if i am not me

Amidst the roaring whistle, the Hogwarts Express train was moving faster and faster, and soon left the figure on the platform behind.

It was still the private room in the last car, Harry, Draco, Ron, Hermione, and Neville were all crammed into this small space.Ginny came over to say hello to them and went to find the twins, but no one kept her.Hermione felt that if she stayed any longer, even just for a short while, she might pass out from suffocation.I'm afraid Ron and Neville were the only ones who couldn't see the little girl's intentions, insisting that she was too "shy".

In the noisy carriage, Hermione was still holding a thick book and reading it carefully. Ron and Neville played wizard chess to pass the time. Round little face.Harry and Draco laughed a lot as they shared some interesting stories about the move.

Just as Lu Wei hid in a huge vase and couldn't get out, Neville uttered a painful cry, "Oh my god, I can't play anymore. My chess pieces are disobedient." The fiasco has reached the extreme, and he has If he didn't have that mood, he continued to fight with Ron, a master.

Ron put away his slightly worn-out set of wizard chess pieces triumphantly, and his mood was as good as the weather outside the window.As for Neville, after looking at Ron's chess pieces, he secretly decided to get acquainted with his own chess pieces in the future, they were too noisy.The two stopped playing chess and suddenly felt a little bored. Seeing that Hermione was concentrating on reading a book called "The Rise and Fall of Magic 1000 Years" and had no time to talk to them, Ron turned to Harry, Draco and Neville to join their chat.

"Ah, by the way, I encountered a very strange thing during this vacation!"

While talking, Neville suddenly whispered mysteriously.However, although his voice was small enough, he managed to attract the attention of the other four people in the private room.

"what?"

"I met a crazy house-elf on vacation!"

House-elf? !Hearing this, a pitiful little face flashed in Harry's mind, that clumsy but kind little elf who had helped him many times, but still couldn't escape the call of death in the end...

"House-elf? I've heard of this kind of creature, but... Neville, how did you encounter it? It's impossible for such a creature to leave their boarding house without the owner's permission." Hermione frowned suspiciously , what Neville said contradicted the theory she knew.

Neville shook his head, and said innocently, "There are no house elves in my house, so I found it strange. Just a few nights before my birthday, it suddenly appeared in my room, saying that the school is dangerous and so on. If you said that, you even hit yourself with a stool while talking, which scared me. Fortunately, grandma heard the movement in my room and came to see that nothing happened to me, but she didn't catch it. "

"Uh..." As the only one with a house-elf in the family, Draco can be said to have the most say in this group.Seeing how many people looked at him, he shrugged and explained consciously.

"House elves are only owned by ancient families. They are elves who serve the family they belong to for life. Generally speaking, house elves can only stay in the home of the master who signed a contract with him. You can't run around." Drake paused. "And you, Neville, may have met a traitorous house-elf in the end. But, the traitor is not particularly powerful, at least he knows how to punish himself."

Neville was taken aback by Drake's words. "A traitor?"

"Of course!" Draco said dismissively, "I really don't know which family would produce such a scumbag house elf. It's a shame!"

Harry glanced at Draco speechlessly, and tried his best to adjust his expression so that no one could see his flaws.If Draco knew that he was scolding his own family, Harry believed that his expression would be very exciting.

But the question Harry was most concerned about was not what he already knew, but, "Neville, do you know the name of this house elf? Why does it say that the school is dangerous?"

Hermione also came back to her senses at this moment, and murmured, "Ah, I remembered, that poor little life."

Neville ignored Hermione's soliloquy and answered Harry directly, "It never said its name or why. It just kept telling me not to go to school. Then it abused itself..."

He didn't say his name, but it should be Dobby, yes, but why didn't he say his name... Is it because he knew that his little master might have something to do with Neville?There seemed to be no other nonsense... The imbalance in Harry's heart began to pop up a little.Thinking back to the embarrassment he was made by Dobby's 'kindness' at the beginning, even in this life he will never forget how Dobby let him try it. Then he was forced to fly to school on the first day of school, and was severely beaten by the Beating Willow.How come Neville is so lucky?He is also the savior, now even Harry thinks that Neville's luck value must be almost full, unlike him, who hovers between positive and negative values.

Thinking of this, Harry sighed calmly, and joined the discussion team.At this time, Hermione has shown her protective factor towards the house-elves, and expressed great resistance to Draco's statement that one slave per bite, and Ron, who has always been careless, also suffered a lot because of his incomprehension of Hermione's strange argument. Less 'Hermione's Rage'.

Seeing this, Harry felt that it would be better for them to change the subject first. If this continues, Hermione will become the chairman of the House-Elf Association in advance... Rolling her green eyes, Harry's eyes fell on the luggage rack On a long package next to it, I got an idea.

It had been bought for him by Mary yesterday—even in the excitement and curiosity of this lady, she hadn't lost sight of the longing that flickered across Harry's face when he saw it.

Thinking of yesterday's scene, Harry couldn't help but smirked, making the four people who were discussing in full swing turn their heads, but Harry didn't seem to notice it, and he still kept smirking.

Finally, Draco couldn't stand Harry's expression and raised his hand. "Crack!" Just a click to the head.

"Uh... what are you doing?" Harry looked at Draco sadly while clutching the part that had just been attacked by sneak attack, and he didn't need to think about who hit him. This kid is getting more and more violent now.

Draco raised his eyebrows indifferently, and gave Harry a bright smile with a half-smile, "What are you laughing at? Share it."

Speaking of this, Harry immediately put on a smug expression, "Hey! I'll let you guys see it." After saying that, he got up and took off the package, and the corners of his mouth began to curl up along with the movements. Upturned, making Draco's hand itch.

"Yesterday, Mary bought me a Nimbus 2001!" She tore off the canvas from the package, revealing Shanfa's lustrous broom.

"Brother, you must lend me a ride!" Seeing Nimbus 2001, Ron immediately clung to Harry's side enthusiastically. Although Neville was not good at flying, he also looked at Harry with envy. He wasn't allowed to get off the ground, and he thought it was dangerous enough, but it couldn't quench the love of Quidditch in his heart.Draco was thinking that this year he and Harry both had their own broomsticks and could join the Quidditch team.

Originally Draco thought that if Harry didn't have a broom this year, he would ask his father to buy one for Harry, but that was no longer necessary.Recalling the superb skills Harry showed in that room full of keys last semester, Draco couldn't help but feel confident. In his opinion, this year's Quidditch Cup seems to have become Slytherin's pocket.

And just like that, their conversation quickly shifted from house-elves to Quidditch.Perhaps, Ron and Draco couldn't stand Hermione's roar.

This year is different from last year, so they don't have to take a boat to school. More than 100 carriages were parked on the rough and muddy road, waiting for the students who just got off the train.

"Without a horse-drawn carriage, how does this carriage move?" Seeing the familiar carriage, Harry asked in surprise. After all, he probably wouldn't see Thestrals now, so it seemed reasonable to ask.

Hearing this, Hermione finally stopped obsessing over the house-elf problem and turned her attention to new problems.In the meantime, she smoothed her brown curly hair, and began to explain in a pedantic manner: "According to "A Piece of Hogwarts School History", these carriages were casted by magic, but the specifics were not clearly stated, which is also true. It can be regarded as one of the characteristics of Hogwarts..."

Once this state is opened, there is almost no possibility of stopping.Harry frowned slightly, and secretly looked at the other three who also had bitter faces, as if he had accidentally opened a window while closing a door...

No one dared to speak out, so the group returned to school under Hermione's 'torture'.Fortunately, their luggage was left on the train for the house-elves to send back to their dormitories, so when they got off the carriage, the four of them, except Hermione, went straight to the auditorium on the pretext of their hungry stomachs—not only would they be able to fill their stomachs, Stomach, and most importantly finally getting rid of Hermione's seemingly never-ending narration.

Going down the stairs to the auditorium, there is already a sea of ​​pointed black hats, and the long tables are filled with students who have just arrived, thousands of candles floating in the air make them immature but full of vigor His face was illuminated.At this moment, the auditorium has been magnificently decorated with the red and gold colors that symbolize Gryffindor College - the school opens each year with the flag and logo of the school that won the School Cup last year.

After greeting each other, a group of people sat separately at the long table of their respective colleges at the door, waiting for the branch of this year's freshmen.

As usual, Professor McGonagall appeared in front of everyone holding the dirty sorting hat and placed it on the small three-legged stool in front of the auditorium.Following her movements, a group of freshmen also came out of the small room next to the auditorium and entered the auditorium.Their little faces are mixed with curiosity and fear, just like every student who just arrived at Hogwarts, and among these freshmen, Ginny's flaming hair color and pretty little face Make it easy for everyone to notice her.

"Oh, Ron's little sister, she probably never looked forward to being able to enter Gryffindor so much." Draco glanced at the freshman, turned his head and said to Harry with a big smile.

Harry raised the corners of his mouth and showed a charming smile, "Draco, their house is all Gryffindors, so it's a matter of course to go into Gryffindors."

Hearing the joke in Harry's words, Draco also showed a charming smile. "I'm afraid Neville and Ron are the only ones who can't see what she's thinking."

"Cough." With a fake cough to cover up the laughter that was about to blurt, Harry whispered to Drake, "You don't sound like a qualified Slytherin, dear dragon. But speaking of it, why doesn't Ron I see...it's such an obvious thing."

Passing Harry's ridicule, Draco nodded, feeling sorry for Ron's big nerves, "Could it be because he can't accept his sister falling in love? And Neville, too. I don't know how long that Ginny will have to work hard to make our golden boy understand her heart. This is a huge project!"

While talking happily, suddenly Dumbledore's voice made the two of them stop talking tacitly - the school-opening banquet has already begun.

Looking at those freshmen who were still timid, Harry and Draco had a little bit of anticipation. Who would be assigned to Slytherin this year?