Hogwarts: Atypical Slytherin

After Christmas, Clooney went back to school, but before returning she took a trip to Diagon Alley. Animagus is very complex and troublesome, especially due to the biological properties of the materials he needs. Clooney can only try to complete the previous operation while the Grimace Swan is still living in the form of a pupa: Grimace Swan is generally in April It lives as an adult until October and turns into a pupa to survive the winter.

The pupae of large moths produced in Asia and the Russian Far East are very common in the wizarding world, and can be found everywhere in ordinary medicine shops.

"Are you sure you just want to buy one?" The clerk in the material store, which exuded a strange smell, was trying his best to sell it to her. "If it is used for potion making, it would be better to buy more."

Apparently, the clerk regarded Crowney as a little wizard who bought medicinal materials and practiced making potions.

"I just want to study the issues related to this material." Clooney lowered his eyes and played with the big black pupa. "After all, we won't learn this until very later."

"Okay, okay, girl." Upon hearing this, the young woman's face suddenly began to shine with a loving aura that was completely inconsistent with her age. "You are such a child who loves learning. Do you need a bottle to put it in?" ?”

"Yes! Thank you!" Clooney smiled brightly at the lady, and then she asked, "Excuse me, do we have mandrake in our store? I want to buy a pound. Good comes from the roots.”

"Of course!" the clerk replied talkatively, "If you want grass roots, I can give you a handful, so you don't have to buy them!"

"That's too polite of you!"

"Honestly, girl, grass roots are not valuable. The store often has to clean up a lot of roots that occasionally come with it. It just so happens that this year I haven't had time to clean them up. I'll give you a bag and save you the trouble of throwing it away!"

Mandrake is widely used as the main ingredient in painkillers, but it has a strange reputation in some strange fields. In the earlier Middle Ages, its roots were often dried and used as amulets or talismans to pray for fertility, but in recent years this ancient tradition has almost disappeared, except for the old ladies at some stalls in Diagon Alley. After selling handfuls at a very low price, this was the first time she saw young people having such demand.

"That's great!!" After the clerk packed the materials, Clooney took the two paper bags with different contents, put them flat into the suitcase, and then carefully took the clerk's already considerate bag. The pupa was placed in a very beautiful glass bottle and placed in the pocket.

"Goodbye!" After paying, she said goodbye to the clerk cheerfully. Then he excitedly took out the glass bottle and started viewing it.

Ghost-faced swans are also well-known in the Muggle world. Their adult wings are as big as the palm of a person's hand, and they are one of the rare moths that can sing. However, what is most commonly mentioned is the human-faced markings on the back of its adults. : Some of them have ghost faces and some are skeletons. Insect enthusiasts will like to collect and observe them, but most people are afraid of this kind of creature - people will always be afraid of things that look like them.

The pupa of this ghost-faced swan was dark brown and shone as brightly as the shell of a cockroach. Crowney tapped the glass bottle lightly with his fingers, but there was no reaction.

"Oh shit, I really can't imagine that I will drink potions related to this." She imagined the scene and felt extremely disgusted. Anything that is put into the mouth without being sterilized by high temperature will always make people feel a sense of repulsion from the soles of their feet.

Occasionally, there were curious wizards around who turned their heads frequently because of her exaggerated expression, and some elderly witches stared at her face while covering their mouths and laughing with good intentions. As the sights around her became more and more intense, she hurriedly put the creepy thought behind her, hurriedly stuffed the innocent pupa back into her pocket, and went into a store specializing in crystal medicine bottles. go.

When she came out of the specialty store, she remembered what she needed to buy most urgently: a broomstick and senior textbooks. Hogwarts students can bring their own broomstick in their second year. This method of travel is fast and convenient, so Clowney decided to buy one.

But buying a new broom seemed too luxurious - brooms were updated every year, and she didn't have the habit of chasing broom models. She walked to the second-hand broomstick store that looked a little shabby. The door panel, which was very different from the style of the store, said Sprint-Creek Store in flying colors. She stopped at the door of the store and took a closer look at the broomsticks on display inside.

"Oh! Miss!" the clerk greeted enthusiastically, "Are you going to buy a broomstick? We have various types of second-hand broomsticks! We repair and renovate them before selling them. They are definitely worth the money!"

Under the enthusiastic recommendation of the clerk, Clooney bought the popular Comet 260. It is said that the owner of this broom accidentally fell off from a high altitude while playing with it and broke his leg. He vowed never to touch a flying broom again. broom.

"What a pity!" the clerk lamented. "He was still wearing a cast when he came to deliver the goods. Why not drink a bottle of Shengguling, which is quick and effective! Are you right, Miss?"

Crowney tipped the clerk a few extra Knuts for his honesty.

After she bought all the miscellaneous second-hand books and stuffed them all into the overburdened suitcase with a shrinking spell, she left Diagon Alley: she almost missed the bus to school. After returning to school, she wandered in the Forbidden Forest for several days before meeting the familiar black figure again.

"Mr. Bain!" she shouted. "Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

"It's you again, kid." The dark figure quickly turned its head when it heard her voice.

"That's it..." She told Bain her recent thoughts and purpose of coming, and then handed him the gift that had been prepared for a long time, wrapped in kraft paper and ribbons: "This is a belated gift, I hope you can Don’t dislike it!”

"That's about it." She followed the centaur flatteringly, "So can you tell me a good and auspicious day?"

Bain looked down at the thick leather finger gloves that had been put on his hands, and stared at her for a long time.

"I don't think you want to know." He said Nuonuo, "Sometimes the unknown future is a good thing for you, but you may not want to know."

"But it's very important to me now." Clonetti opened her big round eyes, "I just want to know which month can have a sunny day without rain on the last day of the month."

"If you study hard!" Bain reluctantly dug the wet soil with his hoof, "If you study astronomy and divination well, you can predict it!"

"But I'm only in the second year, sir!" Claudine's voice became sweet, as if he had eaten several pints of sizzling honey candy. "I haven't started studying this elective course yet! Besides, And who is better at predicting than you sir!"

The rugged centaur was a little embarrassed by Clooney's sweet words. He rubbed the tip of his nose with his fingers uncomfortably: "Okay, okay, girl."

"This is a prophecy, about you. I am just a messenger. Someone has long predicted that such a day will come - but not me." He said, "In a short period of time, there will be continuous storms sweeping through, But on the last day of the second week before June comes, there is the calm of the impending rain. Then comes the irresistible force, bringing rebirth and destruction."