Today is the day when students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons arrive at Hogwarts. Since the morning, Hogwarts has been filled with a joy of anticipation. At 5:30 in the afternoon, the bell ends half an hour early.
When the sound rang, the little wizards quickly ran back to the lounges of their respective colleges, put away their school bags and textbooks, changed into their school robes, and then happily ran to the foyer to gather.
It was not only the students who were excited, but also the teachers of the school. This was the first time that Hogwarts was visited by teachers and students from other magic schools in a hundred years, and there was no room for sloppiness. The professors thoroughly cleaned the castle and removed every piece of armor.
They were polished and polished. Those dirty and dilapidated classrooms were also properly dealt with. Those that could be cleaned were cleaned, and those that could not be cleaned were sealed. Even the oil paintings in the castle were not spared.
Those dirty oil paintings were all brand new and in factory-new condition.
Hogwarts showed a high degree of importance to the arrival of the other two schools. The deans of the four major colleges organized the teams of their own colleges in the foyer in advance before leading the students to the gate of the castle.
On the lawn.
"Weasley, straighten your hat!"
"Padma, take that weird thing off your head."
"Hannah, my dear, could you switch places with Susan?"
"When teachers and students from the other two schools arrive, I hope you will keep quiet and don't embarrass me or Slytherin..."
After forming a square formation, the deans nervously ordered the students in their own houses to tidy up their appearance. Even Snape took it upon himself to arrange the Slytherin team in a more orderly manner.
Professor Flitwick walked back and forth twice and frowned, "Where is Tom Yoder? Has anyone seen him?"
He turned around twice, but he didn't see Tom, and he didn't know where the guy had gone.
Flitwick's blood pressure began to rise: Why did Tom disappear at this critical time? Is he hungry?
The reason why Professor Flitwick is so anxious is not because Ravenclaw House will have no cards without Tom, but because he is worried that he will rush over and disrupt everyone's formation at the critical moment.
Fortunately, within a few minutes, Tom appeared at the door of the castle hall, holding a slender staff in his hand.
"Great, Yodel!" Seeing Tom appear, Professor Flitwick breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second he was caught by the staff in Tom's hand.
"Yordle, what are you doing with this thing?" Professor Flitwick screamed, "Put it away quickly!"
"Don't be nervous, Filius, I asked him to take care of that. I might ask him to perform a show for the guests later." Dumbledore appeared behind Professor Flitwick at some point, his eyes on Tom.
Sweeping the wand in his hand, the corner of his mouth twitched - the wand maker actually made such a work, it's true that a person cannot be judged by his appearance.
Everyone has a time when they are young and frivolous, Dumbledore sighed in his heart. While sighing in his heart, Dumbledore was not idle and directly called Tom to come forward and stand in the front row of the phalanx.
The conversation between Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick attracted the attention of countless young wizards. However, due to the power of the two, no one dared to talk to each other. They could only bury their curiosity deep in their hearts and wait until they had time to explore it.
after all.
It was already evening, and the sun was setting in the west, leaving a red light all over the sky that reflected on the water of the Black Lake, making the entire lake seem to be on fire.
Tom had no luck enjoying such magnificent scenery.
"How long do we have to wait?" Tom's patience ran out after swatting the third mosquito to death.
"Five minutes to six o'clock." Harry, who was standing diagonally behind him, glanced at his watch and told Tom the time.
"Alas..." Tom sighed and continued to fight against the mosquitoes.
Standing in the field by the lake is a buffet for mosquitoes. Under the harassment of mosquitoes, the little wizards around were a little impatient, and the team gradually began to discuss with lowered voices.
"How do you think they'll come? By train?"
"Maybe a broomstick?"
"Apparition and portkeys are also possible."
Tom listened to their conversation and rolled his eyes: Hogwarts cannot apparate, and both schools are collective actions, so "public transportation" must be used. Tom's eyes turned to
Looking from the sky, he thought that if nothing else happened, Beauxbatons would have arrived in a carriage and Durmstrang would have driven the ghost ship.
When everyone gets together, they can't help but show off.
I'm standing here now, isn't it just to show off to Hogwarts?
While everyone was thinking wildly, Dumbledore glanced at Tom and said loudly: "The Beauxbatons representative has arrived!"
Tom perked up and tightened his grip on the wand in his hand. Just as he was about to fill his wand, Dumbledore quietly thrust a small wooden stick into his hand.
Tom lowered his head and took a look, and to my surprise, this wand looked very much like the legendary elder wand!
The elder wand is one of the three Deathly Hallows in the magical world. It is a wand that can make its owner invincible. It can exert great magic power during a duel, and the holder can easily cast powerful magic.
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Dumbledore winked at Tom and said, "I'm just borrowing it from you temporarily. Please remember to return it to me later."
Tom:……
As for what? In order to save some face for Hogwarts, you actually took out the Elder Wand?! But with Dumbledore’s character, it’s not surprising that he would do such a thing. It’s called unexpected but reasonable.
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He looked at the wand in his hand. This was the first time he had come into close contact with this legendary wand.
Legend has it that it was made by the God of Death and is one of the Three Holy Artifacts. It can greatly enhance the power of magic spells, but it must be recognized by the wand before it can be fully mastered.
Owner: Dumbledore]
This wand was extremely slender, with bumps one after another on the surface. It was cold in his hand, and Tom could clearly feel the resistance of the wand.
Tom shook his head and handed the wand back.
"There's no room for it on the staff."
This time it was Dumbledore's turn to fall silent, and Tom's answer was very unexpected.
Who would have thought that someone would refuse to use the legendary Elder Wand for such a bizarre reason?
The reason why Tom refused to use the Elder Wand was also very simple. The groove on his wand was made according to his own wand measurement. The Elder Wand was a full two inches long and had raised knuckles on the surface, making it impossible to squeeze into it.
.Forcibly pushing it in will change the groove into the shape of the Elder Wand, making it impossible for the original wand to fit perfectly. As for the extremely low fit, it is not the primary problem.