The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

The sun shone through the glass window and onto Miss Granger's face. The gentle autumn sunlight made her delicate eyelashes tremble slightly. Then, she opened her eyes, let out a cry, and subconsciously wanted to get up and wash up, but she remembered that today was the Sabbath, so she didn't have to get up early to go to class.

This is undoubtedly happiness.

But she always felt as if she had forgotten something in her mind. She cleared her mind for a moment and then remembered that today seemed to be September 19th, which was also her birthday.

This was her fifteenth birthday and her third birthday spent at Hogwarts. In the past, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granger, would wake her up from her sleep with a kiss in the morning, put her into beautiful new clothes, take her to the kitchen, and enjoy a hearty breakfast. After breakfast, it’s a full day of fun: Disneyland, Universal Studios, and some scenic spot on the Isle of England. Once she was even taken skiing!

These were gone after arriving at Hogwarts. If you have enough friends, you may receive a few gifts on your birthday morning, but that's about it, after all, whether it's Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape. It is impossible to grant a leave of absence to a student and exempt her from homework for the day just because she has a birthday.

Hermione didn't even receive a gift in the morning because she didn't have many friends, but she never felt lonely because she knew that there was someone who would definitely remember her birthday.

Tom gently scratched Crookshanks' chin and listened to the big ginger cat purring with satisfaction. Crookshanks hasn't been very peaceful recently, always trying to sneak out of Ravenclaw Tower. Today, Tom cornered the big cat in the common room.

Crookshanks tried to be cute, but it had no effect at all. The guy named Yodel was completely unwilling to let it go, so it had no choice but to accept its fate and postpone the "hoeing" plan.

Crookshanks has an innate ability to notice suspicious and untrustworthy people...or animals. This ability is inherited from Crookshanks' catnives ancestors. This magical cat-like creature can give birth to eight cubs in a litter, and can cross with ordinary cats to give birth to hybrid cats. Some wizards live with catnives or hybrid catnives, using their abilities to protect themselves. Mrs. Arabella Figg, a squib who lived next door to Harry, kept some mixed-breed cats.

Crookshanks had his eye on the rat named Spots from the first moment he saw it. Its instinct tells it that the rat should be closely monitored and preferably killed. To this end, it has been working hard, but the mouse is protected by the red-haired Twolegs. Its owner, Hermione Granger, cannot give it any help. Instead, it hinders it. It really doesn't let the cat save it. Heart!

Thinking of this, Crookshanks felt very tired. It chose to lie down directly and let the black man named Tom stroke its fur - not to mention, it was quite comfortable this way.

However, after enjoying it for a while, Heimao's hand stopped. Crookshanks raised his head and gave him a dissatisfied look.

Tom:…

He completely understood the look in Crookshanks' eyes! This is not raising a cat, this is simply raising an ancestor! Fortunately, as long as Banban doesn't appear, it won't move very much.

Tom smiled flatteringly and tried to tie a small note around its neck.

"Please, pass this note to Hermione for me," Tom said as he stuffed a small piece of kipper into Crookshanks' mouth.

With the kipper as a reward, Crookshanks felt motivated. He glanced lazily at Tom, raised his body, shook his butt at him, and walked slowly into Hermione's dormitory. Although it is just a cat, it knows very well what Tom is thinking: the black-haired male Twoleg wants to mate with its owner!

It snorted disdainfully. He looked down upon Tom's behavior - in the world of cats, mating is not such a grind. Just walk over, smell it, say hello, and that’s it! Why do we need so many processes?

However, regarding the matter of breeding his master, Crookshanks was in favor of letting the black-haired Twoleg breed Hermione, so that guy was more pleasing to the eye! If I let that red-haired one breed...

Just thinking about it makes Crookshanks furious.

Tom didn't know the rich emotional drama in Crookshanks' heart. He just arranged his clothes and sat quietly in the common room, waiting for Hermione to come down from upstairs.

Hermione was lying in bed at this time.

Yes, even if she is as diligent as she is and has attended classes intensively for two weeks, her body is still a little overwhelmed. This morning, she wanted to treat herself to a nap. After all, today is my birthday, so I can always relax for a day.

But suddenly, there seemed to be a big furry dumpling in her arms. She knew that this was Crookshanks' return. But today Crookshanks was a little restless, and kept pushing his head against her chest until she opened her eyes.

As soon as Hermione opened her eyes, she saw the note on Crookshanks' back. She spat lightly and pretended to complain: "You little beast, you don't want me to have a good rest..."

However, although the mouth complains, the body is very honest. Hermione got up quickly, washed herself, put on new clothes and walked out of the dormitory. At this time, her roommates were all still asleep.

Before going out, she seemed to remember something, picked up a small bottle by the door, and sprayed it twice on her body.

Tom waited in the common room for a while and then met Hermione who looked a little angry. Today she was as usual, with her hair disheveled, still wearing the same wizard robe, and wearing a pair of gray stockings and a pair of small brown leather shoes. Under the wizard's robe, it was completely covered, and even through the collar, there was no way to see what was going on.

"Mr. Yoder, good morning, what can I do for you?" Hermione asked seriously.

"Miss Granger, would I be honored to invite you to go to the lakeside with me to have breakfast together?" Tom replied seriously.

"Of course," Hermione extended her hand gracefully, but couldn't hold back at the last second, and the two laughed together.

"Let's go to the Black Lake." Just like that, the two of them, holding hands, left the castle together, walked in the morning sun, and finally arrived at the Black Lake.

The distance from the castle to the Black Lake was not far, but not close either. Hermione felt a little tired when she reached the lake. She couldn't help but yawn, but she immediately covered her mouth. But Tom noticed it anyway.

"Tired? Sit down first." Tom found a flat stone, cleaned it, and sat on it with Hermione. Then, he took out a lot of fancy stuff from the bag that had been cast with the Traceless Expansion Charm. s things.

Note: In the Taiwanese version of Harry Potter, Snape is translated as Snape, and Hermione is translated as Miraculous. However, due to the well-known reason, every time they use this name, I will have inappropriate associations...