From Azkaban To Hogwarts

When a person is busy, life always flies by.

Making plans, obtaining the original topics from previous years through various channels and sorting them out, buying new books, practicing magic - a lot of things fell into place, almost completely scheduling William's time.

Interspersed with Hagrid's two drinks at the bar, a month of preparation time passed by in a blink of an eye.

During this period, William looked for a house several times, but failed to find a suitable one - the fireplace connected to Hogwarts will be closely monitored, and most people are not very willing to do so.

Fortunately, the school sent a letter saying that a lounge will be prepared in the professor's office. Although it is not big, it can still be used for temporary transition.

Seeing that there was not enough time, William simply gave up his plan to find a house and planned to settle down at the school for the time being before considering renting a house off campus.

On the last day of August, William completely gave up his plans and had a good drink with everyone in the bar. Then he woke up on time at eight o'clock the next day, said goodbye to his friends with a smile, and settled matters with Lao Tang. Good housing prices.

"Finally willing to come out of your little room?"

"If you are willing to sell it, I am not reluctant to buy it."

"Go, go, sell it. I feel like I can't do it anymore. No one can even think about setting up a bar until I can hold a glass."

"Why not wait seventy or eighty years? I will definitely consider it after I retire from Hogwarts."

"Return - ok, stay safe at Hogwarts, remember to come over for a drink during the holidays."

"Okay, see you later then?" William ignored the swallowed half of the previous sentence, waved to Old Tom, and walked out of the Leaky Cauldron.

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It was a completely novel experience to use Muggle currency again. The British pound did not bring much familiarity to William.

There was no wireless or mobile phone. People on the subway were carrying books, and the journey was extremely boring. William had just left the magical society and missed it.

Finally arriving at King's Cross Station, William got off the subway as quickly as possible and walked into the station.

Yes, although it was a bit embarrassing, William still shamelessly asked the school for a ticket.

There was no other way. Although he had mastered the Apparition, considering the curse on his body, William would never use the unskilled Apparition from such a long distance.

Although the Floo fan was quite fast, after his last trip to Hogsmeade, he decided not to use this method of travel, which was worse than the Knight Bus, if he had the option.

The Hogwarts Express was free of charge, comfortable, and highly safe. Apart from being slower, William really couldn't think of any excuse not to take the train.

Pulling the box and humming a song, William began to look for the platform.

"Ninth, tenth, this way."

After noticing that no one was paying attention around him, William quickly hit the wall.

He closed his eyes subconsciously, and when he opened them again, a brand new sky appeared in front of William.

A dark red steam locomotive was parked next to the empty platform, and the sign hung on the train read: Hogwarts Express, eleven o'clock.

"Is this the Hogwarts Express? It's not much different from an ordinary train."

After taking a general look and coming to a conclusion, William walked directly towards the end of the train.

He came a little early, and he didn't sleep well after drinking yesterday. In theory, the back of the car would stay quiet for a longer time, so he took this opportunity to lie down for a while.

Taking off his hat and covering his eyes, William leaned on the chair and fell asleep directly. During this period, he heard some crowd noise, but William simply ignored it until an anxious voice came to his ears.

"Wake up, Professor, wake up."

Who is the professor? Don't bother me. I drank too much yesterday and I still had a headache when I woke up.

William waved his hand angrily.

The voice paused for a moment, and then William felt a small hand push his arm tentatively.

"professor?"

professor? Who is the professor - oh, yes, I am.

He shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the darkness in his eyes, and then he remembered that he seemed to have put a hat on his face.

Stretching out a hand and taking off the hat, the dazzling light made William close his eyes again.

Blocking the light slightly with his hat, he noticed that it was two junior students who were trying to wake him up.

One has brown hair and the other has red hair, both of them have anxious looks on their faces.

"What, are you in trouble?"

William remembered his responsibilities as a professor and asked patiently without any anger.

There was a high probability that something was missing, or there was a fight between students in the car, William speculated.

"My friend (my brother) didn't make it in time."

Didn't catch the bus? Missed the train?

"Don't worry, tell me slowly. You guys didn't come together. How can you be sure that they didn't get on the train? Have you confirmed that they are not in another carriage or are they just playing a prank with you?"

William's series of questions stunned the red-haired girl, and she was so anxious that she didn't even know how to express herself.

On the contrary, the other one has basic logic.

"I got on the train early, but she -" the brown-haired girl pointed at the other party, "their family came a little late, so they almost missed the time to enter the station, but my two friends were left behind. The last one didn’t come in through the passage until the train started moving.”

"Did you notify the school with an owl?"

"Before I had time, I asked the conductor. He said that a professor was behind the train today, so I ran to find you."

"First notify the school with an owl and tell Professor McGonagall that two new students are delayed in getting on the bus. I will go to the station to see what happened."

William put on his hat and stood up.

Apparition was prohibited on the Hogwarts Express. He had to communicate with the conductor to let the train stop temporarily, then return to the platform and go through the wall to see what happened to the two people who missed the train.

"Wait, professor, can you take me with you?"

"You go use the owl to deliver the letter, and I will take care of the matter of those two students."

William rejected the other party. If he didn't have an owl and there was nowhere to rent one on the train, he would have wanted to do the letter delivery himself.

Rejecting the oil bottle, William strode directly towards the front of the train.

But when William got off the train and watched the Hogwarts Express leave, and was about to apparate, the girl from before appeared running.

"Sorry, professor, I told the conductor that you promised to take me to my friends. I'm sorry, I'm really worried about them."

The brown-haired girl said with an apologetic smile.

He looks quite cute and his smile is very innocent.

But nothing seemed right about William.

The two slightly larger front teeth gradually turned into a word under this smile.

trouble.

William suddenly felt a little worried about his future teaching experience.