Compared with Tom's life, Harry's vacation is much more miserable. The Dursley family's attitude towards magic is still stuck in the Middle Ages. In their family, magic is absolutely forbidden. In order to cover up the fact, in Uncle Vernon's words, haha
Leigh became a hopeless gangster at the St. Bruce Security Center School for Young Offenders, with an extremely bad reputation in the area - only slightly better than Dali.
Uncle Vernon even locked up Harry's spell book, wand, cauldron and broomstick at the beginning of the summer vacation. Harry would be severely reprimanded for even saying a word to the neighbors. He would not do his summer homework because his guardian prohibited it.
?Stop dreaming, Snape was eager to have an excuse to punish Harry with a month of confinement. However, Harry seized an opportunity at the beginning of the summer vacation. He was showing off the new car assigned to him by the company to the neighbors at the Vernon family.
At that time, he secretly took out the locked books.
But getting the textbooks is just the beginning.
In the days that followed, Harry and the Vernon family launched a protracted guerrilla war.
Harry had no chance to do homework during the day. He could only study under the covers with a flashlight in the dead of night. He also had to be careful that the Dursleys heard sounds in their house when the Dursleys got up to go to the toilet at night. He was nervous.
The level of excitement is comparable to students secretly playing with their mobile phones at night.
What's even worse is that if Harry wants to go to Hogsmeade, he needs to get Uncle Vernon's signature. Thinking about it with his toes, this is an impossible event. Even Harry thinks that Uncle Vernon can only be possessed by the spirit.
This application form will be signed only under certain circumstances.
But there was always a chance. He managed to reach an agreement with Uncle Vernon: he would pretend to Aunt Marge that he attended the St. Bruce Security Center School for Young Offenders, who was about to come as a visitor, and in return Uncle Vernon would sign for him.
This Aunt Maggie is also one of the sources of Harry's painful memories. Although she is called "Aunt", she is actually Uncle Vernon's sister and has no blood relationship with Harry.
This "heavyweight" guest will stay at the Dursley's for a full week.
For Harry, this process was too painful. The Vernon family treated Harry as if he were nothing, but Aunt Marge was different. Harry had to stay under her nose all the time so that she could criticize him.
Harry endured it for the sake of the autograph.
Today is Aunt Maggie's last day at the Dursleys' house. Aunt Petunia carefully prepared a feast, and Uncle Vernon opened his own wine collection - the only problem was that these bottles of wine were ruined. Aunt Maggie drank
Drunk. The topic ran wildly in a dangerous direction.
"Some dogs are born to be short and thin! This is all due to bad bloodlines, and bad bloodlines will show up. I'm not talking bad about your family, Petunia -"
Harry took a deep breath and began to recall the rules for caring for his broomstick.
Aunt Maggie took Petunia's hand and began to humiliate Harry's father, James Potter.
Uncle Vernon's face had turned pale. He was all too aware of the sensitivity of this topic, and it was like they were dancing in a minefield. He asked Harry to go upstairs to bed, but was stopped by Aunt Marge.
She wanted to continue saying something, but her whole body began to swell, and eventually turned into the shape of a rubber ball, screaming and floating in the air.
Harry rushed out of the room, took away all the things he valued as quickly as possible: books, brooms, birthday gifts from friends, and rushed out of the door without looking back.
…
As night fell, Hermione took off her crown and stretched a little tiredly. Tom also put down the quill in his hand and slumped down on the chair.
After a day of study, the progress of their paper is extremely gratifying, and they will be able to write the conclusion and appendix tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
"Take a bath and go to bed~" Hermione was in a great mood as she looked at her long paper. After Tom made him a cup of hot cocoa, she felt even better.
"Try to write the first draft tomorrow, and then we..." Her words were interrupted by a blue-silver creature floating in from the window. She recognized it as a phoenix patron saint.
In today's wizarding world, Phoenix and Dumbledore are equals.
"Professor Dumbledore?" she said in surprise.
"Pack your bags and head to Diagon Alley." Phoenix spoke, and it was Dumbledore's voice, but it was not as kind and kind as usual, but a little more firm.
Tom jumped up from his chair and ran up to the second floor.
"You leave a message for Mr. Granger and I'll pack your luggage."
Ten minutes later, Tom and Hermione were already standing outside the garden of Granger's house. The reason why they could pack their luggage so quickly was thanks to the suitcase with the Invisible Expansion Charm cast on it. Tom only needed to bring his luggage with him.
Just throw everything in the box into the box, and they can tidy it up slowly when they have time.
The Invisible Expansion Charm is a great invention. Hermione's wardrobe and shoe cabinet were all emptied, but she still couldn't fill this small suitcase.
"Shall I make a call? Call a taxi?" Although it is still summer, the average temperature in London after sunset is only ten degrees. In the night wind, Hermione felt a little cold: she was only wearing a pleated skirt.
A shirt and a short skirt, and a pair of ultra-thin stockings stretched on the legs. Of course, with the white rose legs wrapped around her, the legs are not very cold, but the upper body is cold.
She stood outside the house and realized that it was still difficult for the two of them to go to Diagon Alley in the middle of the night: her home was in a wealthy area on the outskirts of London. The characteristic of the wealthy area was that there were no subways or buses, so as far as possible
Physically isolate homeless people and socially idle people from entering - Tom slipped in by taking the "No. 11" bus, and he was still a child, so no one cared about him.
Generally speaking, people who live nearby travel by car, and there are no taxis coming here. Hermione knows that the fastest way to get to Diagon Alley is to call the taxi company and call a taxi.
come over.
"No," Tom took two steps towards the wind and blocked the night wind for Hermione, "You have to watch it."
Tom raised his wand high above his head and whispered: "Lows!"
Before he finished speaking, two lights appeared in the distance. The next moment, with a loud noise, a huge object appeared in front of Tom, and the place where they stood was also shrouded in a sudden strong light.
The source of the bright light and noise was a pair of headlights and a pair of tires as tall as a person. However, although to the ears of Tom and Hermione, the sound was the same as the sound of cannons, the surrounding small villas were all quiet, and it seemed that
No Muggles heard the car.
Hermione squinted her eyes and built a shelter with her hands. She raised her head and saw clearly the true identity of the huge thing in front of her. It was a three-story bus. It emerged from the void like a ghost and came to them.
, there is a line of large golden characters on the car windshield: Knight Bus.
With a creak, the bus door opened, and a small slope with patterned patterns stretched out in front of Tom.
"Welcome aboard the Knight Bus - the emergency transport used to transport wizards in distress. All you have to do is stick out your wand, get on board and we'll take you wherever you want to go. My name is
Stan Sampac, I'm your conductor tonight."
A young man less than twenty years old, with a pair of protruding ears and a few pimples leaned out of the car.
"Hurry up and get in the car, sir and pretty lady!" He took the initiative to extend his hand, as if he wanted to help Tom carry the luggage, but his eyes turned around Hermione a few times.
[Mission: Wandering in the world. Goal: Exploring the magical world
Five stages of progress: 8/16 Knight bus unlocked]
The moment Tom stepped onto the Knight Bus, this message popped up.
After the two of them got in the car, Stan took the initiative and asked: "Where do you want to go?"
Hermione stood behind Tom and asked, "Can I go to Diagon Alley?"
"Of course, you can go anywhere you want - as long as it's on land," Stan said proudly, winking at Hermione, "Of course, it can't be driven underwater or in other people's hearts..."
As long as you're on land, you can go there? Tom tilted his head, feeling a little unhappy: "Since you can go anywhere, can you drive to Nurmengard?"
Stan was stunned for a moment. The name Nurmengard was unfamiliar to him, but he seemed to have heard it somewhere before.
"Okay." A deep voice came from the driver's seat. It was the driver of this car, Ern Plan. He was an elderly wizard wearing a pair of thick glasses. "The fare is very expensive. Next year
It will be cheaper for Muggles if the Channel Tunnel is connected, but..."
He raised his head and glanced at Tom with cloudy eyes, "You can't pay this high price."
Stan was confused by what he heard, and he laughed, "Hey, it turns out it's a place on the European continent. No wonder I haven't heard of it, but I have some impression - you are going to Diagon Alley, right? Haha.
, there was a young man who wanted to go to Diagon Alley just now, you guys are on his way."
At this time, a person emerged from the shadows behind him, and it was Tom's mission target this time: Harry Potter.
"Harry! I didn't expect you to be here?" Hermione was a little surprised: What a coincidence!
Harry opened his mouth when Hermione spoke, but failed to stop her. When the word "Harry" came out, he could only smile bitterly in return.
"Harry?!" Stan opened his mouth in surprise, "You just said your name is Neville Longbottom! Wait!"
He saw the scar on Harry's head, "You are, Harry Potter -" His voice could be heard throughout the car, and Tom could feel that several people were lifting up from the beds in the carriage.
Headed.
Harry smiled awkwardly.
"That's enough, how much is the fare to Diagon Alley?" Tom didn't want to continue to pester. He instinctively felt that something was wrong. Their top priority was to go to Diagon Alley instead of continuing to cause trouble here.
"Three Sickles, everyone." Obviously, Stan was in a bad mood after being interrupted like this, but as a conductor, he still had basic professional ethics.
"If you add three squid, you will get free chocolates, and if you add four more, you will get a hot water bottle and a toothbrush of any color." He also added.
Tom didn't bother to pay attention to him. He didn't have a lot of money to spend, so why did he waste it? Besides, he was furious when he saw Stan. He walked straight to the back of the carriage.
Beside the bed behind the driver, Tom saw a birdcage and a somewhat familiar suitcase.
"I'll sleep here." Harry patted the bed that Tom was looking at, so Tom chose the bed opposite him, and Hermione sat down next to him.
The vehicle started. With a deafening "bang", the car almost flew out. It ran wildly among sidewalks, roads, and vehicles, but the obstacles actively avoided the speeding bus.
However, the car did not drive directly to Diagon Alley, but continued to speed through the wild, throwing away a few passengers from time to time. Finally, it stopped outside a dilapidated landfill.
Five people wearing hoods and wrapped in cloaks stepped onto the bus.
"Welcome to the Knight Bus..." Stan enthusiastically went up to pick up the passengers. The hooded man in the lead mumbled a few words, handed Stan a money bag, and they walked to the back of the bus together.
Tom felt a chill, which reached its peak when the hooded man passed in front of him. Tom found that the hands of these people were all covered by their robes, and it was completely impossible to see what their hands were doing from the outside.
"Not a good feeling..." Tom's intuition told him that there was something wrong with these people, but he had no evidence. Finally, at this critical moment, Tom remembered the famous saying of the American police: It is better to stand in court than lie down.
Enter the hospital.
So he took action. While drawing out his wand, he punched the hooded man passing by him in the ribs. The distance was too close, and Tom's attack was too sudden. The hooded man was caught off guard and was hit by the blow.
, lying on the ground clutching his ribs. The stun spell fired by Tom was dodged by the person behind him and hit a hooded man at the back of the team.
Tom's intuition was right. At the same moment that Tom took action, a hooded man also took out his wand and directed Avada Kedavra at Harry. If he hadn't bent down slightly to avoid the coma spell, Harry would have been killed.
He is about to undergo the test of the Killing Curse again.
He stood firm, and just as he was about to fight back, he saw a snake pupil. He paused, and the next second a blood flower bloomed on his chest - while Tom was using telekinesis, he split it into pieces.
It hit him and blood splattered.
As soon as they fought, three of the five hooded men fell. The remaining two shook their robes, and two scaly arms stretched out from the bottom of the robes. They did not use wands, but directly rushed over and tried to attack.
fight.
Facing the menacing two men, Tom remained calm. He had a translucent shield in front of him and raised his wand:
"Collapse!"
Two red lights shot out from Tom and Hermione's wands, hitting one of them on the chest and knocking him away. The other person failed to threaten them: he hit Hermione's defensive bracelet and was instantaneous.
The iron armor spell was placed on him, and before he could recover, his body froze.
"Everyone is petrified!" Driver Ern Plan put away his wand, "Diagon Alley is here."