abnormal hogwarts

Early the next morning, the twins and Woz appeared in front of Albert, who was having breakfast in the lobby and reading the Daily Prophet.

The "Daily Prophet" was casually placed on the dining table by Albert. The cover of the placed newspaper clearly stated - Gringotts was robbed. The perpetrators were three vicious dark wizards. The three of them were captured on the spot. .

"Hey Ivo!" They happily invited Albert to join their castle exploration team. The twins planned to explore this historic magic castle in the relatively easy first year of the course.

However, they did not notice the look on Albert's face - let me tell you, I have been through many battles and have seen a lot!

In my previous life, I watched movies with my daughter so many times, and read the novel to her over a dozen times as a bedtime story.

The secret passages in Hogwarts Castle, Snape's storage room, Dumbledore's office, Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets...

Hogwarts Castle feels like home to me - even though I've never been to any of the above places.

"Well, yes, yes, you're right, great... (perfunctory)" Albert took out his course schedule while perfunctoryly talking to the three of them.

The first class today is the Potions class taught by Professor Snape, Head of Slytherin House.

Two red-haired heads popped out from behind Albert.

Slytherin and Gryffindor take most of their classes together, and only a small number of classes are taken by all four houses.

Perhaps because the founders of the two houses, Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin, had a falling out, the two houses have always been in a state of love and murder.

But this has nothing to do with Albert. In his opinion, they are all students of the same school, so there is nothing to make trouble about.

The twins who were sorted into Gryffindor House did not fight each other just because Albert belonged to Slytherin House.

The sorting result did not affect their friendship at all.

Compared to Gryffindor and Slytherin, the atmosphere between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff is much more friendly.

This may be because Ravenclaw students are immersed in learning every day and cannot extricate themselves, while Hufflepuff students have no desire to cause trouble.

After all, they are not those reckless Gryffindors.

Finally, after the four of them reviewed the curriculum, Woz walked away dejectedly.

Because among the four, the other three had almost the same class schedule, and he was the only one who went to class alone.

The first problem that new students encounter in class is the stairs in Hogwarts.

There are a total of 140 staircases in Hogwarts.

Some of them are big and wide, some are narrow, small, and rickety; some lead to different places every Friday; some go up halfway, and a step will suddenly disappear. You have to remember where. The place should be skipped.

In addition, there are many doors here that will not open for you if you ask them to open them rudely or poke them in the right place; some doors are not real doors at all, but just a wall of doors that look like doors. of solid walls.

It’s hard to remember what is where because everything seems to be constantly moving.The people in the portraits are also constantly visiting each other - so it's no surprise that the first-year students get lost.

At this time, the advantage of getting up early became apparent - Albert and the others had enough time to find their way to the Potions classroom.

The Potions classroom was a basement, and the many braziers hanging inside were not enough to dispel the coldness in the air.

At this time, there were only a few students sitting sparsely in the classroom.It seems that most of the students are still on the road, and some may even still be in bed.

After more than ten minutes, students began to arrive one after another.The classroom is clearly divided into two areas according to the college.

The basement door was pushed open with a bang, and a big bat flew in with fluttering wings.

"You are not allowed to wave your wand around or recite spells in my classroom."

Severus Snape said as he strode towards the podium.

He turned around and stared at the young wizards in the audience with a sullen expression - mainly at the Gryffindor side.

"Actually, I don't think many of you appreciate the profound science and precise craftsmanship of potions.

However, for those few and top students..."

After threatening the young wizard of Gryffindor with his eyes, he set his death gaze on Albert, who had made a big splash at the school dinner yesterday.

"But for those few who are truly gifted, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind, how to ensnare the senses..."

Although there was no threat in Snape's words, Albert still felt a chill on the back of his neck.

"I will teach you how to create fame, create brilliance and even prevent death..."

Perhaps because Albert was a student of Slytherin House, Snape did not make things difficult for him.

Snape moved his eyes away from Albert, "Put down that useless textbook in your hands. This book is an antique from decades ago. And Potions is constantly improving...

Although the content in the textbook is correct, many of the techniques are outdated.

The content on the blackboard is slightly different from what is recorded in the book. Just follow what is written on the blackboard. "

Snape ruthlessly criticized the teaching materials in the hands of young wizards, but when it came to potions, Snape could indeed be called a potion master.

He took out his wand and tapped the blackboard. White writing appeared on the blackboard.

"In this class we will learn about scabies treatment potion." The brewing method on the blackboard is different from what is recorded in the book. Obviously, what is written on the blackboard is Snape's improved brewing method.

Albert has made potions to treat scabies many times.

Making the potion is a bit like the chemical experiments done in previous lives, but more like the soup that Cantonese people are familiar with.

Although Albert was not very good at chemistry in his previous life, especially in terms of hands-on experiments, he was familiar with making soup.

As a Cantonese man who cooks soup for his wife and children every day, a simple potion like scabies treatment potion is effortless.

After Albert glanced at the content on the blackboard, he picked up the crucible and started operating it.

He is skilled in setting up pots, lighting fires, boiling water, handling food...magic potion materials...

In the cold underground classroom, Snape, wearing a black cloak, floated around like a big black bat.

Potions class is hell for students outside of Slytherin House.

At this moment, Snape was standing next to the twin brothers, spraying venom: "Idiot! Is this how the snake's fangs are treated? Five points deducted from Gryffindor!"

Albert was stirring the potion in the pot leisurely, and he still had time to turn his head and wink at the twins.

When Snape followed the twins' gaze and turned to look at him, he quickly turned back and pretended that nothing had happened.

Snape only saw Albert's figure carefully brewing the potion. He turned his head and continued to spray venom on the Gryffindor students.

After wandering around Gryffindor a few times and blowing up five or six cauldrons, Snape came to the Slytherin students with satisfaction.

Albert, who had adapted to the low air pressure in the classroom, calmly dealt with the potion in his hand. He relaxed after discovering that Snape was not maliciously targeting him.

He added four boiled slugs with tentacles to the crucible, waited for them to melt, took the crucible away from the flame, and then dropped two porcupine quills into the crucible.Stir five times clockwise, wave the wand…

Snape, who was standing next to Albert, did not affect his movements at all.

Completed!

Snape leaned over and inspected the potion made by Albert. The potion had turned blue at this moment.A smell of rotten cabbage emanated from the still-cooling potion in the cauldron.

Well, yes, that’s the smell!

"Ten points for Slytheringa."

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The first class passed quickly.

Although a few young wizards blew up their cauldrons, in the end all the students stumbled and brewed the scabies potion.

After all, this is just the simplest entry-level potion to brew, with only a few simple steps.

For compulsory courses like Potions, Hogwarts sets up two-hour classes for students.

Including the waiting time for arriving at the classroom early, the little wizards had to stay in this basement that looked more like a dungeon than a classroom for more than two hours.

This was a torment for George and Fred and the other little lions.

When Snape announced that get out of class was over, they didn't even bother to wait for Albert to leave together, and escaped from the Potions dungeon as fast as they could.

The foursome soon gathered in the hallway.

It's just that next to Woz is a handsome boy wearing the Hufflepuff House badge.

"Hi, guys, this is Cedric, whom I just met in Charms class." Woz introduced the three of them to his friends.

"This is Albert. This is... George and Fred." Woz paused when introducing the Weasley brothers because he couldn't tell who was George and who was Fred.

The twins and Cedric actually knew each other, and the Weasley family lived in The Burrow, just south of the village of Ottery-St. Catchpole.

Ottery-St. Catchpole is a small village in Devon, England, home to both wizards and Muggles.

Diggory's house was also near this small village, but a few miles further away.

Cedric's father, Amos Diggory, and the Weasley brothers' father, Arthur Weasley, both worked at the Ministry of Magic.

It's just that the former works in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic, and the latter is the director of the Department for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items.

It was normal for the two families to know each other. As close as the twin brothers were to Cedric, they definitely visited each other frequently before entering school.

Albert looked at their small group of five people. There were not many people, but all four colleges were gathered together.It would be perfect if there was one more person from Azkaban, in which case the dragon might be summoned.