Tonight, quietly...
The moon in the sky is very round and bright. The bright moonlight slants down from the corridors, making the light-receiving side of Hogwarts Castle look like daylight. Even the candles and bonfires in the corridors appear dim. point.
As before, there were almost no students walking around and playing in the corridors. Even if one or two were occasionally seen, they would come and go in a hurry.
This is a natural thing, because since the second event of the Triwizard Tournament, the students' entertainment activities have mainly been concentrated in the school auditorium, except for a few who need to go to the library or in their respective colleges. Except for the students who were catching up on their homework in the common room, most of the students had already gone to the auditorium during the time after dinner and before going to bed, when it was not appropriate to go out for activities, and very few stayed there. The corridor outside the castle.
However……
Little Annie unexpectedly didn't go to the auditorium today, because she had watched for several days the drama about three guys using magic to fight the undead at the Kaolin intersection. They were fighting zombies every day. There is nothing special about using magic spells to defeat clumsy zombies controlled by the Witch Meow King!
Therefore, she felt that there would be no changes for the time being, and that there would be no danger to the three guys following an increasingly large group of Lordaeron soldiers and paladins sweeping up near the Kaolin intersection, so she naturally did not join in. Into that messy auditorium.
"Uh huh huh..."
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Little Annie is very happy today and is bouncing around the corridors of Hogwarts Castle...
In fact, for her, a carefree little girl who basically had nothing to annoy her except eating, drinking and having fun, almost every day was very pleasant. But if she was unhappy one day , that would be tragic!
Because, for a powerful naughty child like her, once someone deliberately provokes her and makes her unhappy, she will always use her 'law of conservation of happiness' to remove the unhappy aspects of her body. The 'emotions' are transferred to others, and then a share of 'happiness' is obtained from those who dare to provoke her.
For example:
Today she went to the lake to catch fish and met Peeves, whom she had thrown into the middle of the lake many days ago. He was still tied to the barrel of a cannon and stuck diagonally in the mud at the bottom of the lake. His body was still covered with water plants. She saw She even scolded Lao Huan afterwards! Therefore, seeing that the other party was still in good spirits and not depressed at all, she kindly did not put the hateful little ghost up so that it could continue to follow the tentacles with horns on their heads in the lake. Monster, want to play with those Grindylows who hang around it every day?
"Ooooooh..."
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Anne liked the empty-looking castle very much, because it meant that no one would disturb her when she was happy.
but……
In fact, she still didn't like the slightly dim Hogwarts Castle and the damp corridors.
Because, some stubborn and stubborn wizards who don't know how to adapt, why are they unwilling to run a few wires and install brighter lights in this castle? And you have to light those kerosene torches, bonfires and candles that are expensive, easy to emit odor, and have safety hazards. The whole castle is filled with smoke, and you are covered in those odors along the way. Okay, that kind of annoying thing is really unreasonable!
Maybe, this is like what a bad little bear in her family said:
If they don't light more bonfires and candles, and don't consume more materials, how can some evil school senior officials earn more gold galleons from the "fire consumption"? After all, this castle is so big. It must consume a lot of kerosene candles and other materials for lighting fires every day, right? So, the material suppliers, buyers, cashiers, and even the principal and other related professors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry can all benefit from it?
So, a vicious chain of corrupt interests was created like this?
However, little Annie would definitely not ask about that kind of thing. She just complained in her heart because the corridor was too dark. So, why do those stubborn old guys insist on lighting up the lights? I don’t want to worry about it! Besides, she owns more gold galleons than all of them, so she won’t care about those!
"Eh?"
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Little Anne, who had just turned a corner in the castle corridor, suddenly stopped.
Then, she thought about it and blinked her big green eyes again. After hesitating for a moment, she finally stepped back slowly on tiptoes and took two steps back without turning around. He fell back from the corner.
Because what she saw was that on the railing of the castle corridor she just passed by, there seemed to be a girl with hair as long as her waist lying quietly on the railing over there, hiding under the stone pillar. Next to you, quietly looking up at the sky outside?
If Annie hadn't glanced subconsciously with the corner of her eye just now when she turned the corner, maybe she would have really almost missed the opponent?
"..."
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First, she secretly observed, and after staring at the other person's back for a long time, little Annie, who was curious and a little itchy at the same time, wanted to know what the other person was looking at, finally couldn't help it anymore.
So, she turned around and quickly jumped towards the other party's position.
"Hi~!"
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"This classmate, who are you, and what are you looking at here?!"
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First, she greeted the other party loudly, as if to scare people, and after asking the other party, without waiting for the other party's answer, little Annie eagerly came to the other party's side, imitating the other party's appearance, and walked away from the pillar. He stuck his head out from the railing and began to scan the sky outside.
Unfortunately, she looked and looked, but still didn't seem to find anything interesting or worth watching for a long time.
"Why!!"
"So, it turns out to be Professor Anne?"
Someone yelled from behind, and then the blond girl was frightened and turned her head immediately. When she found out that the person was a little girl, and took a closer look, she found that the person was not a rival. After the first-year girl she pranked turned out to be the interesting little professor in the school, third-year Luna quickly introduced herself politely:
"Hello, Professor Anne."
"My name is Luna, Luna Lovegood. I am now a third-year student in Ravenclaw. It is a pleasure to meet you here..."
Obviously, third-year Luna's tone sounded a little awkward, as if she was a little surprised and a little uneasy when facing this little professor who almost never talked to her?
So, after she finished speaking, she took back the hand that was holding the railing. She didn't dare to stay here quietly like before, and silently looked at the place that belonged to her outside. A person's beautiful moonlight.
"you're good too!"
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"But Luna-san, you haven't answered me yet. What are you watching here? Why don't you go to the auditorium to watch a 'movie' with others?"
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After looking outside, little Annie still couldn't find anything interesting in the sky outside, so she retracted from the guardrail again and asked unhappily.
"I……"
"I'm actually here to watch the moon, because the moonlight tonight is very beautiful... Of course, there are also those beautiful black Pegasus, but they have flown away long before you passed by here..."
"As for the auditorium..."
"I don't like going to the auditorium very much, because some classmates never seem to like me, so I don't go there too often..."
Yes, compared to going to the auditorium to watch it live, Luna herself might prefer to read the content and photos she likes from newspapers or the school magazine of the Triwizard Tournament.
Because, she is the famous crazy girl Lovegood from Ravenclaw, and the crazy girl is famously unsociable, does not like to join in the fun, does not like to cheer with others in the auditorium, and then also You will always be the target of ridicule, alienation and incomprehension by others!
Therefore, it is perfectly normal for her to hide here alone and watch the moon.
"!!"
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"So, you are looking at the dark and thin Thestral?"
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Little Annie, who thought the other party was looking at something interesting or interesting, suddenly lost interest when she heard that the other party was actually looking at the moon and the Thestrals. interest.
Because of the moon and other things, she used to go there only when she was thinking about Amorin's mother. However, after knowing that some guys would never take the initiative to think about her, she stopped going there. Miss each other!
o(｀^??)oHmph!
In short, she, Professor Anne, Head of State Anne and Queen Anne, is too busy to think about some bad mother!
"!!"
"Excuse me……"
"Professor An, Anne, can you really see thestrals? You know they exist. Don't you think I'm a crazy girl?"
However, unexpectedly, the crazy girl Luna Lovegood suddenly exclaimed in surprise towards the little professor next to her.
To be honest, she was actually prepared just now, thinking that the other party would think that her head was abnormal, that she was not clear-headed, that she was a crazy girl, and would look at her strangely and mockingly, just like the other students. Of.
"Isn't it just the Thestrals? It's just that kind of skinny guy with no flesh on his body. He looks dark and makes people feel so disgusting. What's so great about him?!"
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Professor Anne said that she had seen that kind of animal with a tall and rugged body, a dark body, a dragon's head and a horse's body, and a pair of broad wings on its back, which could fly at high speeds in the air when she came to Hogwarts two years ago. , she didn’t pay too much attention to that kind of magical animal that had no meat at a glance and had been excluded from her diet for a long time.
"Can you really see them?"
"But why can you also see them? I told many classmates about them, but they all said they didn't see them. They also said I was crazy and that my brain was abnormal..."
As she spoke, Luna's voice gradually became lower.
Thinking of the past two years or so, I was rarely accepted by my classmates at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and then gradually I was labeled as crazy girl Lovegood, crazy girl, abnormal brain, lunatic, etc. As she thought about the title, even Luna Lovegood, who was as strong and calm as she was, couldn't help but lower her eyelids in frustration.
However, she soon became happy!
Because, according to her father Xenophilius Lovegood, the most powerful person in the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and even the entire wizarding world, is probably the Professor Anne in front of her! And it is very possible that even the Dark Lord is not as powerful as the other party? But now, she, Luna, had actually gained the other person's approval, which made her feel more excited than anything else.
"Well..."
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"That's because Thestrals are special. There is a special energy fluctuation in the appearance of that magical animal, which makes them 'invisible'. Only those who have witnessed death with their own eyes, and when they are killed by humanoid creatures at close range. Only people who have been disturbed or washed away by their 'soul' energy can see it, so ordinary people definitely can't see them!"
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This kind of question must not be difficult for her, Professor Anne, so without thinking too much, she directly analyzed the reason why ordinary students cannot see Yeqi according to her own thoughts and inferences. Fan.
"So that's it..."
Nodding, Luna, who was smart and well-behaved and was a Ravenclaw student, quickly expressed her understanding of this.
"But, Professor Anne, have you also seen death?"
"Ah! Sorry Professor, I have forgotten some things. I remember that you were in Gringotts at that time..."
As soon as she asked the question, Luna quickly covered her mouth and changed her words to apologize.
Because she also suddenly remembered that the other party had made a big fuss in Gringotts two years ago. Not only did he burn to death the adult Ukrainian Iron Belly in Gringotts, but it was said that he also burned to death many goblins?
Although no one told Luna how many greedy goblins were burned to death by Professor Anne in front of her, one thing is certain, that is: some goblins must have been burned to death, otherwise, the other party would not Maybe like her, she can see those beautiful and pretty Thestrals.
"It has nothing to do with Gringotts!!"
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Little Annie said that she had been to many worlds, and there were a lot of bad guys who were burned to death, killed, played to death, or accidentally 'stepped to death', and the reason why she could see the Thestrals really didn't matter. What happened to some goblins in Gringotts back then!
Besides, even if she has never seen 'death' or burned a goblin to death, there is nothing mysterious about the Thestrals in her eyes. She has many ways to make others see them easily.
"That……"
"Professor Anne, do you know that there are Bubble Snot Monsters and Bent-Horned Snorlax in this world?"
Luna, who had rarely gained recognition from others, began to ask excitedly towards the little professor who ran over and took the initiative to talk to her, because she felt that she seemed to have some common topics with him?
"Bubble Snotlout and Snorlax?"
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"Where can such strange things be found?!"
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Little Annie would definitely not care about the kind of food that you knew you must not eat just by hearing the name, especially the 'snot monster' or something like that. However, that did not prevent her from talking to the person in front of her when she was bored. Interesting young lady, please chat more.
"It is said that it exists in Sweden!"
"They have always lived there, and my dad has always wanted to take me to Sweden for vacation and capture them, but I have been very busy with work on "The Quibbler" recently, so I have never had time to take me there..."
At this point, Luna sighed sadly. She knew that the sales of her father's magazines might not be very good recently. Although her father said that everything was fine, she knew that she didn't want it to be as easy as he said. .
"In Sweden, it's too far away. Let's forget it. Then we won't catch them..."
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If it was near Hogwarts, she might still catch it for fun, but if it was in northern Europe, forget it. She wouldn't go all the way for such weird things.
"Why!"
"It would be great if I could have a chance to visit Mr. Newt Scamander. He would definitely know how to find and capture them. Then no one would say that Dad's "The Quibbler" was made up. ."
Luna sighed. She had always been very upset about her classmates' unwillingness to believe in "The Quibbler" and their denial of the existence of the Bubble Snot Monster and the Crescent-Horned Snorlax, but there was nothing she could do about it. She seemed to have no choice. There is no good solution.
After all, without tangible evidence, she certainly couldn't ask others to believe her.
"Newt Scamander? Who is that?"
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"Professor Anne, don't you know?"
Unexpectedly, the little girl professor in front of her didn't know any famous person, and Luna couldn't help but feel surprised.
"Who is he? Is he famous? And why do people need to know about him?!"
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Little Annie said that what she cares about most is delicious and fun things and things. As for a certain person, she will definitely not take it to her heart.
"!!"
"Mr. Newt Scamander is the most famous magical zoology expert in the UK. He is also the author of the textbook "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" for our first-year students at Hogwarts. He was awarded the Knight Merlin in 1979. The title of a second-level magician. It is said that he was the first wizard to successfully capture Gellert Grindelwald!"
As she talked, Luna couldn't help but fantasize about it, hoping that one day she could visit that person who was very proficient in magical animals, and wanted to ask him about the Bubble Snot Monster, the Bent-Horned Snorlax, and what happened on "The Quibbler" Do those reported magical creatures really exist?
But unfortunately, she only knew that Newt Scamander had retired and was living with his wife in Dorset County. As for where in Dorset County she did not know, after all, like The residence of such a legendary figure would definitely not be easily found by ordinary people.
However, she believed that she would definitely have the opportunity to visit that gentleman, definitely! !
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"Who is Gellert Grindelwald?"
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What I didn’t say is that this classmate Luna, Professor Anne, doesn’t seem to recognize any of the personal names and deeds that the other party just mentioned, and it seems that she has never even heard of them?
Of course, it is very possible that she has heard of it before, but because the other party's importance is too low, she may have simply forgotten it or simply forgotten it.
"ah?"
"Gellert Grindelwald is the most dangerous dark wizard in the world. He was the first Dark Lord defeated during the World War. His picture is printed on the chocolate frog card. He is one of the most famous figures. , Professor Anne, you don’t even know about him?”
Luna said she was really surprised that Professor Anne in front of her didn't know about the Dark Lord of the previous generation, because just like the entire magical world knew about the Dark Lord Voldemort, the Dark Lord of the previous era was almost a household name. of.
"But fortunately, he is now imprisoned in the prison of Nurmengard, and it is said that it was Principal Dumbledore who defeated him..."
Luna had heard about it. Her father, Mr. Xenophilius Lovegood, once told her that it was said that Dumbledore and the Dark Lord of the previous era were related to Gellert Grindelwald. close? However, she did not dare to spread this kind of thing casually, especially when it concerned Principal Dumbledore.
"oh……"
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However, little Annie didn't listen, because, whether it was the Dark Lord Gellert or the White Lord Dumbledore, she definitely didn't want to care about that kind of thing, because she was concerned about other more important things. .
"Let's talk about the Newt Scamander you just mentioned. Do you know him?"
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"I know you, Professor Anne. Do you have anything to do with him?"
Luna definitely knew the legendary magizoologist, but that didn't necessarily mean that the other person didn't know her.
"Of course we are discussing the catching techniques of magical animals..."
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"Professor, do you also like magical animals?"
Suddenly, Luna slowly became a little excited, because she suddenly remembered that she seemed to be able to write this conversation with Professor Anne into a manuscript, and then send it back to her father for him to write in "The Quibbler." "Published on, then it will definitely get a lot of attention, right?"
"Of course I like it!"
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But Annie won't tell the classmate Luna in front of her that what she likes is the magical magical animals that can be eaten... Of course, she also likes to raise them, because some magical animals can only be eaten when they are fattened.
"Really? I think..."
"!!"
"Ah! It's Professor Moody, hello..."
Originally, Luna wanted to continue chatting happily with Professor Anne. However, soon, when she found a familiar figure staggering over from where she was, she quickly stopped and hurried towards the person who asked her. A somewhat frightened Mad-Eye Professor Moody said hello.
'Well? '
'This classmate, it's so late and you're almost asleep. What are you doing here? '
Mad-Eye Moody, who was missing a leg and was replaced by a prosthetic leg made of wood, stopped with his crutches, and then used his real eye and the other big, round, and round A bright blue artificial eye kept looking at the little girl Luna, and even scolded her harshly.
"Why?"
"Is it that late? I'm really sorry, I didn't pay attention to the time just now... Professor Moody, and Professor Anne, then I have to go back to the Ravenclaw lounge first..."
Seeing the fierce Professor Moody staring at and reprimanding her, Luna did not dare to stay for a moment longer, so she quickly apologized to the two professors, then hugged her things and hurriedly left the place illuminated by the moonlight. The exceptionally bright castle corridor soon disappeared at the end of the corridor.
"..."
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Seeing that the annoying 'Professor Moody' had come to disturb her, and seeing that the little sister named Luna had left in a hurry, little Annie had no choice but to keep a straight face, carry her little bear, and turn around, planning to leave as well. This corridor that suddenly became boring, go back to your room at the top of the castle.
'etc! Professor Anne? '
However, she had just jumped a few steps, and before she could get far, she was stopped by the nosy 'Professor Moody' just now.
"??"
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"what are you up to?"
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Little Annie definitely didn't have much patience with the bad guy who was unfamiliar to her and whom she didn't like at all. However, since he was specially reserved by that weird old man Dumbledore, she wanted to After thinking about it, I finally managed to resist the urge to hit someone.
"Is such that……"
"Professor Anne, I would like to ask, when will our warriors, Miss Granger and Mr. Potter, come back?"
After struggling for a while, Mad-Eye Moody suddenly picked up his little wine bottle, took a sip of the weird-smelling liquid inside, and then asked like this pretending to be indifferent.
"Um……"
"Maybe before the third project starts? Anyway, it's still early, so there should be enough time."
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"What's wrong? Professor Moody, is there something wrong with this?"
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There are still more than three months until the start of the third project, which is the evening of June 24th, so Anne feels that it must be too late!
However, what makes Anne a little confused is that this 'Professor Moody' is just a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. He is not the principal, a judge, or the organizer and supervisor of the Triwizard Tournament. So he is so If you are concerned and still asking yourself what to do with this kind of thing, why don't you just go to the auditorium to watch a movie soon?
And if the other party really wants to see that Potter, it's not impossible, because he can pray to their Merlin to let the bespectacled Harry 'die' out of there as soon as possible?
"No, no, no! There's no problem, I'm just asking..."
Mad-Eye waved his hands pretending to be calm, but the subtle expression on his face and the fake eyes that kept moving around gave him away.
"Professor Anne, if nothing is wrong, I will go to patrol somewhere else. It is my turn to patrol today. Dumbledore asked me to pay attention to those little cubs who sneak out without sleeping at night..."
After humming a few casual explanations, Professor Moody, who lost one leg, continued to support his crutches and walked lightly and heavily in a different direction to the corridor where Luna and Luna just left. Disappeared into the complex passage of Hogwarts Castle.
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(Little master, that guy has a conspiracy!!)
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(Tibbers saw through that Mad-Eye Moody, and knew that he had just come to ask his little master about the end time of the second event of the Triwizard Tournament and the little human Harry Potter, so he must have evil intentions! So, It rarely reminds its little master, although that kind of thing has nothing to do with it and its little master?)
"Of course I know!!"
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"but……"
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"Forget it, Tibbers, let's go back. Let that messy old man Dumbledore worry about that mess! That's their adult business, let's just leave it alone!"
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Little Annie didn't want to worry about the White Devil screwing up the old man Dumbledore, lest he come out and complain about her, so she didn't care about the conspiracy of the Mad-Eye Professor Moody. Ignoring the reminder from his little bear Tibbers, he continued to skip along the corner of the corridor just now, heading to his room on the top floor of the castle.
soon,
There is no one in this corridor that is extremely brightly illuminated by the moonlight. Only the candles on the wall and the red light from the torches are still swaying in the wind and continue to use their The dim light stubbornly competes with the moonlight slanting down from outside for the right to illuminate this corridor...
Unexpectedly, when little Annie skipped towards her room and thought nothing would happen in the auditorium, the principals and professors present were still 'watching' the movie attentively. , relevant personnel from the Ministry of Magic, and students all took a breath at this time for their three warriors!
Because they saw it on the screen and from the sight of the warriors: a terrifying-looking monster with horns and wings, like a demon described in myths and legends, was leading a seemingly densely packed group. The undead surrounded their camp and the Kaolin intersection that they had finally captured and cleared during the day, which was actually not too big!
A battle between the undead against Lordaeron is about to break out at this time of night...
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