. Then he opened his small bag and took out a potion. Straight horns with mysterious patterns.

"Come on, little guys, your task for this lesson is to brew a pot of endurance potion. The person who mixes the potion most successfully will be rewarded with a unicorn horn."

After speaking, Professor Slughorn even waved the unicorn horn in his hand, hoping that the little wizards would exclaim - you know, a complete unicorn horn can be sold Out of more than twenty gold galleons.For young wizards who have not yet graduated, this number is not small.He specifically inquired that even in the semifinals, the amount of prize money would not reach this level.

However, the fact is that not only did no one make the cry of surprise that he wanted to hear, but even most of the little wizards simply lost interest after hearing his request for rewards.

Such a reaction undoubtedly made Professor Slughorn feel a little unhappy.Although he didn't know what was going on, at least after he tried hard to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm and even took out this valuable item as a reward, these little wizards still didn't let him feel their enthusiasm.

He almost doubted whether these little wizards were really willing to take potions lessons.

Moon saw Slughorn's frown, but he was obviously not comfortable speaking directly. After thinking about it for a moment, he lightly bumped Cedric's shoulder, and then secretly pointed at himself and The unicorn horn in Professor Slughorn's hand.

Cedric suddenly understood, and then deliberately showed a slightly helpless and embarrassed expression, raised his hand and said: "Professor, I think this seems to be nothing to compare with, because..."

Professor Slughorn is not stupid. Previously, he had just fallen into his own preconceived judgments, so he did not turn around for a while.At this time, Cedric had just spoken to remind him, without even speaking clearly, and he immediately realized why he failed to get the results he wanted.

So, the old man had no choice but to laugh or cry and took out another unicorn horn from the bag and joked: "Well, for the sake of fairness, I can't let Mr. Fox ban the competition, so No. 2 also How about getting the same reward?"

At this moment, the heated scene that Professor Slughorn had been looking forward to finally unfolded before his eyes.

Chapter 32 Practical Prophecy

In fact, Professor Slughorn had a good idea - more than twenty gold galleons, for most young wizards, this can be regarded as a "huge sum of money".

With this unicorn horn, just contact the medicine shop in Diagon Alley and sell it, and you can enjoy the splurge the next time you go to Hogsmeade.Not to mention anything else, just from Honeydukes, you can bring back enough candies to last you a long time.

So, how could any little wizard not be moved?Even Milton, the "Disaster of Potions", "The Crucible Destroyer", "the only person in the school appointed by Professor Snape who is better at causing potions accidents than Neville Longbottom", does not I will resist this temptation.

Isn't the reason why people are not interested because of Moon and Cedric's presence?

Only those who are burned out will think that they can steal the championship from these two people.

No, Professor Slughorn had just announced that No. 2 could also get a unicorn horn. Everyone immediately started cleaning up their cauldrons and followed the process on the blackboard as meticulously as possible. Made a magic potion.

Of course, nothing is absolute. For example, Gal and Yaerlin still chose to mess up.

Firstly, the two of them knew that even if they were not ranked first, it would be almost impossible to grab second place; secondly, for the two of them who had the income from the school newspaper, these gold galleons from the unicorn horn were really worth it. It's not that attractive.

While the other little wizards were busy trying to fight for Golden Gallons, Gal quietly approached Munn and asked in a low voice: "Hey, Munn, who is this professor? Let's take a lesson. Can he still give forty or fifty gold galleons as a reward? Is he that rich?"

Moon cooperated with Cedric and cut materials for him, and said with a smile: "Yes, Gal, this professor is indeed very rich. You have to know that he is almost the most outstanding Fuling in the contemporary era. Master Potion - If you still can’t remember what the Potion is, then you should at least have heard of another name for this potion. That is the ‘Elixir of Good Luck’.”

"Oh~~~" Gal's eyes suddenly widened, "No wonder he is so generous."

Violet's praise of Professor Slughorn at that time was indeed not nonsense. Although there were still some wizards who could brew the elixir, you should know that there was a gap between potions and potions.It is also a blessing elixir. Some wizards can brew it to make your wishes come true, while some wizards can brew it to make you feel lonely.

Among these wizards who can successfully make elixirs, Professor Slughorn happens to be one of the best.

After getting the answer, Gal didn't ask any more questions. After all, he was only a little curious in the first place.Now that the problem was clearly explained, he naturally returned to his crucible and continued to set it up, while admiring the various "heroic postures" of other students while preparing endurance potions.

Well, keep an eye on Milton and record every embarrassing moment he has.

Potions class, which always seemed extremely long in previous years, seemed particularly short today.It wasn't until Professor Slughorn announced the end of get out of class that the little wizards nervously put their potions into test tubes and sent them to Professor Slughorn.

"Let me see...um--"

The professor stroked his thick beard, glanced quickly at the medicine test tubes one by one, and finally picked out two tubes. "In general, the mastery is quite solid, but... although the basics are good, there are few I have such a little bit of spirituality, but there are few potions that can make my eyes brighter, which is a pity."

"But - of course, there are still some potions that are good, especially Mr. Fox and - ah, Mr. Diggory, right. Very good, a perfect endurance potion, this is the No. 1 prize , you deserve it.”

Professor Slughorn tapped one of the horns on the table with his wand and sent it to Moon and Cedric's table.

"There is also this one, let me see, Mr. Lake and Mr. Heimer, ah, I said before that your two names are similar to Atman and Ackerman. Haha, it's a very good potion, I think You were ingenious and stirred a few extra turns. Although it will waste some of the potion's effect, it can also make it easier for the potion to exert its effect. Of course, I hope you didn't accidentally mix it - come on, the No. 2 reward It belongs to you."

Atman and Ackerman were overjoyed to get the unicorn horns, while Milton sitting next to them covered his head with his hands in despair.

Fortunately, his crucible was not burned out today.However, he still boiled the endurance potion into an "endurance potion brick".

Well, since the efficacy of the medicine cannot be completely guaranteed, maybe it would be more appropriate to call it "a black brick"?

In short, the first Potions lesson of Hufflepuff's fifth year ended like this.There is no doubt that every student in the class is deeply impressed by Professor Slughorn, a potbellied old man.

Facts have proved that changing the Potions professor seems to be quite good.

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"Are you going to take a divination class again?" Yaerlin raised an arm and put it on Moon's shoulder, deliberately pretending to be bored. "Oh, what a pity, we won't have any classes to attend. , I can only go back to the common room and stay bored."

Moon lifted Yaerlin's arm angrily, "Yes, yes, it's so boring if you don't have classes, and you have to go back to the common room - Tsk, I question this, I don't believe you can bear it. Why don’t you go and sit at Hagrid’s place.”

"Ha, you guessed it right!" Yaerin snapped his fingers, grabbed Cedric and Gal, and said through gritted teeth: "Don't you two try to sneak away to find your girlfriends, at least not today, let's go , accompany me to Hagrid’s place! Otherwise, I will be left alone and bored!”

Seeing the three people twisting into a ball again, Moon took the opportunity to run away quickly.When Yaerlin wanted to turn around and say something to Munn, Munn's figure had disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Yes, the second period on Tuesday was the fifth grade divination class and arithmetic divination class. Yaerlin and the others did not choose either class, so naturally they had some free time.Only Moon had to run to Professor Trelawney in pain, waiting for the nagging professor to continue to "impose a curse" on them.

After all... Professor Trelawney knows everything.

It's still the familiar small room, with a small round table and armchairs, and curtains tightly closed together.The lamps with crimson lampshades emit a uniform red dim light, illuminating the entire classroom with a full atmosphere.A rare flame was lit in the fireplace, but this was not good news - after all, it was only September, and it was impossible for any professor to be genius enough to light the fireplace in the classroom.

Thanks to the pile of flames, the already weirdly lit cabin had an extra layer of buff called "sultry".

However, Professor Trelawney seemed to be in a very good mood today. As soon as everyone entered the classroom and sat down according to their seats, she couldn't wait to say: "Ah, it's wonderful to see you all in this classroom again." That's great, you know, I am worried about your safety almost all the time. Just during this holiday, I did a tarot divination for you, and the divination results told me-"

The professor suddenly stood up from her old chair, probably wanting everyone to feel the surging feeling in her heart.But this time it was indeed a bit too violent. Almost everyone saw that she tripped over herself and almost fell directly into the fireplace next to her.

Anyway, at least she did succeed in scaring everyone.

"Ahem - the results of the divination tell me that it's very bad! Many of you will be in danger during this summer vacation!"

Someone couldn't help but let out a weird laugh, obviously wondering what other dangers they might encounter at home - maybe accidentally inserting themselves into the fireplace like Professor Trelawney just did?

Professor Trelawney didn't pay much attention to the strange laughter. She just said to herself: "So, it is great news to see you all sitting here properly."

"Of course, before starting class, I also hope to share some new divination experiences with you."

As he spoke, the professor rolled up his wide sleeves, revealing a string of colorful crystal necklaces on his wrists. They looked extremely beautiful, and they also contained some extraordinary magic power - even if you didn't get close to take a closer look, you could see from there. The flow of magic is clearly felt in the brilliance.

"Just this summer, in the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade, I made a prophecy for a poor, lonely lady who was drinking and crying. Ah-ah~, a very effective prophecy, right here In mid-August, the lady found me again and told me that my prediction was very effective. It was because of this that she gave me this bracelet."

Although many people did not think Professor Trelawney could make any "very effective predictions", the bracelet on her wrist made everyone doubt their own judgment.After all, that bracelet looks really expensive, and with Professor Trelawney's little wealth (just by looking at the wine she usually drinks and the way she dresses, you can roughly guess that her financial situation is not very good), obviously It is unlikely that you can afford it yourself.

Therefore, almost immediately someone asked curiously: "Professor, can you tell us about the prediction you made at that time?"

This question undoubtedly played into Professor Trelawney's mind. Wasn't the reason why she wanted to tell this story just to wait for such a question?

Therefore, without any hesitation, Professor Trelawney immediately said——

"Ha! Of course not, my boy."

Chapter 33 Hagrid’s first lesson·Part [-]

It is quite rare that Professor Trelawney has allowed everyone to see that she can be so persistent in places other than her own prophetic ability.No matter how anyone pressed, Professor Trelawney refused to reveal even a word.This whetted the appetites of the little wizards. For a moment, their minds were filled with the efficacious prophecy from Professor Trelawney, and they even forgot about what they were about to encounter next.

Yes, even though Professor Trelawney was in a very good mood, she still did not forget her excellent custom of coming here once every semester——

"Oh...god, poor Mr. Baker, if nothing happens, I'm afraid you will have an accident within two months." Professor Trelawney covered her mouth in fear, "Ah ...Ah...I'm not sure if I should tell you all this, I think the thing you are most worried about, the thing about your good friend, is about to happen."

In fact, as early as the third grade, Ignaz Baker was predicted by Professor Trelawney to have a severe cold in his first divination class.However, in fact, during that entire semester, let alone colds, he barely even coughed a few times.Therefore, over the past year or so, Ignaz has long since learned to ignore Professor Trelawney's nagging words.

But today, after realizing that Professor Trelawney might have really made a very effective prophecy not long ago, Ignaz couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Professor Trelawney with a shocked face. A shiver.

What if it's true...?

Within 2 minutes, this tall Slytherin boy had already begun to seriously think about how many good friends he had.

However, it turns out that Professor Trelawney was not satisfied by this prophecy - after all, she only prophesied that what Ignatz feared would happen, nothing more.

So, after walking around the classroom twice and coming to Moon, the professor suddenly jumped back half a step like a frightened rabbit.Through the exaggeratedly thick lenses of her glasses, fear was clearly written in her large, somewhat protruding eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Moon heard Professor Trelawney tremblingly say: "Misfortune! Huge misfortune! Mr. Fox, oh, poor child..."

"I think you may be suffering from a bloody disaster! A huge misfortune is wrapped around you!"

Moon turned his head, looked at the professor, and then returned his gaze to the book in front of him. "Thank you for the reminder, professor, I will be more careful."

"Ah - you better do this, better do this." Professor Trelawney was obviously not satisfied with Moon's understatement. She tugged on her sleeves and muttered: "Otherwise, wait until it really appears. The day the problem is resolved, it will be too late.”

After making two disturbing prophecies one after another, Professor Trelawney seemed to have finally completed her task, and then she started teaching honestly.

After finally ending the class in Professor Trelawney's mysterious voice, which was rising and falling, Moon did not rush directly to the auditorium on the first floor of the castle to eat. Instead, after going down to the first floor, he went directly to He turned around and left the castle, heading towards Hagrid's hut.

As expected, Cedric, Arlin, Gal, and even several people from Violet's dormitory were drinking tea and chatting here.Violet also had a food box on her hand. There was no doubt that it was lunch left for Moon.

"Huh, I'm here." After walking to the seat, Moon sat down directly, opened the food box and started to eat. "I'm starving... By the way, you plan to stay here until class in the afternoon? Hagrid Woolen cloth?"

Gal pointed to the hut standing next to the teahouse. Moon turned around and saw that Hagrid was cutting something by the window.

"Hagrid said that there will be other little wizards coming over after dinner, so I quickly prepared things for the afternoon class." Violet explained in due course, "As for us, we were actually going back. But just now Gal and Demi suggested that we can just sit here until class, so we don’t have to run back and forth.”

"Oh." Moon nodded, picked up a piece of pie and stuffed it into his mouth, and then said vaguely: "It's good. Did you forget to bring your textbooks?"

Arlin kicked his backpack and said, "Here, it's packed inside."

A few people continued chatting for a while, and after about ten minutes, little wizards began to walk towards this castle one after another.Some of them are young wizards like Moon and others who have taken the Care of Magical Creatures class. Of course, there are more people who have no classes in the afternoon and plan to come here to sit, rest, chat, and play with crackling exploding cards.

Seeing the guests arriving, Hagrid quickly walked out of the room and said hello to Munn. To be honest, Hagrid seemed a little uneasy because of the afternoon class and waved to Munn. When he was walking, he almost kicked a table away with his kick.

However, no matter how nervous he was, it was obvious that he still had to fight on the battlefield.

No, seeing that there were only 5 minutes left before the afternoon class, Hagrid hurriedly locked the cabinet and the door, said something to the little wizards who were still sitting in the teahouse, and then took a big step. Step by step, he hurriedly walked into the forbidden forest.

"What do you think Hagrid will teach us in the first class?" Looking at Hagrid's back, Demi asked curiously: "It seems that most of the interesting magical animals I can think of will be taught. It’s over.”

Gal blinked and whispered: "Do you think fire dragons are interesting?"

Demi was startled when she heard this, then quickly shook her head, "That kind of creature should only make people afraid..."