Hogwarts Homecoming

After the boat docked, the hazy skylight that obscured the real Avalon Island began to dissipate.

It was as if someone was using a dry towel to wipe the misty glass, and the mysterious Avalon Prison gradually appeared in front of the young wizards.

As the vision became clear, like the other young wizards, Harry's tightly pursed lips gradually opened, and Beatrice's eyes were filled with deep confusion.

Like a plain without ups and downs, the island was in full view in front of the students of Hogwarts.

On the island, the flat land was divided into square farmlands, and the fields were planted with rice that should not appear in this season.

In the near distance, the green rice ears swayed slightly with the breeze wandering on the island. Groups of birds flew low over the rice fields. After pecking at them in a hurry, they were scared away by the scarecrows standing in the rice fields, which swayed back and forth and made a sound of branches.

The land in the distance was smooth black, as if it had not been cultivated yet.

Harry sniffed, and the fresh air in the air made him feel relaxed and happy!

This. Is Avalon Prison? !

If it weren't for the low, cold, gray, two-story building in the center of the island, Harry almost thought that Professor Brian was taking them out for an outing.

The scenery here is not inferior to St. Catchpole Village where Ron's family lives!

But Professor Brian did not respond to the confused eyes shot at him, but jumped off the boat first, turned around and said, "Get off the boat and line up", and then walked to the shore to wait for him.

Those people were obviously not wizards, and their clothes were quite like the villagers he often saw in Hogsmeade - Harry thought.

But he knew that those people could not be ordinary villagers.

Those people with simple looks and clothes exuded a familiar aura to Harry, but for a moment, he couldn't figure out what it was.

"They are the same as Professor Lahansen--"

Luna's careless words made Harry suddenly wake up.

"They. Oh, they are Professor Lahansen and Loya's people!"

Harry muttered in surprise, and then his heel was kicked hard by Hermione!

One after another, the little wizards re-deployed their teams on the open land on the shore, and then stared at Professor Brian who was communicating with the "natives".

"The theme of this study tour is to visit the prisoners of Avalon Prison for a day--"

After a while, Professor Brian came back and said to them with a smile,

"Remember what I said, keep good order, and do not talk to the prisoners privately without permission, understand?"

The students responded sparsely.

Hermione found Slytherin's Nott in the chaotic crowd, and the expectation in his eyes was about to overflow.

There was no smooth road between the shore and the gray building, so they had to move forward with difficulty through the weed-covered ridges between the farmlands.

Whenever they passed a field, the scarecrows in the field, with black holes for eyes and a crack across the entire face representing the mouth, would slowly turn their bodies as the team moved forward, and make strange and eerie cries like a jackdaw flying over their heads unexpectedly in the foggy night.

Even in this field full of bright sunlight, the sounds made by these scarecrows made Harry sweat coldly on his back!

"These scarecrows are definitely not simple--"

What Neville whispered was exactly what Harry was thinking,

"Don't forget, Professor Lahansen can control plants!"

In addition to the scarecrows, there was something wrong with the blue sky here.

Although Harry couldn't see what was wrong, every time he looked up at the sky for two or three seconds, his scalp would always numb for no reason.

Obviously, the powerful protective magic that enveloped the lake around the island also existed here.

Every visiting wizard wanted to see the internal conditions of Avalon Prison as soon as possible, so the team moved very fast. Half an hour later, the team of several hundred feet long had all arrived under the gray high wall.

Now, in front of them was a large courtyard. The height of the gray courtyard wall was taller than the strongest giant. Moreover, judging from the strange light that flashed from time to time on the rough rock wall, these huge rocks that constructed the wall definitely had some powerful magic in them.

"Ah!"

While Harry was looking at the wall, he was frightened by the scream that came into his ears unexpectedly, and he shivered a few times. Then, the screams came one after another!

Harry looked up at the top of the wall, and while he was surprised, he was also glad for Ron!

An eight-eyed spider as big as an African elephant appeared on the wall at some point.

As if attracted by the delicious flesh and blood, the eight green compound eyes of this hideous eight-eyed spider blinked wildly.

And the two terrifying black pincers kept making a clicking sound, which instantly brought Harry back to the night two years ago when he and Hermione chased Peter who escaped in the Forbidden Forest!

Hiss--

Even the boys who looked more outstanding were gasping for air.

The fear of the little wizards further stimulated the eight-eyed spider. Its six legs behind the wall stretched out one after another, and the sharp mouthparts dripped with fishy saliva flowing down the cold rock wall.

"Go back--"

Amosta, who was at the front of the team, stopped and glanced back casually, but the eight-eyed spider was hit hard!

Bang!

The huge eight-eyed spider screamed miserably, its limbs lost strength, and fell heavily to the ground behind the wall!

Nott, whose mood had been gradually getting better along the way, suddenly turned pale and even shook after seeing the eight-eyed spider.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look first--"

Brays patted Theodore's shoulder, who was like a bereaved mother, and sighed.

"Restrain your behavior and don't anger the guardians of this prison--"

After walking along the circular wall for another distance, Amosta stopped again and turned back and said calmly.

The guardian of the prison--

No one doubted the identity of the guardian of the prison.

Going further ahead, there was a sparse oak forest.

As soon as they entered the forest, many young wizards immediately shivered.

The bright sunshine shone through the complicated branches and leaves, forming swaying light and shadows on the ground, and the grass was green and clean.

But even such a clean and tidy forest was filled with a chill.

Harry tried his best to stay away from the trees in the forest. Every blade of grass and every tree here made him feel dangerous.

Professor Brian continued to move forward and led them to a hanging door in the forest. Here, the little wizards saw eight-eyed spiders again.

This time there were more than twenty of them.

These spiders were slightly smaller than the one they had just seen, and each spider exuded an anxious breath.

However, after seeing Professor Brian, these spiders behaved very honestly. Two of them immediately used their feet to operate a primitive winch device and lowered the hanging door.

And when they entered the gate, the gate was immediately closed again.

"This is simply..."

The scene before her made Qiu Zhang of Ravenclaw tremble all over. Tears welled up in her eyes and she curled up in Cedric's arms, but Cedric just hugged her tightly and couldn't say a word of comfort.

Harry's mouth twitched. Now, he didn't have to wonder where the eight-eyed spider tribe that used to be rampant in the Forbidden Forest had gone!

Hundreds of eight-eyed spiders were wandering in the sand between the wall and the pentagonal building. When thousands of green compound eyes cast hungry eyes at them, many people collapsed directly, and most of the people standing couldn't walk!

"They--"

One of Ginny's roommates squatted on the ground, covered her head and cried, blurting out words,

"I--we don't eat--"

"Don't worry, Miss Audrey--"

Professor Brian waved his hand like a chicken, chasing the nearby eight-eyed spiders away,

"Generally speaking, they are not allowed to eat people." (End of this chapter)