69novels Chapter 111, Thestrals
Chapter 111, Thestrals
Chapter 111 Thestral
"Your position is still there." Luna raised her head from behind the "Quicker" magazine and said.
Ann smiled at Luna, "Thank you, Luna." Then she greeted Ginny who was sitting next to Luna and Harry who was sitting opposite Ginny, and sat down with her back straight. .Hermione put all the snacks in her hand on the table, and then sat down next to Ann.
Harry asked Ann about the condition of her arm when Ann entered the door, and Ann briefly stated the cause of her arm injury, without saying anything else.
In this way, there were six people sitting in the carriage, Harry, Hermione, and Ann sat on one side, and Ron, Ginny, and Luna sat on the other side.
"Um... so what's up with prefects?" Harry asked.
"Well, every fifth year in each college has two prefects, a boy and a girl," said Ron.
"What about the other houses?" Harry asked.
"Hufflepuff's Ernie MacMillan and Hannah Abbott," said Hermione quickly, "Slytherin's Ann and Malfoy, Ravenclaw's Anthony Goldstein and Pad Mapetil."
"You went to the Christmas ball with Padma Patil," said a muffled voice, and Luna's eyes were fixed on Ron unblinking from above the Quibbler.
"Yeah, I know," said Ron, looking surprised.
"But she wasn't having a good time," Luna said to him. "She thinks you're not being nice to her because you won't dance with her. I don't think I care," she said thoughtfully. He added, "I don't like dancing very much."
She shrunk back to the Quibbler again.Ron stared blankly at the cover of the magazine with his mouth open, unable to recover for a few seconds, then turned to Ginny, hoping for some explanation.But Ginny put her fingers over her mouth to keep herself from giggling.Ron shook his head, completely bewildered, and looked at his watch.
"We should walk the aisles once in a while," he said to Harry and Ginny. "If someone's doing something bad, we can punish them. I'd like to catch Crabbe and Goyle right away."
"You shouldn't be abusing your position, Ron!" said Hermione sternly.
"Yeah, that's right, because Malfoy would never abuse his power," said Ron sarcastically.
"So you're trying to bring yourself down to his level?" said Hermione.
"No, I'm just going to make sure I show my friends some seriousness before he bullies them. I'm going to make Goyle write sentences, it'll kill him, he hates writing." Ron happy to say.
He lowered his voice, imitating Goyer's hoarse voice, wrinkled his face into a ball, seemed to be concentrating in pain, and pretended to write in the air: "I?? No?? Can?? Like?? Baboons ?? Baboons?? Of?? Fart?? Shares.”
Ron learned so vividly that almost everyone in the car laughed, including Ann, who had just picked up a pumpkin pie and stopped before putting it in her mouth.
But no one laughed as hard as Luna Lovegood.She let out such a high-pitched laugh that the magazine fell from her hand and slid down her lap onto the floor.
Harry picked up the magazine from the floor and flipped through it with a look of surprise.
"Is there anything nice in it?" Ron asked as Harry closed the magazine.
"Of course not," said Hermione tartly, before Harry could reply, "The Quibbler is a piece of rubbish..."
"Cough... Hermione, here's the pumpkin pie for you..." Ann interrupted Hermione, and lifted the pumpkin pie to Hermione's mouth.
Hermione took the pumpkin pie and looked at Ann suspiciously.
“I think The Quibbler is a completely different type of magazine than most magazines and newspapers, and it might be a bit weird for someone who hasn’t seen it before, right, Harry?” Ann said.
"Well, I really haven't seen a similar style before." Harry said.
"Thank you," Luna said, her voice suddenly less trance-like. "My father is a magazine editor. He must be very happy to hear such a comment."
"I want to ask," Harry said, handing the magazine to Luna, "did he write those two stories about Sirius and Fudge?"
Luna took the magazine from Harry and shook her head, "No, most of the reports are written by others and sent by owl, and then published."
Then they stopped discussing the prefects and the magazine. Harry, Ron, and Ginny chatted about Quidditch, and Luna continued to read the magazine in silence.Both Ann and Hermione took out a book and read it.
The train continued to travel north, and the weather was still changing.Raindrops beat intermittently against the window, and then the sun lolled out, only to be covered by clouds soon after.As night fell, the lights in the carriage came on, and Luna rolled up "Singing and Turning", carefully put it in her schoolbag, then turned her face and stared intently at everyone in the compartment.
Ann looked out the window. It was a moonless night, and the rain-soaked car windows were dirty.
"We've got to change," said Hermione at last, and all but Ann scrambled to unpack the suitcases and put on school gowns.Hermione and Ron also carefully wore the prefect badge on their chests.
Finally, the train slowed down slowly, and they heard a commotion all around them.
"Ann, are you going to supervise the order?" Hermione asked worriedly.
"Forget it, I won't go, anyway, there are still about 20 prefects." An frowned and looked at the crowded people outside the box.She subconsciously touched the wound on her abdomen. The wound there just stopped bleeding last night, while the wound on her arm stopped bleeding only in the early morning. Aaron and Dinah originally disagreed to let Ann come to school today, and Ann promised again and again. The two nodded.
But the two of them still wrote a letter to Mo Mo and sent it to Dumbledore, and made An promise that they would go to the school hospital every day.
When the people in the carriage were almost gone, An walked out of the box, walked through the aisle, and came to the platform.There were not many people on the platform. Luna carried the piggy, Harry carried Hedwig, and Ginny hugged Crookshanks.
Ann reminded several people that they could leave first, but all three refused to do so.
On the dark, rain-washed street outside Hogsmeade Station, there were about a hundred carriages parked.
As soon as the three of them appeared, Ron and Hermione walked towards them, among whom Hermione looked annoyed.
"Malfoy treated a first-year student there just now. I swear I will sue him. He hasn't worn the badge for less than three minutes, and he uses it to bully people even more? Where's Crookshanks?"
"It's not the first day you know that he is that kind of person." An shrugged and said.
Ginny handed Crookshanks to Hermione, and Luna handed Piglet to Ron.
"Okay, let's go find an empty carriage," said Ron.
Several people approached an empty carriage, but Harry stopped in the middle of the journey. He pointed to the front of the carriage, "Wait, look, what are those things? Those horses that pull the carriage? Has Gervoz stopped using magic to pull the carriage?"
Hermione, Ron, and Ginny all looked at Harry in confusion.
"What?" said Ron. "There's nothing in front of the carriage, just like before..."
"But? There is obviously a strange horse with wings! Could it be, can't you all see them?" Harry was very surprised.
At this time Ron showed a very surprised expression, "There is nothing wrong with you, Harry?"
"I??"
"It's all right," said a trance-like voice as Harry faltered, "you won't go crazy or anything. I can see them too."
"Really?" Harry asked urgently, turning to look at Luna.He could see the bat-winged horses reflected in her large silver eyes.
"Yeah," said Luna, "I've seen them since the first day I've been here. They've been pulling the wagon. Don't worry, you're as clear-headed as I am."
But Hermione, Ron, and Ginny all looked skeptical. They obviously didn't believe that this was a simple matter.
Ann stood next to Hermione, stretched out her hand to tease Crookshanks, and gently scratched its chin. After Crookshanks woke up in the carriage, she always wanted to crawl on Anne, and she had done this many times before. , but Hermione stopped Crookshanks, so it made a fuss once and then stopped.
Crookshanks stuck out his tongue and licked Ann's hand again, and Ann giggled twice.
"Ann..." Hermione yelled helplessly.
"Cough..." Ann retracted her hand, "Don't worry, Luna is right. The carriage is pulled by thestrals, a very special magical protected animal. There are not many in the whole of England. Hogwarts can have them." So many are rare. Can I get in the car now?"
Harry, Ron, and Ginny were all relieved.Several people began to climb into the car.
But Hermione became excited, "Ann, you mean the Thestral that was mentioned in the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? Where is it? What does it look like?"
Hermione was always like this, enthusiastic about new knowledge.Ann stopped Hermione, who was about to run towards the carriage, "Hey! You're going off track!"
"You can't see them even when you stand in front of them, you know, wizards can only see them under certain circumstances," Ann said.
Hermione nodded slightly disappointed, "I know, but I still really want to know what they look like. I've always wanted to meet the animals mentioned in the book since I read "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
Ann looked at Hermione, paused, and said, "Okay, I see. You give Crookshanks to Ginny."
Hermione handed Crookshanks to Ginny who was already in the carriage with a puzzled look on her face.
"Follow me, move gently later." Ann said, taking Hermione's hand, walked up to the Thestrals, held Hermione's hand and gently placed it on the Thestrals' neck.
"Although you can't let you look at it, you can still touch it." Ann said, "This is its neck. Thestrals in Hogwarts school are all trained, so they won't attack people, but If it is a wild thestral, you can get close to it, and touching it is the least dangerous place, this is a way of expressing intimacy to the thestral, when two thestrals are together, they will rub each other's necks."
Hermione looked at the empty space in front of her, but the hand being held actually touched the real thing, it felt hard and cold to the touch.
"Thestral's head looks like a dragon's head, its body is like a horse, it has a pair of bat-like wings, its eyes are silver-white, without pupils. It looks a bit scary, but you should know from the book that its sense of direction is surprisingly good , as long as you tell them the destination, no matter where you are, you will be sent to the place you want to go." An described to Hermione bit by bit, "Here are the wings. In fact, the flying speed and ability of thestrals are not bad. .”
When An pulled Hermione up to the head of the Thestral, the Thestral stuck out its tongue and licked Hermione's cheek, which scared Hermione back a step.
"Haha, don't be afraid, it just licked you, which is to show that it likes you." Ann laughed, let go of Hermione's hand, and Ann took out a handkerchief from her pocket, "But still put your face Wipe the drool on your face."
After Hermione finished wiping her drool, An asked, "Can I get in the car now?"
Hermione nodded with her eyes wide open. In fact, the moment Anla passed Hermione's hand and walked towards the Thestrals, Hermione's eyes were hot and bright, but in the dim light and the darkness of the night, An Didn't notice.
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