There are less than sixty students and professors in Hogwarts in total, so the dormitories are not divided into four or five-person rooms, but spacious two-person rooms.
Jon and Neville were assigned to the same dormitory. It was not a coincidence, but Professor McGonagall's intention.
Except for Lavender, the only girl among the freshmen, there were four boys including Jon, and they happened to be two brought back from outside, two family members of the Order of the Phoenix who were already familiar with the magical world.
Whether it is to allow Jon and Justin to integrate into the identity of wizards more quickly, or to help them get over the sadness and sadness of being separated from their familiar family and environment as soon as possible, it is undoubtedly best to arrange them separately.
choose.
The student dormitory is not big, but it is more than enough for two people. There are two four-poster beds, two desks and chairs, and a window that cannot be opened.
The bed had been made up before they came in, and the daily necessities and a few brand-new robes were neatly laid out.
Jon sat in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside the carriage window.
After the dinner at the beach, they got on the carriage and started to continue their journey. Looking out through the window, they could only see the pitch black outside. Only occasionally, something seemed to pass by, and the ground shook slightly.
Trembling and whizzing by.
"I heard that the magic on this carriage is improved from the magic on the Knight Bus. We can go almost anywhere in Europe on this carriage, but it seems that Professor Dumbledore has never let this carriage leave the UK.
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Neville was sitting on the bed opposite Jon. He blinked and told the history of the carriage.
Jon turned his gaze away from the window and looked at the round-faced boy opposite.
"Did your family teach you magic before you came to Hogwarts?"
Neville nodded and said.
"Of course, even if we are not in Hogwarts, our family's life is very dangerous. The Longbottom family and the Weiss family where Ron lives are both wanted by the Ministry of Magic. So before coming to Hogwarts to go to school, I
My father taught me a few magic spells using his wand, but they were all small spells for asking for help. I don’t have a wand myself, and I don’t have many opportunities to practice. I don’t know how to do it if it’s too advanced.”
Jon immediately became interested. Whether it was in peacetime or now when it was full of dangers, magic would bring him the greatest attraction.
"Can you demonstrate it to me again?"
Neville did not refuse. He raised the wand in his hand, as if he had not held the wand like this for a long time. He was looking for a feel in his hand, and then he gently raised it and swung it horizontally.
"Fluorescence."
A faint light shone on the tip of Neville's wand. The light was not dazzling, but it also illuminated the space in the bedroom.
Jon looked at the bright light, his eyes shining brightly, and he raised the chestnut wand in his hand.
"You have to pick and choose when reciting the incantation, right?"
"Yes, this is a very simple spell. If you are skilled in using it, you can even omit the wand gesture and cast it when the wand is not in your hand. This will make it easier for the wizard to find the wand that he has thrown around and forgotten where it is."
Seeing Jon's eagerness to give it a try, Neville couldn't help but continue.
"I don't recommend you try it yourself at this time. Although this spell is simple, beginners who make mistakes when learning can easily ignite the tip of the wand, which will cause irreversible damage to the wand itself."
Jon immediately stopped what he was doing. He couldn't wait to try the magic in this world, but if there was a risk of harming the wand in his hand, he could still suppress his curiosity.
After all, for him and this Hogwarts, the wand in his hand is more than just a wand.
"Anyway, we are in a magic school now, and there is really no rush to learn magic." Jon put the wand in his hand back into the pocket of his robe by the bed, "What classes do we have tomorrow?"
After the dinner, Professor McGonagall handed out the class schedule, and Jon and Neville also received a copy.
"The first period in the morning was Professor Slughorn's History of Magic, then Professor McGonagall's Herbology class, and in the afternoon there was Professor Flitwick's Charms class. Finally, in the evening, we were assigned
The fifth-year seniors who are preparing dinner will help."
While they were talking, they both changed into pajamas and lay on the soft bed. The two of them were not very sleepy, but they lay on the bed and talked about other things.
"Does the Dark Lord you're talking about have a name?"
"Of course, he is not a real demon crawling out of hell, but no one dared to say his name before. People in the magic world call him 'Mysterious Man'."
"Hasn't he become the head of the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts Castle now? People won't still call him this name now, right?"
"You are right. I heard from my father that after the Dark Lord integrated the power of the entire magical world, his personality seemed to have changed. He was not as cruel and crazy as before. He assigned all wizards according to their bloodline.
Classes with different statuses were divided, but the Muggle wizards who he had always wanted to kill were not completely eliminated or imprisoned. As for the names in the outside world, people did not dare to call him 'Mysterious Man' or 'Mysterious Man'.
The Dark Lord', except for his most core subordinates who still call him Master, everyone else in the wizarding world calls him 'Mr. Great'."
"Great sir...ha."
"why are you laughing?"
"If he came up with this title on his own, it would be too bragging. If others deliberately spread it, then the meaning of kneeling and licking him is too straightforward."
"Actually, if you think about it, those people were also trying to survive."
"Yeah, no one wants to die."
"But for some people, some things are more important than life and death."
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When the first ray of sunlight shone in from the window in the morning, Jon also opened his eyes from his sleep.
Neville washed up with him and left the dormitory, heading to the dining room on the carriage for breakfast.
Three meals a day here are prepared by the students themselves, and breakfast is no exception. In addition to the class schedule, Professor McGonagall also arranged a cooking schedule. Students from different grades are responsible for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.
If the number of students in this grade is relatively small, some lower grade students will be arranged to help them.
Ron, Justin, and Lavender, who was in the girls' dormitory, met with them at the dining table. After all, they were all freshmen in the same grade. They attended classes together and had the most opportunities to communicate and come into contact with each other.
After the five of them finished their breakfast, they walked towards the History of Magic classroom together, preparing to start their first class after arriving at Hogwarts.