In a rare collective silence, the start-of-term dinner ended, and everyone was immersed in the shocking news that dementors were stationed at Hogwarts.
As we all know, dementors are one of the most evil creatures known. They haunt the darkest and dirtiest places in groups. All sucked dry.
Get too close to a dementor, and any good feeling, any memory of joy will be sucked away by it.
If it can, it will feed off of you for a long time, until it makes you just like it, soulless and evil, leaving you with only the worst memories of your life.
These terrifying creatures have long been guards in Azkaban, the wizarding prison that guards the most evil dark wizards in the wizarding world.
But now, they have come to Hogwarts, what does this mean
Everyone seems to have noticed something, but no one wants to think about it.
Everyone returned to their common rooms in silence. No one spoke, but Ivan heard a lot of subtle discussions. The names of Dementors, Azkaban, Sirius Black, and Harry Potter were mentioned repeatedly. Knowing whether it was an illusion, he found that many people, especially students from wizarding families, subconsciously stayed away from Harry. They must have heard something from their parents.
Thirteen years ago, it wasn't a secret why Sirius Black was captured, it's just that no one wanted to talk about it.
This depressive atmosphere made Aiwen very uncomfortable. Everyone lacked understanding of dementors. It is not a good idea to spread rumors and let the panic continue to spread. He hesitated for a while, seeing that it was still early, and decided to strike while the iron was hot, and write a few series of articles introducing Dementors while all the little wizards were still interested.
He talked to Colin, then turned around and went to the library to search for information.
In the library, the administrator Mrs. Pince looked at Ivan suspiciously. She obviously still had an impression of this child.
Last semester, this student almost went through the entire library in just one year, from the simplest introductory spells to the advanced taboo magic, most of the knowledge is not what a child of this age should be Mastered.
Mrs. Pince shook her head, thinking that when she was in second grade, she couldn't do anything but make her wand shine, and this kid...
She still remembered the headmaster's reaction when she told Dumbledore about it.
Dumbledore actually told her calmly to ignore it, and he even allowed the child to check the books in the restricted section, which was incredible.
In Mrs. Pince's opinion, Dumbledore must be out of his wits.
She wouldn't be surprised if this child became a dark wizard in the future. Take a look at the books he came to find this time, they are all about dementors.
Seeing the name of this evil creature, Mrs. Pince shuddered unconsciously. It was too terrifying. Which normal second-year student would come to find books about this dark creature on the first day of school? !
Ivan didn't know his image in Mrs. Pince's eyes, and he had already equated it with the dark wizard.
When he returned to the common room with a dozen heavy magic books in his arms, he found that everyone except Hermione had gone back to their bedrooms to sleep.
"You're back!" Hermione looked up at Ivan, pointing to the steaming cup in front of her and said, "I heard from Colin that you went to the library to find information about dementors, so I decided to Wait a minute, here's my hot chocolate for you!"
"Thank you!" Ivan gratefully picked up the cup and took a sip. This feeling is very good. After a hard night in the library, someone came back for him...
Before he could swallow the second sip, he spit it out immediately, with a painful expression on his face. There was no sugar in this cup of hot chocolate, and the taste was too bitter.
As if Ivan had expected this kind of reaction, Hermione smiled and said, "When I need to hit the energy, this thing is very helpful for refreshing!"
The same cup was placed in front of her, half-drunk already.
Ai Wen forced himself to take another sip, his stomach churned for a while, but he did concentrate a lot. He saw that Hermione was repeatedly marking the time on a piece of parchment, and asked a little strangely, "Hermione, where are you now?" What are you doing?"
"Get my schedule in order. You know, I have a lot of classes this semester, and I'm afraid..."
With the light of the fire, Ivan saw Hermione's full schedule.
If he hadn't known that Hermione had a Time-Turner, he would have thought she had mixed up her timetable.
For example, at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, she has a Divination class; at the same time, she has a Muggle Studies class.
"You've filled up almost all of your time!" Ivan said worriedly, "Don't be stupid, Hermione! Even with the help of a time converter, you can't take so many classes at the same time. In the long run, your body will resist Can't live."
"Oh, yes, you already know that, after all, you used this thing last year." Hermione took out a pocket watch-shaped item from inside her clothes, "Don't worry about me, Ivan, I have completely discussed with Professor McGonagall. Talk about it!"
"Don't think that I don't know your plan. You did think of everything, but you ignored your physical condition." Ivan said hurriedly, "Hermione, you are not a ghost, you can't stay awake for 24 hours. I think there are some courses you don't need to take at all. Divination and Arithmancy, for example, overlap, and Muggle Studies are of no use to you at all."
"But it will be fascinating to study them from the perspective of the magic world." Hermione looked at Ivan sincerely.
"Listen to me, you have to give up a few doors..."
"No, I want to try!" Hermione insisted. "You know, we are all Muggle-born wizards, and I want to prove that I am no worse than everyone else."
"You don't need to prove anything, you are already the best!"
"Not enough, Percy got twelve O..LS certificates last year; and, compared to you, I'm still..." Hermione's voice trailed off.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and neither of them spoke.
Crookshanks combed his hair in front of the fireplace, let out two comfortable screams, and looked at the two strangely.
"Well, since you insist." After a long time, Ivan sighed, "But if you promise me, you must do what you can, okay?"
Hermione blushed and nodded, feeling that the atmosphere was a bit wrong. No matter how I heard what Ivan said, it sounded like...
She hurriedly pointed to Ivan to bring back those books and said, "How about it, have you found any books about dementors?"
"There is no book left. All the introduction materials about dementors in the library are here. It is more than enough to open a special topic on dementors in the newspaper. Are you ready to help?"
"Of course!" Hermione nodded.
The silver-white moonlight crept in quietly, and the fire was burning quietly.
Contrary to the horror and despair outside the school where dementors slipped by from time to time, the Gryffindor common room was peaceful and quiet.
Alvin and Hermione studied the habits, survival and attack methods of dementors together, as well as their dark history, and the method of defeating dementors.
"The spell to resist dementors is the Patronus Charm. To use this spell, you need to concentrate, think about the happiest thing in your heart, and say out of your mouth!"
Hermione pointed to the contents of the book and read softly, "When this spell is fully effective, it can summon a complete Patronus. Everyone's Patronus is different, because it is a symbol that reflects the heart. .”
Hermione read the phrase "the symbol of the heart" twice, raised her head and said uncertainly, "Ivan, I remember you were on the train, and the patron saint you summoned was..."
"Don't think about it, Hermione!" Ivan couldn't help but look at Crookshanks who was already asleep by the fireplace, stared at it for a long time, and then slowly explained with a flushed face, "It must be a coincidence, but It looks almost the same!"
"Really?" Hermione narrowed her eyes, and she was a little uncertain when she heard Ivan say that.
At that time, the atmosphere in the carriage was too dark, and Aiwen's patron saint flashed past again. Hermione was not sure if she saw it clearly, maybe it was really just a coincidence!