, wonderful and free of pop-ups! The first potions class between w and hufflepuff was destined not to be wonderful, because in the early morning of that day, the fugitives from Azkaban broke into the Gryffindor Tower. The professors did not arrive in time and the pursuit failed.
By the way, the person who failed in pursuit happened to be Snape.
There was a cellar deep in the Potions classroom. Harry followed the path and found it. Unsurprisingly, he discovered that among the cautious W and the hufflepuffs who were afraid of the Potions professor, many people came earlier than him. He found a seat. , sat down with Anna, who was in the same grade, and then began to look around the potions classroom... Then he found that it was darker than he imagined, full of mysterious ornaments, with bats occasionally flying by, and smoke. The mysterious cave is more like a chemical laboratory.
How should I put it, Harry felt a lot more at ease when he saw those bottles and jars and the specimens soaked in formalin.
It seems that brewing a potion is no different than doing a chemistry experiment.
Harry was also sent by his father to help Hank when he was about to collapse - some instruments were so precise, and some drugs were so precious, young students couldn't help, Jean's abilities were unstable, Sean and Alex Early access to the laboratory was denied. However, he couldn't do all the work alone - so Harry was recruited, and he even started learning some basic chemistry from Hank when he was seven years old.
Snape walked into the professor on time at the hour of class, with his majestic steps. His black cloak lifted slightly with his steps, causing a gust of breeze. Harry sniffed it carefully and found that there was still a little bit of it. A little bitter aroma.
In fact, Snape's class was not that difficult at first. At least Harry was able to sit there and listen to his story attentively. Snape was so annoying during roll call, and when he said 'harry·r', it was meaningful and absolutely unacceptable. He could temporarily endure the behavior of giving him a friendly look - everything was for the sake of grades. He was not just doing whatever he wanted with John, Alex and Sean who were in class to talk to him, and he could just say whatever he wanted. Whatever they say, the topic can be taken away from the classroom in just a few words.
The problem comes when you start brewing the potion.
The first time he made a potion, Harry didn't think it would be easier than making a large pot of satisfying soup, so he was very cautious. When he was preparatory, he even asked Zhang Qiu, "What level of grinding does it mean?" "How fine should the powder be?" Such a delicate question, think about it, this is a potion. When you drink the potion in your mouth, Harry thinks that potions should be much more difficult than preparing chemicals. After all, magic cannot be scientific. to measure.
Someone at hufflepuff was in a hurry at the beginning - everyone had never even tried chopping vegetables at home, and now they are asked to cook a pot of potion and have to handle everything by themselves. This is indeed a bit difficult, Harry I think this is understandable. After all, even ordinary students in the United States only start to come into contact with chemical preparation when they are in high school. Unlike W, who is cautious and loves to read, hufflepuffs are not very good at previewing, so it is to be expected that they will be busy.
But obviously Snape didn't think so - at the moment when Harry ground the snake fang and added it to the crucible, he happened to raise his head and saw Snape scolding the hufflepuff at the next table with a gloomy look on his face: "You don't care about this. Is growing something called 'grinding', bde? If everyone in the wizarding world made potions like you, the Potions course would be canceled as too perfunctory and dangerous! Five points from hufflepuff for your carelessness. !”
a took a small breath next to Harry: "It's so strict..."
Harry lowered his head and remained silent, continuing to stir the potion clockwise, carefully watching the degree of brewing. Who knew that Snape suddenly turned around and pointed the finger at him: "And you, Mr. R, why don't you, before others have problems, Just a reminder? Or is it that your potion is already perfect enough that you feel that other people’s mistakes are not enough to affect your perfection? Two points will be deducted for this!"
a almost jumped up: "But professor..." When she was about to argue, Harry pulled her sleeve.
Harry...Actually, Harry was shocked and speechless. Seriously, can people really be so biased?
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"So what's the end?" Zhang Qiu touched the head of the elementary school girl Anna comfortingly, and then surrounded the first graders with other seniors and served them hot chocolate and delicious cakes and cookies, "Harry How was the final result?"
"You can definitely get an o!" Anna said unfairly, "but Snape only gave him an e!"
"Well... it's quite fair," Zhang Qiu said. "Professor Snape gave Slytherin a higher grade than everyone else, but that's okay. He still treats everyone equally in the final grade. Don't care so much about the normal grade. That's it." Think about it, if other students got an e from him, it means that this student’s level is an o!”
"But, the house points are deducted like this. I really can't understand this," Harry said angrily, sitting on the sofa in the lounge. "Does it mean that if I deduct three points, this year's House Cup belongs to Slytherins?"
"Don't worry, Professor Snape won't go that far. Our dean has a good relationship with him. Just deduct points. If he really finds trouble again and again, the dean will talk to him," R said, "Anyway The worst is Gryffindor, we just deduct a few points from him occasionally."
"No, I think he came just for me," Harry said distressedly. "Does it mean that he still resents my rude words to him? However, a wizard suddenly entered your home without permission and told you that your name is Another name, you’re a wizard, where should you go to school… shouldn’t I be angry?”
"I think it's reasonable for you to be angry," Anna said, "but I also don't think Snape feels that way."
"Did your father owe him money? I mean the wizard?" A boy who, like Harry, came from a non-wizard family came up with an idea, "In terms of age, your father is exactly the same as him. We're about the same age, right? I heard that Professor Snape is particularly partial to Malfoy because of his relationship with the Malfoy family. In the same way, does it mean that your family doesn't have a good relationship with the Snape family?"
"...But I heard that my mother is one of his few friends." Harry said helplessly, "I have already thought about this idea. Isn't it completely unreasonable?"
"Where did you hear that?!" R almost jumped up because of these words, "Your mother is friends with Snape?"
"It's scary, isn't it?" Harry said, "I'm still doubting the authenticity of this matter... After all, he treated me as if I was a criminal or something, even breathing was wrong, even the people next to him If something goes wrong, it's also my fault." There was a bit of frustration in his voice, "It's all my fault anyway - but I actually want to take Potions class well, I promise."
In the first Potions class, Snape deducted a full fifteen points from him. The five points Harry earned in the Charms class were not even enough to deduct him. Fortunately, they didn't really care about this thing.
"Oh my God, it's not your fault at all," the Chinese girl reached out to touch the little boy's head very softly, "You even got an E in his class. We all know that you wanted to give the Potions class an exam. What kind of preparations have you made, Harry, you don't have to blame yourself so much, as for the deduction of points or something, don't think about it."
"That is, compared with honor and knowledge, knowledge is more important."
"Speaking of which, don't you have a Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon? Have fun. Professor Lupin is very nice and the class is very interesting."
"Yes, he is also very handsome. What can I say, he just looks very old? It seems that the book list we received during the summer vacation was not the book list ordered by this teacher?"
"It is said that it was a temporary replacement. The person we had booked earlier became seriously ill in Romania, so Professor Dumbledore invited Professor Lupine to teach us."
"Romania? Why Romania? Is there anything to explore there?"
The seniors tried to comfort the juniors, especially poor Harry, and the topic got off topic as they talked.
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Us·lupin stood in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom anxiously and nervously, pacing slowly but heavily.
Class is about to begin, yes, the teaching subjects are W and Slytherin, yes, Harry will be sitting in this classroom soon, accepting his teachings, and he will teach the boy, yes.
We still can't believe that we, as a werewolf, can return to our alma mater as a hogwarts professor, not to mention that since we received the invitation, everything has started to become confusing and dreamy. .
Harry enrolled in school and would soon be his student. He was so excited about this idea that he could not sleep well all night; and the news that Sirius had escaped from Azkaban became another reason why he could not sleep.
A piece of good news and a piece of bad news, together become a very bad news.
After getting tired of pacing, he finally sat in the front row of the students' seats - the classroom was empty now anyway - and thought about the information he had received in the past few days.
He has not appeared at the teacher's chair these days because as a new professor, he needs to make too many preparations. There are not many people in Hogwarts, but the age range is very large, from eleven to eighteen years old. Seven grades need to be taught by one professor, which really puts a lot of pressure on him - but fortunately, he has been very approachable and understanding since he was in school, and as a former prefect, he also knows what to do. How to manage students, so he is already quite popular among students after only a few days of school.
But the next person to attend class is Harry.
Lupin buried his face in his hands.
He was different from others. He had met Harry, not at Hogwarts, but three years ago.
Ten years ago, Lily's sister and her family died, but Harry was not found in the body. The child was missing. The Ministry of Magic went into chaos and secretly blocked the news. However, Dumbledore contacted Lupin, who had gone away from home, and apologized frankly. And requested that Lupine help find Harry when he is wandering around.
Swear on Merlin's name, Lupin almost did something violent when he learned the news - such as grabbing the principal who was kind to him by the neck, shaking it hard, and then questioning loudly, as if He asked the other person one sentence as sharply as a knife inserted into his heart: How could you lose Harry?
How could they lose Harry, James and Lily's only child? !
Lily and James passed away, Sirius was imprisoned, and Lupin was dead. Harry R was almost his only comfort, the only luck in his painful heart, and it was also a wound. When he thought of this child, he could think of the fact that almost all of his close friends died. It was bloody and very painful. It was what he tried to avoid as much as possible. It was almost... fatal.
However, a wound is a wound, and Lupin can hardly imagine that if this child dies, he will have the face to meet James in the future... He will not forgive his wife and Lily, nor will he forgive him.
...Fortunately, the child is still alive. Fortunately, he is happy and healthy and has a prosperous life.
So, even so, what if the surname is not R?
Lupin has been almost motionless in the public opinion in the past few days, and his mind is as calm as water.
What's wrong with having the surname Xavier? So what if you don’t know your own life experience? As long as the child lives well and lives happily, then everything will be fine. In fact, Lupin thanked Merlin. Mr. Xavier obviously loved Harry as his own son.
If Harry hadn't been adopted by this good gentleman, maybe everything would have been different.
Three years ago, Lupin searched everywhere for traces of the son of an old friend. Finally, in front of the Nazi concentration camp in Germany, he saw the visiting boy rushing towards his father in a wheelchair. Lupin thought this.
That child was the only trace left of his past life, the only one he could care about in this world, the only one.
So - bck, Sirius·bck, even if he was Lupin's former best friend, Lupin couldn't allow him to understand Harry even a finger.
The man made up his mind.
He must protect Harry.
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Harry is a completely different kid than James.
Lupin judged this while explaining a magical creature to the children very kindly.
Good memory - it was just a casual encounter three years ago and a few words of conversation. The boy still recognized him, but did not say it. He just winked at him and smiled again, and he returned the same wink and a smile. . As for James, without Lily or Lupin, he would even forget to write his own paper.
Smart - This is not to say that James is not smart, but Lupin thinks it is different. Harry is a person who knows how to use smartness. This can be seen from the fact that the boy can write his own opinions in his notes every time he hears an important point. It didn't matter to him that he came from a non-wizard family. If he didn't know, he would read a book. If there was no book in it, he could still ask a Malfoy calmly.
This is another difference - James and Slytherin were able to fight with each other, but Harry was inseparable from Malfoy, interacting equally and peacefully, as if he was not an arrogant and over-the-top Slytherin. If James was still here, he would She would scream in surprise, and then die of pride for her son's abilities. Lily had always been such a good woman and didn't care about the conflicts in the academy at all. Maybe Harry was like Lily in this regard.
And Lupin also heard about Snape's extraordinarily strong anger today, and he felt sorry for Harry in his heart. After all, it was not the boy's fault at all, it was completely a conflict left over from the previous generation, but the consequences were all called this company. Children who don't even remember their parents' faces endure it.
But for Lupin, he had to admit that it was all James' fault, but then again, who knew Snape could actually be a Potions teacher? It lasted for many years.
"Okay, that's it for today's lesson," Lupin said gently as he closed the lesson plan. "I hope you will preview it before the next lesson. What we will explain next time is on page 23. I will prepare a few There is a question, and the person who answers correctly will get extra points... Well, Harry, can you stay for a while?"
After hearing this, Harry stopped packing his things, nodded obediently, and stood still among a group of students who stood up to leave. What surprised Lupin was that the person next to him who was more impatient than anyone else paused. After a while, he also stayed, stood lazily aside, and drove away his followers.
He is waiting for Harry. When he realized this, Lupin smiled unconsciously.
It seemed like he couldn't take up too much of Harry's time.
"I'm sorry for leaving you so suddenly." Lupin took out something from his pocket and waved his wand to enlarge it. He looked at the boy in front of him with a smile, "But I have a small gift here that I want to give. You. Nice to see you again, Harry, how is your dad doing?"
"Nice to meet you too, Professor Lupin," Harry smiled slightly, showing kindness and respect to this man who could pronounce his name correctly without trembling and whom he had met before, "My dad It's been pretty good lately. What is this? Professor?"
He looked at the thing in his hand, which was square and square, like a book or a notebook. At this time, he leaned over to look at it and said, "This is a photo album. I have seen it before. The clerk said this This kind of photo album is for researchers to record. It is a very old style. They only need to take a picture of the moment something happened, and then put the photo in to compare it with the text."
The platinum boy's suspicious eyes were directed at Lupin, who was extremely embarrassed. Obviously, this behavior of sending photo albums was very strange in the eyes of others, especially since he was their professor and had only attended the class once.
"I can only say that if conditions permit, I will give this to you in Germany," Lupin said softly to Harry, "But I don't think it is necessary, you don't need to know this - I think, some things will become your burden, but I heard you wanted to be a therapist? That's great, Harry."
Harry looked up at him and said hesitantly, "I don't think I understand what you mean, Professor?"
"This is your father's thing," Lupin said with a smile as he watched the surprise appear on the boy's face. "Although he is gone, I think this thing should be able to help him bring you some help - he did it back then. This medical experiment record is accompanied by photos, just so that you can be healthy and mischievous again. But in the end, after several people's additions, I think there is no textbook like this photo album, which can teach you how to deal with various injuries. and illnesses. For example, if you break a bone, you are injured by magic, you are sick... you can find solutions to these problems in this photo album. By the way, it is your father who provides the real-life pictures, and the magic spell and As for potions, your mother will basically write them in the later stages.”
This is such a thoughtful and substantial gift - Lupin could tell this from the boy's eyes that suddenly burst into light.
"Do you know my parents, professor?" Harry held this gift that could be said to be his most needed and intimate gift, unable to conceal his curiosity and heavy feelings for his biological parents, "I...I will Cherish it.”
"Yes, I know them - I knew when I saw you that you were their son." Lupin wanted to say something else, but looking at the expression on the side, he knew it would be inappropriate to say something else. So he bent down and patted the boy on the shoulder: "So would you like to come to my place for tea on the weekend, Harry? If you want, you can bring friends, such as...little Mr. Malfoy."
There was an unbearable expression on his face - but when Harry looked at him, he turned his head again, invisibly, looking at random places casually, and nodded slightly.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Harry knew this was his agreement and happily agreed to Lupin's invitation.
"Well, get out of class is over then. Let's go have dinner with your good friends." Lupin ended the conversation with a smile.
The two boys walked out of the classroom side by side, still exchanging opinions in a low voice as they left. Because of his 'furry little problem', Lupin listened clearly and involuntarily, and after listening for a few times, he couldn't help but look up. A big smile appeared on his head.
"Do you think he really knows your parents?"
"Why not? There's nothing to fake, and I think Professor Lupin is quite nice."
"Speaking of which, when did you know him? Why didn't I know?"
"Come on, I met him three years ago. How would you know - I was lost at that time, and he took me back to my father."
"Since he recognized you at first sight, how could you not know that you are a r and a wizard?"
"Um...I don't know about this."
"Maybe he just lied to you?"
"Don't be like this, you don't have to give a reason for everything - I still don't know why Professor Snape hates me!"
"Hmph, who told you not to come to Slytherin?"
"No, I can't hold a magic wand and fight with classmates in the same grade to compete for the title of leader like you said..."
"That's not a title, Harry. It means that I am the leader of the first year, the strongest one. That is my real power! Of course, I am a Malfoy, and there is no dispute that this position belongs to me!"
"I really don't understand what kind of system you want to create by holding this kind of event... Isn't the UK a constitutional monarchy? This kind of system where power is concentrated in a powerful person is not in line with the national conditions at all..."
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The boys' voices gradually faded away with the footsteps. Lupin packed his things while laughing, feeling that all the fatigue and heaviness in his body had been swept away.
Children are truly the most beautiful and interesting existence in the world. Why did he discover this only now?
