The Bard at Hogwarts

September 1, 1993.

London's King's Cross Station is as crowded as ever.

Ino carried her suitcase, crossed platform nine and three-quarters, and stood quietly next to the train.

Wearing a blue robe, setting off a straight figure, and matching the handsome facial features after taking off the childishness, just standing there is a bit pleasing to the eye.

Next to him was another boy with platinum blond hair. Draco seemed to have grown a lot during the summer vacation, but at the moment his expression was a little depressed.

"Ino, why do we have to stand here and be watched?"

"I'm not just standing there, I'm waiting for someone! But you don't need to be here. Go back to the car and rest."

Although he was answering, Ino kept looking at the entrance of the platform, waiting for Snape.

"Go back to the carriage?" Draco quickly shook his head and said in a sad tone: "I don't want to face Pansy who will go crazy. You really did. You agreed to give her extra classes, but in the end you didn't choose Muggle. Research class.”

Hearing this, Ino turned his head, glanced at Draco who was acting strangely, and explained: "I have not forgotten the agreement, but I have lived in the Muggle world for 12 years, and I know some things without going to class. But you, what do you think? Are you afraid of her?"

"Phew! That's good." Draco breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not that I'm afraid, but I just think she's weird, and there's Daphne too. You don't know, they held a history of magic review course during the summer vacation, and then they wrote to us, asking everyone to go..."

Listening to Draco's narration, Ino felt helpless or unexpected. It seems that the fluttering wings of the Amazon rainforest butterfly have gradually flown to the South Atlantic Ocean.

Just when Draco opened his mouth to say something else, Ino interrupted: "Okay! The person I was waiting for is here. Sorry to excuse you!"

Following his gaze, Draco's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost.

Snape appeared on the platform with an expressionless face and was walking slowly towards the train. Wherever he went, there was no little wizard stopping within a radius of three meters.

In fact, it is no wonder that the little wizards are like this, because although Snape has no expression now, his eyes are not as empty as before, and his hawk-like eyes are looking around.

Suddenly, Snape stopped and his eyes softened slightly when he saw the figure in front of him.

"Are you afraid that I won't be able to catch him?"

"No! I'm afraid you'll kill him in a fit of anger! Professor, this won't work, the Cruciatus Curse will be enough..."

Ino stopped mid-sentence because he felt someone approaching behind him, and then slowly turned his head. Also turning his head was the expressionless Snape.

Draco regretted his behavior extremely at this moment. He should not have stayed, let alone followed him out of curiosity... Listen to what these words are, murder? The Cruciatus Curse?

This made him feel that the world was crazy and everyone was crazy, but the most important thing now was that the two people in front of him were looking at him without saying a word.

"I didn't hear anything, I just passed by..." Draco explained, trailing off.

"Go back! It's none of your business. Just close the door and stay in the compartment. There may be dementors visiting this car."

Looking at Draco who was a little frightened, Ino also persuaded softly.

However, just such kind-hearted persuasion made Draco run back to the carriage as if he was running away, because he had just heard the terrible news that there would be dementors soon...

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Woohoo!

At eleven o'clock at noon, the train left the platform as scheduled.

This weathered train was speeding on the track leading to Hogwarts at a speed of thirty miles.

In a quiet cubicle, Ino and Snape sat opposite each other, neither of them speaking.

And similarly, at the back of this train, there is another compartment.

Ron talked endlessly about his summer vacation experiences, exotic Egypt, shocking pyramids and local legends about the curse of the Pharaoh.

"You don't know what I've been through. I was almost cursed at that time. If I hadn't reacted quickly..."

Ginny sat aside, listening to Ron's third version of the narrative, and lowered her head helplessly. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she would have wanted to take out her wand and hit Ron with it.

However, faced with such a ridiculous story, Harry listened with interest, and even felt a little unfinished. Over the whole summer vacation, he almost went crazy. Even though he knew it was Ron who made up the story, he still cooperated very much.

Seeing his friend giving him face like this, Ron tried his best to use his brain, and the story suddenly became bizarre.

"You don't know that the Pharaoh's coffin is actually empty, and the real Pharaoh has long been resurrected in the pyramid..."

One was speaking enthusiastically and the other was listening enthusiastically. Ron and Harry did not notice the rapid drop in the temperature in the cubicle.

The only ones who noticed the abnormality were Ginny and Hermione. They looked at each other and took out their wands in unison.

In this short time, the entire compartment window had been quietly frozen, and even the floor was covered with a thin layer of frost.

"Bang!"

There was a loud noise, and the compartment door was violently opened from the outside.

The story was interrupted, Ron raised his head angrily, but soon his angry expression froze on his face.

Merlin, he had thought that Malfoy was causing trouble, and he had also thought that it was George and Fred who were playing a prank, but he never thought that one day he would be kicked down by the old bat.

Snape's sudden appearance attracted the attention of everyone in the compartment, and at this moment, a familiar voice came from outside the compartment.

"I'm sorry to bother you! But I will explain something to you later. Now please cooperate with Professor Snape's inspection."

Ino poked his head out and looked at the people in the compartment with an apologetic look. He had to follow this trip anyway, after all, Snape in this state was still not reassuring.

"Scabbers, fly over!"

Ino took the lead without hesitation.

As the voice fell, a fat yellow mouse flew out of Ron's pocket in an instant. It seemed that the mouse did not expect to be targeted. The sudden change made it struggle in mid-air, but it was frozen in mid-air in just a moment.

"Scabbers!" Seeing his pet being caught, Ron was a little excited and wanted to stand up immediately.

"Quickly imprison!"

Ino released magic for the second time to stop Ron who was overly emotional. He followed because he was afraid of this kind of thing in front of him. If it went wrong, Ron would be injured, and then Snape would also face punishment.

"Professor, it's for you!"

Snape took the frozen mouse and turned around without saying a word.

Snape left quickly, but Ino couldn't just leave. Looking at the four people with different expressions, he slowly took out a newspaper from his pocket.

"Give me five minutes, just five minutes, and then you can fight Snape with your wand."

After looking around, Ino's eyes stayed on Ron's face.

But similarly, when he heard about fighting Snape, Ron was like a deflated ball and stopped struggling.

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