"Today's homework is no less than two sheets of parchment about the application boundary of Transfiguration. It is handed in on Friday. Okay, get out of class is over." With a stern yet patient reminder. After assigning today's homework, Professor McGonagall announced the end of today's transformation course.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione then took the opportunity to rush out of the classroom.
They were now rushing to the room where Sirius used to stay, because Sirius had sent them a message before, saying that the scuba they had custom-made in the Muggle shop was now in place.
"Oh, Harry, slow down, don't worry." When the three of them ran all the way to the path not far from the hut, they saw Sirius standing on the threshold and waving at them. .
Only now did they slow down their pace a little and walked over slowly.
"Don't worry, it won't disappear." Sirius patted Harry on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Huh, huh." Then the three of them followed Sirius into the room a little out of breath, found chairs and sat down.
"The process is generally smooth. I'm fairly familiar with Muggles now. During the days when I was fleeing, I dealt with them a lot. Occasionally, some kind Muggles thought I was a stray dog and gave me some food." Xiao Xiao Sirius smiled, then held the teapot and poured each of the three of them a cup of steaming tea.
"I even negotiated the price with them for a while. Calculated according to the exchange rate with the Muggle society, it cost a few less Galleons." Sirius said proudly and happily, and his relaxed smile even made his face smile. Looks more wrinkled.
"Here, look." He pointed to the big bed behind him that Hagrid used to sleep on.
It was only at this time that the three of Harry noticed that the original colorful quilt woven from various fabrics was lifted off and put aside, with a large cardboard box lying on top.
"Let me open it for you." Sirius walked over, and scratched lightly with his wand on the seal of the carton, and the carton seemed to be cut by a sharp knife, and it bounced open from the middle with a thud.
It is said to buy scuba, but there cannot be only one set of equipment. A complete set of professional diving equipment has many components, such as respirators, diving goggles, diving shoes, fins and the like. .
Ron looked at the assortment of pieces of equipment, and couldn't help reaching out curiously to touch them.
"Stop! Ron" Hermione immediately scolded Ron for his behavior, then approached the pile of items, rummaged through it, and picked up two booklets from it.
"We have to read the manual first," Hermione said solemnly, staring at Ron.
Ron turned his head away unconvinced, as if he was very displeased with Hermione's behavior
"Yes, when I bought this thing, the Muggle shopkeeper repeatedly gave me advice, asking me if I need a special person to guide the use of this thing." Sirius glanced at Hermione appreciatively, "If there is no skilled person to guide , there may be some accidents." Sirius nodded and continued.
"Introductory Guide to Scuba?" Hermione read softly, looking at the cover of the booklet in her hand, "and then "First Aid Guide for Drowning Persons?" Hermione glanced at the second booklet.
"Oh, the shopkeeper insisted on adding that book. He felt that if I insisted on going my own way, I might be in danger in the water." Sirius nodded, and then said to Harry, "You want me to use scuba diving?" There's nothing wrong with that, it's a good idea, but we can't put all our eggs in one basket."
Sirius paused.
"I thought of a spell. If I have enough time, maybe I can teach you later." Sirius snapped his fingers, showing a slightly smug expression.
"But now, you can put your mind on this thing. To be honest, I am actually very curious about Muggle things. They don't know magic at all, but they can also do things that we can only do with magic. Isn't that amazing?" He cast his eyes on the pile of scuba components.
The four then started research on scuba together.
"Well... these things can be put aside first." Hermione looked at the instruction manual, and then reached out and put a CD stuck in the instruction manual aside, "Hogwarts can't use computers." She shook her head.
"We should have Harry learn to wear the suit now," she said.
Afterwards, the diving suit, flippers... One piece of equipment was put on him with Harry's own attempts and the help of several others.
Soon, Harry's whole body was covered by this equipment, and he seemed to be ready for battle. This fully armed appearance made it impossible for him to get into the water immediately and swim in the water.
"I think it's extremely difficult for me to walk now." Through the mirror, Harry said in a low voice, he now felt that his whole body was being pressed tightly, and he was about to be unable to move.
The weight of the equipment itself is not a small amount, and a gas cylinder responsible for providing oxygen is carried on his shoulder, which is even heavier.
In order to cope with the deep water pressure, the whole set of equipment is made of better quality materials, so the weight will increase accordingly.
Harry tentatively took a few steps in the hut, making a "tapping" sound, which seemed extremely difficult.
At this time, the noon bell rang.
"I think we have to go." Hermione held her forehead helplessly, looked at Harry who was at a loss and said, "We still have Snape's class in the afternoon, if we don't go to eat now, we might not have time for lunch later, and Might be late."
"I can't sleep in the old bat's class!" Ron exclaimed.
So several people hurriedly started to help Harry dismantle his equipment, and finally put these things back into the cardboard box.
"Let's go, it's still early, next time I'll teach you a spell, maybe it's more useful than it." Sirius felt that this time was not very optimistic, so he said comfortingly, and sent the three of them to the door of the hut.
"Goodbye, Sirius! Thank you," said Harry gratefully.
"etc!"
Just when the three of them were about to rush back to the Gryffindor lounge with the cardboard box, Sirius called them to a stop. He trotted from the door to the big bed, groped for it, and then quickly rushed back.
"You dropped something." He stepped over the threshold, touched his stubble with one hand, and then handed the "First Aid Guide for Drowning Persons" that Hermione had forgotten to Luo, who was closest to him. kindness.
"Thank you," said Ron, and slipped the book into the box.
Along the path, the three of them carried the big cardboard box and started rushing to the lounge of their college. Before eating, they had to put the device in place first. They couldn't take this box to the auditorium for dinner, right?
That was so compelling.
"Hermione, you go to eat first, Ron and I will do." It was said that there were three people, but in fact it was only two people who were carrying the box. When Hermione, who was a girl, wanted to help, Harry was decisive. They refused, and they said that it might be more inconvenient for three people to move the four-corner boxes, and it would be inconvenient to balance.
"Yes, it's fine with me and Harry." Ron took over the conversation. After the past few days of cooperation, the relationship between him and Hermione seems to have eased. Unpleasant experiences can lead to peaceful coexistence.
At this time, Ron still wanted to show his gentlemanly demeanor and prove that he was not much worse than that Krum.
Hermione tilted her head, looked at the two who were panting, and then exhaled and said, "Okay, hurry up too."
"Wingardim Leviosa!" Hermione stretched out her wand and read to the box, and Harry and Ron felt that the pressure on their hands had eased a lot.
"Levitation Curse! Why didn't you use it earlier?" Ron said suddenly at this moment.
"I just thought of that too." Hermione covered her mouth with her hands and yawned, showing a troubled look, and then said, "I was still thinking about how to solve the heavy scuba lung when I was walking on the road, for the time being I didn't realize you worked so hard."
"Okay, I'll go first, you guys come on." Hermione waved at them, then changed into a running posture, and hurriedly rushed towards the auditorium along the path.
"Come on, buddy." Ron comforted Harry, and after a brief pause, they started on the road again.
Just walking like this, when passing the green field beside the Quidditch pitch, an accident happened suddenly.
Harry felt that the weight on his hands suddenly increased a lot. Without paying attention, the whole cardboard box shook, almost lost its balance, and slipped from his hands. Fortunately, he grabbed the box in time to prevent it from falling to the ground. .
"Ron?" He immediately realized that something might have happened to Ron behind him, so he turned his head slightly and asked suspiciously.
"Let's go, Harry." Ron said in a panic, as if he saw something very scary.
Hearing Ron's panicked tone, Harry didn't have time to worry about what Ron saw, so he could only obey his words and quicken his pace.
Ron also returned to normal after a short period of abnormality, and the rhythm of the two began to gradually become consistent again.
"Take the fake as the real one!"
Following a command, the fat lady on the portrait got out of her way, and finally the two returned to the Gryffindor lounge safely.
"Huh, huh." Ron sat panting heavily at this time, his face was extremely pale, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat. Obviously, under the effect of Hermione's levitating spell, the weight of this box was not enough. would make him so tired, there must be other reasons for his abnormality,
Harry went to check the box in the corner again, and after making sure everything was in order, he came to Ron and asked, "Who did you see just now? Snape?"
"Yes! That's him! That old bat stood on the grass and looked at us maliciously." Ron said excitedly, his pale face flushed.
"That's why I was taken aback at that time and urged you to leave quickly, otherwise we will be stopped, and we will have to find other excuses to get out, and maybe points will be deducted." Ron continued to explain.
"I see." Harry nodded suddenly, "It looks like we were lucky not to be caught by him."
"Of course!" Ron continued, seeming to be hiding something, wanting to end the topic quickly.
He lied, Snape didn't have time to target them at that time, he was eating his lunch silently in a corner of the auditorium.
"Harry?" A somewhat honest voice suddenly appeared behind them, startling them both.
"Neville, are you trying to scare us to death?" Ron said angrily.
It turned out that Neville didn't know when he stood behind them.
The originally chubby face seemed to have lost a lot of weight now, and the occasionally dull eyes also became brighter.
"I have something to say to you in private." Neville said seriously to Harry.
Ron also breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
The real reason he didn't dare to admit was this—
"It's really interesting." Fleur Delacour briskly walked to the place where Harry and Ron had just passed by, bent down and picked up a booklet from the ground, while whispering in her mouth.
After lunch, she decided to wander around Hogwarts, and by chance, she ran into the two who were separated from Hermione and were carrying scuba.
Just when she was about to approach, she found that the boy in front of her who had been rejected by her ran like crazy.
"Am I a monster or a fire dragon?" Fu Rongxiu frowned slightly, but she still felt that what she said to Ron before was a bit too much, and she wanted to apologize to him for that harsh rejection.
At that time, she was also in a state of losing control of her emotions, and it was unfortunate that Ron happened to hit the muzzle of the gun, so she had such an extreme reaction.
Otherwise, even if he refuses, he won't expose his scars and trample his self-esteem to pieces.
"I want to set a good example for Gabriel." Fleur thought to herself, she didn't want to be seen as a small belly in the eyes of her sister.
Of course, all these chances of redemption were ruined by Ron himself. Maybe the blow was too great. Now when he saw Fu Rong, he felt that this girl would taunt him viciously again.
This was the fundamental reason why he was urging Harry in a panic just now.
""First Aid Guide for Drowning Persons"?" Fu Rong patted the dust-covered booklet cover lightly, and then read the title above in a warm and pleasant voice.
The afternoon before the start of the second project.
In the Slytherin lounge, the fire in the marble fireplace was burning vigorously, and the whole room was filled with a warm atmosphere, which contrasted strongly with the severe cold outside.
Malfoy was talking to Pansy, and Pansy's face was extremely relaxed, while the former had a serious and worried face.
"Miss Parkinson, Professor Snape invites you to his office"
Malfoy immediately stood up from his seat in a panic.
Then Pan Xi's hand grabbed her.
"Professor Snape called me, you stay here and prepare for tomorrow's game." Pansy said comfortingly, then stood up, and limped along with the boy.
It is worth mentioning that the robe on her body seems to be a bit ill-fitting, baggy, and looks muddy when she walks.