Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

After all the school supplies were bought, everyone said goodbye at the Leaky Cauldron. Ron invited Harry to go to the Burrow (the Weasleys' home), and Harry readily agreed, but he had to go back to the Greene's home with Aris to pack his luggage first. It was agreed that Mr. Weasley would go to the Greene's home to pick up Harry the next afternoon.

The next afternoon, knowing that there were guests coming, Jim returned home early. Before he had waited for long, a vintage Ford Anglia drove up from a distance and stopped in front of the Greene family's house. Fred, George, Ron, and Mr. Weasley got out of the car one after another.

Jim greeted Mr. Weasley warmly while Fred, George and Ron helped Aris and Harry load Harry's luggage into the Ford Anglia.

Jim was very interested when he saw the car Mr. Weasley drove. He praised Mr. Weasley for maintaining the car well and found a toolbox from the Greene family's utility room.

Jim said, "I also like cars very much. This toolbox is full of tools for repairing cars. But I don't need them now, so I'm giving it to you, Arthur. Please accept it."

Mr. Weasley's cheeks flushed with excitement. He rubbed his hands, his eyes shining with excitement. After he took the toolbox, he shook hands with Jim gratefully and said happily, "Thank you so much, Jim. I really like this kind of thing."

Jim wanted to keep Mr. Weasley and the others to have dinner together, but Mr. Weasley politely declined. In the evening, Aris and Jim watched the Ford Anglia drive away.

After Harry left, the rest of Aries' summer vacation life was dull but fulfilling. After knowing the address of the Greenes' house, Hermione would come to visit every few days. Ariana was very close to Hermione, and whenever Hermione came, Ariana would always circle around Hermione.

September 1st came in a blink of an eye. Selena made a hearty breakfast. After the family enjoyed breakfast together, Jim went to work at the company, and Aris helped Selena and Ariana with some housework.

When the time was almost up, Ariana, who had packed his luggage yesterday, said goodbye to Selina and Ariana, dragged his suitcase towards King's Cross Station. When Ariana looked back, she was still waving at him.

When they arrived at King's Cross Station, they happened to see Hermione saying goodbye to her parents. He walked over to say hello to the Grangers, then walked into Platform 9 3/4 with Hermione.

Aeris and Hermione helped each other carry their luggage onto the train, and found an empty compartment not far from the rear of the train. They sat opposite each other and began chatting.

Draco came with Crabbe and Goyle to say hello to Aris, then went to the compartment with the other Slytherin classmates, and said that when he got bored, he would come and quarrel with Harry and Ron. Neville came to this compartment, put his luggage away, and stayed in this compartment. Many classmates came to say hello to Aris and the others until Fred and George arrived.

Aris looked at the Weasley twins in confusion and asked, "Harry and Ron aren't with you?"

Fred: "I thought they were with you!"

George: "We lost them both without even noticing."

Fred: "They were following us."

George: "But in the blink of an eye, they are gone."

Fred: "Our mom was so worried that she asked us to look for it in the car."

George: "See if they both got on the train without us noticing."

Fred: "Looks like we really lost little Ron."

George: "Go inform mom first!"

The twins left and Hermione asked confusedly, "Where do you think they're going?"

The train had already started moving, but there was still no sign of Harry and Ron.

Aeris hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure, but I have an idea."

Looking into Hermione's eyes, Aris continued, "During the summer vacation, I followed my parents to visit the Dursleys where Harry was staying. When I visited Harry's bedroom, there was a house elf in Harry's bedroom."

Neville said in disbelief: "House-elves? They are very precious. If you are not a wizard family with a long history, it is impossible to have house-elves."

Aris continued, "So, this is very unusual. The house elf gave Harry a warning that Hogwarts is very, very dangerous this year, and it hopes that Harry will not go back to Hogwarts."

"Did it say what the danger was?" Hermione asked, frowning.

Aris shook his head and said, "It refused to tell me. In order to prevent Harry from missing Hogwarts, it even intercepted the letters we sent to Harry."

"That's impossible," Neville said, "a house-elf must never disobey a wizard's orders, let alone intercept a wizard's letter."

"This house-elf is a little different," said Aris. "It's very stubborn. In order to prevent Harry from going back to Hogwarts, it even ruined the dinner that the Dursleys had carefully prepared. And I don't think it will give up so easily."

"So you think," Hermione mused, "that it was this house-elf who was responsible, and that he had somehow prevented Harry and Ron from catching the train."

"For example," said Aris, "when Harry and Ron are about to enter Platform 9 3/4, temporarily block the platform door."

"So," Neville asked tentatively, "how are they going to get back to Hogwarts if they miss the train?"

Aries said, "If it were me, I would ask Eric to send a letter to Professor McGonagall or Professor Dumbledore to seek help from Hogwarts, but I don't think Harry and Ron, who are panicking, will make a wise decision. You may not know that Mr. Weasley modified a Ford Anglia sedan. I felt hundreds of different spells in that car. They might even fly back to Hogwarts in the car."

Hermione and Neville's faces were somewhat interesting. Hermione said expectantly: "But these are all your assumptions, right? They won't..."

At this time, the witch who sold snacks came over with a cart. He opened the door of the carriage and asked kindly, "Do you need any snacks, dear?"

The journey was not boring at all. Draco came once, but when he saw that Harry was not there, he lost interest in staying and left while making sarcastic remarks to Harry.

Most of the time, Aries and Hermione were reading, chatting from time to time. Aries started reading extracurricular books written by Gerald Lockhart.

After reading for a while, Aries felt a little bored. He said quietly, "What kind of nonsense is this? I can't believe he has the nerve to sell these rubbish books at such a high price."

Hermione glared at Ayres in dissatisfaction and said, "Don't say that. He is the professor of our Defense Against the Dark Arts class, right?"

"I just hope he can teach better than Quirrell." Aeris said as he flipped through the pages of the book boredly.

The train was running at a very high speed and only stopped slowly at the Hogwarts platform in the evening. The tall Hagrid was still in charge of guiding the first-year students, while the students in the second year and above had to take another route.

Carriages stopped there. Seeing the creatures pulling the carriages, Neville beside Aris couldn't help but shiver, and Hermione also leaned towards Aris.

I saw that those creatures were completely black, with dragon-like heads and bodies somewhat like horses. They had a pair of bat-like wings growing from their shoulder blades. They were skinny, with black skin tightly attached to their bones. Each rib was clearly visible. Their eyes had no pupils but were silver-white, and their big black tails were swinging.