Harry thought for a moment, and it did seem to be true.
"I guarantee, if he were in Slytherin, he would really be taught a lesson."
"That's… quite lucky." Hermione responded while looking at the parchment, "I heard he considered going to Slytherin when he was sorted before, but the Sorting Hat politely declined."
"He definitely doesn't belong in Slytherin."
"He wanted to go to Slytherin only because he got news from somewhere that Harry Potter was in Slytherin."
...
...
Harry's face immediately turned as black as Snape's, and he felt a shiver down his spine.
"I hope he knows better…" He shook his head helplessly, then unrolled the parchment to continue his homework. After the homework, there were two Ancient Runes translations to do.
The road is long and arduous!
Saying this, he glanced at Hermione.
"This History of Magic assignment, didn't you say you were going to do it yesterday?" Harry asked her, puzzled.
Hermione sighed helplessly, "Yes, I'm revising it… Last night in the common room was so noisy, I couldn't do my homework at all. Weasley was yelling about his rat being missing, and then he turned the common room upside down."
"I thought that kind of thing only happened to Longbottom…"
...
Days passed, and besides more colds, everything seemed to be getting better.
Halloween was approaching, and Hagrid's pumpkins were smaller than last year. The early drop in temperature had a significant impact on these small pumpkins.
After one visit to Norbert, where he brought a chicken that had been inexplicably bitten to death, Hagrid quietly asked Harry for some tips on enlarging charms.
The next day, everyone noticed the pumpkins next to Hagrid's hut, which were as big as miniature houses.
Although Hagrid wasn't as widely noticed in the school, Hogwarts was small, and the Little Wizards had limited entertainment, so news spread quickly.
Hagrid could only awkwardly explain that he had used a special Unicorn Thestral composite fertilizer to make them grow so large overnight.
To be honest, Hagrid was a terrible liar. Anyone with a brain would know that no fertilizer could make plants grow that big overnight.
Soon, the "truth" spread from Slytherin, and eventually, everyone in the school knew.
Draco Malfoy had pranked Hagrid by deliberately enlarging his pumpkins.
To this, Draco himself responded—"Me??"
Everyone told him not to hide it; everyone already knew. They even praised his excellent use of the enlarging charm.
The Weasley Brothers, on the other hand, said it was a brilliant move. They told Hagrid not to worry, as these could be used to make pumpkin houses or pumpkin carriages, perfect for hosting ghost story tea parties for Halloween.
Dumbledore arranged for a skeleton dance troupe to perform for everyone on Halloween, and Professor Flitwick filled the Great Hall with flying bats.
But Howl was different.
Two days before Halloween, people saw him carrying a dirty ship-in-a-bottle.
Professor Jones had always been seen by the children as a symbol of tidiness and self-discipline. His formal attire and intricate accessories gave people the first impression of an old-fashioned gentleman.
How could he be carrying such a dirty thing?
Subsequently, many curious children followed him all the way to the Black Lake.
Then they saw Professor Jones open the cork and throw the ship-in-a-bottle out.
A huge, ancient three-masted sailing ship, with tattered sails and a hull that seemed to be a patchwork of flesh, wood, and bones, looking as if it had emerged from the land of the undead.
However, very quickly, people discovered—it was true!
They excitedly moved to the other side, only to see the ship's name vaguely carved on the hull.
"The Flying Dutchman"
The Great Squid in the Black Lake suddenly emerged from the bottom of the lake, gripping the ship's hull, putting on a grand show for the Little Wizards.
And after they boarded the ship, they could even hear a magnificent melody, and the skull crew members made by Transfiguration and the sea monster human sailors "enthusiastically" welcomed them.
Halloween is coming—
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