When Tom and the others came to the platform, they also heard the little wizards around them talking about it. Several little wizards swore that they saw a car flying in the sky with their own eyes. However, this was also refuted by many little wizards.
In their understanding, Muggle cars cannot fly. Even if a wizarding family had a flying car, who would dare to drive it?
As night fell, the cold air lingered on the platform. The little wizards followed the crowds and poured out of the station little by little while discussing "flying cars" intensely. Tom saw Neville walking past them in a panic.
He passed by and was looking around on tiptoes.
"Neville, are you looking for someone?" Hermione had always been a warm-hearted person. Seeing Neville looking anxious, she subconsciously asked, wanting to see if she could help him.
"Harry and Ron are missing. I kept looking for them on the train, but I didn't see them." Neville spoke quickly.
"Longbottom, if you buy a copy of the Evening Prophet, you will understand everything." A greasy, lazy voice sounded behind them, and they knew it was Draco Malfoy without looking back.
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Malfoy shook the evening newspaper that had just been delivered to him and smiled brightly. He also read the contents of the newspaper aloud: "Ford Anglia can fly, Muggles are shocked. Two Muggles in London
Believed they saw an old saloon flying past the Post Office building... At midday in Norfolk, Mrs Hetty Bellis was drying her laundry... Mr Angus Fleet of Peebles reported to the police... there were six in all
Seven Muggles, not including those who saw it and didn't call the police."
"Merlin, even if you end up in Azkaban because of speeding, you should use a better car! I remember that his father Arthur was still working in the Department for the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts, and he did something like this during the summer vacation
A massive search—it turned out that the biggest criminal was Arthur himself!”
Malfoy and the students around him laughed.
"I will definitely send a letter to my father, and then - poof, there will be no more people like Arthur in the Ministry of Magic, and perhaps a subsidy policy should be introduced to prevent some pure-blood families from starving to death at home.
Malfoy said with excitement, he felt more and more that this idea was feasible.
"How did you conclude that it was the Weasley family's car!" Hermione fired back angrily, but even she felt a little unsure about what she said.
"Use your brain, Granger!" Malfoy tapped his forehead and wanted to say something else, but Tom interrupted him.
"If you beep one more word, I will publish a popular science document on Elizabeth I in the Daily Prophet. I believe wizards will be very interested in why Queen Elizabeth never married."
Malfoy instantly became silent. Several young wizards around him who were from pure-blood families and knew some ancient secrets looked thoughtful, but most of them were still confused.
Malfoy disappeared in anger.
The three of them continued to follow the crowd - Peggy didn't seem very happy to follow Hagrid on the boat, but she still left with Hagrid. Tom, Hermione, and Neville walked on a muddy path,
There were hundreds of horseless carriages parked on both sides of the path.
"Are these carriages alchemical creations?" Hermione stared at the empty front of the carriage curiously. This was the first time she saw a carriage without horses.
Tom glanced at Hermione and Neville. From their reactions, Tom felt that Hermione didn't see the Thestral pulling the cart, but Neville probably did, which surprised him.
"This carriage is actually pulled by magical animals," Tom answered Hermione's doubts. "These animals are called thestrals. You can simply understand that they are invisible."
"Only those who have witnessed and understood death can see them." Tom said, looking at the emaciated Thestrals in front of the carriage.
It is normal for most people not to be able to see the Thestrals. Harry witnessed his mother being killed when he was born, and even killed Quirrell himself in his first year, but he still had to wait until after the Triwizard Tournament to see the Thestrals. Because when his mother was killed, he was still
Xiao, he fainted when he was dealing with Quirrell.
This shows that seeing death is not the only requirement. I am afraid that one also needs to know and feel death.
But Tom can see the Thestral:
Thestrals look very "unknown". They don't have any flesh on their bodies, and their black fur is directly attached to their skeletons, which makes their bones clearly visible. After seeing them, you can't help but get goosebumps all over your body.
The Thestrals' heads were somewhat like fire dragon heads, and Tom could see their milky white eyes without pupils. At this time, the Thestrals between the poles were looking at him intently.
One Thestral also stretched its wings, and they grew a pair of bat-like wings between their shoulder bones.
With this appearance, it is no wonder that it has been regarded as an unlucky symbol for centuries because of its terrifying appearance and the characteristic that it can only be seen after death.
"Can you see them too?" Neville came closer to Tom and asked softly. At this time, Hermione also looked over. She didn't expect that the two boys around her had actually seen death.
"I do it because of my grandfather, what about you?"
"Because there are many people." Tom didn't lie. The Ukrainian wizard, Chilo, and Huaihe... he had truly seen the sea of blood and the mountain of corpses.
Neville immediately fell silent.
Although the Thestrals look scary, they are actually loyal creatures that can tell whether the other party is a friend or foe and provide help when they need to travel. The Thestrals at Hogwarts are known as
He is well fed, well trained and very docile.
At this time, they were standing there, looking at the four Twolegs boredly. Tom also saw the Thestral on the right stepping over the Thestral in the middle and getting close to the face of the Thestral on the far left, rubbing the left side with its head.
That cheek - can only be described with one idiom: ears and temples rubbing together.
The Thestral in the middle raised its head in a very humane manner, showing a look of despair.
All of a sudden, the scary feeling on them dissipated a lot.
"If you are willing, you can try to touch it. The Thestrals of Hogwarts will not harm the students." Tom approached the three Thestrals, put his hand on the back of one of them, and helped it comb its back.
mane.
Hermione boldly touched the Thestral's ribs, and the Thestral turned directly back and licked Hermione's hand. Its rough tongue ran across the back of Hermione's hand, bringing a wave of
The scrubbing feeling was like taking a bath, giving Hermione goosebumps all over her body.
Neville also followed suit and found a Thestral and touched it a few times.
The three of them touched the Thestrals for a while before boarding the carriage and heading to Hogwarts.