Hogwarts Crawler

"Sorry..."

Hermione pushed open the door of the compartment, panting.

"What happened? Why did you come just now?"

Ron looked out the window, and the platform slowly moved backwards in his sight, which meant that Hermione got on the Hogwarts Express almost on time.

This was almost impossible before!

"In fact... I just tried to find the trace of our new headmaster..."

Hermione said:

"As you know, the letters sent by Hogwarts this summer vacation are a little different from the past..."

In addition to the list of textbooks and other materials that everyone needs to prepare for the new semester, there is one more piece of letter paper in the letter than before, which states that Hogwarts has just changed its headmaster and explains the current situation in the wizarding world.

"Although the wizarding world is not peaceful now, I can guarantee with the honor of Hogwarts for thousands of years that your children will be protected from the moment they enter King's Cross Station until they leave the school safely."

Hermione finished reading the last paragraph of the letter and looked at Harry and Ron:

"So I guess that the new headmaster, whose name we did not want to reveal, may be protecting us secretly at King's Cross Station."

"Did you find him?"

Harry's eyes lit up. He really wanted to thank the headmaster who did not want to reveal his name. Professor Dumbledore said that he was the one who saved Sirius. He would do anything to repay this favor!

"Uh... obviously, no."

Hermione shrugged:

"Sorry, Harry."

She was there that day and knew very well how Harry's mood went through ups and downs.

"Hey, isn't this normal? Professor Dumbledore said the new headmaster is more powerful than him, so Hermione can't find him, right?"

Ron put his arm around Harry's shoulders and said:

"Don't worry, we'll see him when we get to Hogwarts, right?"

However, after they arrived at Hogwarts, the position of the headmaster was vacant until Professor McGonagall sorted the new students.

Ron almost swore when he saw this.

"bloody-woo!"

Ron turned his head and met Harry's disapproving eyes, and nodded helplessly.

"Everyone!"

Let Filch take off the Sorting Hat, and Professor McGonagall stood on the podium:

"I believe you have learned about the change of the headmaster of Hogwarts from the letter you received during the holidays. Because of some reasons, the headmaster himself is not convenient to show up, I will take over some of the duties that require the headmaster's presence."

After speaking, Professor McGonagall turned around and picked up a roll of parchment from the empty headmaster's seat and unfolded it:

"Next, I will relay the headmaster's words."

Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and looked at the parchment she saw for the first time:

"Dear colleagues and students of Hogwarts, I am honored to serve as the headmaster. Although I am not convenient to show up for some special reasons, my love for Hogwarts will not be reduced in the slightest."

"In this special period, there is no need to elaborate too much, let's get straight to the point ——In the name of the headmaster, I declare that all decrees and orders issued by the headmaster, Ms. Dolores Umbridge, appointed by the Ministry of Magic, during her tenure are invalid, that is——”

“Cancel all ‘Hogwarts Senior Inquisitor Education Orders’, cancel the lifetime Quidditch ban on Harry Potter and others, cancel the expulsion of Fred Weasley and George Weasley, cancel the dismissal of Sybil Trelawney, disband the ‘Special Action Investigation Team’…”

Even though she told herself that this was a serious occasion, Professor McGonagall couldn’t help but raise the corners of her mouth:

“Let us welcome the two students back to Hogwarts to complete their studies! At the same time, we also welcome Professor Trelawney back to our team!”

Warm applause and cheers suddenly rang out in the hall.

After that, the Gryffindors excitedly whistled and blessed Fred and George, but did not notice that the smiles on their faces were so bitter.

Professor Trelawney participated in the freshman dinner, and she stood up excitedly and raised her glass to everyone, as if she had just won a victory.

"In addition -"

Professor McGonagall continued to unfold the parchment and read aloud:

"This semester, our teaching team has ushered in another change: Mr. Franz will replace Professor Hagrid and Professor Grubbly-Plank to teach everyone the protection of magical animals."

Franz, who was still dressed in a tropical style, stood up and waved to everyone. The smile on his face undoubtedly showed that he was extremely satisfied with the magical animal reserves of Hogwarts.

How could he not be satisfied?

The Forbidden Forest and Black Lake of Hogwarts were in Adam'sAfter the adjustment, it almost covers most of the magical animal species and regional landforms in the world!

After a visit, Franz couldn't help but sigh: Hogwarts is indeed a much older magic school than the United States. If he wants to study magical animals that are not here, he can only try his luck in those remote and dangerous areas where few people go.

Yes, although Professor Scamander warned Adam that magic that changes regional landforms is against the laws of the Ministry of Magic, but...

What is illegal? This is all the ghost of nature... Ahem, this is the legacy left by the four founders! There was no Ministry of Magic when Hogwarts was established!

For this new professor who looks like he has just graduated and has a warm and sunny smile on his face, everyone also gave face-saving applause.

"In addition, the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts..."

McGreg's voice suddenly paused, the smile on his face froze, and he couldn't help but adjust his glasses and get closer to the parchment.

The classmates who also had smiles on their faces couldn't help but look at each other. What's wrong?

Isn't it just a change of the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts? Other professors are fine. We change every year and are very familiar with each other. What's the problem?

"Starting from this semester, I will be in charge of teaching your Defense Against the Dark Arts."

The flames in the braziers on both sides of the entire auditorium rose in an instant and turned pale blue. Grindelwald's voice came from the flames.

The flames rose all the way and gathered in the air into the shape of a fire dragon. The fire dragon flapped its wings and flew over the students' heads. The rolling heat waves caused a burst of exclamations from the students.

The fire dragon landed near the teacher's seat and turned into a gradually extinguished flame. Grindelwald walked out of the fire, and a pair of heterochromatic pupils swept across the faces of each student, and then smiled:

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Gellert Grindelwald. Perhaps some students with good grades in magic history are not unfamiliar with this name."