(*￣￣*) Vacation ends

The night before the start of school, all the students returned to Hogwarts Castle, and among them, naturally, Anne and Hermione were included.

That’s right!

Hermione had been living in Anne's island castle until the day before the start of school, which was today's noon. They used the portkey to rush to Diagon Alley together, and then walked through the fireplace in Diagon Alley.

After arriving at Hogsmeade, I finally walked back to Hogwarts Castle from Hogsmeade Village.

Since they didn't want to waste too much time, they did not go to platform nine and three-quarters and take the Hogwarts Express back to school.

And although that way of rushing was quickly novel, the only thing that made Hermione a little dissatisfied was that the process of using the fireplace to get to Hogsmeade was even worse than the first time she used the portkey!

Because, her whole body was covered in dust, and because she was using floo powder, that kind of thing with residual magic power couldn't be dealt with even by using a cleaning spell?

Therefore, after returning to school, she had to rush to the bathroom as soon as she put down her luggage. By the time she finished taking a shower, washed her clothes, and put everything in order, it was already almost evening.

.

At this time, the Gryffindor common room was brightly lit and exuding a cozy warmth.

So, of course, many students began to gather together in twos and threes to discuss various interesting things during the holidays.

Among them, there are also some lazy ones who are struggling to catch up on their homework, such as Ron and Harry who Hermione saw at a glance?

Obviously, the two guys who stayed in school must have gone crazy during the holidays, so now they are cramming and copying the homework that someone lent them!

"?!"

Originally, Hermione was approaching them with uncontrollable excitement, wanting to share some pleasant experiences during the holiday, especially those that she had not written in the letter, but who would have thought that she would see them doing their homework?

"you!"

"I didn't do my homework again!"

"The vacation lasted for more than half a month, and there was only so much homework in total, but you didn't even do it?"

So, without saying anything, her expression changed, then she put her hands on her hips and raised her brows, scolding and questioning with her somewhat unbelievable eyes.

"Just because there was only so much homework, we didn't do it!"

"It's not much anyway, I finished it in half an hour..."

"You see?"

"This is not copying... is it done?"

Ron didn't even care to say too much, and then he didn't look at Hermione. He quickly copied the last line before turning his head and retorted rudely.

"..."

Harry, on the other hand, remained silent.

Because he was not very proficient in using a quill pen, and he only learned to use a quill pen after arriving at Hogwarts, so he was naturally a little slower than Ron.

There were still a few lines left, so of course he had to continue writing hard and immersed himself in copying.

As for whose homework they copied, he carefully pressed down the name with his hand, not daring to show it to Hermione.

"you……"

Shaking her head angrily, Hermione no longer knew what to say to the two of them.

"Harry, hurry up!"

After copying the homework and seeing that nothing happened, when he saw the high-spirited Hermione, Ron suddenly remembered something and urged Harry to hurry up. At the same time, he suddenly raised his head to look at Hermione and said with that

He said with a hint of imperceptible sourness:

"We are not like you..."

"You can also go to Anne's castle to play..."

"Is it really that good there?"

Ron was very angry when he received Hermione's ostentatious letter a few days ago.

Then, he even made a plan with Harry, saying that he would never talk to Hermione again... But now, after seeing Hermione, he couldn't help but ask.

After all, what Hermione said in her letter was something that even he, a wizard from the pure-blood Weasley family, couldn't even imagine!

"Of course!"

"Do you know? This time at Annie's house was an eye-opener for me!"

"Even Principal Dumbledore was shocked!"

When Ron asked, Hermione suddenly became excited again.

Then as she spoke, she sat down on the empty seat next to them. After putting the things in her hands aside, she started to use that excited expression and couldn't wait to share what she had seen these days with the two of them.

What you heard.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Harry had to stop. Instead of rushing to copy the last two lines of homework, he turned his head and looked at Hermione with an expression of curiosity and expectation, listening.

"You should have read my letter, right?"

"In addition to beautiful islands, fairy tale castles, gardens, Veela maids, various magical creatures and super luxurious furnishings!"

“There are also all kinds of delicious food you can’t imagine!”

"There's a phoenix out there!"

"Yes, there really is a phoenix on that island, just like Dumbledore's one!"

"And the Silent Bird!"

"I heard that they never chirp once in their lives, but then they sing all the sounds they hear in their lives until the moment they die?"

"But unfortunately I didn't hear..."

As she spoke, Hermione ignored the shock and deep jealousy on Ron's face, and continued to say happily:

"You will never imagine that Anne's house also has a huge magical study room with an astonishing amount of books!"

"There are even some ancient books in it that are not even found in the Hogwarts library. Moreover, some magic books are said to be incomprehensible even to Professor Dumbledore?"

"He stayed there for two whole days. If something hadn't happened at Hogwarts, he wouldn't have been willing to leave, right?"

"And, I saw that he took a thick book of notes!"

"Also, the broom I wrote about in the letter..."

"Firebolt!"

"More than a hundred!"

"Oh God!"

"And the furniture and daily necessities are all the best things I have never seen before, even better than those in the palace!"

"And there's more..."

Just like that, completely unaware of Ron's increasingly ugly and jealous expression, Hermione continued to describe it endlessly.

"snort!"

"They are indeed high-end products that we have never had the chance to see."

Finally, Ron curled his lips somewhat unceremoniously and muttered under his breath, interrupting Hermione's description.

"Their family is so rich, why don't they give us a broomstick at Christmas?"

"or……"

"At least you should have invited Harry and me to visit it together!"

"Even Professor Dumbledore went..."

Then, finally, taking advantage of Hermione's opportunity to take a breather, Ron said some of his true thoughts in a somewhat sour tone.

"Ron!"

Hearing those words, Hermione was slightly startled for a moment, then frowned and scolded Ron, who was speaking indiscriminately out of jealousy:

"Annie, she has no need or reason to give us anything!"

"Besides, the reason she didn't invite you this time is because you always like to trouble her and say bad things about her!"

"You can't expect a classmate with whom you have a bad relationship to invite you to his home and then give you something!"

"It's like you wouldn't invite Malfoy to your home and give him a gift?"

At this point, Hermione couldn't help but laugh out loud at Ron's naive idea.

Although, there are indeed a lot of brooms in the broom shed on the Quidditch field at Anne's house, and they are all of the best kind, but they are also other people's property. You can't see that other people's things are good and many, and then think

Do you want others to share it with you?

"How can I be the same as Malfoy..."

"I……"

Obviously, Ron was angry, but he couldn't find any suitable rebuttal to Hermione's statement and metaphor.

"Ron..."

"I think Hermione is right..."

Finally, Harry, who had finished copying his homework while listening, put away the paper and pen, patted Ron on the shoulder and tried to appease the other person's emotions.

"Although Anne didn't invite us, you know, it's not without gain for us to stay in school for these two weeks."

"Right?"

With that said, Harry quickly gave Ron a wink.

"I……"

Ron groaned and muttered under his breath, but finally followed Harry's words.

"That's right!"

“At least we had a great Christmas dinner, you’ll never know how good the roast turkey was that night!”

"That's delicious!"

As a result, Ron looked like he had endless aftertaste.

"Yes."

"And those desserts, especially the special chocolate frog from Honeydukes Candy Shop, I still have endless recollections of it."

Harry on the side also quickly started to assist, because this was something they had discussed and rehearsed before.

"And the most important thing!"

"We also found a strange room in the school, Hermione, you have no idea what's in it!"

In this way, while singing and singing with Harry, Ron finally found a topic to show off, and looked at the slightly surprised Hermione triumphantly.

"oh?"

"Room?"

"What's in it?"

As expected, Hermione was fooled. She didn't bother to continue to show off her knowledge, but raised her eyebrows curiously and asked.

"That room!"

"There is a super impressive mirror inside, as if someone put it there temporarily!"

Harry quickly took over the conversation, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"We discovered that it is a magical mirror. When we stand in front of the mirror, our most pressing wishes and thoughts will appear in the mirror."

"I saw my parents and family. They were greeting me and smiling. Unfortunately, they couldn't speak, hear, or touch..."

As he spoke, while Harry was excited, a hint of sadness and nostalgia could not help but appear in his eyes.

"Yes!"

"I also saw myself becoming a Gryffindor prefect a few years later, and then I became captain of the Gryffindor team and led Gryffindor to win the Quidditch Cup."

"I was also riding a Firebolt at that time, and I had a lot of money..."

"I think it might be a magic mirror that can reflect a person's future?"

Ron also hurriedly said proudly, but when he thought that Harry was taking pictures of his dead parents and family, he became a little uncertain and unconfident, and was not so sure of what he just said.

"But it's a pity..."

"When Harry went there on the last day, he met Professor Dumbledore and he moved the mirror away."

"Hermione..."

"That should be the reason why Professor Dumbledore hurried back to Hogwarts from Anne's house as you said in your letter. You should have asked Anne to keep him for a few more days."

Check out the correct version one by one!

"It's a pity that when we went back, the mirror was gone."

With that said, Ron glanced at Hermione resentfully again.

"And that kind of mirror?"

"That's really amazing!"

"But why did Principal Dumbledore take it away?"

Hermione opened her mouth in surprise, then continued to ask.

"have no idea……"

Ron sighed, with a disappointed expression similar to Harry's.

"Professor Dumbledore said: That magic mirror has powerful magic, but what it shows is not the real thing. It can only reflect the most urgent desire of a person's heart?"

"It cannot teach us knowledge, nor can it predict the future. It can only make people unbalanced and even become obsessed with it and go crazy."

"He was worried that we would be confused by it and indulge in that false fantasy, so he moved away the next day."

After saying that, Ron sighed again, because even if he knew it was an illusion, he still wanted to look at it occasionally, because that mirror really fascinated him.

As long as they look at it, no matter what they are thinking, it will immediately reflect it. There is simply nothing that fascinates them more than that.

Ron even began to imagine, and if Professor Dumbledore could come back a few days later, after receiving Hermione's letter, he would definitely imagine that he lived in a fortress like Anne's house.

Then enjoy the various service scenes of those beautiful Veela maids, it must be very charming, right?

Unfortunately, before they could continue to peek, Harry was discovered...

"So that's it!"

"I see."

Hermione nodded in understanding.

"Principal Dumbledore is always so cautious. He must be doing this for your own good. After all, as you know, there are too many temptations and dangers in the magical world."

"You must never look for that mirror again!"

Then, of course, Hermione entered the preaching mode again, and seriously warned the two friends in front of her like a little adult.

"..."

However, looking at the homework on the table, Harry was silent for a moment and then slowly said:

"actually……"

"I also know that it's not good to do that, but I still can't help but miss that magic mirror."

"You don't know, I've never seen what my parents look like, but it was photographed, and I'm pretty sure that's what my parents looked like!"

"I don't know where Dumbledore hid it..."

As he said this, Harry actually began to complain about Dumbledore, the headmaster.

"yes!"

"I also miss being a prefect and winning the Quidditch Cup..."

Ron also sighed with emotion, with that complicated and strange expression on his face. People who didn't know better might have thought that he had really become a prefect and Quidditch captain!

"you!"

"It seems that Principal Dumbledore did the right thing. That magic mirror will really make you crazy!"

Shaking her head, Hermione glared at the two of them angrily and warned them again.

"Right!"

At this time, Ron suddenly remembered something, and he didn't want to pull the magic mirror that had been moved anymore. After looking around, he quickly asked:

"Hermione, where's Anne?"

"She didn't come back with you?"

"No!"

"She's back. I just met her outside when I went to the bathroom!"

"ah?"

"It's so late, it's almost curfew in the castle, why is she still going out?"

"Um!"

"I asked, and she said Professor McGonagall asked her to go."

"Professor McGonagall?"

"What's the matter?"

"Then I don't know..."

Slumping her shoulders and shaking her head, Hermione said that she had just come back from the bathroom and had not met Annie again. How could she know what happened to Professor McGonagall?

"I know!"

However, surprisingly, Harry spoke again.

"It's Quidditch!"

"I heard from Wood and others that Dumbledore will change the new rules after the vacation. He has already told Snape and Professor McGonagall."

"And that's some of the rules that were changed specifically for Anne!"

"At that time, Annie will no longer be able to catch the snitch in the first place!"

"Then Wood told me to get ready. He said that he would let me go on stage first and then let Annie take the place when it was almost time to catch the snitch?"

"I think……"

"Professor McGonagall asked Anne to go this time because she wanted to talk to her about those things, right?"

Just like that, under the somewhat surprised gazes of Hermione and Ron, Harry, who was the substitute Seeker of the Gryffindor team, directly told what he knew.

After he said it, he became a little excited again.

It seems that only in that way can he, as a substitute, hope to play, instead of following the training and sitting on the bench watching the game?

"So that's it!"

"Annie is so awesome, she can even force the school to change the rules of the competition!"

Hermione nodded again, and then she didn't hold back her admiration and emotion for Anne.

"But!"

"Harry..."

"If you can't catch the snitch from the beginning, and if you can't catch it until Annie comes on, then what's the use of you as a seeker?"

However, Ron soon discovered the problem and looked at Harry and exclaimed.

"ah!"

"this……"

Almost instantly, Harry's originally excited face suddenly faded, and then he stammered for a long time before blushing and saying harshly:

"That……"

"At least I can help the pursuers score runs, or help the batsmen disrupt the enemy?"

"It's better than sitting on the bench anyway!"

Although he knew that what Ron said was indeed correct and that he seemed to be a bit redundant as a Seeker, Harry still said this stubbornly and planned to actually do it when the time came.

"..."

After thinking about it, Ron also felt that what Harry said was reasonable.

"Too!"

"If we can score a few more points before then, Annie won't have to worry about losing the game after catching the snitch..."

As he said that, Ron suddenly became worried again.

Because he thought that when the time comes, the Slytherin team will definitely bombard the Gryffindor team and try to score more points before Anne comes on the court, because the opponent can only exceed Gryffindor by 150 points.

Do you have a chance to win?

But considering that no matter how bad the Gryffindor team was, he couldn't lose 150 points, he didn't express his worries in the end.

"..."

"..."

"..."

In this way, the three of them chatted casually for a few more words, and then each found a seat to sit down.

"..."

Hermione, on the other hand, returned to the girls' lounge first, then came out quickly, sat down directly next to the two of them with a thick magic book, and began to read hard.

It was a spell book about the East called 'Tao' that she borrowed from Anne's house. It contained many spells that could not be learned at Hogwarts, as well as a pronunciation chart. She wanted to study it carefully.

See if you can find a spell you can learn.

After all, this is a book that Professor Dumbledore takes notes on, and nothing she says should be missed.

"..."

"..."

Ron continued to check their homework with Harry, and only started playing chess aside when they found that there were no problems. Occasionally, he would argue loudly with Harry because of a wrong move.

As time went by, as the upper and lower grade students returned to their dormitories, the common room gradually became quiet.

"..."

(へ╬)

Then none of the three people noticed that Anne had slipped in through the entrance of the Fat Lady's portrait at some point, and seemed to be carrying a somewhat dirty panda in her hand?

No one knew what happened until she entered the spiral staircase in the girls' lounge, and none of the three of them noticed that she had returned.
Chapter completed!