On the first day of the new semester, Hogwarts was not affected by the dementor attack last night.
According to the class schedule, after the students had breakfast, they went to the classroom where they were preparing to start the new school year.
But although the class was not affected, it was impossible for the students to really treat yesterday's events as never happening.
At that time, there were only a dozen students who actually saw Dementors, and most of the other students on the carriage didn't even know what Dementors were. This was not the knowledge they needed to learn.
During recess, students who had seen dementors were vividly describing the appearance of these monsters to other students.
But in fact, in that situation, most of them were shocked by the deathly silence. Now if they were really asked to describe the specific appearance of the creatures they saw, it would become very diverse.
Many people can only tell about the gray shabby robe and the tall and thin body. Then break it down. Some people say that the Dementor has a monster face, some say that it has a skull on its head, and some say that this kind of creature
There is nothing on its neck, it is a headless monster.
Such remarks were quickly refuted by students whose parents were wizards, saying that if dementors were skeletons or had no heads at all, then they would not be able to kiss others, and it would be even less possible for them to suck wizards away in this way.
's soul.
As the person closest to the dementors at the scene, Jon did not join in the discussion between them.
He was not at all interested in what the Dementor's face hidden under the cloak looked like. What he was most concerned about now was his progress in learning the Patronus Charm.
Before he started learning this spell, he expected that the Patronus Charm would be very useful in the future. Unexpectedly, before his third-year student life had even begun, dementors had already launched an attack on the carriage.
This attack actually came very strangely.
Jon learned from Lupin that the reason why Azkaban was successfully escaped at the beginning of this year was because more than thirty members of the Order of the Phoenix imprisoned there used the Patronus Charm.
The overflowing positive emotions completely defeated the dementors' siege, which gave them a chance to meet with Moody, who came to rescue them.
It is impossible for the Ministry of Magic not to know this information. More than thirty people in the Order of the Phoenix have learned the Patronus Charm and can break out of Azkaban, the base camp of the dementors. So what about the monsters that have now landed on the island of Great Britain?
How can we effectively suppress the Hogwarts carriage?
Jon didn't see what happened last night, but even if so many dementors swarmed in, only Dumbledore could resolve such a crisis outside the carriage. He really couldn't see how such a crisis could be resolved.
What can be the meaning of an attack that can be described as "harassment"?
This is the same as instigating Percy to rebel. Apart from giving some psychological blow to the students on the carriage, it has no practical effect at all.
If this is Voldemort's response to what happened in the first half of the year, then his behavior is more like a face-saving project, and he has not gained any respect.
However, the dementors had no effect on the carriage. This was because the professor and the wizards in the Order of the Phoenix were proficient in the Patronus Charm. Jon did not like the feeling of entrusting his safety to the protection of others.
He desperately wanted to speed up the learning progress of the Patronus Charm to prevent one day from being in a situation where he was a one-sided dementor, but he couldn't use any countermeasures.
After the last Potions class in the morning, Jon, Neville, Hermione and the others went to the restaurant to have lunch.
On the way, they met Ginny and Luna, who had also just finished class, but they seemed to have come here on purpose.
"Senior Green..."
Ginny, who also had red hair, hesitantly called Jon. Jon saw that they had something to say to him, so he couldn't help but stop and motioned to Neville, Hermione, and Ron to go to the restaurant first.
"Just call me Jon. I have a very good relationship with your brothers. There is no need to call me so unfamiliar." He said casually.
"Can I just call you Jon too?"
Next to Ginny, the girl with a cork around her neck and carrot earrings blinked her protruding eyes and asked in an ethereal voice.
She looked a little familiar, and her voice sounded erratic, but her eyes were so serious.
Of course Jon knew the girl's name, and he smiled at Luna.
"Of course, you can call me Jon, and I can call you Luna, right?"
The girl with the carrot earrings said it as a matter of course.
"This is the fairest thing."
"We're not here to talk to Jon about names, Luna."
Seeing that the topic was in danger of being taken astray by Luna, Ginny hurriedly got to the point.
"Gabriel has been in a very bad state since she returned to the dormitory last night. We were very worried about her, but we had never seen a dementor and didn't know how to enlighten her. Then when we woke up this morning, we found
She is no longer in the dormitory, and I haven't found her all morning."
Jon frowned slightly. To be honest, he originally thought that dementors wouldn't have such a big impact on ghosts. After all, they were all dead people.
Now it seems that Gabrielle who drank the dead soul water is still very different from ordinary ghosts, not to mention that she had the closest contact with the first dementor that appeared yesterday.
"Let me go look for her. I should be able to guess where she is. Don't worry, I will comfort her. You guys go to the restaurant to eat. By the way, help me bring a message to Neville and ask him to help me when he returns to the dormitory.
Bring two sandwiches."
Naturally, Ginny and Luna had no doubts about his words.
Although Jon is only in third grade now, the achievements he made at the beginning of this year have already earned the vast majority of students on the carriage enough respect and admiration for him.
This should be the reason why Percy dislikes Jon. He, a student who has only been in Carriage for less than three years, has even more prestige than him as the student president. This makes Percy, who has a strong desire for power, instinctively rise to the top.
I felt bored and jealous.
After watching the two little girls leave, Jon turned and walked towards the end of the corridor.
He came to the door opposite to Principal Dumbledore's office, leading to the driver's cab, and pushed it open easily.
The carriage was passing through a city that looked very beautiful. The low red-roofed houses kept dodging to the left and right, making way for the carriage, and it would feel funny if you watched it for a long time.
But in the driver's seat, Gabrielle, who was supporting her chin with her hands, obviously didn't put her mind on this.
Jon could guess that Gabrielle would come here. As a ghost, she could freely enter most of the doors on the carriage, but after learning that rooms without house numbers were not allowed for students to enter privately,
After the school rules were introduced, the little girl consciously never violated the school rules that other students in this carriage must abide by.
Although she is young, she also understands some principles. If she wants to integrate into a group as soon as possible, she must abide by the same rules as the group.
But Hagrid is an exception. Usually when driving a carriage, Hagrid is very bored by himself. Now that he has become familiar with Gabrielle, he finally has a child who can talk to him who doesn't usually need to go to school.
When Jon arrived, Hagrid was holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, exchanging experiences with Gabrielle about raising magical animals like horses.
But it was obvious that the little girl was listening absent-mindedly. She sat on the wooden cabinet in front of Hagrid that was usually used to store small items. She swayed her white and transparent calves following the slight bumps of the carriage. She didn't know what she was thinking.
.
Hearing the sound of Jon approaching, she was half a beat slower than Hagrid before she came back to her senses. Hagrid happily poured Jon a cup of black tea and at the same time handed over a plate of his favorite signature rock cake.
Jon took the cup of black tea, took the plate with rock biscuits in his hand, and placed it on the wooden cabinet without leaving a trace.
"Isn't today the first day of school for you this semester? Why do you have time to come to my place?"
Hagrid and Jon were also very familiar with each other. He usually came to Hagrid when it was not suitable to practice spells in the dormitory. Over time, the two of them had become good friends.
"It was Ginny and Luna who asked me for help." Jon looked at Gabrielle as he spoke. Hagrid must be unfamiliar with these two names. "They said that you were still depressed after you went back last night, and then suddenly
They couldn't find you when they woke up so early in the morning. They were worried about you, so they asked me to help them find you."
Gabrielle lowered her slender eyebrows and said weakly.
"I'm sorry, I forgot to tell them in the morning."
Even though Hagrid was very nervous, after such a morning, and now Jon came to see her specifically, he could tell that Gabri was not in a good mood.
He also knew that the person who had the closest contact with the dementors last night was this little girl.
"Still thinking about those dementors yesterday? Those things were actually scary when you first saw them. You didn't stay, so you didn't see what happened to them. Dumbledore drove them all away with a single spell.
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Hagrid comforted.
But his words didn't seem to have any effect on Gabrielle, she still looked glum.
"I think my parents have a sister." She whispered, "I wonder where they are now and whether they are doing well..."
Until now, four or five months have passed since Madame Maxime took Gabriel over, but she has still not received any reply.
Before leaving, the former Beauxbatons headmaster promised to get in touch with Dumbledore after finding Gabrielle's parents and take her to her family.
But it has been so long and there is still no news.
But for some things, no news is actually the best news.
Jon looked at her and said.
"If you want a family, don't hide these thoughts in your heart. Many students here may be older than you, but they all have the same experience of being separated from your family, even your parents and sisters.
At least they still remember that a relative like you is here, but their parents don’t even know who they are."
Such a comparison will undoubtedly resonate with an emotional little girl like Gabrielle. She has been in this carriage for so long, so she naturally knows a lot about the situation of the students on the carriage. She has a very clear understanding of the situation.
She knew that compared to her current situation, there were many people who should be more sad and sad than her.
Her original sad mood subsided a lot, and she just looked at Jon hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something.
"I was very sad last night, so I wandered around on the carriage..." She said softly, "Then when I was crying alone, thinking about my parents and sister, I don't know if it was the picture that came to my mind or something.
I really saw someone..."
Jon was keenly aware of the important information in Gabrielle's words, and he raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Who? A student or an adult?"
"He's an adult. I... I've seen him in my own home before. He came to my house and discussed something alone with my father." Gabri seemed to be trying very hard to recall the scene in her memory, "But that day
Dad was so unhappy that he eventually kicked the man out of the house, and my sister and I had never seen him so angry."
Jon turned and looked at Hagrid.
They all clearly felt that this was a very important message!
"Where did you see him? Gabrielle."
"I, I don't remember." She shook her head and said, "I actually felt like I hadn't seen him at all. I just missed my parents and sister so much that I remembered seeing that person, but... I
Not sure..."
Gabrielle's description is very imitative and her tone is very unconfident, which makes her sound unreliable.
But neither Hagrid nor Jon took this matter seriously.
Jon stood up from Hagrid's driving seat and said solemnly.
"Whether you really saw this person on the carriage or not, we must tell Dumbledore about this. This may be an important clue."
He has never thought about conducting any investigation on his own and has the psychology of being a hero alone.
Nowadays, the danger faced by the carriage is related to the lives of many people. Jon consciously knows that the professors will definitely make more correct decisions than him after they know more.
He did not hesitate, and then left the driver's seat with Gabrielle. After returning to the car, he went directly to the door opposite and knocked on the principal's office door.
Dumbledore was writing something with a quill pen in his office. He didn't say much else after entering the door. Jon directly asked Gabrielle to repeat these words to Dumbledore.
After quietly listening to Gabrielle's unconfident story, Dumbledore couldn't help but frown, and he said softly.
"Can you describe to me the specific physical characteristics of the adult wizard you mentioned?"