Together [HP]

So they went back to Jacqueline's room and changed their clothes.It wasn't until Hermione followed Jacqueline to the basement of the tower, through the corridor of the annex building, the gate, and came to a garden with a fountain, that she had the chance to see the whole castle.Two towers stand on both sides of the castle, one on the left and one on the right, and one on the north and one on the south.There is a platform under each tower, which can lead to the main building of the castle.And on the platform to the north is a huge deformed chessboard, on which two transparent figures are fighting.

"That's your room?" Hermione asked, pointing to the tower to the north.

"Yes." Jacqueline nodded, "I'm sorry I can't show you around our castle yet, but I can give you a brief introduction." She said, pointing to the building directly in front of her They just came out and saw only two floors of the building from the outside, "This is our north annex, which is specially for guests to rest. The annex on the south is our large bathroom. And the one on the south This tower is our former lookout, now our observatory."

"This," Jacqueline pointed to the building in front of her, "this is our main building."

"And here," Jacqueline turned around, pointing to the three-storey house connected to the North Tower, "this is our library, although I think you might want to go in and have a look now, but ..." Jacqueline blinked at Hermione, "You should want to go to town with me, right?"

Hermione chuckled, "You're right, I can indeed visit your home later."

So they walked past the Owl Tower, through a pale green gate, and behind a patch of grass there was a dense forest that could not be penetrated as far as the eye could see.

"This is like another Hogwarts!" Hermione couldn't help exclaiming.

"We're probably smaller." Jacqueline said when they walked into the grass, "Also, we don't have Whomping Willows here. But believe me, no other creature in our forest is any better than Hogg Mr. Woz, centaur, unicorn, hippogriff, murloc, divination bird, sound bird, ball escape bird, and all kinds of elves and fairies, and of course mermaids. Probably Except for rare creatures such as dragons, sphinxes, and thestrals, you can find all magical creatures here."

"So, basically, there's no need for you to take Care of Fantastic Beasts?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, no." Jacqueline looked at her, shook her head with a smile, "We don't have such strange creatures as Blast-tailed snails here."

Hermione gave Jacqueline a helpless look, and Jacqueline held her hand tightly. "We don't need to go deep into the forest, of course I'm not saying I'm not happy to take you there, but the party in the town starts at six o'clock." Jacqueline raised her wrist and let Hermione look at her wrist On the watch, it's past three o'clock in the afternoon.

"If we walk through the forest, it will take half a day. So, I hope I can find Barry before then."

"Barry?" Hermione looked at Jacqueline slightly curiously, "Who is Barry?"

Jacqueline froze for a moment, she was absent for a few seconds, "It's a Hippogriff, the child of Frake. If, you remember, Frake is..."

"I know who Frank is." Hermione looked at Jacqueline, "I remember it."

"Oh," Jacqueline murmured softly, lowering her head slightly, "very well, I, um, I'm glad I don't have to say it all over again."

"Jacqueline," Hermione reached out, took Jacqueline's hand between hers, and stroked it gently. "You can't be afraid of the past. Everything you have experienced has made you what I am... who you are now."

Jacqueline pursed her lips, "I know," she said softly, "it's just that sometimes..."

The afternoon sun was covered by the dense trees in the forest. They walked on the snow, accompanied by the chirping of birds in the forest, the singing of elves, and some sounds that Hermione had never heard before.

"I like it here," said Hermione when they had walked a little further. "It's very quiet here."

"Isn't it like the Forbidden Forest is full of dangers at any time?" Jacqueline asked with a smile, "I can already imagine that you read a book under the shade in summer."

Hermione nodded, and said seriously, "I would, if," she blushed, but continued, "If, you would too."

"I'll probably bring iced pumpkin juice." Jacqueline laughed. "Speaking of which, you must try the iced pumpkin juice of Fernando's. They have been voted the best iced pumpkin in town for several years. Then there’s Pete’s butterbeer, which they make themselves. Of course, there’s Maya’s bouillabaisse, which they use fresh, just-caught fish from the sea.”

"In the sea?" Hermione interrupted Jacqueline slightly curiously, "Is this near the sea?"

"Oh, yes, we're..." Jacqueline said hesitantly, "I'm sorry, Hermione, but I can't tell you exactly where we are. But I hope you will soon."

Hermione looked at Jacqueline suspiciously. She didn't quite understand that if Jacqueline didn't want to tell her where they were now, how could she know soon?

Soon, Hermione heard the sound of water flowing. She took a few steps forward and saw a meandering river flowing in front of her.Although the river cannot be said to be endless at a glance, it is also very wide, and there is a wooden bridge on it.

"We are here." Jacqueline said happily. "This is the only river in our village. The water for the village and the castle comes from it. The creatures in the forest will also come here to drink water," Jacqueline said towards He Min blinked and said mischievously, "But, that's not why we're here."

She took a few steps to the side of the river, knelt down, and took out a green scale from her arms, "You'd better stand behind me," Jacqueline put the scale into the water and tapped it with her knuckles. Above, while saying to Hermione, "Nia likes..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Hermione saw what seemed to be moving towards them quickly in the river.Then, before she knew it, a huge creature stabbed at them with a sharp steel fork.

"Total petrification!" Hermione shouted without even thinking about pulling out her wand.Then she was thrown into the snow by Jacqueline.

The figure that was rushing towards them hesitated for a moment, then he swayed in the air, dodging Hermione's spell, and lunged at them again.

"There's someone else here, Nia!" Jacqueline shouted in a language that Hermione couldn't understand, without raising her head.

Hermione was pressed to the ground by Jacqueline, and she could only see through the gaps in her hair a strong, bare-chested man with a green beard and hair all messy and tangled, holding a Shining steel fork.

The man looked at them for a while, and then said something in a high-pitched voice, and Jacqueline slowly got up from Hermione.

Taking this opportunity, Hermione saw that the man's lower body was still in the water, and the part from the waist down was not a pair of legs, but a fish's tail.Obviously, this is a mermaid.

"He said he didn't see you just now, so I'm very sorry." Jacqueline pulled Hermione up from the snow and helped her pat the ice and snow off her clothes, while handing Hermione her fish scale, " You can hold this, it was given to me when I was a child, and my mother put a spell on it, and you can understand mermaid speech with it. And if you want to find Nia, just put it Put it in this river and tap it."

"But," Hermione hesitated, "if you give it to me, what will you do?"

Jacqueline shrugged and looked at Nia, who was looking at them inscrutablely. "Oh, I've learned the mermaid language. So, Nia," Jacqueline said in the mermaid language , Hermione was surprised to find that she could understand. "Have you seen Barry?"

"Who is this?" Nia asked Hermione, his tail slapping the water with a little excitement, "She's not from here, she's the Granger that my fellow Hogwarts mentioned Right? That's right," Nia swam around in the water, looking up and down at Hermione, "yes, I don't think I'm wrong, Kapil and I described you."

"Have you communicated with the mermaids at Hogwarts?" Hermione asked in surprise.

"Oh, of course." Nia looked at Hermione seriously, and then he looked at Jacqueline, "Kapil told me that he was the first in the second event of the Triwizard Tournament." It's the first time I've seen you like that."

Jacqueline blushed, "We've got to hurry to the village party, Nia, so if you know where Barry is..."

"You didn't tell her, did you?" Nia turned to look at Hermione, "She didn't tell you about it, did she?"

"Tell me what?" Hermione asked.

"It's nothing." Jacqueline said a little uneasy, "Nia, we are really in a hurry. If you don't want to talk, we can go to Barry by ourselves."

But Nia ignored her, he looked at Hermione, "Our little Jacqueline was in a hurry at the time. She didn't sleep in the middle of the night, so she ran to wake Kapil up, hoping he could help you. And the first In the early morning of the second day, he ran to find him like a lunatic. From the beginning, I put you up in an hour, and in the end, I can't wait for you to come up as soon as you get into the water."

"I always thought Kapil was talking nonsense, or that he was describing someone else. But today, I saw you, and I understood." Nya laughed and let out a sharp whine to his left. , "The villagers must be eager to meet you. But promise me that you will meet me when you return from the village."

"Of course, why not?" Jacqueline asked back with a blushing face, "You owe me a grilled fish meal for a long time. Besides, since you mentioned this matter, I would like to ask Kapil, Since he promised me, why did Krum rescue Hermione in the end?"

Nia shrugged. He dived back into the water. "You know exactly why."

"Barry will be here soon." Jacqueline touched her nose in embarrassment, "and I, I have to say for myself, I definitely didn't act like a lunatic at that time. And, at that time, you It's my friend, I mean, I only thought of you as a friend back then. I couldn't see you in danger and do nothing..."

Jacqueline looked down at her feet, "Oh, I'm a little unclear, but I think he and Kapil are exaggerating. I feel like I did a bad job when they said that, like A madman..."

"No, no, no," said Hermione hastily, "I don't think you're a madman, of course you're not. I think, um..." She thought for a moment, "I think you're very cute for doing that? "

"Cute?" Jacqueline raised her head and looked at Hermione in disbelief, "Do you think I did these things...I'm going to start to feel that I'm not the one who did these things."

"Sometimes we just do things that we don't even think are incredible," Hermione said. "Can you imagine me touching the portkey at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night?"

Jacqueline tilted her head at Hermione, and it was a moment before she said, "Ah, well, if that's what you think. So, um, here's the thing, the party in town starts at six .Everyone will come out of their homes with their food and set off together towards the square in the middle of the village.At nine o'clock they will all gather in the square and then we will have bonfires, fireworks, like a big party."

"So, if you don't mind, we can go directly to the outermost part of the village, so we can still walk all the way down."

Hermione nodded, she looked around, and suddenly let out a scream.Jacqueline looked towards her line of sight, and a huge monster was slowly coming out from behind the bushes.

His large, eagle-like head was snow white, while his wings and front claws were a watery black.

"This is Barry." Jacqueline quickly shielded Hermione behind her, and then she watched Barry bow slowly. Barry stood there, his orange eyes looked at Hermione with curiosity, and then he also looked at Jacqui Lin bowed back.Jacqueline took Hermione to Barry's side and touched his neck gently.

"Hey, Barry, Hermione and I, we need to go to a party in the village, you can get us there, can't you?"

Barry gave a soft cry, but his head was almost in front of Hermione's face.Hermione took a step back in fear, but Jacqueline motioned her to climb up.

Hermione put her hands on Barry's back, and Jacqueline helped her lift her legs, before she sat behind Hermione herself.Jacqueline patted Barry's wings with her hands, and Barry let out a growl. The twelve-foot wings spread out on both sides, and the smooth feathers slid out of Hermione's fingers. She no longer knew where to grab them.

"Oh, Jacqueline!" Hermione had to say loudly, against the wind, "I don't know if I told you, but I really, really don't like this..."

"Relax, Hermione!" Jacqueline smiled and hugged Hermione tightly from behind, and Hermione only felt that she fell into a warm embrace, "I'm right behind you, I'm in everything."