Hogwarts Homecoming

"Harry. You slept like this all night, Harry!"

The darkness in front of him quickly dissipated in waves of shaking, and Harry tried hard to open his hazy sleepy eyes to adapt to the blinding pale sunlight outside the window.

"Uh-"

The slightest movement made Harry's body feel like it was falling apart. Moreover, the blockage in his nose also made Harry feel very uncomfortable.

"What. Ron?"

It was as if a large vat of retardant had been poured into his body, and his dull thoughts wandered through his rigid nerves.

It took a long time for the instructions sent from the brain to the limbs to be responded to. Harry struggled to support his body on his elbows and tried to sit up from the bed.

Ron couldn't stand the successive failures. He leaned down and helped Harry sit up.

"You just slept like this all night, brother?"

Ron frowned deeply and looked worriedly at Harry, who was rubbing his cheeks with his palms.

"I was thinking about something and didn't notice-"

Harry muttered, his voice sounding muffled by the cold.

"I didn't say that, brother-"

Ron looked even more worried;

"If you really care about why Remus and Sirius kept the wedding a secret, you can write a letter and ask-"

"Write and ask."

Harry struggled to understand what Ron meant. After a while, he responded slowly,

"That's not what I'm thinking about, forget it, Ron. Remus usually has many things to do, and now he has to worry about his wedding. Sirius is now responsible for protecting the Minister of Magic. I don't want to disturb them with such a trivial matter-"

trivial matter

Ron curled his lips. In his opinion, this was really no big deal, but judging from Harry's reaction, he seemed to be a bit serious.

"If you confirm that you can still attend class, we'd better get down quickly, Harry. There's still time to deal with the hot mouth."

"You're right, Ron, going to Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class on an empty stomach is not a good choice -"

Harry let out a heavy breath and staggered to his feet.

hiss!

The moment he stood up, Harry felt a sharp headache that made Harry's face twist uncontrollably, and he subconsciously covered his forehead!

His appearance shocked Ron, and his years of 'rich experience' allowed Ron to make an immediate judgment.

"Your scar hurts again, Harry!"

Ron stared at the scar covered by Harry in horror. Just when he was hesitating whether to inform anyone, Harry, who was frowning, shook his head like Luna usually warded off harassing flies.

"Oh, I guess not-"

Harry patted his forehead, feeling a little confused himself.

"I don't think it's the scar that hurts, Ron, but oh, I probably caught a cold last night and my head hurts, phew"

The sudden stinging pain caused Harry to regain consciousness quickly. He took a deep breath of the cold morning air and exhaled it slowly.

"Give me two minutes, Ron. I have to wash my face and brush my teeth first-"

Ron said nothing, just shrugged.

As they went downstairs, they already met many students climbing the stairs to find their classrooms.

The two of them ran very fast, and in the breeze blowing in front of them, the fatigue of not sleeping well last night quickly dissipated. By the time he jumped from the stairs into the foyer, except for his still slightly stuffy nose, Harry no longer felt anything was wrong with him.

"What's going on? What's the big news?"

There were at least dozens of students blocked in front of the notice board in the foyer. A second-year boy who got up late like them came downstairs and saw the lively scene in front of the notice board. He rushed over like the wind and struck Ron hard on the shoulder. A hard hit.

"Hey, be careful, little bastard, or I'll deduct points from you!"

Ron shouted angrily.

"Oh, prefect, that's right, I almost forgot about this!"

Fred and George, who were emerging from the inner circle of the crowd, heard Ron shouting. Fred said with a smile. He and George walked over quickly and put their arms around Ron's neck.

"Come and sign us up, dear Miss Ronnie, Prefect Know-it-all, it's already full!"

Harry glanced subconsciously into the auditorium, and then noticed that there was indeed another group of people surrounding Hermione.

"Sign up?"

Ron tried hard to break free from the clutches of his two brothers, but Fred and George held him tightly, giving him no room to escape.

After struggling for a while, Ron could only give up and asked helplessly,

"What name do you want to sign up for?"

"Oh, of course it's a study activity, dear little Ronnie!"

George said with a smile,

“The announcement says that the school will organize a special study activity this Saturday.

The event has been approved by the Headmaster of Hogwarts and the Minister of Magic. Students in fourth grade and above can register with the prefect of their college. The prefect will hand over the list to the dean of each house. After the dean has reviewed it and it is correct, Bray will Professor En will lead students to participate in research activities. "

Ron was a little confused when he heard this, and he asked calmly,

"Study activities. What exactly are you going to do?"

"Visit Avalon Prison!"

Harry suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the surprised Ron. There was excitement in his voice,

"Have you forgotten, Ron, Hermione told us this, on the first night of term!"

Ron blinked, remembering this.

"Are you crazy?"

But when he came back to his senses, he didn't show the same excitement as Harry.

"Visiting the prison. I can't figure out what's so fun about it. Maybe there are Dementors there!"

"Don't be silly, kid--"

Fred rubbed Ron's hair and said unhappily,

"The Daily Prophet said that the Ministry of Magic has decided not to use Dementors to guard Avalon Prison. They have other precautions, and we will be the first to see it!"

Ron had no room for rebuttal, because the students who had read the announcement had surrounded him, and many of them were clamoring to sign up.

Ron had no choice but to take out the luxurious feather pen and a blank parchment given by the goblin from his schoolbag and register everyone.

Only Professor Brian could think of such a wonderful idea to let students visit Avalon Prison.

The students were no longer surprised by Professor Brian's ability to create topics.

In the next two days, the hottest topic at Hogwarts was undoubtedly the study tour.

Among the topics surrounding the study tour, the most popular ones are how they will get to Avalon Prison, where this mysterious new magic prison is located, and what kind of defense measures Avalon Prison has.

"Like Azkaban, it is an island suspended in the open sea!"

During the Transfiguration class on Thursday, while Professor McGonagall was writing on the blackboard, Ernie from Hufflepuff swore to the people around him,

"Think about the name of this prison, Avalon is an island in mythology!"

"Bet a Galleon, it will never be like what you said--"

Seamus suppressed his voice and said confidently,

"My father told me the myths about this island. Ladies and gentlemen, maybe you don't know that Avalon is an island in the middle of a lake. It is definitely not in the open sea!"

Harry was about to intervene in this topic when his feet under the table were hit hard by Ron!

Professor McGonagall on the podium turned her head at some point and was staring at Seamus coldly.

Seamus successfully won himself a chance to be detained, but fortunately Professor McGonagall was very considerate and arranged detention for Seamus on Sunday, so that he would at least not miss this rare study.

"What, Malfoy is not going to participate in the study?"

On Thursday night, a piece of gossip came, which surprised Harry. (End of this chapter)