Snakes at Hogwarts

"Wake up, Ender, get out of class is over."

The shouts in his ears slowly woke Andros up from his sleep.

The voice seemed to come from a very far away place, but it sounded extremely clear, as if someone was speaking into his ear.

who am I

where am I

What should I do

Andros opened his eyes in confusion, and Hermione beside him was looking at him with extremely reproachful eyes.

what happened

"How long are you going to sleep?" Hermione said angrily.

"Wait a minute, let me think back."

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Back to a few hours ago, Andros walked out of an empty classroom on the fifth floor of the castle.

He had just finished today's spell training. After borrowing a few spell books from the library, Andros went straight to the other end of the corridor. He found an empty classroom and started practicing while reading it. The curse recorded in the book.

For this reason, he didn't even go to the great hall for lunch at noon. Instead, he ate a few bites in the classroom and got some food packed for him by the enthusiastic house elves in the kitchen.

"So tired." Andros stretched lazily. He briefly identified the direction, and then easily found a staircase going down.

He has a strong sense of direction and rarely loses his way even in such a complex and constantly changing castle.

"There are still 10 minutes left. You should be able to make it in time." Andros took out his pocket watch and checked the time. He had another lesson on Professor Binns' History of Magic to teach in the afternoon.

Although, Andros knew that this should be the least necessary course among all the courses at Hogwarts.

Because Professor Binns never called names or asked students to answer questions, Andros suspected that he might not even know how many students there were in the class, nor could he remember their names.

If there are one or two students missing, it will not be noticed at all.

But he still decided to go and take a look. On the one hand, this was his first class at Hogwarts, and he had to go and take a look for both reason and reason. On the other hand, he practiced the spells all morning, and in the afternoon Just in time for a break.

He had already heard about Professor Binns's hypnosis method, so he just wanted to learn about it.

Besides, this was with Ravenclaw, so it wouldn't be good if Hermione found out that she skipped the first class.

However, Andros obviously underestimated the complexity of the roads in the castle. Even some veterans often get confused by those intricate stairs.

He didn't rush to the classroom until just before class, and bumped into Malfoy and Zabini who were coming from the other direction. They were followed by Crabbe and Goyle, and the four of them ran over panting.

"Hey Ender, I thought you were already here" Draco gasped and greeted Andros.

"Why are you so anxious?"

"Class will start in 5 minutes."

"Please, this is not an important course. Even if you come in later, I bet Professor Binns won't find out at all. Why are you in such a hurry?" Andros looked at them funny.

What’s up with this feeling of being late for class in every dormitory in the university?

"Yeah, I just said we don't have to worry."

"What did you do in the morning? Did you continue exploring the castle?" Zabini asked.

"No, I went to the library to read for a while."

"No, how can any student go to the library on the first day of school?" Draco looked in disbelief.

"Anyway, there's nothing to do here, so why not go read a book."

"Why weren't you sorted into Ravenclaw?"

"Who knows"

Several people walked into the History of Magic classroom talking and laughing.

It was a large classroom, probably the largest of them all.

"You guys find a place to sit, I'll sit over there." Andros pointed in the direction of Hermione. The little girl was really diligent and studious. Not only did she sit in the first row of the classroom, she also lowered her head to read and preview. Reading textbooks.

But looking at her gloomy look, she was probably in a bad mood, and she was all alone, and she was the only one in the first row of the classroom.

"Who is she? I see you ran to talk to her this morning." Draco also spotted Hermione.

"It's just a friend. We knew each other before we entered school, but we were not assigned to the same college." Andros explained concisely.

"Okay, you go over there, I'll go there by myself."

After saying that, he walked in the direction of Hermione alone. He did not tell a few people that the girl came from a Muggle family, because that would inevitably arouse their hostility.

While this hostility should not exist, Andros is not yet strong enough to correct their misconceptions.

Only first.

"Hey Hermione, can I sit over here?"

"Well, why are you here so late?" Hearing Andros's voice, Hermione raised her head. The girl didn't seem to be in high spirits.

Snape's Potions class was truly well-deserved.

Although she didn't offend the old bat, the little witch's potions class still went very poorly.

"Forget it, I went to the library in the morning, but when I came out, I found that I couldn't find my way back. It took me a long time to find the classroom."

"Library, you went to the library" Hermione suddenly became interested.

"Well, I've been there all morning. The library is on the fifth floor of the castle. It's fairly easy to find."

"How is it there? I heard from Senior Penello that there are at least tens of thousands of books in it."

"Absolutely. Anyway, I feel like there are at least a thousand bookshelves inside. It took me a long time to find the books I was looking for. We can go together if we have time. How about you, how is your class in the morning?"

"It's okay, Professor Snape is really annoying. I clearly answered the questions he asked, and the potion I prepared was correct, but he didn't add a single point to me." Speaking of the annoying part, Hermione huffed. He pouted his mouth and turned the page of the history of magic in front of him fiercely.

"I don't think tinkering with pots and jars in the basement qualifies as magic."

It seemed that she had a very bad impression of Snape.

This is normal, after all, the latter has been ranked No. 1 on the Hogwarts least popular list all year round, surpassing Professor Trelawney who is ranked No. 2 by an unknown number of votes.

"Snape is like that. Although he is the dean of our college, I don't like him either. Don't worry, other professors won't be like this. Wait until you take Professor Flitwick's Charms class, or Professor McGonagall Transfiguration class, you will definitely fall in love with these two courses.”

"Um"

The two chatted in low voices for a few more words, until a ghost suddenly emerged from the blackboard in the classroom.

It looked very old, with wrinkles all over its face.

If I remember correctly, Professor Binns was already very old before he became a ghost.He was of the same era as the Big Four. Because of his outstanding achievements in the history of magic, he was hired by Slytherin to serve as professor of the history of magic.

His quick mind and clear thinking were praised by Slytherin.

But, why has it become like this now?

Is it because I'm too old?

As for what happened next, Andros had no memory at all.

In fact, when Professor Binns said the first sentence, his eyelids were already a little unable to hold up.

The monotonous, hollow sound makes it really hard to concentrate.

Andros felt sleepiness coming over him like a tide. He used his remaining consciousness to put the open book aside, and then fell down on the table.

Professor Binns' voice must have been fixed by some kind of magic.

These were Andros's last thoughts.