Azkaban: The Fifth House of Hogwarts

The leisurely weekend has passed. When Rollo looked up from his book, the scorching sun at noon was reaching its hottest moment.

The History of Magic on Monday afternoon has been replaced by Care of Magical Creatures with the third-year students. This class is a class for Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. Walk to the edge of the Forbidden Forest on the shore of the lake.

"Hey, over here!"

Just a few steps out of the castle gate, Rollo heard a greeting from a distance. He looked up and saw a wet Rolf waving to him.

"Where have you been? Did you go swimming in the Black Lake?"

Rollo asked curiously as he stepped forward with a smile.

"It's not swimming, it's investigating the survival ecology of the giant squid in the Black Lake of Hogwarts. This guy should have been in the sea, but he didn't expect to live well in the fresh water of the Black Lake. Grandpa was expelled early that year. This Why don’t I come to Hogwarts now?”

"What about your father? He didn't study magical biology?"

"My dad is allergic to the hair of all magical creatures. He can sneeze from morning to midnight. Originally, he wanted to study marine life. Unfortunately, there are many magical creatures living in the sea with long hair. We can't expect bald mermaids. Does such an ungrateful creature exist?"

Rolf's joke about his family was an eye-opener for Rollo.

"Is Kabba considered a mermaid? If there is such an impolite creature as a bald mermaid, this guy should be considered, right?"

"You're talking about the Kappa in Japan, right?" Rolf scratched his chin in deep thought, "But is there a possibility that Kabbah has a pit full of water on his head? I think Mediterranean hairstyle will Better to describe them.”

"Although those guys who look like monkeys are classified as a freshwater subspecies of mermaids, except for the bald top of their heads, their whole bodies are covered with hair. Although I don't really like their appearance, if you want to tease them, If you want to tease them, you can put bananas in their mouths, Kaba’s favorite food is bananas.”

"Why do you think they are more rude than bald mermaids when you say this?"

"Perhaps it's because of water pollution?" Rolf shrugged helplessly, "Due to Muggle technology, many unpopular mutant subspecies of magical creatures living in the magical world have appeared in recent decades. "

"If you have any ideas, I can help you contact the Chernobyl Protected Area, where you can see many mutated creatures caused by nuclear pollution. There are still new mutants emerging. As for Hiroshima and Japan, Nagasaki, my grandfather’s relationship with the Magical Congress of America is a bit bad, and that’s their designated research area.”

While chatting about strange knowledge about magical creatures, they soon arrived at the class location.

"Just wait for you two!"

Although it was still 10 minutes before class started on time, Professor Keltburn's greeting still made them both quicken their pace and trot over.

"I've kept you waiting for a long time, Professor."

Rollo smiled sheepishly. If Rolf hadn't been waiting for him halfway, he would have been the last one to gather.

"There's no need to worry about these things." Keltburn reached out and pulled Rollo to his side, pulling him to the front of the student team.

"I would like to introduce you to your new classmate, Rollo Selkas Sadwind. From now on, he will be my teaching assistant and will help me keep an eye on your hairy feet in class. After all, I only have one intact one left. My hand is done, as usual..."

Professor Keltburn paused and glanced at Rolf, who had just joined the team.

"...As usual, Slytherin plus fifty points."

"You didn't tell me that being a teaching assistant would get you fifty points! Professor!"

Rolf, who felt a little regretful, let out a cry of sadness. If he had known this, wouldn't he have just nodded in agreement?Hufflepuff also wants to win the Academy Cup!

"But why!"

"This is not fair!"

As expected, there was a commotion in the little wizard's team, especially for the Gryffindor students. They had been suppressed by Slytherin for seven years and they did not want the decoration of the auditorium at the end of this year to be still green and silver ribbons. , obviously the gold and red banners would look better.

"Okay, okay, Quiet, I'm talking about you two, Weasley! You dared to sneak into the Forbidden Forest when you were in first grade. If no one looked at you in my class, who knows what you two little villains would do Cause some trouble."

"Rolo, listen up, your first task is to keep an eye on these two guys, Fred and George. My old arms and legs can't compete with Hagud."

Hearing this, the twins looked at each other, and then immediately showed heartbroken expressions, crying with snot and tears:

"This is discrimination!"

"This is oppression!"

"Is there no place for us in this huge Hogwarts?"

"The sun is so hot today, but it still can't warm the heart frozen by these words."

“Why is the sky filled with snow in September?”

"That's because two honest souls are suffering..."

"Ahhhhhhh!!!"

The twins who were dripping with spit and tears a second ago and hugging each other for acting instantly screamed and jumped up from where they were. The little wizards gathered together were also startled by this battle, and quickly A clearing was left.

I saw a long, thick, black, and sticky tentacle emerging from the black lake behind them at some point, and wrapped around the twins' trouser legs.

The twins were so frightened by this horrifying scene that they covered their mouths, holding their breath and not daring to speak out. They were really afraid that their screams would frighten the tentacles of the unknown object, so they went down to the Black Lake. That’s not how swimming works.

"It's quiet now?"

Professor Keltburn, who was limping towards the twins on a wooden prosthetic leg, had a faint smile on his face.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh..."

The twins who were nodding wildly on the spot almost cried. Although they were seventy or eighty years older than ordinary students, they were also far ahead of their peers in understanding current affairs.

"That's why I don't want you two to mess around in class or after class. I told you in the first class that you should be in awe of nature, especially when facing those mysterious and mysterious things. When encountering fascinating magical creatures, it is critical to remain vigilant."

"My fifty points are not that easy to get, and not every grade can have someone who can be my teaching assistant. Go help them solve it." Professor Keltborn waved to Rollo.

"Is this your kelpie?"

Rollo stepped forward and asked curiously, but this was just a guess on his part. As a kind of aquatic soft-bodied deformed creature, the horse-shaped water monster has no fixed appearance. Only after their death, people can Know their original true appearance.

"That's right." Keltborn nodded, "Can it be done?"

"I'll give it a try, it should be okay."

Rollo, who didn't feel disgusted by the tentacles, reached out and touched the tentacles wrapped around the twins' bodies. The next moment he made contact, he felt a slight itch in his palms. The tightly bound tentacles let go of the twins, and in In the black lake, a huge creature emerged from the water at this moment.

It was a black horse's head covered by a dragon's head. But compared to the horses on land, this huge black horse's head was at least three times larger than the Shire horse, which is the largest and can grow to weigh one or two tons. .

Although only the upper half of the body emerged, the huge body of the horse-shaped water monster still made the little wizards retreat further.

The only person who was close to it was Rollo. For the behemoth that appeared in front of him, Rollo had no fear in his heart, but only a deep curiosity.

"come over."

Rollo opened his mouth tentatively and extended his right hand to the horse-shaped water monster.

The giant horse, with most of its body hidden under the lake water, left the water little by little, and stepped on the moist sand beside the Black Lake with its thick horse legs that were taller than the Rolo people.

Xilulu's cry is almost exactly the same as that of a real horse, but its water-soaked body is not covered with hair, but with slender tentacles that can move freely.

The huge horse's head lowered, and the horse-shaped water monster that placed its head on the palm of Rollo's hand was a little too well-behaved. This harmless look made the little wizards gradually relax.

"Don't get too close, you two..."

Professor Keltburn, who had not yet spoken the word 'a', covered his forehead speechlessly. The twins who had been frightened by the tentacles before and did not dare to move couldn't help but couldn't help but see that Rollo could easily caress the big horse. Come closer.

To put it bluntly, the two of them are really courageous, and they are indeed the most trouble-making duo in Gryffindor.

"Help!" Fred screamed.

"I'm going to be eaten!" George danced and tried to break free.

When the two of them got close to the water monster and boldly stretched out their hands, the water monster's body suddenly transformed into many tentacles protruding out and gave them a warm hug, but the hug looked more like it was stuffing the two of them. A good 'intimate exchange' in my stomach.

"Oh...I knew it..."

"Put them down. Class is about to start. Let's play later."

Professor Keltburn, who took the horse's head, patted the horse's big head. However, the big guy looked at him with innocent eyes, as if to say: These two took the initiative and it has nothing to do with me.

The Weasley twins, who had been 'eaten' until only one of their heads was exposed, blushed. Their entire bodies had been 'swallowed' into the horse's belly. Looking at the way they were gritting their teeth and holding their breath, It seemed like they were having a lot of fun?

Before waiting for a few seconds, the twins suddenly let out a burst of hysterical laughter. Tears mixed with snot poured out of their noses. They were obviously laughing loudly, but this look made people associate it with torture.

"It...it...it..." Fred repeated the word, laughing and trembling.

"Itchy... itchy... itchy..." George, who was out of breath, flicked his tongue and slurred his words.

"You see, this is the result of not having a sense of danger."

Seeing that his little cutie was not willing to let the twins go, Keltborn simply used the twins as role models to teach the little wizards.

"This horse-headed water monster is the magical creature that you will come into contact with most in my class in the future. As a very powerful shape-shifting creature, they can imitate almost any creature they have seen, but the total body size is not too large. Big change.”

"In other words, an important factor in determining the danger of equestrian monsters depends on how big they are. The largest equestrian monster discovered so far can transform into a huge sea snake with a body length of nearly 200 meters, and the one in front of us Probably just a child, Equus has an extremely long lifespan, and so far, we have not found any individual of them that died naturally."

"Can anyone tell me how the Equus eats?"

After glancing around, Professor Keltburn looked at a boy in the Hufflepuff team. He had slightly curly brown hair and a handsome face.

"Cedric, tell me."

"The way the Equus eats is to wrap its prey with its body, then sink into the water to drown the prey, and then tear open the prey's body with its teeth, eating almost all the meat, but leaving the internal organs floating with the current."

"Very good, one point for Hufflepuff."

"So, if the kelpies didn't drown you after wrapping you up, then they are most likely just to play with you, just like what we are seeing now, the bold but unlucky Mr. Weasley."

"Juvenile kelpies are much more lively than adults, so we don't rule out the possibility that they will eat the toys when they get tired of playing with them."

The twins, whose faces turned green with fright, had stopped laughing at this moment. Although it was pleasant to not have endless tickling, they were not happy at all at this moment.

The horse-shaped water monster that has already retreated towards the black lake seems to be taking the two of them into the lake. Could this be a prelude to eating?

"Let them down, don't scare them."

Rollo patted the black horse's big head and stroked it along the horse-shaped water monster's extremely smooth mane. The horse was so happy that it swung its tail happily and splashed water on the lake.

The twins who were finally freed fell embarrassedly on the moist sand by the lake.

"It seems you have remembered your lesson?"

Professor Keltborn looked at the twins with a stern tone in his words. Guys as naughty as these two who have not had their legs broken so far are really rare to see once in ten years. The last time they met was in 17. Before.

"We remembered!"

After getting up from the ground, the twins nodded seriously.

"Equus's massage skills are actually pretty good, right, George."

"Of course, if it wasn't so itchy, opening a horse-shaped water monster massage parlor would definitely make a lot of money, Fred."

After hearing the conclusion that the two of them had learned no lesson at all, Professor Keltburn, who suddenly felt tired, sighed helplessly.

"You two, ugh..."

"Now the class has officially started. What we are going to learn today is a kind of shy magical creature. It is widely distributed and can be found all over the world. Unfortunately, there are very few people who can see their appearance with their own eyes, so we need to rely on Let’s start today’s lesson with the excellent shape-changing ability of the Equus.”

"Turn the textbook to page 34 and let's take a look at our protagonist today, Moon Chimon."

Professor Keltburn, who was leading the horse-shaped water monster forward, brought the little wizards to a dry and flat lawn. The wisteria tree specially planted here cast a shade to protect the little wizards from the scorching sun. .

"The body surface of the Moon Crazy Beast shows a smooth gray color, with two bulging eyes on the top of its head. Their limbs are slender and slender, and the soles of their feet are flat. Although they seem to have a big head and a small bottom, they are proficient in a kind of A mysterious dance.”

Professor Keltburn, who transformed the horse-shaped water monster into the moon-crazy beast, began his detailed explanation. At this moment, the little wizards also listened to the explanation seriously, even the twin brothers who were extremely naughty just now. He also became quiet and immersed himself in the interesting exploration of magical creatures.

"The shy Yue Chi Beast will only come out of the cave on full moon nights. Their big eyes on the top of their heads may be to better bathe in the moonlight and look at the moon. This is where their name comes from. "

"In a remote and uninhabited wide space, they will stand on their hind legs and begin to perform a complex dance. If you are lucky enough to see it, please be sure to keep quiet and enjoy this mysterious and charming dance."

"No one has confirmed the role of this dance yet, but it is speculated that the moon dance should be a certain part of the Moon Man's mating ceremony. The special traces they leave after the dance are often misunderstood by Muggles. The crop circles are One of the Muggle names for this."

Although Professor Keltburn was somewhat disabled, his extensive knowledge also benefited the little wizards a lot. It was not until he announced the end of get out of class that the little wizards suddenly came to their senses.

"professor!"

one of the twins shouted to Professor Keltburn at the end of class.

"What happen to you guys?"

"We won't delay class time next time, I'm sorry."

Seeing the twins saying such words, Keltburn smiled and waved his hands: 'Do you still want a next time? '

"It won't happen again, there won't be a next time, we promise."

The twins left with a smile, arm in arm, and no one was left in the originally bustling tree-shaded grass.

"So, your method of getting close to magical creatures does not rely on 'skills'?"

After witnessing with his own eyes the scene where Rollo commanded the horse-shaped water monster he had just met, Rolf also had some enlightenment in his heart.

"Would you be a little disappointed if I said 'yes'?"

"How is that possible! I am so lucky to have a friend like you, okay?!"

Rolf shook his head in denial, his eyes sparkling, "Although I'm a little envious, I'm definitely not disappointed."

"To be able to get along well with a completely unfamiliar magical creature from the first meeting, you are the most suitable person I have ever seen to become a scholar of magical creatures."

"If my grandfather knew about you, he would definitely throw away his crutches, fly to Hogwarts on lightning overnight, leave my grandson aside, and come directly to you."

"Which of Mr. Newt's pets is Lightning?"

Rollo was more interested in Newt's suitcase menagerie than being recognized as a godson by Newt.

"It's the thunderbird, the only thunderbird in the world that is close to humans. Their ultimate flying speed in the sky can even be sixty times the speed of sound, which is almost like teleportation. If you ride it once, you will never be able to fly again in your life." I won’t forget it.”

"When I was eight years old, I couldn't get down from lightning, so it flew me in the sky for a short time and sent me to my father's house. In the end, I felt dizzy and vomited for almost a week, and I never felt sick for the rest of my life. I dare to ride it a second time, unless it flies slower."

"But you're not going back now?"

Looking at Rollo who was still in the same place, Rolf asked with some doubts.

"I plan to go to Hagrid's place and take a walk in the woods."

Rollo didn't intend to hide it from Rolf. He just wanted to go to the Forbidden Forest. It wasn't really a big deal at Hogwarts. Even if he didn't get permission, there would be quite a few little wizards sneaking into the forest.

"That's not bad. In this case, I'll go back first. See you next time!"

After waving goodbye to Rolf, the two walked along completely different routes to both sides. At the end of Rollo's road, Hagrid's hut was filled with smoke, the familiar aroma of baking rock biscuits.