demon hunter at hogwarts

Sirius sent Harry to King's Cross Station.

When he returned, he found that Regulus had left the house, leaving only a note.

"I went to Devon, taking Kreacher with me, because no one in Nico Flamel's family can cook. So you can take care of lunch yourself."

"Hell." Sirius threw the note into the trash can viciously, and returned to the bedroom, lying on the bed, staring at the immoral posters on the ceiling in a daze.

The afternoon passed quickly, but the hand that read "Harry" on the modified watch he was wearing still pointed to "road".

Calculated in terms of time and distance, the Hogwarts Express is actually not very fast.

Not to mention floo powder or portkeys, methods that can transport users thousands of miles away in an instant.

Even compared to the broomstick, the speed of the Hogwarts Express is pitifully slow.

But since 1835, this gleaming scarlet steam train has become the only designated means of transportation to transport students to and from Hogwarts.

The reason is that, before this, students at Hogwarts were used to arriving at the school in whatever way they liked.

According to early historical records and some wood carvings and stone murals, some of the original Hogwarts students chose to ride broomsticks when they were in school. As a result, Muggles often found their suitcases falling from the sky and falling into their own vegetable patches. .

Some choose to use enchanted carts or horse-drawn carriages, and in order to arrive at school before school starts, they must set off a day in advance.

Others feel that they shouldn't waste too much time on the road, so they try to use apparation to get to school.Their end was often disastrous, as the castle and campus grounds were cast under anti-Apparition spells.Employees of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters at the Ministry of Magic had to spend a lot of time searching for mutilated bodies around the castle and trying to put them back together.

Others choose to arrive at school riding a variety of different magical creatures, and contribute to increasing the biodiversity of Hogwarts' Forbidden Forest.

There is no doubt that these various methods of magical transportation will cause many accidents, and every year a large number of Muggles witness this "migration" behavior of wizards.

With the implementation of the International Secrecy Act, how to find a more discreet way to send students scattered across the UK to Hogwarts Castle in the northern Highlands of Scotland has become a top priority for the Ministry of Magic.

Initially, the Ministry of Magic chose to use portkeys as "official" transport, deployed at staging points across the UK.However, in the first year of implementation of this program, a large number of problems occurred, and fully one-third of the students failed to arrive at school on time.

Some students miss the portkey's activation time, while others are unable to find the inconspicuous object that transports them to school.

Moreover, the most important reason is that many students will suffer from various discomforts after "riding" the portkey. Therefore, in the first week of school every year, the school hospital is basically full. There are all students trying to overcome their excitement or suppressing their emotions. Students who feel nauseated and dizzy.

After a failed attempt, the Ministry admitted that portkeys were not an ideal solution to school transport problems.They once tried to open a fireplace and connect it to the floo network throughout the UK as the official entrance and exit channel for students, but this plan was rejected by the previous headmasters of Hogwarts.

The reason is that all the principals do not want the school's protective measures to be threatened, and they do not want the Ministry of Magic to intervene in the school.

As a result, the chaotic way of traveling continued until the early 19th century.

In 1826, the new Minister of Magic, Otalian Gamble, took office. She was a wizard who was obsessed with Muggle technology.

A few years before she took office, Muggles invented a form of transportation called the train. Gamble keenly discovered the potential of this means of transportation, and proposed a "bold and controversial" plan to try to completely Solve the thorny issue of students going to school.

In the book "A History of Magic", there is no record of the origin of the Hogwarts Express.

However, some wizards who have worked in important departments of the Ministry of Magic know that some secret documents collected by the Ministry contain detailed records of a large-scale operation, which involved 160 seven memory spells and the largest cast of hidden spells in British history. record.

The next morning after these records occurred, the villagers of Hogsmeade were deeply shocked by the steam locomotive. Before that, they did not even know that there was a train station in the village.

A large number of Muggle railway workers from the railway hub of Crewe were very confused and always felt that they had misplaced something important. This uncomfortable feeling troubled them for a whole year.

Many pure-blood wizarding families are extremely angry and ashamed that their children must use Muggle transportation to go to school. They claim that Muggle transportation is unsafe, unsanitary, and degrading.

However, the objections quickly disappeared as the Ministry of Magic issued a decree requiring students to either take the train or not go to school.

At that time, Muggle trains were probably only a little faster than walking, so after being magically modified, the speed of the Hogwarts Express could definitely be called an "express".

As for later, Muggle technology continued to develop, and trains became faster and faster.

But Ministry officials felt there was no need to increase the speed of the Hogwarts Express.They thought it was a wonderful thing to spend eight hours on a train, traveling through fields, woods, rivers and hills.

Eight hours later.

It was already dark, but there was only one lamp lit in the living room, making it seem a little dim.

Sirius was lying next to the table, with a plate of chicken legs he had roasted in his hand, his eyes fixed on the Marauder's Map spread out in front of him.

Ever since Harry's pointer finally jumped from "road" to "school", he has been observing his godson's movements through the Marauder's Map.

He watched Harry's name, together with dozens of other freshmen, led by Hagrid, cross the Black Lake, pass through the tunnel, and finally arrive at the gate of the castle.

There, the little dot marked Minerva McGonagall appeared in front of the new students just like it did 20 years ago.

After a brief pause, the new students walked through the hall and lined up in the middle of the auditorium, starting with Hannah Abbott and walking one by one to Professor McGonagall's dot.

That was the freshman sitting on the bench and putting on the tattered sorting hat.

On the stage, the freshmen have to pause for a moment, ranging from a few seconds to a minute or two, and then join the four neatly arranged groups of dots.

When it was finally the turn of the ink dot marked Harry Potter to take the stage, Sirius seemed to have forgotten that the chicken drumstick in his hand had been chewed clean, leaving only the bones.

After 2 long minutes, Harry's little dot walked over to Percy Weasley.

Sirius remembered that during their summer visits to the Burrow, the Weasleys had celebrated Percy's election as Gryffindor Prefect.

This also means that Harry, like his father, joined Gryffindor.

Valley</span> "I knew it!" Sirius shook his fist fiercely in celebration.Due to excessive force, the chicken bone in his hand flew out of his hand, but stopped in mid-air.

"Be careful, there is still a living person here." A voice sounded faintly.

The lights in the living room were turned on at almost the same moment, illuminating the room brightly.

Sirius started, already holding his wand in his hand.

Only then did he realize that Regulus had been sitting on the sofa at some point, holding a thick book in his hand, and Kreacher also appeared from his feet, ran into the kitchen, and started preparing dinner.

"When did you come back?" Sirius asked in surprise.

"I have been here for two hours, and you have been staring at the broken map and ignoring my existence." Regulus said seriously, "I once suspected that you were under the Imperius Curse of your own. "

"What? I didn't!" Sirius defended, "I'm just curious...don't you think the annual sorting ceremony is the most interesting?"

"Then I won't disturb you anymore..." Regulus teased, "Please continue to monitor your Harry Potter like a voyeur."

In a flash of blue light, Regulus disappeared.

At this time, Sirius no longer looked at the Marauder's Map. He could feel that Regulus was still in the room.

"Reveal your true form immediately! Reveal your true form quickly! Damn it!" Sirius waved his wand in vain, but the spell had no effect at all. Finally, he gave up his efforts and asked: "How did you do it?"

"What?" There was another flash of blue light, and Regulus reappeared, but he had already sat down at the table.

"You're getting better at making people angry," said Sirius angrily. "Probably second only to Snotlout."

"Okay...since you strongly request it." Regulus waved his wand, and a circle of ancient magic words appeared in the air, forming a magic circle. Then, those ancient magic words shining with a faint blue light began to spin in the air. , forming a circle of light, enveloping Sirius inside.

"What is this?" Sirius pointed at Regulus, "I'm warning you, don't do anything wrong..."

He stopped mid-sentence because he found that his outstretched hand had disappeared.

"I found this thing in Albania." Regulus explained, "Nicola Flamel has been deducing its use..."

"So that's why you went to Devon County?" At this time, Sirius only had one head left that was not invisible. It was floating in the air and looking around, looking very strange. "It only has this effect?"

"As long as it is not dispelled, it will be effective forever. Isn't this powerful enough?" Regulus snapped his fingers, the magic circle was dispelled, and the magic words scattered staggeringly, disappearing into the air, Sirius' body Re-appear.

"It sounds like that..." Sirius tried to use his wand to pick up the disappearing magic words.

"As soon as I came back from Albania, I sent the appearance of this magic circle to Nico Flamel," Regulus said. "He spent a month deducing it. The final conclusion he came to is: this magic circle Array, it would be perfect if it were used to hide things, so no one can discover it."

"But wasn't it discovered by you?"

"Because there is nothing in the tree anymore." Regulus said, "It has been taken away long ago... and the person who hid the things may feel that there is no need to continue to maintain this magic circle."

"Do you think there are Horcruxes hidden in the tree?"

"It's basically certain, but there's one thing I can't explain."

"what?"

"Nico said that this magic circle is most likely the work of Rowena Ravenclaw." Regulus showed a confused expression on his face, "He has studied the manuscripts of ancient magicians and found some... Clues... We all know that every wizard has his own spell-casting habits. For example, you will always shake your wrist unnecessarily before chanting a spell... But I can't connect Ravenclaw with the Dark Lord. "

Sirius' eyebrows knitted together, his lips trembled, and he hesitated to speak.

"What do you want to say?" Regulus asked.

"I think it's easy to explain. You know, many people coveted Ravenclaw's diadem, so she hid the diadem in that damn place in Albania, and then told everyone that the diadem had been lost." Sirius said simply, "Since you said that this magic circle is so powerful, it is normal that no one has discovered it for centuries. Until one day, it was discovered by Voldemort... Since Nico Flamel can crack this magic circle, of course Voldemort can also……"

Regulus was speechless.

What Rowena Ravenclaw did to her diadem thousands of years ago is unknown.

Although Sirius's statement sounded a bit fanciful, it could be considered self-supporting. Regulus felt more and more that this statement was closer to the truth, but he considered too many things and went in circles.

This also means that perhaps what was once hidden in the hollow tree was Ravenclaw's diadem, but now it has been found by Voldemort, made into a Horcrux, and hidden elsewhere.

A sense of frustration arises spontaneously.

"What the hell." Regulus walked up the stairs without even drinking the cream soup that Kreacher had just made.

Sirius watched his brother disappear around the corner of the stairs, sighed, and took out the Marauder's Map again.

At this time, Harry's name had returned to Gryffindor Tower, and the other four dots with him were labeled Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas.

Sirius scanned the map again and found that the other professors had returned to their offices, with only Snape patrolling the corridors.

In the Slytherin common room, the dot marked Draco Malfoy was walking around, with Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle standing aside.

"After all these years, Crabbe and Goyle are still Malfoy's followers. They are really inheriting their father's legacy... prank over."

The map turned into white paper again, but Sirius stared at his right hand and said to himself: "It really shakes like this..."

He casually put the map into his pocket.