The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"I will definitely not miss this event. This is the Triwizard Tournament!" Tom said to Hermione.

But such words did not dispel Hermione's worries. She frowned, giving Tom a lesson on the dangers of the Triwizard Tournament.

"This is one of the most dangerous competitions in the wizarding world. It is said that half of the contestants will die. How dare you sign up without knowing anything about the content of the competition-" At this point, Hermione stopped. She suddenly realized that Tom seemed to have been involved in the design of the competition.

"You know the content of the first event? Right?" Hermione jumped up suddenly, her movements as agile as a kitten, "I actually ignored this! So you understand that the competition is not dangerous? It makes me worry in vain One game!”

By this time the expression on her face had been replaced by excitement. After learning that the competition was not dangerous, Hermione was occupied by the desire for adventure - who could refuse to participate in a Triwizard Tournament?

"Ah, that's not true. The competition is still quite dangerous, but as long as the volunteers don't seek death, they won't encounter any problems." Tom had to admit that after his modification, the risk factor of the competition event has increased a lot... …

But the playability is also greatly increased.

Hermione:? !

"Don't worry, Dumbledore has already considered it, and the volunteers will be protected." Tom could only move out Dumbledore to appease Hermione.

However, it may be that this trick has been used too many times, causing Hermione not to accept it very well.

"Guarantees are not foolproof, Tom Yoder—"

"Then should I tell you about the content of the first project? You will feel at ease after listening to it." Tom winked at Hermione and threw out a very tempting bait.

"How is this possible? This is a leak... Can you tell me where the first project will be held?"

Hermione took the bait.

"sure."

Just as Tom was giving Hermione a spoiler about the Triwizard Tournament, a beetle landed on the window next to them. Tom was distracted by the beetle and stopped talking.

He looked at the beetle and his expression suddenly changed. It reminded him of a disgusting woman: Rita Skeeter.

"Hermione, a question suddenly occurred to me."

"Say." Although Hermione wanted to continue hearing about the project, she was still prepared to patiently answer Tom's questions.

"You said that when an Animagus dies in an animal state, will the body remain in animal form or return to human form?"

beetle:……

Hermione was stunned when she heard Tom's question.

This question is very popular and there is no answer in textbooks. Hermione could only deduce based on intuition.

"Return to human form, right? After all, magic requires magic to maintain, and Animagus is no exception. When the wizard dies, the magic dissipates, and the body returns to its original shape."

"It makes sense," Tom nodded, and then he suddenly reached out and grabbed the beetle on the edge of the window in his hand, "Let's stop talking about the project..."

The true identity of the beetle was difficult for Tom to guess. The greening on the Hogwarts campus is pretty good, and it’s normal to have beetles. He also wasn't sure that the beetle was the infamous Rita Skeeter.

There is only one way to verify it: catch the beetle and let it reveal its identity.

So Tom pinched the beetle and let it struggle in his hands.

Tom remained silent, but Hermione quit. She was listening fascinated, but Tom actually stopped talking, which made her feel confused and scratched her heart.

"Tell me quickly——"

"Are you not afraid now?"

After being interrupted by Tom, Hermione realized that her fear of the Triwizard Tournament had completely faded away. Dumbledore has prepared a very sufficient plan to ensure everyone's safety.

Seeing that Hermione was no longer afraid, Tom felt relieved. He couldn't let Hermione go to the arena in fear, so why bother asking her to participate in the Triwizard Tournament?

"What did you just catch?"

"nothing."

The two of them just chatted and returned to the dormitory.

At the corner of a staircase, Tom saw Mrs. Norris, the Maine Coon cat raised by the caretaker Filch. Looking at the pair of yellow cat eyes, Tom had a plan in mind.

He squatted in front of Mrs. Norris and tried to get close to her. But it was obvious that Mrs. Norris was not interested in him. Instead, she glared at him fiercely and warned him not to do anything excessive.

Tom was unmoved and moved closer.

"Meow (look at me again and I will let the shit shovel deal with you)!" Mrs. Norris began to bar her teeth and made a low warning sound in her mouth.

Tom slowly extended his fist. Facing the fist in front of her, Mrs. Loris tensed her muscles, always ready to teach this ignorant little wizard a bloody lesson.

Then, the fists spread out.

A beetle emerged.

Mrs. Norris: Meow meow?

When the beetle saw that he was free again, he immediately spread his wings and flew into the sky.

I am free!

The beetle flew towards the side window.

Just get to that place, just—

Snapped!

The beetle felt what it was like to be overwhelmed by a mountain, and a soft claw fell down with lightning speed, pressing the beetle firmly to the ground.

Mrs. Norris: Want to please me with beetles? Haha, that’s too childish. I’m not a kitten anymore. I’ve stopped doing things like catching beetles a long time ago!

Then the beetle appeared under its claws.

Mrs. Norris:?

What's going on with this beetle? Why did it appear under my paw? Damn instinct!

Mrs. Norris was disgusted and played with the prey she had obtained.

Tom just stood aside and watched the show happily.

At this time, the beetle understood what torture was!

It feels like a ball being kicked around, and like a ball of mud being kneaded into various shapes.

Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore.

Transformation released!

A witch in a magenta robe suddenly appeared in the corridor, making Mrs. Norris jump in fright.

It can be seen that this witch used to dress very exquisitely: a sexy wizard robe, exquisite hair, glasses inlaid with jewelry, well-maintained nails...

But these things were destroyed by cats. The wizard's robe was torn to pieces, his delicate curly hair was made like a henhouse, and even his glasses were knocked crooked.

This witch is none other than Rita Skeeter, a reporter for the Daily Prophet. The reporter is an animagus who can transform into a beetle and fly around to get the scoop.

When she was wandering around the Hogwarts campus today, she accidentally discovered a pair of young wizards chatting. The boy among the two was Tom Yoder, who shined at the World Cup finals. The girl was also different. His female companion, Hermione Granger.

The pair immediately caught Rita Skeeter's attention. She approached the two of them, wanting to eavesdrop on their conversation, but as soon as she passed over, she heard the two of them discussing the form of the Animagus after death.

This frightened Rita Skeeter so much that she tried to run away, but was caught by Tom.

She was extremely scared in her heart, thinking that her identity had been exposed, but in the subsequent conversation, Tom Yoder did not doubt the identity of the beetle, but just held her tight. This left Rita Skeeter a little confused, and finally decided to play it by ear.

Of course, in the end, I not only saw the "machine", but also the cat.

When a cat catches its prey, it will not eat it immediately, but will play with it until the last bit of energy is squeezed out of it.

Under the torture of Mrs. Norris, Rita decided to return to human form.

Rita, who turned back into a human, wanted to find the cat to vent her anger, but Mrs. Norris ran so fast that she disappeared in the blink of an eye, so she could only stare at Tom and Hermione angrily.

Faced with this unexpected situation, Hermione was completely shocked. She didn't expect that a big living person would suddenly appear in front of her. It's not that Hermione is weird, she has never seen Animagus transform - Hermione has seen Professor McGonagall's transformation countless times, and today's transformation was mainly due to surprise.

"What's the matter, Miss Animagus?" Tom said without any hesitation, and handed it over with a carefree "What are you looking at?"

In any other place or with any other person, such a sentence would have been enough to start a scolding war. But at Hogwarts, Rita Skeeter instantly lost her temper after hearing these words. Because her Animagus was not registered by the Ministry of Magic.

This means that once she is discovered, she may lose her job or be thrown into Azkaban.

"It's nothing." After realizing that she was in a bad situation, Rita Skeeter chose to give in decisively. "I just want to do a simple interview with the warriors of the Triwizard Tournament..."

"Okay, you walk slowly." Tom signaled to Miss Skeeter that she could leave.

But just as Rita Skeeter was about to leave, Tom said something again, which frightened her -

"Miss Skeeter, you don't want the Ministry of Magic to know that you are an Animagus, right? So I suggest you take care of your quill and don't write any weird articles."

"Okay, definitely!" Rita Skeeter ran away as fast as she could.

On the way, she also met Filch, a squib who was angrily looking for the culprit who scared Mrs. Norris. For him, Mrs. Norris is his closest companion, even his partner. Any bullying of Mrs. Norris is zero tolerance here.

So after seeing Mrs. Norris almost frightened and stressed, Filch became extremely angry. He took Mrs. Norris in a crazy circle around the castle, and then Rita Skeeter appeared in his sight.

"Stop, what are you doing?" Filch yelled, stopping the unfamiliar face. Mrs. Norris jumped behind Filch, looking frightened.

For Mrs. Norris, Animagus transformation is a very difficult thing to understand.

Seeing Mrs. Norris's reaction, Filch felt that he had caught the culprit.

"Come here and explain how people from other schools got in..." Filch "arrested" Rita without saying a word.

Rita Skeeter was on the verge of tears: What happened to me today!

No one knows how Miss Skeeter escaped Filch's clutches. But she did restrain herself a lot after that.

…

"The floating rune... can levitate objects, and the power rune... provides a certain thrust..." Tom sat in the alchemy studio of the Room of Requirement, carefully carving the magic silver in front of him.

The metal on the workbench has no physical connection with the bulky piece of magic silver. At this time, it looks extremely beautiful, like a work of art.

The artwork is made up of thousands of feathers, which Tom fixed to a base plate to resemble a pair of wings. The wings are almost complete, but there is still a small round hole in the center, which makes the progress of the wings stuck at 99%. In fact, what is to be installed in this small round hole is the most important thing.

This thing is in Tom's hand at this time, it is the control center of this wing.

"Connect the magic text... you're done!" Tom carved the last magic text on it, filling up the last space on the small ball.

After finishing, Tom carefully placed the ball in the round hole. The ball and the hole card are perfectly integrated and integrated.

The moment it clicked, a reflection flashed across the wings, all the feathers trembled slightly, and the entire wings looked like they were spreading out and about to fly.

Tom knew that he was done now.

These wings are the birthday gift Tom prepared for Hermione. Perhaps because she exchanged her flying talent for the ability to read, Hermione knew nothing about flying and couldn't even control a broomstick. In other words, there is no final exam for flying classes, otherwise Hermione would definitely have an extra failing record on her transcript.

Based on Hermione's "chocobo" characteristics, Tom customized this birthday gift for Hermione.

The gifts have been prepared, now it's just waiting for Hermione's birthday.

…

In the early morning of September 19th, Hermione changed her clothes as usual and came to the common room of Ravenclaw Tower. At this time, many classmates had already gotten up and were discussing the Triwizard Tournament animatedly.

Hermione secretly felt a little amused as she listened to their bold speculations about their first project. At this time, she met Tom who was walking towards him.

"Good morning," Tom greeted Hermione, shaking a small bag in his hand, "I brought you breakfast, do you want to go for a walk?"

"Of course." Hermione suddenly realized that today seemed to be her birthday!

On his birthday, Tom would definitely invite her to go for a walk with him, and he never failed to do so. Hermione lowered her head shyly. While she was shy, she was also looking forward to what her birthday gift would be.

The two of them went downstairs and walked straight through the foyer. Soon, the two were walking on the lawn by the lake. Not far away, Durmstrang's big boat was docked at the lake, casting a blurry reflection.

The two stopped under a tree, and Tom asked Hermione to turn her back and close her eyes.

These are your wings. When taking out the gift, Tom looked at Hermione's back and thought silently.

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A two-in-one 4,000-word chapter. Do you have monthly tickets or recommendation tickets?