Magical Studies at Hogwarts

When Harry and Dumbledore appeared again, they were in front of a large carved iron door. The iron door looked a little old, and the yellow carvings were a little faded, but it was very clean, and the green carvings crawling on the walls on both sides

Planting together can actually give people a very comfortable and warm feeling.

The iron gate was open, and when they walked in, they found a large, carefully manicured lawn, and a clean and tidy garden road leading directly to a building inside. Looking at the two sides of the building, there were two places full of various amusement parks.

There is a playground in the facility, but no one is playing in it now.

After walking to the front of the building, Harry knew exactly where this place was from a sign next to the door:

St Mary's Home, Gloucestershire.

"This is the orphanage where Ike was born." Dumbledore said softly.

"We are here..." Before Harry could finish speaking, he saw the door of the building being opened from the inside, and a woman who looked kind-hearted came out. Behind her, there were three or four other people who looked like they were...

But children aged seven or eight followed closely behind.

"Mother Julianne, can you bring me a lollipop?"

"Mom Julianne, can I have a new comic book?"

"Mother Julian, can I..."

The children's faces were full of expectations, waving their hands, wanting to hand over the wrinkled coin in their hands to Julianne.

Julianne squinted her eyes and took the money from the children with a smile. Harry looked at it and found that it was not much, and it probably only added up to a few pounds. If you want to use this to buy the things the children want, you must

Not enough.

"Okay, okay, I will bring it back for you." Julianne solemnly put the money into her pocket, smiled and rubbed the children's heads, and said, "Go back now, or Aunt Lorna will be angry."

"Okay! Julianne's mother... don't forget it!" the little cubs responded in unison, and if they were a little naughty, they didn't forget to remind them. In response, Julianne deliberately looked angry and said with a swollen face.

: "When did I forget? You little guys, disappear from my eyes!"

"Ahhh! Julianne's mother is angry, run away, run away..."

The children ran away yelling, but Julianne stood at the door and watched them until they all went back, then she adjusted her coat a little, closed the door and walked out.

"Let's follow." Dumbledore took Harry's arm, followed closely behind Julianne, and got into a car that was about 90% new with her.

"Clutch, brake, accelerator... accelerator, clutch, brake..." Julianne started to mutter after getting in the car, and then turned the key. After stalling twice, the car finally drove out of the orphanage smoothly, along the

We drove along the road into the city and finally stopped outside a supermarket.

Harry, who was sitting in the back row, saw Julianne take out a small book from her bag and open it. It was filled with names. She took out a pen and wrote after the name.

Chocolates, lollipops, comic books, headbands, and hairpins were written after each name. After writing after the last name, she looked at both sides again before putting the pen back in the bag.

Then, Julianne took out her wallet, put the crumpled bills in her pocket, and started counting.

"There are already so many..." Julian said to herself, "These children..." She shook her head slightly, but kept a smile on her face. She put her wallet back into her bag and opened it.

After opening the car door, I walked into the supermarket.

"Sir, this..." Harry was a little confused as to why this memory started with this. He looked at Dumbledore, who looked calm next to him, to get an answer.

"Go on, Harry." Dumbledore shook his head slightly and closed his eyes. Harry had no choice but to continue waiting.

It was still daytime when I left the orphanage, but when Julianne came back with a cart full of things, the sun was almost setting.

Julianne opened the trunk of the car and put everything in the cart into it. Harry took a look and saw that they were all the things written in the notebook, and most of them were candies.

Next, they followed Julianne to the bookstore and clothing store. This time it was much faster, but they also packed the trunk to the full. When Julianne drove back, the stars in the sky were bright.

.

"It's so late..." Julianne glanced at the sky and sighed. Then she got in the car and repeated "Accelerator, brake, clutch" again, but this time it didn't turn off the engine and started moving smoothly.

The speed of the car was not very fast, and Julianne drove very steadily. Although she was startled every time a car passed by, there was no such thing as turning the steering wheel in panic.

Harry looked out the window boredly, but there was only the dark woods. At this time, Dumbledore suddenly patted him on the shoulder, pointed ahead, and said softly: "Be careful, don't blink!"

I quickly turned my attention to the front, but I could only see the road illuminated by the car lights. Other than that, there was nothing else.

"boom!"

Just as he was about to ask, he heard a deafening thunder, a sudden light flashed in front of him, and lightning suddenly flashed across the sky in the distance. The next second, heavy rain fell.

Julianne turned on the windshield wipers in a panic and slowed down the car. Apparently she was nervous about driving in the rain.

"Wasn't it sunny just now, sir, why did it suddenly rain?" Harry couldn't help it, and still asked. Dumbledore didn't give him an answer, but just said: "Patience, Harry,

Keep reading..."

Gradually, Harry also discovered that something was wrong. Even if Julian slowed down, the road was still too long. When he came out before, it only took half an hour to reach the supermarket. Now it is almost

It's been more than an hour, why haven't you returned to the orphanage yet?

Julianne had obviously noticed this as well. There was visible nervousness on her face, she was muttering prayers in a low voice, and her eyes were always staring at the road ahead.

Suddenly! A dazzling lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the dark woods on both sides of the road. Julianne let out a scream, then slammed on the brakes, looking ahead with a horrified face.

The sudden braking did not cause Harry's body to lean forward unconsciously, but his face showed panic and confusion that was far more serious than Julianne's. Before she could react, Julianne in the front row suddenly

He opened the car door and ran forward. He bent down and then stood up. There was already a sleeping baby wrapped in swaddling clothes in his arms.

The swaddling clothes were very clean, and there was a name that Ike was very familiar with embroidered with gold thread on it:

Ike Strider!