A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 666 Gifts and wands?
On the first day of school after the holiday, the sixth-grade students were sitting in the Charms classroom. The voice of Professor Flitwick, who was of goblin blood, was drowned out by the violent wind and rain outside. He waved his wand, and the violently rattling windows were blocked. The seal was affixed, and the classroom fell silent.

"Okay, students, concentrate, there are less than two months left before the final exam." Flitwick said in a shrill voice while holding up his wand: "Open the textbook and read the content of the last Chapter 2."

The students silently took out their textbooks and read the contents of the textbooks. The closed windows blocked the big raindrops and the black sky outside, but the rumbling thunder still penetrated into their ears from time to time.

Ron and Hermione exchanged a worried look as they flipped through the pages of the book.

"Harry's going to be fine," Ron whispered a little nervously, and Hermione nodded slowly.There was a place vacant next to them, reserved for Harry, but almost two hours had passed since they parted.

Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Thick rain fell on the roof, crackling.In the house, Hai Ge stood anxiously by the fire, not even noticing that the milk jug on the stove was boiling.The hound Yaya barked "whimper and whimper".

"You coward, don't you even know Harry?" Hagrid growled at the terrified Hound hiding behind him.

In front of them, Felix, Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall were circling a tall stag, checking on its condition.

"Are you all right, Harry?"

The stag called "Yo Yo" twice, and then seemed to realize that there was a language barrier, so he quickly shook his head with antlers.But Felix and Dumbledore did not let down their vigilance. Felix's eyes turned gray and white, and he walked slowly around the stag.

Dumbledore also stared at it fixedly, his sharp eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the stag's brown-gray skin.

After more than ten minutes, the two stopped their movements.

Felix and Dumbledore exchanged a look. "I don't see a problem," said Felix, and Dumbledore blinked. "Me too. But I need to look again."

"I'll stay. I don't have classes in the morning." Felix said knowingly.

Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall left together. When they opened the door, a flash of lightning pierced the open space in front of the house, illuminating Professor McGonagall's confused expression, "Dumbledore, I don't understand..."

The door closed behind them.

"It's been raining hard enough," said Hagrid muffled, and then watched in amazement as the stag's huge antlers slowly retracted and its body stood upright, turning into a wizard. Putting his arm around Harry, he shoved the scalding mug into Harry's arms.

"Drink some milk, you may be exhausted..."

"Thank you, Hagrid. If you ask me, I know where the rain comes from."

Harry muttered as Felix stuck his head out the window.They heard a high-pitched cry from overhead.

The rain gradually lightened up.

Harry took a sip of the hot milk, and after experiencing the first transformation of an Animagus in his life, his mood gradually calmed down, and some new thoughts appeared.

Two weeks after the last full moon, he felt the throbbing of Animagus again, and everything seemed to be a matter of course. He learned the lesson from last time, and reported to Professor McGonagall immediately, for fear that there would be a Stunning spell, repeat the same mistakes.

It can be seen that Professor McGonagall seemed to have the same idea, and she quickly notified Professor Haipu.

What happened next was beyond Harry's expectations—with Professor Happer, and Headmaster Dumbledore, who had been missing for the entire Easter break, with a sparkle of pleasure in his eyes, but when he saw Harry Afterwards, the smile on his face faded slightly.

"Just in time," Dumbledore explained curtly, "I promised to help gather some clouds."

This reason sounds reasonable, because there are only two or three thin clouds hanging in the sky.If there were no accidents, it should be a sunny day today, but after 10 minutes, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a huge shadow was separated from Professor Haip, and Harry knew it was Thunderbird.

After a while, there was thunder and lightning outside, and it rained cats and dogs.

After getting the hidden potion, Dumbledore didn't let Harry try to transform immediately, but took him to the vicinity of Hagrid's hut. Harry took the red potion in the vegetable field.Hagrid, flustered by the group's unexpected visit and the house in disarray, was amazed when he saw Harry transform into a gigantic stag.

I don't know if it was an illusion brought about by the transformation, but Harry actually felt that the professors were a little nervous. This kind of thing is not difficult to understand for Professor McGonagall, because she has a heart of caring for the students hidden under her serious appearance, but It's very strange to put Professor Haipe and Dumbledore on it.

Especially compared with Hermione's transformation experience, Professor Haipu's expression at that time was like going out for a walk, and Harry was deeply impressed by the way he took out various snacks from his pocket.

Afraid that the professor would follow suit this time, he took another handful of weeds out of his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth.

After successfully transforming, Harry was led into the hut—he left the pumpkin patch with great reluctance, those green pumpkin seedlings had a special attraction for him, and he realized that he hadn’t eaten breakfast today— Several professors took turns examining his body, and it seemed that his Animagus form was not a stag, but a piece of delicate and fragile porcelain.

There must be something he hadn't considered, Harry thought angrily.

Unknowingly, a glass of milk bottomed out.

"It's almost time to rest, Harry, let's try again," said Felix, as the rain had completely stopped and a ray of sunlight fell into the room.Harry listened, put down his glass, and stood up silently.

"Why don't you rest for a while and eat a sausage or something." Hagrid said from the side.

"Hagrid, time is limited, let's finish the business first." Felix said, "After the training is over, I think Harry should prefer vegetable food."

After he finished speaking, he motioned for Harry to start. Harry took a deep breath, pointed his wand at himself, his heart beat powerfully, and a tall animal image appeared in his mind, and Harry embraced that feeling with all his strength.

His body began to deform, and his clothes and glasses melted into his body like a liquid. He felt uncomfortable, but it was much better than the severe pain at the first time. He even managed to escape from the sudden broken window with ease. impulse.

In the stag state, some of his human features are preserved, and there is a dark patch of fur around the eyes, which is reminiscent of the glasses Harry usually wears.His wand dropped to the floor.

Felix studied Harry carefully.

There is a faint light around the stag's body, which is pure and flawless, but under the white light is hidden a layer of black light, which seems to be integrated with the fur on its body, making it difficult to detect.

It took a full 10 minutes before Harry was allowed to change back.He was panting, and the ease of the second transformation made him feel the pressure in the professor's eyes.

"Professor, is there something wrong?" Harry asked.

"It hasn't been found yet," Felix said.

Long before Harry practiced the Animagus, he and Dumbledore considered the risks involved and concluded that it wasn't a big deal.Voldemort's soul fragment is actually attached to Harry's soul, not a certain part of his body, so in theory, the Animagus transfiguration would not have much effect on Harry.

But there are some things that are always right to be careful.

After all, there is also magic power in the soul fragments, and no one can guarantee that these magic powers will not participate in the transformation.But judging from the fact that the soul fragments have been in a dormant state, the probability of this possibility happening is extremely slim.

The next step is to test whether repeated transformations will activate the sleeping soul fragments.

……

It wasn't until after noon that Felix left Hagrid's hut. Harry checked the time and decided to stay and have lunch with Hagrid. After a while, the iron pot was filled with the smell of mushrooms and wild vegetables.

"Knock knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door, Harry and Hagrid looked at each other, Harry walked over to open the door, and there were Ron and Hermione standing outside, just as he was about to speak, Hermione couldn't wait to say: "I met Professor Hagrid on the road. .”

"What a coincidence," said Harry, laughing.

So the four of them stared helplessly at the mushroom soup, "It's not enough," Hagrid muttered, "I remember there were some biscuits..." Hermione hurriedly took out a bunch of snacks from the beaded bag, and Harry and Ron also Advise Hagrid not to work too hard.

"It's pretty well prepared." Hagrid said in a low voice, while stirring the food in the pot with a spoon, "Then I'll roast some sausages, sizzling and oily, your favorite."

Harry suddenly felt sick to his stomach.Unfortunately, what Professor Haip said came true.

He was going to find out what the stag usually likes to eat when he went back, but maybe he didn't need it, just follow his feeling, he was obsessed with the pumpkin patch behind the house now...

"So, your transformation went well? Dumbledore also appeared?" Ron asked purposefully, Hagrid's attention was drawn away, and Harry mentioned that the reason for Dumbledore's appearance was to "transform Some clouds," Ron and Hermione were dubious.

"But since the professors say it's okay, it means you can practice Animagus in the future?" Ron whispered, "That's great, I don't know when I will experience that feeling." I feel sorry for myself.

"It's my second attempt, so it's naturally faster," said Harry.

Hermione suggested that Ron practice the Patronus Charm more when he was free.

"There's never enough time," said Ron distressedly. "Professor Flitwick just told us this morning that the exams are only six weeks away, and then he assigned a two-foot assignment."

They quickly skipped the subject, and the pot came to a boil on the stove, and the four happily enjoyed a feast of mushroom and vegetable soup and grilled sausage, with Hagrid eating three-quarters of it by himself. food.

After eating and drinking, the topics of their chat became more and more divergent.

"Professor Bagshot also has a lot of research on the Patronus Charm. He said that high-level Patronuses can add additional magic." Harry said after swallowing a mouthful of chocolate crucible cake, patted his bulging stomach, and felt full.

When it came to magic, Hermione immediately shrewd.

"It's possible," she analyzed slowly, "Remember? Professor Haipu can integrate ancient runes into his Patronus, but he almost reconstructed this magic with memory nodes..."

"Speaking of Professor Bagshot," Hagrid seemed to think of something, "I forgot to bring him an Easter egg, poor man... I remember he said he was from abroad, and probably no one gave him a present. "

"Dumbledore sent it," said Harry immediately. "I saw the box and the greeting card in his office. Well - Neville and I gave it too."

"Oh, that's good." Hagrid seemed relieved. "Dumbledore was indeed considerate enough in this regard. He even gave Snape a present. It was the morning after Easter, I guess..."

"Wait!" Harry interrupted hastily, "You mean the morning after Easter?"

"Yeah." Hagrid looked at him wonderingly.

"But Dumbledore isn't—" Harry was a little dazed. What Dumbledore told him was that he would stay with his brother for the whole holiday and had important matters to deal with.

"Maybe he came back in the middle of it." Hermione guessed under his breath.

"Yeah, Hogsmeade is so close to the school, I'll be back after taking a walk in the morning," said Ron.

Harry was almost convinced, though he still had a tinge of doubt in his mind, so he asked Hagrid:

"Did you see them? Where? What did they say?"

"I don't know, I just came back from the depths of the Forbidden Forest, and little Grop can build his own house now, ahem - I walked away when I saw them talking." Hagrid said gruffly, "I see Does it look like someone who eavesdrops? And I'm not in the right size to…”

Ron let out a "puchi" laugh, and he quickly covered his mouth, "I'm sorry, Hagrid — unintentional mistake."

"What about their actions at that time? Didn't you say that Snape received a gift?" Harry continued to ask.

"Quite curious," Hagrid glared at him, but still showed a reminiscing expression, "Well, I just took a quick glance——Snape's face was not very good at the time...Dumbledore's tone was brisk, and Been trying to get him to accept something. I suppose it can't be anything but a present, can it?"

Harry looked down thoughtfully.

"So, you didn't see Snape holding a round Easter egg, you just heard a sentence or two... Could it be that Dumbledore wanted Snape to accept something else? ?”

"What could it be?" Hagrid asked back, tugging at his beard.

"I don't know, maybe a Santa hat?" Harry guessed wildly.He suddenly realized that his memory of Snape had faded a lot. He hadn't seen him several times in more than half a year, and his deepest memory was still on Christmas.

They discussed it for a while longer, but couldn't come up with any useful ideas, so they said goodbye to Hagrid and walked towards the castle.

"Maybe it's just an ordinary gift," Ron said to Harry seeing that Harry was still absent-minded, "Think about it, Snape shouldn't be able to find many people who gave him gifts, except for Dumbledore, I think. Probably only Professor Hemp, and maybe Malfoy," he said thoughtfully.

"Or - Voldemort's wand!" said Harry suddenly, as if an electric current surged through him.

He'd just been thinking about something important that Dumbledore had that could be given away, and he thought of Pensieves, Horcrux carriers, Resurrection Stones, silverware on the table that made funny noises, maybe even a book, But it was either excluded by him, or it didn't make sense.

But he suddenly remembered the wand that Dumbledore had put on the table and studied for the first time in class.

Ron and Hermione looked at each other.Harry spoke enthusiastically:
"Principal Dumbledore got the wand a long time ago, before Voldemort was resurrected! At that time, Mr. Crouch, the old man, was under the Imperius Curse and the Confusion Curse, and was controlled by magic to serve the weak Voldemort. His son Crouch Jr. Replaced Mad-Eye as an undercover agent at the school. As a result, on Christmas Day, the headmaster and Professor Haip jointly raided the Crouch Mansion, and the wand was one of the trophies."

He continued excitedly:

"And this wand itself is also of great significance. It is Voldemort's first wand. The phoenix feather in the core of the wand comes from Fox. If it hadn't been lost in that accident, maybe he wouldn't even want to change it..."

"But why? Why did Dumbledore give Snape Voldemort's wand? Snape can't use it." Ron asked.

"Yeah, why?" Harry murmured.

"Harry, you can actually ask Headmaster Dumbledore yourself, you have many opportunities." Hermione persuaded, referring to the time when the two of them were in class alone.

"I—" Harry hesitated for a moment, wavering and unable to make up his mind.

"I'm not sure, if Headmaster Dumbledore sneaked back, he obviously didn't want a third person to know about his conversation with Snape, did he? I probably can't ask anything—"

He stopped talking suddenly, his eyes widened, and a big silver guy with long horns flashed past them and rushed straight to the castle.

(End of this chapter)