The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Tom saw the red steam train again.

This time, the Ministry of Magic specially dispatched two cars to take the Weasley family, Harry, Tom, and Hermione to King's Cross Station.

"Get in the car," Tom stood outside the carriage door and motioned for Hermione to follow him. However, Hermione did not move, but pointed not far away. Tom looked along her fingertips and found that Percy was chatting with a girl with curly hair - she was Tom and Hermione's senior sister in the same college, named Penello. When chatting with her, Percy's badge gleamed on his chest.

"I didn't expect Percy to fall in love."

"The two of them got into it last year."

Hermione covered her mouth and laughed, and then walked onto the train after watching the show.

At this time, most of the carriages were already full. Tom was about to share a carriage with Fred and Jordan, but Harry caught up with him from behind, hoping to talk to him and Hermione in private.

Since they wanted to talk about something, they could only find an empty compartment. Harry took Ron with him and looked around in the aisle, but all the carriages on the train were full of people. They searched around but found nothing. They just met and took Neville Longbottom with them.

Finally, they chose the carriage at the end of the train, where there was only one sleeping adult.

It's rare to see adults on the Hogwarts Express. Because this was a special train for students, Tom had not seen any other adults on the train except the train driver and the witch selling food.

Perhaps it was for this reason that no one chose to sit in the last carriage. You know, some people like to sit in the last carriage. The end of a train or subway is a good place. It's quiet, away from strangers, and it's not too crowded when you get off.

After entering the car, Tom and the others realized that the stranger might not be in good condition. He looked tired and sick, and the robe he was wearing was in tatters. Although he had washed it very clean, there were traces of repairs in several places. Judging from his appearance, he is not too old, but his light brown hair is already a bit gray.

"He is..." Ron asked in a low voice.

Tom didn't speak, but pointed to the luggage rack above the man's head. There was a tattered suitcase on the rack with the words "R.J. Lupine" printed on the corner.

"This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Harry read out his name softly, "I hope this professor will not cause trouble again."

After Harry said Lupin's name, the bulge in Ron's pocket suddenly trembled, and Scabbers inside pushed hard into the depths of the pocket.

Ron snorted coldly, "I think the curse of the mysterious man is real. Our first-year professor was possessed by the mysterious man. Our second-year professor was a liar and was replaced by the victim's family. I don't know what this year will be like." What secrets does the professor hide?"

Several people present were silent.

Lupine:......

As a werewolf who has been wandering around since childhood, Lupine is very alert. To be exaggerated, he even sleeps with one eye closed, and the noises made by several people coming in have already woken him up. , it’s just that he has been pretending to sleep to avoid embarrassment.

Hearing the words of the young wizards, he couldn't help but feel speechless: these people had almost broken his biggest secret by accident.

Lupine is a very good wizard, but he also has another identity: a werewolf. This identity made him discriminated against, and he was unable to work anywhere for a long time, because he would transform every full moon night and make a lot of noise, which was difficult to hide from other people. If Dumbledore hadn't arranged a job for him, Lupine really didn't know what he would have done.

The direct reason for Dumbledore to lend a helping hand was the invention of Wolfsbane Potion.

Harry and the others discussed for a while and then sat down at the seat furthest away from Lupin.

After everyone sat down, Harry told several people what he had heard accidentally last night and what Mr. Weasley had just said to him before getting in the car. Everyone who heard this was stunned: no one expected that Sirius was actually coming for Harry.

This was a good chat topic, and several people started chatting about it, ranging from Blake to Azkaban, and from Azkaban to the two wizarding wars. During this period, the birthday gift Harry received during the summer vacation - a looking glass given to him by Ron - was still ringing, and Ron planned to take it to Hogsmeade for repairs. So the topic naturally turned to Hogsmeade.

By noon, several people were getting a little hungry after chatting, so Tom urged Ron to contribute the pastrami sandwiches in his bag, and then showed them how to use the Flame Curse: heating food.

The grilled sandwich tastes even better. The aroma of the beef is stimulated, and the solidified sauce between the texture becomes liquid. Combined with the crispy bread slices baked on the outside, it is plump, juicy and delicious. Charred on the outside and tender on the inside. What's even better is that Mrs. Weasley didn't put fresh vegetable leaves in the sandwich. She chose pickled cucumbers and sauerkraut. Such vegetables would not be ruined after being heated, but could also use their sour taste to enhance the taste. Get rid of greasiness.

"Huh-huh-" Ron swallowed a big mouthful of sandwich, and his mouth was boiling with steam, "Why didn't I find these sandwiches so delicious before?"

"Because you ate them cold before, various dishes taste different when they are cold. For example, fried chicken has two completely different flavors when eaten cold and hot."

Just as they were enjoying their meal, the door of the box was opened, and Draco Malfoy appeared at the door with his two followers, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle.

"Hey, let's see... Harry Pott, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Yodel and Granger. Birds of a feather flock together. I didn't expect you to be crowded together. In the same carriage." Malfoy put his hand on the door of the compartment, smiled sarcastically, and said in his lazy, deliberately drawl tone, "Five people in one carriage cannot make up three sets of parents. Come--"

A dazzling red light flashed, and Malfoy flew out backwards and fell to the ground, unconscious. Tom withdrew his wand.

"Two years have passed, and this guy still hasn't made any progress." Tom looked at Malfoy who collapsed into a ball of mud, with a look of disgust on his face. "Do you want to continue to be my target by staying here?"

He glanced coldly at Crabbe and Goyle, who were so frightened that they quickly picked up Malfoy and prepared to run away.

"stop!"

Just as they were trying to flee the scene, the frightening voice came from behind them again.

"Your mouth smells so bad, brush your teeth!" Tom pointed at Malfoy's mouth, and a lot of white foam immediately appeared in his mouth. Then Tom said to Crabbe and Goyle:

"roll!"

As if they had been granted amnesty, the two of them rolled and crawled away from the carriage.