Reborn at Hogwarts

Thestrals.

Ivan didn't know much about this magical animal.

In his memory, "Thestrals" belonged to the category of flying horses, because only those who directly witnessed death and understood the meaning of death could see it, so thestrals were once considered an unlucky symbol.

In the entire British wizarding world, the only known thestral trainer is Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid. He raised six thestrals in the Forbidden Forest, and they developed into a group.

In the original book, Harry Potter didn't really see the Thestrals' true colors until the beginning of fifth year, because he witnessed the death of Cedric Diggory during the Goblet of Fire.

In the subsequent Battle of the Department of Mysteries and the Battle of the "Seven Potters", thestrals played a very important role as flying mounts.

After going through the information about thestrals in his mind, Ivan was a little curious.

Why can I see them?

"Directly witness death and understand the meaning of death", I don't meet this condition at all.

After thinking about it, the only more reliable explanation is that he had entered the Kingdom of the Dead with the help of the Philosopher's Stone Ring, and witnessed the dead souls on the bridge and the huge shadow in the sky.

Ivan was suddenly worried.

If the facts are as he guessed, then the last short trip to the country of the dead may have hidden some temporarily unknown "sequelae".

Today he can see the Thestrals, maybe tomorrow when he wakes up in his sleep, he finds himself standing on that cold and dead bridge again.

... After you get to school, you have to study this matter carefully.

Ivan found helplessly that he seemed to have encountered another difficult matter.

That kind of "difficulty" that Dumbledore may not be able to solve.

...

The students from the four colleges had almost left. Zooey looked around and pulled Ivan's sleeve, "We should go."

"Yeah." Ivan nodded.

Ivan, Zooey, and Fiona walked towards the carriage stop together.

The closer the carriage was, the clearer the appearance of thestrals became. Although he wanted to look away intentionally, Ivan always glanced at them unconsciously.

Zooey and Fiona didn't feel anything because they couldn't see the thestrals. Zooey just vaguely felt that Ivan was a little strange, and she had the urge to spy on Ivan's thoughts, but before she took action, she He remembered that Ivan was a little monster who could run Occlumency at any time, so he could only give up with a silent pooh.

The three boarded the carriage, and Ivan was the last one to get on the carriage. During this process, the Thestral stood there motionless, and only slowly moved after they all boarded the carriage.

The carriage went in the direction of Hogwarts Castle like this, stumbling along the way, in front of them were two extraordinary wrought iron gates, with stone pillars on both sides of the gates, and a wild boar with wings on the top of the pillars, which looked a little funny.

After getting into the car, Zoe and Fiona quickly got used to this novel way of driving. The two of them lay on one side of the window, talking and laughing at the scene outside the window, and from time to time facing the empty carriage. Pointing.

As for Ivan, he is now thinking about the kingdom of the dead, but he had to give up temporarily because there is too little information about it. Among the people he can contact so far, Grindelwald It is already the best understanding of it, but it is still far from enough.

You can't ask Paracelsus... Ivan is a little helpless.

Things seem to be stuck in an endless loop.

"Did you get any letters from me during your vacation?"

Zooey's voice suddenly sounded in Ivan's ear.

The boy was startled, and looked up to see Zoe looking at him, while Fiona leaned almost half of her body out of the window.

"Be careful, this is very dangerous." Ivan quickly leaned forward and pulled Fiona back. The girl smiled at him, and stretched out half of her head again.

This time she finally didn't get half of her body out.

Ivan was slightly relieved, and then noticed that Zooey was still looking at him.

"Oh, do you believe me?" Ivan suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I went out during the vacation because of a temporary business, so I didn't stay at home."

"Oh..." Zooey nodded knowingly.

She didn't say anything else, and after asking this question, she smiled and leaned against Fiona again, her expression was as usual, and Ivan couldn't read anything from her face.

As expected of a natural legitiminator, he even manages his expressions so well... Ivan clicked his tongue twice in his heart.

Being interrupted by Zoe, he was not in the mood to continue thinking about the Kingdom of the Dead. Since the information was limited, he could only put this matter aside and deal with it when he had time.

Of course, during this period, he would still collect as many clues as possible.

After calming down, Ivan smelled a mild musty and straw smell. This carriage seemed to have not been used for a long time. He frowned, and followed the example of the two girls, looking through the window on the other side. look out.

The carriage was almost approaching the hour, and the Thestrals pulling the carriage sped up slightly, walking briskly on the uphill driveway leading to the castle. The turrets and towers under the night gradually became larger in sight, getting closer and closer to them. Finally, the carriage staggered to a stop.

Ivan and the two little girls got off the bus. They were the last students on the bus. When they arrived at their destination, the other students had already assembled. At a glance, Ivan saw the transfiguration professor with serious expression and hair tied into a tight bun — Minerva McGonagall standing in front of the team and beckoning to them.

The three of them didn't dare to waste time, and quickly got into Ravenclaw's team.

Professor McGonagall seems to have been waiting for them all the time. Seeing that the students are all here, she can't wait to say:

"You are all old students, the time spent at Hogwarts..."

She only spoke the first sentence, and Ivan knew that this must be a routine speech that was tasteless. Sure enough, Professor McGonagall's next words were full of familiarity, and they were almost the same as what he heard when he was a freshman. Maybe because he was worried that they had played too crazy this summer, Professor McGonagall had repeated many The same rules were repeated again.

It didn't take long for Ivan to feel groggy and tired, but he still suppressed the drowsiness and listened carefully to Professor McGonagall's words - the reason is very simple, this year is Harry Potter. Te's first year in school was also the first year when Voldemort returned to Hogwarts and the main story started. He didn't want to ignore some important details because he didn't listen carefully to Professor McGonagall's speech.

After an unknown amount of time, the speech finally ended, and most of the students were already drowsy. Professor McGonagall glanced at them reproachfully, but didn't say much. Instead, he turned his gaze to the rear of the team.

"Vesemir?" She raised her voice.

Um? Hearing his name, Ivan suddenly became energetic. He raised his hand, and Professor McGonagall nodded to him immediately.

"Come here, kid. Professor Dumbledore wants you to rest in his office for a while," said Professor McGonagall.

Dumbledore wants me to go to his office? What's the situation... Did something unexpected happen again?

Although I was a little puzzled, it was undoubtedly a good thing not to have to attend the sorting ceremony with Harry Potter. Ivan responded and walked to the front of the line.

"The password is 'gummy'. Go." Professor McGonagall said in Ivan's ear, "I'm going to sort the freshmen, I'm afraid you need to go there by yourself."