Hogwarts lazy snake

As soon as Harry's eyes fell on the Prophet newspaper that Snape had thrown into his arms, he immediately shouted in panic: "Ron, come and see!"

Ron came over hurriedly, and both of them fixed their eyes on the picture in the newspaper.

It was a close-up of several people talking and laughing in a car. Their expressions were clearly visible, as if they were frozen at that moment.

Ron's face turned pale as paper in an instant, and he said in a trembling voice: "We are going to get our butts beaten to pieces. This is terrible."

Then, he called to George and Fred eagerly, "Come and see! Don't even think about blaming me this time."

George and Fred came over with full of doubts in their hearts. When they saw the contents of the newspaper, they were stunned, as if they were cast under a spell.

Ron's eyes widened, and he stood there at a loss, holding his head in his hands and shaking slightly, not knowing what to do.

Professor McGonagall frowned and said seriously, "Headmaster, we must deal with this matter seriously. We can't let students feel that they can break school rules at will."

"I understand, Minerva. We must not let this matter go easily." Dumbledore nodded slightly, and his wise eyes looked at Harry and others, "Children, can you tell me why you drove Mr. Weasley's car to school?"

This time their actions did have a huge impact and were reported in the prophet newspaper and seen by Muggles.

At this moment, the attention of Snape, McGonagall, Dumbledore and Flitwick was also drawn to Ron's hands holding his head.

It turned out that they saw that Ron's broken forearm had grown back, and the arm was intact, as if it had never been injured.

Flitwick curiously asked Ron: "How did your arm recover so quickly? What happened?"

Ron subconsciously glanced at Horn standing next to Dumbledore, but immediately lowered his head and remained silent, as if he was hiding some secret.

Dumbledore quickly saw the alchemical products in Ron and Harry's hands, and thought that it was Horn's doing, so he looked at Horn.

Horn saw Dumbledore looking at him and scratched his head, wondering inwardly why he was looking at him again.

When McGonagall and Snape saw Dumbledore looking at Horn, they also turned their gazes over, with a hint of thought in their eyes.

Dumbledore immediately changed the subject, and at the same time deliberately ignored the car incident, and looked at Harry and the others again: "Harry, Ron, George, Fred, the four of you will be responsible for cleaning the school library this semester as punishment. And, I will write to your parents to inform them of what you have done. Do you have any objections?"

Lockhart was still immersed in his "heroic performance" at this time. He waved his hand and said proudly: "Principal Dumbledore, this is just a small matter. I believe Harry and the others did not do it on purpose."

Then Snape snorted coldly after hearing this, his voice full of disdain.

At this time, Professor McGonagall looked at Harry and Weasley and said seriously, "I think the punishment should be another three weeks of detention."

"what!"

The punished people uttered an "ah" after hearing this, but before they could react, Professor McGonagall immediately said sternly, "Ah, what? Do you have any objections?"

Several people quickly shook their heads, not daring to raise any more objections.

Lockhart looked at Ron's hand that Flitwick mentioned, but after a long while he couldn't figure out what was going on, he immediately jumped out, coughed, and said, "Headmaster, I think I can be the professor who supervises the children. After all, I am very patient with them."

Dumbledore shook his head slightly and said decisively: "Lockhart, you have just entered Hogwarts and are not familiar with the school. Let Professor Snape supervise this time."

Snape snorted coldly at Lockhart, then looked at Harry and said with some gloating: "Okay, I will supervise you well."

Dumbledore looked at Lockhart again and said earnestly, "Professor Lockhart, although your healing magic was timely, your behavior was too reckless. You must be more cautious when handling things in the future."

When Lockhart heard Dumbledore praising him, he immediately responded happily. As for what Dumbledore said next, he seemed to have automatically filtered it out and didn't hear it at all: "Haha, Headmaster Dumbledore, you know, I have been to many primeval forests and dealt with many dangerous creatures."

Listening to Lockhart's chatter, Dumbledore immediately said, "Severus, take the children to the dinner first."

Dumbledore finally looked at Horn and said, "Horn, after the banquet, you should go to your new room first. Adjust yourself well and come to me if you have any questions."

Dumbledore discussed this with Professor McGonagall again, and asked Flitwick to ask Mrs. Sprout to come and have a look at the Whomping Willow. He said, "Minerva, we must think of a way to repair the Whomping Willow. Professor Flitwick, go ask Mrs. Sprout to come and have a look."

After saying this, Dumbledore looked at the Whomping Willow, which was no longer moving, and thought about a solution.

"The Whomping Willow! I remember I once encountered one when I was gathering trees. I remember that the Whomping Willow was also severely damaged and had to be repaired by the tree elves. I happened to be there at the time, so let me do it."

Lockhart volunteered, and walked straight towards the Whomping Willow.

Snape, who was originally leaving with the young wizards, also stopped, crossed his arms, and looked at Lockhart with suspicion.

He did not believe that Lockhart could cure the Whomping Willow. In his opinion, Lockhart was just a boaster, and even his cure for Fred might have been a bluff.

Lockhart had just walked fifty meters into the Whomping Willow when the Willow, which had been split apart by a car crash and was motionless, began to wave its branches.

A stone was knocked away and hit Lockhart on the head. Lockhart groaned in pain, then turned to Dumbledore and others behind him and said, "Mistake, mistake!"

After saying that, he turned around and immediately pointed his wand at the Whomping Willow, "I command you to repair it! Life will be restored, and it will be reversed!"

A dark green beam of magic light hit the fork of the Whomping Willow.

Click! Click~Click~

The forked part of the willow tree actually began to close slowly, and vaguely it looked like it was sewn together with a real green thread.

Originally they just wanted Lockhart to give up, but with the incident of Fred's treatment, they also wanted to see if Lockhart could really cure him. Dumbledore and McGonagall also looked at this scene in surprise.

"Let's go, there's nothing to see!" Snape said to Harry, George and others, waving his robe and walking towards the auditorium. Before leaving, he glanced at the Whomping Willow and Lockhart who was still casting magic, his eyes still full of doubt and confusion.