Starting Over at Hogwarts

Hogwarts.

The magic school is on vacation.

It's just because a large number of new students will be admitted this year.

The vice-principal, Professor Minerva McGonagall, is simply too busy. Like other professors, she has to help some new parents born in Muggle families explain the existence of magic from time to time.

I have to say that there are simply too many freshmen this year.

But no matter how busy the professors at Hogwarts are, one of them must be more laid-back.

Headmaster of Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore.

Dumbledore is a name familiar to everyone in the entire wizarding world, and has always been recognized by everyone as the greatest contemporary white wizard.

The headmaster's name is often followed by a group of jaw-dropping achievements. Wizards in the wizarding world all grew up with Dumbledore's name.

and.

Dumbledore is also considered the greatest headmaster in the history of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This honor actually makes this old man who is over a hundred years old very fond of it.

Now at this age, there is nothing Dumbledore enjoys more than raising a group of young wizards to grow up.

Now Dumbledore is sitting in his office.

The old man's hair was a little messy, with a pair of small glasses on the bridge of his nose, a long white beard, and a thick magic book with his hands resting on the table.

This is a really learned old man.

There was a cup of warm black tea by the old man's hand, and beside the black tea was a plate of sweet and delicious sponge cake, and a flat spoon was pressed on the plate.

The old man lived a very comfortable life.

There is a birdcage stand above the table, and a fiery red phoenix stands quietly on the stand, shaking its head occasionally.

Dumbledore noticed Phoenix's movement, put down the page in his hand, picked up a spoon, scooped up a small piece of muffin, and handed it to Phoenix, carefully comforting him: "I almost forgot, Fox has to eat breakfast seriously every day. of…"

Phoenix Fox.

This is the partner who has been with Dumbledore all the time. They get along like relatives, and they are also one of the few creatures who can always accompany Dumbledore.

Just as the fire phoenix lowered its head to grab the muffin, its body suddenly froze in place, and it turned its head abruptly as if sensing some crisis!

"Chirp~clang!"

In the past, the phoenix's cry was like fairy music, but at this moment, a chilling sound suddenly came out of its mouth!

This is a signal of imminent danger!

Dumbledore hastily put down the spoon in his hand, rolled up the sleeves of his wide robe, walked to the window of the headmaster's office and looked at the sky.

A chill quietly enveloped Hogwarts in summer.

Filch, the gatekeeper who stayed at Hogwarts, and the house elves underground also felt the sudden change in temperature, as if winter had come to this school half a year earlier.

When Dumbledore walked out of the principal's office, he saw a huge ice bird hovering over the Hogwarts barrier!

Just a body with a wingspan of more than ten meters makes it look like an ancient creature. Its body is composed of abundant and huge magic power and frost crystals, so that people can clearly feel the oppression brought by this giant bird sense!

As a legendary mythical creature, Phoenix Fox was undoubtedly the first to recognize the horror of this giant ice crystal bird. This is undoubtedly a mythical creature!

Dumbledore raised his head to look at the giant ice crystal bird that was hovering, and the old wizard's eyes were still sharp and saw that it seemed to be holding an envelope by the edge of its sharp beak...

so…

Is this a messenger pet?

Dumbledore took off his glasses in a little confusion, reached out to wipe his eye sockets and put them on again: "Well... I'm too old,

Did you read it wrong? "

Um.

That's right.

It's not that he's too old and blind.

It's that this powerful magical creature that can obviously affect the weather was actually used by people to deliver letters. This kind of behavior is a bit too high-profile.

Anyone who sees this scene must think that the person behind the scene is provoking Albus Dumbledore, even Dumbledore himself thinks so.

The old man has a generous personality, so he doesn't care about it at all.

Dumbledore smiled and waved to the ice bird in the sky, casting a spell silently to make his old voice loud and clear: "If you are here to send me a letter, just fly down, here are some more dessert…"

This is the custom of wizards.

Generally, pets have to eat something after delivering the letter.

The ice crystal phoenix soaring in the sky heard the voice of the old man, and its body fell from the sky rapidly, breaking through the barrier of Hogwarts directly!

The huge body of the ice bird floated in the space between the floors of Hogwarts, and as it fell, layers of frost instantly formed on the wall.

The phoenix Fawkes who appeared on Dumbledore's shoulder couldn't help screaming a few times, as if to say hello to the ice bird.

pity…

The character of this ice bird is as cold as ice. It just stretched out its huge head and handed over the envelope it had been holding carefully along the way.

To be honest, sending letters is not a small challenge for it.

Dumbledore got the envelope on tiptoe, the low temperature on it made his fingers tremble uncontrollably, and even the letter had turned into a solid block of ice.

When the old man received the letter, he was still thinking childishly, whether it is necessary to turn on the heater to dry the letter in summer...

"Chirp!"

After seeing Dumbledore reaching out to take the letter, the ice bird didn't stop, and simply flew away from the school with its wings.

"Still a guy with quite a personality..."

Dumbledore glanced down at the envelope, which said to Hogwarts.

This is a letter sent to the school, coupled with the ice bird that appeared before, makes Dumbledore think that this may be an exchange letter sent by some other magic school.

However, when the old man opened the envelope, he didn't quite understand the contents. It wasn't until he saw the signature that he realized that it was a reply letter from a freshman.

have to say.

Fortunately, he signed for it.

If the letter is signed by Professor Minerva McGonagall, there is a high probability that this little guy will be treated as a problem child, because Professor McGonagall values ​​etiquette the most. Take it easy.

[Read it. 】

【By the way, can my pet Anivia be brought into school? It was my birthday present from Mr. Barty Crouch. 】

[Additional: The ice bird that sent the letter is Anivia, and it is a little bit big. Mr. Barty Crouch said that it may not be possible, although it does not need to eat anything. 】

[Sincerely Vincent Wright]

"It looks like a lively little guy..."

After Dumbledore glanced at the contents of the letter, he had already expected in advance that this freshman named Wesson Wright would probably cause a lot of trouble in school.

This kind of thing doesn't matter at all to the old man.

And Dumbledore knew that there were many lively freshmen this year, for example, the twin brothers of the Weasley family would also enter Hogwarts.

The name Vincent Wright came up before.

When Dumbledore remembered where he first heard the name, he picked up the quill pen on the table and began to write a reply to Wesson Wright seriously.

The photo wall in the principal's office.

The Hogwarts headmasters in history seemed to come alive, and asked in a hurry: "Dumbledore, who sent you the letter? We heard from the person hanging outside that the sender Is the person who wrote the letter provoking Hogwarts?"

"No, just a nice and funny little guy."

Dumbledore shook his head with a smile, and continued to write the letter earnestly with the quill pen in his hand, while responding to them in a fluttering voice: "When all the little ones in this class are enrolled, Hogwarts will be better than any previous class." Every year it gets a little more lively…”