Alice's Travels

The plan to go to the Muggle world for the holidays was still not finalized.

Harry is going back to his unpopular aunts - they won't be kind enough to give him money to run around, while Ron is struggling financially and Alice has no money either.

During the year-end banquet, the auditorium was decorated with green and silver that represent Slytherin—they have won the Academy Cup for seven consecutive years, and this year is no exception, because the score has already been calculated——Slater Lin is far ahead.

Alice was sitting quietly on the long table in Slytherin, and Parkinson and Malfoy were talking loudly and triumphantly a few people away.

After a while, Dumbledore also arrived. He gave a set of speeches happily, followed by the award ceremony of the Academy Cup, announcing the specific scores of each academy - Gryffindor, 312 points; Hufflepuff, 352 points points; Ravenclaw, 426 points; Slytherin, 472 points.

There was a thunderous cheer at the Slytherin table, Malfoy laughed happily, and Alice smiled nonchalantly, not paying much attention.

Then something unexpected happened - Dumbledore started to count the Chamber of Secrets, cleared his throat, and said to the crowd, "I have some last points to divide..."

"First - Mr. Ron Weasley...he won the best game of chess at Hogwarts in many years, for which I award Gryffindor House fifty points."

Gryffindor's cheers sounded instantly, Alice slowly retracted the arc of the corner of her mouth, and Malfoy frowned.

"Second—Miss Hermione Granger... She faced the fire and calmly reasoned logically. I will reward Gryffindor House with fifty points."

"Third—Harry Potter...he has shown audacity and courage. For this, I would like to award Gryffindor House sixty points."

The noise from Gryffindor was deafening, and Alice calmly looked at the flushed Ron, Hermione who buried her face, and the smiling Harry.

At this time, Gryffindor's score has caught up with Slytherin - also 472 points.

"Also," Dumbledore said with a smile, raising a hand to signal the crowd to be quiet, "We need superhuman courage to deal with our enemies, but we also need a lot of courage to stand our ground in front of our friends. Therefore , and finally, I would like to reward Miss Alice Altman and Mr. Neville Longbottom with twenty points each."

Neville paled in surprise, and was overwhelmed by the people who rushed up to hug him.God knows, he's never been through anything like this before, he's just trying to stop Harry and the others when they're going out at night!

"This year's House Cup champion will be shared between Slytherin and Gryffindor!" Dumbledore finally announced, he clapped his hands, and half of the hanging ribbons in the auditorium changed from green and silver to bright red and gold.

Malfoy's brows furrowed, and he glanced at Alice in a little surprise, only to find that her face was expressionless.Parkinson looked at Alice with some confusion, his eyes were both disgusted and grateful.

Unlike the cheers of Gryffindor, although the Slytherins were happy, no one surrounded them—perhaps because of Alice's alienated expression.

Alice's eyes were still calm, as if all this had nothing to do with her - it really didn't matter much, did it?At least it didn't bring her any real benefits.

Alice looked up at the guest table—Snape was shaking hands with McGonagall, with an awkward smile on his face that seemed just squeezed out.She looked in the Gryffindor direction again, meeting Harry's gaze - and Harry flashed her a pure, bright smile.

It's unbelievable that she's been here for almost a year.Alice thought, time really flies too fast.

The carnival night was over, and the test results were announced soon—Hermione won the first place in the whole class, and Alice was the second.

As Alice had expected, her Potions grades were dragging her feet - her grades plus final grades weren't outstanding, and she figured she would have guessed this when her grades would never get high. result.Fortunately, Alice felt that her grades were worthy of the support the school gave her, and she could continue to stay here, that's all.

Harry and Ron were a little surprised. They had already guessed that No.1 was either Hermione or Alice, but they didn't expect that the reason for Alice's drop was Snape's Potions.This eccentric professor gave Alice a low score, but made Slytherin lose a No.1. They didn't know whether to be sad for their friends or happy for Gryffindor's first place.

Hermione's reaction was flat. She felt that neither Alice nor her own grades were a problem. Alice's Potions score was not high because she couldn't touch animal specimens-apparently she also noticed this, so she was very concerned about the result. feel normal.

Alice doesn't care about it, what she needs is practical and useful to her, and other things can be ignored.However, the school gave her a surprise at the end - she received a scholarship, although not too much, but not too little.

Alice happily told the three of Harry about this, and made an appointment with them to hang out with them through owl communication during the summer vacation.

As the end-of-term holidays began, students left the campus in droves and the school emptied again.

Alice still mainly hangs around between the library and the dormitory, and sometimes goes to the Forbidden Forest to chat with Hagrid, and of course more importantly - she is looking forward to the day when she goes out.

Alice got the letter of approval from her current guardian - her dean Snape early in the morning, and was just waiting to make an appointment with Harry and the others.

However, to Alice's surprise, she didn't respond to several letters sent to Harry. She sent letters to Hermione and Ron to ask what was going on, but obviously they didn't know either—because their letters were the same. Nothing came to light.

Eventually Ron decided to go straight to Harry - along with his brothers, Hermione was on holiday abroad with her family - which meant, there was no one to go out with Alice.

Alice finally ran out by herself, and wandered the streets of London all day by herself.

She feels that every place is both strange and familiar, as if there is a modern atmosphere to follow, but it is not the style of her world—not China, nor her family.

She returned to Hogwarts in despair, and maintained a calm and somewhat gloomy mood until the start of school soon.

Harry stayed at Ron's house all the time, and he explained to Alice the reason why he didn't reply to the letter - there was a house elf, Dobby, who blocked his correspondence with everyone, and said that Ron's family was very good and the family was very enthusiastic , Ron and he hope to invite Alice to play too.But Alice declined.

She thinks she has discovered that when the crowd gathers together, the more lively and happy it usually means that she is not in a good mood, and she can't help but think about her original life and feel homesick.

Instead of this, it's better to let her stay alone, and her heart will be flat.

When they received the textbook list for the start of the school year, Harry and Ron invited Alice to buy textbooks at the Lichen Bookstore in Diagon Alley again. Hermione would also go. Alice agreed, so they made an appointment to meet there.

When Alice arrived at the door of the bookstore, she was surprised to see a large group of people huddled in front of the door trying to get in—because there was a signing session for Gilderoy Lockhart.It is worth mentioning that Lockhart is their second-year Defense Against the Dark Arts professor - succeeding Quirrell.

Alice saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who seemed to be in good spirits and seemed to be having a good holiday.Ron's family and Hermione's family also came here, but they were already inside the bookstore, so they slipped in together, and on the other side was a long queue waiting for Lockhart to sign books .

Ron's mother was at the front of the line waiting for Lockhart's signature - she was a fan of his books, and Hermione showed a little girlish admiration for the handsome professor.

Harry, Ron, and Alice were standing in the middle of the crowd with books, and suddenly Harry was pulled over by Lockhart - he recognized the famous boy and took a photo with him without authorization, and then shouted at Everyone said, "When young Harry walked into Lichen Bookstore today, he just wanted to buy my autobiography-but he didn't know-he would soon get something more valuable than my book "I Can Be Magical"... Ms. Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure and pride that I announce that this September, I will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"

Listening to Lockhart's narcissistic tone and seeing Harry's awkwardness under his hands, Alice let out a "puchi" laugh, her eyes crooked.This professor's talk is so interesting, she thought, whether it is funny or stupid.

When Harry finally came out with a heavy set of books in his arms, Alice looked at him with a smile, and was about to say something when a voice snatched her away, "You must like this very much, Potter?"

"The famous Harry Potter," Malfoy said harshly at Harry, coming down the stairs, "even entering a bookstore had to be front-page news!"

Harry handed all the books to Ron's sister, Ginny, who stood up to speak, when Ginny said, "Don't talk nonsense, he doesn't want that!"

"Oh, you've got a new girlfriend Potter!" Malfoy drawled.Ginny blushed.

"Did you have a good holiday, Malfoy? The final grades must have been outstanding too?" Alice said to Malfoy with her usual smile.

Malfoy's face darkened.At this time, Ron and Hermione squeezed over with a stack of books. When Ron saw Malfoy, he immediately put on a disgusted expression and said, "Oh, it's you, you must be surprised to see Harry here." Bar?"

"I'm even more surprised that you're in the shop, Weasley," Malfoy said sarcastically. "Your parents are going to be hungry next month to buy these things, aren't they?"

Ron's face flushed immediately, he threw the book aside and was about to rush over, but was held tightly by Harry and Hermione, Alice stepped forward and said, "Malfoy always cares about his classmates so much, you If you can maintain this mentality and ask your classmates for advice, you may be able to achieve better results—what do you think?"

"Never mind, you unwanted, homeless wretch!" Malfoy said angrily, glaring at her.

The word homeless just stung Alice's nerves, and her face immediately turned cold.